
LEADERSHIP IN COMMUNICATION
Dear everyone,
the preparations for the program for the 22nd international PRO PR conference are coming to an end. Just like every year, I believe that everyone will find something for themselves in order to meet someone new and learn something new under the motto “Networking in motion”. This is our new newsletter and we are starting with the traditional way of getting to know the lecturers. I thank the city of Crikvenica, the tourist organisation of the city of Crikvenica and the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County for recognizing our conference. We will inform you about the news, and one of them is the new way of registration. All of you who have already been to PRO PR have felt that simple approach to both organization and communication, and those who have yet to discover PRO PR will, I believe, do so next year.
Welcome!

On Thursday, the 24th of October we will present you the outline of the program, and then the Early Birds applications through our system will begin. Starting this year, we will enable payment of registrations by card. The lecturers of the 22nd PRO PR conference come from Australia, Kenya, UK, Hungary as well as from the region, we will present all of them individually through our newsletters, but also on our social networks.

Catherine started out her press and PR career as an assistant with the U.K.’s largest disability charity, Mencap, where she stayed for five years before progressing to Head of Press.
An international focus began when Catherine left to head up the Red Cross press and PR team, managing key messages from emerging global situations, accompanying media and celebrities to wars and disaster zones, and ensuring the brand maintained its positive reputation.
Currently, Catherine has the enviable job of managing the brand and messaging for one of the world’s most recognisable structures: Tower Bridge. This iconic bridge is to many the symbol of London – but it has a bigger story to tell. Not just a feat of engineering and a tourist attraction, it is one of a family of five Bridges that have been managed by an ancient foundation dating back 900 years. The City Bridge Foundation is a philanthropic entity that doesn’t just connect its communities through infrastructure, but builds bridges through its philanthropic work, distributing over £40 million in charity grants every year.

ifferent rulers, cultures and civilisations have written the history of the Crikvenica area. Each segment of its rich tangible and intangible heritage has left its traces in the development of the area and contributed to what’s on offer today. These traces are visible in the remnants of ancient settlements, burial mounds, defensive hillforts, weapons, jewellery, ceramics and the specific shape of amphorae, while the intangible heritage is immortalised in barbarian curses, Pauline prayers, and the laughter and songs of local fishermen. The history of Crikvenica, Dramalj, Jadranovo and Selce is connected to the development of the nearby medieval towns of Drivenik, Grižane and Bribir, and the fertile valley of Vinodol. Back in the middle ages, each town used to have a harbour around which fishing villages emerged. This was home to skilled fishermen and masons who shaped the life and appearance of these towns.