The NSPRA Podcast

The National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) started small but was driven by a core set of ideals.  And now, 90 years later, the Association is thriving as the leader of School Communications expertise across the country.

NSPRA’s original 23 founders was one-third educators, one-third writers and one-third crusaders who had exchanged ideas for 10 years on better techniques, methods and materials for reporting and promoting the progress of public schools.

In episode one, we’ll go deep into the founding purpose and ideals that drove NSPRA in its early days all the way through to today 90 years later.

Joe Lowenthal, APR, and Kathy Leslie, APR, unpack the importance of integrity, the power of face-to-face communication, and how NSPRA has both transformed and stayed the same in its pursuit of anchoring public school communications.

While Joe & Kathy weren't there in 1935, they carry the legacy of that moment. Through their reflections, we’ll explore how NSPRA’s founding ideas still shape who we are nearly a century later.

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NSPRA at 90: The Stories That Shaped Us Podcast.
Episode 1:  From a Breakfast Table to a National Network


GUESTS:
Joe Lowenthal, APR
Kathy Leslie, APR 


https://www.nspra.org/

Where would public schools be without the communicators?

This is “The Stories That Shaped Us”, a limited series podcast produced in celebration of the National School Public Relations Association’s 90th Anniversary.

Join Mitchell Roush, Communications Director for Grand Island Public Schools, for the next seven weeks as he journeys through the voices, milestones, and moments that have shaped NSPRA — and the field of school communications — over the past nine decades.

Through reflective interviews we’ll tackle timely topics from the arena of School PR, unpack the storied history of NSPRA, and more. 

We’ll hear from longtime members, emerging leaders, past presidents, and award winners to honor both NSPRA’s legacy and to explore the evolving role of school communicators.

So dive-in with as we listen, learn, and lead.  

This is NSPRA at 90.

And this is “The Stories That Shaped Us” podcast.  


https://www.nspra.org/