So you have your gym on auto-payment. But do you faithfully go to get the results you want?

Remember What Brought You to the Gym in the First Place?

Somewhere between a closet of snug clothes and another postponed trainer session is this universal truth: writing the check does not deliver the intended payoff of the club you joined. You actually have to walk through the gym door, become acquainted with all that it has to offer, try some equipment or classes and find your groove.

You make a commitment to squeeze exercise into a demanding life because it’s time for you. It makes you feel better, think reflectively, and gain vigor and confidence. Familiar faces evolve into workout mates, even buddies. I have found that playing tennis is like gas in my tank. It’s good for my psyche. I’ve sharpened my skills and grown a terrific circle of friends. My life is enriched for making the effort.

Muscle Building Takes Purposeful Action

Metaphorically, this could be PRSA, our profession’s deepest center of knowledge and largest PR practitioner network. Like the gym, unless you explore its apparatus and participate in its community, you don’t know what professional leads or opportunities you’re missing. Perhaps new business left on the table. Missing an inside track to a terrific career move. A segue into a vertical sector or communications specialty that is key to a promotion. Hearing of an adjunct faculty vacancy, having a chance introduction to a potential hire, new vendor or promising client. Without you in the room, you can’t get the benefits of membership.

Make Your Resolution Now: Reap the Benefits of Participating

We’re heading into a fantastic finish to what has been a truly action-packed 2016 for PRSA Boston. These programs each set their own stage for career and business connections. Why let more of these pass you by when it’s so easy to invite a peer, a prospect or plan an overdue reunion and reserve your attendance? Read more about the caliber of the speakers for each…

Thurs. Oct 20 – The 2016 Presidential Election: A Media Perspective

Wed. Oct. 26 – Solving Ethical Challenges in PR

Wed. Nov. 9 ­– C-Suite Conversation with GE’s CCO: Reception, Awards + 2017 Preview

Wed. Dec. 7 ­– Our Annual Holiday ‘Sparkle’ Fete, This Year for Globe Santa

And While You’re Considering What’s Here…

Don’t wait for New Year’s resolution season to leverage the best of PRSA Boston for your 2017 business and career goals. We’ve got time-friendly committee roles for strategic program planners, marketers, expert presenters, social media content authors, publicity mavens, finance managers and hospitality hosts—all easy and effective ways to meet new people while influencing this organization to meet your needs. Beyond our monthly programming and workshops in 2017 we’re again hosting our full-day PR Summit and the return of PRSA’s International Conference (ICON) to Boston after 20 years. These are all easy springboards to new introductions and unknown opportunities. They’re yours. And they’re already here.

So consider yourself invited back to PRSA Boston, the foundation of our profession for going on seventy years. You will realize your own rewards by making the effort. No sweat and no heavy lifting. I look forward to seeing you soon!