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Webinar - Recruiting Celebrities for PR

(Members - log in for a free version of this product) Join PRSA Phoenix for a special webinar from Rita Tateel, President of The Celebrity Source. Learn about how celebrity endorsements and PR strategies can help grow your nonprofit or brand at almost any budget by building brand awareness, growing trust among consumers, lifting sales, increasing your brand’s following and more.

Rita Tateel is a celebrity expert and influencer with close to four decades of experience in this unique field. She has served as director of a speaker’s bureau for a national non-profit organization, president of a celebrity booking agency, and for the last 30+ years as Founder and President of The Celebrity Source. Over the years, Rita Tateel has developed many strong and lasting relationships within the celebrity community, making her a top celebrity influencer. One of Tateel’s clients called her “the celebrity whisperer” because she is so skilled at getting celebrities to say “yes.”

Ms. Tateel has been interviewed and quoted as a celebrity expert in numerous publications and media sources including CNN, The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, Playboy, L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, N.Y. Post, PRWeek, USA Today, Complete Woman Magazine, Daily Variety, Hollywood Reporter, E! Entertainment, “EXTRA!,” Financial News Network, A&E Network and “Entertainment Tonight” among many others.

Rita Tateel is also a dynamic and entertaining speaker who specializes in educating her audiences about the “art and science” of working with celebrities and their representatives. In addition to being a frequently requested guest lecturer at universities, she also speaks on a regular basis at professional public relations, marketing and trade association conferences and webinars.

Tateel’s PRSA credentials include serving as two-term past chair of PRSA’s Professional Development Committee, two-term past president of PRSA Los Angeles and the founding chair of PRSA’s Entertainment and Sports Section. She has presented numerous sessions at PRSA’s International conference and PRSSA, as well as being a sought-after lecturer for PR/marketing curriculums at colleges and universities. She is also part of PRSA’s Speakers Bureau.

Rita Tateel lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Ted Bavin, a pioneer in the solar industry, and their cats, Honey and Brie.