Trying to link up with PIOs within your state or neighboring states?
Here’s our best try at gathering info about state and national associations and how to connect. If your state association is not listed here, let us know at artofpio@gmail.com.
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National
National Information Officers Association (NIOA)
Annual dues $84
National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO)
Annual dues $75
(other membership levels available)
National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC)
Annual dues $125
(other membership levels available)
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
Annual dues $255 plus a one-time $65 initiation fee
(other membership levels available)
National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA)
Annual dues $275
(other membership levels available)
See here for a link to state chapters
City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA)
Annual dues $390
(other membership levels available)
Conference of Court Public Information Officers (CCPIO)
Annual dues $100
(other membership levels available)
Government Social Media Organization (GSMO)
Annual dues $185
National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC)
Annual dues $75
Federal Communicators Network (open to federal, state and local communicators with a valid government email address)
No annual dues
State Associations
California
California Association of Public Information Officials
Colorado
Emergency Services Public Information Officers of Colorado
(ESPIOC)
Florida
Florida Law Enforcement Public Information Officers Association
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Kansas
Kansas Association of Public Information Officers
Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Government Communicators
Maine
Maine Public Relations Council
Minnesota
Minnesota Association of Government Communicators
Mississippi
Public Relations Association of Mississippi
Missouri
MARC Regional Association of PIOs
North Carolina
North Carolina Association of Government Information Officers
Ohio
Ohio PIO Symposium
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Central Ohio Public Information Network (COPIN)
Texas
Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers
Texas School Public Relations Association (site down for maintenance)
Houston/Galveston Regional PIO Network
Utah
Utah PIO Association
Utah Association for Government Communications
Utah Schools Public Relations Association (USPRA)
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