Contact: Janine Krasicky, IABC/Detroit PR Director

            President, J9 Media Solutions LLC, 248.542.3991

 

Communications Challenges of an IPO: Hear How Domino’s Pizza Delivered at the April IABC/Detroit Meeting

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

DETROIT, April 4, 2005 – Investors got a slice of Domino’s in late 2004 when the pizza giant announced its initial public offering. The move meant profound changes in the way Domino’s interfaced with its employees, customers and new shareholders.

 

How did the company communicate those changes? Tim McIntyre, Domino’s vice president of communications, joins IABC/Detroit at its April meeting to share the story of how the communications team managed the transition.

 

Who:           Tim McIntyre, Vice President of Communications, Domino’s Pizza     

 

What:          IABC/Detroit will learn about the communications challenges involved in launching Domino’s initial public offering

 

Where:         Lawrence Technological University -- 21000 West Ten Mile Road,                                           Southfield, MI Building 5 (Buell Management Building, Rm M336)

                  Parking Lot C

 

When:          Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

 

Admission:    $30 members/$40 nonmembers

 

RSVP:          By April 8 to Nancy Skidmore, 248.546.5490 (nskidmore@earthlink.net)

 

IABC/Detroit, one of the largest chapters of the 13,000-member International Association of Business Communicators, connects more than 250 professional communicators to the people, resources and knowledge necessary to advance their careers. The chapter, which includes members in Michigan, Ohio and Canada, holds monthly professional development programs; sponsors workshops; offers job referral services, informative publications, award programs, accreditation programs and the opportunity to meet and network with other communicators.

 

For membership information, visit www.iabc.com. Additional information on the chapter and its free electronic job referral service for employers is available at www.iabcdetroit.com or by calling Nancy Skidmore, executive secretary, at 248.546.5490.

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