Announcements
Important notices and major updates directly from the PIO Calendar team.
Use this category for:
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Launches or relaunches
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Policy or submission guideline changes
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New services or major site changes
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Milestones (site growth, reach, major upgrades)
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“From the PIO Calendar team” messages
Rule of thumb:
If you’d put it in an all-caps email subject line, it’s an Announcement.
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The PIO Calendar Surpasses 10,000 Website Views in a Single Month
The PIO Calendar has surpassed 10,000 website views in a single month for the first time, setting a new monthly record and continuing a period of rapid growth.
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Bookshelf Deal Alert: AP Stylebook 2026–2028 Is 61% Off
The Associated Press Stylebook: 2026–2028 is currently 61% off on Amazon for Prime Big Deal Days, dropping from $29.99 to $11.77. The deal ends tonight.
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The PIO Calendar Expands Coverage to O-0305 Training
The PIO Calendar is expanding its coverage to include O-0305 and other advanced incident-management training relevant to public information officers and Incident Management Team members.
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🎉 Introducing the Free PIO Sticker Pack
A little bit of fun for a profession that doesn’t get nearly enough of it. If you’ve spent any time working as a Public Information Officer, communications director, emergency manager, public affairs specialist, or public safety communicator, you’ve probably said (or heard) some of these phrases more times than you can count: “Do we have…
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Introducing the PIO Calendar
Public Information Officers and external affairs professionals rely on timely, relevant training to stay effective in complex and fast-moving environments. Yet training opportunities are often spread across dozens of websites, organizations, and mailing lists, making them difficult to find and track. The PIO Calendar was created to address that challenge. A Centralized Resource for Professional…