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SEO Primer: Using the Language of the Reader
SEO Primer : Using the Language of the Reader Using search data to understand trends and how people search for things shouldn’t be about pandering to what’s popular. It should be about better understanding your audience and connecting with them. This session will show you how to access the free search data that’s available from Google and Bing, as well as how to effectively use that data to engage more deeply with readers, and ensure that your stories are visible when your audience is searching for them. Join the NPC’s professional development committee for a…
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I Can't Believe It's On Twitter: Getting ROI From Social Media
The National Press Club, Zenger RoomApril 20, 20118 a.m. Continental Breakfast8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Presentation$25 for Members$45 for Non-MembersPresented by:Thomas Sanchez, Managing Director & Founder Anthony Shop, Director of Client Services Social Driver If you work in the communications profession, your clients are probably asking you how to leverage the Web and social networking to achieve their goals. As you try to help them navigate this emerging space, you may also find yourself thinking or saying some of the following - real quotes from communications professionals: "I don't get…
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Documentary Screening of “Living for 32”
On April 12, four days before the fourth anniversary of the largest mass shooting in U.S. history at Virginia Tech University, the National Press Club will host a screening of Living for 32, a 40-minute documentary about a survivor of that shooting produced by Maria Cuomo Cole and directed by Kevin Breslin (son of legendary New York columnist Jimmy Breslin). Ms. Cole and Colin Goddard, the subject of the film, will attend and discuss the film after it is screened. The event begins at 6 PM in the Zenger Room at the Press Club, 529 14th Street NW on the 13th Floor. Living for 32 is the story…
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NPC Board of Governors Meeting
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Health Care Reform
CEO of New York-Presbyterian Medical Center to Discuss Impact of Health Care Reform on Academic Medical Centers, Medical Innovation Date and Time: March 31 at 10 a.m.Place: Zenger Room, National Press Club (529 14th St. NW, 13th floor) What will be the impact of the U.S. health care reform law on academic medical centers and medical innovation? Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, the nation’s largest nonprofit, non-sectarian hospital, will discuss how to achieve health care reform through innovation at a March 31 Newsmaker.Among…
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YM Speed Networking
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First Aid for Mental Health
First Aid For Mental Health: Tucson, Sheen and In-between National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare CEO Linda Rosenberg will speak at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference at noon Thursday, March 10, in the National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C. Rosenberg will discuss the emergence of Mental Health First Aid, a new public-education program that teaches people how to help someone in crisis who is developing signs of mental illness or substance abuse. Rosenberg will demonstrate how the program uses role playing and simulations to show participants…
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Dr. Patrick Okedinachi Utomi
Dr. Patrick Okedinachi Utomi, Reform candidate in Nigeria's April presidential elections, will discuss "Job Creation, Accountability in Politics and Election Reform" Professor Utomi,a political economist and senior faculty member at the Lagos Business School-Pan African University,is challenging Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the upcoming elections. He will also discuss the evolving relationship between Nigeria and China, including what he calls "the risk of heightened Nigerian dependence on China" and Chinese "business incursions" into Nigeria. Contacts:National Press Club: PETER…
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Freedom of the Press in Ukraine
A group of Ukrainian legislators, journalists and NGO representatives, will discuss, THE RISE OF POLITICAL PROSECUTION AND ONGOING THREATS TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN UKRAINE Speakers: Andriy Shevchenko, Member of Ukraine Parliament (Block of Yulia Tymoshenko), Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information; and Pres., Center for Public Media, an NGO promoting public broadcasting in Ukraine; Oleh Rybachuk, Chairman of the Board of the NGO Suspilnist Foundation; and Chairman of the Board and co-founder of the NGO Centre UA, where he initiatied the New Citizen Campaign; Alyona Getmanchuk,…
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NPC Board of Governors meeting
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