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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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How to Use Video to Get Your Message Across: Thinking Strategically About Content
As people watch less TV, they are watching more video on their computers, tablets or smartphones. That means your video needs to more compelling, creative and contagious than the competition. We’ll help you understand the anatomy of a great video – from concept to promotion – so that you can powerfully reach, teach and activate your target audiences.
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Mastering Social Media: Three Successful Case Studies & Advice You Can Apply Today
Your organization has developed a presence on social media – now what? Master the art of taking these tools to the next level and see how successful organizations have done it. Conference Program Check-in / Breakfast: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Introduction: 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. (Havilah Ross, National Press Club) Panel One – Three Successful Case Studies: 9:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Moderator: Ashley Mancini: The Public Affairs CouncilSpeakers: Bianca Prade: American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity Kerala Taylor: KaBOOM! Gina Welker: Adfero Group Break: 10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. Panel…
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Chuck Leavell
Newsmaker: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones DATE: Tuesday, March 29 TIME: 2:00 pmPlace: First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20045 Rock and roll legend Chuck Leavell, longtime keyboardist and musical director for The Rolling Stones, will discuss his new book about sustainable, smart growth, entitled, “Growing a Better America,” at a National Press Club Newsmaker. A conservationist, Leavell is co-founder of the eco-web site Mother Nature Network (MNN), the world’s most visited for-profit environmental web site. His…
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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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