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2nd Annual Communicators Summit to discuss Brand Storytelling: Enhancing Communicator Strategies for the Digital Age
2nd Annual Communicators Summit to discuss Brand Storytelling: Enhancing Communicator Strategies for the Digital Age
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NPC Board of Governors
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NPC Luncheon with Senator Creigh Deeds, Virginia State Senate
Livestream starts at 1pm EST Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds, who is pushing in the Virginia legislature for mental health-care reform, will speak about mental health at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday March 31. Deeds, a Democrat, began his work on mental health after his son, who had a serious mental illness, died last year after being denied inpatient treatment. Sen. Deeds is a former county prosecutor who authored a law allowing public access to the Virginia sex offender registry. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1991 and left the House in 2001 to join the…
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When Press Offices Block the Press
When Press Offices Block the Press
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NPC Luncheon with Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President and CEO, the United Negro College Fund
Livestream starts at 1pm EST Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, will speak at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon on March 25. Dr. Lomax will discuss the challenges his organization faces in continuing its mission of advancing higher education for African-Americans. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $22 for Press Club members ( NPC Members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $36 for all other non-member tickets. Students with ID may…
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Campaign Boot Camp 2014: Money 101
NPC Luncheon with Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President and CEO, the United Negro College Fund
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Partly Cloudy: Why 'Public Information' Doesn't Always = Accessible Information
Partly Cloudy: Why 'Public Information' Doesn't Always = Accessible Information
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Women Break Silence on Gender-Based Violence
Forum on D.C. Open Government Issues
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Information Governance: The Hottest Topic in the Legal Profession
NPC History and Heritage Committee
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Paul Dickson "Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers"
Gifted lexicographer Paul Dickson will discuss his new book "Authorisms" and sign copies of the book after the discussion. Dickson deftly sorts through neologisms by Chaucer (a ha), Jane Austen (base ball), Louisa May Alcott (co-ed), Mark Twain (hard-boiled), Kurt Vonnegut (granfalloon), John le Carrè (mole), William Gibson (cyberspace), and many others. Presenting stories behind each word and phrase, Dickson enriches our appreciation of the English language in a book as entertaining as it is enlightening. William Shakespeare’s written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds…
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