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NPC Communicators Legends Dinner with Bill Novelli
Bill Novelli, one of the most innovative and respected communications and advocacy leaders of our time, will be the featured guest at the National Press Club’s Communicator Legends Dinner on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Mr. Novelli’s professional journey has taken him from his first marketing job in the “mad men” days of the corporate/ad agency world to the public sector, leading advertising for the Peace Corps. While recruiting people to serve the public good, he recognized a market gap in communications services, and co-founded a PR firm, Porter Novelli. The firm was a pioneer in “social…
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NPC Communicators Legends Dinner with Doug Poretz
Doug Poretz, an accomplished communications executive and entrepreneur who co-founded Qorvis Communications, will be the featured guest at a National Press Club Communicators Legends Dinner on Thursday, June 9. Poretz launched a public affairs office for Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia during the racial integration of the school system, depicted in Remember the Titans. His career now spans more than 50 years in public relations, launching his own firms and working in-house at some of the largest publicly traded companies. Among his entrepreneurial endeavors was a one-person…
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NPC Communicators Legends Dinner with Frank Sesno
Frank Sesno, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, author and education leader will be the featured guest for a National Press Club Communicators Legends Dinner on Tuesday, October 25. Sesno directed the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs for 11 years and now serves as director of strategic initiatives. At GW, he founded Planet Forward in 2009 to launch the next generation of environmental storytellers and highlight transformative ideas for sustainability issues. He also focuses on disinformation campaigns and how news organizations need to understand and respond to…
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CANCELLED - NPC Communicators Legends Dinner with Maria Cardona
Maria Cardona, a public policy advocate, democratic strategist and seasoned communications practitioner, will be the featured guest for a National Press Club Communicators Legends Dinner on Thursday, October 26. Recognized as among the most influential Latinos in the country, Cardona is a Principal at the Dewey Square Group (DSG) and founder of Latinovations, the Latino strategies practice of DSG. Cardona serves as a CNN and CNN en Español political commentator, as well as the host of the MARIA! Show on El Rey Network. Prior to signing on exclusively with CNN, she was a frequent commentator…
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Legends of Broadcast: Ann Compton
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ABC News veteran Ann Compton will be the National Press Club Broadcast & Podcast Team's newest guest at is series of "Legends of Broadcast"These limited-access informal events allow NPC members and their guests to hear the honoree's remarks and participate in an intimate Q&A. Compton's distinguished career includes 41 years on the air at ABC, much of that time at the White House, spanning 10 presidential campaigns and seven presidents. She has earned a fellowship at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and did a stint at the Miller Center for Presidential Studies in Virginia. She…
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Legends of Broadcast: Irv Chapman
These limited-access informal events allow NPC members and their guests to hear the honoree's remarks and participate in an intimate Q&A. Irv Chapman has been a Washington and foreign correspondent for major broadcast news organizations. He moved from New York to Washington to open a bureau for a startup, Radio Press International, and to cover President John F. Kennedy as White House correspondent. Joining ABC News, his first major special event was Kennedy's funeral. Chapman was ABC’s Bureau Chief in Moscow and Tokyo. He covered Richard Nixon's first-ever presidential summit in the…
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