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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 Membership Committee
National Press Club Membership Committee Members have some of the most important tasks of any Club members, helping further the goals of the Club by carefully reviewing applications for membership and ensuring that those selected are working to advance the cause of ethics and professionalism in journalism and communications. They also help tell the National Press Club by inviting and encouraging journalist and communicator colleagues to also become members. This meeting will be online/virtual. To participate - or if you would like to join the Membership Team - please contact Team Leader Cary…
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Former and current Broadcast pros reflect on the bright side of moving to the ‘dark side’ (Broadcast Team)
The reference to the dark side is tongue-in-cheek, by the way! This will be a hybrid gathering (both Zoom and in the Cosgrove Room of The Reliable Source). In no particular order, the planned participants (all Club members we call friends) are: Lori Russo, President Stanton Communications Debra Silimeo, President, The Silimeo Group Bill McCloskey, former Director of Media Relations, BellSouth (AT&T) Our Co-Vice Chair Adam Konowe will lead this part of the meeting, Adam is Senior VP, Edelman. Join us for this monthly Broadcast Team meeting, Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. ET via zoom or…
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Everything you need to know about podcasts featuring Melissa Kiesche, SVP, Edison Research (Broadcast Team)
“Everything you need to know about podcasts” with guest speaker Melissa Kiesche, SVP, Edison Research. Edison Research does exhaustive research on this growing media form. Here’s what it says on their website calling itself “The Leading Podcast Research Company In The World”: Edison Research data powers many of the most listened-to podcasts in the world, and our industry studies on consumer behavior, demographics, and monetization of podcasting are used by scores of successful companies in the space Join us for our monthly Broadcast Team meeting, Thursday, October 6 at 12 p.m. ET via zoom or…
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NPC Communicators Virtual Lunch & Learn: ROI for Strategic Communicators
The National Press Club Communicators Team will host a virtual "Lunch & Learn" program focused on how strategic communications professionals can measure and deliver quality return on investment (ROI) from their campaigns. The 1-hour online discussion will feature Beth Egan, Associate professor of Advertising at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Beth Egan is perfectly situated to speak about return on investment—what it means in the strategic communications context, how we can explain it to our clients and the C-suite in terms they understand, and…
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Mining for News Gold in U.S. Foreign Aid
Learn about a treasure trove of data and insights that most journalists routinely miss in an interactive online workshop for members of the National Press Club on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. US Eastern Time. Edward DeMarco, a former Bloomberg international politics editor in Washington and National Press Club member who went on to work in Africa as a strategist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for a decade, steers you through a raft of overlooked sources and other information. He’ll provide pointers on how to: Get clues ahead of the curve about U.S…
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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America VP to speak at American Legion Post 20 meeting
Tom Porter, the Executive Vice President for Government Affairs, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, will be the guest speaker at the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 meeting on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 12 noon in the McClendon Room. Porter will discuss the recently passed PACT Act, which expands VA health care and benefits to veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. Porter is a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, and his service has included deployments to Afghanistan and the Arabian Gulf as a Public Affairs Officer. Prior to joining IAVA in 2015, he was Vice…
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Lunch and Learn Program: How to Increase Organic Social Media Engagement
Communicators write social media posts for their organizations (or clients) to reach online communities with news and information. Getting posts liked is one thing, but the real power of social media is getting your posts shared and re-shared. Most people don’t have the time or inclination to do more than simply click the share button on a social media post. But those clicks have little, if no, impact to getting a post noticed. On Oct. 20, at noon (ET), NPC Member and co-founder of SpeechifAI Tudor Mihailescu will talk about the challenges of getting attention on social media and an…
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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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General Membership Meeting
The National Press Club will hold a general membership meeting for all Club members at noon Friday, Oct. 21, in the Conference Rooms. There will not be a livestream, so please plan accordingly to attend in-person. Members will receive membership updates and Club leadership will speak on matters related to an annual dues increase. Please review the minutes from our May 20 meeting and send your approval or edits to Secretary Alisa Parenti at [email protected]. A lunch buffet will be provided. You must be a NPC member to attend and registration is required.
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