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Toastmasters International hosts meeting at Press Club Tonight, April 11, 7 p.m.
Do you want to become a better speaker, feel more at-ease when speaking in front of a group, or develop your leadership skills? If so, check out the National Press Club’s Toastmasters International group on Monday, April 11 at 7 p.m. in the NPC's Games Room. Toastmasters International is a 100+ year old non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. The Press Club offers a particularly comfortable and friendly environment for doing this while having fun and meeting great people. Come be our guest. We meet the second…
Type: News
Controlling Federal Waste
Mr. Grace discussed the continued need for decreasing wasteful government spending.
Type: Media
Young Members host Press & PR Pub Tonight, Wednesday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Join the NPC's Young Members Committee this evening, Wednesday, April 6 at the National Press Club for Press & PR Pub —- a networking mixer for journalists and communicators. The event is slated to start at 6:30 p.m. in the NPC's Holeman Lounge. Registration is required. Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for non-members. There will be a cash bar. A free drink ticket and light appetizers are included in the price of the ticket. Click here for tickets.
Type: News
Come learn about women impacting government from at Book Rap, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Washington Correspondent for TIME Magazine Jay Newton-Small plans to speak about her new book Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works at a National Press Club Book Rap on Wednesday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Young Members Committee and the Book & Authors Committee and includes an author discussion, question-and-answer session from the audience, and book signing. The event is free for members and $10 for the public. Click here for tickets. Books will be available for purchase at the event. The event is a fundraiser for the National…
Type: News
Update-1 podcast explores space news
Update-1, the National Press Club’s podcast, revisits space industry news in light of recent developments at NASA, within the burgeoning private sector, and among international competitors. How will the 2016 election impact NASA funding and priorities? Will entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos continue to disrupt and innovate? What are the commercial and national security implications of a resurgent Russia, an ambitious China and others? NPC broadcast committee member Adam Konowe poses these and other questions to Ben Iannotta, fellow Club member and editor-in-chief of…
Type: News
Not an April Fools joke: Fire alarm disrupts Book Rap, Taco Night
The National Press Club's Taco Night and a Book Rap were disrupted on April 1, but it wasn't an April Fools joke. The Press Club was cleared out around 7:15 p.m. due to a fire alarm in the National Press Building. The origin of the emergency was not immediately clear. The commotion brought a halt to a Book Rap featuring CNN security analyst Peter Bergen. That event's audience of about 35 people as well as dozens of Taco Night attendees made their way downstairs and out to the 14th St. sidewalk to wait for authorities to evaluate the situation. "While the fire alarm was unfortunate, the Press…
Type: News
Want to help honor the nation's best journalism?
The National Press Club is looking for Club members with a sharp eye for excellent journalism. We have a few openings in our judge panels for the 2016 journalism contest. This is a chance to join a talented group that helps with one of the Press Club's most important jobs -- recognizing the best, most thoughtful journalism in the country. The winners of the awards are expected to be announced at a dinner this summer at the Club. Judges will get a free ticket to the dinner and judge panels usually get together at the Press Club for a lunch to choose their winners. Judges should be Press Club…
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Determining homegrown terrorism 'who' easier than 'why,' CNN analyst tells Book Rap
CNN security analyst Peter Bergen knows who becomes the typical homegrown jihadi terrorist but has not figured out the more complicated part of the puzzle -- why. “The average age is 29, a third of these people are married, a third of these people have kids, their average incomes are similar to the average incomes of average Americans," Bergen told a National Press Club Book Rap April 1. "Their educational attainments are very similar. They are not career criminals. Their incidence of serious mental illness is below the rate of the normal population so they are saner than the average…
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National Press Club schedules membership meeting for noon on Friday, May 20
The National Press Club’s is planning to hold the next general membership meeting in the NPC's Conference Rooms at noon on Friday, May 20. Members should have the opportunity to hear from the Press Club’s top leadership about all of the exciting progress being made at the world’s leading professional organization for journalists. And there’s a free lunch. See you there! Here is the meeting agenda: 1. Meeting called to order (President Thomas Burr)2. Approval of the January general membership meeting minutes3. Membership Report (Evan McMorris-Santoro)4. Treasurer's Report (Andrea Snyder)5.…
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National Press Club member offers two opportunities to 'give back' to journalism
National Press Club member Joe Starrs, director of the Institute on Political Journalism at the Fund for American Studies, offers two ways fellow Press Club members can “give back” to the journalism profession through two programs conducted by the institute. By serving as a mentor to a college journalism student. Hosting a journalism student as your intern. For details, contact Starrs at 202-986-0384, ext. 149, or [email protected].
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