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Toastmasters to meet June 22
The Toastmasters Club will meet in the Games Room at 7 p.m., Monday, June 22. Toastmasters is a great way to hone your public speaking skills. Drop in and see what it’s about! Questions? Contact Angela Bradbery at [email protected] or 202-588-7741.
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Gay leader to discuss effects of expected Supreme Court ruling June 22
Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO and president of GLAAD, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media advocacy organization, will discuss the future of the gay rights movement after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, expected by the end of the month, at a Newsmakers news conference on Monday, June 22 at noon in the Zenger Room. Ellis will also provide a picture of the current landscape and of what might happen if the court rules against the plaintiff. Ellis has been GLAAD president and CEO since January, 2014. She is an award-winning media executive and communications…
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Securities commision organization to present case that large funds, asset managers need different regulations from banks June 22
Greg Medcraft, chairman of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), will explain at a Newsmakers news conference on Monday, June 22, at 10 a.m. in the Zenger Room why his organization now believes that global policy makers have taken the wrong approach to overseeing large funds and asset managers, The news conference will be webcast live and that webcast will be interactive, allowing reporters to pose questions in real time. Online access to the webcast will be available here. IOSCO and other regulators have been looking at designated large funds and large asset…
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'Shocking the Conscience': Simeon Booker raps about book at National Press Club
Simeon Booker, the second African-American to become a National Press Club member, a Fourth Estate winner, a Golden Owl, the first African-American reporter for the Washington Post and Jet Magazine's White House correspondent for a half-century, discussed his book Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement at at an NPC Book Rap on April 9. Booker and his wife and co-author, Carol McCabe Booker, were interviewed about their book by Joe Madison, known to listeners of SiriusXM radio as “The Black Eagle.” Booker was one of the great reporters of the civil-rights…
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Tennis great Chris Evert plans address at National Press Club Luncheon May 7
Tennis great Chris Evert, ranked the world’s number one tennis player for seven years, will explain how tennis can have a positive impact on communities at a National Press Club Luncheon May 7. Tickets may be purchased by clicking here. Tickets cost $21 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase two tickets at this price) and $35 for all other non-member tickets. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. For questions, please e-mail [email protected] or call (202)662–7501. Evert, the publisher of Tennis Magazine and lead tennis anchor for ESPN’s coverage of top tennis…
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Scottish First Minister predicts independence from United Kingdom at Press Club Newsmaker
While Scotland -- if it achieves independence from the United Kingdom following the 2014 referendum on that issue -- "will never be a global superpower, it will be a good global citizen," Alex Salmond, the first minister of Scotland, told an April 10 National Press Club Newsmaker. An independent Scotland will carry with it far-reaching economic, legal, political and security consequences for all of the U.K., Salmond said Scotland, he said, would have to review its relationships with the rest of the world, including its priorities in foreign and diplomatic affairs and its memberships in…
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Successful innovators have Ninja qualities, CEA president says at National Press Club event
Today's most successful business innovators embrace the same qualities that defined the historical and mythical Ninja clans, including discipline, mission-oriented strategy, adaptability, decisiveness and a will to win, said Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association. Shapiro discussed his new book, Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses on April 3 at the National Press Club. As head of the Consumer Electronics Association and its influential annual trade show, the International Consumer Electronics Show, Shapiro has worked…
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Mayo Clinic CEO calls for reimbursement reforms at National Press Club Luncheon
Dr. John H. Noseworthy, president and chief executive officer of the Mayo Clinic, called for scrapping the current federal reimbursement system for Medicare and Medicaid patients at a National Press Club Luncheon address April 9 and replacing it with one that rewards health care providers who use the most effective and cost-efficent treatments. The U.S. "faces perhaps the most profound challenge in its history" regarding health care as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," Noseworthy said. Congress and the administration should repeal the…
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Head table seat available for member at Grimsson National Press Club Luncheon on April 15
Got a Nordic connection or ice in your veins? Email organizer Donna Leinwand Leger at [email protected] for a head table seat at the National Press Club Luncheon featuring Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson on April 15. One head table seat remains for a Club member. If you are selected for the head table, you must arrive at the Club by 12 p.m. on April 15. The price of admission for the head table seat is two excellent questions for the speaker to be submitted to Leinwand Leger by April 13. Grimsson, who is serving a record fifth term as the island nation’s president, has…
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Wizards, Capitals offer tickets to National Press Club members
National Press Club members can receive special prices for Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals games. Washington Wizards vs. Miami Heat on Wednesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. Please note that there are very few seats remaining for this game. -- Lower Level Suite tickets: Catered, executive suites in the lower level with gourmet food, beer and soft drinks for $275 per ticket.-- Lexus Suite Level tickets: Catered executive suites in the 300s suite level with gourmet food, beer and soft drinks for $200 per ticket.-- Single game tickets are also available. Washington Wizards vs. Philadelphia…
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