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Yoruba One Voice Intl - Invitation Only
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About Josh Greene
Josh Greene is the CEO of The Mather Group, a 12-person digital agency that helps companies manage how they are found online through Wikipedia and SEO. Before The Mather Group, Josh was the VP of Marketing for both 1-800-PACK-RAT and Zippy Shell where he was responsible for all the marketing online, offline, and the launch of national television campaigns. Josh was also the Vice President of Member Service for Shop.org and supervised membership initiatives, including collaborations with the National Retail Federation's government relations staff to execute policy strategies; and the Director…
NPC Communicators Lunch and Learn: How Wikipedia Can Help or Hurt You
Wikipedia, the free multi-lingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of some 200,000 editors and contributors, is accessed by 1.4 billion unique devices every single day and is one of the 15 most popular websites (as ranked by Alexa so far this year). While Wikipedia has received praise for its enablement of the democratization of knowledge, the extent of coverage, unique structure, culture, and reduced amount of commercial influence, it has been criticized for its perceived unreliability and for exhibiting systemic bias. This Lunch and Learn program, which is hosted by…
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Battle of Midway hero recognized at Club Post 20 meeting
Dr. James D'Angelo, a retired Washington-area physician turned historian and author, told the amazing story of Lt. Col. Richard Best, an unsung hero of the epic World War II Battle of Midway, at the June 24 meeting of National Press Club American Legion Post 20. D'Angelo, a Post member who spoke from his home in Bradenton, Florida, is the author of "Victory at Midway" and founder of the International Midway Memorial Foundation, which each year commemorates the June 4, 1942, naval battle that turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific and, D'Angelo argues, in Europe as well. Book by…
Type: News
Club to screen PBS documentary on Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism, Nov. 20
The National Press Club will present the Washington premiere screening of the 90-minute public television documentary, “Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism--Life and Legacy," the story of the founder of the world’s fifth largest religion, on Wednesday Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. The screening will be preceded by a reception at 6 p.m. A panel discussion with the film participants, moderated by Club President and Associated Press investigations editor Alison Kodjak, will follow. Cost is $10 for Club members, $15 for nonmembers. Purchase tickets online. Filmmakers and Club members Gerald Krell and Adam…
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The Future Of Newspapers In The Digital Age
"People want and need our journalism more than ever." That's how the President and CEO of News Media Alliance, David Chavern, describes the current state of the newspaper industry. The NMA previously was the Newspaper Association of America. It's the news industry's largest trade organization, representing about 2,000 publishers in the United States. In an Update-1 interview with Broadcast Podcast member Gemma Puglisi, Chavern talks about the record number of readers last year as local news became vitally important during the coronavirus pandemic. He also discusses how digital editions are…
Type: Media
The State of Human Rights in Iran
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to a Symposium on THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN Live Reports From Iran by Former & Current Political Prisoners Plus In-depth Analysis by Experts & Human Rights Activists The National Press Club, Holeman Lounge June 30, 2021, 9:45 to 2:00 pm RSVP: [email protected] Program Time LIVE WEBCAST and AUDIO-ZOOM Webcast URL: https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=6167839455632010 Audio Zoom Connection: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82844513496 Main Organizer: AVA TODAY (www.avatoday.net) Main Donor: NOROOZ Foundation (www.norooz.org)
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Visby Medical™ Visby Medical has been working to change the order of diagnosis and treatment of infectious disease for a decade. Having developed the first commercial, single-use, PCR device to rapidly test for serious infection, Visby Medical devices deliver accurate results to inform clinical decision-making, all during the patient visit. Visby has gained government and private partnerships to accelerate the delivery of instrument-free PCR for respiratory and for sexually transmitted infections, for use at the point of care, and eventually for use at home. SHRM SHRM creates better…