Finally! A Positive Outlook for the Washington, DC, Advertising Community - 1/25/2012 -

By Cary Hatch, MDB Communications With the 2012 presidential election, the summer Olympics and emerging positive economic growth on the horizon, the advertising industry is expected to experience exponential growth. Importantly, these events bring new advertising opportunities, which many advertisers are bound to capitalize on now. Today, the economy is in a much healthier state than it was back in 2008 and 2009, and companies are reinvesting in their advertising efforts. These developments will ...more >

BurrellesLuce Releases “Top Media Outlets: Newspapers, Blogs, Consumer Magazines, Websites & Social Networks” - 1/9/2012 -

Google, Facebook, YouTube and Yahoo!, respectively, ended 2011 as the top-four websites both in the United States and globally, according to data presented by BurrellesLuce in its latest edition of “Top Media Outlets: Newspapers, Blogs, Consumer Magazines, Websites & Social Networks.”...more >

Political Campaigns and Managing Expectations - 1/5/2012 -

By Nick Ragone, director of Ketchum’s Washington, D.C., office Political campaigns are all about managing expectations.We've seen this time and again: candidates trying to tamp down expectations with the hopes of wildly exceeding them.Sometimes it works ......more >

The Art Institute of Washington is One in a Billion - 1/19/2012 -

The Interactive Advertising Class at The Art Institute of Washington, a branch campus of The Art Institute of Atlanta, worked with The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD) to launch the I Am One in a Billion Campaign. The campaign, an initiative of IMTD, is aimed at mobilizing one billion people across the world to persuade their government to take action to prevent the global climate change crisis....more >

CDIA Graduate's Photography on Display at CDIA's Georgetown Campus - 1/11/2012 -

Pavla Teie was born in Prague where she witnessed in her adolescence what Czechs call the “velvet revolution” capped by the election of a poet president. Her professional career has taken her from the director of public relations at the Boeing-subsidiary aircraft manufacturer in the Czech Republic to the philanthropic work of the Summit Foundation, but she found her art - her voice - in ...more >

New Classes Start Jan. 23 and Jan. 24 at Boston University's CDIA Campus in Georgetown - 1/10/2012 -

Whether you dream of becoming a filmmaker, photographer, animator, graphic and web designer, or web developer, Boston University’s CDIA campus in Georgetown can help you get ready for your future. Full-time Spring classes begin Jan. 23; part-time Spring classes begin Jan. 24....more >

Berger Teams Up with Nine Peaks and Nutco to Produce WAMA Documentary - 6/14/2011 -

Loved by some and not so by others, it seems local musicians, promoters, sound engineers and agents all have different opinions about the DC music scene, past, present and future. Produced, directed and edited by Greg Berger, this short film looks at the history of the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA). Interviews with veteran musicians and new artists who call the DC area their home....more >

Dimension Creative Promotions and ASAE Put Community First by Sending ASAE Team to 17th Annual Hands on DC Work-a-thon to Clean Up DC Public Schools - 5/24/2011 -

The ASAE team “Associations On Your Side” joined more than 1,500 volunteers on Saturday, April 30, for the Hands on DC work-a-thon. The team, formed by ASAE Greater Washington, volunteered to help clean up and beautify Anacostia High School. Projects included cleaning up the grounds, planting flowers, painting and more. ...more >

Mobile Billboard Advertising Opportunity - 5/21/2011 -

Hutzpah Media reaches golf lovers with billboard vehicles focused on the upcoming 111th U.S. Open Golf Championship at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD....more >