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12/18/2008 9:28 AM
Two recent items brought into focus one of the downsides of today's communications environment, where speed can kill you … or almost kill you!
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12/17/2008 9:39 AM
If there were two trends that marked 2008, they would be the explosion in usage of new communications tools and the concern that a recession in 2009 would impact jobs - although some would argue that we should have listed the second trend first.
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12/17/2008 8:36 AM
MDB Communications released a pro bono 30-second TV spot highlighting homelessness ... and a number of PR firms are helping the Capital Area Food Bank.
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12/9/2008 5:51 PM
The DC Ad Club issued a call for entries for its 2009 ADDY Awards; The Washington office of Arnold Worldwide moved to Arlington from McLean; RTC Relationship Marketing opened a new Georgetown office; and, Silicon Valley-based Google has had the official opening event for its Reston office.
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12/9/2008 10:38 AM
We've been hearing it for months: "Capitol Communicator! Set up a Twitter account!" And now we have.
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12/9/2008 10:33 AM
It's that time of the year that many guys really dread and for them, Satchi and Satchi in NY captured this spirit of the season with a viral video for JC Penney called “The Doghouse”.
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12/9/2008 10:07 AM
Shonali Burke will be adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University; Pava Cohen joins Sage Communications as VP; Daniel Drummond, head of the DC office of Allison & Partners, profiled in The Washington Post; and Felix Laboy<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11
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12/9/2008 9:38 AM
Digital agency iStrategyLabs and DC’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer held a contest last month with the goal of "visualizing DC’s public data" designed to benefit the DC government, citizens, visitors and businesses .
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12/8/2008 3:04 PM
No one can truly predict the future in this volatile economy. What really matters for marketers is consumer behavior today -- what and how people are spending, or not, in reaction to the economic crisis - and Porter Novelli offers 10 key holiday shopping trends.
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12/8/2008 1:12 PM
What’s the latest employment update? The answer is that it depends on who you talk to.
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12/8/2008 1:12 PM
What’s the latest employment update? The answer is that it depends on who you talk to.
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12/1/2008 12:49 PM
Johnson & Johnson’s Motrin apologized for an online and print campaign that angered mommy bloggers ... Journalists’ usage of new media technologies – such as online newsrooms, blogs, RSS and social media – is extensive ... Butterball goes online.<
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11/27/2008 1:31 PM
Emilio Pardo, AARP’s Chief Brand Officer, led a discussion with about 50 members and guests of the local chapter of MENG this past week in AARP’s new media center. The topic: Boomers, their size, influence and how marketers can better reach this demographic.
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11/26/2008 2:45 PM
Why is brainstorming for new ideas often so disappointing? Sixty-plus members of the Ad Club got the answer at the November lunch meeting from Sheila Campbell of Wild Blue Yonder.
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11/25/2008 12:00 PM
PRSA’s National Capital Chapter kicked off the holidays with a Nov. 20th reception filled with networking, fine food, prizes and laughter at Elizabeth’s on L, a hip, converted DC row house.
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11/25/2008 7:59 AM
Fleishman-Hillard promoted Martha Boudreau to president, U.S. Mid-Atlantic ... Joyce Bosc, president of Boscobel, was a finalist for the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Stevie Awards ... Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategy Labs named "one to watch" by BOT ... Virilion adds Kelly Colbert to its Board of Directors.
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11/19/2008 12:51 PM
Brunner changes name, management & focus of its D.C. office; GolinHarris selected to handle Cool Earth's U.S. launch; Strategic Communications Group adds TARP; Low + Associates wins awards for two PSA campaigns; CreatiVerge wins ...
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11/19/2008 12:51 PM
Brunner changes name, management & focus of its D.C. office; GolinHarris selected to handle Cool Earth's U.S. launch; Strategic Communications Group adds TARP; Low + Associates wins awards for two PSA campaigns; CreatiVerge wins ...
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11/19/2008 12:30 PM
The American Advertising Federation named Ron Owens recipient of its 2008 Pioneer of Diversity Award at its Diversity Achievement Awards Program in NYC ... Spectrum Science Communications promoted Susie Tappouni to VP ... and Mary Jo Lampe joined NJVC as VP.
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11/17/2008 3:13 PM
On Feb. 17, 2009, broadcast television will switch from analog to digital so the FCC can reclaim the spectrum to make way for, among others things, mobile media.
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11/16/2008 4:16 PM
On Saturday, Nov 22, FotoWeek DC’s gala evening at the National Geographic Society celebrated the culmination of FotoWeek DC's first annual festival of photography.
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11/11/2008 12:15 PM
Design Army wins a number of awards and its owners named to Washingtonian magazine's best dressed list...Warschawski named one of the top-20 “Best Agencies to Work For” by The Holmes Report; and John Hellerman, co-founder of Hellerman Baretz Communications, named “Agency Ex
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10/29/2008 5:12 PM
Washington Business Journal announced its “2008 Women Who Mean Business” awards and among the winners are Eva Neumann, ENC Marketing & Communications, and Elizabeth Shea, SpeakerBox Communications.
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9/29/2008 4:28 AM
The Twin Tech II crowd of approximately 1,200 seemed to lean more toward urban savvy than suburban hip.
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9/29/2008 4:22 AM
Advertising Week DC featured many dynamic and insightful speakers. The 16 events/sessions received a total of 4,789 registrants.
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9/26/2008 12:52 PM
The Public Relations Society of America’s National Capital Chapter honored the talent, creativity and innovation in Washington PR at its annual Thoth Awards.
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9/10/2008 9:43 AM
People in the News: James C. Lake, Maureen Davenport , Jen Krupey , Martha Miller, Jessica Klenk , Leanne Petti, Shany Seawright, Robyn Sachs, Pat Lovenhart, Lynn Osborne, Lisa Groover.
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9/10/2008 9:43 AM
People in the News: James C. Lake, Maureen Davenport , Jen Krupey , Martha Miller, Jessica Klenk , Leanne Petti, Shany Seawright, Robyn Sachs, Pat Lovenhart, Lynn Osborne, Lisa Groover.
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9/10/2008 6:50 AM
AXIS adds seven accounts, North Bridge Communications has been tapped to handle public affairs, The International Monetary Fund has awarded two six-figure PR contracts.
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9/10/2008 6:38 AM
The deal between Livingston Communications, which is based in the DC area, and Canada's Social Media Group, which had been hailed as the creation of the largest social media communications agency, has been called off.
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