John Jay Daly, who had a lengthy career in public relations and marketing, has died.  According to The Washington Post, Daly developed the idea that consumers could opt out of direct marketing advertising campaigns. 

Advertising Week DC, set for September 14–18, celebrates the best of the marketing, media and advertising community with a week dedicated to networking, professional development and education.

Reverend Mansfield “Kasey” Kaseman has joined Van Eperen Public Relations as vice president of Strategy and Development. Kaseman has 40+ years experience founding and administering non-profit organizations. 

On August 20, the DC startup community hosted 10 early-stage start-ups companies presenting to a handpicked group of 200 attendees including the Mid-Atlantic region’s leading investors, startup executives, engineers, designers, startup industry professionals, bloggers and press. 

Carousel30's work on the Don't Move Firewood campaign has had a lot of recent honors, including a 2009 ADDY Award, a Visionary Award from the Summit Emerging Media Awards, and now Advertising Age's GoodWorks column featured a homepage article on the campaign.

Peter Corbett, who heads iStrategyLabs, reports that his firm is opening a New York office at 220 Lafayette St. #3, co-located with Personal Democracy Forum, Open Congress, and other like-minded civic innovation organizations.

The Advertising Club of Metropolitan Washington, in collaboration with the American Advertising Federation, will bestow the prestigious Silver Medal Award to Robert L. Whittle, president and CEO of Williams Whittle. Given annually, this award honors an exceptional person who has made outstanding contributions to advertising, and has been active in furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence and responsibilities in areas of social concern.

Strategic Communications Group has been selected as PR agency of record by Solera Networks, provider of network forensics products and services.

Volkswagen of America, Inc, is reviewing its ad agency options, reports the Washington Business Journal.  

The Washington Business Journal along with sponsor McGuireWoods and Rising Star Sponsor SAP America, Inc. announce the sixth annual "Women Who Mean Business" awards program.

The AMA DC programming team decided in late Spring to hold a sports-marketing event for its members

Washington Women in Public Relations invites you to nominate yourself or another female public relations professional for consideration of the 2009 Washington PR Woman of the Year award.

Matt Smith, president of SmithGifford, said his firm has been named agency of record by Middleburg Bank, based in Middleburg, VA.

This year marks the 15th anniversary for WJLA-TV’s annual “Tribute to Working Women” campaign.  Last year’s tribute was a tremendous success because of our friends, sponsors and previous winners.

TJS Productions retained Williams Whittle as the advertising agency of record to execute a strategic advertising campaign to support its biggest shows of the year. TJS Productions is the show production company that organizes the Washington Home and Garden Show and Sale and the Washington Boat Show and Sale.

Silver Spring-based Choice Hotels,  a conglomerate of hoteliers operating under the a number of well-known brands - EconoLodge, Comfort Inn, Clarion, Comfort Suites, Rodeway Inn and Clarion Suites – is moving its ad account from Arnold DC, reportedly, to Doner, which is based in Detroit 

Social Matchbox, set for August 20, is DC’s place to be and be seen for technology and web startup companies.  The event has been called the “state of the startups” and “the meeting of the makers” because it brings together the who’s who of the startup, investor and skilled technology and web community for an evening of company launches, product launches and peer conversations.

An innovative marketing strategy developed by Merrick Towle Communications, including outreach to neighborhood bloggers and a heavy focus on special events and social media, lead to a dramatic increase in visits to Allegro Apartment's leasing center and Web site, and a record number of lease-signings in just three months for the new, luxury apartment building in Columbia Heights - since its grand opening in late April, 129 out of 297 units have been leased.

DC Ad Club members and guests had a fun evening of food, drinks and two hours of laughs at The All Stars Comedy Club at Listrani’s Restaurant in Arlington. The theme, Comedy Night for the Client-Impaired, helped to loosen up the crowd.  Two professional comedians, Dave Tullis and < ... Read More »

Capitol Communicator is launching a video series featuring interviews with area thought leaders.

The series will be produced by Paul Vogelzang (shown above) and Rich Harrington and recorded in the studios at Rhed Pixel. Read More »

Now is your chance to secure your spot at the region's largest and most diverse gathering of advertising, marketing, public relations and media leaders! From September 14-18, you can be rubbing elbows with nationally recognized industry experts while gaining tools to make the most out of your advertising dollar at AdWeek2009.

THE DOG SHOW and other artwork by Raleigh Schein,  past president of the Ad Club of Metropolitan Washington, that's set for Annapolis brings to light the many faces of dogs – every child’s playmate, man’s best friend, a member of the family, and our search and rescuers in emergencies.  The show features ten dog portraits along with other portraits, landscapes, cityscapes and music-inspired abstracts.

In response to the unprecedented political and regulatory changes in the healthcare industry, MS&L announced a new approach for its clients: Breaking the Code. 

David Bass, longtime Washington media consultant, journalist and public relations exec, has launched Raptor Strategies, an aggressive new firm with the tagline, "New Times Demand New Strategies."

Mac Mannes, Inc., a promotional branding agency with over fifty years experience serving Washington's organizations, has been selected by the National Military Family Association as the vendor to provide the branded products for Operation Purple.

The Capitol Communicator’s "Connecting Communicators" event held July 30 at the offices of Arnold DC proved to be exactly that – a chance for area communicators to come together and connect with one another.  More than 300 people registered for the event and they spent the evening chatting with their peers in person and on-line. 

Reporters use social media for research and leads, according to six top reporters who spoke July 29th at PRSA-NCC’s “How to Get Big Media Hits in a Social Media World,” discussion. The session was moderated by Aaron Cohen, vice president of media and digital communications at MS&L.

If you wanted to attend tonight's sold-out Connecting Communicators event but are unable to be there, we are taking the buzz online, live, via a Social Mash-up.

AXIS Communications has formed an Advisory Board comprised of nationally recognized experts. The board will provide AXIS with insights and perspectives on trends and events that impact the industries in which AXIS serves clients. The Advisory Board includes the following industry leaders:

Qorvis Communications announced new hires to keep pace with business growth. Ten new employees joined Qorvis and the firm continues to seek qualified individuals for additional slots.