The U.S. Green Building Council adds Judith Webb, APR, as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications; Maroon PR adds Jane Goodall Institute to its client roster; and Incite Creative, Inc., a Baltimore-based agency, adds several accounts for which it will provide a range of marketing strategy and design services. Read More »

Association Media & Publishing recognized five EXCEL Award winners at the 30^th Annual EXCEL Awards Gala in Washington, DC with the highest honor in association publishing—the EXTRA! Award.

Nearly 500 marketing, media and technology professionals gathered in Tysons Corner on June 25 for the 7^th Annual Digital Media Conference East co-produced by Digital Media Wire and DC’s Potomac Tech Wire. Social, mobile, video, metrics, convergence and the cloud where the themes of the day-long event.

Ted Ward, vice president of marketing for GEICO, was honored as the 2010 Advertising Person of the Year by The ADVERTISING Club of New York.

Constance Cannon Frazier has been named chief operating officer of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), effective August 1. Frazier’s appointment makes her the highest-ranking African-American woman at a national advertising trade association.

Washington Women in Public Relations held its annual media roundtable luncheon on June 22 at the National Press Club.  This year's program was a lively and informative panel discussion featuring local members of the media from TV, radio and print. 

Association Media & Publishing, based in McLean, installed its 2010-2011 Board of Directors at the 2010 annual meeting in Washington, DC, on June 15. The 2010-2011 Board President is

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. adds Dan Drummond as director of public relations; NPJ Advertising & Public Relations is assisting the Collective Banking Group; PlowShare adds Eric L. Frost; Strauss Radio Strategies Read More »

Crosby Marketing Communications has received 11 Best of Maryland Awards from the Maryland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, including:

The employment outlook for local communicators in the second half of 2010 remains uncertain, according to a small survey of agency heads and those who place people in communications jobs.

The third phony news release to hit a major newswire in the past week was issued June 18 by Business Wire purportedly on behalf of Javelin Pharmaceuticals,

Feld Entertainment, Vienna, VA-based producer of Ringling Bros. and Disney on Ice, suspended its PR agency review, said VP of corporate communications Stephen Payne.

Environics Communications adds Lisa Fels as an account supervisor in the D.C., office. The Partnership for Prevention adds Laura E. Diamond as director of communications.

During a week of  World Cup Championship games, the NBA Finals and Digital Capital Week events, it’s a wonder any work in DC is getting done at all. On Tuesday, June 15, Fleishman-Hillard co-hosted a panel with Capitol Read More »

Smartphone sales are expected to exceed PC sales by 2011 and, by 2013, mobile web usage will surpass desktop or "tethered" usage.  These were two of the trends discussed when more than 40 people attended the Capitol Communicator’s “Get Moving with Mobile” program on Wednesday, held at PointAbout during Digital Capital & Read More »

Warschawski, a Baltimore-based agency, announced that it has been selected as the “Best Small Agency to Work For” in the country by The Holmes Report, a national news and opinion publication for the communications industry. 

HARO – Help a Reporter Out – has been acquired by Lanham-based Vocus.  HARO is a free service founded by Peter Shankman, (Twitter: @skydiver) that links nearly 30,000 reporters and bloggers with more than 100,000 sources. HARO is a complementary fit for Vocus as both companies are in the business of linking newsmakers with sources – yet HARO puts bloggers and reporters in the driver’s seat with an innovative and social approach.

The West Virginia Division of Tourism has partnered with 10 state attractions and organizations to dominate the Washington, D.C., metro this month through an extensive “Station Domination” advertising campaign, reports the Herald-Dispatch in Huntington, West Virginia.

Design Army received three National ADDY awards on June 12 and AKQA also won a National Gold ADDY.

Washington Women in Public Relations honored three women as recipients of WWPR’s inaugural Emerging Leaders Awards: Carrie Fox, president and founder, C. Fox Communications; Lauren Musiol, senior account e Read More »

Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK) begins tomorrow with an opening party that's expected to draw 2,000.  DCWEEK is a 10-day festival in Washington, DC, focused on technology, innovation and all things digital in our nation’s capital.  Modeled after Internet Week NY, Social Media Week, FotoWeek DC, Fringe Festival, etc., DCWEEK will consist of a series of events produced and hosted by individuals, organizations and community groups - and about 5,000 people are expected to attend.  It will be a time you can do the following:

The Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington (ADCMW) held its 61st Annual Show Gala on June 5 at the Mansion on O Street.  Among the winners:

All area communicators are eligible and encouraged to participate in the 2010 IABC/DC Metro Silver Inkwell Awards.  The deadline is June 30, with an early-bird deadline of June 10. Membership in the association is not required. Submissions are being accepted in 64 categories, including &l Read More »

“Twitter is only as powerful as what you connect it to,” said Andre Francis, social media representative, Pepco Holdings, Inc at a workshop titled “Using Twitter as an Effective Communications Tool for Government, Business, and Non-Profits”, June 9, at the U.S. Navy Memorial & Heritage Center. 

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Williams Whittle retained by the American Red Cross for PSA campaign outreach ... Vocus unveiled a major software release which showcases a new social media monitoring module.

Ernie Mosteller, VP, Creative Director/Emerging Media for Brunner, and creative director for the agency's DC office, has become an independent film and video director ... White+Partners adds Mark Zenone as interactive design director ... Keith D. Little joins Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors as senior manager for media relations. Read More »

Michael Jack, president and general manager of WRC-TV, will assume responsibility for WNBC in NYC.  He will oversee all of the group’s New York-based local media assets, including the broadcast television station, the local website and digital channel.  A replacement for Jack at WRC will be announced shortly. 

Burson-Marsteller appointed John Mercurio as a director in its media practice. Mercurio was most recently executive editor of The National Journal’s Hotline, Washington’s daily online source on American politics. At the Hotline,

JESS3 has created a beta Firefox plugin for the oil spill. When it picks up an mention of BP, the word is blacked out and oil drips down. VP Dick Cheney's former campaign spokeswoman has joined the BP PR team.

Lisa R. Davis joined MedImmune as VP/corporate affairs; The family of Laurie Dunlap - former executive director Read More »