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Learn how to leverage LinkedIn at June 26 workshop
June 19, 2012
A "Getting Hands On with LinkedIn" workshop at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 26, will teach you a four-step approach in how to leverage your LinkedIn profile to grow your network, connect and engage with important contacts, and maintain these relationships with minimal effort. NPC members Anthony Shop…
Read MoreNPC member receives top award from Consumer Federation of America
June 18, 2012
National Press Club member Larry Blanchard received the highest civilian honor from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) at the organization's 42nd annual awards dinner June 15. The large, Washington-based consumer group gave Blanchard the 2012 Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award, named in…
Read MoreNPC members invited to Kazakhstan Embassy Night June 26
June 15, 2012
Last summer, HE Ambassador Erlan A. Idrissov invited the National Press Club to the Kazakhstan Embassy for an evening of discussion of the nation’s foreign policy and economic and political developments since the end of Soviet rule in December 1991. Now, on the event's one year anniversary,…
Read MoreDid you know NPC members have reciprocal privileges at the Cosmos?
June 14, 2012
The Cosmos Club has recently extended dining privileges to NPC members in addition to booking overnight accommodations at a special rate. NPC members can enjoy overnight accommodations in the unique guest rooms of the Mansion, the newly renovated Hillyer House or the Annex. Each overnight stay…
Read MoreSilimeo’s career path winds through broadcasting, government to public relations
June 8, 2012
National Press Club communicator member Debra Silimeo, recently named executive vice president of the public relations firm Hager Sharp, showed the journalistic and economic interests that would inspire her career as a fifth grader. She published a newspaper covering her row-house neighborhood in…
Read MoreHometown high school recognizes Press Club's Priebe
June 6, 2012
National Press Club member Louis Victor Priebe, although a Washington resident since 1970, is clearly a man who still loves his hometown of Enid, Oklahoma. Now the community he was raised in is letting him know that the feeling is mutual. Priebe, the recipient of the 2011 Berny Krug Award, has…
Read MoreSome tips for submitting Wire articles
June 1, 2012
The Wire exists for the purpose of informing members about National Press Club-sponsored activities and member accomplishments. We do not publicize non Club-sponsored events, even if they are taking place in our facilities, which we do rent to groups. We do not write about events that do not…
Read MoreNPC Freelance Committee Discusses Whether to Write a Book
June 1, 2012
Should you write a book? That's the question that the Club's Freelance Committee considered at their meeting May 21. Anna Lafferty, a Santa Barbara, Calif., book designer and professor of publication design in Santa Barbara, CA, offered lots of questions that freelancers should consider before…
Read MoreDinner and a movie June 7 offers chance to sample Reliable Source menu items
June 1, 2012
Club members and their guests are invited for Dinner and a Movie Night on Thursday, June 7, at 7 p.m. in the McClendon Room at the Reliable Source bar and restaurant. While watching the movie, ``Good Food, Good Deeds,'' attendees are invited to sample and test various dishes on the Reliable…
Read MoreDo you know? Club holds monthly book group for members
May 31, 2012
Join your fellow members for a lively discussion on the latest reads while enjoying the Club's famous brunch. Books & Brunch is typically held on the third Saturday of the month in the Fourth Estate Restaurant at noon. Previous books include "The Privileges" by Jonathan Dee, “Lady Almina and…
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