IABC DC Metro
   
   
  April 2011
   
PRESIDENT'S NOTE
  Just like in baseball, spring training is over and it's time to play ball! Check out what we have planned to help you perform at the top of your game.
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Reminder: Attend April Chapter Meeting: Thursday, April 14: The Future of Internal Communication
  Join Victoria Mellor, CEO and co-founder of Melcrum, a research and training business that is the leading authority on best practice, emerging trends and strategy in internal communication, who will take a look at the changing role of the internal communications function.
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Recap of March Chapter Meeting
  Missed the March Chapter Meeting? We've Got You Covered!
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Join the IABC/DC Metro Independents Group!
  If you're an entrepreneur in start-up mode, a small business owner with five or fewer employees, an independent consultant, or otherwise spend your days working for yourself—have you considered joining our Independents special interest group?
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Network with Colleagues and Communicators at IABC Happy Hour - April
  Come enjoy cocktails and conversation with some of the D.C. metro area's top professional communicators at IABC/DC Metro's Happy Hour events. This month, we're at D.C.'s Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, where British classics meet a variety of North American favorites. In May we return to an IABC favorite, Ceiba.
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Gain Visibility and Support IABC Through Sponsorship Opportunities
  Consider sponsoring a local IABC / DC Metro event or lend support all year long. We offer sponsorship opportunities to meet your goals and budget.. >>> more
   
IABC Members Free Webinar: May 25
  Free for all IABC Members, the IABC Webinar series explores important topics for all communications professionals. The next event is "When the Headline Is You," an insider's guide to handling the media. >>> more
   
Details on IABC World Conference: June 12 – 15
  The 2011 IABC World Conference will be held in San Diego June 12 – June 15 and will feature noted business thinker Marshall Goldsmith; best-selling author and "popular science prodigy" Jonah Lehrer; and Pulitzer Prize winner Sheryl WuDunn among other keynote speakers.
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Communication World Article: "The Difference is in the Details"
  When it comes to change communication, it's not as much what you say but how you say it.
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Welcome—and Welcome Back—New and Renewing Members!
  Meet the folks who have chosen to join or renew their association membership.
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  Quote of the Month
  Quote of the Month:
"Seek first to understand, then to be understood"
— Stephen R. Covey
   
   
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Heidi Hess of Ogilvy Washington discussed the challenges managing a crisis in the digital age at the March chapter meeting.
 

Upcoming EVents

Chapter Meeting
Date: Wednesday, April 14
8:00 am - 10:00 am

Marvin Center, Room 403
George Washington University
800 21st Street NW
DC

Details

Free Seminar
Date: Tuesday, April 19
8:30 am
- 11:00 am
Government Printing Office near Union Station

Details

April Happy Hour
Date: Wednesday, April 20
5:30 pm

Elephant and Castle
1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Downtown DC

Details

 

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