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				<title>Celebrate the holidays with local communicators and IABC-DC Tuesday, December 10</title>				
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	The International Association of Business Communicators, Washington DC Chapter (IABC-DC) will hold its holiday party on Tuesday, December 10, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Hilton Arlington.&amp;nbsp; Cost for the event is $40 for members and $55 for non-...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:34:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The impact of life-changing events on PR careers, Thursday, November 19</title>				
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	Washington Women in Public Relations is presenting a brown bag lunch seminar featuring five PR experts on Thursday, November 19 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the offices of Ogilvy Public Relations 1111 19th Street, NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC.&amp;nbsp...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:29:59 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Celebrate the holidays and help a good cause with WWPR on Tuesday December 15</title>				
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	Washington Women in Public Relations is having their annual holiday party at Gordon Biersch inn downtown Washington, DC on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 this year, and as always, the social networking function is both a tremendous value for DC commun...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:21:07 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Widmeyer&apos;s Margaret Dunning offers advice for new PR professionals</title>				
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	Margaret Dunning, Principal and Chief Strategy Officer of Widmeyer Communications http://www.Widmeyer.com, shares job-seeking and career-building advice for young PR professionals in this Conversations in Public Relations video interview.
	
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:26:34 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Holiday events with DC-area PR and marketing crowd</title>				
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	The holiday season is a great time for celebrating and making new friends.&amp;nbsp; Here are three can&amp;#39;t-miss holiday events for Washington, DC communicators.&amp;nbsp; Register in advance as these events may sell out.&amp;nbsp;

	Wednesday, December 2...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:15:13 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Sarah Temple is 2009 Washington PR Woman of the Year</title>				
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	Sarah Temple, Senior Vice President of Social Marketing Practice, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, was named the 2009 &amp;ldquo;Washington PR Woman of the Year&amp;rdquo; by Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) at its awards ceremony on November...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:03:47 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Widmeyer Communications - Profile of a PR Firm</title>				
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	Margaret Dunning, Principal and Chief Strategy Officer, provides background on Widmeyer Communications, an independent public relations firm with offices in Washington, DC and New York (http://www.Widmeyer.com).
	
	Margaret Dunning also describe...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:47:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Power public affairs defined - Ben Finzel&apos;s work with Widmeyer Communications</title>				
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	Meet Ben Finzel, Senior Vice President at Widmeyer Communications http://www.Widmeyer.com and head of the PR agency&amp;#39;s Public Affairs practice. Ben shares how he got started in public affairs, and what he does now at Widmeyer. He also explains ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:18:37 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rate the tops in local PR, Marketing, and Social Media</title>				
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	Here&amp;rsquo;s your chance to cast your vote for the best in social media, public relations and marketing in the Washington, DC area.&amp;nbsp; I can recommend up to six in each category in my Examiner.com Social Media column and my Examiner.com Marketi...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:05:34 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Profile of a PR agency leader - Margaret Dunning, Widmeyer Communications</title>				
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	Meet Margaret Dunning, Principal and Chief Strategy Officer of Widmeyer Communications, (http://www.widmeyer.com) an independent public relations firm with offices in Washington, DC and New York.
	
	In this inspiring Conversations in Public Rela...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:24:03 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Changing behavior with PR: Sarah Temple, Ogilvy Social Marketing SVP</title>				
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	Tune in for a fascinating discussion with Sarah Temple, Senior Vice President of Social Marketing at Ogilvy Public Relations.
	
	Sarah explains how social marketing campaigns can tackle important social issues, and presents some best practices f...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:55:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Insight on Healthcare PR: A Conversation with Sara Latham</title>				
				<link>http://www.examiner.com/x-2835-DC-Marketing-and-PR-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Insight-on-Healthcare-PR-A-Conversation-with-Sara-Latham?cid=exrss-DC-Marketing-and-PR-Examiner</link>
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				 Sara Latham, Senior Vice President of Healthcare at the Washington, DC office of Ruder Finn (http://www.ruderfinn.com) talks about her background in public relations and explains why healthcare public relations has become such a hot field in PR toda...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:45:37 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The PR agency experience: perspective from Brian Perry, Ruder Finn</title>				
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				 Brian Perry of Ruder Finn, DC &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Brian Perry is an Account Coordinator at the Washington, DC office of Ruder Finn, one of the world&apos;s largest independent public relations agencies. Listen as this young professional describes how he...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:16:32 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>A Conversation with Jessica Berk Ross: EVP at Ruder Finn</title>				
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				 Jessica Berk Ross of Ruder Finn, DC Meet Jessica Berk Ross, Ruder Finn Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Washington, DC office. &amp;nbsp;  In this interview with Mary Fletcher Jones, Jessica shares what she loves about her job, and th...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:53:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Fall is time to plan next year&#39;s marketing and PR budget</title>				
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				 Mary Fletcher Jones provides PR planning tipsBefore you know it, 2009 will be a memory.&amp;nbsp; If you haven&apos;t done so already, now is the time to develop your marketing and public relations plans for 2010, and that means setting a budget.&amp;nbsp; But w...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:40:09 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Network with PR professionals at Black Finn Bethesda October 14</title>				
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				 PRONet&apos;s last networking event of the Year! Meet public relations professionals at the last PRONet happy hour event of the year this Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. at BlackFinn,  4901 Fairmont Ave.,  Bethesda, MD&amp;nbsp; 20814.&amp;nbsp; Th...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:39:15 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The trends that will power public relations in 2010</title>				
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				Mary Fletcher Jones provides PR planning tipsPlanning for Success in 2010 Many public relations consultants and agencies are regrouping in the wake of one of the worst economic crises in our lifetime. As PR professionals plan for 2010, their question...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:32:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>A career in military public affairs - Barbara Burfeind</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp; Barbara Burfeind, APR, has had an illustrious career in public affairs with the U.S. Navy.&amp;nbsp; She now works with Defense Visual Information in the Department of Defense.&amp;nbsp;  Watch this video as she describes the experience of working in ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:43:13 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Profile of a market research professional - Sandra Wills Hannon</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp; Meet Sandra Wills Hannon, Ph.D., APR, public relations professional and market research expert.&amp;nbsp; Sandra is founder of The Hannon Group (http://www.thehannongroup.com) and provides public relations and market research services to a wide va...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:03:45 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Events are the most powerful form of communications -  Jennifer Collins</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp; Jennifer Collins of The Event Planning Group (http://www.tepgevents.com) believes that events and meetings are the most powerful form of communications.&amp;nbsp; In this Conversations in Public Relations video, Mary Fletcher Jones interviews this...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:24:28 -0700</pubDate>
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