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The New York Financial Writers’ Association will present the 77th annual Financial Follies show and benefit dinner on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton Midtown. The satirical show, first staged in 1938, raises funds that finance scholarships for aspiring financial journalists. It also serves to foster relationships between financial reporters, communications staffers and newsmakers, with attendees from each discipline generally seated together. Click here to purchase a table or an individual ticket, or for further details on the event and additional participation opportunities. For more information about the NYFWA and its work, please visit nyfwa.org.
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The National Press Club’s annual Communicators’ Summit will take place on Oct. 31 at the organization’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. Speakers including Mike McCurry, who served as press secretary in the Clinton White House, and Levick founder and CEO Richard Levick will discuss strategies for effectively delivering messages in an increasingly complex communications landscape. A panel of academics and PR pros will examine the science behind effective communications and a town hall session will give attendees the opportunity to pose their questions to a panel of journalists from such news organization as CNN, BuzzFeed and the Washington Post. For more information, or to purchase tickets to the event, click here.
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The Institute for Public Relations is presenting a free research symposium on Nov. 19 from 2-5 p.m at the SUNY Global Center in New York City. The event will discuss the latest public relations research findings with a group of authors, PR practitioners and educators that includes Washington Post deputy editor, strategic initiatives Elite Truong; Kay Sargent, a director of design firm HOK’s global WorkPlace practice; and IPR president and CEO Tina McCorkindale. The organization’s annual lecture and awards dinner will take place the same evening at the Roosevelt Hotel, and features New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent Mark Leibovich. For more information about the symposium, click here. For more information about the awards dinner, click here.
The New York Women in Communications are honoring an accomplished group of female communications professionals at the 54th Annual Matrix Awards on May 21... The USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations is placing the spotlight on purpose-driven communications at “The Balancing Act, Purpose, Politics and Polarization,” its 34th Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium on April 4... The Knight Center for Journalism in America is sponsoring The 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ
The National Press Club is holding a March 20 screening of a film that depicts the dangers journalists face in Vladimir Putin’s Russia... News platform Semafor, in partnership with Gallup, will present an exclusive first look at its 2024 World Happiness Report on March 20 from 9 to 11:30 a.m... The Museum of Public Relations is sponsoring a March 14 event that looks at the role communicators played in gaining equal rights for women.
ICR is hosting a Nov. 14 The IPO Summit: Navigating the 2023 IPO Landscape,online event that will bring together CFOs, investors and other key players to share their insights and outlook on the process of going public... The Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit, PR Summit DC and ADWKDC are being held on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Capital One Hall in Tysons, VA... The Institute for Public Relations is sponsoring a free Nov. 15 webinar on how virtual reality is reshaping the ways in which communicators do their jobs.
The Museum of Public Relations is putting a spotlight on the contributions made to the PR industry by Native Americans and Indigenous People at a virtual event on Nov. 3... The Institute for Public Relations is sponsoring an Oct. 18 webinar on that will look at the issues facing communications pros who address ESG matters... The American Marketing Association San Diego Chapter is presenting an Oct. 21 conference that will feature speakers from Walt Disney Parks, Snap Inc. and Qualcomm.
Richard Edelman presented the inaugural Daniel J. Edelman Award to NBC-TV weatherman Al Roker to honor his effort to make the world a better place during PRSA/NY's Big Apple Awards gala on Sept. 22.
