Libbie Mill Library Location for Fall Conference VPC members will gather Nov. 2 at the Libbie Mill Library for the fall conference. We’ll kick off the morning at 9:30 with coffee and networking. Contest chair and immediate past president Julie Campbell through her business Julie A. Campbell Writing & Editing is sponsoring coffee. Sessions will focus on...
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Workshop Helps VPC Members Maximize Professional Social Networking About a dozen VPC members and guests attended a professional development workshop focused on LinkedIn best practices Sept. 18 at Tuckahoe Library in Henrico. The workshop was led by Ken Jungerson, an acclaimed author and professional adventurer, who has spent years not only using LinkedIn, but...
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By Pamela Stallsmith, VPWF President The Virginia Press Women Foundation’s first online auction to support the Agnes Cooke Scholarship was a smashing success, thanks to the generosity of VPC members. We raised $1,215 — more than enough to cover the cost of our annual $1,000 scholarship. Every year we hold an auction at the spring conference to raise money for the...
Read MoreBrush up your professional social networking skills. VPC members and guests are invited to a FREE LinkedIn workshop in Richmond Sept. 18 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Tuckahoe Library, located at 1901 Starling Drive, Henrico, 23229. We encourage you to bring a friend, or two, who you think could benefit from VPC membership. Kenneth M. Jungersen, acclaimed author and...
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Via nfpw.org Baton Rouge, Louisiana Details available at https://nfpw.org/conference/. Professional development, supporting freedom of the press and honoring the best in communications are the three pillars of the annual NFPW Professional Communications Conference. Our sessions are as diverse as our membership — professional women and men pursuing careers across the...
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VPC’s spring conference was held April 27 at the University of Richmond. About 30 VPC members and guests enjoyed a morning of networking, learning, and celebrating. The day began with breakfast and networking. Attendees shared their elevator speeches. And members learned unique facts about each other they had not been aware of before. For example, both Michele...
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