VPC’s spring conference featured an ethical hacker, an Associated Press guru and individuals who promoted their town and university during the VP debate. Mix in award winners and a beautiful campus and you have a conference that kept people talking. Speaker Highlights Information Security and You with Darren Manners of SyCom Security: Darren calls himself an ethical...
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Bonnie Atwood First place for editorial opinion (7A) – print-based newspaper First place for personality profile (9B) – print or online publication, more than 500 words Third place for feature story (8B) – magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper publication Nancy Beasley Third place for books and creative writing (59A) – young adult books, fiction Frances...
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Virginia Professional Communicator’s 2017 Communicator of Achievement is Deborah Padgett. This award is the highest honor presented by our organization and recognizes an outstanding member who has distinguished themselves within and beyond their profession. Debby has been a member of Virginia Press Women and Virginia Professional Communicators for more than 25...
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Julie Grimes Julie Grimes is communications manager — for a second time — at the Virginia Department of Education. Julie first joined VDOE in 2000, but took a 17-month detour to the Office of the State Inspector General, where she set up the agency’s communications program, before returning to VDOE at the end of 2016. With her return, Julie has added managing VDOE’s...
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The annual NFPW Communications Conference will include a celebration of NFPW’s 80th anniversary, and workshops on creative non-fiction with Pulitzer-prize winning author Rick Bragg; how to talk about your book on television; copyrights and trademarks; monetizing your blog; tightening your writing for busy readers; the future of community newspapers; changes in...
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We’d ask you to save the date, but we don’t quite have the details locked up so we’re asking you to “Save the Idea.” What’s the idea? This fall, we thought it would be fun to get together and have our fellow members share their expertise. That could be everything from how to go out on your own to using Twitter for media pitching success to managing an employee...
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Know a communications professional who could benefit from joining VPC? We all know it’s a great group of communicators who are willing to share their expertise and experience with others. Why not let someone you know in on the secret? http://vapc.org/join-vpc/
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The spring conference may have included a network game that had members buzzing around to get the 4-1-1 on other members, but it apparently wasn’t enough time. Many members said they would enjoy some time to relax together. That’s why VPC will be planning a fun event later this summer (most likely late June/early July). Check back here for more details at that...
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Virginia Professional Communicator’s 2017 Communicator of Achievement is Deborah Padgett. This award is the highest honor presented by our organization and recognizes an outstanding member who has distinguished themselves within and beyond their profession. Learn more about Debby: http://vapc.org/2017-communicator-achievement/
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Virginia Professional Communicators’ Spring Conference is Friday, April 28, on the beautiful University of Richmond campus. The conference is a place to meet and network with other communication professionals while learning from experts who will talk about hosting the vice presidential debate and about AP Style and cyber security. The recipients of the...
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