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Washington Women in Public Relations Names AARP’s Martha Boudreau 2016 PR Woman of the Year
27th annual event recognized leadership among women in communications; three Washington D.C. Metro area women selected as nominees; Deirdre Latour CCO for GE was keynote speaker. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Martha Boudreau, chief...
Power Points: Julie Weber, CMO and Principal at Brllnt
Julie Weber is the Chief Marketing Officer and Principal at Brllnt, a creative and digital strategy marketing agency. Originally from Kentucky, Julie previously led the marketing and communications efforts at Scoop News Group and at the Washington, DC Economic...
Member Spotlight: Christina Nichols, SVP, director of strategic planning and research at Hager Sharp
By Melinda Price The finalists for WWPR’s 27th annual Washington PR Woman of the Year Award have been announced and the celebratory luncheon is just around the corner! To ramp up for the event, we reconnected with last year’s award winner about her experience as the...
The Tried, the True and the New in Media Strategy
By Lisa Matthews, Vice President, Hager Sharp As I moderated this year’s annual media roundtable for Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR), I heard a number of familiar themes – keep pitches short, keep pitches relevant, know who you’re pitching. Some things...
Power Points: Elise Perkins on starting ep communications
Elise Perkins is the Founder and Owner of ep communications where she works with clients to help build their brands by using a savvy mix of content and influencer strategies. Elise is also a WWPR Board Member and a Woman of the Year Co-Chair (shameless plug: you can...