Category: Events

President’s Note: Preparing for 2017 and Annual Meeting

Dec 20, 2016 | Events, News & Updates

Our Holiday on M Street celebration earlier this month was so much fun! Thank you to Kit & Ace in Georgetown for hosting us in your beautiful space and thank you to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring the photo booth! I am not sure WWPR can have a party without one from now […]

President’s Note: Woman of the Year and Holiday on M Street

Nov 22, 2016 | Awards, Events

November 2016 will surely be a month most of us never forget. After a tough election cycle, I was so thrilled to be able to celebrate three amazing women at our 27th Annual PR Woman of the Year Awards luncheon on November 18th. Deirdre Latour, CCO of GE and our keynote, shared words of wisdom […]

Washington Women in Public Relations Names AARP’s Martha Boudreau 2016 PR Woman of the Year

Nov 22, 2016 | Awards, Events, News & Updates

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 communications and marketing officer at AARP, was named Washington Women in Public Relations’ (WWPR) 2016 PR Woman of the Year on […]

Member Spotlight: Christina Nichols, SVP, director of strategic planning and research at Hager Sharp

Nov 16, 2016 | Awards, Events, Professional Development

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 honoree and advice for young women in public relations for […]

The Tried, the True and the New in Media Strategy

Nov 1, 2016 | Events, News & Updates

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 will likely never change as public relations professionals look for better ways to […]

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