Blog Entries - February 2010

Don’t Discount Traditional PR Outreach Just Yet

bryce222@gwu.edu — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

BY DON BATES

In these days of fast and furious communication, it’s easy to forget some basics of sound public relations practice that have evolved over the years.

Today, we have to deal with so many more independent media than in the past that we forget a lot about what has put us in good stead with the press for decades (e.g., knowing reporters personally, meeting editors face-to-face with employer and client represe [...]

Larry King coming to GW

bryce222@gwu.edu — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

March 4 at 2 p.m.

SMPA hosts media legend and philanthropist Larry King, host of CNN's "Larry King Live"

Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st St., NW

Larry King will sit down with School of Media and Public Affairs Director Frank Sesno as part of The George Washington University's Public Affairs Project Conversation Series to discuss his dynamic career, the ever-changing media landscape and the influence of 24-hour cable news. Over the course of Larry King's half-c [...]

Pollster Mark Penn to donate collection of presidential polls to GW

bryce222@gwu.edu — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

(This article originally appeared in The Hatchet)

Mark Penn, an influential politico who has been dubbed the "king of polling," announced his plans to gift a portion of his personal collection of polls to establish the Society of Presidential Pollsters within GW's Graduate School of Political Management.

In an interview with The Hatchet from his office in downtown D.C. Friday afternoon, Penn said he plans to donate polls from 1994 to 2000, when he served as the pr [...]

GSPM Happy Hour! (HawkNDove) Free Drinks!

bryce222@gwu.edu — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

College Democrats Bringing Howard Dean to Campus

bryce222@gwu.edu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Join the GW College Democrats as we hear from Howard Dean

Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Time: 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m.

Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom

GSPM Hosts New Media Panel on C-SPAN

bryce222@gwu.edu — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

GSPM In The News

bryce222@gwu.edu — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

GSPM Hosts Panel on C-Span

The Graduate School of Political Management | A New Decade, A New ...
It is with mixed emotions that I have decided that the time has come to relinquish my duties as dean of the Graduate School of Political Management and to ...

Meghan McCain to visit campus in early February - Newsroom Blog ...
9 at 7:30 p.m., announced the Graduate School of Political Management Student Association Monday night. The GSPM SA [...]

Win An iPad!

bryce222@gwu.edu — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

PoliticsUnder30.org (a part of the GSPM) is raffling off a free iPad!

Check it out here.

Political Career Workshop (Video)

bryce222@gwu.edu — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

[video:http://vimeo.com/9187568 425x425]

GSPM Professor Named Executive VP at Makovsky

bryce222@gwu.edu — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Ovaitt Named Executive Vice President of Makovsky + Company

CEO Emeritus of Institute for Public Relations and GWU Professor

Will Lead Firm's Efforts to Integrate Research into PR Practice

NEW YORK, February 2, 2010 - Frank Ovaitt has joined Makovsky + Company as Executive Vice President, leading the firm's efforts to integrate research into [...]