Widmeyer Social Media Bootcamp

Learn how to actively participate in and effectively contribute to today’s online conversations and social networks. Widmeyer’s Social Media Bootcamp offers you and your institution a roadmap to social media relations - an individualized half- or full-day training session customized to the needs and goals of up to six individuals from your staff. Learn more about this opportunity (PDF, 1.8Mb).

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The Power of Partnerships

In academics, we are trained to “operationalize,” or define in measurable terms, concepts that we study, much as PR practitioners strive to define and measure a client’s return on investment (ROI). After my most recent visit to Widmeyer Communications, where I met with various account teams to learn of their work, successes and challenges…

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Widmeyer’s Chairman and CEO Included Among Influential WVU Alums in DC

The Summer 2010 edition of West Virginia University’s Alumni Magazine featured a piece about WVU’s influential network of alumni in Washington, DC, including Widmeyer Communications’ Chairman and CEO, Scott Widmeyer. Widmeyer stressed the importance of networking in one of the country’s most competitive job markets [...]

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PRWeek Video Interview Featuring Scott Widmeyer

Scott Widmeyer, chairman and CEO of Widmeyer Communications, was recently interviewed about growth areas for the firm. Widmeyer noted that the firm watches trends in government spending and has positioned the Public Affairs group to continue to move forward agendas on key issues areas such as energy, environment and the economy.
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Widmeyer Principal, Jason Smith, Weighs in on School Bullying at Department of Education’s Bullying Prevention Summit

Jason Smith, Widmeyer’s principal who oversees the PreK-12 education portfolio, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Stop Bullying Now! campaign, was recently quoted in an AOL Politics Daily story on the first-of-its-kind anti-bullying summit. The summit brought together government and non-government stakeholders in the education field to discuss how to address [...]

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Head of Tuition Plan Consortium Discusses “Private College 529 Plan” on KRLD News Radio’s CEO Spotlight

Nancy Farmer, president and CEO of the Tuition Plan Consortium (TPC), explained the guaranteed financial benefits of the prepaid tuition 529 option on KRLD News Radio, a CBS Affiliate in Dallas, Texas on August 16th. Farmer shared that the Consortium was formed because “it’s really important to private colleges and universities that they are accessible [...]

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Kellogg Foundation Highlights Importance of Promoting Racial Equity

Sterling K. Speirn, president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, a Widmeyer client, penned an op-ed that was published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy on Saturday, August 7. In the op-ed, Speirn focuses on the need for foundations, charities and others involved in philanthropy to promote racial equity in our communities and throughout the [...]

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