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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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Dan Kaufman / Senior Vice President

In my former life as a client, I could always tell when a consultant was truly listening and focused on my organization’s needs. That’s one big reason I came to Widmeyer: We understand each client’s goals and needs are unique, and make sure to listen carefully and recommend smart, cost-effective solutions.

I also get to combine my two professional passions—education policy and strategic communications. I’m constantly looking for new education ideas and trends that add value to our work, and really enjoy figuring out how to fit together the right communications pieces into a coherent and creative plan of action.

My personal passions? Reading, travel, Latin music and culture and spending lots of quality time with my wife and daughter.

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Biography:

Dan Kaufman is a senior vice president and heads the PreK-12 education practice in the firm’s D.C. office. He has more than 15 years of experience in strategic communications, media relations and branding and message development for associations, unions, Capitol Hill offices and campaigns.

A Fulbright scholar with a Ph.D. in Political Science, Kaufman has spent the past several years working on behalf of teachers. He was communications director at the Maryland State Education Association, where he led successful integrated campaigns to protect school funding and improve teacher pensions. Kaufman also worked for the National Education Association (NEA), where he was its key spokesperson on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), state and local budget issues, higher education access and affordability and Hispanic education issues. He served on the NEA’s national ESEA advisory committee as well.

Earlier in his career he was a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and legendary columnist Jack Anderson, served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and worked as an ESL/bilingual instructor in the Atlanta Public Schools.

Kaufman earned his Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego, and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science from Swarthmore College. He is fluent in Spanish.

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  • 1129 20th St NW, Suite 200,
    Washington, DC 20036
    Phone 202.667.0901
    Fax 202.667.0902