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Widmeyer Wire offers best practices and ideas on timely topics such as risk and crisis communications, branding strategies, developing savvy media messages and more.
Previous issues of Widmeyer Wire:
Volume VII, Issue 3 (Spring 2007)
Volume VII, Issue 2 (Winter 2007)
Volume VII, Issue 1 (Summer 2006)
Volume VI, Issue 4 (Winter 2006)
Volume VI, Issue 3 (Fall 2005)
Volume VI, Issue 2 (Spring 2005)
Volume VI, Issue 1 (Winter 2005)
Widmeyer News
6|16|08 Digital Media Expert Barry Reicherter Joins Widmeyer as Senior Vice President.
6|10|08 Smith named Partner at Widmeyer Communications. Twelve-year veteran has played key role in firm's Pre-K - 12 Practice.
6|5|08 Widmeyer Welcomes Former Hill Staffer and Trade Assoc Spokesman Jim Luetkemeyer. Luetkemeyer will serve as Assistant Vice President in the firm's growing public affairs practice.
4|2|08 Obama Pollster and Research Expert Stefan Hankin Joins Widmeyer Communications. Hankin to serve as VP and Deputy Director of Widmeyer Research and Polling.
2|26|08 Dunning Appointed Chief Strategy Officer at Widmeyer Communications.
12|11|07 Widmeyer Announces Hubbard as New VP. Hubbard brings solid background in corporate communications, public affairs to firm's PreK-12 Education Practice.
12|11|07 Scott Widmeyer Accepted into Prestigious NYC Fellowship Program. Chairman and Founder will collaborate with top NYC city officials on major issues facing the city.
11|27|07 Veteran Public Affairs Expert Tad Segal Returns to Widmeyer Communications.
05|31|07 Widmeyer Communications Welcomes Former Coleman Staffer Emily Roper.
05|30|07 Widmeyer Communications Announces Expanded Higher Education Solutions Practice. Firm welcomes Northwestern University to client roster.
4|16|07 Widmeyer Announces New Client Win: The American Road & Transportation Builders Association.
2|28|07 Widmeyer Announces New Risk and Crisis Client Win: Health Research Incorporated.
12|13|06 Widmeyer Announces New Risk and Crisis Client Win: Hecla Mining Company.
11|29|06 Widmeyer Announces New Client Win: Renaissance Learning.
11|9|06 Widmeyer Communications Welcomes Veteran Polling Expert Doug Usher. Usher Joins Widmeyer Research & Polling as Senior VP.
10|31|06 Charlie Rose Launches Science Series.
12-Hour Charlie Rose Science Series Features Leading Experts Discussing Science Research and Advances in Human Health.
10|26|06 The Ferguson Group Retains Widmeyer Communications For Strategic Marketing Initiatives.
10|19|06 WHM Survey Reveals Steep Knowledge Gap About Gender-Based Medicine. Marianne Legato, M.D. to Address Implications of Findings at Women in Health Management Annual Leadership Event.
10|19|06 DC Education Leaders Join Forces to "Double the Numbers for College Success."
New report underscores need to prepare more DC high school graduates for success in college; presents plan of action for improving high schools, college access and support.
09|26|06 Leaders in Teacher Development, Stem and High School Reform Honored with 2006 McGraw Prize in Education.
Norman R. Augustine, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation; Wendy Kopp, President and Founder of Teach for America; and Vincent D. Murray, Principal of Henry W. Grady High School.
09|20|06 Bipartisan Panel Calls for "New Chapter" in U.S. Immigration Policy
Current Impasse Highlights Need for Forward-Looking Policies.
09|20|06 National Institutes of Health Calls for Thousands of Participants for Landmark Breast Cancer Study, Reports Medline Plus 'Magazine'
Magazine Launches as New Vehicle for Sharing Vital Health News from the Nation's Leading Medical Research Agency; Mary Tyler Moore to Share Her Personal Struggle with Diabetes at Hill Briefing.
09|19|06 Widmeyer Announces New Client Wins: National Math Panel and National Vocabulary Championship
Widmeyer Communications proudly announced two new additions to its PreK – 12 Education client roster. The U.S. Department of Education’s National Math Advisory Panel, as well as the National Vocabulary Championship, sponsored by GSN, recently chose Widmeyer as their agency-of-record.
09|19|06 High-Tech Textbooks Provide Major Benefits
Publishers Focus on Developing Materials that Improve Student Success, Says Industry at Hearing on Higher Education; Zogby International Poll Underscores Need, Impact of New Learning Materials.
09|07|06 This Semester, Save Money and Succeed; 10 Tips to Get the Most from Your College Experience.
As students across the country return to campus this month, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released a list of 10 tips for students on how to save money on textbooks.
07|27|06 Widmeyer Professorship Creates Unique Opportunities for Exposure, Exchange of Best Practices Between Academia and Communications Firm. Prof. Diana Knott Martinelli, public relations professor at West Virginia University, recently completed a three week residency at the DC office of Widmeyer Communications.
06|27|06 Widmeyer Founder and Education Expert Comments on Communications Lessons Learned in Education Week
Widmeyer founder and education expert Scott Widmeyer recently shared his thoughts on best communications practices for the broader American education community in a guest column for Education Week.
06|26|06 Recent Op-Ed by Committee for Economic Development Leadership Calls for 527 Reform Article in The Hill by Kangas, Kolb Notes Time is Running Out
06|26|06 Lumina Foundation Allocates $25.5 Million to Initiative to Make Higher Education More Affordable and Accessible Lumina Foundation for Education has begun the second phase of its College Costs: Making Opportunity Affordable initiative by allocating $25.5 million toward a three-pronged initiative to lower the cost of college.
06|26|06 'Schools Attuned Program' Helps Teachers Understand How Students Learn Learn more about this successful program, which was recently featured on Houston's National Public Radio affiliate.
06|20|06 Philadelphia Firm at the Nexus of Historic Health Reform Efforts Across the Country Sellers Feinberg Advises Governors in MA, MI, IN on Covering the Uninsured.
05|16|06 Widmeyer Client Tunnell Consulting Awarded Contract to Fight Avian Flu The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Tunnell Consulting a multi-million dollar labor-hours type contract to provide staffing support to assist HHS in preparing for a potential global influenza pandemic.
05|14|06 Widmeyer Communications Welcomes Veteran Public Affairs Expert Patrick Brady
The health care practice at Widmeyer Communications recently announced the appointment of Patrick Brady who will serve as vice president, working with the firm's growing health care and public affairs client roster.
05|13|06 Widmeyer Announces Six New Major Wins for Health Care Practice
Widmeyer Communications announced today that it has added six new clients to its growing health care practice.
05|04|06 National Science Foundation Awards $1.8 Million to College Board to Redesign AP Science Courses
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1.8 million grant to the College Board to redesign Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses in biology, chemistry, physics, and environmental science.
04|27|06 Majority of Voters Say They Will Stand With Politicians Who Come Out as Gay or Lesbian, Poll Finds Nearly 3 in 4 Americans (74%) would "definitely" or "probably" continue to vote for an incumbent politician who shares their views if they later found out that person was gay or lesbian, according to a new poll.
04|17|06 Widmeyer Expert Comments on the Impact of Anti-Government Tone in New Television Shows
Widmeyer media expert and assistant vice president Adam Shapiro recently published an article in the Washington Examiner about the potential impact new television shows will have on the nation's political scene.
04|06|06 Stephanie Peacock-Morris Joins Widmeyer Communications' New Marketing and Business Development Unit
Peacock-Morris has joined Widmeyer Communications as director of outreach and development.
04|03|06 Child Well-Being Index Points to Pre-K Participation and Parents' Education as Leading Indicators of Educational Achievement
According to the 2006 Child Well-Being Index (CWI), America has made great strides since 1975 in the well-being of children in many important areas but one: Education.
04|03|06 Bipartisan Commission: Time to Upgrade, Modernize Teaching Profession Is Now
The Teaching Commission, the non-profit advocacy organization founded by former IBM chairman and CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., this morning released a final report urging state and local leaders to go "far further, far faster" in transforming the teaching profession.
03|28|06 Youth Outreach the New Potential 'Third Rail' for Marketers
PR Week opinion piece based on original market research conducted by Widmeyer Research and Polling.
03|20|06 Poll says residents support local high school reform efforts
Nine out of 10 Hamilton County residents who responded to a Washington, D.C., telephone poll said high school reform requires the support of the entire community, survey results show.
03|01|06 Strong Majority of College and University Faculty Identify Themselves as Spiritual
Four in five faculty on college campuses (81%) consider themselves to be spiritual persons, according to a major new study released today. The national survey...
02|24|06 New Name and Management for MedLINK Hospital and Nursing Center at Capitol Hill
MedLINK Hospital and Nursing Center at Capitol Hill, which was purchased in late 2005 by Specialty Hospitals of America, LLC, has officially changed its name to The Specialty Hospital of Washington.
02|16|06 Thirteen/WNET New York and WLIW21 Present The Biggest Education Event of its Kind in the Tri-State Area
The public television stations of the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metropolitan area, are giving educators a leg up on the current mandate to improve America's schools with their presentation of the
