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Free Seminar, "Government and Media: Perception and Reality," Set for December 8A free all-day seminar, "Government and Media: Perception and Reality," will be held from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on December 8 at the Natcher Center at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. The Federal Communicators Network (FCN) and the Senior Fellows Program of the Council for Excellence in Government are the sponsors.We invite communicators from federal, state, local, and tribal governments, including all Senior Fellows and FCN members and others interested in communicating what government is doing and what it is achieving. We also welcome professors and students in schools of journalism and public administration. See advance registration form below. The seminar will address the following challenges:
Confirmed Speakers, Panelists, and Moderators Morley Winograd - Director, National Partnership for Reinventing Government Bernard Kalb - Panelist, CNN's "Reliable Sources," and former State Department spokesperson Brian Dunbar - Internet Manager, NASA Marjorie Valin - Senior Vice President for Communications and Online Initiatives, American Advertising Federation Brian Friel - Assistant Editor, GovExec.com and Government Executive Magazine Cindy O'Connor - Director of Marketing and Outreach, Department of Housing and Urban Development Susan King - Director of Public Affairs, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, and former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at Labor Tim Clark - Editor and President, Government Executive Magazine Jodie Allen - Senior Writer, U.S. News and World Report and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy and Research Don Jacks - Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency ...and more to come General Information and Directions The Natcher Center is on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, MD. The Metro stop is Medical Center on the Red Line. Directions are at http://www.nih.gov/welcome/maps.html. We encourage you to take the Metro because parking is limited. Parking spaces for the handicapped are available in the visitor parking lot adjacent to the Natcher Center. The all-day event includes lunch time discussion groups. Participants may bring their lunch, or buy lunch in the Natcher Cafeteria. For More Information We expect to have detailed information on the FCN website http://www.fcn.gov before the end of October. About the Sponsors The Federal Communicators Network (FCN) is a voluntary organization made up of about 650 federal editors, press officers, webmasters, managers, and others who care about communicating the government's message. The National Performance Review, now the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR), organized FCN as an outgrowth of concerns and interests raised by federal workers at the 1996 Reinvention Revolution conference. FCN is led by career civil servants across the federal government. Membership is free and also open to private sector communicators who have government employees as their audience. Visit http://www.fcn.gov/members/index.htm. The Seniors Fellows Program of the Council for Excellence in Government comprises the more than 1,000 graduates of the Excellence in Government Fellows Programs. Fellows are nominated by their agencies and selected by the Council to participate in this award-winning year-long leadership development experience for senior government managers.
Advance Registration
Please register by December 3. Please let us know by November 24 if you will need sign language interpretation or any other special accommodation.
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