Qorvis Events
Qorvis Manages Senator Size Success for Horatio Alger - For the Horatio Alger Association, Qorvis staffers organized and assisted the Horatio Alger National Scholars with a reception to meet the US Senator from their home state. On April 3, 2008, the award-winning high school students mingled with Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a Horatio Alger Member, and other US Senators who visited. Senator Hagel took questions and group photographs with the scholars, and the Nebraska student was selected for a personal photo with Senator Hagel. Qorvis also took groups of scholars to their US Senator's offices for meetings and photographs. For photos, click here.
Virginia Lottery Work Awarded Prestigious Addy Awards – At the prestigious Addy Awards ceremony held on March 6th, Qorvis and SmithGifford won two Addy Awards for creative work on the Virginia Lottery account for Best Regional/National TV, Consumer Services, Entertainment/Lotteries. Winners were chosen from more than 800 entries. The winning creative was for the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle, a spot called “Neighbors” and for Holiday Scratchers, a spot called “Still at Home.” To view these spots, click here and here.
Qorvis Partner to Moderate Crisis Communications Panel – Don Goldberg, partner and head of the crisis communications practice, will moderate a panel “Crisis Communications for Better or Worse” at the NIRI Capital Area Chapter Luncheon on March 11. For more information, click here.
Qorvis Managing Director to Brief on FY09 Federal Budget - On February 4, Qorvis hosted an “Executive Conference Call” featuring Stan Collendar, Managing Director and Nicholas Giordano, a budget expert with Washington Council Ernst & Young. This briefing covered the impact of the president’s tax and spending proposals and how they will impact their company or association. To link to the podcast from this event, click here. Stan Collendar was also interviewed by E&ETV; to view the interview, click here.
Qorvis Issues Backgrounder on Effective Coalition Building - On December 10, 2007, Qorvis hosted a luncheon seminar at the Hay Adams for association executives on the topic of effective coalition building. The expert panel included Qorvis partner Maura Corbett; Andrew Noyes, senior writer at the National Journal’s Tech Daily; Frannie Wellings, legislative assistant with the Office of Senator Dorgan; Gary Andres, vice chair of public policy at Dutko Worldwide, and Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge. For a backgrounder on coalition building and campaign implementation, click here.
Qorvis Partner Speaks to Harvard Business School Audience - On December 6, 2007 Qorvis Communications Partner Don Goldberg addressed the Harvard Business School (HBS) through its Outstanding Speakers Series, a year-long program designed to expose the Public Speaking Club and the rest of the HBS community to some of the greatest speakers in the world.
Goldberg, Qorvis’ crisis communications expert, talked to the emerging business leaders about how to manage public relations catastrophes in a corporate environment. Goldberg discussed numerous corporations which he helped through difficult communications challenges, including a United Nations and Congressional investigation of an oil-for food scandal, an international chemical spill that helped to overthrow a third world government, and Congressional investigations and hearings into government contractors and private international security firms. Goldberg has counseled corporations including Halliburton, General Motors, IBM, Adobe, Koch Industries, Double- Click, 3M, ZeroKnowledge and Horizon Airlines.
At the presentation, more than 150 students and executive education participants gathered to hear from Goldberg, who the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, called “the White House expert on congressional investigations,” and the National Journal called “a key player on President Clinton’s 25-hour-per-day damage control team.” The event proved to be a major attraction for the HBS Public Speaking and Negotiation Club's Outstanding Speaker Series for 2007 – 2008 and Goldberg has been requested to speak again in 2008.
Many students asked Goldberg about his background as a professional journalist prior to holding senior positions in both the legislative and executive branches of government. Additionally, his experience as a Special Assistant to President Clinton, when he was responsible for developing strategic responses to investigations and helped pioneer the integration of communications and legal strategy, proved to be of great interest to the audience.
YouthAIDS Gala Raises $1.7 Million for Fight Against HIV/AIDS - For the third straight year, Qorvis supported the annual YouthAIDS gala, held on November 2nd at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. The event raised a record $1.7 million for YouthAIDS, a non-profit organization working in 60 countries to educate and protect young people from HIV/AIDS. The gala was hosted by Ashley Judd with rock legend Bono presenting the honorary award to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. This year’s gala was themed “Faces of India” and included a video spotlighting the plight of HIV/AIDS-infected children in India. For photos from the event, please click here. For a video clip from the event, click here.
As agency of record for YouthAIDS, Qorvis’ pro-bono support for the event included media outreach, event planning and management, and public relations support. For more information on YouthAIDS, please click here.
Qorvis Creative Services Director Speaks at Web 2.0 Conference - Qorvis Creative Services Director, Jason Siegel, was a panelist and moderator for the conference, “The New New Internet Conference,” on November 1st. The conference, produced by ExecutiveBiz, was the largest New Media event on the East Coast and included speakers from Google, Amazon, and YouTube. To view the slides from Jason Siegel’s presentation on “The Role of Social Networking and Online Communities in the Enterprise,” click here.
Qorvis Assists Muslim Leaders in Sending Message of Peace - On behalf of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute of the Royal Academy of Jordan, Qorvis was recently enlisted to support a press conference for an important announcement to be made by senior Muslim clerics about peace and understanding between the Muslim and Christian faiths. The event centered on an open letter sent out by 138 Muslim leaders to their Christian counterparts calling for greater understanding between the two faiths. A major press conference was held on October 11th in Washington, D.C. and was coordinated with synergistic announcements in London and Abu Dhabi. The intense efforts resulted in excellent media coverage, with stories appearing in all the major U.S. newspapers, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times. To view a portion of the press conference, click here.
Qorvis & GQ Celebrate the Most Powerful People in DC - Men’s magazine Gentlemen’s Quarterly (GQ) in its September issue identified the “50 Most Powerful People in DC” and, to celebrate, GQ called on a Washington power player to assist in planning and publicizing the event: Qorvis. Held at the Café Milano on September 10th, the Washington Examiner dubbed the party “the hottest ticket of the early fall social calendar.” With the help of Qorvis, GQ celebrated with more than 150 Washington movers and shakers including Senator Patrick Leahy, Dan Snyder, and Representative Rahn Emanuel . To view photos from the event, click here.
Deloitte/Qorvis Event Sheds Light on New Media Trends - Qorvis Creative Services Director, Jason Siegel, was a panelist on the September 11, 2007 panel “Understanding the Power of New Media to Market Your Company.” Hosted by the Deloitte Tech Venture Center, the panelists shared their views on how companies can use technology to reach customers increasingly turning to “non-traditional” types of media, like blogs, podcasts, and online advertising. Click to view the Deloitte Presentation or the Qorvis presentation.