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02/16/2010

Denver Press Club Members,

With Prime Rib Night plus a guest bartender appearance by TV weather reporter Nick Carter on Friday, we anticipate a big night.
But we do require reservations for the dinner, by 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, and you can make them one of three ways:
1. Blacktie-Colorado.com
2. Use your credit card to make a reservation with our bartender.
3. Email your reservation, with a credit card number, to club manager Carmen Green at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
We have had to tighten up the reservation system in order to better administer these events, and we ask your cooperation. See full details below under Feb. 19.

Other DPC notes:
1. Remember that your membership dues are due March 1. Of course, we'll accept them after that, as we always do. But gosh, do you really want a phone call from one of the board members to pester you for your dues?
2. If you would like to contribute photos to our photo archive - which eventually will go on the website - please email me. We really could use your help here.

Thanks

Bruce Goldberg
President, Board of Directors
Denver Press Club

Buffet dinner meal choices this week:

Wednesday, Feb. 17, Burger Night (we also have Boca burgers and salmon burgers), with homemade fries, $6.00.
Thursday, Feb. 18, BBQ chicken, potato salad, cole slaw, $10.00.
Friday, Feb. 19, Prime Rib Night.

THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

Reservation deadline is 24 hours in advance at www.blacktie-colorado.com, unless otherwise indicated. Lunches start at noon, unless otherwise indicated. Lunch events cost $17 for DPC members, $20 for nonmembers. No-shows will be charged.)

(1) Monday, Feb. 15, 5 p.m., is the deadline to turn in nomination forms for the Board of Directors.

(2) Thursday, Feb. 18, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Colorado Press Women will present two writing seminars at the DPC: "Writing for the Web" and "Blogging Tips and Tricks."

Kate Johnson, senior new media strategist at the University of Denver, will present "Writing for the Web," demonstrating how people read differently online and how you should write to reach them.

A panel of three successful bloggers will present tips for launching and running a blog, and talk about how blogging can boost your career. Panelists include Christian Toto, a journalist and film critic with more than a decade of experience in newspapers, magazines and the Web (check out www.whatwouldtotowatch.com ) and Gary Landeck, library director for the Alpine Club and a professional blogger at http://culturalheritagematters.com . 

Tom Sherlock, owner of Allied Internet Productions, has worked with businesses since early 2006 in starting and managing corporate blogs, and will bring the corporate blogging perspective to the panel.

The event is open to the public. Cost is $5 for CPW members and students; $10 for nonmembers.

After the meeting, participants are encouraged to enjoy networking while enjoying optional drinks and dinner at the Press Club. RSVP to Ann Lockhart, 303-388-6978.

(3) Thursday, Feb. 18, 6 p.m., DPC Board of Directors meets. Members are encouraged to attend.

(4) Friday, Feb. 19, we have a doubleheader: PRIME RIB NIGHT, plus GUEST BARTENDER NICK CARTER, TV weather guy for KDVR (and formerly with KUSA Channel 9).

The menu is herb-roasted prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, grilled vegetables, tossed green salad and assorted dessert tray. The cost is $19 (includes one glass of wine) or $17 (no wine). WE NEED A MINIMUM OF 15 RESERVATIONS BY 9:30 PM WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 in order to hold Prime Rib Night. Please make reservations at www.blacktie-colroado.com; if you want the full link, it's http://www.blacktie-colorado.com/calendar/index.cfm?FuseCalendar_ID=19360&CurntDate=02/19/2010®ion=1&FUSEACTION=ShowEvent

FUTURE EVENTS

Reservation deadline is 24 hours in advance at www.blacktie-colorado.com, unless otherwise indicated. Lunches start at noon, unless otherwise indicated. Lunch events cost $17 for DPC members, $20 for nonmembers. No-shows will be charged.)

(1) Tuesday, Feb. 23, 6 p.m., free, upstairs, the DPC and the Colorado chapter of the Public Relations Society of America present "Bad Press Release Theater." Improv performers include Steve Koenigsberg, Lisa Cutter and Elisabeth Monaghan of PRSA, and Cynthia Hessin, Adam Goldstein and Bruce Goldberg of the DPC. The PR folks will play the part of media pros, and vice versa.

(2) Wednesday, Feb. 24, 5-7 p.m., GUEST BARTENDER is Elbra Wedgeworth, a DPC member who perhaps is best-known for her extraordinary efforts to bring the 2008 Democratic National Convention to Denver. She serves as chief government and community affairs officer at Denver Health. Her tips will benefit the American Red Cross.

(3) Wednesday, Feb. 24, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., the Colorado Authors' League luncheon. Freelance writer Nancy Sharp (www.nancysharp.net) will talk about "Personal Essays: Beyond Your Journal to Publication."

She's the author of VividLiving.org, a blog about embracing life in full bloom, thorns and all. She writes the "In My View" column for Colorado View Magazine and has published her story in Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping and SELF.  She is currently working on a memoir and a series of children's books.

Cost: Members, $16; nonmembers, $25; it includes a buffet lunch.

Information and Registration: www.ColoradoAuthors.org , or Annette Shope at 303-756-6106 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it RSVP by 10 a.m., Monday, February 22. No reservations accepted or cancellations refunded after cutoff time.

(4) Thursday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m., BOOK BEAT EVENING with Mike Madigan, whose book is titled, "Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters." This National Best Books finalist is a souvenir collection of 150 years of front-page stories from the Rocky Mountain News, which closed Feb. 28, 2009 -- 55 days short of what would have been its 150th anniversary on April 23, 2009.

Mark Wolf, formerly of the Rocky Mountain News, will moderate this event.
This oversized book re-creates historic and nostalgic moments in Colorado and U.S. history. By reprising original front pages and news reports from the paper, readers can experience what it must have been like to read about Lincoln's assassination, the trial of Alfred Packer, the Gold Rush, the sinking of the Titanic, the blizzard of 1913, the Denver Mint robbery, Prohibition, the birth of Red Rocks, World War II, airline sabotage over Colorado, the Beatles' visit to Denver, landing on the moon, Watergate, Colorado's worst wildfire and more.

Free, no reservations needed. Just show up.

(5) Thursday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Denver Book Club Meetup at the DPC. The book is "Ubik," by Phillip K. Dick.  Cost: $3. Info: www.meetup.com/denverbookclub/calendar/12112330/

(6) Thursday, March 4, 6 p.m., CANDIDATES' NIGHT. Members are encouraged to come hear short presentations from, and ask questions of, those who are running for the DPC Board of Directors.

(7) NEW LISTING Wednesday, March 10, 6 p.m., GUEST BARTENDER is Michelle Sie Whitten. Her tips will benefit the Anna and John Sie Foundation, which supports the sharing of knowledge amongst peoples and cultures throughout the global community, with an emphasis on Down syndrome, international security and diplomacy, education, media, business and technology.

(8) Friday, March 12, 6 p.m., Annual Media Chili Cookoff, a benefit for the Women's Bean Project. Details to come.

(9) Saturday, March 13, Annual St. Patrick's Day Party at the DPC. Watch for details.

(10) Wednesday, March 17, 5-7 p.m., GUEST BARTENDER is Colorado State Rep. Frank McNulty, R-District 43.

(11) Thursday, March 18, 6 p.m., DPC Board of Directors meets. Club members are encouraged to attend.

(12) Thursday, March 25, 6 p.m., BOOK BEAT EVENING with JAMES MCGRATH MORRIS, whose new book is titled, "Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power." It's billed as the first comprehensive biography of Pulitzer in more than 40 years.

In 19th century industrial America, while Carnegie provided the steel, Rockefeller the oil, Morgan the money and Vanderbilt the railroads, Pulitzer invented the modern mass media. Morris traces the story of this Jewish Hungarian immigrant's rise through American politics and into journalism, where he accumulated great power and wealth - only to fall blind and become a lonely, tormented recluse wandering the globe.

(13) Thursday, March 25, 7 p.m., the Denver Book Club will hold its monthly meetup event. The cost is just $3.00. Info: http://www.meetup.com/denverbookclub/calendar/12481354/

Our March nonfiction book selection is "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," by Robert Persig.

From Amazon.com Review -- Robert Pirsig brings us a literary chautauqua, a novel that is meant to both entertain and edify. It scores high on both counts.

Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.

In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? What are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? ... Brian Bruya

(14)  Wednesday, March 31, 6 p.m., the DPC will hold its annual general membership meeting and announce election results for the board of directors. We encourage all members to attend.

(15) Friday, April 9, 16TH ANNUAL DAMON RUNYON AWARD BANQUET at the Denver Marriott City Center. The guest speaker and honoree is P.J. O'Rourke. More details to come.

P.J. O'Rourke

(16) NEW LISTING Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10: The Society of Professional Journalists holds its Region 9 Spring Conference. A partial list of confirmed speakers:
Barry Gutierrez, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, formerly of the Rocky Mountain News.

Eileen Welsome, Colorado Springs Gazette and a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for national reporting for her story "The Plutonium Experiment," which was about a government project in which 18 people were injected with plutonium.

Bill McCloskey, a director-at-large on the SPJ national board, and a retired director of media relations for AT&T and a former Associated Press reporter.

Michelle Griego, a reporter for KCNC-TV, Denver's CBS affiliate.

Kelly Kennedy, a reporter for the Army Times, where she covers the health beat. Kelly is the author of a new book, "They Fought for Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest-hit Unit in Iraq."

Cost: $20 for SPJ student members; $30 for SPJ pro members; $52 for nonmember students; $89 for nonmember pros. Registration: http://www.blacktie-colorado.com/

(17) NEW LISTING Wednesday, April 14, Reception at 6 p.m. and event starts at 6:30 p.m. Co-authors Adam Schrager, KUSA 9 News, and former Colorado state Rep. Rob Witwer will discuss their new book, "The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado (and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care" in a Denver Post Helen Verba Lecture Series/Denver Press Club joint event.

The book brings you inside the smoke-free backrooms of progressive politics, where mega donors and savvy strategists created a plan to turn the tide of American elections. At a time when the political stakes are higher than ever for America -- Democrats fearful of a backlash are desperate to hold on to their majority, while Republicans hope to replicate the recent Massachusetts victory in many other states -- the authors look at the present and future of American politics.

(18) Friday, April 23, LOBSTER NIGHT. Watch for details.

(19) NEW LISTING Sunday, May 16, 5 p.m., the Denver Press Club presents The Capitol Steps at the Newman Center on the campus of the University of Denver. Watch for details.

(20) Friday, June 3, JEOPARDY NIGHT. Watch for details.

(21) Friday, July 16, SINATRA NIGHT. Watch for details.

(22) Friday, Aug. 23, CLAMBAKE. Watch for details.

(23) Friday, Oct. 29, DPC Gridiron Show at the Denver Marriott City Center. More details to come.

 

Summer Intern Opening

Communications Intern


Requisition number: 09-2438
To apply, contact:

Jennifer Tallman, manager, employee communications, Covidien, Energy-based Devices
5920 Longbow Drive, Boulder, CO   80301
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Office:  303-530-6584
Covidien, in Boulder, seeks a summer 2010 intern to assist in the Communications Department.

The Energy-based Devices Global Business Unit of Covidien is the world leader in the innovation and manufacture of advanced energy-based medical systems. Founded in 1967, our company remains unsurpassed in developing electrosurgery and radiofrequency treatment systems that increase patient safety and provide solutions for challenging surgical problems.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
· Writes and edits articles for employee publications, both online and print.
· Develops content for and provides input into enhancements to increase effectiveness of Digital Signage system.
· Assists with EbD's philanthropy initiatives to increase external and internal awareness of Covidien's community involvement.
· Works closely with manager, employee communications, to develop internal messaging and programs to increase employee awareness of product launches, sales successes, performance, etc.
· Considers online communications to determine how EbD can more effectively reach employees.
· Offers communications creative input regarding projects and programs to improve employee engagement.
· Other projects and initiatives, as directed by manager, employee communications.


REQUIREMENTS:
· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office/Word.
· Understanding of various communications media
· Excellent writing/editing skills.
· Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize work
· Effective interpersonal skills
· Experience in a professional work environment