Fellow Communicators,
I hope you’re having a great summer. We’ve organized two new Duke Communicators programs for you to enjoy before the fall semester begins. Please add these to your calendar:
Duke Communicators Survey Results
10 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, in the new programming space for the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity on the main floor of the Bryan Center, Suite 100, near the top of the main stairwell. (Map: http://maps.duke.edu/embed.php?id=21&mrkId=2748).
Chris Heltne, director of marketing and communications for Student Affairs, will share the results of a survey he conducted among our members. The 38 responses he received offer insights into what many of you are thinking about your audiences, goals, tactics and concerns. Several respondents – i.e., some of you – will participate in Chris’s presentation, after which I will discuss actions we’re considering to help Duke communicators with their jobs and careers. (For instance, we’re looking at ways to better integrate Duke Communicators meetings, ProComm classes, the Duke Style Guide and other resources.) Come share your own ideas and suggestions!
Marketing at the Washington Duke
3:30 p.m., Monday, August 4, in the Forest Meeting Room at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club
What would you do if it was your job to promote one of the region’s leading hotels and golf courses, a magnificent facility affiliated with a great university? Now suppose your hotel is located in a city with a rapidly growing economy, including several new hotels that may compete for your customers.
At this meeting, you’ll hear from two of our communications colleagues who face these questions every day. Jack Schmidt, director of sales and marketing, and Sheena Cooper, marketing manager, will tell us about the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club’s current marketing challenges and activities. They’ll also discuss the many ways in which the hotel interacts with the rest of the Duke community.
As you might hope, they’ll serve refreshments, too. If you have time, you might also want to hang out after the event, at the hotel bar or elsewhere, to network with your fellow communicators.
If you plan to attend either event, please RSVP to sakiya.lockett@duke.edu.
I’ll hope to see you there.
–David