Category: Luncheons


  • Plus, please join NPC in honoring Phil Lewis! February 27, 11:30 AM, Hilton Naples

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  • Featuring Mei-Mei Chan President and Publisher, The News-Press Media Group THE WHO, WHAT WHERE & WHEN ·         JANUARY 23 at 11:30am ·         HILTON NAPLES ·         $25 MEMBERS ·         $28 SPOUSES/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS ·         $30 NON-MEMBER GUESTS Order Tickets Today! Members can email RSVP@naplespressclub.org. Non-members and/or those members ordering online click here or copy the URL http://bit.ly/18Ovqi5 into your browser and choose your…

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  •   Our Program VP Randy Jones made my job easier by writing a Naples Daily News “Business Class” column about our November program presenter, KC Schulberg. Since KC has already approved this copy, I’m going to use it as our promotion for the November 21 luncheon meeting. Note: this is one week earlier than usual.…

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  • To kick off our fall/winter luncheon season, Artis—Naples CEO Kathleen van Bergen will share some behind-the-scenes information about the functioning of our premiere cultural venue Artis—Naples. Ms. van Bergen approaches her third season at the helm of the organization, whose name was changed from The Philharmonic Center for the Arts to Artis—Naples, to mixed reaction.…

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  • October 24, 2013 – Kathleen van Bergen, CEO, Artis–Naples November 21, 2013—KC Schulberg, Member of a Hollywood Family Dynasty of Filmmakers December 5, 2013—“The Magic of the Holidays” with Keith Raygor; NPC Annual Meeting January 23, 2014—Mei-Mei Chan, Publisher, Fort Myers News-Press February 27, 2014—open March 27, 2014–Richard Broome, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs…

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  • Thirty hours. That is how long it takes to get from RSW Airport, Ft. Myers, FL, to Kabul, Afghanistan. Mimi Gregory, past president of the Naples Council of World Affairs, began her May 23 NPC luncheon talk by describing her recent one-week trip to Afghanistan. She was invited to be part of an eight-person delegation…

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  • Mimi Gregory, a past president and current program chair of the Naples Council on World Affairs, was recently privileged to be part of a leadership delegation to Kabul, Afghanistan, at the invitation of our Ambassador, Ryan C. Crocker. Gregory was one of six who represented World Affairs Councils across the US and, as such, were…

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  • April 25, our NPC luncheon at the Hilton, will feature a fascinating look at “Modern Journalism” presented by journalism students from Florida Gulf Coast University, which NPC supports with an Endowed Annual Journalism Scholarship. Here’s a taste of what we’ll hear: Modern journalists have put down the pad and pencil in favor of digital technology. They…

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  • Gary Rosen, guest speaker for our 11:30 luncheon at the Hilton on February 28, has applied his marketing and public relations skills to more than twenty daily television shows. Among them are such “household names” as Maury (Povich), Judge Judy (Sheindlin), and Jerry Springer. Rosen’s “insider” stories about these and other stars he has worked…

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