SDI names Sean O’Leary Vice President
SDI has named Sean O’Leary as a Vice President. O’Leary has nearly two decades of experience across journalism, marketing and public relations and will help to accelerate SDI’s current growth.O’Leary joins SDI after most recently serving as Director for...
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Why Can’t We Figure out this Cybersecurity Thing? Let’s Start by Avoiding the Noise and Hype
With so much of our world dependent on secure and stable IT networks, it’s a fair question to ask: Why aren’t we better already? It’s not like this IT flash creeped on us. Smart people, dating back decades even, identified vulnerabilities and sounded the...
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SDI Wins Multiyear Contract for SSLA’s Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium
SDI was recently awarded a multiyear contract with the Sea Service Leadership Association (SSLA) to produce global conferences focused on active military women, veterans and their spouses, announced Susan A. Davis, SDI chairman. The next Joint Women’s Leadership...
read moreSDI to Co-Produce “What’s Next” Boomer Business Summit in New Orleans
SDI recently signed a follow-on contract with long-time partner Mary Furlong and Associates (MFA) to coproduce the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit in New Orleans this April. Now in its 16th year, the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit is the nation’s leading...
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Susan Ann Davis Wins Gold 2018 Stevie® Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Business
Susan Ann Davis, Chairman of SDI, was recently awarded the Gold Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business and the Bronze Stevie Award for Woman of the Year in Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s...
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SDI Wins Third National Award & Welcomes New VP
SDI Wins Third National Award for WWI Commemoration PR News has recognized SDI as the 2018 Platinum PR Winner in the "Anniversary" category for our contributions to the success of the 2017 Centennial Commemoration of America's Entry into World War I. PR News' largest...
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The Algorithm: Its Role in Cybersecurity and Elsewhere
In today’s blog, George Platsis looks at the evolving role of AI in cybersecurity and makes the argument for unfettered access to information. There’s a lot of talk these days about online censorship, public manipulation, mass surveillance, and the role Big...
read moreBIGGER IS BITTER
The bigger the better is a worn old chestnut of an expression that has distinct applicability to certain professional sports, say basketball for example, and clear downsides when applied to adverse events. In the latter example one might more readily turn to the...
read moreSusan Davis International Wins Prestigious Gold Stevie American Business Award for Centennial Commemoration of WWI
Washington-based, woman-owned strategic communications and events firm Susan Davis International won the premier business award, the Gold Stevie American Business Award for Best Event, for “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace: Centennial Commemoration of America’s...
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Cybersecurity Requires a Whole of Organization Approach
I am confident many of you have heard the phrase “whole of government” before. Just in case you haven’t, in a nutshell, here is what it is: agencies and departments working across portfolios to execute on a shared purpose. For some time now, I have even called for a...
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