Washington Metropolitan Regional Issues
From Pitch to Purpose: A Focused Introduction to Moving from Performance to Presence (Speaker: Heather Walter)
Posted: March 5, 2026 at 4:27 pm
You’ve been trained to pitch. To package. To walk into the room with the polished deck and the vision people can rally around. And it works — until it doesn’t. This 90-minute session is for leaders who’ve started to feel the gap between the presentation and the transformation. Between the plan and what actually moves. […]
A/V requirements: LCD Projector and Screen
Lyme Disease (Speakers: Don and Kathy Boileau)
Posted: July 23, 2019 at 6:24 pm, Last Updated: March 23, 2026 at 2:10 pm
Dr. Boileau, having had Lyme disease, will cover the presence, testing, and prevention methods relevant to people in the DMV area. He will be joined by his wife, Kathy, a retired RN who has had Lyme disease for over 25 years. She is a founding member and an active Board Member of the National Capitol […]
A/V requirements: PowerPoint
History, Lessons and Legacies of the Vietnam War (Speaker: Meredith Lair)
Posted: October 5, 2018 at 7:30 pm, Last Updated: January 6, 2025 at 6:59 pm
This talk considers how the Vietnam War remains influential in contemporary American life.
A/V requirements: Laptop, LCD Projector, Screen
War Memorials on the National Mall (Speaker: Meredith Lair)
Posted: October 5, 2018 at 7:28 pm, Last Updated: January 6, 2025 at 6:59 pm
Post-pandemic, I can do this as a walking tour on the National Mall. As a talk, I provide historical background about the development of various war memorials on the National Mall, as well as interpretation of their design and meaning in American culture.
A/V requirements: Laptop, LCD Projector, Screen
Meredith Lair
Posted: October 5, 2018 at 7:24 pm, Last Updated: January 6, 2025 at 6:58 pm
Professor Lair’s work examines warfare and its relationship to American society and culture, with particular emphasis on how knowledge and memories of the past are constructed and disseminated over time. She is the author of Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War, which examines the non-combat experiences of American soldiers in Vietnam. […]
Your Neighbor Next Door: How Intercultural Communication Helps One Understand Differences (Speaker: Don Boileau)
Posted: September 29, 2014 at 8:28 pm, Last Updated: March 23, 2026 at 2:10 pm
In most neighborhoods of Northern Virginia one finds residents of several cultures. This presentation presents several themes from intercultural communication to help people improved their understanding of how messages vary among cultures because of the ways we send and receive messages.
A/V requirements: PowerPoint
Urban and Metropolitan Affairs (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford)
Posted: September 29, 2014 at 8:03 pm, Last Updated: June 4, 2024 at 5:43 pm
Urban and metropolitan development, land use, urban sprawl.
A/V requirements: None
Transportation and Air Quality (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla)
Posted: September 29, 2014 at 7:53 pm, Last Updated: June 4, 2024 at 5:45 pm
The role of transportation on regional air quality, mitigation and policy implications.
A/V requirements: None