Details below for all scheduled events

Sylvia Ewing, left, and Marrianne McMullen discuss Persuasive: 40 Lessons in Communicating for the Common Good at at Tangible Books in Chicago.

Coming Events

June

3-5: Public Interest Communications Conference in Atlanta, Ga.

September

7-8: Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago

Past Presentations

Persuasive book talk and discussion at Pilsen Community Books, April 22, 2025

“Timely Lessons: ComNet Book Talk,” Dec. 2, 2024, video recording

Persuasive book talk and discussion, with author Matt Kohut, Busboys and Poets, 2024, Washington DC

Persuasive book talk and discussion, Earlham College, with Professor Victor Kumar, Richmond, Indiana, 2024

Persuasive public book talk at the University of Dayton, with UD Communications School Dean Chad Painter, 2024

Dayton Voice Story Hour, Blind Bob’s Bar, 2024,

Using Principles of Persuasion to Support Health Outreach, Lurie Children’s Hospital Outreach Team, Chicago, 2024

Applying the Persuasion Matrix, American Marketing Association, Chicago, 2024

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DORRIYON WARD

Guest Lectures The Persuasion Matrix

“Writing Persuasively,” presentation for the Public Relations Society of America, April 22, 2025

“Applying Principals of Persuasion in Health Communications,” Health and Communications course, University of Dayton

“Sociology of Social Media,” to media and communications majors, Earlham College

“Using Public Interest Communications to Translate Academic Research to Grassroots Audiences,” to communications graduate students and communication professionals at the University of Minnesota

Dayton Voice Reunion & Story Hour

September 29, 2024
At Blind Bob’s Tavern in the Oregon District

Former Dayton Voice staff, free-lancers and supporters gathered to hear stories from Persuasive about publishing the alternative newsweekly in the ‘90s, and to share their own stories.