2012 Symposium

Friday, June 1, 2012

Welcome to the 12th Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction presented by the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at the City University of New York's Baruch College.

For the last 12 years, this unique event has brought together leaders in business and education to explore how to best provide undergraduates and beginning professionals the tools they need to grow as effective, confident speakers and writers.

Attendance is by invitation only. If you have not received an invitation and wish to request one, you may do so here.

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Featured Speakers

Mario Cuomo Mario Cuomo, 52nd Governor of New York (1983-1994).

Of Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Author of The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy; Why Lincoln Matters, Today More Than Ever; and The Blue Spruce, a children's book.

 

Randy CohenRandy Cohen, former New York Times columnist and host of Person Place Thing.
Peter ElbowPeter Elbow, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, author of Vernacular Eloquence.

 

Mignon FogartyMignon Fogarty, host of the Grammar Girl podcast, Founder and Managing Director of Quick and Dirty Tips.
Leigh GallagherLeigh Gallagher, Assistant Managing Editor at Fortune.

 

Bernard L. SchwartzBernard L. Schwartz, Chairman and CEO of BLS Investments, LLC.
Mitchel B. WallersteinDr. Mitchel B. Wallerstein, President of Baruch College of the City University of New York.