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John Jay Daly
Professional Background
complete biography
 A member of the National Speakers
Association since 1978, John Jay Daly was elected three times to 3-year terms on the Board of Directors of NSA. He founded the National Capital Chapter of NSA in 1980 and in the 90s served twice as its president as
well as making several presentations to this and many other NSA chapters. In 1998 the NCSA named an annual award for him that recognizes solid contributions to speaking and
the Chapter. He's been selected as an "Accredited Fellow" by PRSA and served as president of its National Capital Chapter. John has also
been active in the American Society of Association Executives as well as its DC counterpart and has spoken to many local SAES.
He began his communications career on "The Washington Post" immediately after graduating from Georgetown University (where he edited the college weekly); He later did graduate work in mass
communications at both GWU and the American University. During the Korean War he was a Navy Photo and Pub Info officer on a carrier and then began 20-year career on PR staff with three national trade
associations, each with thousands of members whose varied needs he serviced. Since 1976 John Jay Daly has operated his own creative communications consultancy that serves an array of businesses and
associations wishing to "tell and sell their story." (His Catalog of 75 Communications Tipsheets is available free to planners on request.)
Publications and Writings
Catalog of 75 Communications Sheets - (covers 10 subjects; free to any meeting planner.)
Mastering Meetings - 150 page compendium of Tipsheets available for $35 plus postage.
Hundreds of articles for variety of publications over 35 years
Marketing AdVents (24-pages) Editor from 1983-1998 (180 monthly issues)
Clues to Crystal Clear Communications -working title of book in progress.
Care for Your Customers-Or Else -working title of book in progress.
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Association Executives
- Greater Washington Society of Association Executives
- Public Relations Society of America -- (Member since'58; Accredited as a Fellow)
- Direct Marketing Ass'n (national) and DM Ass'n of Washington (lifetime)
- National Speakers Association (member since '78 and on the Board of Directors for 9 years)
- National. Capital Speakers Association Board created unique award in his name.(founder and president for two years)
- Computer Addicts Round Table (since 1985)
- The Diligent Dozen (charter member since 1975)
- The E-Streeters (early employees of "The Washington Post")
- The Historic Society of Washington, DC
- The Lincoln Group of Washington, DC
Volunteer Activities
- American Cancer Society (DC Chapter) (5 years)
- The Salvation Army, National Capital area - Advisory Board since 1985
- The Susan B. Anthony Society (Advisory Board)
Over the years has served as volunteer on various boards of membership groups cited above, plus in parish and for his DC high school.
Personal
Until she died in 2003 after a ten-year battle with Alzheimer’s, John was married for 51+ years to the former Lu Corbett of Scranton, Pa. They
raised eight children ("all girls except for the 4 boys") each of whom is a college graduate diligently pursuing own careers in Georgia, California,
Connecticut, Rhode Island and three in the Washington DC area.
Each New Year John and his wife publish "The Daly Greeting" which John has dubbed as: "The Only Daly Paper Published Annually."
Established by his late father in 1916 the paper recounts in a light-hearted way the zestful doings of their 8 children and (so far) 11 grandchildren.
John is now married to Dana O’Conor Surrey, a widow who has 7 adult children and 11 grandchildren so the couple has even more to write about in “The Daly Greeting.”
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