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Not exact matches
«I recommend routinely tracking what the
industry analyst firms like Gartner are reporting about your
industry, as well as trade associations and advocacy groups,» says Becky Sheetz - Runkle,
author of Sun Tzu for
Women: The Art of War for Winning in Business.
Christine Caine, the speaker,
author, and activist out of Australia's Hillsong Church, announced last week that she will begin a training program featuring inspirational videos,
industry - specific articles, mentorship pipelines, and urban events to encourage Christian
women leaders in the marketplace.
«Sexual harassment is standard practice in the restaurant
industry where employers are willing to profit off
women but won't pay them a fair wage,» said Saru Jayaraman, President and Co-Founder of ROC United, and
author of Behind the Kitchen Door: The People Who Make and Serve Your Food.
«
Women and men earn the most in
industry, but the gap is also larger,» the
authors write.
That's the conclusion reached by the
authors of a report just released by the European Commission,
Women in Industrial Research: A Wake - up Call for European
Industry, which looks at the numbers of female employees in research and development and management positions across the European Union.
Authors of a paper recently published in the Journal of Technology Transfer interviewed 10
women who successfully transitioned into university faculty or instructor positions after working as corporate scientists or
industry or government researchers.
Specifically tailoring her strength - training message to
women, the
author behind Lift Like a Girl has been featured in many
industry publications and her methods deserve every bit of attention — they work!
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR: Elena Petrova is well known in the Russian dating
industry by her website Russian Brides Cyber Guide (http://www.womenrussia.com), which is an informational source about Russia and Russian
women.
11:00 pm Online dating can be painful for
women and
author of Intimacy on the Internet, One man delves into why the online dating
industry, the next step is to spend a bit of time scouring the internet to get more information about them,
Also the
author of The New York Times best - selling book «Suck It Wonder
Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek,» Munn and five other
women in November accused film producer and director Brett Ratner of sexual misconduct, and she has become an active supporter of the Times Up Initiative, led by
women in the entertainment
industry to provide legal defense funds to help less privileged
women protect themselves from sexual misconduct.
With the rise of social media and accessibility of
authors online, there has been increased visibility of harassment in the comics
industry, which is frequently targeted towards
women — both creating a platform for new instances of harassment and highlighting systemic problems that have persisted for decades.
With over 20 years as a professional in the creative
industry, Colleen has
authored thousands of articles for publications like «Healthline» and «
Women's Health;» worked with high - profile clients like Gerber Baby Products and Kellogg's; and ghostwritten books on back pain, nutrition, and cancer recovery.
Past presenters include Leigh Cunningham - Executive Director of the Association of Independent
Authors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (industry leader in author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (industry leading P.R. and media firm for authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assoc
Authors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What
Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (
industry leader in
author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (
industry leading P.R. and media firm for
authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assoc
authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published
author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent
authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assoc
authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida
Authors and Publishers Assoc
Authors and Publishers Association.
A release from FicShelf highlighted some of the current disparity in the publishing
industry, as the more common situation of male
authors receiving more lucrative contracts and greater focus on publicity campaigns for their books has led to men outnumbering
women in:
To get mildly blunt about it, if we are to rule out all -
women's awards programs, on the thinking that they're as Bennett summarizes the criticism, «sexist, a ghetto and, in divisive focus on sexual identity, an almost absurd contradiction of fiction's imaginative purpose,» then are we ready to insist that the «real world,» the wider
industry and marketplace promote
women, both as
authors and as reviewers, as readily as it does men?
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Even though the publishing
industry is predominantly female, there is the marked imbalance in how many female
authors are reviewed, in the New York Times, in the London Review of Books, etc. (In 2011, 437 male writers were reviewed compared to 217
women.
«It was on their watch that the credit card
industry exploded, enabling what someone has called the democratization of luxury,» says Ann Fishman,
author of «Marketing to the Millennial
Woman.»
Room
author and screenwriter Emma Donoghue discusses her «deeply feminist» film and gives advice for
women breaking into the male - dominated film
industry.
-- Kira Gould, director of communications for William McDonough + Partners architecture firm and
author of «
Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design,» addressing the trend of slow progress in diversity in the A / E / C
industry.
McDonough + Partners architecture firm and
author of «
Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design,» addressing the trend of slow progress in diversity in the A / E / C
industry.
Among them are Niki Black, legal tech writer and speaker; Carolyn Elefant, founder of MyShingle; Joan Feldman, editor - in - chief of Attorney at Work; Mary Juetten and Jules Miller, the
women who cofounded Evolve Law before selling it this year to Above the Law; Sarah Glassmeyer, project manager specialist at the ABA Center for Innovation; Ivy B. Grey,
author of American Legal Style for PerfectIt, a proofreading and editing software for lawyers, and a frequent contributor to Law Technology Today; Margaret Hagan, director of the Legal Design Lab at Stanford Law School; Susan Hackett, CEO of Legal Executive Leadership; Lisa Needham, editor at Lawyerist; Jean O'Grady, blogger at Dewey B Strategic; Lisa Salazar of 3 Geeks and a Law Blog; and Nicolle Schippers, legal
industry advocate at ARAG North America.
Author Chrissie Lightfoot — named in the 2015 list of «World's Top Female Futurists «& LinkedIn as the No. 1 best - connected & most engaged
woman in the legal
industry, 4th in all sectors, 2015.
ISBN: 978 -1-78358-174-0 (Ark Group, 2014)
Author Chrissie Lightfoot — named in the 2015 list of the «World's Top Female Futurists «& LinkedIn as the No. 1 best - connected & most engaged
woman in the legal
industry, 4th in all sectors, 2015.