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February 3rd:
Women in Film: On the eve of the25th Annual International Film Festival, AWC will host a panel of women in film, featuring Santa Barbara's own Ginger Sledge, line producer of locally shot and Oscar-winning film "Sideways;" Cass Warner Sperling, writer and director of award-winning "The Brothers Warner;" Lois Burwell, award-winning makeup designer who has worked with top film starts on 27 files including "Braveheart" and "Mission: Impossible."
Publicizing Yourself and Your Business or Program: Why is publicity critical to your success? What does a publicist do and how does she do it in this virtual world?
Beyond Spring Cleaning: Getting yourself and your workplace organized once and for all. There are psychological, practical, and spiritual rewards to getting organized but most of us don't use the tools. What are the attitudes and real obstacles to getting organized? What are five tips to getting organized that you can use this Monday?
Using Social Media to Get the Word Out: Think blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook! What are five ways to use media to promote your projects or company? What are the minefields and pitfalls? What can you do yourself and when does it pay to hire an expert?
Self-Publishing: In today's economy, more people are publishing their books themselves in print or online. If you have a great idea, what will it cost and what is the process for analyzing whether to move forward? Learn why and how from an author's coach.
Talk Radio for the New Millennium: Women need to capture the listening audience to expand their sphere of influence. Do you have a new idea worth talking about? Landing guest spots on talk radio isn't rocket science. Learn how to pitch your ideas to expand your marketplace.
Internet Radio: Internet radio services offer news, sports, talk, and various genres of music to listeners worldwide. How can you capitalize on this emerging media?
Success is an Insight Job: Learn how insight is more than "womanly intuition" and available to anyone who trusts herself to read cues and translate feelings into wisdom. From science to spirituality, thought leaders are encouraging people to listen to their inner wisdom and know that success is, indeed, an inside job.
Message or Spin in Education? PR specialists must communicate quickly and accurately through various media and channels about cutbacks, construction projects, and stakeholder concerns within a sensationalist media. If not, superintendents, principals, and board members are the object of angry students, parents, and taxpayers. Learn their strategies for keeping cool under fire.
Contact the AWC-SB at AWC-SB@hotmail.com or
call 805.962.5884 to
RSVP.
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The AWC-SB networking event allows women in communications to discuss their business interests and career goals. Members have gained business leads and referrals, explored joint ventures and partnering on projects, and shared cutting-edge information about their fields, which cover all aspects of communications industries. In addition, members are regularly polled with regard to their interests in future programs, and suggest speakers and panelists.
Representing the business and professional worlds of web design and communication, public information, publishing, editing, PR, broadcasting, filmmaking, and journalism as well as academia, the AWC-SB list is continually growing as the communication profession expands into the newer media.
The AWC is a national organization that champions the
advancement of women across all communications disciplines by recognizing
excellence, promoting leadership and promoting its members at the
forefront of the evolving communications era.
The Santa Barbara Chapter board members are Kathleen Barry, Nancy Black, Becky Christenson, Patricia Diorio, Cindy Faith Swain, Barbara Mintzer, Lois Phillips, Sylvia Williams.
For more information about the benefits of joining the
organization, go to
www.awcsb.org. For more information about upcoming programs sponsored
by the AWC-SB, or to become a member, please contact awc-sb@hotmail.com. For the
Strategic Plan 2008-2010, photos and member information, go to the SB
Chapter's website, http://www.awcsb.org.
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