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NEW Summit to feature speakers, workshops and Retail Safari
P&G's Susan Arnold and retired Y&R Chair Ann Fudge top agenda
12 new sponsors expand Network reach |
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| Susan Arnold photo courtesy P&G |
Scheduled breakouts will cover Life Balance Assessment, presented by Dr. Barbara McFarland; Five Pillars of Health, by Kristen Cooper and Barbara Simkins; Martial Art of Influence by Stuart Heller; Smarter, Better Faster by Karlin Sloan; and the Connected and Committed Leader by Laura Lopez. The NEW Summit will also include numerous networking opportunities, including meals and a Connections Café networking area. The 2007 NEW Summit is expected to attract more than four hundred of the CPG and retail industry’s leading executives and most promising emerging leaders.
Breaking out
This year's Summit will be expanded with an optional Retail Safari store tour on Monday, October 15, presented by WSL Strategic Retail. Space is limited for this event. The store agenda, which is subject to change, features guided tours of Wal-Mart Plano, day spa Whole Foods Refresh, Bath & Body Works and wine store Best Cellars.
Also new for the 2007 Summit is The NEW Boutique, “a fun silent auction featuring great products and services and benefiting the Network’s Scholarship Fund,” the Network announced. NEW urged companies “to show their support for NEW’s scholarship program by donating products and services to the event.”
The Summit will be immediately followed on October 16-17 by a Deep Dive Into Career Self Management workshop led by Sandra Bushby, NEW mentoring chair and director of Women's Initiatives for KPMG. The workshop will extend attendees’ learning experience for the rest of their careers by helping them understand their individual work styles, maximize relationships, increase effectiveness and build strong mentor partnerships.
The optional Deep Dive and Retail Safari programs will be held in conjunction with the NEW Summit at the full-service Omni Mandalay Hotel, 20 minutes from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and 15 minutes from downtown Dallas. A limited number of hotel rooms at the reduced rate of $169 are available first-come, first-served, from the Omni Mandalay (book by Sunday, Sept. 23, by calling 800 843-6664). Discount airfare to Dallas is available through American Airlines (book online at www.AA.com and enter code A44H7AF).
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12 new sponsors expand Network reach
New partners range from Chevron to SuperValu
The Network has welcomed more than a dozen new sponsors in recent
months, including Chevron and Kroger at the Title level and Costco,
General Mills, Nestlé Waters, and Target at the Platinum level. KPMG
recently advanced to the Title level and ACNielsen upgraded to Platinum
sponsorship. Clorox, Sara Lee MasterFoods and SuperValu have also
joined the Network as Gold sponsors and Hormel Foods is a recently
minted Silver sponsor.
"More than 43 leading companies support the Network and make our
mission possible," said NEW Executive Director Joan Toth. "Their
support allows us to accomplish our mission of advancing, retaining and
recruiting women in the consumer products and retail industry. Most
important, these partnerships will help us increase the number of
executives we serve. "
The additional sponsors follow a successful fifth anniversary capital
campaign last year that increased NEW sponsorship revenue to a
record $800,000, 45 percent more than target.
For the complete list of NEW sponsors, see our sponsorship benefits brochure. To learn more about becoming a NEW sponsor, contact Executive Director Joan Toth at (312) 693-5393, jtoth@newonline.org.
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Deadline for NEW board nominations August 1
Diversity champions also sought for Hedy Halpert Award
Members of the Network of Executive Women have until Wednesday, August
1, to submit nominations for the group's board of directors. Elections
will be held on Monday, October 15, prior to the NEW's Annual
Leadership Summit in Dallas. The Network is also seeking nominations
for this year's Hedy Halpert Diversity Awareness Award, which honors
one outstanding industry executive. Deadline for this award is also
August 1.
Board members must be a member in good standing, with either an
individual or corporate membership in NEW; commit to participating in
person in two full board meetings per year and conference calls as
scheduled; agree to actively participate in assigned committees;
cover their own expenses for activities associated with the Board and
committees; and have support of their company with regards to financing
of Board trips and scheduling of meetings and related activities.
Active NEW members from the following categories are eligible for board
membership: Retailers, wholesale distributors, manufacturers, brokers
and solution-providers, plus members of organizations allied to the
industry, such as media and associations. Network members who wish to
submit a nomination should submit the application form by August 1 to Nathalia Granger, NEW director of operations, at ngranger@newonline.org.
Hedy Halpert Award
Nominations for the Hedy Halpert Diversity Awareness Award are open to all
active participants in trade channels served by NEW. Nominees must be
role models for business professionals, exemplifying outstanding
professional accomplishments and be active in improving educational
opportunities; should be dedicated community leaders and demonstrate
individual initiative with a commitment to excellence; and be committed
to assisting those with fewer resources than themselves.
Nominees should also support the objectives of the Network of Executive
Women and personify the ideal of success through hard work and serve as
role models for today’s youth with continued commitment to diversity in
the work place and have proven his/her ability to actively develop
emerging leaders and to mentor within their respective organization.
For more information on how to nominate yourself or a colleague for
NEW's Board of Directors or for this year's Hedy Halpert Award, contact
Nathalia Granger, ngranger@newonline.org, at (312) 693-6855.
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Check your inbox for NEW Event Alert
Monthly e-mail keeps members up-to-date
The Network has launched a new monthly email alert to keep its members
posted on upcoming events. The event alert will mail to nearly four
thousand new members, media representative and supporters.
The Event Alert consolidates regional and national Network event
mailings "so our members can stay current on all our upcoming events
with one monthly email," a NEW representative said. NetworkNEWs, the
organization's award-winning email newsletter, will continue its
monthly schedule and its subscribers will automatically receive the
Event Alert.
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