Networks and Female Entrepreneurs
Webcast Details
Live Interactive Webcast
September 12, 2008
6:30 - 8:00 PM Eastern Time
Price: $59
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Webcast Description
Professional connections are vital to the success of new businesses. Do women have the same access to networks as men? Can women break into the "old boys networks" that exist in many fields? Or do women unconsciously limit themselves when it comes to making connections? Find out in this Webcast exploring the issues and challenges women face when starting new businesses.
Panelists include: Stephanie Rosenbloom, reporter for The New York Times; Rebecca Boenigk, chairman and CEO of Neutral Posture; and Rebecca White, Ph.D., professor of business and entrepreneurship at Northern Kentucky University.
About the Panelists
Stephanie Rosenbloom joined The New York Times as a reporter in January 2006, covering real estate news. Ms. Rosenbloom currently writes for the Thursday and Sunday style sections, covering American social trends. She has been a frequent contributor The New York Times since October 2000. Ms. Rosenbloom has been the lead reporter for The Neediest Cases series, worked on the continuous news desk and was part of the team that launched the Thursday styles feature section. She was also a featured writer in "The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything" (St. Martin's Press, 2006).
Ms. Rosenbloom received a B.A. in English and theater from Colgate University in 1997.
Rebecca Boenigk is the Chairman and CEO of Neutral Posture, a company she started in 1989. As the only certified Women's Business Enterprise seating company, she has grown Neutral Posture to a highly imitated and respected leader in adjustable office and industrial seating products. Rebecca currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and is the Immediate Past Chair of the Women's Enterprise Leadership Forum.
She is a National Founding Partner of Women Impacting Public Policy and is on the Board of Directors of the Institute for the Economic Empowerment of Women. Rebecca also serves on the National Women's Business Council, which serves as advisors to the President, Congress and U.S. SBA. She has received numerous awards, including being named the Small Business Person of the Year for the State of Texas by the United States Small Business Administration in 2005 and she was the 2002 Office Depot Business Woman of the Year.
Rebecca stands committed to furthering public policy concerning Women Business Enterprises, promoting Women Business Enterprises and mentoring other women.
Rebecca J. White, Ph.D. is the Founding Director of the Fifth Third Bank Entrepreneurship Institute and Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). As an educator, her primary research and teaching interests are in entrepreneurship education, funding strategies for startup firms and strategic leadership in entrepreneurial firms. She is also co–founder of RiskAware, LLC, (www.riskaware.com) a risk mitigation company for higher education and is the founder and CEO of adEsse LLC, a consulting company specializing in helping startup ventures and established firms integrate and utilize an entrepreneurial mindset.
Rebecca White received an MBA and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Virginia Tech University and a BS from Concord University.
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Program Description
Invest in your startup dreams or take your company to the next level. Get the business know–how you need, and explore issues facing women entrepreneurs, in online courses and Webcasts from the Women's Entrepreneurship Institute (WEI).
The WEI offers a wide range of online courses covering virtually every aspect of starting and running a business. The courses include videotaped lectures, interviews with successful entrepreneurs, lively forums and chats, and comprehensive feedback on assigned projects and business plans. WEI courses are designed to be practical in nature, providing resources and templates that students can use as they start their own businesses. Students who complete five WEI courses receive a Certificate in Entrepreneurship.
The WEI also offers live, interactive Webcasts featuring business leaders and journalists from The New York Times, discussing important trends and issues for women in business today. Participants viewing live webcasts will have the opportunity for their questions to be answered during the session.
More Information
Website: http://ei.nku.edu
E-mail Inquiries: nytimes@nku.edu
Phone Inquiries: (859) 572-7541