This event is being hosted by the CWC-AFC Ottawa-Gatineau.
May 25, 2010: CWC Career Studio: SOLD OUT!
Ottawa
A CWC Leadership Initiative generously sponsored by Citytv.
Learn From the Leaders on May 25!
Ever wondered 'How do they do it?' Don't miss this chance to hear the secrets of career success from one of Canada’s most influential women leaders and one of Canada’s top career advancement specialists at the "CWC Career Studio: Accelerate & Energize Your Career" on Tuesday, May 25!
Many of you know of CBC Radio’s Denise Donlon as a globe-trotting radio executive, but you may not know the story behind her success. CWC President Stephanie MacKendrick will interview Denise about the some of the surprising challenges she’s faced and how she built a career from the early days working as a music news reporter to becoming a respected and accomplished media executive.
This intimate Q &A will be followed by a dynamic must-attend workshop with renowned career advancement specialist Kathy Conway. Once you find out how do “they” do it, find out everything you need to know about how YOU can maximize your career success too!
Stephanie will begin the evening by interviewing Denise Donlon, Executive Director, CBC Radio followed by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Kathy Conway, Coaching Specialist and the creator of CWC's Career Energizer Toolkit, discover:
What’s your "Ideal Job" and how to you pursue it?
It’s not just what you do, but who knows it: building career profile
How to create an effective and realistic career action plan
Network with your fellow CWC Members and industry colleagues. Don't forget to bring your business cards! Don't miss this opportunity for honest conversations about success, choices and challenges!
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Time: 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Renaissance Room, Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau St.
Price: Members $40, Non-members $55
(Light meal is included.)
About Denise Donlon:
One of Canada’s most exciting and accomplished media executives, Denise Donlon is CBC Radio’s executive director.
With 25-years experience in Canada’s music industry, Donlon is a former host, broadcast journalist and producer of numerous groundbreaking music programs for Citytv and MuchMusic, as well as vice-president and general manager of MuchMusic/ MuchMoreMusic and president of Sony Music Canada.
In 1985, Donlon joined MuchMusic/Citytv as a music news reporter. From 1986 to 1993, she hosted, then co-produced, MuchMusic’s influential, internationally syndicated news magazine The New Music.
In her role on The New Music and in her subsequent work as director of music programming for MuchMusic/Citytv, a position she held until 1997, and vice-president and general manager of MuchMusic/MuchMoreMusic, which she held until 2000, Donlon helped launch and build the careers of countless Canadian artists and greatly increased the profile of Canadian music through syndicated programming throughout the world and through the launch of MM partnerships in the U.S., South America and Finland.
In 2000, Donlon left MuchMusic to become president of Sony Music Canada. In this position, she continued to promote emerging Canadian talent and to work with established Canadian and international artists. Donlon left Sony Music in 2004 and has since lent her support and production abilities to a variety of high profile projects including Live 8; CBC’s Tsunami Concert of Hope; and the President Clinton Foundation Birthday Event.
She currently sits on the board of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and of Margaret Atwood’s ‘long pen’ project Unotchit Inc., is a trustee with Lake Ontario Waterkeepers (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Waterkeeper Alliance), and is a volunteer with WarChild Canada.
Three times (1994, 1995, and 1997), Donlon was named Broadcast Executive of the Year at the Canadian Music Week Industry Awards, and in 2007 CMW awarded her the Humanitarian Spirit Award. In 1994, she was also awarded The Record’s Video Personality or Programmer of the Year, and in 1997 she was the recipient of Toronto’s Women in Films & Television Outstanding Achievement Award. In 2001, Donlon received the Wired Women’s Woman of Vision Award and the Canadian Women in Communications Woman of the Year Award. She holds two honourary doctorates, was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2002, and in 2005 was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
About Kathy Conway:
Kathy has more than 25 years experience as an HR practitioner in both the private and public sectors, and has held executive positions in Bell Mobility and Rogers Communications. She has been a frequent contributor to print and broadcast media, as well as a speaker and panelist at professional events. She is a volunteer mentor in several organizations.
She joined PwC in 2005 as their coaching specialist, and has helped train over 1500 folks since joining. She is also involved the ongoing career planning and mentoring programs.
Kathy is the co-author of The Trainer’s Tool Kit, published by the American Management Association in 1998. The Trainer’s Tool Kit has been selected by four book clubs as a Book of the Month selection, and was updated and revised for re-release in 2004. It has been translated into many languages, including Arabic. She is a member of the Board of Canadian Women in Communications.
About Stephanie MacKendrick:
Stephanie MacKendrick has worked in the communications industry for more than three decades, 13 of them as President of Canadian Women in Communications. Stephanie holds a degree in journalism from Ryerson Polytechnic Institute (now Ryerson University), and worked as a journalist for ten years, including five with Broadcast News Ltd., at The Canadian Press. She then moved to corporate communications, serving at Rogers Communications Inc., and Unitel (MTS Allstream) before becoming Vice President, Corporate Communications at Atlantis Communications Inc. Stephanie joined Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) in 1996 and has been instrumental in developing CWC into a leading women’s professional organization.
Known internationally for her work to promote women’s participation on corporate boards, Stephanie is also immediate Past President (of the Board of Directors) of The International Alliance for Women (TIAW), a worldwide umbrella organization of women’s networks and is active in their Women on Boards and World of Difference Awards initiatives.
Stephanie served as Chair of the Board of The Innoversity Creative Summit in 2004 and 2005, a not-for-profit organization that fosters diversity in Canadian media. Stephanie was a member of the Board of Directors of the Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA) from 2006 to 2008 and she is also a member of the Board of Governors of Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame Foundation (CTHoF). In 2005, she was named one of WXN’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.
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