API Offers Innovative Program for Women Media Execs

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RESTON, VA -- A March 2005 Harvard Business Review article urges employers to stop treating their women employees as "men in skirts" and recommends that employers implement mentoring and networking programs to help expand and sustain the professional aspirations of their women employees--or risk losing them.
To help address this problem, the American Press Institute is once again offering a professional development program designed just for women.
Authenticity--The Retreat for Women Media Executives, will run July 25-29 at the Copperfield Inn in upstate New York. This is the second year API is offering this unique program.
The purpose of The Retreat is to help women draw fully on their leadership abilities and operate with greater authenticity and conviction. The Retreat provides access to role models, resources, ideas and contacts that will help women media executives grow and advance.
"Women in this business -- women everywhere, I suspect --need a week like this," said Maria Carrillo, deputy managing editor of The Virginia-Pilot in Norfolk, who attended The Retreat last year. "We need to remember to embrace our strengths and stay focused, and empower ourselves to make changes in our organizations, so we can pave the way for others."
The program was developed specifically for women media executives by CorporateHOPE, a consulting firm that specializes in helping high-potential and executive women thrive in their fields.
However, its creators Roslyn Duda and Melinda Taylor, advise that the weeklong program is not for the timid. The retreat includes an intense focus on personal performance, challenges and strengths.
For a schedule, more details about the seminar and to register, please click here.
To download the Harvard Business Review research report, "The Hidden Brain Drain: Off-Ramps and On-Ramps in Women's Careers,"please click here.

About the American Press Institute

The American Press Institute is an independent educational center for providing skills-training and leadership development in the news industry, offering myriad seminars, online training and on-site programs for newspaper professionals. API houses the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, which offers a nationwide forum and educational opportunities for improving the quality of American business journalism. API is also the home of the Media Center, which conducts research, educational programs and symposia and facilitates strategic conversations and planning on issues shaping the future of news, information and media. Visit API online at www.americanpressinstitute.org, or call (703) 620-3611.

Media Contact:
Lisa Rabasca
American Press Institute
11690 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1498
(703) 715-3322
lrabasca@americanpressinstitute.org