A panel of women discussing how to market to women

In the fight for equal opportunity for women, there has been a disconnect in the fundamental differences between men and women. Those differences do exist and as marketers this news is important. Women account for roughly 85% of all consumer purchases include everything from vehicles to healthcare.

Whether your focus is on sales, design, copy, client relations, management, this topic involves you.Don’t miss Susan Hill and Kymberlee Simantel answering the tough questions from moderator, Alison Gaulden in a panel style spit fire.

Our Panelists:

	Susan Hill – Panelist Susan Hill, MA, APR, is owner and chief amplifier for Susan Hill Public Relations ~ Marketing, a public relations consultancy that works with businesses to amplify their messages for growth and success.
	Kymberlee Simantel – Panelist Kymberlee Simantel is an Inspiration Engineer & CEO of Winning Ways For Life. She inspires confidence & charisma through artful communication and connection.  Kymberlee launched the eWomenNetwork, Reno/Tahoe, an international woman’s business organization in 2005.
	Alison Gaulden – Moderator Alison Gaulden started Agile Campaign Strategies in 2009 to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for public relations, with specialties in public affairs, community and member relations, media relations and publicity, marketing and volunteer/board development.

Tuesday, August 16
Atlantis Hotel Casino
Networking: 11:30 AM – Noon
Lunch: Noon – 1:00 PM
RSVP by 12pm, Friday, July 12th

Luncheon Pricing
$25 – AMA, A2N2, PRSA Members with RSVP
$30 – Non-Members with RSVP
$35 – Without RSVP (Seating is on a space-available, first-come, first-serve basis)
$10 – Students with RSVP

Everyone is talking – your customers, employees, and suppliers – and anything they say online about you and your organization becomes a permanent marketing message that can spread quickly through social networks to people you might never imagined you could reach. Are you listening, responding, and participating in these conversations in order to build trust with people, or are you stuck in outdated and ineffective paradigm of marketing? Good social business applies the new operating principles of inbound marketing to attract people to your business with influential content and conversations that build communities of allies for your cause.

Our Speaker
Bret L. Simmons, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Management at The University of Nevada, Reno. He earned his doctorate in Business Administration at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.  Bret teaches university courses in organizational behavior and social business to both undergraduate and MBA students.  He blogs about leadership and social business at his website Positive Organizational Behavior. You can also find Bret on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin.

Tuesday, July 19
Atlantis Hotel Casino
Networking: 11:30 AM – Noon
Lunch: Noon – 1:00 PM
RSVP by 12pm, Friday, July 15th

Luncheon Pricing
$25 – AMA, A2N2, PRSA Members with RSVP
$30 – Non-Members with RSVP
$35 – Without RSVP (Seating is on a space-available, first-come, first-serve basis)
$10 – Students with RSVP

Arts slaves is currently accepting submissions from communication professionals

Art Slaves 2011 Entry Form

Art Slaves is accepting submissions through June 24, 2011 for its 15th annual Art Slaves Show and Sale art show featuring the work of communications professionals in northern Nevada. The show is themed on Le Salon de Refusés — Salon of the Refused — an exhibition ordered by Napoleon III to showcase artists whose works had been rejected by Paris’ official Salon. Anyone in communications — advertising, PR, media, film, radio, printing, etc… — can submit work. Artists of all genres are encouraged to submit their work.

The show will hang at the Siena Casino in the Lounge Loft at 1 Lake Street, Reno throughout July during ARTOWN and is open to the public. An artists’ reception will be held July 7 from 5-10pm. The public is invited to view and purchase all displayed artwork during the July 7 reception that will feature spoken word performances, live music and libations.

Submission Details:
• $25 per entry
• $15 per student entry
• All submissions must be original
• Flat pieces must be wired for hanging
• Artists may submit multiple pieces to the Show and Sale, pending exhibition space.
• All submissions must be accompanied by an Art Slaves entry form and must include the size of each piece.
• Click here for entry forms. Completed forms may be faxed to (775) 829-7662.
• All artwork must be received by Digiman Photography Studio, 4690 Longley Lane #124 in Reno, by 6pm on June 24, 2011.