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The 11th Annual ‘Rising Through the Ranks’ Course Dedicated to the Support and Advancement of Women in Radio Sales Management is Open for Submissions
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New York, NY – April 30, 2018 – Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), Broadcast Music, Inc. ® (BMI®), and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group (MIW) will present the 11th annual “Rising Through the Ranks” Seminar on August 15-16 at BMI’s Nashville office. As in years past, BMI will offer 20 scholarships for this year's program. These scholarships cover the cost of the professional development course which is designed to foster and educate current and emerging female radio managers within broadcast radio.
Sessions at this year’s seminar will include, among others:
• The Role of Today's Radio Manager
• Managing Up and Down
• Having Difficult Conversations
• Budgeting and Forecasting
• Recruiting, Hiring, and Firing
• Women in the Radio Workplace
• Building Your Personal Brand
Scholarship winners will also have the opportunity to hear from leading radio industry executives across various station groups and industry backgrounds. Featured speakers include: Hartley Adkins, president integrated revenue strategy, iHeartMedia, Inc.; Lindsay Cerajewski, general sales manager, Entercom; Joe D'Angelo, SVP of Broadcast Radio, Xperi Inc. DTS/HD Radio; Erica Farber, president and CEO, RAB; Brandeis C. Hall, vice president, professional development, RAB; Laurie Kahn, founder/chief multi-tasker, Media Staffing Network; Angela Kluke, director, training & product development - sales, My Broadcasting Corporation; Rita Landells, member response director, RAB; Val Maki, president and COO, Brandovation; Denyse Mesnik, president, The Mesnik Group; Ginny Morris, chairperson & CEO, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.; Shayna Sharpe, chief executive officer, Regional Reps; Dan Spears, vice president, licensing, BMI, and Erika Sylvia, controller, Emmis Communications.
“Rising Through the Ranks is a hallmark event for Mentoring and Inspiring Women,” noted Denyse Mesnik, President, The Mesnik Group and spokeswoman for the MIW Radio Group. “Supporting the advancement of women in radio to foster the growth of female managers is vital to the future of the radio industry; this program provides the perfect opportunity for the MIW’s to do just that.”
“For 11 consecutive years, BMI has sponsored the Rising Through the Ranks seminar, and we’re thrilled to welcome the Class of 2018 to our Nashville office in August,” said Dan Spears, Vice President, Industry Relations, BMI. “The invaluable training given by some of the most respected leaders in the radio industry will provide this new group of talented up-and-coming female executives with the tools needed to excel within the industry.”
“We are excited to be celebrating ten years of the Rising Through the Ranks initiative. Our lists of impressive presenters continue to grow, presenting a worthwhile opportunity for scholarship winners to learn from our industry’s top executives,” said Erica Farber, president and CEO, Radio Advertising Bureau. “The wealth of knowledge shared through peer-to-peer discussions between both speakers and attendees is priceless. These lessons will be brought back directly to attendee’s respective markets, ensuring that female leaders continue to emerge within the radio business.”
Scholarship applications and registration are available at www.rab.com and will be accepted April 30, through June 6, 2018, 5:00PM CST. Scholarship recipients will be notified of their selection by Wednesday, June 27. Learn more at www.rab.com.
About BMI:
Celebrating over 77 years of service to
songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, Broadcast Music, Inc.®
(BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate
for the value of music. BMI represents the public performance rights
in nearly 13 million musical works created and owned by more than 800,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The
Company negotiates music license agreements and distributes the fees it
generates as royalties to its affiliated writers and publishers when their
songs are performed in public. In 1939, BMI created a groundbreaking open-door
policy becoming the only performing rights organization to welcome and
represent the creators of blues, jazz, country, and American roots music.
Today, the musical compositions in BMI’s repertoire, from chart toppers to
perennial favorites, span all genres of music and are consistently among the most-performed
hits of the year. For additional information and the latest BMI news,
visit bmi.com,
follow us on Twitter @BMI
or stay connected through Broadcast Music, Inc.‘s Facebook page. Sign
up for BMI’s
The Weekly™ and receive our e-newsletter every Monday to stay up
to date on all things music.
About MIW Radio Group
The MIW Radio Group consists of top-level Radio women across the country , dedicated to using their influence and resources to help put more women in positions of leadership in Radio. For contact information for each MIW, along with interviews, articles, and MIW presentations, or to join the MIW Network or learn about the MIW Mentoring Program, go to http://www.radiomiw.com
About RAB
The Radio Advertising Bureau serves more than 6,000 member Radio stations in the U.S. and over 1,000 member year we said when the scholarship networks, representative firms, broadcast vendors, and international organizations. RAB leads and participates in educational, research, sales, and advocacy programs that promote and advance Radio as a primary advertising medium. For more information log onto www.rab.com.
Media Contacts:
RAB:
Meghan Buonocore
212-681-7215
mbuonocore@rab.com
BMI:
Jodie Thomas
212-220-3142
jthomas@bmi.com
MIW:
Denyse Mesnik
239-455-4234
denyse.mesnik@gmail.com
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