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Executive MomorandumWay to Wow Us3/12/2009
- Way to Wow Us
- Our Big Spring Event (RSVP and Win) - Our Latest Blog Post Searching for intelligent signs of life in the cyber-universe? We often are too. In fact the very wonder of the web -- its endless supply of content -- is also its greatest challenge, particularly for women like us looking for those 'clean, well-lit places' (as industry folk like to say) that are havens for easy, satisfying exploration.
A year later, WowOwow.com has really found its stride, offering just the kind of panoply of content and conversation to which we similarly aspire and gravitate. On the site now, we especially sparked to features like "Fired and Fabulous" with short profiles of women like author J K Rowling who found unprecedented career success after springboarding from job disaster....political stories including those with a strong women's orientation, celebrity dish (thank you, Liz), style, and a section called "Think Up." Given our affinity in purpose, we are excited that these inspiring Women on the Web are partnering with Executive Moms this Spring. In the meantime, start spending a little time with them yourself.
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Learn more and RSVP Now on executivemoms.com to reserve your place. Early RSVPs are rewarded; RSVP now and you are automatically eligible to win fabulous prizes like a one hour massage at Exhale... and a more!
Our Latest Blog Post Read our latest post: "Thank You, Lilly Ledbetter." Do you know who Lilly Ledbetter is? Do you know why she was sitting as a guest in Michelle Obama's box during President Obama's recent Congressional Address? Here's a clue: she may not be the prototypical Executive Mom, but she brought about legislative change, now named the Lily Ledbetter Act, that has profound implications for all women who work. Read more and see an interesting chart we excerpted from the New York Times that shows how far we still need to come, across industries, on wage equality.
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Though
their web address, with all its Ws and Os, may not quite trip off your fingers,
once you arrive there, it is the sophisticated simplicity and intelligence of
this site that compels most. That, and the fact that they are clearly
addressing a woman whose life experience is an asset, not a liability. In fact,
The Women on the Web was born out of a shared desire among a group of
accomplished women friends, all over the age of 40, to create a place on the web
that spoke to them, and their varied interests. 
Yet
this is no ordinary group of accomplished women-- together they just happen to
represent an ultimate Who's Who of Boomer women icons from across industries and
arts, from book publishing legend (and wowOwow CEO) Joni Evans, to
celebrities like Candice Bergen, Whoopi Goldberg, and Lily Tomlin,
to gossip queen Liz Smith, to authors Peggy Noonan and Joan
Juliet Buck, and top broadcast journalists Lesley Stahl and
Cynthia McFadden. (To name some). As such, spending time on the site has
the tantalizing appeal of having a cup of virtual coffee with these esteemed
women, and conversing about everything from the cerebral to the superficial with
gusto. (In fact, a good indicator of the company they are drawing is that
reader posts skew toward the extremely well-written themselves).
There
are certain core topics which are always central to an Executive Mom’s
life—among them are Career, Child Care, Family and Finance. With
our world spinning in new directions in recent months, these issues have taken
on new contours, new urgency, and raise new questions for all of us. We invite
you to join us (it's worth a trip to NYC!) as for the first time, we are bring
together an extraordinary panel comprised of the top nationally-renowned experts
from each of these important areas, to enable us to ask and answer, connect and
come away feeling that much more equipped to conquer. Moderating the
discussion will be ABC "Nightline" co-anchor (and wowOwow contributor)
Cynthia McFadden.
