Blog | - Part 14

September 4, 2012December 6, 2016

Virtual Business Conference – Easy to be there!

The folks at Publishing Executive magazine are working hard to make your life easier. They are convening a virtual business conference with industry experts and “takeaways” from each session during the day-long event, available to you all without leaving town. Actually, you can register for the event and earn points by attending sessions, trading virtual business cards, and visiting exhibitor booths all without leaving your desk. Earn enough points and you will be entered into a chance to win an iPad2. Easy. There are sessions on digital discoveries, revenue strategies, building apps, DRM, e-books, opportunities in content marketing, and more.

What: Publishing Executives Virtual Business Conference
Who: Publishing Business eLearning Team
When: September 13, 2012 10:00 am – 5:00 pm ET
Where: Right from your computer, its virtual!
Why: Because you can never learn too much about the publishing business (you want an iPad2)
Cost: Free to all

Tell them EWIP sent you. 😉

August 23, 2012December 6, 2016

EWIP Founding Board Member Thea Selby Responds to Todd Akin and Debra Saunders

Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks that abortion should be illegal even if the result of “legitimate rape” has created a firestorm of media response, including from San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra Saunders, who commented that the Republican “war on women” is “a crock.”

If this war is a crock, the Republican party needs to better distance itself from its spokespeople who call for an end to contraception, even in the context of marriage; who call women who speak up about the medical need for contraception “sluts,” who now indicate that there are forms of rape which are legitimate.

Thea Selby, founding board member of EWIP, responded with an open letter to Debra Saunders:

Ms. Saunders,

I see no reason for you to add dumb on dumb with this column. I went to highschool in Texas, where Planned Parenthood provided birth control and help with STDs for many students. Planned Parenthood in Texas is now unfunded, and if you want an abortion, you must 1. find a place to have one–good luck 2. find the money to pay for it 3. Watch the fetus on the ultrasound monitor 4. Listen to the heartbeat of the fetus and 5. Wait 24 to 48 hours to make sure you haven’t changed your mind. This, from the state that brought us Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who successfully argued Roe v. Wade. Texas is just one case in thousands where women over the past few years have lost their rights to control what is absolutely the most powerful thing on the planet–the reason that men are so eager to control it themselves–procreation. May you and the many people in this country who seem to miss this vital fact, wake up and vote these people out of power. Sincerely, Thea Selby

August 23, 2012July 2, 2018

Film Night with Tiffany Shlain

EWIP is delighted to host a film night, Wednesday, September 12th at the Dolby Studios in San Francisco bringing people in media together. Everyone is welcome to join us for an evening of wine, snacks, networking, and a post-screening Q&A with the award-winning director, Tiffany Shlain.

We will screen Connected, an Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology, a film that is equal parts documentary and memoir and uses a mix of animation, archival footage, and home movies to explore what it means to be connected in the 21st century. Connected unfolds during an especially tumultuous year in which technology and science literally become a matter of life and death for the director. See the film and stay for a Q&A with Ms. Shlain.

The EWIP film night is free but you must RSVP at least 48 hours before the event. We are limited to 80 attendees so sign up today using the order form below. If you wish to renew your annual EWIP membership or want to join (optional) you can save 10% on membership when you reserve your spot for film night. (Read about member benefits here)

Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Time: 6 pm for wine and yummy snacks; the feature starts at 7:15 pm and the Q&A with the director follows the film.

Location: Dolby Labs Screening Room, 100 Potrero Ave, San Francisco

(directions)

As of August 30, we have sold out. If you have already reserved seats and you or your guest can not make it, or you wish to be put on the wait list, please contact Carol Rives via email by Mon. Sept 10th.

Hosted by: Exceptional Women in Publishing

Our Sponsors: Château Montelena, Dolby Laboratories, and Poco Dolce.

August 16, 2012December 6, 2016

Gaming: A Medium Important to Women in Media

Gaming–online gaming, console gaming, handheld or social media is a medium, one in which women participate in developing, marketing, and playing. It’s also a medium in which women are represented to a smaller degree than men–and in particular, in the games themselves.

Why should we care? We care because gaming is the present and the future of digital media. It is where people interested in digital media are gathered; through gaming some of the most powerful memes and tropes of our culture are shared; gaming is increasingly integrated into marketing, social media, education, events.

That is why the current climate in the gaming world needs to be a concern for women in and interested in media. A recent article in the New York Times detailed the sexual harassment that women may face at the point at which they get too visible in the gaming world.

This needs to change. Women in media are the ones to change it.