Culinary romance author and former NYC book editor Louisa Edwards celebrated the release of her second Recipe for Love novel--ON THE STEAMY SIDE--with a reading at Lady Jane's Salon March 1 in Greenwich Village.
Lending credence to the adage that there's no rest for the weary--or authors, Edwards spent the book's March 2 release date signing copies of the culinary romance at Manhattan bookstores.
Kantar, one of the world's largest insight, information and consultancy networks, announced that TNS Media and KMR Group are changing their name to Kantar Media. The transition to Kantar Media completes the integration process begun in 2009 with the acquisition of the companies by Kantar. The newly branded Kantar Media offers a full range of insights, analyses and audience measurement services for all media platforms. Visit Kantar Media for more information.
Julie Livingston, formerly senior director, public relations, Toy Industry Association, and Child’s Play Communications, specialists in marketing communications for products and services targeted to moms, have announced a strategic alliance designed to bring an unparalleled level of toy and youth entertainment industry public relations and social media expertise to manufacturers and retailers.
NYWICI member and MATRIX winner Gail Collins has published her new book "When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present".
Use NYWICI's Amazon link for purchases and 4% of your total will go to the Foundation, which awards scholarships for young women. Plus: Find member books.
Mary Lou Quinlan, with Jen Drexler and Tracy Chapman of the consulting firm "Just Ask A Woman," has released a new book, What She's Not Telling You: Why Women Hide the Whole Truth and What Marketers Can Do About It (read the first chapter here).
Read Jeanne-Marie Byington's Q&A with her suggestions how to effectively incorporate social media in marketing strategies by bridging new and old.
The interview appeared on the marketing blog "Flooring the Consumer".
Ann Fry, born on the first day of the boomer generation, turned 60 in January of 2006. She calls herself the "Head Boomer." Just days after turning 60, she flew to NYC to check it out and after 10 days, she returned to Austin, sold everything, and moved to NYC to start over. Ann chronicled her adventure over nearly three years and put it into an easy, funny, heart-wrenching book of the ups and downs of starting over at 60.
Suka received the prestigious 2009 Gold Quill Award for excellence in communication and publication design, presented by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Read more: http://www.sukadesign.com/Suka_IABC.pdf
Daylle Deanna Schwartz, the first white female rapper and the first woman to start a successful independent record label on her own, has recently released the third edition of her bestselling Start & Run Your Own Record Label (Billboard/Random House). Daylle interviewed 150 people for this book, including recording artist Ingrid Michaelson and blogger Perez Hilton.
Whether it's succeeding at work, squeezing the household budget, or just getting through the pressures of a long, hard day, today's challenges seem so overwhelming that we often feel stuck and don't know where to start. Filled with inspiring stories, helpful tools, and practical advice, The Power of Small shows how "sweating the small stuff" can transform our lives and help us navigate through these uncertain times. The way to rebuild our careers, the economy - even the world - is to refocus our attention on the small gestures and little details that really matter.
Marcia A. Cole, Founder and Editorial Director of AmberMag.com, is one of the recipients of this year's Fourth Annual Young, Gifted & Black (YGB) Entrepreneurial Awards. The award places an emphasis on an individual's ability to reach levels of success through hard work and determination. The award was created by Carl O. Gray, President & CEO, The NetLinkz Group, Inc., & Co-Founder of the United Caribbean Professional Network (UCPN).
Former Stanton Crenshaw cofounder and president Dorothy Crenshaw has announced Crenshaw Communications (www.crenshawcomm.com), as a new brand born out of the Stanton Crenshaw split into separate agencies. With the tag line “Creative Public Relations for a Digital World,” the agency will focus on innovative business and consumer communications with an emphasis on consumer marketing PR, consumer and business technology, and digital and social media.
Barbara Brennan (NYWICI Foundation Board of Directors) and Tammy Tibbetts (NYWICI Scholarship Winner, 2006 and 2007) have teamed up with the MacDella Cooper Foundation (MCF), to help build a children's academy in Liberia, West Africa, by 2010. Tammy is Director of Operations for MCF, outside of her job as a teen web site editor for Hearst Magazines. Barbara, a vice president at Lifetime, serves on the host committee for the Foundation's February 20th fundraiser, called the After Party of New York Fashion week.
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