RAB/BMI/MIW 'Rising Through The Ranks' Program Sets Agenda, Open For Scholarship Applications

2019 Seminar

The RADIO ADVERTISING BUREAU, BMI, and the MENTORING AND INSPIRING WOMEN IN RADIO (MIW) GROUP has announced the details of the 12th annual “Rising Through the Ranks” seminar for women in radio sales and management. This year's seminar will take place AUGUST 13-15 at BMI's NASHVILLE office; BMI will offer 20 scholarships for the program.

The agenda will include sessions called "Modern Female Manager – Juggling it all"; "Managing Up and Down"; "Advancement & Getting that Promotion"; "Budgeting and Forecasting"; "Recruiting, Hiring, and Firing"; "Culture... Healthy vs. Toxic?"; and "Building Your Personal Brand." Speakers will include iHEARTMEDIA's HARTLEY ADKINS, the RAB's ERICA FARBER and GEORGIA BEASLEY; XPERI's JOE D'ANGELO; COX MEDIA GROUP's KIM GUTHRIE and BILL HENDRICH; ENTERCOM/MEMPHIS' AMY HUGHES; MEDIA STAFFING NETWORK's LAURIE KAHN; ENTERCOM's SUSAN LARKIN and JENNIFER MORELLI; MIW President DENYSE MESNIK; BRANDOVATION's VAL MAKI; HUBBARD's GINNY MORRIS; NEUHOFF MEDIA's BETH NEUHOFF; BMI's DAN SPEARS; and EMMIS' ERIKA SYLVIA.

"Fostering the development and advancement of emerging female leaders is crucial to the future of the radio industry," said MESNIK. "Rising Through the Ranks is a hallmark event for MIW RADIO GROUP, with a proven track record of nurturing and building relationships amongst up and coming female leaders."

"BMI has been a proud supporter and partner of the MENTORING AND INSPIRING WOMEN IN RADIO GROUP and the RAB for 12 years now, and we're thrilled to welcome the Class of 2019 to our NASHVILLE office again in AUGUST," said SPEARS. "This is a who's-who list of the most respected radio executives, the invaluable training provided by these leaders to up-and-coming female executives will provide a bright future for those in attendance."

"This is an impressive list of presenters and it continues to grow, which proves that our industry is committed to the advancement of female managers. This is a priceless opportunity for scholarship winners to learn from our industry’s top executives," said FARBER. "The wealth of knowledge shared through peer-to-peer discussions between both speakers and attendees is immeasurable, the tools and training being brought back out participants market for immediate execution will propel not only the participants but also the market itself."

Scholarship applications and registration are being accepted APRIL 30th through JUNE 5th at 5p (CT); winners will be notified by JUNE 25th. Find out more at www.rab.com/public/academy/rttr-info.cfm.

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