Roberta Matuson, author, consultant, and president of Matuson Consulting, is renowned for work in helping Fortune 500 companies hire and retain top talent, generating value and revenue as a result.
At the Nov. 8 SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit, Matuson will bring her insights into what tools are necessary to be successful at managing up and down the line of any organization, in the closing keynote of the day: “Effective Communication with Leadership – Managing Up and Down.”
How do you align with upper management’s goals and expectations while supporting and leading your team? As companies reorganize and reengineer, people are finding themselves tossed into management every day with little to no training or preparation. Matuson will offer her ideas on how to manage more efficiently, knowledge she’s brought to companies like Microsoft, General Motors, and more.
Co-located with the Infinity Festival at the famed AVALON Hollywood nightclub and events space, the full-day SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit promises a full house of a dynamic lineup of keynote speakers, presentations and panel discussions, with thought leaders in entertainment technology tackling the industry’s evolving landscape of leadership, diversity, accessibility, and more.
The annual SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit serves as the tent-pole fundraiser for Women in Technology: Hollywood’s (WiTH) and its associated charities.
Among the highlights of the Summit is the 7th Annual WiTH Leadership Awards, which recognizes outstanding leaders and advocates in the entertainment technology sector.
These individuals not only excel in their professional roles but also embody WiTH’s principles through their work, community engagement, mentoring, and networking. Past recipients of the award include industry luminaries like Vicky Colf, Nancy Faginas-Cody, Cristina Mancini-Jones, and Theresa Miller.
Last year’s summit at Nya Studios attracted more than 400 attendees, with more than 70 percent representing the media, entertainment, and tech-adjacent industries.
WiTH, founded in 2014, plays a pivotal role in advancing women in entertainment technology. The WiTH Foundation Board of Directors, responsible for selecting Leadership Awards winners, comprises representatives from prominent organizations such as AMD, Crunchyroll, Microsoft, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Sony Pictures, and The Walt Disney Company.
This year’s SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit is sponsored by Fortinet and Microsoft, with the Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) and EIDR serving as association partners.
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For more information about the WiTH Leadership Awards and the organization itself, contact [email protected].
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