Wanted: More Women in Tech

Men still far outnumber women in the technology sector but, by creating programs that teach coding and other science, math and technology applications, the right education and oppo... More

Mentoring Can Work in Reverse Also

Reverse mentoring programs, in which people at the front of their careers offer their perspectives to more established professionals, can help companies and veteran executives and ... More

Using Networking to Overcome Career Challenges

Networking can play a key role in overcoming the many challenges and obstacles that women face in their careers in Hollywood and beyond – even during a COVID-19 pandemic, accordi... More

MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Oct. 26-30

SecureTheVillage’s CybersecureLA 2020 cybersecurity conference, Dolby’s annual summit event, and a EditShare and Amazon Web Services presentation around production in the cloud... More

Maintaining a Strong and Supportive Company Culture Amid COVID-19

Maintaining a strong and supportive company culture, managing remote teams and implementing new technologies are among the many challenges the pandemic has created for executives a... More

Remote Challenges and ‘Silver Linings’ Highlighted at SoCal Women’s Summit

The COVID-19 pandemic has created various challenges, but also some “silver linings,” according to Adobe, Verizon and ILMxLAB executives who spoke Oct. 7 at the SoCal Women’... More

MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Oct. 19-23

Three days of Adobe’s annual MAX creativity conference, data storage webinars from both Caringo and Wasabi, and MESA’s annual Media & Entertainment Day, covering the latest... More

Recruiters Tackle the Challenges of Navigating Your Career During a Pandemic

As if navigating a career in the media and entertainment industry wasn’t already challenging enough amid consolidation and contraction, now the pandemic has made it even more dif... More

Adobe Names Melanie Boulden to its Board of Directors

Adobe announced the appointment of Melanie Boulden to its board of directors. The addition of Boulden expands Adobe’s board of directors from 10 to 11 members. (more…)... More

SoCal Women’s Keynoter Shares Data-Equity Links for Los Angeles

The sheer volume of data that tuns through the mayor’s office of the City of Los Angeles is hard to fathom. But what may surprise people more are the number of data-science progr... More

BET Networks’ Chief Social Officer to Provide Closing SoCal Women’s Keynote

Jeanine Liburd, chief social impact and communications officer for Viacom’s BET Networks has been named the closing keynoter of the virtual Oct. 7 SoCal Women’s Leadership Summ... More

MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Oct. 5-9

Two full days of Tamr’s DataMasters Virtual Summit, a full-day Salesforce Industries Summit for media, and the SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit returns as a full-day virtual eve... More

TOP HEADLINES

  • How Women in Tech are Rising to the New Challenges (CIO) Leading women CIOs discuss how technology is in spotlight in… More

  • Millennials are Leading the Charge on AI Skills Development (IT Pro) A study from Workday found the cohort had the strongest… More

  • Women Want Flexibility at Work, but Worry it Could Hurt Their Careers and Struggle to Find Remote and Hybrid Jobs (CNBC) Women are overwhelmingly ambitious in their careers, and they see… More

  • 8 Obstacles Women Still Face When Seeking a Leadership Role in IT (CIO) For women, the IT career ladder is littered with obstacles,… More

  • Why Content Creators are Making More Money Off Social Media Than On It (Forbes) Unlike the social-first creators who rely solely on brand partnerships… More

  • 5 Leadership Strategies to Help Teams Thrive Amid Uncertainty (FastCompany) Uncertainty has become a defining feature of life today, a… More

  • AI Poses a Bigger Threat to Women’s Work, Than Men’s (Reuters) Jobs traditionally done by women are more vulnerable to the… More

  • How Creators are Using Gen AI in Podcasts, Videos and Newsletters — and What Advertisers Think About It (Digiday) As generative artificial intelligence improves, creators are growing more confident… More

  • Why Belonging Matters More Than Just Diversity (MIT Sloan) Building psychologically safe workplace cultures where employees feel they belong… More

  • Female Founders Face Unique Stresses But There are Solutions (Forbes) Female entrepreneurs face challenges that extend far beyond the well–documented… More

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