PRESS RELEASE: Alyse Nelson to Speak at Womenetics’ 2011 POW! Awards
Monday, April 04 2011
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President and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership to Deliver Address at Atlanta Awards Event
ATLANTA, GA (April 4, 2011): Womenetics today announced Alyse Nelson, President and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership, will be the keynote speaker at the 2011 POW! Awards. At this event, Womenetics will honor innovative female leaders who forge new paths and create leadership models for the women who follow. This second annual awards event takes place on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, from 11 AM to 1:30 PM at Loews Hotel in Atlanta.
“Womenetics is pleased to have Alyse Nelson join us for the 2011 POW! Awards,” said Elisabeth Marchant, CEO of Womenetics. “Nelson embodies what this annual event is all about – it is designed to honor and uphold purposeful women who encourage and enable dynamic growth, bringing the ‘POW!’ factor to everything they do. We are honored to have the opportunity to hear from Nelson and learn more about the ways in which Vital Voices empowers women.”
A co-founder of Vital Voices, Nelson has worked for the organization for twelve years, serving as vice president and senior director of programs before assuming her current role. She has worked with women leaders to develop training programs and international forums in over 120 countries and has interviewed more than 200 international leaders. Prior to her work with VVGP, Nelson served as deputy director of the Vital Voices Global Democracy Initiative at the U.S. Department of State. Her position aided former First Lady Hillary Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s commitment to promote the advancement of women as a U.S. foreign policy objective. Nelson helped design, coordinate, and implement Vital Voices conferences, projects and initiatives throughout the world.
For more information about this event, visit www.Womenetics.com.
About Vital Voices
Vital Voices mission is to identify, invest in and bring visibility to extraordinary women around the world by unleashing their leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity in their communities. They equip women with management, business development, marketing, and communications skills to expand their enterprises, help to provide for their families, and create jobs in their communities. They are at the forefront of international coalitions to combat human trafficking and other forms of violence against women and girls. They enable women to become change agents in their governments, advocates for social justice, and supporters of democracy and the rule of law.
About Womenetics
Womenetics is a business media platform providing substantive information for and about women. Through compelling content online, at events and within a web-based community, Womenetics cultivates relationships between its audience and foremost thought leaders around global issues, leadership development and business insights. For individuals and companies, Womenetics brings powerful ideas and lessons for change, and is today’s imperative for business success.
