America Online to Present Maria Shriver with First Annual Chief Everything Officer Award at September 28th Insights Forum.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- America Online See AOL. , Inc.
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America Online, Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced that it will honor Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver (pronounced: /'ʃɹaɪvɚ/) (born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist and the wife of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and, as such, the First Lady of California. - award-winning journalist, best-selling author, mother and First Lady of California - with the first annual "AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (R) Chief Everything(TM) Officer Award" in recognition of her efforts to shine a spotlight on women as they strive to balance their lives. The results of a national AOL/Roper Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. survey on family management will also be revealed followed by a panel discussion examining the evolving role of the modern family manager and the emergence of a vanguard group of parents called "Chief Everything Officers." The award ceremony and panel discussion will take place on September 28th at the The Pierre Hotel in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . AOL has identified this "next generation" segment of tipping point The point in time in which a technology, procedure, service or philosophy has reached critical mass and becomes mainstream. See network effect. See also tip and ring. parents or influential family managers, whose distinctly 21st century management style and increasing use of technology offer us a look into the future. They find themselves ably juggling various roles in the home - decision maker, financial planner Financial Planner A qualified investment professional who assists individuals and corporations meet their long-term financial objectives by analyzing the client's status and setting a program to achieve these goals. , travel agent, coach, teacher, nutritionist nu·tri·tion·ist n. One who is trained or is an expert in the field of nutrition. nutritionist Dietitian, see there , family doctor, social secretary, chauffeur and more. This forum is an exploration of this emerging audience, as well as an in-depth look at the issues family managers generally face on a day-to-day basis. "We are excited to be hosting the first ever Chief Everything Officer forum, which will highlight the ever changing role of family managers, especially as it relates to their day-to-day responsibilities and challenges -- be it handling their finances, raising their children, managing their household and succeeding in the workplace," said Tina Sharkey, Senior Vice President of Life Management & Community at America Online. "AOL has been carefully studying these members and creating new services to help make their everyday lives easier, both online and offline. This event, coupled with our new Roper Public Affairs study and our distinguished panel, will provide further insights and understandings into this audience." Sharkey added, "We are thrilled to honor Maria Shriver. As a mother, a journalist, an activist, Maria gracefully balances myriad roles with which many women can identify and exemplifies the true meaning of Chief Everything Officer." The forum is the first of a new "AOL(R) Insights" series that will leverage extensive market research to examine specific audiences within AOL's user base of almost 50 million members. "We know that family managers are among the most powerful consumers in the country and that our online tools, rich community features and compelling content have made AOL an integral and loyal part of their lives," said Michael J. Kelly, President, AOL Media Networks. "This gives us a unique opportunity to keep our fingers on the pulse of what this audience needs and deliver valuable solutions that they'll turn to every day." The distinguished panel of experts includes: Paul Bennett Paul Bennett may refer to:
Jean Chatzky: Editor-at-large for Money Magazine and a featured columnist in USA WEEKEND and Time magazine, Jean is financial editor of NBC's "Today" show as well as the AOL(R) Money Coach. Her "Money Minutes" series airs weekly on CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. . Jean is also the author of several books, including NY Times Bestseller, You Don't Have to Be Rich: Comfort, Happiness and Financial Security on Your Own Terms. Her upcoming book due out this Fall, Pay It Down! From Debt to Wealth on $10 a Day, tells readers how to gain financial freedom on just $10 a day. Sylvia Ann Hewlett Sylvia Ann Hewlett is an economist, consultant, lecturer, and expert on gender and workplace issues. A Kennedy Scholar and graduate of Cambridge University, Hewlett earned her Ph.D. degree in economics at London University. : A widely published author and frequently cited expert on gender and workplace issues, Sylvia is the Director of the Gender and Public Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She is also the founder and president of the Center for Work-Life Policy, a nonprofit group dedicated to developing family friendly workplace policies. Sylvia's book Creating a Life (Miramax Books, 2004) explores the difficult choices women face today between work and life, career and children. Deborah Roberts: An ABC News Correspondent for "20/20" and guest anchor for "World News Weekend" and "Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as ," Deborah reports on a wide array of intimate stories ranging from manic depression in young children to African-Americans tracing their ancestral roots to slavery in Africa Slavery existed in Africa well before the Atlantic slave trade. There were several forms of slavery that existed in Africa. One is chattel slavery. Chattel slavery was the type of slavery practiced in the Americas during the time of the Trans Atlantic slave trade. . Deborah received an Emmy in 2003 for a piece that chronicled an Ethiopian American woman's journey to Ethiopia to find her mother. Tina Sharkey, AOL's Senior Vice President of Life Management & Community at America Online will moderate the panel. Tina has been a pioneer in the development of new media applications that bring value to consumers' lives. At AOL, Tina leads programming areas that busy AOL(R) members have made some of the most popular and integral parts of the online experience, including AOL(R) Food, Parenting, Community, Personal Finance, Research & Learn, Diet and Fitness, Health and Living. Prior to AOL, Tina was Group President of Sesame Workshop's Online Services, where she created the award-winning Sesame Street interactive media business. Tina was also a co-founder of iVillage, and served as its Senior Vice President of Programming and Chief Community Architect. About AOL(R) Life Management AOL now provides a suite of solutions for busy members to help make every day easier. From losing weight to saving money to deciding what's for dinner to helping children with their homework, AOL offers solutions to life's daily challenges. Weaving together powerful tools and expert advice and information from industry leaders, as well as tips and advice from other AOL members, AOL is the "always on" resource for making daily decisions and activities easier. Life management resources for AOL members can be found in areas that include AOL Food, Living, Bill Pay, Health, Diet & Fitness, Parenting, Research & Learn, AOL(R) Books, Horoscopes, Homework Help and across member-led communities on the service. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ). Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. About Roper Public Affairs Roper Public Affairs is part of NOP (NO oPeration) See no-op. World, one of the ten largest global market research companies in the U.S. and the world. Bringing together some of the most renowned US and European research firms in a unified global network, NOP World offers industry specific expertise across 6 areas -- automotive, business and technology, retail and consumer products, financial services, health and media. Centers of excellence focus on key stages of the marketing cycle-Market Opportunity, Brand Strategy, Marketing Effectiveness and Customer Management. The fifth-NOP World's Research Center of Excellence-provides best-in-field research design, methodologies and analytics. NOP World is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK-based United Business Media plc (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :UNEWY). |
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