Nancy
Clark
CEO
Womensmedia, Inc..
Nancy
Clark, Nancy Clark is CEO and Founder
of WomensMedia, a media company focused on promoting
women in the workplace, as well as the host of the
"Women's Lunch Talk" blog and the weekly
podcast "Working in Heels".
Starting
out in rocket science with NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, she moved into computer technology at
the University of California, Berkeley and then became
committed to helping women overcome obstacles in business.
For thirty years she has been dedicated to gender
equity in business. Today, as CEO of WomensMedia,
Nancy Clark speaks to both women and men on gender
in the workplace.For twenty-five years, she has donated
her spare time and energy to nonprofit organizations
reaching out to women of all ethnicities.
The
Wall Street Journal:
DropTiresome "Rules" for Women at the Top
The
New York Times: Big
Girls Don't Cry
ABC
News: Crying at the Office
Keynotes
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The Pentagon
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National
Science Foundation
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U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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International
Monetary Fund
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Library
of Congress
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SBA
Office of Women’s Business Ownership
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Office
of the Secretary of Defense
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U.S.
Army
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U.S.
Navy
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Department
of Justice
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NASA
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FBI
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Internal
Revenue Service
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FEW
— Federally Employed Women
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FWP
— Federal Women’s Program
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Department
of Agriculture
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Department
of Commerce
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Department
of Labor
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Smithsonian
Institution
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Universities
and Colleges, as well as many women’s organizations.
Nancy
is the author of the popular blog Women's
Lunch Talk and also hosts the Working
in Heels podcast - a weekly audio broadcast
discussing issues for women in business.
WomensMedia
was founded seven years ago to by Nancy Clark and
Co-founders Dianne Schilling and Susanna Palomares
in order to provide in-depth and trusted material
for working women.
Quotes
by Nancy Clark
CEO,
WomensMedia
“Men
and women aren’t planets apart, but their stereotypes sure are!”
—Nancy Clark
“Don’t
match the stereotype. Be the new one.”
—Nancy Clark
“Honor
your talents and act like a woman—a smart woman—who knows how to
jump over business obstacles, even in heels.”
—Nancy Clark
"The
nature-nurture question is muddied by stereotypes."
—Nancy Clark
“The
time is right for women in business. Learn to avoid the remaining obstacles
and the glass ceiling will cease to exist!”
—Nancy Clark
“The
playing field is being leveled, even for those players
wearing heels!”
—Nancy Clark
“When
both women and men bring their strengths to the workplace, business benefits.”
—Nancy Clark
"The
good news for women is that business now wants
collaborative leadership, relationship skills, sharing of information, and win/win
negotiation—skills that come easily to most women."
—Nancy Clark
"In
today’s male business culture, a woman needs to have a few more tools
than a man, but fortunately for us, we carry a purse."
—Nancy Clark
“Men
are changing when women are negotiating the second shift.”
—Nancy Clark
"The
saying 'Nice girls don’t ask!' is yesterday’s advice for business.
Today’s advice is 'Women ask, and ask,
and appreciate what they get.' ”
—Nancy Clark
“Men
will help us remove gender stereotypes,
because they’re out of date, and because they’re bad for business.”
—Nancy Clark