Holiday Party Honorees
[one_half_last] AWC-Santa Barbara started off A BRAND New Year at our annual holiday party on December 7, recognizing the Women’s Fund as the 2011 Nonprofit of the Year and naming Cindy Faith Swain, owner of PlanABrand, as Member of the Year. Swain, whose company is a full-service branding, marketing and social media company, was honored for her contributions to advance the goals of AWC-SB and her leadership in the field of communications. “I’m honored to accept this award,” said Swain who has more than 20 years of worldwide licensing and business development experience, including 12 years with Warner Bros. She…
Free Lecture: New Media, Campaigns, and Elections
Free Lecture and Q&A Kathleen Hall Jamieson speaking on “New Media, Campaigns, and Elections” Thursday, February 9, 2012 – 7:00pm – 9:00pm Pollock Theater, UCSB Author and commentator, Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses the new and growing influence of the Web on political communication, and the challenges of policing deceptions in the 2012 political campaigns. Jamieson will also discuss the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s new FlackCheck.org, a companion site to Factcheck.org that will use parody and humor to debunk false political advertising in the 2012 campaign. Jamieson has authored or co-authored 15 books including: The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and…
Review: Speaking with Sense, Sex, and Soul
By Rachel Cansler, Intern Educational psychologist Loretta Redd, PhD, owner and CEO of Crisis Navigation Executive Coaching, Santa Barbara, spoke at our November 2 meeting on Speaking with Sense, Sex and Soul. Dr. Redd offered her wisdom on overcoming communication difficulties in the digital age, as well as when talking with the opposite sex and doing effective public speaking. Dr. Redd opened her talk with a personal antidote about attending her family’s Thanksgiving dinners when growing up, humorously recalling the various communication styles around the table. She commented how we have entered a fast-paced technology age in which people are…
January Presidents’ Message
As we start the new year, we want to take a moment to reflect on 2011. We are so appreciative of our growing cadre of members and the diverse community of “tweeps and peeps” that enrich the Association for Women in Communication in so many ways. As members of AWC-SB we feel lucky to be part of a robust national organization with all of its member benefits—a privilege that feels more valuable as we become more virtual and global. This year our national organization offered our Santa Barbara area members the opportunity of participating in webinars and tweet chats on…
