The Channel Company Hosts Sixth Annual Women of the Channel Winter Workshop

Women Technology Leaders Gather in New York for Sold-Out Event

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Dec 09, 2014, 06:50 ET

WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Channel Company announced today that its sixth annual Women of the Channel Winter Workshop being held Dec. 9-10 at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel in New York has sold out. The annual event will bring together more than 350 leading women from the IT channel in a unique forum designed to encourage knowledge exchange, foster leadership growth and development, facilitate networking and celebrate the growing presence of women in technology. The conference includes strategic sessions focused on finance, change management, communications, marketing and leadership. To learn more about the event, visit http://bit.ly/1up789h.

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"Our Women of the Channel Winter Workshop has become the definitive venue for women executives in the IT channel to share information and best practices, network, collaborate and connect with colleagues," said Lisa MacKenzie, senior vice president, events, The Channel Company. "This conference encourages women to focus on personal and professional growth and development while exploring the road to success and what that means to each of them."

Featured Speakers

The event's opening keynote, "The Chocolate Conversation: Lead Bittersweet Change, Transform Your Business," delivered by Rose Fass, Founder and CEO, fassforward Consulting Group, will explore the importance of communication that leads to effective discourse between business stakeholders.
Bestselling author of Unmeasured Strength and former Cantor Fitzgerald executive, Lauren Manning will share how she fought to escape the World Trade Center after 9/11 and how she learned an unforgettable lesson in the power of hope and strength.
Other featured keynote presentations include Hewlett-Packard's Lynn Anderson, Morgan Stanley's Carla Harris, Verizon's Janet Schijns, Attorney State of New York Regina Calcaterra, and Author and Consultant Sally Helgesen.

To view the full list of speakers and sessions, please visit http://bit.ly/1yz19N5.

Giving Back
During the Women of the Channel Winter Workshop, the Channel@Work program will support the domestic violence shelter programs and services of Safe Horizon, one of the country's largest supporters of victims of crime and abuse. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/1zcG8to.

Sponsors
Sponsors for the Women of the Channel Winter Workshop include Avnet, HP, Intel Security, Oracle, Symantec and Westcon Group. To see the full list of sponsors, please visit http://bit.ly/1HUfFH9.

Follow Event Coverage and Learn More:

View CRN coverage of this week's Women of the Channel Winter Workshop and the 2014 CRN Women of the Channel lists at http://www.crn.com/rankings-and-lists/wotc2014.htm
Follow the conference on Twitter using #wotc14, and see live Q&As from select sessions using #askwotc
View and share photos from the Women of the Channel Winter Workshop 2014 in the album on the XChange Events Facebook page
Explore other upcoming XChange Events from The Channel Company here: http://bit.ly/1ooPLkw

About The Channel Company
The Channel Company, with established brands including CRN, XChange Events, IPED and SharedVue, is the channel community's trusted authority for growth and innovation. For more than three decades, we have leveraged our proven and leading-edge platforms to deliver prescriptive sales and marketing solutions for the technology channel. The Channel Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement, Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.

Contact
Betzi Hanc
The Channel Company
508.416.1182
[email protected]

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