WorldWIT & ReadyTalk Celebrate International Women's Day

Women around the world gather for a week-long series of events entitled 'The Year of the Woman: Movers, Shakers and Policy Makers' to commemorate a nearly one-hundred-year tradition.

Boulder, CO (PRWeb) February 28, 2007 -- WorldWIT™ (www.worldwit.org), the world's largest online community for professional women, observes the nearly 100-year-old holiday of International Women's Day (IWD) by partnering with ReadyTalk to host The Year of the Woman: Movers, Shakers and Policy Makers, a week-long, free web seminar series beginning March 6th (http://www.readytalk.com/iwd/).

The 50,000-women-strong WorldWIT organization and ReadyTalk, the premiere web conference service provider, have teamed up to recognize International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8th during Women's History Month, as the perfect opportunity to gather 'virtual-ly' together and celebrate women's strength and resilience and the desire to gain economic and political parity through a week-long series of Web-seminar events.

The free IWD web seminars (www.readytalk.com/iwd) will feature panels of highly-successful corporate, entrepreneurial and political women who will share their knowledge and insights to help empower more women to achieve their goals. The web seminar schedule is as follows:

*Tuesday, March 6, 2 to 3 p.m. EST - A View from Above: Success in a Corporate Setting

-Elizabeth Cornish, VP of Diversified Agency Services, a division of OmnicomGroup

-Robin Kane, Director, Human Resources, WhiteWave Foods

*Thursday, March 8, 4 to 5 p.m. EST - Breaking the Bonds: The Freedom of Entrepreneurship

-Linda Burzynski, CEO of Liberty Fitness

-Ja-Naé Duane, President/Founder of Wild Women Entrepreneurs

-Stephanie Scholz Neurohr, Founder of Mother of 7, Inc.

*Friday, March 9, 11 a.m. to Noon EST - Shaping the Future: The Power of Public Policy

-Kaye Mitchell, National Founding Partner of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP)

-Frances Jefferson, Department of Labor Women's Bureau

Panelists and participants will join the web seminars from their homes or offices. The ReadyTalk conferencing team will guide the flow of each hour-long seminar, and Liz Ryan, CEO of WorldWIT, will moderate the lively discussions.

Originating over a century ago in Europe, International Women's Day (IWD) is the story of ordinary women as makers of history. It is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on equal footing with men. Women in the United States organized the first national Women's Day in 1908 to help inspire the international event, and WorldWIT is ensuring that the holiday continues to be recognized annually. Women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, can now come together to celebrate their Day and reflect on a tradition that represents ninety-nine years of struggle for equality, justice, peace, and development.

"The day, which has been sponsored by the U.N. since 1975, has been recognized as a time for asserting women's political and social rights, for reviewing the progress that women have made and simply as a day for celebrating women," says Liz Ryan, CEO and founder of WorldWIT. She adds, "Today, WorldWIT exists to connect these women around the globe, and the upcoming series of web seminar events brings to life what we achieve via email everyday in the WorldWIT community."

For more information on International Women's Day events or to register visit http://www.readytalk.com/iwd/ or contact Jennifer Mich at 303-442-2999.

About WorldWIT

Founded in Chicago in 1999, WorldWIT (www.worldwit.org) is the world's largest online networking organization for professional women in business, formed for women to share advice and ideas with other women eager to "connect." It reaches nearly 50,000 women globally via moderated, local email discussion groups like ArchWIT (St. Louis), HoustonWIT and BritWIT (Great Britain), and through local events and activities in 25 countries and 83 cities around the world. WorldWIT is also the proud winner of the 2004 Stevie™ Award for Woman's Business Association of the Year.

The membership is free and is comprised of women who range from corporate CEOs, government officials, legal professionals, marketing and media experts to home-based consultants and entrepreneurs. Its founder, Liz Ryan, was the first female vice president at U.S. Robotics, and is a popular columnist, speaker and "at work issues" expert. She has been featured by such media as TIME, Fortune, The New York Times, CNN, CNBC and CN8. Liz is also a regular contributor to Business Week Online and the on-air workplace expert for Denver's NBC affiliate, 9 News. WorldWIT is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Join WorldWIT May 3-6, 2007 for Camp WorldWIT 2007: Gaining Altitude, their fourth annual women's business conference at the charming Stanley Hotel in the Rocky Mountains near Denver, Colorado. Camp WorldWIT will bring you 7500 feet closer to success. For the latest updates, visit the Camp WorldWIT Site: http://www.worldwit.org/Camp.

About ReadyTalk

ReadyTalk delivers audio and web conferencing services that empower its customers to conduct web seminars, hold training sessions, work remotely and grow their organizations through lead generation and efficient communication. ReadyTalk realizes that conducting large online events can be challenging and intimidating to many businesses. Through technology and personal service, ReadyTalk guides its customers through the entire process of conducting a large web seminar. ReadyTalk's mission is to create solutions that are simple and easy to use so that everyone can participate, regardless of computer savvy, work location or choice of platform.

ReadyTalk was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company works hard to build a community of loyal customers through its passion to create innovative and useful technology and through its sincere commitment to customers' success. Please call toll free 800.843.9166 or visit www.readytalk.com for more information.

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