WIPP Selects WorldWIT to Offer Online Advantage

WASHINGTON, DC & BOULDER, CO (PRWEB) January 7, 2005

WorldWIT™ (http://www.worldwit.org), a free global online networking organization for professional women with chapters in 25 countries around the world, has recently been selected to provide Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), a national bi-partisan public policy organization that advocates on behalf of women in business, a new element of moderated, real-time, interactive conversation to the WIPP audience of 505,000 women. Thus, all the leaders and partners of WIPP can now achieve the same knowledge-sharing, networking, and trust-building that happens among the 70+ local WorldWIT communities everyday.

“We are thrilled to have access to the discussion power of WorldWIT,” says Terry Neese, president and co-founder of WIPP. “WIPP members are technology savvy and ready to embrace the interactive and real-time nature of the WorldWIT discussion community.”

WorldWIT’s online community building capabilities provide a powerful communications tool and vehicle for sharing advice, contacts and materials privately across companies, associations and geographies. This powerful product enables webinars, live chats and teleseminars and creates a seamless avenue for conducting surveys, creating white papers and building and distributing content within the WIPP membership.

“We are so excited to bring our commitment to building communities for women that significantly impact their ability to succeed, professionally and personally, to the women of WIPP,” says Liz Ryan, WorldWIT CEO. “And by providing WorldWIT benefits to WIPP partners and leaders, we are furthering WIPP’s goal to empower women to play a vital role in the policies that affect their businesses.”

“Time and time again, WIPP members tell us that one of the most valuable benefits of joining WIPP is the networking opportunities they receive,” continues Neese. “The ability to communicate with such incredible women in business and leaders is priceless. WorldWIT, founded by WIPP Leader Liz Ryan, has been repeatedly recognized on the national scene as the leading global online and offline network for women and has made such a difference in so many peoples’ lives and careers. We are so pleased they have provided the opportunity for WIPP members to have an instant network of other women who know the unique challenges they face everyday,” Neese concludes.

WorldWIT is the leader in building knowledge networks for professional women, with a proven track record of creating and growing over 70 moderated, connected discussion groups from ArchWIT (St. Louis) to PerthWIT (Australia). A major incentive for Human Resources and Diversity professionals, who can have the power to lead their companies into the future with the most groundbreaking communication tool, WorldWIT’s the Bridge communities are built according to a company’s specifications and WorldWIT’s in-house, highly-educated, full-time moderators read and approve every message according to the Company’s posting guidelines. WorldWIT brings a fully tested and customized technology infrastructure to run the WIPP online community, running on the industry leading software application from L-Soft. Thus, WorldWIT also maintains a searchable archive of past conversation as well as builds and executes outbound and inbound messaging including surveys, memos, flyers, audio content and online white papers.

WorldWIT’s founder, Liz Ryan, began the organization with the notion that smart women should know one another and with a commitment to build bridges to connect women across industries, functions and geographies. This has won WorldWIT praise from business guru Tom Peters to Fortune magazine Senior Writer Anne Fisher. Also, WorldWIT recently received the coveted Stevie™ Award for Woman’s Business Association of the Year (2004).

To find out more about the WorldWIT product line, contact Mimi Francis, WorldWIT’s Chief Revenue Officer, at mimif@worldwit.org, or visit http://www.worldwit.org.

About WorldWIT

Founded in Chicago in 1999, WorldWIT (http://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 close to 30,000 women globally via moderated, local email discussion groups like ChicWIT (Chicago), HoustonWIT and BritWIT (Great Britain), and thru local events and activities in 22 countries and 63 cities around the world.

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. WorldWIT is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

On May 20-23, 2004, WorldWIT is holding a groundbreaking event for women that focuses on professional and entrepreneurial development, creativity and wellness. For more information on Camp WorldWIT: Upward Bound visit http://www.camp.worldwit.org

About WIPP

THE Voice for Women in Business in our Nation's Capital Women Impacting Public Policy is a national bi-partisan group comprising over 505,000 members. The non-profit organization is the public policy voice for 29 Coalition Partners and is The Voice for Women in Business on Capitol Hill. WIPP strengthens its members’ sphere of influence in the legislative process, creates economic opportunities for members and builds alliances with other small business organizations. Visit http://www.wipp.org.

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