TalkPoint to Webcast PwC’s First Aspire to Lead Event with Guest Speaker Sheryl Sandberg and LeanIn.org
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 24, 2014 -- TalkPoint, the leader in do-it-yourself cloud-based webcasting, today announced it will live webcast PwC’s Aspire to Lead: The PwC Women’s Leadership Series, the first-ever global forum focused on women and leadership to students around the world.
Powered by TalkPoint, the live webcast featuring guest speaker, Sheryl Sandberg, with LeanIn.org, is scheduled to take place today at 9:30 AM PDT/4:30 PM GMT/UTC. During the webcast, university students and new professionals will be provided the tools to help them build their leadership skills.
The inaugural event will kick off with a welcome by Terri McClements, PwC’s US Human Capital Leader and Global Talent Leader, who will share her insights and experiences. She will introduce Sheryl Sandberg, founder of LeanIn.Org, author of Lean In and Lean In for Graduates, and Facebook COO, who will encourage the next generation to reach for their ambitions and discuss the important role they have in reaching gender equality. Rachel Thomas, President of LeanIn.Org, will offer tips for finding the right job, negotiating your first salary and succeeding in your career. Sandberg and Thomas will then answer questions from the live audience of students from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the US.
“TalkPoint is happy to provide the webcasting technology for the first Aspire to Lead event,” said Nick Balletta, CEO of TalkPoint.” It’s an honor to join PwC to support professional development and career growth for women, and we look forward to an interactive and engaging global leadership forum.”
To register for the first event in the Aspire to Lead: The PwC Women’s Leadership Series, please visit https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1030893.
About TalkPoint
TalkPoint offers a robust cloud-based, self-service webcasting technology for companies to improve communications with their internal and external constituencies.
The Convey™ webcasting platform is tailored to the needs of IT professionals, yet designed for business users to self-manage a 50-person video-enabled meeting as efficiently as a webcast to 10,000 attendees. Seamlessly leverage existing enterprise assets such as videoconferencing units, encoders and webcams to deliver professional-quality webcasts to viewers on desktop and mobile devices – all through a single URL within the browser. No downloads. No plugins. No apps. For more information, visit http://www.talkpoint.com.
About PwC US
PwC US helps organizations and individuals create the value they're looking for. We're a member of the PwC network of firms in 157 countries with more than 184,000 people. We're committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. Tell us what matters to you and find out more by visiting us at http://www.pwc.com/US. Gain customized access to our insights by downloading our thought leadership app: PwC's 365™ Advancing business thinking every day.
Lindsay Rolfson, TalkPoint, http://www.talkpoint.com, +1 2129092947, [email protected]
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