Rising Through The Ranks

• Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), Broadcast Music, Inc. ® (BMI®), and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group (MIW) will present the 11th annual Rising Through the Ranks Seminar on August 15-16 at BMI’s Nashville office. As in years past, BMI will offer 20 scholarships for this year’s program. These scholarships will cover the cost of this professional development course, which is designed to foster and educate current and emerging female radio managers within broadcast radio.

Sessions at this year’s seminar will include, among others: The Role of Today’s Radio Manager; Managing Up and Down; Having Difficult Conversations; Budgeting and Forecasting; Recruiting, Hiring, and Firing; Women in the Radio Workplace and Building Your Personal Brand.

Scholarship winners will also have the opportunity to hear from leading radio industry executives including Hartley Adkins, President of Integrated Revenue Strategy, iHeartMedia; Lindsay Cerajewski, General Sales Manager, Entercom; Joe D’Angelo, SVP of Broadcast Radio, Xperi Inc. DTS/HD Radio; Erica Farber, President & CEO, RAB; Brandeis C. Hall, VP, Professional Development, RAB; Laurie Kahn, Founder/Chief Multi-Tasker, Media Staffing Network; Angela Kluke, Director, Training & Product Development — Sales, My Broadcasting Corporation; Rita Landells, Member Response Director, RAB; Val Maki, President & COO, Brandovation; Denyse Mesnik, President, The Mesnik Group; Ginny Morris, Chairperson & CEO, Hubbard Broadcasting; Shayna Sharpe, CEO, Regional Reps; Dan Spears, VP of Licensing, BMI, and Erika Sylvia, Controller, Emmis Communications.

Scholarship applications and registration are available at rab.com and will be accepted through June 6 at 5pm CT. Scholarship recipients will be notified of their selection by Wednesday, June 27.

Rising Through The Ranks