AUGUST CONNECTION · The annual Light The Night Walk happens Saturday November 18th at Circuit of the Americas. Light The Night is a series of fundraising campaigns benefiting The

AUGUST CONNECTION

A.W.M. Austin Publication, Vol. 205 August 2017 Edition

Austin Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) is a 501C3 non-profit, professional organization

of women and men who work in the media and allied fields. With nearly 10,000 community members,

the Austin Alliance for Women in Media is proud to represent men and women engaged in all aspects

of creating high-quality media and related services.

Asking Austin’s leading women in media: What’s the one piece of advice you wish someone

had told you when you joined the workforce?

“Dream bigger! The only thing limiting you in your career is the size of your

dreams. Once you develop lofty aspirations for yourself, it’s amazing how your

life starts to align over the long term to reach those goals. I thought I was being

outrageous by making the goal of becoming a GM by 40. It happened at 35!”

KRISTIE GONZALES President & General Manager

“Live well, laugh often, and love what you do…I’ve been very lucky to be in

a business that I truly love. I tell my own kids often to choose a path that

brings them joy. When you find the work that you truly love, you never work

a day in your life. While some days can be challenging, and others are

fantastic, it’s the balance that is achieved by being passionate about what

you do that makes it all work.” STEPHANIE CALLIHAN, Vice President,

Market Manager

“I started in the business very young and obviously young people’s

decision making skills are not fully developed. The one that stands

out that would have been helpful EARLY in my career “Get everything

in writing”!” BREEANNA MALIK, Regional Sr Vice President

“Laugh at your successes and your failures ...

just don't lose your energy.” LISE HUDSON,

Market Vice President

“I didn't have anyone tell me to be prepared that not everyone follows

up. It's one of the things that you learn along the way that has made

me ensure that I pass the follow-up advice along to my team.”

CHRISTINE MARTINEZ-ESCOBAR, Vice President,

General Manager/Director of Sales

Reserve your seat at AWMAustin.org $30 for AWM Members, $35 for non-members, $40 for late registration

NO SHOWS WILL BE BILLED!

RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY

11:30AM-1:00PM

10910 Domain Dr. #100 Austin, TX 78758

Wednesday, August 9th,

LOCAL CONNECTION AUGUST LUNCHEON

WINNING AT SPORTS MARKETING A panel discussion on the utilization of new trends in

media and partnerships to drive fan engagement,

attendance and brand performance.

Thanks to all who attended

our sold-out JULY luncheon!

Thank you to our moderator Jessica Huston/Facebook

along with panelists: Alfonso Montemayor/iHeartMedia,

Amy Anderson/LIN Digital, Darren Drewitz/Mindecology and

Patrick Tolbert/KXAN/KNVA/KBVO-TV.

Special thanks to AWM VP Tara Ford for keeping us on time!

Our August luncheon will be at

Team Happy Hour

It’s time to get your teams organized

for this year’s

AWM Battle of the Media Stars!

Join us for Happy Hour and submit your Team’s Popstar theme!

HAPPY HOUR BONUS POINT OPPORTUNITIES:

EARLY BIRD- Submit all release

forms & team roster for 3 points

2 points for Captains attending

1 point for each team member attending

2 points for GM/GSM/VP attending

Thursday, September 14th at 5:30p

Cover 3

1717 West Sixth St

Minimum of eight players & maximum of ten- $160 per team* At least one active member of AWM must be on each team roster and in

attendance on the day of the event. This can be an employee of your company OR a client!

At least two team members must be female Payment & forms due by 09/14/17 for 3 Early Bird Bonus Points Sign up a new AWM member on your team for 3 Bonus points All other payment & forms due at Battle on 10/25/17 Raffle tickets & payment due at check in, day of battle 10/25/17 Earn 10 bonus points for selling $250 in raffle tickets! Remember to bring the SPIRIT! 3 teams will receive 5 bonus points or being

the most SPIRITED team at Battle. The top team will get the coveted trophy!

Direct all questions to Melanie Cottier, Amanda Schultz or Christina Rinkin-Fabianich

[email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]

28th Annual AWM Battle of the Media Stars

October 25th, 2017 3pm-5:30pm

Zilker Park Rugby Fields

Registration opens at 2:15pm

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE AWM SCHOLARSHIP

This year’s theme is Popstars!

Each team will need to base their costumes and décor off the popstar theme

and get creative. What sets you apart from other stations, media, agencies,

etc.? How will you differentiate your popstar idea/ dress?

*Corporate Sponsors just need to submit their paperwork, Battle team is included as part of your membership

AWM Austin would like to send you to

the Texas Conference for Women on

Thursday, November 2, 2017 at the

Austin Convention Center

AWM Scholarship

Texas Conference

for Women

Featuring Keynote Speakers Viola Davis,

Sheryl Sandberg, Mallika Chopra and Anita Hill

AWM Austin has purchased a table for this

SOLD OUT event. Stay tuned to the September

Newsletter for more information on how to

apply for this Members Only Scholarship.

Visit https://www.txconferenceforwomen.org/ to learn more!

LOCAL CONNECTION SCHOLARSHIP CONNECTION

COMMUNITY CONNECTION DIRECTOR OF THE FRANK ERWIN CENTER RETIRES

AFTER 28 YEARS WITH ORGANIZATION

Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director

of the Frank Erwin Center, John Graham,

will retire from his position at the end of

August 2017. Graham is only the second

director of the Frank Erwin Center, following

Dean Justice, CFE who opened the venue

in 1977.

During Graham’s 28 year tenure, he was instrumental in bringing world

renowned events to the Frank Erwin Center including the first ever WWF

(now WWE) event in 1989, which was a sellout with approximately

17,000 fans in attendance, the Davis Cup quarterfinal between the U.S

and Spain in 2011, two nights of Paul McCartney’s 2013 “Out There”

tour, a project which took approximately two years to come to fruition,

and most recently, the iHeartCountry Music Festival.

Graham got his start in the arena industry in 1980 as the Events Manager

of Assembly Hall (now State Farm Center) at the University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign. He spent nine years at Assembly Hall, working his

way up to Assistant Director and then Associate Director, before moving

to Austin to join the Frank Erwin Center as Associate Director in May of

1989. He was then promoted to Director in October of 1990.

CONGRATULATIONS John! From everyone at AWM, THANK YOU

for your years of continued support of our organization.

COMMUNITY CONNECTION

Leadership Service Committee

of the Austin Young Chamber

Presents: Beautiful Lengths – Hair Drive

Round of applause for the 24 people who

chose to make a difference by donating at least

8 inches of their hair! All donated ponytails will

be transformed into free, high-quality wigs for

women undergoing cancer treatment.

AWM’s own Catalina Berry

before/after her donation

https://www.austinyc.org/ https://www.cancer.org/

JOIN NIKKI'S TEAM

The annual Light The Night Walk happens Saturday

November 18th at Circuit of the Americas. Light The

Night is a series of fundraising campaigns benefiting

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) funding

of research to find blood cancer cures. Emmis’ own

Nikki Watkins has created a team and could use

your support! You can either join her team, make a

donation, or form a team of your own!

Leukemia & Lymphona Society

LOCAL CONNECTION

CORPORATE SPONSORS Newsletter submissions can be sent to

[email protected]

Congratulations to

2012 AWM Trailblazer and Emmis

VP/GM Bruce Walden, celebrating

30 years with the stations!

Emmis Digital’s Client Service

Manager, Jennifer Serrano

welcomed son, Xavier Hendrix.

Mia Vieira Integrated Media Supervisor

Colore Lincoln Traffic Coordinator

Tina Rolon Associate Director

Tara Ford Associate Director

Lea Urrutia Sr Broadcast Negotiator

Teresa Johnson Sr Broadcast Negotiator

Valeri Marquart Sr Broadcast Negotiator

Congratulations to

everyone at KSM South

on their recent promotions!!

Welcome Back Jennie Lee!

JENNI LEE'S FULL STORY

After almost 10 months of steadily increasing

neuro symptoms she’s starting to feel like herself

again. Now, she wants to raise awareness and

help others who think they might be suffering

from the same condition. For more information

on Chiari Malformations, go here.

Avalanche Media Group is

proud to announce the addition

of a new clients: Texas A&M –

Central Texas. TAMUCT plans to

advertise in Austin and the

Killeen-Temple area.

Congratulations to 2017 AWM

Rookie of the Year Nominee,

Meaghan Dorroh. She has been

promoted to Media Planner for

Avalanche Media Group.

LOCAL CONNECTION

New City of Austin Music & Entertainment Division

Manager Announced

The City of Austin Economic Development

Department (EDD) announced the

appointment of Erica Shamaly as the

Music & Entertainment Division Manager.

Erica will be responsible for overseeing day-

to-day operations of the Music &

Entertainment Division and the 9 staff plus

develop and implement initiatives that help

accelerate the growth of the music and

entertainment industry infrastructure.

More information: AUSTINTEXAS.GOV

LOCAL CONNECTION

CORPORATE SPONSORS Newsletter submissions can be sent to

[email protected]

Austin’s First All-Female

Sports Talk Show

"Our Take" airs Saturdays 11am-noon and

will feature Jill Cacic(Vice President of

Public Relations & Communications for the

Round Rock Express), Stacy Slayden

(a Texas Tech alum, is a KVUE-24 Sports

Anchor/Reporter), and Claire Brandon

(a Texas native and University of Oklahoma

alum, is a local sports reporter and anchor).

The program will be a public platform to

showcase women's knowledge and passion

for the sporting arena featuring topical

guests, unique interviews and a new

perspective to the airwaves.

COMPLETE NOMINEE LIST

The National Association of Broadcasters

2017 NAB Marconi Radio Awards

will take place in Austin September 5-8th.

This year’s Austin nominees

included Emmis Radio’s BOB-FM

and 101X as well as 101X’s

“The Jason & Deb Show” as large

market for Personality of the Year.

IN MEMORIAM

CORPORATE SPONSORS IN MEMORIAM:

SIGN JOHN KELSO'S ONLINE GUESTBOOK

John Kelso, RIP Veteran Statesman columnist died, aged 73

However, like many Austinites, he was adopted by the city, not native to it. Born in

Fort Sill, Oklahoma, raised in Maine, and educated at the University of Missouri in

Columbia, Mo., Kelso's first jobs in journalism were back in New England at

the Manchester Union-Leader and the Portsmouth Herald. In 1976, he moved to

Austin and joined the Statesman, starting the regular column for which he became

most famous the following year. Its trademark became a combination of social and

political commentary, and a humor often described as down-home.

A National Press Club award winner

and 13-time Best of Austin winner,

Kelso's satirical columns were a fixture

at the Statesman for 40 years. Over

time, he became one of the defining

voices of Austin, especially representing

a particular strand of South Austin

identity, tied up in traditions of BBQ and

the Broken Spoke.

Kelso is survived by his wife, Kay, and

step-daughters Lauren Williams and

Rachel Calvin. Per the Statesman, the

family asks that any memorial donations

go to People’s Community Clinic in

North Austin or canine charity Spinone

Rescue of America.

Full Austin Chronicle story here

HELP AWM GROW, JOIN TODAY!

CAREER CONNECTION

Visit awmaustin.org and click the CAREERS tab.

You are able to post your own company’s listing.

All postings expire after thirty days.

Anyone joining Alliance for Women in Media, Austin Affiliate,

during our Membership Drive will be entered to win our

2018 annual membership renewal for free.

(Membership not transferrable.)

Individual Annual Membership

There are two types of individual Austin memberships available:

$60/Professional and $30/Student.

Sign up online at http://awmaustin.org/join.php

Join AWM now - September 30

to be eligible to win a free year

of Individual Membership*

SAVE THE DATE

AUG

2 – AWM Board Members Only

August Meeting /12p-1p

GSD&M / 828 W 6th Street

9 – Luncheon / 11:30a-1p

TOPIC: Winning in Sports Marketing

Location: Maggiano’s, in the Domain

SEPT

2 – AWM Board Members Only

September Meeting /12p-1p

iHeartMedia / 3601 S Congress

13 – Luncheon / 11:30a-1p

TOPIC: TBA

Location: Chez Zee, Balcones Dr

14 – AWM Battle Of The Media Stars

Happy Hour/ All are invited!

Location: Cover 3, West 6th Street

OCT

4 – AWM Board Members Only

October Meeting /12p-1p

Emmis Radio / 8309 N IH35

25 – Battle Of The Media Stars

Location: Zilker Soccer Fields

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CORPORATE SPONSORS

Thank you to our local

corporate sponsors!

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Let us know and we will share with our AWM community!

Email [email protected]

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