Outstanding in their Field

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OUTSTANDING IN THEIR FIELD
How Women Corporate Directors Succeed

by Elizabeth Ghaffari

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Date	Link	Title
Sept 2010	Coming Soon!	Contemporary Governance Issues and Resources: an innovative mastery class for prospective board advisors, builders, and members. Limited attendance. Mock board and case studies. A practicum for emerging candidates. E-mail for additional information.
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Articles:

Date	Link	Title
June 16, 2010		Boardroom Assault NACD Directorship Blog
May 18, 2010		Proxy Analysis Shows Diversity of Diversity NACD Directorship Blog
Apr. 2, 2010		Finally, Global Data On Women Directors NACD Directorship Blog
Aug. 2009		Diiversity and Disclosure: How Far? Directors & Boards e-Briefing
Mar./ April 2007		How Women Directors Succeed from THE CORPORATE BOARD Vol. XXVIII, No. 163
Nov. 1, 2007		"Will the Next Female Director Be You?" by Selena Maranjian of The Motley Fool
Dec. 5, 2005		"Explaining Gender Gap" in The Los Angeles Business Journal
2005		Cited in "An Empirical Analysis of the Technology Camel" by Wallace A. Wood and Suhong Li of Bryant University in Issues in Information Systems Volume VI, No. 2, 2005 pp. 154-160
Sep. 2008		"The Technology Camel" by Elizabeth Ghaffari & Barbara McNurlin in Information Systems Management in Practice, Barbara C. McNurlin, Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. and Tung Bui (eds.) (Prentice-Hall, 8th ed.: Sept. 2008)

News releases:

Date	Link	Title
Jun. 1, 2010		Now in Over 124 Libraries Worldwide!
May 5, 2010		Outstanding cited by NataliePace.com
Mar. 16, 2010		PINK Magazine's Little Pink Book (subscribe: here)
Jan. 28, 2010		From San Mateo to Western Australia: Outstanding in their Field
Jan. 25, 2010		Outstanding Now Available on Kindle
July 23, 2009		Foster Pepper PLLC Press Release: Making News -- Foster Pepper’s Judy Runstad Featured in New Book "Outstanding in Their Field"
July 22, 2009		Los Angeles Book Launch Party Championed by UCLA Executive Education Director Training & Certification Program
June 17, 2009		Praeger/ABC-Clio Press Release
May 22, 2009		New Book Charts New Paths Taken by Women Corporate Directors

Media:

Date	Link	Title
Jul. 26, 2010		Book Club Questions for Outstanding in Their Field at: ABC-Clio blog
Jul. 20, 2010		Rachel Neal of ABC-Clio interviews Elizabeth Ghaffari about writing Outstanding in Their Field at: ABC-Clio blog
Apr. 23, 2010		Radio interview with Tom Cox on Leadership blog.thomasbcox.com Play or Download .mp3 interview
Apr. 15, 2010		"UCLA alumna Elizabeth Ghaffari to share life experiences at Women in Leadership Event" by Sarah Ravani, UCLA Daily Bruin
Jul. 22, 2009		Presentation/Q&A video clips
Jul. 22, 2009		Book Launch Party video (3 min.)
Jan. 5, 2007		Elizabeth Ghaffari interviewed by Frances Anderton, Los Angeles radio producer and host, concerning the career paths chosen by women on corporate boards. [Audio: MP3 10 minutes]

Book reviews:

Date	Link	Title
May 24, 2010		Outstanding now a recommended resource for Women in the Boardroom
May 2010		American University Magazine May 2010 issue (p. 43) "In her trailblazing book, Outstanding in Their Field: How Women Corporate Directors Succeed (Praeger: 2009), Elizabeth Peterson Ghaffari, CAS/BA '68, identifies the steps women can take to join the corporate board room. In the book, 15 female directors describe the various paths they followed to gain a seat at the table. Corporations are searching for qualified women to serve on their boards, Ghaffari highlights how to position yourself to be recruited."
Fall 2009		Women Executive Leadership (WEL) Book Club recommendation, Fall 2009 Newsletter "'Outstanding in Their Field', a new book by Elizabeth Ghaffari, CEO of Technology Place Inc., takes a look at how women get to the Boardroom. Elizabeth examined the women who have been appointed to corporate boards in California, interviewing several and giving us the lessons she learned from these outstanding executives. Whether their background was corporate, government or in the non-profit world, their hard work, courage, and ability to face challenges make them stand out in the crowd. As I read the book, I was extremely impressed with their achievements. Elizabeth has given us a roadmap to the Boardroom. Having highlighted corporate board appointments of women for several years now, I believe the road to the Boardroom should not be the one less travelled, but should be the one we pave with our experience, expertise and education."
Fall 2009		UCLA Anderson ASSETS Magazine Fall '09 issue (p. 49)
Nov. 27, 2009		Northfield Mt. Hermon Magazine Winter '09 issue (p. 42)
Oct. 13, 2009		Amazon.com 5-star reviews!
Oct. 2009		Washington State Bar Association: Around the State INTER ALIA
Sep. 30, 2009		LAI Author hits the newsstands: Lambda Alpha International KeyNotes
Fall 2009		Wheaton College Quarterly Fall 2009 (p. 13)
Aug. 2009		Reference & Research Book News book review
Aug. 2009		EuroSpan Bookstore
Aug. 2009		Book News Inc. - SciTech books
Jul. 2009		The Free Library book review
Jul. 2009		The Book Territory - Women in Business
Jul. 29, 2009		NewsOnWomen.com review

Recent library acquisitions:

Date	Library
September 2010	NOW acquired by over 80 ¹⁴⁸ international libraries on WorldCat.org: including UCLA Young Research Library and CSUN Oviatt Library!
Mar. 2010	Sacramento State University, Eureka Library
Dec. 2009	Northfield Mt. Hermon School, Schauffler Library
Nov. 2009	Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee Management Library
Aug. 2009	University of Alabama – Angelo Bruno Business Library
Jul. 2009	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Jul. 2009	The Equal Employment Opportunities Trust – New Zealand
Jul. 2009	University of Denver – Penrose Library (HD – Industries, Land Use, Labor)
Jul. 2009	University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries

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