"Getting Published to Advance Your Career!"

I am pleased to be introducing the special guest speakers at the June dinner meeting of the Long Island Center for Business & Professional Women, at what could lead to your 15 minutes of fame!

Newsday business experts Patricia Kitchen and Carrie Mason-Draffen offer their insights on how to get published, market yourself, and leverage your book (ah, isn't there a book inside of all of us) to boost your career and gain credibility. Join us on Monday, June 16 and find out how YOU can do it.

Patricia Kitchen writes about career/workplace issues for Newsday. Before that she was a senior editor with the former McCall's magazine and a features editor and career columnist with the American Banker newspaper. A career changer herself, she taught English at the middle-school level and is now an adjunct instructor at NYU. She also handles "resume medic" duty at Newsday's annual job fair for young journalists.

Carrie Mason-Draffen has written an acclaimed workplace column for Newsday for 10 years. Her new book, 151 Quick Ideas to Deal With Difficult People, draws on the insights she's gained by answering questions from hundreds of readers, mainly managers and employees in Long Island-based businesses. She also interviewed outstanding experts in the legal and human-resource professions to get their perspective on difficult workplace issues.

I'm looking forward to seeing you at this very special meeting - excellent networking opportunities, a superb cocktail hour and dinner, and two most informative and entertaining speakers - Patricia Kitchen and Carrie Mason-Draffen.