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BlackRock Podcast Series

BlackRockInterested in career opportunities at BlackRock, one of the world's leading asset management firms? We talked to women at different stages of their careers at BlackRock for this special three-part series.

Episode 1: Kate Jonas, managing director in BlackRock's global client group, talks about interviewing, networking, and what BlackRock looks for in a new hire.

Episode 2: Bernadette Rivosecchi, an associate in BlackRock's portfolio analytics group, talks about beginning a career at BlackRock and what she loves about her job.

Episode 3: We talk with Barbara Novick, one of the founders of the firm,
about business leadership and what makes BlackRock different.

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2010 Dialogue with Leadership Podcast

Deborah Doyle McWhinney, President of Citi's Personal Wealth Management division and Caitlin Pappas, President of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby businesses shared insights and dispensed advice on how to overcome the challenges of advancing to the top.  Moderated by Pattie Sellers, Editor at Large of FORTUNE. This expert panel analyzed women’s distinctive leadership abilities to steer business in positive directions including ethical leadership and more connections to social enterprise.

2009

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2009 Dialogue with Leadership Podcast

At the Forté Dialogue with Leadership event in New York, Liz Smith, President of Avon Products Inc. and Cece Sutton, President of the Retail Banking Group for Morgan Stanley shared their philosophies and experiences in an enlightening dialogue moderated by Pattie Sellers, Editor at Large of Fortune Magazine.

2009

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Women’s Initiatives in the Work Place

Deborah Elam, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of General Electric and Ana Duarte-McCarthy, Chief Diversity Officer of Citi discuss their companies’ women’s initiatives and how women can leverage these initiatives to their career advantage.  Carol Evans, President,  Working Mother Media moderated the discussion.

Women

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2008 Forté Forum: MBA Value Proposition

Prospective MBA students attended Forté Forums across the country and learned about the MBA admissions process as well as exciting career opportunities in business for MBA graduates.  Watch videos from our popular New York City event.  

MBA Alumnae Panel
Forum

Admissions Panel
Forum

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2008 DIALOGUE WITH LEADERSHIP PODCAST

At the Forté Dialogue with Leadership event in New York, Sharon Allen, Chairman of Deloitte, and Lisa Weber, President of Individual Business at MetLife, spoke with our audience of rising leaders about building and sustaining a career, making meaningful choices, and becoming responsible corporate citizens. Pattie Sellers, Fortune Magazine Editor-at-Large, led the discussion.

2008

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WALK THE LINE: ACHIEVING WORK-LIFE BALANCE
IN AN UNBALANCED WORLD

At the Forté MBA Women's Conference, Lisa Belkin of The New York Times and Sue Shellenbarger of The Wall Street Journal spoke with our audience of MBA women about a host of issues related to work/life balance and sustaining a career in a complex and busy world. Ellen Glazerman, Executive Director of the Ernst & Young Foundation, led the discussion.

Walk

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CAREER LAB PODCAST SERIES (Season 2)

College women - learn more about business career options and what you can do today to prepare for your professional life. Subscribe to our Career Lab podcast series, sponsored by the Graduate Management Admission Council.

Episode 3: February 2008

This time we check in with Lindsey Pollak, author of Getting From College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World, about building an online presence to help launch your career. We also hear from Kimberly Hall of the Mayo Clinic, and Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota alumna. Kimberly built her career in human resources, and she talks about what attracted her to the field and the educational background that helped her get started.

   

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Episode 2: January 2008

Hear from Kymm Pollack, marketing director at General Mills, about how she accidentally found herself working in business and loving it. Kymm describes her role in brand management and offers her advice for women who are just starting out. Elizabeth Neils, Forte Fellow and first-year student at the Carlson School at University of Minnesota, also joins the conversation. Elizabeth talks about how she benefited from trying a number of different paths after college and why her diverse background serves her well now that she is pursuing an MBA.

   

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Episode 1: November 2007

At our Boston Career Lab, we talked to Valerie Bockstette of FSG Social Impact Advisors about the value of an MBA as preparation for a career in social enterprise. We also hear from Andrea Mitchell-Kimmell, Associate Director of Admissions at Harvard Business School, who discusses the right time to pursue an MBA, and first-year Harvard Business School student Whitney Gosden offers her perspective on the business school experience.

   

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CAREER LAB PODCAST SERIES (Season 1)

Interested in learning about the various careers in business and how to prepare for a professional life after college?  Subscribe to our Career Lab podcast series, sponsored by the Graduate Management Admissions Council.

Episode Three:  May 2007
In the final episode of the Career Lab podcast series, we talk to Elizabeth Vale, managing director at Morgan Stanley to get her advice on building and sustaining a career.  We also hear from Karen Le Vert about launching her own business and a few current and recent MBA students, who describe the route they took to business school and beyond.

   

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Episode Two:  April 2007
In this episode, we'll hear from Lindsey Pollack, author of the book Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World.  Lindsey shares her advice on finding the right career, landing an interview, and preparing for life beyond college.

   

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Episode One:  March 2007
In this episode, hear from some of the speakers at our Career Lab event at USC.  Katherine Bair Desmond, Manager of Women's Recruiting Initiatives at McKinsey, and Rodney Craig, Director of Global Markets at Merrill Lynch, talk about how they launched their careers and how you can get started.  We also hear from Eric Chambers, of the Graduate Management Admissions Council, about preparing for life after college. 

   

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2007 FORTE FORUM: THE MBA VALUE PROPOSITION (Season 2)

 

Episode 4:  MBA Jobs in Beauty and Fashion
Forté brings you a conversation with women working in the fashion and beauty industries. Jacqueline Cuccaro, CEO of Vincent Longo Cosmetics, talks about her day-to-day responsibilities and the tools she uses to get her job done. We also hear from Elizabeth Brown, at Banana Republic, Erica Cussman at Revlon and other recent MBA graduates in fashion and consumer packaged goods for the beauty and cosmetics industry.

   

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Episode 3:  December 2007
At a recent Forté Forum event, we spoke with Elizabeth Brown, Harvard Business School MBA and manager in the real estate finance group at Banana Republic. Elizabeth shares her thoughts about the value of an MBA and the options it opened up for her. We also hear from Monica Grey, Admissions Director at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, about why she thinks it is so important for women to consider an MBA as a stepping stone for a wide variety of career choices.

   

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Episode 2: November 2007
In this episode, hear from Emily Christner, a recent New York University Stern School of Business MBA graduate, now working in marketing with TV Guide Online. We also talk to Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management graduate Julie Bennett about her new career at Citigroup, and also hear from Kristin Pontius, graduate of Washington University in St. Louis Olin School of Management. And for those of you applying to MBA programs this fall, we have a roundup of tips from admissions officers at some top business schools.

   

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Episode 1: October 2007
Welcome to the second season of the Forte Forum podcast series about the MBA value proposition. This episode includes Carolyn Bao, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Yahoo!, Tawana Murphy Burnette, Brand Manager at Leap Frog, and admissions officers from Tuck, Washington University and University of Michigan.

   

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Forté Forum: The MBA Value Proposition (Season 1)

Forté Foundation is pleased to debut our first podcast series, Forté Forum: The MBA Value Proposition.  You can subscribe to receive new episodes once a month, or you can listen right here on our website.  Click on the "subscribe" button to have new episodes delivered automatically using iTunes.  Click on "listen" to download the audio file directly to your desktop.  Each podcast is about ten minutes long.

Episode Three: February 2007
Hear from Julie DeWitt, Manager of Business Recruiting at Eli Lilly and Co.; Mira Graetz-Ball, Managing Director at MetLife, and Katherine Bair Desmond, Manager of Recruiting for North  America at McKinsey.  They talk about why they recruit MBAs, the importance of diversity in their respective industries, and advice they would offer to prospective MBA students.

   

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Episode Two: January 2007
Hear from Jacquelyn Cuccaro, CEO of Vincent Longo Cosmetics and Tepper MBA, as well as advice from recent graduates of Harvard Business School and Chicago Graduate School of Business.  They talk about how to prepare for an MBA program, how to get the most out of graduate school, and what kind of jobs they found after graduation.

   

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Episode One: December 2006
Hear from speakers at our Fall 2006 Forté Forum in New York:  admissions officers at top MBA programs, and Harvard graduate Beth Polish, founding CFO/COO of iVillage.  They share their thoughts about the value of an MBA for careers in a wide variety of different fields, and how to approach the application process.

   

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2007 DIALOGUE WITH LEADERSHIP PODCAST

On June 22nd, Forte Foundation hosted an event, called Dialogue with Leadership, in New York City. Beth Brooke, Global Vice Chairman at Ernst & Young, and Beth Comstock, President, Digital Media and Market Development at NBC Universal, joined in a candid conversation moderated by Pattie Sellers, Editor-at-Large for Fortune Magazine. Ernst & Young sponsored the event. This short ten-minute video features highlights from the discussion and one-on-one interviews with the participants.


2007

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WOMEN IN BUSINESS PODCAST

Episode One:  Elizabeth Vale, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley
In this special podcast episode, we talk in greater depth with Elizabeth Vale, managing director at Morgan Stanley.  From banking to politics to investment management, Elizabeth describes how she navigated each new career opportunity.  She also shares her thoughts about what makes someone successful, and what it's like to work in a field dominated by men.

   

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The Opt-In Project

The Opt-In Project hosted the first of several roundtable discussions on September 28, 2006 exploring structures and programs professional and financial service firms have developed to retain and promote women in their industries. Hosted by Anne Mercogliano, Diversity Specialist at Heller Ehrman, we hear from Pat Gillette, co-chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group and Gender Diversity Committee, Elissa Ellis, Executive Director of the Forté Foundation, and Cathy Benko, National Managing Director for Deloitte’s Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women. They describe the work being done by their respective firms to change the way we think about career alternatives. To access the full Opt-In Project podcast series, click here >>  This podcast series was produced by Hear Now Productions: http://www.hearnowproductions.com/.

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MBA PODCASTER

In need of  more MBA advice?  MBA Podcaster delivers relevant information and advice through biweekly audio segments for those planning to apply for a Master’s in Business Administration. A sample MBA Podcaster show is listed below. For more info and to hear other shows visit http://www.mbapodcaster.com/.

MBA Resources: MBA Tours, Forums and Guides
With MBA-related websites, articles, blogs, rankings, organizations, events, books and podcasts, there is a wealth of information out there on business school. This time, we’re going to highlight just a few resources that can help you in your application process. You’ll hear about The MBA Tour, QS World MBA Tour, Forte Forums as well as business school guides by the Princeton Review and Clear Admit. You’ll learn what makes each unique and how best to utilize these resources.



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