David Griffith of The Food Network (middle, posing with attendees) presented the latest trends in digital marketing at the AWCNJ/NJAMA Networking Event in Paramus, NJ.

Attendees enjoyed appetizers and sampled some wine during the event.

AWCNJ partnered with the American Marketing Association – NJ Chapter (NJAMA) on April 12 to host a joint networking event at Chef Central in Paramus. Over 50 people attended the event to network with peers, view a culinary demonstration, sample some wine, and listen to David Griffith, VP of Digital Ad Sales Marketing, Food Network, who presented the latest advances in digital and social media strategies for the food industry.

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AWCNJ members with some of the students from the Link Community School for April 23 World Book Night. From left-right: Carla Capizzi, Mary-Lauri Bartola, Fran Hopkins, Linda Lombri and Yvette Bigornia.

AWCNJ was on hand April 23rd to donate books to the Link Community School in Newark, NJ, courtesy of World Book Night. Each child at the private middle school was the recipient of an age-appropriate book, recommended by a panel of librarians and publishers.

If you’re already a member of AWCNJ, you know what a great professional organization it is! Please spread the word to your colleagues and friends (men are welcome, too), especially right now: the national organization of the Association for Women in Communications is holding a membership drive with great opportunities to save up to $70 if they join now!

So tell your friends about the great reasons to join AWCNJ:

• Fabulous speakers and informative programs that help you stay on top of your game as a communications professional
• Opportunities to meet and befriend others in your field who can become mentors, clients or helpful colleagues
• Fun members-only events like cocktail hours and brunches
• Free webinars, a job board, newsletters, on-line chats, a national conference and the Clarion Awards (so you get recognized for your extraordinary work

And be sure to tell them that right now there is one more great reason to join AWCNJ: a spring membership drive that will save them $50 in national fees and the $20 local AWCNJ chapter membership dues! The drive is now underway and will END May 31, so don’t delay!

Click here to learn more about AWCNJ. To join AWCNJ today, make sure you select AWCNJ as your local chapter when you go here or www.womcom.org/Membership/join.asp.

AWCNJ met with Student AWC chapter from Colorado to discuss communications careers on the East Coast.

January 23, 2013 - It was “East met West” on January 8 as nine members of the University of Colorado’s AWC student chapter visited Montclair to meet with members from AWCNJ. The students came to the East Coast to learn about career opportunities in communications in nearby New York City.

Organized by Carla Capizzi, one of AWCNJ’s past presidents, the casual get-together at La Couronne Restaurant in Montclair revitalized the more senior communicators, who found themselves inspired by the ambitious, confident young women for whom so many of us laid the groundwork.

“These young women are so focused and willing to see new things and learn,” said Laurel Bernstein, AWCNJ board member. “They’ve been everywhere. They try anything new. It was an amazing experience. We should be sitting up and taking notice of the generation coming into the workplace.”

The Colorado collegians included Brittany Moore, Amanda Moore, Ember Patterson, Taylor Meyers, Jessica Malknecht, Allyce Farino, Katelyn Taylor, Hannah Hochstetler and Alyssa Gertje. In addition to Capizzi and Bernstein, AWCNJ was represented by current co-presidents Holly Kaplansky and Fran Hopkins, as well as past president and founding AWCNJ member Barbara Hurley.

It was a refreshing treat for the seasoned communications professionals of AWCNJ to dine with the energetic, aspiring young women from the Rocky Mountains!