MediaVillage Founder Jack Myers Announces New Slate of "Leadership Conversations for Renewal and Growth" to Raise Funds for Media/Advertising Non-Profit Organizations and Diversity Initiatives

Jack Myers Leadership Conversations are a core platform of the fund-raising commitment. The remainder of the 24 Leadership Conversations are being hosted on ZOOM and live streamed at MediaVillage, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook Live and other social platforms.

"We're all facing an unknown future, human challenges and economic struggles," Myers commented. "MediaVillage was founded on the principle of collective impact for growth. By joining together, we can assure the survival of non-profit organizations and initiatives that are the bedrock of our community and the foundation for renewal. My Leadership Conversations amplify our industry's voices of leadership in marketing, talent development, creativity, education, and business solutions. At this critical juncture in history, we're all depending on leadership, on building bridges across industry sectors, breaking down competitive barriers to growth, and generously supporting the non-profit organizations on which we depend for a positive future.

Now is the moment to recognize and advance wisdom, leadership, education, and opportunity.

Now is the moment to invest, implement, scale and build on success."

MediaVillage hosts 90 distinct content platforms dedicated to amplifying voices of leadership and bringing the media and advertising community together through shared experiences, human connectivity, online education, market intelligence and advancing diversity.

Among the many highlights of the series of Zoom events will be The Myers Report Industry Update, which will be presented at an open ZOOM webcast and live-streamed at MediaVillage on Wednesday, May 27 at 11:00am ET (repeated on June 8^th). The Update is based on a survey of 700 advertising and agency executives and assesses perceptions of 80 media organizations and overall economic recovery expectations. (The link to attend: Strengths, Weaknesses, Obstacles and Opportunities for Media and Advertising.)

During the series, Myers will also host two of his well-known Lunch at Michael's conversations with Michael's popular hosts, executives and celebrities making cameos at Myers' "virtual table." On Friday, May 22, the first "Lunch at Michael's" will take place with TLC President Howard Lee, plus cameos by Rise Up New York Executive Producer John Sykes, Learning Channel's "Long Island Medium" Theresa Caputo, and Michael's Michael McCarty, L'Oreal Sherman, Steve Millington and Danny DiVella. (Link to attend: Up-close profile of TLC's drive to ratings leadership and the exec who's led the growth.) On Tuesday, June 16, the second virtual "Lunch at Michael's" will host Lifetime TV's Amy Winter, Head of Programming, and Gena McCarthy, SVP Reality Programming. (Link to attend: The Changing Reality of TV Programming. The Future of Reality Will Never Be the Same)

All conversations with Myers are available on-demand within 72-hours at MediaVillage. Jack's Leadership Conversations with MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson; The Female Quotient's Shelley Zalis; agency veterans Mainardo de Nardis and Rob Norman; MediaVillage columnists Kent Harrington and Erich Prince; the 4A's Marla Kaplowitz and ANA's Bob Liodice; Ford's Head of Media Lisa Schoder; MediaVillage auto marketing columnist Jim Motavalli; Doug Robinson, Executive Producer of ABC's The Goldbergs; David Kenny, CEO and CDO, Nielsen; and Michael Farmer, author of author of Madison Avenue Manslaughter, are now available for viewing. Most Jack Myers Leadership Conversations occur at 1:00pm Eastern Time (unless otherwise noted) and include:

• Thursday, May 28: Heide Gardner, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer IPG; Rachel Schnorr, Diversity, Inclusion & Social Impact Lead at Dentsu Aegis; Johanna Zeilstra, CEO, Gender Fair; and Philip McKenzie, Cultural Anthropologist MediaVillage Columnist. Link to attend: Advancing Diversity from Advocacy to Activism: A Guide for All Leaders
• Tuesday, June 2: Dean Mark Lodato, Syracuse University Newhouse School; and Dean Tom Reichert, University of South Carolina; Dean of the College of Information and Communications; Andrea Press, Head of the Media Studies Program at University of Virginia. Link to attend: Leading Communications School Deans on the State of Education and Job Market
• Wednesday, June 3: Special -sponsored conversation at 10:00am with Phil Thomas, Chairman of Cannes Lions and President of Ascential Marketing. Link to attend: Jack Myers with Philip Thomas President, Ascential Marketing Division Chairman, Cannes Lions
• Thursday, June 4: Terry Kawaja, Media/Tech Industry M&A Advisor, Luma Partners.  Link to attend: M&A, VC, Equity Funding Update: Future of Media, Advertising & Tech Investments
• Tuesday, June 9: Marcien Jenckes, President, Advertising for Comcast Cable; Kevin Arrix, Senior Vice President, Dish Media at Dish on Network; Jamie Power, COO of Advanced TV, Cadent; and Bill Harvey, media research legend. Link to attend: Will COVID-19 Move Advanced & Addressable TV Forward or Backward: Leaders' Perspective
• Monday, June 15: Jacki Kelley, CEO Americas; Dentsu Aegis Network. Link to attend: Leadership, Equality, Managing Through Crisis, New Media Agency Architecture
• Wednesday, June 17: Aline Santos, Global CMO and Chief Diversity Officer, Unilever. Link to attend: Unilever's Senior Marketing and Diversity Officer on Branding, Agencies, Advertising and Diversity
• Thursday, June 18: Special Vevo-sponsored Leadership Conversation at 10:00am with Kevin McGurn, President of Sales and Distribution, with Jack Myers. Link to attend: Collective Leadership Conversation: Jack Myers with Vevo's Kevin McGurn
• Monday, June 22: Michael Smith, Chief Marketing Officer, NPR. Link to attend: Why NPR Matters to Culture, Equality, Sociey, Business
• Thursday, June 25: Michael Roth, Chairman and CEO, Interpublic Group. Link to attend: An Insider's Look at the Advertising and Media Business – Top to Bottom
• Thursday, July 16: Michael Nathanson – Lead Analyst, MoffettNathanson. Link to attend: Economic Look Back to April 15 and Forward to 2021. View the April 15 Myers/Nathanson Economic Conversation on-demand here.
• Thursday, July 30: Cliff Marks, National Cinemedia President and Ken Thewes, Regal Cinema. Link to attend: The Future of Film Deals, Distribution & the Theater-Going Experience

Funds raised during the Media and Advertising Community Renewal Fund Leadership Conversations drive can be made at MediaVillage. Among the relief fund beneficiaries:

Funds for COVID-19 Relief will be administered by the Advancing Diversity Council, an organization of 40 industry leaders focused on advancing diversity from advocacy to activism. Advancing Diversity Council is comprised of leaders from every sector of the industry and include: ADCOLOR, Advertising Education Foundation, American Advertising Federation, 4As, ANA, ANA AIMM, Ascential, Active International, Crown Media, Davila Multicultural Insights, Dentsu Aegis, Effectv, Facebook, The Female Quotient, Good | Upworthy, Hearst Corporation, Hershey Co., Intel, IPG, MediaVillage, Nielsen, Omnicom, P&G, Publicis, Sam's Club, She Runs It, 3% Movement, Twitter, Unilever, and Walt Disney Television.

"Jack Myers Leadership Conversations for Renewal & Growth" sponsorship opportunities include: Title Partner ($50,000); Activist Partner ($30,000); Leadership Partner ($15,000); Community Partner ($5,000); Supporting Partner ($3,000). For details email Jack Myers at Jack@MediaVillage.com / Mark Altschuler at Mark@MediaVillage.com. Follow @mediavillagecom @advdiversity @jackmyersbiz