Maya Angelou's Story by Sam Leung 0 votes vote Renowned author, poet and professor Maya Angelou will deliver the keynote address at the Women's Fo

Renowned author, poet and professor Maya Angelou will deliver the keynote address at the Women's Foodservice Forum's annual conference in the Hyatt Regency in Dallas March 21-24, which will mark the forum 10 years.

The conference, the theme of which is "Open minds. Opening doors: Leadership in the New World" will be considered as the executive women play in affecting change in the foodservice industry during this transitional phase in the next millennium. The event will be speakers, workshops and discussions focusing on transitional issues and challenges that lie ahead. It will also be able to sessions in three different "tracks" for the executive branch, the emerging leader and entrepreneur.

"Our national conference committee left no stone unturned in finding the resources to challenge participants," said VFF President Charles Cooper. "

Angelou will speak participants from the new leaders at the banquet on March 23. Her accomplishments include writing the 10 most popular books, speaking in five languages, has received two awards an Emmy for her role in "Roots" and "Georgia", the publication of numerous poems and journal articles, letters and deliver the presidential first poem President Bill Clinton in 1993, and as a professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Another speaker of the event will be M. Douglas Ivester, the chief executive and chairman of the Coca-Cola Co. He will step up to the podium at the conference, the general assembly, to share ideas he has received in 18 years in the industry.

Leading the discussion on how changes in technology, demographics and economics overlap with the creation of new opportunities for women in public life - and how these changes possible both organizations and the society in general-it will be author and consultant Sally Helgesen. His last title, "Daily Revolutionaries: Working Women and the Transformation of American life, documents and analyzes the impact that the revolution in American society.

In addition, the conference will celebrate the opening of the preliminary results of this study WFF project funded by examining a number of senior positions in the foodservice, which are held by women. The results of the Catalyst, a nonprofit research organization, includes the names, responsibilities and income.

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