Oban girls learn how to balance life with work
October 27th, 2008
The Oban girls made a trip to the Women in Media Conference which took place in Brighton last Friday. Being women in media themselves, the girls found the day to be jam-packed with relevant info. Here, Sandra Zerr gives her take on the event…
Impressive woman power at the Women in Media Conference 2008. It was a day packed with lots of interesting and also amusing talks by various women from ‘the Web’, the gaming sector, TV and Music.
Main topics were how well women coped within these sectors, how well they were presented and what are good reasons for women to work within these industries. Of course, the important question was addressed of how to combine (and is it possible to combine) all this with children and family life.
While the Web part was obviously closest to our hearts (us=the female Oban delegation) all the other topics were very interesting as well…especially since the main message for women in general was pretty much a red thread going through all presentations: Women, say ‘Yes’ and go for it!
Particularly Rosie Freshwater’s story on how she founded fellow Brighton ‘search-led digital marketing agency’ while being pregnant, was really inspiring.
Didn’t someone just tell me that a large percentage of new businesses are started by ‘new mums’? Apparently, a woman’s brain capacity is at its peak after giving birth, err – but despite being at a low during pregnancy…well that didn’t seem to apply to Rosie!
The colourful Benita Matofska (Electric Sky Productions) illustrated beautifully her key points for success (all run through while reiterating her story of success, including smoking ‘local herbs’ with Algerian immigrants in Malta…haha) – which I’ll try to repeat here:
1. Sense of humour, 2. Sense of humour, 3. ALWAYS have a plan B, 4. Never take ‘No’ as an answer, 5. Stamina & determination…and a few more I probably missed.
Overall it was a highly inspiring event, with loads of interesting women – on-stage & off-stage during the short networking slots between the talks.
I’m definitely looking forward to Women in Media 2009!
Cheers! Sandra
