Lilly Ledbetter, OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu Join Stephanie R. Thomas, Ph.D., on The Proactive Employer

Lilly Ledbetter, an equal pay advocate and inspiration for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009, and OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu will appear as guests on The Proactive Employer, hosted by Stephanie R. Thomas, Ph.D., on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.

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 VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network announced today that Lilly Ledbetter, the woman who famously sued her employer for pay discrimination and who inspired the first piece of legislation President Obama signed into law as president, and Director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Patricia Shiu will be appearing as guests on upcoming episodes of The Proactive Employer radio program on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.

Ms. Ledbetter will join Stephanie R. Thomas, Ph.D., host of The Proactive Employer, on Thursday, May 3 at 12 Noon Pacific Time to discuss her experiences with compensation discrimination, her new book, Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond, her landmark lawsuit, and the Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009 she inspired. We’ll also be discussing some proposed regulations aimed at eliminating compensation discrimination, and what Ms. Ledbetter sees as the critical steps needed to eliminate compensation discrimination and address the gender pay gap.

On Thursday May 17, OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu will join The Proactive Employer to discuss the Department of Labor’s strategic goal of “Good Jobs For Everyone” and how her Agency is working toward that goal. We’ll talk about OFCCP’s proposed regulatory changes with respect to compensation, sex discrimination, employment of veterans and individuals with disabilities, and discuss OFCCP’s new investigation methodology – reliance on “broad Title VII principles.”

The Proactive Employer airs live on Thursdays at 12 Noon Pacific / 2 PM Central / 3 PM Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Business channel ( www.voiceamerica.com/show/2091/the-proactive-employer). Archived shows are available through the VoiceAmerica website, iTunes, and The Proactive Employer website ( www.theproactiveemployer.com).

The VoiceAmerica™ Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand and through podcast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on the VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.

Contact Senior Executive Producer Nathan Jett at 480-553-5768 for advertising/sponsorship information or other show details.

About Stephanie R. Thomas, Ph.D.:
A leading expert on the quantitative analysis of workplace practices, Stephanie R. Thomas, Ph.D. is committed to helping employers proactively manage risk. She has published papers in professional journals and is the author of the book Statistical Analysis of Adverse Impact: A Practitioner’s Guide. Building on her background as a former NYU faculty member, Stephanie regularly speaks to legal and industry groups on employment litigation avoidance, EEO compliance, and managing workplace risk with quantitative tools. She has addressed various chapters of the NILG, SHRM, and HR groups across the country. Stephanie is the CEO of Thomas Econometrics, a firm specializing in quantitative solutions to complex, unstructured problems. She has provided economic and statistical consulting services to Fortune 500 companies, privately held businesses, leading law firms and government agencies. In 2012, Stephanie was ranked fifth among HR Examiner’s Top 25 Online Influencers: The Pulse of HR.

About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:
World Talk Radio, LLC is the world leader in online media broadcasting and the largest producer and distributor of live internet based talk radio and TV, delivering over 1,000 hours of programming weekly on its VoiceAmerica™ Network( www.voiceamerica.com) and WorldTalk Radio Network ( www.worldtalkradio.com) as well as live and on-demand video content on VoiceAmerica TV ( www.voiceamerica.tv). Featuring more than 200 hosts broadcasting to eight niche community based channels: its flagship VoiceAmerica™ Variety Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Business Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Sports, 7th Wave Channel, The Green Living Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Kids Channel and World Talk Radio Variety Channel. VoiceAmerica™ TV offers targeted and exclusive video programming channels. World Talk Radio, LLC is one of the pioneers of internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, offering an innovative, effective and comprehensive digital broadcast platform. Digital publishing through its 10 years of broadcast and media experience along with our seasoned staff of Executive Producers, Production and Host Services Group, World Talk Radio, LLC provides an internet radio and video platform for new, emerging and veteran media personalities to expand and monetize their business and brand in an online digital medium.

Doug Sleeter to Appear as a Guest on the VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network

Voice America Talk Radio Network, Internet broadcasting pioneer, producing and syndicating online audio and video, today announced that Doug Sleeter, Founder and President of The Sleeter Group, and a “Top Thought Leader in The Accounting Profession” will join Joan Shumaker, host of “Time Out for Small Business” radio program on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel ( www.voiceamericabusiness.com) Wednesday, May 9, at 4 p.m. Pacific Time.

In this show, Doug Sleeter will discuss the paradigm shifts in accounting technology and the effect these new paradigms will have on small business accounting and business process workflow. In the past few years, a new world has emerged that forces us to rethink our standard ways of working. Industry veteran Doug Sleeter will provide an overview of the accounting software solutions available today, with a focus on what’s wrong with the old world of desktop software, and why the new world of Web-based software and services is so compelling for small businesses.
 

Mr. Sleeter is the founder of The Sleeter Group, a national group of accounting software consultants who serve over 300,000 small and medium-sized businesses. He is the host of the Accounting Solutions Conference and the author of several books including the QuickBooks Consultant's Reference Guide, and the leading market college textbooks "QuickBooks Fundamentals and QuickBooks Complete." Learn more about The Sleeter Group at www.sleeter.com.

“Time Out for Small Business” airs live on Wednesdays at 4 PM Pacific / 6 PM Central / 7 PM Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Business Channel. To access the show, log on at www.voiceamericabusiness.com All show will be available in the Time Out for Small Business Content Library on The VoiceAmerica Business Channel for on-demand and podcast download, www.voiceamericabusiness.com

The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.

Contact Executive Producer Lucas Spenard at 480-553-5785 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.

About Joan Shumaker
Joan Shumaker is president and founder of Computer Training Resources Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been a small business owner for nearly 25 years, serving the computer software training, support, and consulting needs to hundreds of small businesses in Atlanta and across the country. About 12 years ago, Joan started providing QuickBooks consulting services, which includes setting up, reviewing, cleaning up QuickBooks company files, integrating appropriate software solutions with QuickBooks, and connecting clients with their technology and business partners. Joan holds a B.S. in Business Education from Bob Jones University and a M.Ed. in Adult Education Program Management with a concentration in Business Information Systems from Georgia State University. She is a Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor, an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, and a Sleeter Group Certified QuickBooks Consultant.

Tony Samara, Spiritual Teacher and Author of the Book Shaman’s Wisdom, Joins ZOOM’D Leadership Radio Program

Teacher of Zen Buddhist philosophy and author of several books, Tony Samara, reviews his new book, Shaman’s Wisdom, and how intention “animated by the heart and our inner being” can inform leadership toward a more sustainable future.

 Tony Samara is a spiritual teacher who encourages all to lead their lives actively in a noble way in order to realize the evolution of human consciousness. He joins host John Schmidt on VoiceAmerica’s ZOOM’D Leadership on Monday, April 30 at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific / Noon Central) to discuss the messages in Shaman’s Wisdom, which presents in a simple and practical way universal shamanic knowledge that Tony learned and experienced throughout his path to initiation. From the consumption of food to working with dreams, the four elements and the cardinal points, the presentation of some respiratory and physical exercises which support spiritual development, as well as many other topics, this book reminds us of positive ancestral wisdoms, more useful than ever in today’s world.

“Contrary to willpower, which brings into play the ego,” Tony explains, “intention is animated by the heart and our inner being. It is simply an expression of the pure love we have for all things and for all people. Its reference is not the past or future rather a deep presence to the fullness of life itself. When the ego does not have anything to want, there is no more situation of stress. When there is pure intention, the mind, the body and the breath are released. The more this intention relaxes us, the more we are present to the pure joy and happiness which is a part of all Life and which we should not be seeking outside of ourselves.” Tony and host John Schmidt cull this philosophy to inform the ongoing discussion on ZOOM’D Leadership about how one’s inner life and transformation truly underpins wisdom in leadership and actualization of substantive change across the planet.

Tony Samara, author of Shaman’s Wisdom, From the Heart, Different Yet the Same, and Deeper than Words, was born in England and grew up in Egypt and Norway, where he discovered the Zen Buddhist philosophy. This discovery led him to the Mount Baldy Zen Center in California, where he learned the spiritual teachings of Kyozan Joshu Sasaki. He explored further the essence of spirituality and thus went to live and learn with shamanic communities around the globe, including a period with some highly influential shamans in the Amazon River region and the Andes Mountains. Now people from all over the world visit Tony for spiritual guidance. He is active mainly in Europe but with the assistance of the Internet is attracting a global audience with frequent online interviews and live satsangs (gatherings where minds unite through music, meditation, and wisdom to experience a higher state of consciousness). As a spiritual teacher, Tony encourages all to lead their lives actively in a noble way in order to realize the evolution of human consciousness.

ZOOM’D Leadership, which airs at 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern, Noon to 1 p.m. Central, and 11 a.m. to Noon Pacific, on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel ( www.voiceamericabusiness.com) explores the importance of changing the way we pursue the future. ZOOM’D takes listeners out to the big picture, in to the up-close-and-personal, and toward a future of constant renewal. Whether focused on the economic crisis, energy, climate change, or sustainability at large, the show examines patterns at play, drivers behind them, and perspectives of leadership. The show has exponentially gained popularity since it began airing on May 4, 2009.

The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.

Contact Senior Executive Producer Scott Duffy at 480-294-6405 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.

About ZOOM’D Leadership Host John D. Schmidt and Avastone Consulting:
John D. Schmidt is founder and CEO of Avastone Consulting ( www.avastoneconsulting.com/), an international consultancy committed to the vitality and sustainability of client organizations and the larger global community. John serves as advisor to global corporations and nongovernmental enterprises and is a thinker, designer, and practitioner in integral approaches to complex challenges and human development. Avastone provides executive, leadership, and organizational development services to Fortune 500 companies and other complex organizations, enabling them to realize the potential of people and the human system at work.

About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:
World Talk Radio, LLC is the world leader in online media broadcasting and the largest producer and distributor of live internet based talk radio and TV, delivering over 1,000 hours of programming weekly on its VoiceAmerica™ Network ( www.voiceamerica.com) and WorldTalk Radio Network ( www.worldtalkradio.com) as well as live and on-demand video content on VoiceAmerica.TV ( www.voiceamerica.tv). Featuring more than 200 hosts broadcasting to eight niche community based channels: its flagship VoiceAmerica™ Variety Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Business Channel, VoiceAmerica Sports, 7th Wave Channel, The Green Living Channel, VoiceAmerica Kids Channel and World Talk Radio Variety Channel. VoiceAmerica™ TV offers targeted and exclusive video programming channels. World Talk Radio, LLC is one of the pioneers in internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, offering an innovative, effective and comprehensive digital broadcast platform. Digital Publishing through its 10 years of broadcast and media experience along with our seasoned staff of Executive Producers, Production and Host Services Group, World Talk Radio, LLC provides an internet radio and video platform for new, emerging and veteran media personalities to expand and monetize their business and brand in an online digital medium.