The Negotiation Institute to Host Groundbreaking Women's Negotiation Summit (WIN): U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James to Deliver Keynote

NEW YORK, March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Negotiation Institute will host a ground-breaking executive development conference--The WIN Summit (Women's Insights on the Art of Negotiating)--on September 30 and October 1, 2015 at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan. This two-day learning and networking event (for women and their male colleagues) will feature an interdisciplinary cohort of top negotiation experts, researchers and influential women who will share their insights, strategies and techniques on negotiation. The WIN Summit will provide a powerful forum dedicated to helping women advance into higher positions of leadership, overcome challenges in the workplace, address the gender wage gap, and achieve greater success for both their organizations and themselves through the art of negotiating.

Highlights of the WIN program include a keynote presentation from the 23rd Secretary of the US Air Force Deborah Lee James on "Negotiations in My Life and My Advice to Other Women".    

The 2015 WIN Summit Academic Coordinator is Sara Laschever, renowned researcher on women's issues and New York Times and Wall Street Journal - acclaimed author of Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation and Positive Strategies for Change, and Ask for It! How Women Can Use The Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want. 

WIN presenters include Evy Pompouras, former Special Agent for the U.S. Secret Service and Investigative Analyst for CNN, FOX and MSNBC presenting "How to Read a Person Like a Book: Analyzing Body Language and Human Behaviors to Elicit Information"; Linda Netsch, Harvard Law School Lecturer of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution presenting "How to Swim With the Sharks: A Survival Guide for Women in an 'Alpha Male' Environment"; Lecturer of Negotiations and Dispute Resolution in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department of the Wharton School of Business, Co-Founder of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative and former VP of Corporate Diversity at American Red Cross Mori Taheripour; Executive Director of the Accelerate Leadership Center at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business, Laura Maxwell; Emmy-nominated TV producer for Oprah and Anderson Cooper and executive presentation expert Rachel Hanfling; Media and publishing veteran Ellen Archer; and Kathleen Murray, President of Harvard Business School Women's Association of NY. Download the WIN Summit full agenda here.

The program runs both days from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, with a daily lunch keynote. Each day's schedule is divided among presentations, panel discussions, break-out sessions, and networking breaks. Included in the ticket price is an invitation to attend the WIN Networking Cocktail Reception following the program on Day 1. 

For more information on registration, group discounts, sponsorship sales or general inquiries for The WIN Summit please visit www.winsummit.com or call 212-796-5600 or email [email protected]. 

About The Negotiation Institute 
Founded in 1966, The Negotiation Institute (TNI) provides on-site corporate training programs and public conference events designed to provide executives a competitive advantage in today's global marketplace. The first and longest-running negotiation training organization in the world, the Institute legacy and depth of experience enables us to provide clients with unparalleled solutions across a variety of executive competencies—negotiation, high-performance sales, procurement, supply chain management, leadership and presentation skills. The TNI commitment to excellence is reflected throughout our global faculty of instructors, thought leaders and business experts. To learn more, please visit us at www.negotiation.com. 

Contact: Press and media relations for The Negotiation Institute and The WIN Summit - Elizabeth Friedland, Chief Marketing Officer, 212-721-9432, [email protected]  

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