L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program: Established in 1993 and renamed in 1997 in honor of one of NAMIC’s founders, the late L. Patrick Mellon. Facilitates diversity in our industry by pairing top-level industry executives with NAMIC members to assist them with career development strategies.
Executive Leadership
Development Program: Launched in October 2001, in partnership with UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, this unique and highly selective program is developed from the perspective of people of color. The program is designed to address some of the industry’s most persistent diversity dilemmas: retention of managers of color; increasing the diversity of the industry’s executive suites; and managing workforce diversity in a global economy.
The Leadership Seminar: Modeled after our prestigious Executive Leadership Development Program, this 2-day, local-market seminar is targeted to managers and supervisors of color. Established in 2005, the program will be offered in Atlanta, Georgia and Chicago, IL during 2006. Sponsored by the Walter Kaitz Foundation.
Executive Coaching: Extends the benefits of the Executive Leadership Development Program by providing alumni with additional career counseling. Sponsored by the Walter Kaitz Foundation.
Events
Annual NAMIC Conference: Founded in 1986 as the Urban Markets Conference, this event is a cornerstone of Cable Diversity Week. The conference focuses on issues related to diversity ranging from programming, marketing, operations, technology, professional development and managing cultural differences in the workplace.
Annual Awards Breakfast: The Annual Awards Breakfast is held during the NCTA National Cable Show to honor industry executives and organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to diversity and to NAMIC.
Annual NAMIC Vision Awards: Founded in 1994, this gala awards ceremony recognizes original cable programming with positive imagery of people of color.
Creative Summits: Founded in 2004, and held in New York and Los Angeles, these seminars focus on diversity in the content development and “creative” arenas of the cable, broadcast and film industries.
Initiatives
Online Job Bank: Provides members with access to listings of available industry jobs and allows them to post their resumes for perusal by prospective employers. Launched in 1998.
NAMIC Research: Reports on the status of minority ownership and employment in the telecommunications industry. Initiated in 1998. Updated in 2002 and 2004. Wave IV updated scheduled for Spring 2006.
Digital
Bridge Alliance: Communicates the importance of computer literacy and Internet access to disenfranchised communities and people of color. This NAMIC Inc./NAMIC Foundation partnership in cooperation with telecommunications and new media companies was founded in 2000.
Diversity Roundtable: Established in April 2001 as a forum for cable/telecommunications industry practitioners to discuss and share diversity challenges and best practices. Also provides NAMIC with expert advice on and support for its initiatives from our industry’s diversity practitioners.
