bos Panes Coping With An Uncertain Economy (NAPSA)—While today’s economic downturn has hurt virtually everyone’s career development, professional women have been especially hard hit. More often than not, professional women mustbalance the multiple challenges of the workplace, family responsibilities as well as manyof the family’s social and communityinterests. “We hear it all the time,” says Cindy Burns, chief operatingofficer of National Association of Professional Women (NAPW). “Women are always trying to juggle multiple tasks. They often findit hard, if not impossible, to redouble their daily job-related efforts and keep their family and social matters undercontrol while finding time to pursue their longer-term career objectives.” Help Is At Hand Herorganization provides help. “At NAPW, memberstell us that whentimesget tough, not only are professional women asked to kick it up a notch at work, they also haveto spread themselves thinner across more family and social obligations. As driven as professional womenare, there are only 24 hours in a day andit is often not job or family responsibilities that suffer; rather, it is the careeroriented activities that take a backseat,” says Burns. According to Burns, NAPW’s interactive online networking forums, access to seminars, webinars, podcast services and keynote speaker resources help professional women deliver the best job performance while keeping their careers movingforward. Tn addition,the group haslocal chaptersin cities across the country where members can get together to share ideas, explore business opportunities, build and maintain contacts and resources, and learn from the experience of others. The chapters support the organization's mission to inform, educate and provide members with the tools and forums to achieve and maintain success within their chosen profession. Online networking can help women juggle job, home and family responsi ies. In addition, online mentoring is increasing in popularity among members. That lets women interact with accomplished women whoare senior to them in their field ofinterest. “By efficiently and effectively combining the powerofthe Internet with the tried-and-true benefits of in-person local meetings, professional women can navigate around today’s turbulent economic conditions, improve skills required to do their jo> better and, at the sametime, do whatis required to advance their professional career,” says Burns. Learn More To learn more,visit www.napw. com orcall (866) 540-NAPW.
