The Girls' Lounge Press Kit

EQUALITY THROUGH

collaboration

A MOMENT THAT BECAME A MOVEMENT

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE is a one-of-a-kind destination for women to connect, collaborate and empower each other. It is an environment

that fosters new ideas and sparks action around diversity and leadership while creating a new culture for tomorrow’s leaders. We

believe the more we advocate for one another and embrace what makes women different – the better business and life will become.

SHELLEY ZALIS CEO, The Female Quotient and Founder, The Girls’ Lounge

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39 5,000+1 millionGIRLS’ LOUNGE

EVENTS SINCE 2013 C-LEVEL & EXECUTIVE

WOMEN ARE INVOLVEDCONNECTIONS MADE

Shelley has gone against the grain most of her career, starting in 2000 when she left the corporate world to pioneer online research. Shelley created OTX (Online Testing Exchange), which in just nine years became one of the largest and fastest growing research companies in the world. She sold OTX to Ipsos in 2010, where she led global innovation in over 80 countries.

As the first female chief executive ranked in the research industry’s top 25, she changed the game, brought emotion and passion to the boardroom and has devoted herself to becoming a mentor and

friend to women and leaders in her industry. Her most recent endeavors include launching The Female Quotient and The Girls’ Lounge, which supports and mentors women to help them stand out with their unique leadership powers and transform corporate culture…. together.

Shelley continues to go against the grain to innovate and stimulate the industry. She is a board member of AWNY, Dress for Success,I Am That Girl and the Women’s Military Symposium. Shelley has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, Girls Inc. award, ARF Great Minds in Innovation award and AWNY’s Game Changer award. A pioneer, a wife and a mother of three, she successfully juggles between CEO and Mom.

CHANGE HAPPENS WHEN WE DO IT TOGETHERPARTNERS

AOLBARNEYS NEW YORK

FACEBOOKGOOGLE

IBM INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCEKARGO

IHEARTMEDIAIPG

IPSOSMAKERS

MEDIALINKNBCUNIVERSAL

POPSUGARRUBICON PROJECT

THE NEW YORK TIMESTIME INC.TWITTER

UNILEVERVISA

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON’S

THRIVE CONFERENCE

OPRAH WINFREY’S

THE LIFE YOU WANT TOUR

UNITED NATIONS GIRL UP

SUMMIT WITH FIRST LADY

MICHELLE OBAMA

WOMEN IN THE WORLD

GLOBAL SUMMIT


INFLUENCERS IN THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE


Today, The Girls' Lounge has become a sanctuary for women—C-suiters and up-and-comers alike—at many of the industry's largest conferences.

The purpose of The Girls’ Lounge is to “forge connections, spark conversations and create lasting impact through a network of empowered and inspired women.

I don’t want a seat at the table because I’m a woman, I want a seat at the table because I’m the best.

By unpacking the wage gap we understand that our value as women is not being rewarded with market value. It's time for that to change.

5 Lessons We Learned from Supermodel Iman at The Girls' Lounge Dinner. More than 700 women gathered at The Girls’ Lounge dinner in New York City for the purpose of remembering that #ConfidenceIsBeautiful.

Girls can rock! Girls can rule! Girls can do anything and everything! That is the message that beauty mega-brand CoverGirl is charging forward with once again—a belief to believe in and betting it all on girls doing what they can do.

The Girls' Lounge has become a fixture at events where major marketers, media companies and agencies gather, and a safe-haven for women from C-suite veterans to junior staffers.

The Girls’ Lounge hosted an exhibit to create a way to personalize prosthetics, particularly for woman. “We created a whole concept around prosthetics that are beautiful.” says Shelley Zalis.

March is Womens’ history month and one group molding future female pioneers in male dominated industries is The Girls’ Lounge. It has become the Go-To destination at industry conferences.

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UPCOMING GIRLS’ LOUNGES

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ SXSWDATES: MARCH 11 – 13, 2016LOCATION: AUSTIN, TEXAS

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ ARF RE:THINKDATES: MARCH 15, 2016LOCATION: NEW YORK, NEW YORK

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ 4A’S TRANSFORMATIONDATES: MARCH 21 – 23, 2016LOCATION: MIAMI, FLORIDA

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ CANNES LIONSDATES: JUNE 20 – 24, 2016LOCATION: CANNES, FRANCE

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ DMEXCODATES: SEPTEMBER 14 – 15, 2016LOCATION: COLOGNE, GERMANY

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ ADVERTISING WEEKDATES: SEPTEMBER 26 – 28, 2016LOCATION: NEW YORK, NEW YORK

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ ANA MASTERS OF MARKETINGDATES: OCTOBER 19 – 22, 2016LOCATION: ORLANDO, FLORIDA

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ CESDATES: JANUARY 5 – 7, 2017LOCATION: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE @ DAVOSDATES: JANUARY, 2017LOCATION: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND


THE GIRLS’ LOUNGE : ACTIVATING CHANGE

The Girls’ Lounge partnered with Barneys New York, Michelle Obama’s organization Let Girls Learn, and

Megan Smith, CTO of the USA, in support of the International Day of the Girl on October 11th 2015.

Anything is possible when... #GirlPossible

The Girls’ Lounge opened its doors for the first time in Davos, Switzerland for the 2016 World Economic Forum.

With WEF’s attendance being 82% male, The Girls’ Lounge quickly became filled with the 18% and those

that recognize this imbalance and the need to change it.

THE CAMPAIGN WAS OUR BIGGEST TO DATE ENGAGING OVER 40M

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