Pat Mitchell
Pat Mitchell
Pat Mitchellis known for her leadership in the media industry as a CEO, producer and curator. Her career has focused on using media as a force for social change, with a special emphasis on the representation of women’s voices and stories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
Date of Birth20 January 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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someone to whom they could write and ask questions.
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When you go out there and see those children and see the help the center is providing in so many ways, not only to the children but to the parents, I'm certain that it will always be my favorite project, ... From the time we started exploring the idea of building the center right up to now, everything about the project has been successful. It's a great asset to the college.
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As long as I'm learning every day of my life, I will never feel old. Never. And I don't feel old; I feel in my head and in my heart - I don't know, ageless!
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I spend a lot of time on college campuses, a lot of time mentoring young women in all sectors of business, because I don't want them to spend as much time to get their voice as I did.
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I think journalists and filmmakers are keen observers. And actors must also be sharp observers as they draw their characters and their stories from what they experience around them. After all, that is what actors, filmmakers, journalists are trained to be: observers. And then they do something with their observations.
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Investing in women and girls may once have been considered a radical notion or even a waste of resources, but in most places in the world today, women and girls are increasingly recognized as a critical link to greater prosperity, political stability, better health and public policy.
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TED Women will focus on the ideas and innovations championed by women and girls. These cover everything from community development to economic growth to biodynamic farming to robotics to medical treatments to the use of technology for personal safety and peace making.
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Women represent the fastest-growing Internet population and a television audience that remains underserved. The new network will provide a destination exclusively for smart, active women seeking relevant content and community.
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We were just scared to death of Matt Aiken. We spent all week on the option. It didn't look like it early, but we kept him in check the rest of the night.
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Public Broadcasting System an entity designed to create an informed citizenry rather than to deliver consumers to advertisers.
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In my opinion, the most important thing as a woman leader-and I learned this early through a whole bunch of great women who were in my life (and men, I have to say)-is that if you have a position of leadership and power and you don't use it in a different way, then you're wasting it. So when people used to say to me when I was the first woman president of PBS, "Well, you know, does that mean that as a woman you're going to be a different kind of president?" And I would say, "Well, I hope so!"
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The perception of bias isn't there, that's what I told Ken Tomlinson, ... The majority of Americans do not perceive a bias.
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We're going to have to have some depth come in and spend the week really working on those back-up guys and get them ready to go,
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We decided that if he could have one, we could have one too. It kind of snowballed from there,