Joyce A. Schwarz is the best-selling author of the upcoming book THE VISION BOARD: Unlock the Secret to An Extraordinary Life from Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design, fall, 2008. She has also written five other books published by major publishers and more than 200 articles on life change, new media and marketing and how to cash in on new Hollywood opportunities in Internet, mobile, broadband, virtual worlds, video games, HDTV, infomercials and more! You can reach Joyce via email at thevisionboard@aol.com. Website for new book www.Ihaveavision.org. Blog -- www.visionboard.info and www.hollywood2020.net

Preview THE VISION BOARD: Unlock the Secret to an extraordinary life (hsrd cover, 192 pages , 4 color throughout more than 100 color picutres:  at www.ihaveavision.org. It is already up for pre-sale on Amazon.com.

Schwarz works and lives in Marina Del Rey, California but is originally from Cleveland, Ohio and lived in New York, San Francisco and Honolulu, Hawaii. She earned her bachelors of science degree in journalism at Ohio Uniersity, did her MBA Studies at the University of San Francisco and her masters degree in film from the University of Southern California (USC).  She is a certified business counselor (for buying and selling businesses) and has won more than 90 awards for her work in the areas of professional development, future studies, new media and social change.

EXPERT IN MARKETING, ADVERTISING & NEW COMPANY LAUNCHES 

Schwarz combines more than 20 years experience in advertising, marketing and new product and company launches to counsel her clients on the next stage of their careers and business launches. She was a vice president and senior executive for Foote Cone & Belding and other advertising agencies including Ogilvy. Schwarz handled campaigns ranging from $20 Million to $500 milliion annually. For a list of her clients go to www.joycecom.com and for a list of celebrity and VIP clients email her at joycecom@aol.com. 

CENTER FOR SUCCESSFUL RECAREERING : Joyce's career change and FUTURE STRATEGY firm has been featured in the WALL STREET JOURNAL, on PBS television, National Public Radio and NBC news. Her book "SUCCESSFUL RECAREERING: When Just Another Job Is Not Enough" is still a primary reference on changing careers and available on Amazon.com and used in more than 50 colleges and universities as a resource for career change.  You can read more about it at www.joycecom.com.

Schwarz has launched more than 75 venture funded firms and raised more than $200 million in sponsorship and venture funding for her clients beginning with emusic.com in 1995.  

NEW PRODUCT AND COMPANY LAUNCHES:  Her new product/company launch firm JCOM has been featured in more than 75 publications and on more than 50 radio and television interviews. Her clients includes such major names as: Revlon, Sheraton, AT&T, Philips Electronics, American Airlines and dozens of other top brands.

CELEBRITY AND VIP SUCCESS PACKAGING -- CASH IN ON  THE NEW HOLLYWOOD WITH JOYCE SCHWARZ:

Joyce Schwarz is well known internationally for her workshops called STAR*COURSE -- how to sell you and your product to the new Hollywood including the Internet, television, satellite radio, digital video, virtual worlds and mobile phones.

DIGITAL AND HD TELEVISION, SATELLITE RADIO, THEATRICAL FILMS, INTERNET PORTALS, WEB TV SHOWS, MOBILE CONTENT & VIRTUAL WORLDS:

Joyce has worked with more than 10,000 VIPs and celebrities including Olympic athletes, Hollywood producers, actors, actresses, Internet company entrepreneurs and founders and television personalities. She has guided hundreds of clients in the publishing of their books, production and distribution of their videos and DVDs and she has worked with more than 25 major motion pictures produced with or by her clients.

She wrote many of the earliers books and articles on new media in the world. She co-wrote the definitive guide "MULTIMEDIA 2000" for the National Assn of Broadcasters back in 1994 and co-wrote and edited "MULTIMEDIA: GATEWAY TO THE NEXT MILLENNIUM" from Harcourt Brace in 1995. She also wrote the TECH TV : GUIDE TO GOING WIRELESS -- 400 pages, Pearson Publishing, 2002.  Plus she has written more than 200 other articles on the Internet, new media and emerging technology.

INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FUTURIST AND SPEAKER ON WHAT'S NEXT IN HOLLYWOOD & BEYOND!

Joyce Schwarz speaks annually at more than 50 new media, technology and women's conferences on subjects ranging from "LIFE BEYOND WORK" to "PICTURING YOUR FUTURE" and scores of new media and Hollywood content topics. She is an expert at monetizing (making $$$ from) content, online, offline and mobile & beyond including games, distance learning, virtual worlds and widgets .

CAUSE RELATED MARKETING Schwarz is probably best known as the creator and producer of the MISSING KIDS ON THE MILK CARTON campaign (really!) which she launched in 1986 with Hollywood celebrities and former Governor Gray Davis. She has created successful public/private partnerships and community outreach programs for such major brands as Clairol, Sheraton, State of Hawaii, State of Alaska, Camp Colorado and many more economic development programs that created hundreds of thousands of new jobs and companies across the nation. ]

CONFERENCE ORGANIZER & PROMOTER -- Joyce Schwarz has organized, produced and promoted more than 150 conferences and contracted with hundreds of speakers to serve on panels, dais and workshops. She organized and produced the PARIS FRANCE INTERNET-Interactive Television Conference for five years and she was AOL's first Workplace of the Future and forum expert. She launched Democrats.com at the DNC in 2000 (although she is a registered independent) and has organized conferences and forums for Internet World, NATPE, Women in New Technology, Women in Film and for more than 50 public/private consortiums.