{"id":5106,"date":"2013-11-30T08:26:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T08:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/?page_id=5106"},"modified":"2023-04-29T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T22:25:36","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY<\/p>\n<h3>HISTORY<\/h3>\n<p><b>The Hollywood Networking Breakfast\u00ae (aka, The Hollywood Breakfast\u00ae) is the brainchild<\/b> of definitive networking expert and master career strategist,\u00a0<b>Sandra Lord<\/b>. Lord, a strong proponent of diversity and empowerment, created the breakfast\u00a0on the\u00a0<b>Paramount Studios<\/b>\u00a0lot in 1993 as a means to providing career-enhancing opportunities for\u00a0industry professionals and aspirants of all ethnicities and backgrounds.<\/p>\n<h3>CALIBER OF SPEAKERS<\/h3>\n<p>\t\tThe Hollywood Networking Breakfast features the\u00a0<b>BEST speakers<\/b>\u00a0in town. For over 20 years, the event has provided attendees with access to some of Hollywood\u2019s most powerful players, including\u00a0<b>Academy Award\u00ae, Emmy Award\u00ae, Golden Globe, Directors Guild, Producers Guild<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Peabody<\/b>\u00a0<b>award winning and nominated<\/b>\u00a0producers, directors, writers, as well as top\u00a0<b>Hollywood Studio Heads<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Production Company Presidents<\/b>\u00a0and other high-powered professionals. This is a FUN, inspiring event, where guest speakers have such a great time, some have spoken more than once! (see <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/past-speakers\/\">Past Speakers<\/a>).<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diversity-Black-and-White-600x235.png\" alt=\"Diversity Black and White\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diversity-Black-and-White-600x235.png 600w, https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diversity-Black-and-White-500x196.png 500w, https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diversity-Black-and-White-700x275.png 700w, https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diversity-Black-and-White-220x86.png 220w, https:\/\/hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com\/hnbdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diversity-Black-and-White.png 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>AWARD WINNING EVENT<\/h3>\n<p><b>The first monthly networking studio event of its kind<\/b>, the innovative program was named the&nbsp;<b><i>Best Networking Event in&nbsp;L.A.<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;by Backstage West, in its \u201cBest in L.A.\u201d issue and has proudly served as the blueprint for all other subsequent similar industry events.<br \/>\nMs. Lord initially introduced and produced the event under the auspices of Women in Film, but has since gone on to produce the event in Los Angeles to benefit&nbsp;<b>Changing Images in America (ChIA)<\/b>, the nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization she founded to promote diversity in American culture, with a focus on the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY HISTORY The Hollywood Networking Breakfast\u00ae (aka, The Hollywood Breakfast\u00ae) is the brainchild of definitive networking expert and master career strategist,\u00a0Sandra Lord. 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