Thursday, July 16, 2009

Top 5 reasons to register for the Women's Leadership Webinar Series

Our most recent webinar series attracted rave reviews. Here's what participants are saying, and why you should attend.

1) Get tips and motivation to enhance your career
"It was an inspiring presentation. I hope to have a new position soon and am grateful to have these insights and strategies." - Participant.

2) Hear from inspiring women leaders
"It's great to see and hear about so many women leaders. Very motivating." - Participant.

3) Network with other women at your company
"The women were wow'ed at the presentation and stayed afterwards to discuss the things they learned." - Fortune 500 Financial Institution.

4) The price is right
"Thanks for offering these sessions, and for the reasonable price. It's been a fantastic way for other women in our organization to connect and discuss careers and business opportunities." - Herman Miller, Inc.

5) 80% of participants rate the webinars "very good" or "excellent"
"... all but 1 person gave the webinar the top rating of 5 for knowledge of presenters, value of topic, amount of information, meeting webinar objectives, and for the webinar overall. Yeah!!!!!" - EEO Special Emphasis Programs Specialist, Dept of Homeland Security Headquarters.

Begins August 19. Register now for the year-long program >>

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

How can I break into the boys' club?

Every month on the Anita Borg Institute's site, I answer a career or leadership question.

Question:

Given that I have always worked in a male dominated industry (very often I am the only woman in the room, or one of very few), in an engineering capacity, how can I break into the male networks? It seems that people are just not treating me as one of the “guys”. With my most recent lay-off I get the opportunity to start from scratch, so I want to do it right from the beginning.

Read the column at AnitaBorg.org