by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) In June 2008, Town & Country ran an article “A Woman’s Guide to Giving: How to Find Your Cause and Make an Impact with Your Money” and a related survey of 2000 women. As quoted on the website The Philanthropic Family, the survey results indicated that 73% of the […]
The South African Advancement of Women Conference will gather professional women who work for major global and South African based companies for an exploration of best practices, a dialogue on diversity, innovative strategies and concrete programs that make a difference in supporting women. The conference will ensure networking, learning and knowledge sharing in a safe […]
by Sima Matthes (New York City) An article entitled “Depressed, repressed, objectified: are men the new women?” in last Sunday’s UK Observer arrived my inbox and I thought, “What, are you kidding me?” Where to start? The whole idea that the three best ways to describe women would be “depressed, repressed and objectified” is infuriating, […]
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) Last week, Fortune named its Global 500 companies. This year, women lead 12 of those companies, an increase of 2 women over the prior year’s list. Less than a week later, however, it was announced that Patricia Russo, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent and architect of the merger, will be stepping […]
by Erin Abrams (New York City) The American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession is hosting its annual meeting this upcoming week, which should be packed full of action items about women in the law. For those attorneys who are interested in a historic view of women’s struggle for equality in the legal […]
by Jane Lucken (London) Many of my female colleagues have said they hate networking. What is it about networking that provokes such a visceral reaction? What exactly do we mean by networking? The image that springs to mind is awkward conversations with a glass of white wine in one hand and miniature spring roll in […]
This WSTA seminar is designed for both business and technical stakeholders in data storage, information lifecycle, data transformations and decision support. Keynote Speaker: James Dow, CTO, CS Technology Keynote Presentation: “Command and Control in the Integrated ITIL Data Center Environment” James Dow, CTO, CS Technology. In this presentation, the audience will be presented with a […]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart Many interviews I have don’t include questions that I think are relevant to the job. I get questions about unrelated topics, personal questions, or sometimes I get questions about things on my resume that I don’t want to emphasize. How do I prepare for interviews with people that don’t […]
by Sima Matthes (New York City) In one of my colleague’s cubicles, there a cartoon by the brilliant and irreverent Scott Adams hanging over the desk. The cartoon has his protagonist, Dilbert, remarking to the company’s blood drive sponsor “You’ve already taken everything I have…” and the sponsor saying “There’s a six pint minimum,” or […]
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) In Rebecca Shambaugh’s book, It’s Not A Glass Ceiling, It’s a Sticky Floor, she identifies seven key areas where women get “stuck”. Chief among them—and no surprise—is striking the balance between our work and personal lives. She says if our lives are out of control, and checking to make […]