Events
National Association of Women MBAs: Online Job Networking: 10 Tips to Reach the People Behind Postings
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
3:30 PST 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
NAWMBA Member $9.99, Non Member $19.99
Link to Webinar Site
Need to get your foot into the door? Join host Chris Perry as he goes through 10 online and social media networking tips and techniques you can leverage to get to the hiring managers behind the job postings.
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The Portland Trailblazers Speakers Series Presents: Blazing a Trail, Women Executives in Professional Sports
Wednesday, February 16
Rose Garden, Preferred Dining Room
5:30 PM Panel Discussion
7:00 PM Trail Blazers vs. Hornets
$111 includes speaker series and one Club Level ticket with an all inclusive food & non-alcoholic beverage.
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National Association of Women MBAs: Maximizing your Effectiveness in Interviews
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
3:30 PST 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
NAWMBA Member $9.99, Non Member $19.99
Link to Webinar Site
Want to know how to be at the top of your game for job interviews? Join host Brad Agry as he discusses how to prepare for and be effective when you are face-to-face in a formal interview setting. Whether you are meeting with an executive recruiter for an initial screening or directly with a potential hiring manager,Brad will show you how to set yourself apart from the competition and turn job leads into offers.
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National Association of Women MBAs: 2011 Summit for Emerging Executives
Wednesday - Friday, May 18-20, 2011
Florida, Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Link to Online Registration
NAWMBA’s 2011 Summit for Emerging Executives tackles a complex problem - the retention and advancement of female professionals - from a new direction. Our focus is on building individual women’s skills in both the interpersonal and implementation realms to increase their effectiveness and contribution to your organization. An investment in the 2011 Summit is an investment in helping the women in your company excel.
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National Association of Women MBAs: 2011 Leadership Retreat: Rise and Lead
Thursday - Sunday, May 19-22, 2011
Florida, Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Link to Online Registration
NAWMBA’s 2011 Leadership Retreat: Rise and Lead - Enhance your leadership skills through development workshops, keynote speeches and networking. All current MBA students and early career professionals are welcome to join us in Florida to learn how to Rise and Lead!
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National Association of Women MBAs: National Conference and Career Fair
Thursday - Sunday, September 15-17, 2011
Texas, Irving Convention Center
Link to Online Registration
Whatever stage of your career, you will have the opportunity to learn, explore and reflect, hone new skills, be inspired and to connect on many different levels with both students and professional women from across the country.
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National Association of Women MBAs 2010 Conference and Career Fair
Friday and Saturday, October 1 and 2, 2010
Louisville Marriott
280 West Jefferson St.,Louisville, KY
Registration is now open
The 2010 Conference and Career Fair Global Economy, Global Leadership has been designed to assist women, as they continue along the journey to develop and enhance their leadership skills. Students and professionals will have the opportunity to attend the Career Fair, attend career consulting sessions (resume reviews and mock interviews), networking events, development sessions, and meet women of all levels and backgrounds.
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National Association of Women MBAs: Networking During Tough Times
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
3:30 PST 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
Link to Webinar Site
Seventy percent of new opportunities are obtained through networking. Most of us have subtle barriers that get in the way of building these relationships and leveraging them for our success. What are these barriers for you? How do you get over them and tap into the "hidden job market?".
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National Association of Women MBAs: Salary Negotiation 2.0
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
3:30 PST 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
Link to Webinar
This webinar will provide an overview of some strategic and tactical negotiating techniques that can be used - even in these difficult economic times - to ask for a raise or negotiate with a prospective employer. In this webinar, we will also discuss how you can determine your worth in this market. We will also discuss how to prepare to negotiate. If you are a savvy negotiator, your preparation may be worth thousands of extra dollars so this session is critical if you are employed or in the job market.
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National Association of Women MBAs: Make the Most of that Informational Interview
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
3:30 PST 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
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During this webinar, we will provide tactics and strategies for getting into and participating in useful informational interviews. Whether you are job hunting or not, this webinar will elevate you to keep learning, stay relevant, and continue growing your allies.
National Association of Women MBAs: How the Hiring Process Really Works
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
3:30 PST 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
Link to Webinar Site
How the Hiring Process Really Works ? An Insider?s Guide to Getting the Job. Go behind the scenes and see what the recruiter sees during the job search. Learn the 8 steps of the hiring process from the employer's perspective; see how to tailor your search to the employer's point of view.
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NCWIT Symons Innovator Award Reception: Honoring Women in Technology
Thursday, May 20, 2010
OHSU South Waterfront
3303 SW Bond Ave., Portland OR
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The NCWIT Symons Innovator Award promotes women's participation in information technology and entrepreneurship by honoring an outstanding woman who has successfully built and funded an IT business. By recognizing women IT entrepreneurs, the NCWIT Symons Innovator Award hopes to inspire others to pursue IT entrepreneurship, and increase awareness about the importance of women's participation in IT innovation and business.
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National Association of Women MBAs: Advanced Interviewing Strategies Build Confidence in Your Interview Skills
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
The prospect of a job interview can be daunting, even for high-caliber candidates, and this feeling can be magnified in this turbulent economy. In addition, many executives will be walking into their next interview with concerns about their career history. This seminar will help you build confidence in your interviewing skills so you will feel excited rather than anxious about upcoming meetings.
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Willamette University MBA First Thursday Empowerment in Action Series: "Divas Doing Business," with Oregon Women MBAs Board Member Monique Hayward
Thursday, May 6, 2010
5:30-7:00pm
Living Room Theaters
SW 10th and Stark Streets
Portland, OR
Willamette MBA First Thursday Site and Online RSVP Form
Few women business owners lay it all out and share insider tips and fascinating anecdotes in a presentation that will inspire any aspiring entrepreneurial diva like Monique Hayward. She is President and CEO of Nouveau Connoisseurs Corp., which she founded in April 2004 and most recently owned and operated the award-winning Dessert Noir Café & Bar in Beaverton, Oregon. Monique is also a senior marketing manager at Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A highly sought after speaker and media contributor, Monique released her debut book, Divas Doing Business: What the Guidebooks Don't Tell You About Being a Woman Entrepreneur, in February 2009. Readers and critics alike have praised the book for going beyond the conventional entrepreneurial wisdom to “fill the spaces in between” business start-up guidebooks’ pages with solid advice illustrated through Monique's real-life stories and personal insight and interviews with a diverse group of successful female entrepreneurs.
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National Association of Women MBAs: The Closest Thing to Career Insurance
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
Link to Webinar Site
The Closest Thing to Career Insurance ? Building Excellence, Trust and Visibility into Your Personal Brand. While actual job guarantees are pretty well extinct, some professionals have such a strong reputation that they would have a hard time staying unemployed for long! How do such individuals differ from other accomplished professionals? This seminar will show you five proven techniques to expand your opportunities now and in the future by truly strengthening your professional reputation.
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National Association of Women MBAs: Leveraging LinkedIn for your Online Job Search on Ivey Exec with Sarah Stamboulie
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Webinar (PST)
any professionals are familiar with LinkedIn and Ivy Exec, and know that they can be great tools for networking and job search, but suspect that they need more information on the best ways to truly leverage the two together. This workshop, in addition to reviewing some LinkedIn basics, will provide important insights into how you can use this online tool to compliment your online job search through Ivy Exec.
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Portland Business Journal: Women in Business Awards Luncheon
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom, Portland OR
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
RSVP Online (Note: Fee will be paid separately, directly to the Portland Business Journal).
Join in a celebration of outstanding women in business with keynote address by Tamara Lundgren, President & CEO of Schnitzer Steel Industries and presentation of the 2010 Orchid Award Winners.
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The Portland Trailblazers Speakers Series Presents: Blazing a Trail, Women Executives in Professional Sports
Wednesday, March 31st
Rose Garden, Preferred Dining Room
5:30 PM Panel Discussion
7:00 PM Trail Blazers vs. Knicks
$150 includes speaker series and one Club Level ticket with an all inclusive food & non-alcoholic beverage.
RSVP Online (Note: Fee will be paid separately, directly to the Portland Trailblazers).
Panelists:
- Sarah Mensah, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
- Traci Rose, Vice President of Community Relations and Corporate Communications
- Michele Daterman, Vice President of Marketing
- Traci Reandeau, Vice President of Human Resources
To request a seat or learn more about the event, download the invitation and order form, submit the online information request form or contact Paul Rothschild at 503.963.3963 or paul.rothschild@trailblazers.com directly.
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National Association of Women MBAs: Troubleshooting Your Job Search
March 17, 2010 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm Webinar (PST)
Link to the Webinar Site
Find out why you are stuck in your job search and how to fix it! During this webinar, Caroline will coach you through the following key areas to troubleshoot your job search: The three areas where job searches break down; Strategies for fixing each of the common problem areas; and Ways that jobseekers can track their searches to identify and fix problems early.
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Oregon Women MBA's Presents "Building a Culture of Engagement: Thrive and Stay Inspired"
Friday, October 16, 2009
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Willamette University Portland Center
1120 NW Couch Street, Suite 450, Portland, OR 97209 [Map]
A workshop designed for newly formed workgroups by the INSPIRATIONWORKS, LLC team of Valerie and Roger Pease. Moving through the stages of getting-to-know-you, acceptance and finally producing can be unsatisfying and energy draining. Valerie and Roger lead us through fun and insightful exercises to jump start and maximize our engagement in the organization, at our work and in our personal lives.
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National Association of Women MBAs 2009 Conference and Career Fair
The 2009 National Conference Leadership: Today and Tomorrow kicked off on 6:00pm on Thursday, October 29 and concluded the evening of Saturday, October 31 at the Anaheim California Disneyland Conference Center. Professional Chapter attendees treated themselves to three days of career enhancing and professional development through leadership meetings, workshops, industry panels, keynote speakers and coaching sessions.
Oregon Women MBA's Presented "Meet the Board of Directors"
Thursday, September 10, 2009
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Willamette University Portland Center
1120 NW Couch Street, Suite 450, Portland, OR 97209 [Map]
The Oregon Women MBAs first Board of Directors were welcomed at a reception held in their honor.
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