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Tuesday 1st September 2009 - Update from Maggie Berry, Director, womenintechnology.co.ukWho can believe it's September already?! After a break from activity over the summer, our autumn programme of training courses starts tonight with a fully booked 'Internal Networking' workshop. Collated below is mix of events, surveys, offers and calls for speakers that I hope will be of interest to you as members of womenintechnology.co.uk - you can click on the link for full information and please get in touch with the relevant contacts for more information - thanks so much!
1 - 10% discount available for copies of Beyond the Boys Club by Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris2 - Special offer from Positive Presence image consultancy3 - Subsidised training courses available from The People Development Team4 - Intellect 2009 Equal Pay Survey5 - Girl Geek Scotland - call for speakers6 - Speakers in the Bournemouth area?7 - WES (Women's Engineering Society) Annual Conference: the Power of Change - 11th and 12th September 20098 - "The Future of Work. Preparing for Tomorrow" - Wednesday 30th September 20099 - Support Camfed - an invitation to indulge yourself and educate girls in Africa - Wednesday 30th September 200910 - ChinaContact UK/Ireland Tech Tour to China - October/November 200911 - The 2009 IoD Women as Leaders Conference - Wednesday 4th November 200912 - everywoman National Conference - Wednesday 18th November 200913 - Mentoring Women for Public Life: a free development opportunity for women - starting 18th November 200914 - Role Models Needed with BTEC Qualifications in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
1 - 10% discount available for copies of Beyond the Boys Club by Dr Suzanne Doyle-MorrisWe are delighted to announce that Ninder Takhar of BT Global Services won the prize draw for the book raffle to win a signed copy of "Beyond the Boys’ Club: Strategies for Achieving Career Success as a Woman Working in a Male Dominated Field" by Dr. Suzanne Doyle-Morris. Because of the amount of interest generated by the book, we have managed to secure a 10% discount for all members who purchase their own copy of the book from www.beyondtheboysclub.com - you just need to put in WIT as the promotional code when ordering. To your success!
2 - Special offer from Positive Presence image consultancyTo pay their part in turning the 'Recession into the Recovery', Positive Presence are offering three seriously discounted consultations to optimise your confidence, impact and influence...‘YOU are your own best Business Card’ {when YOU walk in the door, it is YOU who wins - or loses - the job, the deal, the relationship... or whatever else is at stake} Personal impact consultation with Laurel Herman, MD, Positive Presence - usually £750, now £150 + VAT during September 2009 only - available to the first three womenintechnology members to contact Laurel - info@pospres.co.uk or 020 7586 7925www.positivepresence.com3 - Subsidised training courses available from The People Development TeamThe People Development Team is a leading provider of leadership and management qualifications which support managers in enhancing their skills and gaining an internationally recognised qualification. In addition to their leadership programmes, they are also a nationally recognised and accredited provider of career coaching and redundancy support and have helped hundreds of individuals to identify their aspirations and achieve their career goals. They are currently able to access up to £1,200 funding for individuals who live or work in Bedfordshire, Cambridge, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk to support you if you are at risk of redundancy, have been made redundant in the last three months or have been unemployed for up to six months.Depending on eligibility, you will be able to have one or more of the following from them at no cost to you: * 1 hour session with an advisor to discuss aspirations, options and training requirements* A CV brush up * A place on one of their Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualification programmes or other non accredited management programmes including:
For more information, please contact Ellie Hughes on 01920 485569 or info@people-development-team.com
4 - Intellect 2009 Equal Pay SurveyIntellect is the leading trade association in the UK technology industry and they have just issued their 2009 Equal Pay Survey: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NzJqIowIUngvH5bHJkyjSA_3d_3dThey'd really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to complete the confidential survey as well as pass the link onto relevant friends, family and colleagues working in the IT profession in the UK. The survey needs to be filled out by the end of September.This is an important area of work for Intellect, particularly with the Equalities Bill coming into passage in the Autumn. If you'd like to know more about the Women in IT Forum and see previous year's salary survey results, please click here: www.intellectuk.org/content/view/474/47/
5 - Girl Geek Scotland - call for speakersGirl Geek Scotland is currently putting their 2010 event programme together and they are looking for female speakers who can talk about creativity, computing and entrepreneurialism.The are looking for people who are playful and creative with computing, who are doers and makers, dynamic speakers and who can inspire their network to make the next few steps forwards. Speakers don't have to be head of company (although early entrepreneurs would be great!) but they should be doing and respected for design / technology work. Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered but unfortunately they don't have budget to pay speaker fees. They are looking for speakers at events being held in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Leeds - dates are yet to be confirmed.If this is of interest to you, please contact Morna Simpson on 07533329 507 or morna@girlgeekscotland.co.ukTheir website is www.girlgeekscotland.co.uk and you can follow them on Twitter @girlgeeks
6 - Speakers in the Bournemouth area?Is anyone in the Bournemouth area?The Head of ICT at Avonbourne School, Kathryn Loughnan, has been in touch with me over the weekend.Avonbourne School is a business and enterprise college for girls in Bournemouth and they would love to have a speaker come in to show that women can make it in the world of technology. Kathryn would really like to change the mindset that ICT is for office jobs or being stuck behind a desk.They are wondering if anybody local would like to come in during the autumn term to do a talk. They have video conferencing facilities too if someone from further afield would be happy to contribute.Kathryn's contact details are 01425 674122 and kmml@btinternet.com - please get in touch with her directly if you're able to help out.
7 - WES (Women's Engineering Society) Annual Conference: the Power of Change - 11th and 12th September 2009WES is celebrating 90 years this year and wants to share it with you! Their annual conference is taking place at Surrey University in Guilford on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September. Their annual conference is an excellent opportunity for you to network with other WES members and participate in an exciting event where you can listen and interact with mostly technical speakers from BP, Rolls Royce, Google, National Grid, UKRC and Arup. The Power of Change gives you an opportunity not only to celebrate the past, but also to come and help shape the Society for the future to inspire more women to achieve their potential as engineers, scientists and technical leaders.If you run a women’s network at work, come and pick up some good practice tips on Friday afternoon from CISCO, Google and BP.If work is too busy, why not come along to the gala dinner and stay for some personal development workshops on Saturday. Register on-lineat http://conference.wes.org.uk/ and find some great accommodation deals and pick up reduced price entry to Broadlands.
8 - "The Future of Work. Preparing for Tomorrow" - Wednesday 30th September 2009Wednesday 30th September 2009, 9.30am – 4.15pmHosted by BP, 1 St James’s Square, London, SW1Who should attend? Managers and directors of human resources, diversity, employment policy, talent management and strategyWhat needs to change in order to make the future workplace a place where people can work at their best? What strategies need to be put in place in order to ensure that you have the right workforce for the future? Come to the conference and find out.See the full programme online: www.workingfamilies.org.ukSpeakers include: Sally Bott, Global HR Director, BP International Ltd; Sarah Jackson OBE, Chief Executive, Working Families; Alison Chadwick, Group Talent Director, AMV BBDO; Baroness Denise Kingsmill CBE; Duncan Fisher OBE; Professor Cary L. Cooper CBE, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University; Wendy Becker, MD, TalkTalk; Claire Ighodaro CBE, Council Member of the Learning Skills Council and the Open University; Jim Walsh, HR Director Employment Culture, Diageo; Kara Owen, Assistant Director and Head of Diversity and Equality, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Delegates will also be the first to receive the Future of Work publication which includes contributions from leading thinkers, politicians and business leaders who looked at the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Delegate fee: Members: £299 + VAT; Non members: £375 + VATBook your place today: Call Rebecca Christie on 020 7017 0066 or email events@workingfamilies.org.ukVisit the Working Families webshop and help us to raise vital funds: www.buy.at/workingfamilies
9 - Support Camfed - an invitation to indulge yourself and educate girls in Africa - Wednesday 30th September 2009The prestigious St Stephens Club – based in the heart of Westminster – is proud to host a charity fundraising event to support girls in Africa on Wednesday 30th September 2009 from 4pm to 7pm.womenintechnology members are invited to indulge in an afternoon of tea and pampering in the club’s sumptuous surroundings while finding out more about the work of the charity Camfed – the Campaign for Female Education in Africa. There will be the opportunity to hear first-hand how the Cambridge-based charity has helped to support thousands of girls through school in some of the poorest communities in Africa – helping to transform these young women’s lives. Camfed’s inspirational Deputy Executive Director Lucy Lake will be on hand to talk about her instrumental role in developing Camfed’s ground-breaking programme in Africa. There will also be the opportunity to watch a screening of Camfed’s award-winning film, Where the Water Meets the Sky, narrated by Morgan Freeman, which tells the inspiring story of a group of women in rural Zambia who learn how to make a film as a way to speak out about their lives.St Stephens Club would like to extend a warm invitation to you as a womenintechnology member - tickets cost £35 and include afternoon tea as well as complimentary beauty treatments. Please RSVP by Contacting Carolyn at the St Stephens Club - carolyn@ststephensclub.co.uk or 020 7222 1382www.ststephensclub.co.uk
10 - ChinaContact UK/Ireland Tech Tour to China - October/November 200910% discount for womenintechnology members!Innovation, cooperation and exploration in China - Friday 23rd October to Sunday 1st November 2009Join an exclusive tour for a group of maximum 20 people visiting Beijing, Tianjin, Xian, Hangzhou and Shanghai in late October. Meet innovators and leaders in China’s technology and internet sectors and visit some of the most exciting, fast growing companies in China. Social events will allow the group to get to know local entrepreneurs and investors better. This tour is planned around entrepreneurs who are thinking of China as their next big market and want to understand the environment first-hand and/or looking for local partners that can help them with aspects of their business development. In between, you will visit some of the best tour attractions in China such as the Great Wall near Beijing, Terracotta Warriors in Xian and West Lake in Hangzhou. Last but not least, you will experience a fantastic array of high quality Chinese food in authentic settings and network everywhere.For more information please go to www.techtour.chinacontact.co.uk or contact Roy Graff on 020 3239 9688 or roy@chinacontact.co.uk11 - The 2009 IoD Women as Leaders Conference - Wednesday 4th November 2009• Pressures in the work place are increasing• Career advancement has taken a back seat• The debate over board diversity is in all the pressHear from, and question, some of the UK’s leading business women who are leading on an international scale including:Helen Alexander CBE - Meet the lady that grew the Economist’s profits by 75 per cent in just five years...ShááWasmund - Pitch questions to the woman that put Dyson vacuum cleaners on the map...Jacqueline Gold - Hear from the lady responsible for Anne Summers gross annual sales of over £150m...There have recently been a number of real success stories for women in business. Studies show that there has been an increase in women CEOs to five in the FTSE 100, with an additional three more divisional or regional CEO posts held by women. Alongside this, female entrepreneurship is also on the up with more than one million self-employed women in the UK. Despite these positive statistics though, the gap between females and males in the business world remains stubbornly wide with serious issues needing to be resolved for women to have an equal opportunity in the work place. The IoD is a leading voice for women in business. Our female membership is growing fast and this will be the third successive major annual conference focusing solely on the issues facing women in business. This is your chance to hear personal success stories firsthand from some of the UK’s highest female achievers, and their exceptional accomplishments speak for themselves.Cost of each booking: Members: £250 + VAT= £287.50, Non-members: £300 + VAT= £345, Fellows: £187 + VAT = £215.05, IoD Visa GoldCard Holders: £187 + VAT = £215.05, Chartered Director: £187 + VAT = £215.05For details on other speakers at the event or to book online please visit www.iod.com/womenasleaders
12 - everywoman National Conference - Wednesday 18th November 2009Special offer for womenintechnology member - £95 + VAT (instead of £120 + VAT) - quote WIT when booking online.Business success comes from creating winning ideas, learning new techniques, sharing experiences and making them work for you. Join everywoman on Wednesday 18th November at this year's National everywoman Conference and you will be giving yourself the space and time to do just that.You will hear winning ideas from inspirational speakers, as well as attend Masterclasses that will teach you how to be a more creative thinker, work on your leadership style and create plans to promote your business and raise your online profile. And of course you will be able to network and share ideas with over300 like-minded business owners.More information can be found here: www.everywoman.com/national2009
13 - Mentoring Women for Public Life: a free development opportunity for women - starting 18th November 2009If you are a woman in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) who is interested in progressing to a board appointment, this mentoring programme could be for you. This scheme is targeted at women who are considering applying to a SET decision-making board or advisory body, within the next two years, but who would first like to know more about what is involved and how to apply. The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology is for a third year working with government departments and the Commissioner for Public Appointments to offer a mentoring scheme which: • helps women to learn more about being a member of a public board, including the level of commitment required, the potential benefits and what they can contribute• explains the application process and what constitutes a strong application, including an interactive workshop with practical examples • enables women to meet board members on a one to one basis to talk to them about their work in public life and their experiences of getting on a board • provides networking opportunities for the participants and keeps them informed of public board vacancies This third programme will be launched on the afternoon of Wednesday 18th November 2009 at Admiralty Arch, London and will run for six months unless both mentor and mentee agree to continue it for longer. The commitment required of all participating mentees is to attend both the November launch meeting plus the final meeting on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd April 2010. Mentees can also expect to be invited to attend at least one board meeting by their mentor to find out first hand how a board operates, as well as having the support of their mentor to discuss areas such as their suitability for public life and in making applications. The scheme is free to join and some reasonable out of pocket expenses will be paid by the UKRC for attendance by mentees of both sessions and the first board meeting.Places on the scheme will be limited, but all women with degree-level experience and/or qualifications in any sector of science, engineering or technology, who feel ready to consider applying for public life roles within the next two years are encouraged to apply regardless of age, ethnicity and disability. Throughout the scheme mentees will be kept informed of public board vacancies. All appointments to public appointments will continue to be made on merit. A registration form needs to be returned by 17th September 2009 - this, along with any additional information, can be requested from Jacki Mason - 01274 438910 or j.mason@ukrc4setwomen.org
14 - Role Models Needed with BTEC Qualifications in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)STEMNET has been asked by the exam board Edexcel and Pearson Education to find appropriate role models who hold BTEC qualifications (or other vocational qualifications) and who would be happy to feature in textbooks which are designed to inspire young people to study BTEC qualifications, leading them into careers in applied science and engineering. They would like to feature real people as case studies within the books, explaining in brief how they use STEM in their daily work and how they came to be where they are in their careers. If you wouldlike to be involved in this exciting project, or get more information please contact Les Hopper at Pearson Education - les.hopper@pearson.com or 01865 314149 - their deadline is very soon though so get in touch by Wednesday 9th September - thanks!
