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Checking In With Divine Headquarters
By Wendy Wallbridge
The holidays are upon us. For many of us this evokes feelings of both hope and dread. We look forward to a time-out from work, the chance to feel ourselves again, and reconnect with our loved ones. But the "season of giving" can activate old patterns that leave us empty, exhausted and resentful.
The sun is a good metaphor for we humans. It continually creates energy for us by essentially destroying itself day after day, millennium after millennium without complaint. We are imbued with that same generous impulse to give - the destruction part is optional.
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Reporting to Wall Street about Diversity
By David Creelman & Norm Smallwood
Metrics are a tricky issue in diversity. On the one hand, numbers-focused diversity programs fail. They fail because they end up forcing managers to fill quotas (which everyone resents) while failing to create a workplace welcoming to women and minorities. On the other hand, the use of metrics is associated with successful diversity programs. Metrics are a "best practice" because management pays attention to numbers and they provide a way to keep score. So the bottom line is that organizations should report on diversity metrics. Just what they should report, and to whom, is the subject of this article.
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Book Review: A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
By Nina Burokas
To assess your individual or corporate viability in the current economy, ask yourself three questions:
1. Can what I do be done cheaper overseas?
2. Can what I do be done faster by a computer?
3. Am I offering something that satisfies the nonmaterial wants of an abundant age?
If your answer is anything other than "no", invest some time in Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind.
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Nina, as a WITI Member, submitted this article to WITI for publication. Do you have expertise to share? WITI gladly accepts submissions for publication. For more information or to make a submission, please visit the Members' Area.
Women on the Move
Pradipa Karbhari is Featured Speaker at SilverTrain's Service Oriented Architecture seminar
Pradipa Karbhari, National Practice Director, Web Services and SOA at SilverTrain Inc. was the featured speaker at SilverTrain's seminar on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) in Houston. The seminar covered topics like the implications of moving from "Technology Oriented" to "Business Oriented - Technology Based" solutions; what SOA is... and what it is not; and how to embark on the road to a successful implementation of SOA in your organization.
Pradipa specializes in Web Services, SOA, Systems Integration, and Leading Large Scale Applications Development efforts. She is an improvement catalyst who applies her vast knowledge, skill sets and past experience with Web Services/Integrated Solutions and Service Oriented Architectures for profit growth. She has over 16 years of IT experience on a broad range of technical platforms, and she offers customized solutions for clients by conceptualizing SOA, then architecting, constructing and implementing a solution that meets the needs of their organization. She is an experienced web services/solutions architect, an Engineer by graduate education and a seasoned speaker at various national and international conferences.
Leslie Goodbar's work on exhibit in New York
Leslie Goodbar had two advertising campaigns included in the One Club's Night of the Living Dead show in New York in November. The exhibition showcased creative advertising that was "killed" before seeing the light of day. Leslie's contributions were for a photo lab software by Mitsubishi Presentation Products and a TV spot for a dot-com that's no longer with us - Allpets.com.
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Women Leaders in Venture Capital -- Sponsored By: Simmons College, School of Management
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How to Realize Your New Year's Resolutions
January 11 - Houston
Negotiating the Gender Gap at Work
January 19 - San Diego
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Video Games: Not for Men Only - Sponsored by WorldWinner
February 9 - Portland
Five Secrets of Success in Communication and Leadership
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February 23 - Atlanta
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Women Innovators & Entrepreneurs -- Sponsored By: Sun Microsystems
March 21 - San Diego
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Real Estate Workshop for Business Owners Series: "Exploring the Issues of Buying vs. Leasing"
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International CES
Jan 5 2006-Jan 8 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada
SVASE Main Event: Where the "Hot Money" will be going in 2006
Jan 5 2006
Palo Alto, California
IDC Marketing Performance Measurement Summit for Business-to-Business Marketers
Jan 19 2006
Santa Clara, California
IDC Service-Oriented Architecture Forum
Jan 25 2006
New York, New York
Employee ROI Exec. Symposium for Women Business Leaders
Jan 26 2006
New York, New York
IDC Outsourcing Forum West
Jan 30 2006-Jan 31 2006
Santa Clara, California
IDC Virtualization Forum East
Feb 6 2006
New York, New York
WTC presents: Laying the Groundwork for Stem Cell Commercialization
Feb 7 2006
San Francisco, California
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Mar 28 2006-Mar 29 2006
New York, New York
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