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Turn Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones
By Christine Comaford-Lynch
Sometimes a stumbling block looms before you. Worry not. Here's how to make it into a stepping stone.
When I was 29 years old, I started an Information Technology consulting firm. We were helping Fortune 1000 companies convert their systems to Microsoft Windows. It was 1991 and there wasn't much Windows programming expertise in the marketplace. I made over 500 cold calls in order to schedule only 35 meetings. And at each of those 35 meetings I was rejected. Yes, at every single one.
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WITI Leadership
Leadership Skills: Heads Up and Look Out! Grow Your World View To Grow Your Business
By Marian Cook
If you are feeling the stress of more work and less time and support to do it, you are not alone. In today's warp-speed and tumultuous work environment, productivity expectations are extraordinarily high and climbing. Under such strain, it is easy to keep your head down and eyes on your work, instead of scanning the horizon for important shifts and changes.
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WITI Featured Network Event
Smart Connections Summer Event
June 26, 2007 • Fort Lauderdale, Florida • Register Now!
Experience a night of fun and sophistication as we make smart connections and enjoy wine tasting. Our networking gurus taught us to build relationships and network exchanges. To put into practice and succeed in today's business climate, WITI knows that smart women need to make smart connections... this continuing series offers our members and guests an environment that is Structured to Maximize your Advantage with the Right Technology Connections (SMART).
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Are you ready to transform your life and/or your career, but need help figuring out "what next?" Do you know that there must be "more to life," but you aren't sure how to go about finding it? Do you want to join the journey to financial success by making a commitment to uncover and eliminate unconscious barriers to your success? If you answered YES to any of these questions, please join us for a WITITalk Teleclass.
Participants in these teleclasses have made major changes in their lives, after just the first class!
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WITI4Hire Job Spotlight
UBS - Chief of Staff / Head of PMO
Jersey City, New Jersey
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Prime Brokerage Services IT provides technology solutions to the Prime Brokerage and Equity Finance Businesses, managing a large ($115m+) portfolio of change programmes and run-the-bank activities, and providing a wide range of system solutions. The group is represented globally and consists of over 600 staff, 200+ based across New Jersey, New York and Stamford.
The successful candidate will report both to the Head of the Prime Brokerage Services IT function and the Head of the Equities IT Chief of Staff Office. They will have responsibility for providing Chief of Staff support globally to the Head of the Prime Brokerage Services IT function and his direct reports and managing the global Programme Management Office team. Furthermore they will need to take direction and to work in close partnership from the Equities IT Chief of Staff Office.
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WITI Marketplace
Featured Business: The Integrated Mother
The Integrated Mother is a coaching and training company committed to showing working moms how to thrive in their careers, raise great kids and love life - without guilt! The company specializes in helping mothers navigate career moves that support their desired work/life, whether that means preparing for a promotion, negotiating flexible work or starting a business.
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Upcoming Network Events
"At a recent WITI Boston event, I met a former client from 10 years ago when I worked for another company. We sat together at the meeting and got re-acquainted. Since then, my former client has introduced me to several IT executives at their firm to generate interest in our services, which may lead to new business. This demonstrates that networking and participating in WITI events can have very positive results...both professionally and personally."
-- Steffani Lomax, Vice President and Co-founder, Software Success Partners
June 21 - Research Triangle Park
Becoming the "Best in Class" with Six Sigma
June 26 - South Florida
Smart Connections Summer Event
July 10 - Las Vegas
WITI Las Vegas July meeting - Entrepreneurs
July 11 - Houston
Digital Houston Initiative
July 18 - San Diego
"WITI Annual Summer Networking Social"
July 26 - Los Angeles
Summer Networking Social at Shanghai Red's
July 31 - Atlanta
Summer Fun, Networking Social
August 14 - Las Vegas
WITI Las Vegas August meeting - Wine Tasting
September 6 - Los Angeles
Networking Social at McCormick & Schmicks
September 12 - Houston
Hot Technology
November 7 - Houston
Executive Panel
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WITI@ keeps you up to date on where you will find WITI partners, WITI discounts, WITI women attending industry events. Visit the Members area of the WITI website for priority discount codes for these events. If you want a discount to an event you will be attending and/or want to meet other WITI women at that event, just let us know so we can get it for you!
SVASE Main Event: Is Web 2.0 Over?
Jul 12 2007
Palo Alto, California
BlogHer Conference '07
Jul 27 2007-Jul 29 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Black Hat USA
Jul 28 2007-Aug 2 2007
Las Vegas, Nevada
Executives Leading Sustainable Change
Sep 10 2007-Dec 12 2007
Bay Area, California
Interop New York 2007: IT Conference and Exposition
Oct 22 2007-Oct 26 2007
New York, New York
SIIA On Demand Delivering Software as a Service
Nov 8 2007-Nov 9 2007
San Jose, California
Oracle Open World 2007
Nov 11 2007-Nov 15 2007
San Francisco, California
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