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WOMEN'S EVENTS
Where the Professional Women Are

Find PINK and network with other professional women at these women's events near you:

PINK EVENTS

Fourth Annual PINK Conference Series
Where America's Most Influential Women in Business Meet and Share Tools, Tactics and Strategies for Success

Presented by: PINK magazine
Dates: October 1-November 12, 2008
Locations: New York, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Los Angeles and Chicago

In 2008, PINK will host its fourth annual conference series featuring six high-impact events across the nation. These powerful events will bring together a few select influential business leaders - who just happen to be women. Attendees can bring friends, clients, mentors or employees to enjoy an inspiring two-hour lunch with America's most influential women and:

DISCOVER Life Balance Solutions
BUILD Career Success Strategies
• LEARN Valuable Business Lessons

Visit our PINK events page for more information.

  

WOMEN'S ORGS EVENTS

 

2008 Kellogg Women's Leadership Workshop: "Unlock your potential. Shape your future."
Date: April 25-26, 2008
Location: Evanston, IL


Would you or a woman you know benefit from learning more about how an MBA can enhance career growth and help plan for future leadership development? As a joint initiative between the Women's Business Association (WBA) and the Kellogg Admissions Office, the 2008 Women's Leadership Workshop will provide an opportunity for young women to assess and develop their current leadership techniques and skills. It will also provide a chance to network with other professional women from different industries, learn from senior female management and speak with successful alumnae. Through the workshop, attendees will discover how an MBA can enhance their career growth and help them identify a plan for future leadership development. 

 

For more information on the event or to submit an application, please visit kellogg.northwestern.edu/student/sp_event/wlw/.

 

 

2008  National Symposium: Research to Roadmap: Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color

Presented by: Center for Women's Business Research

Date: May 6-7, 2008

Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

 

Join more than 300 leading women business owners, policy makers, corporate executives and nonprofit leaders at the first-of-its-kind National Symposium, where the Center for Women's Business Research will share the preliminary results from its three-year, groundbreaking study, "Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color."

 

Women of color are starting businesses at five times the rate of all businesses. But once in business their growth lags behind all other firms. Don't miss this opportunity to understand the dynamics behind this large discrepancy and to design relevant next steps.

 

Partial list of speakers:

  • Margaret Smith, chair, Center for Women's Business Research, and owner, Domus
  • Dr. Faye E. Coleman, president & CEO, Westover Consultants, Inc.
  • Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, founder & CEO, Lulu's Dessert Corp.
  • Joyce Takiguchi, co-founder and president, ComStar International, Inc.
  • Gwen Martin, Ph.D., director of research, Center for Women's Business Research
  • Jane Smith, executive director, Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, Spelman College

For more information, please visit womensbusinessresearch.org or contact Jennifer Graham at jgraham@womensbusinessresearch.org or 202.638.3060 (ext. 714).

 

9th Annual Women's Business & Leadership Conference 
Presented by Women Leading Kentucky, Chase Bank and Georgetown College
Date: May 6, 2008
Location: Radisson Plaza Hotel, Lexington, KY

This year's event, titled "Leadership Strategies for Success: Communicating, Networking & Branding," will feature Cynthia Good, founding editor of PINK magazine; Diana Villiers Negroponte, international human rights advocate; and Robin Roffer, CEO of Big Fish Marketing (LA) and Little Pond Productions (Atlanta).

Click womenleadingky.com for more.

The Biennial Conference for Women
Presented by: The University of Illinois
Date: May 7-8, 2008
Location: Urbana, IL


Founded by the University of Illinois in 1984, the Biennial Conference for Women has set a national standard of excellence for encouraging professional and personal growth.

During the conference, attendees may attend break-out sessions on integrating home, work and community life, overcoming adversity to achieve breakthrough living and messages from extraordinary women and men.

The speaker lineup includes nationally acclaimed personalities: Sheila Crump Johnson (businesswoman), Anna Quindlen (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist), Ellen Goodman (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist), Patricia O'Brien (political correspondent), and Bob Greene (exercise physiologist).

For more information, call 217.333.8342 or visit theconferenceforwomen.com.


Bpeace Economic Impact Award

Date: May 14, 2008
Location: New York, NY

The Business Council for Peace (Bpeace) will host its annual fundraising gala and auction at Capitale.  Bpeace, an official UNIFEM partner, will honor select U.S.-based female businesswomen with the first-ever Bpeace Economic Impact Award. A prominent CNBC news anchor will emcee the evening's festivities. 

Please visit bpeace.org/gala, e-mail celebrate@bpeace.org or call 212.696.9696 for details.

Celebrating Women® Breakfast
Hosted by: The New York Women's Foundation®

Date: May 15, 2008

Time:  7:30 -9:00 a.m.

Location: New York Hilton, NYC

 

Founded in 1987, The New York Women's Foundation® (NYWF®) is a public philanthropy working to transform the conditions of poverty and create an equitable and just future for low-income women and girls in the five boroughs of New York City. We are a cross-cultural alliance of women helping women. Our work is rooted in educating women of all means about how we can help each other engage as activist philanthropists.

 

Join 2,400 friends and partners at our annual Celebrating Women® Breakfast where we honor the work of our grantee partners and celebrate the courage, commitment and contributions of remarkable women leaders. 

 

2008 Celebrating Women® Breakfast honorees:

  • Marie C. Wilson, founder and president of the White House Project
  • Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent
  • The Women of Meeting Point International, Kireka, Uganda

 

For more information or to purchase a ticket, visit our website at nywf.org.

 

Lead Star's Leadership Boot Camp for Women: More than Just Basic Training! 

Presented by: Lead Star, LLC

Date: May 15, 2008

Location: Ronald Reagan Building, Washington DC

 

Join Lead Star's founders and best-selling authors of Leading from the Front, Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch, for their premium training event on May 15th in Washington D.C. Lead Star's Boot Camp is a one-day leadership excursion that will allow you to:

 

-          explore your personal leadership style;

-          create an action plan to continue your leadership development;

-          learn the qualities essential for leadership success;

-          network with an amazing group of women; and

-          enhance your abilities to influence outcomes and inspire others.

 

Click here to learn how to register for this amazing professional development experience: leadstar.us/grow/boot-camp/schedule.

 

Women, Wealth & Power Cruise
Presented by: Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs

Date: June 8, 2008

Location: Detroit Princess Riverboat

 

The Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs will host its 2nd Annual Women, Wealth & Power Cruise featuring Lynnette Khalfani on Sunday, June 8, 2008 aboard the Detroit Princess Riverboat. Known across the world as The Money Coach, Lynnette has helped thousands to build financial wealth, using insights based not just on her professional knowledge – but also first-hand experience. The Women, Wealth and Power Cruise will also feature a phenomenal panel of accomplished women who bring not only their unique backgrounds but also their experiences and strategies for achieving financial and business success. 

 

For more information, call 866.490.6233.

1st Annual Women in Project Management Conference
Date: June 12-13, 2008
Location: Columbus, Ohio

Attendees can receive up to 7.5 PDU's or .75 CEUs per day.

This unique two-day conference is designed to empower women in their management careers, provide skills vital to success in business and offer insights and real life experiences on how to balance your personal and professional life – transitioning from a work life to a life that works.

Each day will feature a keynote speaker, including: Carol Evans, president and CEO of Working Mother Media and Working Mother Magazine and author of the award-winning book This Is How We Do It: The Working Mothers' Manifesto, and Donna James, president of Lardon & Associates, past president of Nationwide Strategic Investments and board member of Coca-Cola Enterprises and Limited Brands.

Other topics to be covered are:

  • Work/Life Balance
  • Collaboration for Accomplishment
  • Powerful and Connected
  • Turning Points
  • Creating Powerful, High Performance Teams
  • Women Make Great Leaders
  • Negotiation


Registration cost before May 1, 2008 is $475 (one day) or $850 for two days. Registration increases to $525/950 after that.

For more detailed speaker, topic, and registration information, please visit ProjectManagementResourceGroup.com or call 614.309.6565.

The Marketing Success Conference for Women Entrepreneurs
Presented by: Brand University
Date: June 13, 2008

Loosing hundreds if not thousand of dollars on marketing activities with little or no return? Can't figure out how to effectively gain and retain customers? Wanting to increase business exposure without breaking the bank? Then Brand University's The Marketing Success Conference for Women Entrepreneurs is for you!

Join more than 150 women entrepreneurs who will be positioned for marketing success by attending Brand University. Our Brand University faculty consists of best-selling authors, television personalities, million-dollar entrepreneurs and marketing gurus who have the information you want to know to solve your marketing problems. You will walk away with practical, strategic information that you can apply and see results from immediately.

Let's face it, you don't know what you don't know. But what you don't know could cost you a mini fortune. With more than six pre-conference teleseminars, a pre-conference power networking segment, 12 workshops and access to successful business women and hundreds of potential connections awaiting you and Brand University, what do you have to lose?

For more information and to register, visit yourbranduniversity.com today! Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to get continuous conference!