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Sep26Tue
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Learn How to Protect Your Business from Top Threats @ Chamber Boardroom8:30 am – 10:30 am
The Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches Invites You to a Special Training on September 26
Every business and organization need to think about safety and security. Prevention is critical, but are you wondering where to start? If so, don’t miss this September 26th training.
The Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Johnson Controls, is hosting a special session to help businesses take the necessary steps to protect your business, your property and your people.
Safeguarding your business requires time and effort, but it pays off. According to estimates, there are four burglaries every minute in the U.S. Businesses that are not prepared run the risk of being more vulnerable to safety and security threats.
The September 26 training will help organizations of every size to create a safer, more secure environment. The key learnings will include:
- Working with employees to understand the top security threats
- Designing fast, efficient incident response plans
- Identifying actions that owners and employees can take to deter crime and limit resource loss
- Reducing business vulnerability to external threats
8:30 amLearn How to Protect Your Business from Top Threats @ Chamber Boardroom
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Sep27Wed
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Advertising Week: Realizing the Full Potential of Audience Targeting @ Target Media Network Stage @ PlayStation12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
In this session…
Big data has been transforming the media industry for some time, but perhaps in no more significant way than in the growing application of advanced audience data. Media buyers and sellers are moving beyond traditional demographics toward using more precise behavioral-, interest- and lifestyle-based segmentation as currency.This session will explore this growing trend and the lucrative opportunities that exist to effectively reach consumers with advertising and content that they find relevant and engaging.
TICKETS
Speakers
Chris Wilson Chief Revenue Officer comScore
Gabe Bevilacqua Senior Vice President of Product Management Viacom
Adam Lowy Director, Advanced TV, Digital & Analytics Dish and Sling TV
Michele Toller VP Media Empower MediaMarketing12:45 pmAdvertising Week: Realizing the Full Potential of Audience Targeting @ Target Media Network Stage @ PlayStation -
Ellen Pao: Resetting Silicon Valley @ Marines' Memorial Theatre6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Ellen Pao, Kapor Capital Investment Partner; Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Kapor Center for Social Impact; co-founder of Project Include and Author of Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change
Laura Weidman Powers, Co-founder and CEO of Code2040 – Moderator
In 2012, Ellen Pao sent shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley when she sued her employer, powerhouse venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, for workplace discrimination against women and other minority groups. While she lost her case in 2015, her fight for change was just beginning. From her work as a founder of Project Include to fighting negative culture as interim CEO of Reddit, Pao dedicates time and energy to making sure others don’t have the same experiences she did, and she recently published her first book, Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change.
Pao’s bravery in calling out systemic harassment and other abusive practices within the tech community has inspired others–in the wake of the most recent stories around discrimination and harassment, many mention Pao by name in their accounts. Today, women, people of color, and allies in the workplace and beyond are standing up for themselves and their colleagues. They’re pushing back against toxic workplace cultures in Silicon Valley and beyond, galvanizing widespread coverage advocating for increased accountability of individuals and companies: they’re resetting Silicon Valley.
Join Ellen Pao and Laura Weidman Powers, co-founder and CEO of Code2040, for an empowering discussion about overcoming the struggle to be heard and raising your voice to create lasting change.
Get tickets here
6:30 pmEllen Pao: Resetting Silicon Valley @ Marines' Memorial Theatre
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Sep28Thu
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#PowerHour with Chloe Lee: How To Create Your Own Career Code3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Have you ever reached a place in your career when you want to do something completely different, but don’t know where to begin? Well, our next #PowerHour Slack chat guest will have all the keys to help you make that pivot.
Join us September 28th at 3 PM EST as Chloe Lee, Software Engineer at DoSomething.org, shares how she made the leap from marketing to tech, and what steps she took to make the transition.
You don’t want to miss the gems that she’s going to share, so make sure to RSVP + join #theAgenda today!
– CLICK HERE TO RSVP TO JOIN THIS CHAT –
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BLACK CREATIVITY: TOSHI REAGON AND DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN @ The Greene Space7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join composers Toshi Reagon and Daniel Bernard Roumain, Apollo Theater executive producer Kamilah Forbes and vocalist and Helga podcast host Helga Davis for a conversation about the contributions of black artists to contemporary opera and the narratives they are driving in American culture.
The evening includes performances from new works, including Reagon’s “Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower,” an operatic adaption of the science fiction novel, and Roumain’s “We Shall Not Be Moved,” an interdisciplinary opera co-commissioned and co-produced by Harlem’s Apollo Theater, Opera Philadelphia and London’s Hackney Empire, which will have its New York premiere on Friday, October 6 at The Apollo.
Hosted by The Greene Space.
7:00 pmBLACK CREATIVITY: TOSHI REAGON AND DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN @ The Greene Space
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Sep29Fri
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Kate Spade & Company Foundation Womens Entrepreneur Meetup Series @ Kate Spade & Company Corporate Office, 12th Floor9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Kate Spade & Company’s Women Entrepreneur Meetup Series is a three-hour breakfast session that pairs women-owned businesses with mentors from Kate Spade & Company. The goal of this series is to create a professional, supportive network and to provide business development support to women entrepreneurs.
This series will be held on Friday, September 29th from 9am to 12pm and will cover the below topics:
Merchandise Planning: How to forecast sales, plan how much inventory to carry, review the health of your business at retail.
Marketing: How to improve marketing your business, products, and services.
Product Design: Design process, how to decide what products to put into production.
Production: How to negotiate with a factory, production best practices, when to consider producing overseas.To register for this event click here.
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Black In Advertising | THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: PERSPECTIVES IN DESIGNING YOUR CAREER BLUEPRINT @ MEET5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Black in Advertising will be hosting their first annual member meet & greet and kicking off their Diverse Perspectives Series discussion, on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 at MEET on Chrystie.
This is an intimate event with current members and open to new members to connect and build.
We are truly excited to be kicking off our first Diverse Perspectives Series discussion. The panel be moderated by Rhonesha Byng, founder of Her Agenda. This thought leadership discussion will cover different perspectives on career trajectory. We all want to move to the next phases of our career but not everyone knows the best way to navigate the media landscape. Our panelist will take us through their journey and relationships within the industry. If you are in the advertising and media space this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. Come meet like-minded professionals, learn about Black in Advertising, and hear from experts within the industry.
Moderated by:
Rhonesha Byng, Her Agenda
Meet the Panel
Olivia Scott, Omerge Alliances
Spearheaded all programming for 2015, 2016 and 2017 Essence Festival daytime stages and Day of Service, and managed numerous talent and business relationships on behalf of Festival management.
Latasha Owens-Hobdy, Verizon
LaTasha Owens Hobdy manages Multicultural Marketing efforts for Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless company in the United States. Owens-Hobdy has more than 7 years of experience in the wireless industry and over 15 years in Marketing and Entertainment.
Detavio Samuels, Interactive One
Responsible for driving the overall growth of iOne, an innovative new media company that produces and distributes news + pop culture content to millions of people each day. iOne is a subsidiary of Radio One, Inc,
Powered by:
Black Girl Digital
Sponsored by:
Selffee
Llegal Mezcal
5:00 pmBlack In Advertising | THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: PERSPECTIVES IN DESIGNING YOUR CAREER BLUEPRINT @ MEET
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Sep30Sat
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March for Black Women @ National Mall10:00 am – 10:00 pm
“Black women’s issues are racial justice issues. Black lived-experiences related to gender, sexuality, gender identity are–racial– justice–issues. On September 30, 2017, Black women and comrades will unite and lock arms and march unapologetically at the center of the scheduled MARCH FOR RACIAL JUSTICE as our very own MARCH FOR BLACK WOMEN.
Black Womens Blueprint need you to show up for Black women.
Our March within a March is not only a mass mobilization centered on Black women, but a reminder to every single one of us that so long as Black women are killed by the cops; so long as Black women are taken or go missing; so long as we are raped by friends or by strangers or by nationally renown predators — there can be NO JUSTICE.8 Black trans women are murdered in the first four months of 2017 =#NOJUSTICE
60 women report rape by Cosby including 22 Black women. Cosby admits he drugged and “had sex” with them but there’s a hung jury = #NOJUSTICE
June 2017 Pregnant Charleena Lyles shot and killed by Seattle police = #NOJUSTICE
May 2017, 27 year old Jonie Block was killed by police = #NOJUSTICE
April 2017, Glenda Taylor stabbed and strangled by a probation officer, the officer was also her fiance = #NOJUSTICE
In March 2017, 38 year old Sherida Davis was shot and killed by police, the officer was also her husband = #NOJUSTICE
In March 2017, 21 year old pregnant Alteria Woods was shot and killed by police = #NOJUSTICE
In February 2017, 30 year old Morgan Rankins was shot and killed by police = #NOJUSTICE
In March 2017, 10 of our children went missing in less than 2-weeks in the I-495 corridor that stretches between Baltimore and D.C., most of them Black girls = #NOJUSTICE
As of 2014, 64,000 Black women were MISSING in the United States = #NOJUSTICE
Thousands of Black girls under 18 are pimped out by men from our own communities = #NOJUSTICE
40% of young people trafficked in the U.S. are Black, most of them girls = #NOJUSTICE
Black women are 13% of U.S. women, but make up about half of domestic violence homicide victims = #NOJUSTICE
Black women are beaten by their partners at a rate of 35% higher than white women = #NOJUSTICE
In April 2017, Karen Smith is shot and killed by her husband and hundreds more such cases go unnoticed = #NOJUSTICE
In California, 81% of girls in the juvenile justice system suffered sexual abuse before being arrested = #NOJUSTICE
40% of girls in the juvenile justice system have been raped or sodomized in their lifetime = #NOJUSTICE
The media doesn’t seem to care = #NOJUSTICE
Black women don’t seem to matter = #NOJUSTICE
Over this past Juneteenth weekend, all of us at Black Women’s Blueprint have meditated on the many violent systems failures that our sisters are forced to endure and which too many of us do not survive.
This is their collective response. BWB can and must refuse to be subsumed within a broader movement that does not see us as fully human. BWB will resist! See you at the March on September 30th.
Contact: Farah Tanis email BlackWomen@Blueprintny.org
10:00 amMarch for Black Women @ National Mall
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Oct1Sun
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NAACP Free 12 Month Health Program4:15 pm – 5:15 pmREGISTER FORNAACP’S FREE 12 MONTH HEALTH PROGRAMRegister today for the NAACP DC Branch 12 Month Health Program titled, “Health Is the New Wealth,” which features free fitness classes and activities, including Juicing, Farm Tours, Gardening, Cooking, Meditation, Yoga and more. Registration is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.The purpose of this 12-month Health Program is to empower African-American women to adopt healthy lifestyles through gardening, cooking, healthy eating and physical activity. This program is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. This program is sponsored by the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Beverage Association and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America.This program is hosted in partnership with the NAACP DC Branch, NAACP Prince Georges County Branch, NAACP Alexandria Branch, NAACP Maryland State Conference, NAACP Virginia State Conference, National Congress of Black Women, Inc., National Pan Hellenic Council, DC Chapter and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Xi Zeta Omega Chapter, Washington, DC.Registration is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.4:15 pmNAACP Free 12 Month Health Program
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Oct3Tue
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Real Films by Reel Sisters @ BRIC House Stoop7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Reel Sisters, the first Brooklyn-based festival devoted to women of color, has supported and showcased more than 1,200 films by women filmmakers over two decades. This evening of powerful and inspiring short films produced, directed and written by women of color honors the 20th Anniversary of Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series and offers film lovers a chance to meet revolutionary women who are re-shaping the film industry. Panelists to be announced.
BRIC’s Stoop Series welcomes you in for dynamic conversations that connect art, performance, media and other creative fields with big ideas that are important to Brooklynites. The Stoop Series highlights voices we don’t hear enough, creative solutions that deserve more attention, artistic endeavors that make you see the world differently and tools for enhancing your own creativity. Join us on the Stoop – there’s something different every week!
Hosted by BRIC.
7:00 pmReal Films by Reel Sisters @ BRIC House Stoop
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Oct4Wed
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Get Paid To Be Yourself: A Live Conversation With Dame Dash @ A-LIST MUSIC & CO. LOS ANGELES6:30 pm – 9:00 pm6:30 pmGet Paid To Be Yourself: A Live Conversation With Dame Dash @ A-LIST MUSIC & CO. LOS ANGELES
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Oct9Mon
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Black Enterprise TechConneXt Summit @ San Francisco Marriott Waterfront8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Black Enterprise returns to Silicon Valley for TechConneXt 3.0 on Oct. 9 – 10, 2017. This year’s summit will offer attendees the information and resources they need to get their tech business off the ground.
Join Black Enterprise at TCX 3.0 to learn from top names in tech, compete for a chance for funding in TCX Pitch, finding a job (or hire) with the TCX Recruit Career Lab, and connect with hundreds of black tech owners and decision makers. Black Enterprise wants attendees to walk away from this conference with actionable steps to take to increase their profitability, scale your tech startup, and compete for substantial funding.
To register, visit www.blackenterprise.com/tcx.8:00 amBlack Enterprise TechConneXt Summit @ San Francisco Marriott Waterfront
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Oct11Wed
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Business Delegation Tour: The Circular Economy in Action9:45 am – 10:45 am
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC), in partnership with New York City Department of Sanitation, is hosting its third annual circular economy business delegation tour. This invitation-only event brings together private and public sector leaders to identify profitable and scalable circular opportunities that drives business growth, strengthens local communities, and improves ecosystems.
Through site visits, interactive presentations and discussions, and unparalleled networking opportunities, participants are equipped with specific ideas and opportunities for capitalizing on the value of the circular economy and bringing it to scale.
Registration will be open soon.
9:45 amBusiness Delegation Tour: The Circular Economy in Action
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Oct19Thu
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LMHQ Women’s Breakfast: GET YOURSELF PUBLISHED WITH KELLY HOEY @ LMHQ,8:30 am – 10:00 am
Join LMHQ as they welcome back LMHQ’s pal Kelly Hoey, author of Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships in a Hyper-Connected World (Penguin Random House), as she reveals yet another pearl of business wisdom: how to write a book and get published. Moderated by host of the “You’ve Been Served” podcast, Keesa Schreane, Kelly will share how she got published, and why aspiring authors need to think strategically and entrepreneurially before they even put pen to paper.
Kelly’s first book, Build Your Dream Network, was released in January 2017 and was in its third printing before March that year. Kelly’s book adventures have taken her from New York to Silicon Valley to Dublin and Australia (to name just a few), from speaking with audiences ranging from out-placed Wall Street executives to college entrepreneurs, to teams at Google HQ and at the Rotary Club of Dallas. Build Your Dream Network has been featured in publications ranging from Vogue.com to Business Insider and Working Mother Magazine.
Doors open at 8:30 AM for bagels and coffee and an opportunity for networking, and our panel kicks off at 9:00 AM sharp.
This event is sponsored by Verizon.Hosted by LMHQ.
8:30 amLMHQ Women’s Breakfast: GET YOURSELF PUBLISHED WITH KELLY HOEY @ LMHQ,
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Oct21Sat
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DOSOMETHING SOCIAL IMPACT BOOTCAMP @ Avenues: The World School9:00 am – 5:30 pm
This fall, on October 21st, DoSomething.org is hosting a Social Impact Bootcamp in New York City!
The one-day (totally free!) bootcamps bring together 150+ incredible young people and unite them under one goal: to take action in their communities. It will be a day of learning, networking, and providing these young people with the tools, resources, and inspiration they need to create change.
How you can help:
- Do you know a young person? Share this Bootcamp in
vite with all young people (age 13-25) that you know who would like to apply. - Are you over 25 & want to help? We bring in amazing “old people” to be “speed catchers” in the afternoon during our speed pitching session. You get to offer advice to awesome young change-makers. Sign up here.
9:00 amDOSOMETHING SOCIAL IMPACT BOOTCAMP @ Avenues: The World School - Do you know a young person? Share this Bootcamp in
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Oct26Thu
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Covering the Issues Ahead in Trump’s Second Year: Three Day Workshop @ Vanderbilt University9:00 am – 5:00 pm
In this free workshop at Vanderbilt University, journalists will look beyond politics toward issues that are likely to affect nearly every community. You will be equipped with knowledge and awareness to cover some of the most pressing issues that are likely to emerge in 2018. Click here to apply today.
The Affordable Health Care Act: Identify what is not working and what could be done to fix those problems.
Cyber Security: How susceptible and prepared are local, county and state governments to cyber attacks? What about the threat to the nation’s electrical grid and pipelines? What do journalists need to know about issues of private cyber security? How do cyber crimes affect business and finance?
Trade Agreements: It appears likely that there will be some changes to NAFTA. What would those changes mean to business, consumers and manufacturers big and small? What needs fixing? Who would benefit and who would be harmed?
Local and State Governments Taking on Global and National Issues:Maybe it is a sign that Washington is in gridlock and somebody has to do something. But local governments are increasingly at the center of what used to be federal business. From climate agreements to environmental regulations and immigration, local governments are where the action is. The Canadian prime minister met with governors about trade agreements and legislators lobbied governors on the Affordable Health Care Act changes.
The Local Effects of Climate Change: EPA says flooding is becoming more frequent along the U.S. coastline as sea level rises. Nearly every site measured has experienced an increase in coastal flooding since the 1950s. Farmers face changing growing seasons and power companies are logging more demand to cool hot buildings and less demand to warm normally cold ones. Pollen seasons are getting longer and the spread of health worries including Lyme disease and West Nile virus are linked to warming temperatures.
COST: FREE
Thanks to a grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, tuition, basic travel expenses and hotel costs will be covered for those whose applications are accepted. Click here to apply.Vanderbilt University is excited to partner with Poynter on this project. Participants will attend sessions at the university’s First Amendment Center. In addition, many lectures will be led by Vanderbilt faculty that are world-class researchers and experts on the topics covered by this workshop.
9:00 amCovering the Issues Ahead in Trump’s Second Year: Three Day Workshop @ Vanderbilt University
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Oct27Fri
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Chelsea Clinton will be Featured Speaker at 2017 Marcum Women’s Forum @ Convene Conference Center8:00 am – 11:30 am
Women Having a Voice: Our Health, Our Earth & Our Strength
The second annual Marcum Women’s Forum, geared to high net worth and executive women, is a breakfast event featuring nationally prominent women speakers who will address topics essential to women’s well-being.
Featured Speaker is Chelsea Clinton, will speak in her capacity as Vice Chair of Clinton Foundation. Her topic will be “Our Strength.”
Following speakers will be Liza Garcia, Vice President of Lisa Garcia, Vice President of Litigation for Earthjustice. Her topic will be “Our Earth.”
Back by popular demand, Jeanne Rizzo, President of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners. Her topic will be “Our Health.”
Hosted by Marcum LLP
8:00 amChelsea Clinton will be Featured Speaker at 2017 Marcum Women’s Forum @ Convene Conference Center
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Nov2Thu
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The Power of Diverse Voices: The Poynter Minority Writers Workshop @ Poynter Institute for Media Studies9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Opinion writing plays a vital role in explanatory, features and watchdog journalism, and is important in a thriving democracy. This four-day seminar, funded by the Association of Opinion Journalists, will foster the diversity of voices necessary in the profession and train the next generation of opinion writers from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. The seminar will focus on fact-based opinion writing — and using social media to spark a conversation — across digital and other platforms.
You’ll learn the skills to:
- Develop and hone your arguments, presenting these arguments effectively and persuasively
- Support your arguments using solid research and reporting
- Strengthen your reporting skills with an emphasis on fairness and accuracy
- Maximize your journalistic success on digital and social media platforms — using social media to build your brand, present your ideas and spark a conversation
- Generate strong ideas for your opinion pieces, broadening your access to diverse points of view
- Focus your ideas, developing a compelling pitch to editors
COST: This seminar is being offered at no charge to selected participants. Slots are limited. The program sponsors will cover tuition and hotel costs. A small travel stipend will be available. More details will follow after the selection process.
9:00 amThe Power of Diverse Voices: The Poynter Minority Writers Workshop @ Poynter Institute for Media Studies
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Nov3Fri
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WERK PRAY SLAY: A Weekend For Winning Women @ Atlanta Marriott Marquis9:00 am – 5:00 pm
This is an event like no other that empowers women all across the nation to become their best selves before becoming a wife. Taking place November 3-5, 2017, topics include entrepreneurship, relationship readiness and personal development.
Click here to register, and save 20% on your weekend passes using the offer code ‘heragenda’.
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DO SOMETHING SUMMIT @ The New School in NYC3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
You’re formally invited to the upcoming DoSomething.org Summit taking place on November 2nd at 3:00pm at The New School in NYC.
Sounds interesting, what is it?
So glad you asked! DoSomething.org’s Summit is an afternoon of insights on young people and purpose. Minus the boring.
Oh, sweet! Can I get a sneak peek?
We’ve got proven strategies to activate millennials & Gen Z, including insights on:
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The social networks they love (and hate)
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How to engage them in political activation and social change (and how to F it up)
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What companies are doing it best (and worst)
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Networking opps with industry leaders from PwC, Teen Vogue, The Ad Council, Estee Lauder and more
PLUS, we’ll have a Fireside Chat with Seth Godin,and chances for you to win some bragging rights.* Full agenda can be seen here
Wowzah! Sounds awesome. So what should I do right now?
You are FULL of great questions. At this very moment you should:
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RSVP for the Summit.
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Get PUMPED for November 2nd!
3:00 pmDO SOMETHING SUMMIT @ The New School in NYC -
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Nov5Sun
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NAACP Free 12 Month Health Program4:15 pm – 5:15 pmREGISTER FORNAACP’S FREE 12 MONTH HEALTH PROGRAMRegister today for the NAACP DC Branch 12 Month Health Program titled, “Health Is the New Wealth,” which features free fitness classes and activities, including Juicing, Farm Tours, Gardening, Cooking, Meditation, Yoga and more. Registration is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.The purpose of this 12-month Health Program is to empower African-American women to adopt healthy lifestyles through gardening, cooking, healthy eating and physical activity. This program is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. This program is sponsored by the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Beverage Association and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America.This program is hosted in partnership with the NAACP DC Branch, NAACP Prince Georges County Branch, NAACP Alexandria Branch, NAACP Maryland State Conference, NAACP Virginia State Conference, National Congress of Black Women, Inc., National Pan Hellenic Council, DC Chapter and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Xi Zeta Omega Chapter, Washington, DC.Registration is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.4:15 pmNAACP Free 12 Month Health Program
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Nov14Tue
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2017 Corporate Citizenship Conference – Opportunity Forward @ Ronald Reagan Building9:30 am – 5:00 pm
At the most basic level—businesses are problem solvers. From providing invaluable services to innovating new products, the private sector—by design—find opportunity and drive solutions. So it only makes sense that leading businesses are turning their problem-solving abilities to the greatest social issues of our time. From water scarcity to disaster relief, businesses are taking the problems we face head-on and building innovative cross-sector solutions that drive us forward.
The theme of the 2017 Corporate Citizenship Conference is Opportunity Forward.
The business community is uniquely-suited to see and embrace the opportunities that lie in the most vexing problems we face. Join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation on November 14—15 to learn how the business community—together with their partners—are taking action and creating solutions today that build greater opportunities and prosperity for all.
The following topics and strategies will be addressed:
- What does it mean to “future-proof” your business?
- Seeing the challenges ahead, how do you adjust perspective to find the possible opportunities?
- How can the private sector look at challenges in a more holistic way?
- How can a future-looking mindset be applied both internally and externally at your organization?
- How can organizations utilize data to inform their future? And put it to work.
- How to grapple with interconnectivity across business and societal challenges.
- What’s leadership got to do with it?
The challenges of today present opportunities for tomorrow. Join this November to explore how cross-sector innovation and collaboration can drive you forward.
Register today for early bird pricing. Prices increase August 31st.
9:30 am2017 Corporate Citizenship Conference – Opportunity Forward @ Ronald Reagan Building
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Nov16Thu
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Editors as Curators: How to Engage Audiences with Nimble Newsletters2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Traditional news outlets, nonprofits, universities and corporations increasingly are using newsletters to deliver information to their audiences. In this webinar, you’ll find out how to edit newsletters for maximum effectiveness.
Newsletters allow publishers to connect with audiences directly. They offer a promise to readers: Allow us in your inbox, and we’ll provide value to you. They can vary in content, tone and interactivity. But despite those differences, the common goal of newsletters is to give audiences what they need or want to know in a well-organized, efficient manner.
And that’s where editing skills come in. Newsletter editors curate information in a logical, readable way. They think about the mindset of readers. Audiences have myriad choices when it comes to newsletters. They face an overload of information available on the internet. But well-edited newsletters can provide order to the chaos.
Editors are key players in this increasingly popular delivery platform for news and information.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
- How to think about tone and audience
- How to organize content with clarity in mind
- Why attribution matters
- How to prioritize when editing newsletters
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Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy: Etsy @ ILR Conference Center,6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
With nearly $3 billion in annual sales, Etsy has transformed artisanal goods into big business. More importantly, Etsy has created an opportunity for millions of people, but especially women who are 86% of sellers, to become entrepreneurs in the global digital economy.
Althea Erickson will explain how women have become global entrepreneurs through Etsy and what this means for the future of work.
Althea Erickson is Head of Global Advocacy and Policy at Etsy, where she leads Etsy’s public policy and government relations team across the globe, focusing on policies that enable Etsy sellers to start and grow their creative businesses.
The ILR School’s mission is to prepare workplace leaders, inform employment and labor policy, and improve working lives.
Founded in 1945 as the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations and known today as ILR, the school offers undergraduate, graduate and professional education.
Hosted by Cornell University, ILR School
Free
6:00 pmWomen Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy: Etsy @ ILR Conference Center,
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Dec1Fri
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Teen Vogue Summit9:00 am – 5:00 pm
This December, join Teen Vogue at the first-ever Teen Vogue Summit in Los Angeles, where you’ll get to meet like-minded leaders who are killing it in their fields and experience inspiring keynotes, hands-on workshops, mentoring, and more.
Curated by the editors of Teen Vogue, Summit participants will get to choose from three entrepreneurial-minded tracks: ACTIVATE, INNOVATE, or CREATE—or curate their own one-of-a-kind agenda. These tracks will include sessions on topics like civic leadership, grassroots organizing, coding 101, STEM, socially conscious brand-building, progressive retail models, and more, leaving you activated and inspired to take your world by storm.
As part of the event, Teen Vogue will also be honoring the 2017 class of 21 Under 21, featuring game-changing female and femme inventors, artists, athletes, and social warriors, all under age 21!
9:00 amTeen Vogue Summit
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Dec3Sun
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NAACP Free 12 Month Health Program4:15 pm – 5:15 pmREGISTER FORNAACP’S FREE 12 MONTH HEALTH PROGRAMRegister today for the NAACP DC Branch 12 Month Health Program titled, “Health Is the New Wealth,” which features free fitness classes and activities, including Juicing, Farm Tours, Gardening, Cooking, Meditation, Yoga and more. Registration is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.The purpose of this 12-month Health Program is to empower African-American women to adopt healthy lifestyles through gardening, cooking, healthy eating and physical activity. This program is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. This program is sponsored by the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Beverage Association and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America.This program is hosted in partnership with the NAACP DC Branch, NAACP Prince Georges County Branch, NAACP Alexandria Branch, NAACP Maryland State Conference, NAACP Virginia State Conference, National Congress of Black Women, Inc., National Pan Hellenic Council, DC Chapter and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Xi Zeta Omega Chapter, Washington, DC.Registration is free and open to all residents in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.4:15 pmNAACP Free 12 Month Health Program
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