Build a Career as a Social Change Agent Webinar

YWSE Washington is organizing a second webinar for those interested in building a career in the social change sector.

"Building a Career as a Social Change Agent"

Wednesday, September 8th
12:30 PM
Register: Be cool and click here: http://bit.ly/ywsewebinar 

Join Young Women Social Entrepreneurs DC for a lunchtime webinar on leading a career as a social change agent with Alyssa Best, career consultant and blogger. Register today!
 
Are you launching or expanding your career as a change agent and need extra support and encouragement? Join career consultant and social entrepreneur, Alyssa Best, for this interactive webinar where you will be invited to consider what your dream job and schedule might look like and potential paths of getting there. By first visualizing ideal scenarios where you do the work that you love, we will create a plan of action to help you move in the right direction. We will explore how to identify mentors and supportive professionals and strategies for managing your career transition.
 
Alyssa Best, Career Consultant and Blogger at Love Your Job Search, http://lyjnow.wordpress.com/

Alyssa Best helps people identify their dream careers and provides them with the tools to achieve their goals. As a career consultant, trainer, and speaker, she offers guidance and skills on topics related to career and professional development to build leadership for social change. She has mentored and worked with emerging leaders at Wider Opportunities for Women, the Center for Progressive Leadership, and the Institute for Women's Leadership at Rutgers University.

Register today for April's How She Does It Dinner!

April's How She Does It Dinner: Community and Social Enterprises

Reminder: Register for  April How She Does It Dinner!

How She Does It Dinner is a monthly event organized by Young Women Social Entrepreneur's Washington Chapter where we recognize and host local women changemakers and social entrepreneurs. Each How She Does It Dinner is a free event for YWSE members thanks to in-kind donations and is held at different locations around the Washington, DC metropolitan area. You can click here to register.

April 22nd, 2010
When: 6:30 PM
Where: RSVP for location

April's How She Does It Dinner: Community and Social Enterprises

Shauna Bailey, Washington Director, BuildANest.Org
Melissa Riggs, Director of Philanthropy and Communications, BuildANest.Org
Robyn Nietert, Women's Microfinance Initiative

About the guest organizations:

Nest is a nonprofit organization that provides an empowering platform for female artists and artisans around the world and also develops an innovative approaches to microcredit and microfinance for women. Nest hosts chapters of active volunteers around the United States dedicated to improving the lives of women through this hybrid social enterprise.

Women's Microfinance Initiative's mission is to work with village-level organizations to provide working capital to women in the lowest income brackets, in developing nations, so that they can engage in income producing activities.

Event Reminder: How She Does It- Women & Social Entrepreneurship!

How She Does It: Success Strategies for Social Entrepreneurship

Want to join a community of women changemakers? Ever thought of starting your own nonprofit or social enterprise or community project?

Join Young Women Social Entrepreneurs-- DC Chapter at the series kick off, Women & Social Change: Success Strategies for Social Entrepreneurship. We will hear from a panel of women leaders who lead nonprofit social change organizations and who prove you can work in your field of passion.

Speakers

Angie Peltzer
Founder, Global Women's Network and Go Make a Difference

Sarah Tompkins,
Executive Director, Community Technology Partners

When

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
6:30 PM

Where

Oxfam America
1100 15th St NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC  20005

There will time for Q/A and 10 free copies of Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Creating Careers with Impact for the first to arrive. Refreshments and appetizers will be served.

YWSE-DC Event: Healthy Living & Leadership

It is easy to get completely caught up with work or stress or hectic, over-packed schedules. Join YWSE-DC as we take a step back and examine ways women leaders can take care of themselves and their causes.

Join us for this special event as we make the connection between wellness and business, discuss healthy living practices, and answer any questions regarding leading a professional life and making time for yourself. This event is being co-sponsored with WIN's Business Network and WIN's Health and Wellness Network.

Featured speakers include,

Candise Jordan, CEO of Total Wellness DC and Personal Trainer
Ashley Litecky, Co-Founder: Deep Green Wellness
Vandana Purhoit, Founder, Addicted to Healthy and Holistic Health Counselor

Monday, November 17, 2008
6:30pm - 8:30pm
11 Dupont Circle, Suite 243
Washington, DC

Healthy refreshments will be served and there will be opportunities to win a gift certificate for a free massage from a local spa!

YWSE-DC Event: Success Strategies in Social Entrepreneurship

How She Does It: Success Strategies for Social Entrepreneurship

* Note Date Change!

Want to join a community of women changemakers? Ever thought of starting your own nonprofit or social enterprise or community project?

Join Young Women Social Entrepreneurs-- DC Chapter at the series kick off, Women & Social Change: Success Strategies for Social Entrepreneurship. We will hear from a panel of women leaders who lead nonprofit social change organizations and who prove you can work in your field of passion.

Speakers

Angie Peltzer
Founder, Global Women's Network and Go Make a Difference

Sarah Tompkins,
Executive Director, Community Technology Partners

When

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
6:30 PM

Where

Oxfam America
1100 15th St NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC  20005

There will time for Q/A and 10 free copies of Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Creating Careers with Impact for the first to arrive. Refreshments and appetizers will be served.