Optimize your social contribution by counting it TWICE! You can optimize your social contribution if you have given your time, insight, energy, or donated to a community initiative. Or have you purchased a product or service because the organization is doing social good or is environmentally conscious? Or created or participated in an initiative that […]
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By: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz The social media space is perfect for female entrepreneurs to use innovation in marketplace change. Amra and Elma Beganovich and their a & e digital marketing agency in New York, for example, have leveraged millions of followers in the beauty and travel social media area. Founder Elma Beganovich and her sister mastered … Continue reading Huffpost: Women Entrepreneurs Shape A Social Media Path
By: Darrah Brustein To your left, there’s a group of people talking in a tightly closed circle. Directly ahead of you, you see a smattering of people glued to their phones. To your right, there’s a line waiting to talk to the previous speaker. And there’s you: standing alone at a conference, feeling anxious because this … Continue reading Forbes: 15 Ways To Start A Conversation At A Conference (Without Feeling Weird)
By JENNIFER CALFAS The last year has proven to be a transformational one for women in the workplace. Starting last October, women (and men) in industries around the country began coming forward with stories of sexual harassment and and assault in the workplace following a slew of allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein — driving greater … Continue reading TIME: 10 Powerful Women on How #MeToo Has Changed the Fight for Equal Pay
Walmart launches its “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.” campaign, a nationwide initiative that encourages the public to join the fight against hunger. Working with Discover card and five suppliers, which represent some of the nation’s leading food companies – Campbell Soup Company, General Mills, Kellogg Company, The Kraft Heinz Company and PepsiCo – Walmart is offering three easy ways to take action against hunger and help … Continue reading Walmart Launches Fight Hunger, Spark Change Campaign.
Professional Contributors pick opportunities where they feel they can have an impact while staying true to their purpose, objectives, and skill. Realizing where you can move a mandate forward is half the battle; the other half is getting the association and community group to agree with your assessment.
Part of the Please don’t Volunteer – 9 part series How to assess volunteer opportunities When looking to Professionally Contribute, you could take any opportunity without performing due diligence. That is what I would call volunteering. Professional Contributors and/or volunteers by nature want to make a difference. Professional contributors can add greater value and enjoy a greater […]
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By: Moira Vetter Many talk about the old boy’s network (here in the South it’s the good ole’ boy’s network) that helps develop, elevate and advance their peers. In the #MeToo environment, many think this network needs to be burned to the ground. I personally think any network that develops and advances … Continue reading Forbes: The Infrastructure That Makes Women Entrepreneurs Unstoppable
By Lindsay Tigar From little-known finds to best sellers, women across industries explain how their favorite book shaped their lives both personally and professionally. Career advice is easy to find. Good career advice, less so. But the most impactful takeaways might come from successful professionals who have waded through the trenches. We’ve asked eight women executive … Continue reading Fast Company: 8 Women Executives Share The Book That Changed Their Lives
By: Devishobha Chandramouli The role of women in the workplace has assumed enormous proportions. The Economist named the economic empowerment of women as one of the most remarkable revolutions of the past 50 years. Women contribute more than $3 trillion to the economy and own over 36 percent of all businesses. Companies with women founders have performed 63 percent … Continue reading Entrepreneur: 6 Disadvantages Confronting Female Entrepreneurs Seeking Venture Capital
By: Shawn Achor Recently, I was flying home from the Conference for Women, where I had been invited to speak. I was carefully holding a copy of the conference program on my lap — my mom likes to save them, and I wanted to be a good son and bring her back an unwrinkled copy. … Continue reading WPO Guest Blog: Do Women’s Networking Events Move the Needle on Equality?
Part of the Please don’t Volunteer – 9 part series Volunteer Canada Report states that when people offer their services inline with their talents and skill set they are more engaged. Consider, which talent or skills do you have that would align with the needs of a professional association or community group, and where can you […]
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Please don't volunteer is how to have an impact from your volunteer efforts. Professional contribution is taking volunteering to the next level, for both you and the beneficiary. An efficient way to grow your network is through professional contribution. Learn and gain a new perspective on an industry or an issue, and achieve a sense of belonging to the local or global community. Professional Contributors by nature want to make a difference. So how do you go about evaluating that impact?
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Part of the Please don’t Volunteer – 9 part series weWednesday subscriber exclusive – short weekly video infusion of how to live your most meaningful life by consciously contributing to your community, country, and beyond. Subscribe on the right to weWednesdays to receive it in your inbox. In this week’s episode consider: What does success look like to me? What […]
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YouMeWe Group invests in the first, of what we hope will hundreds of micro-loans through the Kiva.org program. For every 25 conscious-contributions™ shared at on the MyContributionCounts page, YouMeWe Group invests $25 in an individual or group seeking a micro-loan for business or education. By lending as little as $25, we can help people around […]
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