National News, Views & Events
What's Happening for Women in Business
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In Your View: 
Have You Taken a Big Leap?
Our 2013 theme is "Taking Big Leaps: How Risk-taking Drives Innovation & Success." This theme is influencing the focus of our printed and online publications and events, and will give us the opportunity to share a broad range of insights and inspiration about this topic with readers like you. Please take a moment to share your insights about taking "big leaps" in our BRIEF survey. You might inspire someone else with your insights. We will feature survey responses in our printed publications and online at www.thewomensbook.com.
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 In Her View:
An Outsider's Perspective on Leadership
By Tiffany Crosby, Petra Learning, LLC
"If there is one inequity that time hasn't impacted, it's the fact that performance standards are different for an insider versus an outsider. It doesn't matter whether the outsider is male, female, minority or non-minority, younger or older. I suppose, in that regard, there is some measure of impartiality. I've been reminded of this insider bias as I listen to political debates, social issue discussions, and business leadership panels."
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 In The News: (Forbes) IBM CEO Predicts Three Ways Technology Will Transform The Future Of Business
"With cloud, mobile, social and big data advances all happening at once and at lightning speed, how will shifts in technology impact the way businesses are run? According to Ginni Rometty, the first female CEO of IBM, it will change everything."
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 National Resource Spotlight
American Association of University Women
AAUW has been empowering women as individuals and as a community since 1881. For more than 130 years, they have worked together as a national grassroots organization to improve the lives of millions of women and their families.
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 2013 National Women's Business Conferences (IMPORTANT: Please visit each organization's Website for more information including requirements to attend)
April 14-17 Women in Foodservice Forum Annual Leadership Development Conference, Orlando, FL
May 1-3 Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) Annual Conference Dallas, TX
May 17, Working Mother Leadership Summit for Women in National Security Careers 2013, Falls Church
June 25-27 WBENC National Conference and Business Fair Minneapolis, MN
July 22-23 Working Mother 2013 Multicultural Women's National Conference, New York
August 8-11 eWomenNetwork Annual International Conference & Business Expo, Dallas, TX
Oct. 16-18 International Women's Forum World Leadership Conference, Vancouver, Canada
November 13-15, Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Leadership Conference Boston, MA
December 10, NAFE Women of Excellence Awards, New York
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 Help Wanted - Regional Bloggers
The Women's Book is growing and looking to build a network of paid regional bloggers (writers) to help us cover great things happening for women in their communities including events, programs and services. We are currently looking for great women in these areas:
- Atlanta, GA
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Cincinnati, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Indianapolis, IN
- New York, NY
- Pittsburgh, PA
- San Francisco/Bay Area, CA
- Maryland/Washington D.C.
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