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PAST EVENTS
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Your Passion: A New Year, A New You! |
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:00 PM |
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DigiPen Institute of Technology
The Euclid Room
5001-150th Ave. NE | Redmond, WA, 98052
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ATW Seattle Thursday, February 28th Event,
Your Passion: A New Year, A New You!
ATW Seattle invites you to join us on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 as we kick off one of our most popular events of the year by spending an evening with Carol Vecchio, Executive Director and co-Founder of Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal (www.centerpointonline.org).
Founded in 1992, Centerpoint is the leading center for career development in the Pacific Northwest. Its mission is to inspire people to discover creativity, passion, and renewed commitment in life and at work. This workshop is back by popular demand for ATW members!
Carol will facilitate a workshop focused on building your career by focusing the key to your success … your passion. It is possible to love your work! This engaging, practical, hands-on workshop will jump-start your new year.
• Remember and experience what passion feels like
• Understand a framework for discovering your passion
• Receive feedback from others about your greatest strengths and share the clues you discover about them
• Leave with some tangible next steps
Carol’s workshops have drawn standing room only attendance for the past 5 years. This year, attendees will once again have the chance to win a one-year associate membership to Centerpoint, which includes 20% off workshop tuition, free Job Search Clinics and Career Forums and access to Centerpoint's lending library and resource center. Sign-up today to reserve your spot.
Date:
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Time:
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Doors open/Registration/Speed Networking
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm: Light refreshments
6:45 pm - 8:15 pm: Presentation
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm: Wrap-up and Door Prizes
Location:
DigiPen Institute of Technology
The Euclid Room
5001-150th Ave. NE | Redmond, WA, 98052
Cost:
Pre registered attendees: $25 for ATW Members; $35 for non-members
Walk-ins: $35 for ATW Members; $45 for non-members
Registration:
Visit the ATW Website http://www.atwinternational.com/chapters/seattle/upcoming_events.aspx and click on the appropriate pre-registration button.
Speaker Biography
Carol A. Vecchio is co-founder and Executive Director of Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal. She is a sought-out speaker and facilitator who has inspired audiences of all sizes throughout the US and Canada.
As a full-time career counselor since 1981, her professional development includes a degree in psychology, graduate studies in counseling, and extensive training with Richard N. Bolles author of What Color is Your Parachute?. Throughout her 26 years of career counseling, Carol has worked with people in a variety of fields and professions; one of her specialties over the past 24 years is assisting lawyers and the legal profession.
Her purpose in life is to help others embrace and learn from the uncertainty that change brings, uncover their passions, and create lives that they love. She is currently writing a book whose working title is The Time Between Dreams: Successfully Navigating Change and Uncertainty in Your Career and Your Life. She balances her work with times spent with her husband, singing, cats, jewelry making, walking half marathons, home improvement projects, and “urban homesteading.”
About ATW
The Alliance of Technology and Women (ATW) is a non-profit organization that supports women and men worldwide who share the common interests of empowering women in technology, increasing the number of women in executive roles, and encouraging women and girls to enter technology fields. For general information or to become a member, visit www.atwinternational.org or send email to seattle@atwinternational.org.
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Being a Person of Influence |
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:00 PM |
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Hyatt Regency, 900 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue, Washington
Tel: 425 462 1234
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ATW Seattle invites you to join us for a presentation by Marja Brandon, Head of School at Seattle Girls’ School (www.seattlegirlsschool.org) on Wednesday, October 24th at 6pm. Marja will share her story on empowering young women through education and becoming a nationally recognized ‘Woman of Influence.’ Our interactive discussion will focus on how one person has the ability to influence a generation.
Marja Brandon is the Head of School at Seattle Girls’ School, where girls are encouraged to explore science, math and technology through a unique, integrated curriculum (www.seattlegirlsschool.org). Marja was recently honored as one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s 20 Women of Influence. She is also the recipient of the Helen H. Jackson Women of Valor Award in Education presented by Senators Hillary Clinton and Maria Cantwell, as well as the 2006 Brava Award presented by the Women's University Club of Seattle. For over 20 years, she has dedicated herself to teaching and working with young people and their families. Marja has an energetic, engaging style that puts an emphasis on respecting students and valuing the powerful connection between student-centered learning, high expectations and self-esteem.
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ATW and PMC’s Tools Showcase and Networking Evening |
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:00 PM |
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Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar
205 108th Avenue, NE, Bellevue, WA
425.456.0010
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Please join ATW and the Product Management Consortium (PMC), along with Ryma Technologis, Global Market Insite and other providers of product management tools and solutions as well as local technology recruiters at the PMC’s principal networking event of the year!
In a beautiful downtown Bellevue restaurant atrium, you’ll connect with approximately 100 experienced product management and marketing professionals in a relaxed event setting with delicious hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar. There will be plenty of time to talk about your solutions and build your professional network.
Parking will be validated for up to 3 hours when using the garage; the restaurant also offers valet parking for $5.
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