The conference will be on October 5 and 6 and is free of charge. If you want know more click here.

PWA Milan will coordinate Gammadonna speed-networking on October 5, read more here.

All professional women welcome, whether members or guests.

Wednesday, 7 September 7-9 pm

When you leave a networking event, what’s your inner dominant thought? Are you enthusiastic about the interesting people you connected with? Or are you wondering why you bothered to show up – again? Do you wish you’d been able to connect with more of the other attendees?

This month we will again be practicing Group Networking – interacting in small groups to meet several people at the same time. It’s similar to the concept of Speed Networking, except it’s for making business connections with a group of others instead of one at a time. You’ll meet many new contacts in a short time, and it’s a fun, effective, low pressure way to add contacts to your business network.

After a brief introduction – including tips for maximizing the time – you will spend 15 minutes with your group members exchanging information on who you are, what you do, and perhaps most importantly, what you are looking for.

This event is focused on making valuable contacts to expand your professional network – bring plenty of business cards!

Networking 7 – 9 pm/ Presentation 7:45-8 pm
Hotel NH President. Largo Augusto 10, (MM San Babila, Duomo)

Free entrance for members, €10 for guests, payable by cash at the event.
Drinks 9 euro each, light buffet included

Register for the event here

For additional information email networking@pwa-milan.org

All professional women welcome, whether members or guests.

Wednesday 4 May, 2011, 7-9 p.m.
Location: NH President Hotel
Largo Augosto, 10
MM San Babila, Duomo

Speed Networking

When you leave a networking event, what’s your inner dominant thought? Are you enthusiastic about the interesting people you connected with? Or are you wondering why you bothered to show up – again? Do you wish you’d been able to connect with more of the other attendees?

Speed Networking is similar to the concept of speed dating, except it’s for making business connections at an accelerated speed. You’ll meet many new contacts in a short time, and it’s a fun, effective, low pressure way to add contacts to your business network.

After a brief introduction – including tips for maximizing the time – you will spend 5 minutes with each partner exchanging information on who you are, what you do, and perhaps most importantly, what you are looking for. PWA Networking Director Zoe Flaherty will signal when it’s time to move on to your next pairing.

This event is focused on making valuable contacts to expand your professional network – bring plenty of business cards!

Aperitivo 7 – 9 pm/ Presentation 7:45-8
NH President Hotel, Largo Augusto 10, (MM San Babila, Duomo)
Free entrance for members, €10 for guests, payable by cash at the event.
Drinks 9 euro each, light buffet included

Members, please register in the calendar section of EPWN

Guests, please register at this link

For more information, email networking@pwa-milan.org

All professional women welcome, whether members or guests.

Wednesday 6 April, 2011, 7-9 p.m.
Location: NH President Hotel
Largo Augosto, 10
MM San Babila, Duomo

Self-Managing Your Career

In today’s world it’s increasingly important that women be responsible for their professional progress. On the one hand, the career options presented to women are exponentially higher than just a few decades ago. On the other, changing employers and even careers regularly is now well-accepted, even commonplace. Too often, however, women’s careers are left to chance events, advice from friends and family, and occasionally, benevolent bosses.

What can you do to become proactive in managing your career? During this special networking aperitivo, PWA Professional Development Director & Mentoring Program Leader Valerie Ryder will offer some concrete ideas and discussion topics to help you take your professional advancement into your own hands.

After her brief presentation, this interactive evening will allow ample time to network, brainstorm, and start planning.

Aperitivo 7 – 9 pm/ Presentation 7:45-8
NH President Hotel, Largo Augusto 10, (MM San Babila, Duomo)
Free entrance for members, €10 for guests, payable by cash at the event.
Drinks 9 euro each, light buffet included

Members, please register in the calendar section of EPWN

Guests, please register at this link

For more information, email networking@pwa-milan.org

For information or to register for the April 27 PWA Mentoring Program Launch Event, read more here.

All professional women welcome, whether members or guests.

Wednesday 2 February, 2011, 7-9 pm

Hotel NH President. Largo Augusto 10
(MM San Babila, Duomo)

As the new year is now in full swing, we can all take a moment to reflect on the past year and start thinking about what the new year can bring. The start of a year is always a positive moment when we can set new goals, start a new chapter and look for new challenges.

Sometimes the real problem is not finding our own goals, but understanding how we can attain them. All goals need an action plan and an “achieved” date.

During this special networking aperitivo, PWA Networking Director Zoe Flaherty will offer some ideas and discussion topics to help you focus on, work towards and achieve your professional goals for 2011.

After her brief presentation, this interactive evening will allow ample time to compare results and network.

Aperitivo 7 – 9 pm/ Presentation 7:45-8 pm

Drinks 9 euro each, light buffet included

Members, please register in the calendar section of EPWN (www.EuropeanPWN.net)

Guests, please register at this link

For additional information, email networking@pwa-milan.org

Wednesday 3 November, 2010, 7-9 p.m.
Location: NH Hotel Jolly President Largo Augusto 10 (MM San Babila, Duomo)

Come and meet women from AREL, Federmanager, ManagerItalia and Valore D. Network in a comfortable atmosphere, make new personal and business contacts along with other PWA members.

About the networks
AREL (Associazione Real Estate Ladies) focuses on sharing experience and knowledge among women working in the Italian real estate industry. Consisting of 250 members. AREL promotes workshops and conferences focusing on both general themes as well as those specific to women. Read more at www.arel-italia.it

Federmanager costituita nel 1945, è l’Organizzazione che rappresenta e tutela, in modo unitario ed esclusivo 180.000 dirigenti in servizio e in pensione delle imprese produttrici di beni e di servizi. Gruppo Minerva si pone obiettivi e programmi di lavoro concreti ed innovativi, al lo scopo di
valorizzare la Differenza di Genere seguendo criteri selettivi basati sulla meritocrazia.
Read more at www.nazionale.federmanager.it

ManagerItalia dal 1945 rappresenta gli interessi collettivi, istituzionali, sociali, professionali e culturali, nella tutela e nell’assistenza dei dirigenti, quadri e professional del terziario e dei
servizi. Il gruppo Donne Manager si pone l’obiettivo di contribuire a creare una cultura della valorizzazione della diversità di genere.
Read more at www.donne.manageritalia.it

Valore D Nata su iniziativa delle top manager di un gruppo di grandi aziende, persegue le seguenti finalità: supportare le aziende nello sviluppo di percorsi di crescita per i loro talenti femminili, sostenere le donne nel loro percorso verso il vertice aziendale, creare consenso intorno a un comune obiettivo, al fine di elevare la discussione pubblica sul tema e promuovere il cambiamento. Read more at www.valored.it

Drinks 9 euro each, light buffet included. Entrance free for members of PWA Milan, AREL, Federmanager, ManagerItalia and Valore D

For more information, please send an email to networking@pwa-milan.org

Today, more and more companies and organisations have declared their CEO’s responsible for CSR or sustainability. They act upon it as a strategic topic which has to be regularly planned, managed and reported. And except from this ‘technical’ approach on how to manage sustainability, the biggest challenge is the ‘human’ factor: how to inject sustainability into a company’s culture and DNA.

So how does it work?
• What does CSR and sustainability mean in general and on a daily basis?
• What can be the benefits for companies when investing in sustainability?
• And how can specifically you and I, as female business managers, mothers and daily consumers, contribute little by little to a more sustainable world?

Tessa will lead us in what promises to be a lively discussion.

About Tessa van Soest
After starting her career in management consulting, Tessa served as Senior officer Corporate Social Responsibility at Schiphol Group (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol).
There she managed the organizational change of integrating CSR into the company’s strategy and DNA. She created a professional CSR department and implemented initiatives to execute the strategic sustainability agenda within the airport of Schiphol. In 2009 Tessa moved with her husband and son to Milan and is currently director and market maker of Twinstone Italy. In this role she focuses on activating both social and business communities in Milan to become aware about their own potential contributions to sustainability.

Cocktails 7-8 p.m. / Presentation 8-9.30 p.m.
NH Hotel Jolly President Largo Augusto 10

Free for members, €20 for guests, payable by cash at the event

Members please register in the calendar section of EPWN (www.europeanpwn.net)

Guests please register at this link

For additional information please email speakers@pwa-milan.org

All professional women welcome, whether members or guests.

Wednesday 8 September 7-9 p.m.
Location: NH President Hotel, Largo Augusto 10 (MM San Babila)

Network in a comfortable atmosphere, make new personal and business contacts and get to know other PWA members.

Cost: Free entrance for members, 10 Euro for guests, payable in cash at the door. Drinks are 9 Euro each and include light buffet.

Members please register in the calendar section of EPWN (www.europeanpwn.net)

Guests please register at this link

For additional information please email networking@pwa-milan.org

Wednesday 5 May 7-9 p.m.

Location: Grand Hotel et de Milan
Via Manzoni 29
MM Montenapoleone

We all set goals in order to be more focused on achieving what’s important to us, whether personal or professional.

Sometimes we are highly-motivated and attain them seemingly without effort.

At other times, we set goals that we never even get close to and that only frustrate us and make us feel guilty for not following through.

Why do our outcomes vary so widely? What can we do to help ourselves help ourselves?

Join us as Coach, Retreat Leader and PWA Member Laura Salvaneschi demonstrates a simple yet highly-effective technique for creating focused and achievable goals that will propel you to success.

After her brief presentation, this interactive evening will allow ample time to compare results and network.

Want to learn more about Laura? Visit her website at www.ForWonderfulWomen.com

Drinks 10 euro each, buffet included

Guests, please send an email to networking@pwa-milan.org

Join us to hear from this celebrated author, blogger and advocate who will discuss themes from his latest book and update us on the status of his affirmative action project aimed at increasing the number of women serving on boards of Italian companies.

Going beyond the traditional condemnations of its absence, he will discuss why meritocracy is key for economic development, how successful societies promote it and why in Italy it is not properly valued. He will elaborate on the four action steps he proposes to promote a culture of meritocracy – including an affirmative action plan.

Reviewers of his book have defined Roger as a visionary. He wrote “Meritocracy” and launched his affirmative action project well in advance of the many current proposals on the subject.

About Roger
Roger Abravanel was Director of McKinsey & Company where his career spanned 35 years. He is currently an advisor in the private equity sector and sits on the boards of several Italian companies including Luxottica Group. He serves as president of the INSEAD Italian Council. His blog at Corriere della Sera takes its name from his book, Meritocrazia: Quattro proposte concrete per valorizzare il talento e rendere il nostro paese più ricco e più giusto (Meritocracy: Four concrete proposals to increase the value of talent and make our country richer and more equitable). Born in Libya, he emigrated to Italy as a young adult and earned a degree in chemical engineering at Milano Politechnico and an MBA at INSEAD. Read his blog here

Cocktails 7-8 p.m. / Presentation 8-9.30 p.m.
Hotel NH President, Largo Augusto 10 (MM San Babila)

Free for members, €20 for guests, payable by cash at the event.
Members, please register on EPWN

For guest reservations please email speakers@pwa-milan.org

All professional women welcome whether members or guests.