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Archive for December 2008
December 18th, 2008, 1:00 pm
Thriving in the Downturn
by Sima Matthes (New York City)
Gender matters. It matters to all of us, no matter what we believe we think. It matters when we react to the associate at the bank, or the customer service representative on the phone. It matters when we mentally note that our child’s teacher is (atypically) [...]
December 18th, 2008, 6:00 am
The Glass Ceiling in Australia
By Heather Chapman (New York City)
Living in New York, it’s easy to forget—especially in this economy—that women everywhere are struggling to break through the glass ceiling. As hard as it may be for women here in the United States, it turns out that it is even harder for women in Australia. A recent [...]
December 17th, 2008, 1:00 pm
Inform, Inspire, Persuade: Communicating Effectively with Clients and Peers
Contributed by Nancy Duarte of Duarte Design
No matter how profound a presentation’s message is, it can be lost in a moment – buried beneath a web of uninspiring imagery and the monotonous recital of text on a slide. Many of us will be required to make a visual presentation at some point, but unlike [...]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart
It seems that everyone has caught on to networking. I can almost feel people cringe when I ask them if they know someone who can help me find a job. With so many people on the market and everyone networking, how can you still network without annoying your [...]
December 16th, 2008, 1:00 pm
Nine Balancing Acts – Part II
In Part I of this article this morning, writer Paige Churchman wrote: “How wide is the gap between how you live and your ideal? Does your work feed or drain you? How do you give your career everything it needs and still know who you are? The Glass Hammer took these questions out into the [...]
December 16th, 2008, 6:06 am
Nine Balancing Acts – Part I
by Paige Churchman (New York City)
How many times have you and friends, equally frazzled, fantasized about a three-day (or shorter) workweek? Something’s wrong with this picture because maybe like me, you actually love to work. Maybe throwing yourself into a project invigorates you, makes you feel important, connected to the world and happy.
So what’s [...]
December 15th, 2008, 1:00 pm
Massachusetts Conference for Women
By Liz O’Donnell (Boston)
On Thursday, December 11, approximately 5000 women from the business, finance, technology, law, and health industries attended the Massachusetts Conference for Women at the Boston Convention Center. The conference’s theme, “The Next Chapter of You,” was underscored throughout the day in educational sessions and keynote speeches with titles such as “Standing Out [...]
December 15th, 2008, 6:00 am
Women in the City Award Winner: Dr. Denise Pollard-Knight, Managing Director, Nomura Phase4 Ventures
by Elizabeth Harrin (London)
You wouldn’t expect a biochemistry degree to open many doors in financial services but Denise Pollard-Knight has found that her life sciences background has given her an excellent grounding for bioscience investment management. She is now Managing Director of Nomura Phase4 Ventures, a venture capital subsidiary of Asia-based investment bank Nomura, [...]
December 12th, 2008, 6:00 am
Hand in Hand International: A Holistic Approach to Microfinancing
by Pirkko Juntunen (London)
In the fight against global poverty, microfinance has been hailed as one success story in a field of many failures. As microlending continues to move into the mainstream, men tend to hold the top jobs. But there are women moving up the ladder.
Hand in Hand International, a public charitable trust that [...]
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