Category: News

Dear WLGO members,

Happy 2014!  After an excruciatingly long winter for those of us not blessed to live in temperate climes, spring is finally around the corner.  And with it, our first newsletter of the year.  Please check out all the upcoming WLGO events, find out more about some of our members, and laugh a little (cry a little) reading “Recline, don’t lean in (why I hate Sheryl Sandberg).”

Thank you so much to our 2014 newsletter volunteers – Grace Overlander, Emily Chang, Charlie Lieu, Michele Parrish, and Cindy Closkey.

As always, if you would like to dedicate a teensy part of your life to helping out with this, let me know!

This letters topics:

• Upcoming Events
• Network Updates
• Feature Interview – A-P Hurd
• Fun and Informative Stuff

Shafali & the 2014 Newsletter team

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WLGO San Francisco Meet-Up (March 8, 2014)

The first WLGO Bay Area meet-up took place at Foreign Cinema in SF on 3/8/2014, coincident with the International Women Day.  Eight of us met up to exchange tidbits on life after LGO and happenings in LGO.  There were interests to connect offline, since 6 of 8 are based in SF.  We’ve also realized that this allowed alumnae to reach out to earlier and recent graduates.  We teased that this was an atypical table, with all technically-oriented women spanning careers in academia, venture capital, big corporations in high tech and biotech, and operations consulting.  What a microcosm of WLGO community!

The next event is scheduled on April 30 from 6:30-9:00PM in SF (location TBD).  This is a pre-LGO alumni conference event, to take advantage of conference attendance from May 1 – 2.   Please stay tuned for more information from the conference planning committee!         

–        By Bonnie and Annie

Clockwise from bottom left:  Amy Lin (’10), Bonnie Kao (’93), Linda Chao (’93), Rachel Sheinbein (’04), Annie Kang (’12), Dhanya Rangaraj (’13), Tatiana Bonnefoi (’12) and Tamara Buckfelder (’09)

Dear WLGO,

 Happy New Year! We are kicking off 2014 with a fabulous inspirational keynote presentation from Arham Faraaz, Best Selling Author and Motivational Speaker from India.  Arham will be speaking on Leveraging Leadership to Reach Your Dreams.

Please see the attached fliers and profile for more information. We hope you will join us for this exciting event. Come, be inspired, and lead at new levels!

Who: Arham Faraaz, Best Selling Author and Motivational Speaker from India

What: Leveraging Leadership to Reach Your Dreams 

When: Wednesday, Jan 15th at 7:30 PST   (recording will also be available)

How: WebEx — See Below. Please RSVP by responding directly to michele@parrishpartners.biz by Monday 1/13/14.  Don’t forget to add this to your calendar!

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Topic: WLGO: Leveraging Leadership to Reach Your Dreams 
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 
Time: 7:30 pm, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) 
Meeting Number: 646 047 800 
Meeting Password: wlgo 

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To join the online meeting 
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Go to https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?ED=259470277&UID=490874202&PW=NZWQ5YTExYmI3&RT=MiM0 

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Audio conference information 
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To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the meeting, or call the number below and enter the access code. 
US Toll Number: +1-617-324-0000 

Access code:646 047 800 

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For assistance 
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1. Go to https://mit.webex.com/mit/mc 
2. On the left navigation bar, click “Support”. 
To add this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: 
https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?ED=259470277&UID=490874202&ICS=MS&LD=1&RD=2&ST=1&SHA2=AAAAAr/fDXEM1XJmaA2sMdoTCuHeMreX9lYJIuzbr3ICi3tN 

To check whether you have the appropriate players installed for UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files, go tohttps://mit.webex.com/mit/systemdiagnosis.php. 

Attention Firefox and Chrome users: 
Google and Mozilla recently announced the upgrade of Google Chrome v32, expected on *Jan 14, 2014, and Firefox v27, on *Feb 4, 2014. These browsers will automatically block the Netscape Plug-in Application Programming Interface needed to join WebEx meetings. These policy changes apply to all operating systems supported by Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Please forward this information along to others you include as meeting attendees. 

For additional information and instructions to enable the plug-in (after the browser update), and for support, please read the IS&T KB article:http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/KDIYCQ 

*Browser releases are controlled by Google and Mozilla; dates are subject to change. 

Note: Safari and Internet Explorer users are not affected. 

CCM:+16173240000×646047800# 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This WebEx service includes a feature that allows audio and any documents and other materials exchanged or viewed during the session to be recorded. You should inform all meeting attendees prior to recording if you intend to record the meeting. Please note that any such recordings may be subject to discovery in the event of litigation.

As 2013 rushes to its inevitable end, this is the final newsletter for the year.   Thank you to Michele Parrish, Emily Edwards, Mary Anito, Stacey Bergman, Wini Hebalkar, and Cindy Closkey who spent time to reach out to our community and make the newsletter possible.  Thank you, also to everyone who took the time to share something about themselves with us.  

If you have enjoyed this newsletter, we would love to have a few more volunteers.  Please contact me at shafalir@hotmail.com. 

Happy Holidays!
Michele & Shafali

In this newsletter:

• WLGO Statistics
• National Conversation on Board Diversity
• Alternative Careers
• Interesting Facts

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Andrea Jones presented an excellent and well-attended session on alternative careers this month.  If you were unable to attend or would like to reflect further on the topic, please see the attached transcript and recording below.  Many thanks to Andrea for her demonstrated leadership and commitment to the WLGO community.

Recording:
https://mit.webex.com/mit/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=17995867&rKey=97ed22c89e0de706http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2012/10/15/5-questions-to-answer-before-you-make-any-career-changes/

Dear WLGO Members,

You are invited to join the national conversation on board diversity on 11/12/13.   Please see details below.  I encourage you to attend one of the events if you are interested in board opportunities now or in the future, or if you think it simply makes sense for women to be represented appropriated on U.S. company boards.

If you choose to attend, please consider sending me a note about your experience.  We are kicking off our WLGO Women on Boards initiative in November as well, and we will be leveraging learnings from this national conversation to guide our work.

Sincerely,

Michele Parrish
WLGO Founder & Chair
LFM/LGO ’95   

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NATIONAL CONVERSATION ON BOARD DIVERSITY

On 11/12/13, hundreds of people at events around the country will be talking about board diversity. Will you be at the table? 

Join us on November 12th at events happening throughout the United States to hear dynamic speakers and panelists discuss their experience with board service and learn how you might become involved.

2020 Women on Board (2020 WOB) is a non-profit campaign mobilizing professional women and men from all corners of the country to influence US companies. Our ultimate goal: to increase the number of women on boards of directors to 20% or greater by 2020. 

On 11/12/13, our second annual National Conversation on Board Diversity will educate people about boards and diversity and advocate for change. Our first, on 12/12/12, engaged more than 1400 people at 27 events in 21 cities and thousands more on social media.

The National Conversation events raise important funds for 2020 WOB to support research, outreach and communications. 2020 WOB tracks board diversity with the 2020 Diversity Index, offers diversity transparency with the 2020 Directory, congratulates the “W” winners who are already at 20%, and encourages other companies to add qualified women to their boards. 

For more information and to register for an event, please visit http://www.2020wob.com/11-12-13. Whether or not you can attend at event, please register your support at www.2020wob.com, if you believe qualified women deserve a seat at the table.

Can we count on your participation?

Stephanie Sonnabend
Co-Founder and Chair
2020 Women on Boards
Stephanie@2020wob.com