You are deeply involved in the organization of TEDxBarcelonaWoman , taking place this June in Barcelona.  Could you tell us why and what this event is about?
What I love about TEDx events is that it gives visibility to people who bring solutions to our world, in a very media-friendly and appealing way.
I know many women doing great things and men who also work towards a modern society. I like to give them visibility, to get them known and heard by other people, and be inspired by them. Why do I care about women? Because it’s ‘.....[more]

Karin, thank you for agreeing to talk to us. You work at Praxair, which I believe supplies gases for industrial use. Please could you tell us why Praxair has chosen to support the fight against Breast Cancer? 
It is an unfortunate fact, but we have to face it, many of us, if not all, have been, or are still confronted with Breast Cancer in our families, amongst friends, in the community. In our case, about 3 years ago, one of our colleagues got diagnosed with the disease and got successfully treated. We then decided to start participating in the Race for the Cure.  The first year, 40 employees from the site she works in, participated to support her when she walked for the cure after intensive therapy.....[more]

Colleen thank you for agreeing to this interview; I am really interested to know more about Pink Link Pages(1).  Can you tell us more about it?  What gave you the idea to start the Pink Link Pages?
Pink Link Pages is still in the pilot stage…but the vision is to create regional directories of women-owned and women run businesses…(women run being women who are CEO’s or sit on corporate boards).. 
Now you may be asking, “why do we need this?”  Well, in doing some research about women-owned businesses in the US, I learned that women own 29% of all businesses and yet generate only 4% of all business revenues. ...[more]