President's Editorial

Dear PWI members and readers,

As you may all know, 2015 is the year of changes for PWI. Our new volunteer's team is nicely settling. Alessandra (secretary-general) and I are in our last semester for our current positions on the board. Long promised, a new website is cooking...

All those internal changes did influence this year PWI's workshop series' theme: Shoot for the stars!  Be the best version of yourself to advance in your career, 

To start, we learned how to define our goals and how to make them happen thanks to Gerry Murray.

In order to avoid choosing the wrong path and being led by overwhelming situations, we learned with Agnes Kaszas how to listen to our inner voice to make better choices.

Stay tuned for more interesting events like "first impressions count", "from bricks to air"... at www.pwi.be/events.
 

Note in your agenda also the special event for new members where we will be presenting the different programs offered by PWI, It may be a good opportunity for everyone to reconnect and share their experiences with our newbies. 

If you have any suggestions, remarks or are willing to give us a hand, don’t hesitate to contact us at events@pwi.be

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you all about the elections for the new board members positions: president and secretary-general. The selection process will be started soon by our advisory board. You can already contact Corina Ciechanow at technology@pwi.be if you are interested and want to know more about the process.

Positions in the executive team are also available, please contact office@pwi.be if you are ready to contribute even a couple of hours per week. 

Don't forget the next mentoring wave that will start later this year on May 26th.

Time now to discover our brand new “PWI Magazine – Q4 2014” on the web site or as a PDF for those of you that print or want to read it offline: 2014-Q4_PWI Magazine.pdf

We hope you will be inspired by this issue. It is full of great interviews of very inspiring people. If you’d like to comment on it or contribute to the next issue, please get in touch by emailing Alessandra Zocca at  editor@pwi.be

Enjoy the reading!
Hope to see you at one of our events.

Armelle Loghmanian
PWI President

Dear PWI members and readers,

During the last quarter,  we were very pleased to have a very informative and constructive event on breast cancer with presentations by Pr. Martine Piccart and Pr. Marc Abramovitch and with the support of  Serge Schmitz from  BIG ( Breast International Group). Dont forget to donate to support the research!

On a total different matter, Ivana Havranova from Obelis s.a. was the lucky winner of the draw for a one week immersion in Business english immersion at the  Abbey Communication school in England. Ivana is the second winner, you can read about the experience of our first winner, Ana Escarpenter, in this issue.

Since the beginning of the year, we have organized 20 events on very diverse themes. I hope you enjoyed them!

Now let focus on the near future!

Stay tuned for more interesting events like  Business Etiquette, Lean management, networking drinks, the new wave of mentoring …at www.pwi.be/events.

Don't forget the next mentoring wave that will start on November 25th. Come and join us even if you are not sure you want to be a mentee or a mentor. It is a unique occasion to listen to testimonials and understand more about the programme.  We are looking for mentors. If you are interested, you can learn more about the programme on our web site or contact Melanie Barker at Mentoring@pwi.be

If you have any suggestions, remarks or are willing to give us a hand, don’t hesitate to contact us at events@pwi.be

Time now to discover our brand new “PWI Magazine – Q3 2014” on the web site or as a PDF for those of you that print or want to read it offline: 2014_Q3_PWI Magazine.pdf

We hope you will be inspired by this issue. It is full of great interviews of very inspiring people. If you’d like to comment on it or contribute to the next issue, please get in touch by emailing Alessandra Zocca at editor@pwi.be

Enjoy your Autumn and the reading!
Hope to see you at a future event soon.

Armelle Loghmanian
PWI President

Dear PWI members and readers,

During the last quarter, I had the pleasure to present the 2013 results at our General Assembly, an event always important to the life of our association. Thanks again to all the members who attended. On this occasion, one new person was elected to the board: Melanie Barker as treasurer. Melanie has been volunteering with us for some years already as mentoring director. We wish her full success I her new role.

I would like to thank Monica Marinas Maté for the work she has done as treasurer during the last 2 years. She just moved to Spain. We wish her lot of successes in her new challenges.

The executive team has also expanded with Irene Personne’s participation as social Media manager and Nasrine Loghmanian as event director. If you didn’t have the opportunity to meet us yet, you can discover the team here.

Since the beginning of the year, we have organized 16 events on very diverse themes. I hope you enjoyed them!

Now let focus on the near future!

On the first of October, we will organize a Breast Cancer Awareness event with Martine Picard as our guest speaker. You can pre-register on the web site already.

Stay tuned for more interesting events like Linkedin, business etiquette, networking drinks, the new wave of mentoring …at www.pwi.be/events.
If you have any suggestions, remarks or are willing to give us a hand, don’t hesitate to contact us at events@pwi.be

Don't forget the next mentoring wave that will start later this year.

Time now to discover our brand new “PWI Magazine – Q2 2014” on the web site or as a PDF for those of you that print or want to read it offline: 2014-Q2_PWI Magazine.pdf

We hope you will be inspired by this issue. It is full of great interviews of very inspiring people. If you’d like to comment on it or contribute to the next issue, please get in touch by emailing Alessandra Zocca at editor@pwi.be

Enjoy your summer and the reading!
Hope to see you at one of our networking drinks this summer.

Armelle Loghmanian
PWI President

Dear PWI members and readers,

During the last quarter, I had the pleasure to present the 2013 results at our General Assembly, an event always important to the life of our association. Thanks again to all the members who attended. On this occasion, one new person was elected to the board: Melanie Barker as treasurer. Melanie has been volunteering with us for some years already as mentoring director. We wish her full success I her new role.

I would like to thank Monica Marinas Maté for the work she has done as treasurer during the last 2 years. She just moved to Spain. We wish her lot of successes in her new challenges.

The executive team has also expanded with Irene Personne’s participation as social Media manager and Nasrine Loghmanian as event director. If you didn’t have the opportunity to meet us yet, you can discover the team here.

Since the beginning of the year, we have organized 16 events on very diverse themes.  I hope you enjoyed them!

Now let focus on the near future!

On the first of October, we will organize a Breast cancer awareness event with Martine Picard as our guest speaker. You can pre-register on the web site already.

Stay tuned for more interesting events like Linkedin, business etiquette, networking drinks, the new wave of mentoring …at www.pwi.be/events.

If you have any suggestions, remarks or are willing to give us a hand, don’t hesitate to contact us at events@pwi.be

Don't forget the next mentoring wave that will start later this year.

Time now to discover our brand new “PWI Magazine – Q2 2014” on the web site or as a PDF for those of you that print or want to read it offline.2014 Q2_PWI Magazine.pdf

We hope you will be inspired by this issue. It is full of great interviews of very inspiring people. If you’d like to comment on it or contribute to the next issue, please get in touch by emailing Alessandra Zocca at editor@pwi.be

Enjoy your summer and the reading!

Hope to see you at one of our networking drinks this summer.

Armelle Loghmanian
PWI President

Dear PWI members and readers,

During the last quarter, I had the pleasure to present the 2013 results at our General Assembly, an event always important to the life of our association. Thanks again to all the members who attended. On this occasion, one new person was elected to the board: Melanie Barker as treasurer. Melanie has been volunteering with us for some years already as mentoring director. We wish her full success I her new role.

I would like to thank Monica Marinas Maté for the work she has done as treasurer during the last 2 years. She just moved to Spain. We wish her lot of successes in her new challenges.

The executive team has also expanded with Irene Personne’s participation as social Media manager and Nasrine Loghmanian as event director. If you didn’t have the opportunity to meet us yet, you can discover the team here.

Since the beginning of the year, we have organized 16 events on very diverse themes.  I hope you enjoyed them!

Now let focus on the near future!

On the first of October, we will organize a Breast cancer awareness event with Martine Picard as our guest speaker. You can pre-register on the web site already.

Stay tuned for more interesting events like Linkedin, business etiquette, networking drinks, the new wave of mentoring …at www.pwi.be/events.

If you have any suggestions, remarks or are willing to give us a hand, don’t hesitate to contact us at events@pwi.be

Don't forget the next mentoring wave that will start later this year.

Time now to discover our brand new “PWI Magazine – Q2 2014” on the web site or as a PDF for those of you that print or want to read it offline.2014 Q2_PWI Magazine.pdf

We hope you will be inspired by this issue. It is full of great interviews of very inspiring people. If you’d like to comment on it or contribute to the next issue, please get in touch by emailing Alessandra Zocca at editor@pwi.be

Enjoy your summer and the reading!

Hope to see you at one of our networking drinks this summer.

Armelle Loghmanian
PWI President

Dear PWI members and readers,

During the last quarter, I had the pleasure to present the 2013 results at our General Assembly, an event always important to the life of our association. Thanks again to all the members who attended. On this occasion, one new person was elected to the board: Melanie Barker as treasurer. Melanie has been volunteering with us for some years already as mentoring director. We wish her full success I her new role.

I would like to thank Monica Marinas Maté for the work she has done as treasurer during the last 2 years. She just moved to Spain. We wish her lot of successes in her new challenges.

The executive team has also expanded with Irene Personne’s participation as social Media manager and Nasrine Loghmanian as event director. If you didn’t have the opportunity to meet us yet, you can discover the team here.

Since the beginning of the year, we have organized 16 events on very diverse themes.  I hope you enjoyed them!

Now let focus on the near future!

On the first of October, we will organize a Breast cancer awareness event with Martine Picard as our guest speaker. You can pre-register on the web site already.

Stay tuned for more interesting events like Linkedin, business etiquette, networking drinks, the new wave of mentoring …at www.pwi.be/events.

If you have any suggestions, remarks or are willing to give us a hand, don’t hesitate to contact us at events@pwi.be

Don't forget the next mentoring wave that will start later this year.

Time now to discover our brand new “PWI Magazine – Q2 2014” on the web site or as a PDF for those of you that print or want to read it offline.2014 Q2_PWI Magazine.pdf

We hope you will be inspired by this issue. It is full of great interviews of very inspiring people. If you’d like to comment on it or contribute to the next issue, please get in touch by emailing Alessandra Zocca at editor@pwi.be

Enjoy your summer and the reading!

Hope to see you at one of our networking drinks this summer.

Armelle Loghmanian
PWI President

Dear PWI members and readers,

First of all I would like you to join me in welcoming our new Silver corporate member Atlas Copco. Soon we will organise a networking drink for new members. You are all welcome to join! Stay tune!

Since the beginning of the year, we were pleased to propose you 6 different events. I hope each of you could find interesting topics for them in it. If you would like to suggest new topics, or if you have participate to an excellent presentation that you would like to share with the other PWI’s member, send your idea and suggestions to events@pwi.be

Tomorrow more than 25 of us will welcome our fellow members from PWN Amsterdam to celebrate with us the international women day and get an update on European commission about the Women on board directive after our welcoming lunch sponsored by our corporate Partner Total.

Now let focus on the near future!

Always dreamed about following courses given by top professors from the MIT, Yale, or Shanghai Jiao Tong University for example but you don’t have the time or the resources to do it! Now you have an opportunity to do it from home, come and listen to the event  on Massive Open Online Courses  on March 18^th. You can read more about it in this magazine too.

A déja-vu feeling when you are trying to solve a conflict without success? It is probably time to try another way to solve the problem. During the workshop on April 3^rd, Find a long lasting solution to the conflicts that matter in your life, Mirna Hidalgo and Anita Sheehan will give you some tips.

Don't forget that the next mentoring wave will start later this year on June 12th. Come and join us even if you are not sure you want to be a mentee or a mentor. It is a unique occasion to listen to testimonials and understand more about the programme.   You would like to be a mentor but you are not sure yet? We will have a special event with “old”, new or potential mentors on May 8^th. If you are interested, you can learn more about the programme on our web site or contact Melanie Barker at Mentoring@pwi.be

Time now to discover our brand new magazine.
We have added also a simple PDF version for those of you that print or want to read it offline: PWI Magazine_Q1 2014.pdf

We hope you will be inspired by this issue. It is full of great interviews of very inspiring people. If you’d like to comment on it or contribute to the next issue, please get in touch by emailing Alessandra Zocca at editor@pwi.be

Enjoy the reading!

 
Armelle Loghmanian
PWI President

Stay tuned for more interesting events at www.pwi.be/events. We are now working on the 2014 calendar and will present it to you soon.


It is time also to think about yourself or about the women and men around you. 
Pinkmovember is coming! 

Dear PWI members and readers,

Since the beginning of the year, we have organized 23 events on very diverse themes. 

In the last quarter we had organised events for all our programmes: Mentoring, Women on Boards programme with an event at the EESC (details here),  Women & Technology program with the Panorama of Internet Tools for personal, SMEs and Corporate use. Our series of workshops is highly appreciated and was topped this quarter with the  Women's voice & Personna.

Dear PWI members and readers,

Writing this sitting by my fire place, my favorite blanket wrapped tight around me …yet it is Spring!

Since the beginning of the year, we have organized 14 events on very diverse themes. We have launched our workshops series which have been very successful and participated to the Women2020 initiative.

We have also started our Women & Technology program.

Tonight was the General Assembly. At this occasion, Alexandra Zocca mandate and mine have been renewed. I would like to thanks again all the voting participants for their trust and support.

 I am also pleased to officially welcome among us our new PWI corporate member: Ingersoll Rand.