YWiB hosts screening of documentary Miss Representation!

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We're so excited to be hosting Miss Representation in Vancouver, on December 5 2011. Immediately following the first screening, we will be holding a panel discussion featuring: Moderator:

  • Janet Austin, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Metro Vancouver, Influential Woman in Business [@ywcavan]

Panelists:

  • Patricia Graham, Vice President, Digital for Pacific Newspaper Group, publisher of The Vancouver Sun and The Province and their digital properties [@patriciagraham]
  • Kirk LaPointe, Ombudsman at CBC, themediamanager.com, UBC School of Journalism adjunct professor  [@kirklapointe]
  • Pamela Martin, Director of Community Outreach for the Office of the Premier Christy Clark, ex-CTV News Vancouver Anchor [@pamelamartin_bc]
  • Amy Chan, columnist for the Sun Media’s 24 Hours Newspaper and The Huffington Post [@amyfabulous]

For more information on tickets, visit here.  A special discount applies for YWiB members :)

What is your Place of Possibility (POP)?

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I'm really excited to announce our March event in collaboration with another great organization, imagine1day. This event combines two beliefs that we hold dearly at YWiB: the ability to dream and to surround yourself with amazing people. So when the opportunity came around for us to have an event like this, it wasn't even a question of why we should have it, it was a question WHEN?!? ( yes, said outloud  in exclamation marks because POP is that awesome!)

POP (Place of Possibility) is a a series of events that has been happening since August 2010 that will empowered hundreds to people in Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler to create their ideal 10-year vision and design powerful support for that vision through solid long and short term goal setting. The sessions are run by Adam Millard, Director of Development at imagine1day and he is a true POPstar.

Pen it down in your calender. March 24th. 6pm-8pm. Get ready to dream big. Get ready to know other incredible young women in this city. Get ready to create your Place of Possibility.

What are you waiting for? Register here! 100% proceeds go to imagine1day for building education in Ethiopia.

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Imagine a room with 60 ambitious, driven and smart young women in Vancouver creating their ideal 10 year vision and having the opportunity to network with each other in a casual social setting after. These young women will be given a Place of Possibility aka. POP to design powerful support for that vision though solid long and short term goal setting.

What to expect at POP:

1. You will dream big.

You will be drawn into possibility to create a vision of your life 10 years from now, free of constraint.

2. You will make your dream reality.

You will learn how to design the next ten years of your life to ensure that you manifest your vision on time or earlier. You will learn how to set powerful goals based on a destination.

3. You will have a TON of fun.

You will have new insights into your life that will give you goosebumps.

4. You will know a brand new network.
You will leave knowing 59 other amazing young women in the city who will help you achieve your vision.
Possible side effects:
* You make important choices with ease * You have fun with the bumps in the road * You love every minute of your rad life
* 100% of proceeds is donated to imagine1day. Empower yourself. Check. Know other awesome young women. check. Help build an education system in Ethiopia. Check!
After party? Of course! We'll be heading over to Rogue Wet Bar for some drinks, appies, and some good old fashioned gettin-to-know-each-other!

POP YWiB is hosted by Adam Millard.

Adam Millard is our POPstar, fun facilitator extraordinaire and possibility expert. He dreamt up POP one summer evening, inspired by his upcoming Imagine Ethiopia trip this September 2010 with 17 other imagine1day creatributors.

Over the past three years, Adam has journeyed from goal setting beginner, goal setting trainer through his work as a manager at lululemon athletica, to a leader of powerful and effective vision and goal setting sessions for individuals, businesses, organizations, and groups from around the world.

Beyond Pink: An Insider Peek

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With Beyond Pink less than a month away, everyone at YWiB is buzzing about the conference, excited for how it would be! YWiB has always believed in a place of sharing ideas and experiences, and Beyond Pink is a perfect platform for that for all you talented and ambitious young women out there. We want to meet you and see you there!

As a taster of how hard the team has been working and a Sneak Peek into the conference, here's an insider look to the world of Lindsey Smith, Co-Chair of BP2010.

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Phewf. Another Sunday morning meeting down and another week to grasp some delegates before the big day! That being said – it’s the MOST exciting time! We’ve got 24Hours on board as official Print Media Sponsor, SFU joining Sauder and the CUS with sponsorship.  Our Speaker Coordinator is booking fantastic female and male speakers that all are volunteering their time to come and help us out (including Ken Sim from Nurse Next Door, Janet Wood from Business Objects & Lara Kozan from YYOGA).  The BP team is a hustling and bustling group – thank goodness as their energy is contagious!

As the final month draws in everything from signage and posters to how we register to how we move everyone to the Mentor Dinner Restaurants is coming into play.  We’re having past BP organizers come forward to dedicate their time, we’ve got an Amazing YWIB Advisory Board coming forward with their connections and dedicating their own time to speaking and helping us nail down this year’s conference (thank you our wonderful mentors in this process!).

As Jenn (my absolutely wonderful co-chair) and I started on this voyage in the beautiful summer sun we had this amazing vision to have this wonderfully perfect conference.  A conference where women and men from all different backgrounds came and felt inspired, and walked out on clouds changing the world.  Since then, as speakers, professors, and business leaders have come forward to say “how do we help” or “who can I call” I believe we underestimated the support and respect there is in the community for young women that are trying to mix things up.  It’s been phenomenal to have such support, and we only see this as taking us one step closer to getting towards that cloudy dream we have.

We’re all so excited.  Not only have we worked many-a-sleepless night on this, it’s starting to come together... the reality is finally setting in... and I couldn’t be prouder of the BP group.  So many of our team members are from outside Vancouver, from a variety of backgrounds, and after months of hard work... we’re making it happen!

So, if you’re reading this, and haven’t registered yet …register today, not because of me but because you want to continue to be the best you, to contribute your best assets to this world and because you think it’s important that others do as well.

I can’t wait to see your beautiful faces there!

-Lindsey, co-chair Beyond P!nk 2010 lindsey@ywib.ca

The Way of the Entrepreneur: Hacking Your Personal Brand

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"Your brand is the gateway to your true work. You know you are here to do something - to create something or help others in some way. The question is, how can you set up your life and work so that you can do it? The answer lies in your brand." - Dave Buck

This will be the first of YWiB's Dinner Series events - discover what it truly means to have a brand that transcends first impressions, reputation and business.   Learn how to hack your personal brand by learning from those who have perfected their to the word: the entrepreneurs.

This Dinner Series would be dynamic open discussion between you, your peers and 15 of Vancouver's top entrepreneurs.  You will discover how to leverage the world of personal branding in a entrepreneurship setting: dynamic networking, understanding your personal limits as well as what it means to be innovative. Dine with some of Vancouver's top entrepreneurs including:

Michelle Rupp, Lighthouse Communications Heather White, 2020 Communications Cybele Negris, Webnames.ca Jane Webb, The Brag Company Jill Earthy, FWE Judy Brooks, Blo Blow Dry Bar Lara Kozan, YYoga Ken Sim, Nurse Next Door Val Litwin, Blo Blow Dry Bar

Jump start the career you've always dreamed of and connect with an inspiring entrepreneur.  Start building your story... see you there!

date | september 29th 2010

time | 6pm

venue | azia restaurant [click here for directions]

price | basic member - eligible for your free event member price - $22.50 non-member price - $32.50

Click here to get your tickets today!

Campus CEO Fall Registration Update

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For updates and information join the CampusCEO Vancouver Facebook group! YWiB is proud to announce that the second session of the CampusCEO Coaching Program, facilitated by GhostCEO founder Chris Flett, will be re-launched in January 2011. Registration will be in Dec and the location is TBD.  CampusCEO is open to all Basic YWiB Members.

Instead, YWiB will be having an exciting new unique program for the fall. Details to come! Stay tuned!