There’s been good news and bad for me on the board front over the past week. First the good news: I was present at the Australian Stock Exchange to see Minister Penny Wong launch the Government’s new BoardLinks initiative. Board…
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Good news and bad news for Women on Boards, as Minister Wong launches BoardLinks aimed at giving women their first board appointment
Posted on 12 November 2012.
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WEConnect: a life changing opportunity for Melbourne’s entrepreneurs?
Posted on 17 October 2012.
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to meet Sue Lawton the Director for Innovation with WEConnect International. If you’re an entrepreneur and you haven’t heard about WEConnect yet, you need to! This is one organisation that is truly ch…
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Someone who believes in you: the critical role of mentors, role models and friendship in your career
Posted on 06 September 2012.
When I was fresh into the corporate world as an accounting graduate I thought I knew everything I needed to know. Of course. Until I started working in the business world, and discovered it’s not what you know but who you know. …
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Women Entrepreneurs: Pitch your way to Silicon Valley! TiE annual pitching comp is on soon!
Posted on 12 April 2012.
TiE Sydney’s annual Women Entrepreneurs’ Pitching Competition on May 1, 2012 is on again with a fantastic prize to Silicon Valley to attend TiEcon on May 18-20, 2012. TiEcon was named among ’10 Best Conferences for Ideas and Entrepreneurship’ by Worth …
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Violence Against Women: 1 in 3 Australian women in abusive relationships, 1 woman killed every week by intimate partner. Did you know?
Posted on 12 April 2012.
On Tuesday evening I attended a welcome reception for the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Rashida Manjoo (thanks to UN Women Australia for the invitation, and to Allens Arthur Robinson for hosting this important event). It was &nd…
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The Australia Day Honors, why enough women aren’t recognised and what you can do about it
Posted on 10 February 2012.
This opinion piece by Carol Schwartz published this week in The Age highlights some important differences in recognition of men and women in our communities: “As in previous years, fewer than a third of the names on the Australia Day honours list are women. As in previous years, women are given more awards in the […]
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