The latest women's leadership news, research and advice to fit your life. September 5, 2017: Edition 129
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ORIGINAL CONTENT & FRESH NEWS YOU NEED NOW
Refugee to COO: Inspiring Young Female Tech Leaders Marvel at the journey of Sophia Mahfooz, COO of Girls in Tech, from Pakistan to Silicon Valley. TELL ME MORE
Never Say Retire: Entrepreneurship Lessons From A Dreamer The co-founder of Jeunesse says knowing where you
come from helps you see where you're going.
Tell Me A Story: Leadership Starts With Storytelling Author and former hospital president Sandy Coletta shares a leader's power of personal story. TELL ME MORE
Gloria's "The Sum" Weekly Column: The Word of The Week Is Love As in what matters when your house is flooded. As in the secret to dealing with hate speech at work. As in the human capacity to rise higher than Harvey's waters and help each other. It takes the same leadership skills to call people to their higher selves as to their basest instincts. Be the kind of leader about whom others will say you made them a better person. Comment @GloriaFeldt TELL ME MORE
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BP Appoints Its First Black Female CEO Priscillah Mabelane heads BP Southern
Africa. READ IT AT ENCA
Watch Trailer on 45 Firsts From Aretha to Ava This week TIME unveils "Firsts," a new video series on 45 groundbreaking women. READ IT AT TIME
Women Broke The Code Before it was a bro culture, coding was all for women. READ IT AT HISTORY
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Wow, are people really going to talk to this imaginary man with more respect than us? But we were like, you know what, this is clearly just part of this world that we’re in right now. We want this and want to make this happen.”
-- Kate Dwyer, co-founder of Witchsy, on creating a fake male partner
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we'll be joined by two of the pioneering engineers and scientist who played an integral role in the 1977 Voyager space missions. Fran Bagenal and Linda Morabito will stop by to discuss what it was like to be a part of the groundbreaking NASA exploration mission, the new PBS documentary The Farthest: Voyager in Space, and how women continue to make their mark on the history of space exploration.
Take The Lead is excited to partner with Together Live to bring you discount tickets for an incredible 10-city event headlined by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Luvvie Ajayi, emceed by Jennifer Rudolph Walsh and featuring thought leaders, local activists, artists, athletes and celebrity guests.
You'll hear from earth-shakers, heroines and storytellers on finding purpose, overcoming fear, choosing love and making change. You'll leave asking questions about your own path, where you came from, why you're here and where you are going.
Together Live is in 10 cities across the country from September 18 through October 26. Use our special discount code MIGHTY and save between $5 and $10 per ticket.
Our Arizona 50 Women Can Change the World leadership training participants will be there in force at the Phoenix Orpheum Theater on September 28. Look for us in our 50 Women t-shirts!
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