Dear Madame President,

Dear Young BPW (for Spam-Reasons in BCC),

 

Please find here the latest Newsletter with some information out of Europe and BPW International. I kindly ask you to spread this information within your (Young BPW) members. Thank you!

 

BPW International Congress: Important information for all Young BPW!!!!

Dear Young BPW in Europe, this is a very important message:

 

1. Young BPW International Chairperson:

 

In Mexico, we will elect the next Young BPW International Chairperson. For us Young BPW this is a crucial position, as this Lady will represent us, our wishes (eg. MARKETING!), needs (BUDGET!), requirements (ORGANIZATION!) within the Executive Board. So, this will be a Power-Position for Young BPW. We need a strong person to represent us, to work for us. The Regional Young BPW Representatives, just like me for Europe, work very close with this person and they also depend on her – if she is supportive, helping, active and available, a lot of projects are possible. The impact is not to be underestimated, even for the single countries and Young BPW member.

 

We have a very good candidate to represent us Young BPW: Nadia Munawar Siddiqui from BPW Pakistan.

She is currently working within the Young BPW International Team, editing the Newsletter. Her profound BPW experience goes back to BPW Pakistan where she is heading Young BPW Pakistan, and is enriched by joining Congresses just like Young BPW Congress 2007 in Korea, CSW in New York, IDP Training. Her career brought her to the position of being Director Corporate Communication at an internationally acting company. So leading Teams, delegation, negotiation, Budget-oriented projects & developing projects has become familiar for her. By the way: this company promised to back her international BPW work, as they see the advantage and even Role Model, Nadia is giving for other women in Arabic countries!

 

I am fully convinced that she would be the right person: I am working with her for some years already, and I met her personally at the Young BPW International Congress in Seoul/Korea in 2007. Nadia did come to Istanbul this May 2008 to meet Young BPW from Europe and Gabriella Canonica to exchange ideas.

 

Find her application papers here: http://www.bpw-international.org/XXVI-congress/nom-Nadia-Munawar-Siddiqui.htm

 

Please do tell your Delegates to elect Nadia Munawar Siddiqui as Chairperson Young BPW International.

 

 

 

2. Young BPW up to 40:

 

There is amendment No. 18 to the constitution proposing to rise the age of Young BPW up to 40.

http://www.bpw-international.org/XXVI-congress/amendment18.htm

 

Currently we say, Young BPW are all women up to 35. Bundling the younger members, who started the jobs and careers, who deal with the topic career/family. Usually, somewhere in the mid-thirty the point of interest slowly changes and they grow out of Young BPW. The proposal says, that Young BPW misses out the power of women going out of Young BPW and joining BPW. This really does not match with our integrative idea of Young BPW and BPW acting as daughter and sister. It is not desirable to start a competition on workforce between both parts. It is recommended to think about other ways and strategies to maintain a BPW Club young, vivid, active and full with interesting members, willing to bring in their ideas – no matter, if they are Young BPW or BPW.

 

Further, I really feel that Young BPW would become less attractive for the “really” young prospects in their twenties – with the youth we would loose one of the true Young BPW USPs!

 

Please do tell your Delegates to disagree to this proposal. Young BPW is young and must stay young!

 

 

One point regarding myself: Time to say Goodbye:

Dear Young BPW in Europe, it is time to say officially good-bye. My term as Young BPW Europe Representive will expire up from the upcoming Congress next week. At this point I would like to thank you all for our great work and the achievements we have made so far. I am very sure that Young BPW in Europe is on a very good way.

 

I wish you all the best and if you join the Congress: energy to enjoy meeting new people, inspiring meetings and great fun!

 

 

With my best wishes,

Viktoria Balensiefen

Young BPW Europe Representative

2005 - 2008

 

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Young BPW Report

 

Please find attached my report.

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New Young BPW Responsible Switzerland: Isabell Mogliani

 

Dear Young BPW,

                 

I am proud to announce our new responsible for Young BPW: Isabell Mogliani. She is member of the board of BPW Switzerland and since August responsible for Young BPW and will organize the Young BPW Network Day in January. Isabell is a journalist and is working in the management team of a local journal in Liechtenstein. She speaks German, English, French and Italian and will participate in Mexico as a delegate of Switzerland.

 

And she certainly will be happy to meet a lot of Young BPW in Mexico.

 

Here are her contacts:

Isabell Mogliani: isabell.mogliani@bpw.ch

 

I wish her all the best for her new task in growing Young BPW in Switzerland.

 

Best regards

Sabine Schmelzer

President BPW Switzerland

 

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Young BPW Germany Weekend, Nov. 21 – 23, 2008, in Essen (Ruhrgebiet)

 

Young BPW Germany is inviting for their next Young BPW Weekend – see attached mail. Please feel free to contact Nadine Müller for further infos: young-bpw@bpw-germany.de

 

Liebe Young BPWs,

 

anbei die Anmeldung zum Young BPW Wochenende vom 21. - 23. November 2008 in Essen - der Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2010.

 

Essen liegt wunderbar zentral gelegen (jeweils nur ca. 3 Stunden Zuganreise aus Hamburg, Berlin oder Stuttgart, ca. 2 Stunde von Frankfurt). Unterkunft: Das Hotel Alma macht uns einen Sonderpreis! Deshalb rasch direkt beim Hotel (!) buchen. Ein Kontingent ist bis zum 20.10. geblockt!

 

Bitte schickt uns rasch den Anmeldebogen zu, damit wir besser planen können. Achtung: Hotel bitte selbst buchen!

Ein aufregendes und vielseitiges Programm erwartet Euch an diesem Wochenende und natürlich viel Zeit zum Netzwerken.

 

Beste Grüße aus Hessen, Nadine

Please contact me over Xing: http://www.xing.com/go/invite/3320017.c97b4f

 

Program and Registration Form are to be found here: http://www.bpw-germany.de/calendar_event.php?eid=20081015130143451

 

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BPW Hanse: Meeting 2009 in St. Petersburg

 

BPW Hanse Network is travelling to St. Petersburg from June 13./14. - 22. 2009, Hansedays are held in Novgorod from June 18 - 21. Juni 2009. BPW Hanse Network is travelling according the European Hanse Festivities and enable participants to get a very indeep insight into the working and living conditions as well as economic aspects of the hosting country. Information and contact details are attached.

 

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Young BPW Group on Xing and Facebook

Networking is one of our easiest things and many of you already now XING, a social networking software where you can especially take care for Business Contacts. Young BPW Germany has now started an online Group for Young BPW on Xing. More than 50 members discuss and exchange their topics online. Just check this link and enter the group: https://www.xing.com/app/network?op=home;tab=2;name=youngbpw;about=1

If you don’t know Xing by now, you can have a free-of-charge registry and usage. You may just follow my invitation: http://www.xing.com/go/invite/365863.697346

But Young BPW are also active on Facebook with 50 members. The url is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2428625713.

 

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BPW Roster: Keep your entries update!!!

 

The BPW Roster makes it very easy, that we contact each other. And it helps me with eg. contacting you, writing reports etc. When I lately checked it, I missed a lot of information. So this is a little homework from me: The BPW Roster needs to be update!

 

Please check your own entry: is it the right name? How many members have you got? Look at this link: www.bpw-roster.info and approve your entries at the Federations list or the Associated Clubs list. If anything is missing, ask your president for an update. Or ask Gabriella Canonica (Gabriella.canonica@bpw-europe.org) for a password, so that you can do the updates on your own.

 

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New BPW Club Izmir, Turkey

 

Let us welcome the new Club BPW Izmir, Turkey! They opened with 26 members!

 

Dear Sehnaz, President of BPW Izmir

Congratulations to you and your board. We wish you a very warm welcome and all the best for the work you are going to do for BPW Izmir / BPW Europe / BPW International. We wish you good moments, satisfaction and many positive achievements.

 

All our best regards, to all Members of BPW Izmir!

 

If you feel like writing them a message: izmir@bpw-europe.org

 

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Mc Kinsey Report on Centered leadership: How talented women thrive
The McKinsey Leadership Project, an initiative to help professional women, has identified five key dimensions of balanced leadership: Meaning, energy, positive framing, connection and engagement. "Since March, we've introduced the centered-leadership model to a thousand women and half as many men in regional and global learning programs. ... Many of the women reported a tremendous increase in their energy and motivation," the project personnel say. The McKinsey Quarterly (free registration for SmartBrief readers) (9/1)

 

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Open Society Fellowship

NEW YORK—The Open Society Institute today launched a fellowship program to enable outstanding individuals from around the world to pursue projects that will inspire meaningful debate and shape public policy. The Open Society Fellowship will award $2 million in 2008 to scholars, journalists, activists and others working on national security; citizenship, membership and marginalization; authoritarianism; and new strategies and tools for advocacy.

“The Open Society Fellows will be idea entrepreneurs,” said George Soros, founder and chairman of OSI. “The fellowship will generate new thinking to tackle some of the most pressing questions of our day.”

Fellows’ projects may include books, articles, documentary films, online media, and efforts to seed new campaigns and organizations. OSI seeks fellows who will engage with its staff and inform its thinking.

OSI will provide fellows with competitive stipends and communications assistance, and will integrate them into its networks of partners and grantees. Most fellowships will be awarded for one year. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. For more information, please see the Open Society Fellowship guidelines.

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The Open Society Institute, a private operating and grantmaking foundation, works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve its mission, OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. OSI works in over 60 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as in the United States

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Dates for your Diary:

24. - 28.10.08:   26th BPW International Congress in Mexico City, Mexico

04. – 06.09.09:  13th BPW Europe Congress in Munich, Germany

 

 

Responsible:

Viktoria Balensiefen

Young BPW Europe Representative

mailto: viktoria.balensiefen@youngbpw-europe.org

www.youngbpw-europe.org

Skype: viktoria_bonn

 

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