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BPW London Fall 2010 Newsletter - Empowering Women In this Issue:
2010-2011 BPWL Meeting Program BPW London has an exciting and diverse program for the upcoming year. We started off the year with Dana Morningstar from Fanshawe College discussing social media campaigns. We are very pleased to announce that the April 19, 2011 speaker will be Catherine Swift, Chair, President & C.E.O. of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Catherine will be discussing: The Power of Entrepreneurial Women in Business. Upcoming meetings:
The season will end with BPWL's Gourmet BBQ. Thank you to Susan Dill, Programs Chair, and her committee for putting together the upcoming meeting schedule. Gaining Our Voice by Carole Orchard, Resolutions Chair A new approach to development of resolutions will be trialed this year. Members have frequently stated the reason they joined our club is because of our commitment to addressing issues that affect women. At the same time, the normal turnaround time for resolution development, approval, and submission is from September to January – a timeline that prevents members from fully participating in learning how to write good resolutions and then applying this knowledge to create a resolution that meets BPW’s standards. So this year we will be introducing a program that allows a full two club years to complete each resolution. In this way it is hoped that more of our members will participate in the resolution formulation and critiquing process, resulting in high quality products that can be acted on at the provincial, national, and potentially international levels. To accomplish this goal we are integrating a personal development process with our club resolution evolution activity. The sequence for this plan was presented at the September dinner meeting. Each BPWL newsletter will have regular column titled ‘Gaining our Voice’. The column will provide a lead into the aspect of resolution development that will be stressed at our forthcoming dinner meeting and provide an ongoing listing of topics deemed of significance to women that resolutions can be developed to address. Members will be invited to join a Women’s Issue Group to work together on development of one resolution on a topic of importance to each group member. Moreover, each Women’s Issue Group will be provided with a club mentor who has extensive expertise in resolution development to provide advice as the Women’s Issue Group moves along the way to completing their group’s resolution. New Women’s Issue Groups can be formed at any time in the year around new issues as they emerge. The learning component builds from the excellent work on resolution single point lessons developed by Sheila Crook a couple of years ago. At the September meeting, members were introduced to the resolution process – Single Point Lesson: Generating Resolution Topics. Included in this session were: the introduction of what resolutions are comprised of; who can suggest resolution topics; and the process for developing a resolution. To obtain a copy of the single point lesson members can download it from the BPW Ontario web site (note your member login will be required to access the Single Point Lessons). Click here for a list of emerging issues. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : What issues do you feel need to be addressed? Are you willing to work on an issue in one of our club’s Women’s Issue Groups? We hope that this new approach will be one that will encourages you to want to work on development of a resolution that you have a passion to address. Membership Update Our membership continues to grow... Gail was a member of BPWL about 10 years ago and is very pleased to be part of the group again. Gail is married and has has a 21 year old daughter, Erin and 18 year old son, Josh. Gail works with Reliance Home Comfort, in the capacity of a Home Comfort Advisor, providing in home heating and cooling solutions to residential clients. Stay turned to future newsletters for more on our new and returning members. BPW 2012 Update In case you missed the news...At the Provincial Conference in June, BPW London was approved to host the 2012 Ontario Provincial Conference. London will be hosting both the National and Provincial in 2012 and the dates have been confirmed: June 22 - 24, 2012. A reminder: 50% of all profits from Sheila Crook’s sales of Tomboy Tools to BPW members and associates will be donated to BPW 2012. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and to learn more about current promotions click here (learn how how you can win a free pair of safety glasses and new products). BPW 2012 Co-Chairs are This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
You are Worth It! Compensation Pitfalls and How to Manage Them. Southwestern Ontario District Meeting - October 23, 2010, London, Ontario. 9:00 a.m. - Noon. Meeting will include a workshop where you will learn to manage the pitfalls of financial compensation, be provided with valuable information about the causes of the gender wage gap, the remedies available and advice about salary negotiation. Click here for further details and to download the flyer. This year three BPW Ontario clubs reach milestones: Belleville and Bowmanville celebrate their 60th Anniversary and Toronto their 100th. Belleville's 60th Anniversary celebration was held October 2, 2010. Below is a photo of BPWL member, Sheila Crook celebrating with two Bellleville members Ruth McMullen (on the left) and Lois Hodgins on the right.
BPW Bowmanville - 60th Anniversary will be celebrated October 28, 2010. Location: Sarah Jane Williams Archives on Temperance Street, Bowmanville: 5:45 p.m. Click here for more details. BPW Toronto - 100th Anniversary will be celebrated November 28, 2010. High Tea and holiday celebration with the Sistering Organization Park Hyatt Hotel, Main Floor, Annona Restaurant from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. RSVP: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Click here for a list of upcoming BPWON District meetings.
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for inclusion in the next newsletter by the last day of the month. It's FREE and great way to promote your business' workshops, upcoming events etc. Osteoporosis Advocacy Workshop in London -November 30, 2010 If you are concerned about Osteoporosis care in Ontario and would like to learn how to make that care better for yourself or someone you know and love, this workshop is for you! In Ontario, the government has decided not to publicly-fund the newer treatments for osteoporosis, known as the non-oral medications. For those people who cannot tolerate the traditional oral medications, access to these newer drugs is critical to their care. The purpose of this workshop is to explain this issue further and to walk through a package of tools that will enable attendees to take personal action to help make a difference. If you are one of the many people worried about the government restricting access to medications for osteoporosis and want to help make a change, please join us on November 30th. People living with osteoporosis, caregivers, family members - everyone is invited to attend to learn how to take action and make a difference. Please note, there is no cost to attend this important session and a light dinner will be provided. Return to "In this Issue" Members: Contact BPWL Secretary,
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