• AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMENS ASSOCIATION — ABWA — A SHOUT OUT!

    If you are not familiar with ABWA, it’s time you check it out!  http://www.abwa.org

    This year is the 65th year of this organization and its amazing contribution to the support, education, promotion, and positive, healthy energy for women in business.

    For the past 4 years, my colleagues Laurie DiPadova-Stocks, Kay Barnes and I have traveled to the national conventions and conducted three day educational programs on women and leadership through PARK UNIVERSITY.  And this year the national meetings were here in wonderful KANSAS CITY!   This year our topics have been BEING UP FRONT; LEADING AND SHAPING THE UNSCRIPTED FUTURE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP FUTURE.  Each of us look forward to the chance for working together and LOVE working with this group of women.  And we bring our individual perspectives to the content.  Laurie is professor of public administration, dean of the Hauptmann School of Public Affairs. Kay is the former mayor of Kansas City and now is the director of the Center for Leadership at Park as well as distinguished professor for public leadership. If you read this blog regularly, you already know I’m a psychologist, speaker, consultant and writer. And I have a distinguished faculty fellow appointment at Park.  Hopefully you are impressed by all the “distinguished” labels….but that’s indeed what they call us!

    Here’s the exciting part of our program.  This year 97 women completed the four year program we teach and GRADUATED! By attending all four years they get college credit for their participation.  So another big shout out to those amazing women who come from ALL OVER THE COUNTRY to this great celebration and learning experience which ABWA provides.

    Our presentations are a small sample of what the convention offers to its members.  KU presents an on-going program and many nationally known speakers present on topics ranging from Stress-Free Relationships to Uncrapify Your Life!  Seriously….well, not seriously, because the presenter is a comedian!  Keynotes were delivered by JENNA BUSH HAGER, CONSUELO CASTILLO KICKBUSCH AND NINA GODIWALLA….

    Across the country there are multiple chapters you can locate and JOIN.  More recently, I’ve traveled to Sanibel Island, Florida to speak to chapters there — AND enjoy new friendships and a beautiful part of the world. And I’ve attended several chapter meetings in Kansas City to speak.   I FIRST worked with ABWA back in the 1970’s so I have a long history of enjoying the organization across the country and seeing how much it has to offer YOU if you need support, community, education, mentoring, and a lot of fun!

    GOOGLE ABWA wherever you live and work.  Even if you aren’t up for joining a new organization, go to a meeting, find someone who does belong, ask some questions, see if it might be just the thing you need to give your business/your career a boost.  An organization that’s been around for 65 years clearly has a lot to offer…

    And naturally, you can always ask me questions!

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