Upcoming Events2024-2025 Annual Theme: Grit, Growth, Gratitude
The journey of a woman, especially professionally, is an ever-evolving experience that, while integrated in the world, is still very unique to each of us. Women strive to break barriers, shatter glass ceilings, and pave the way for future generations through their careers. This journey entails embracing and representing grit, growth, and gratitude. For many women, particularly in the STEM industries, grit means tackling challenges head-on. Through grit and determination to continue the journey, women embody an infinite growth ability. Professionally, growth is not just about accumulating knowledge but also about evolving as individuals and as leaders. This means seeking out opportunities for mentorship, collaboration, and continuous education. This the mission that WEST seeks to fill, and one of the many facets of the WEST community that our members love. As women grow, we reflect on the grit, growth, support, and opportunities required to get where we are, and embrace gratitude. For WEST, gratitude extends past the individual journey and leads us to generously give back to the community that has empowered us. After much reflection, as well as looking ahead to the future, these tenets, grit, growth, and gratitude, have been selected as WEST’s Annual Theme for 2024-2025. Aug6 Deep Work in a Distracted World: Skills to Sharpen Your Focus In our world of constant notifications, endless emails, and overflowing to-do lists, the ability to focus has become incredibly challenging, risking our ability to achieve our most important goals. In his book Deep Work, Cal Newport explores how we can cultivate sustained concentration in the face of these challenges. Join our interactive 60-minute virtual discussion where we'll explore Newport's four strategies for enhanced productivity:
Location: Zoom
Cost: Members: $5; Non-Members: $15 Aug17 WEST Dynamic Pod Mentoring - Application Deadline Kick start your development with a 1:1 goal setting session, training, and mentor stories. Then, each of the following two-hour virtual sessions features core pods, flex pods, and networking.
Location: Zoom
Cost: Members: $100, Non-Members: $200 Aug28 Hacks to Your Dream Job Job hunting and preparing for interviews can feel a bit like a guessing game. What types of jobs can you look for, what kinds of jobs should you be looking for? Should you be using a recruiter? When you do land an interview, what are companies looking for? How can you stand out from the other candidates?
These are the questions that Jobgini is here to answer! In her upcoming event, Hacks to Your Dream Job, Gunjan Kuthiala will take a deep-dive look into how to be found by a recruiter, use their guidance to apply for the right jobs, and what preparations will make you stand out as a candidate. In this workshop we will:
Location: Lab Central, 700 Main St., North, Cambridge, MA
Cost: Members: $10, Non-Members: $20 Sept10 SuperPowers in Action What Happens Here? MyndShift empowers you to make big shifts and bold moves in your career and personal life. How? Through a proven process rooted in Positive Psychology and real-world results. In this dynamic workshop led by Nancy McCabe, CPPC, you will quickly start turning your visions for the future into reality. Location: Alexandria Real Estate, 400 North Beacon St., Engine Room, Watertown, MA
Cost: Members: $15, Non-Members: $30 sept11 WEST Dynamic Pod Mentoring - First Session Kick start your development with a 1:1 goal setting session, training, and mentor stories. Then, each of the following two-hour virtual sessions features core pods, flex pods, and networking.
The dates of the program are 9/11, 9/25, 10/16, 11/6, 11/20, and 12/11. All session will be via Zoom 6-8pm ET. Currently open to WEST members only. Location: Zoom
Cost: Members: $100, Non-Members: $200 Sep16 Career Possibilities Panel & Speed Networking - Breaking Traditional Career Boundaries in Biopharma Communications This panel is designed to help you think about your career path and the different options that are open to you. The panel will have an informational interview type feel with panelists sharing their career paths, a look at what their job entails, transferrable skills for those looking to make a change, tips for uncovering opportunities, advice for others, and how to make brave leaps. Location: Zoom
Cost: Free to All sept18 Building Adaptive Strategies for Career Advancement in Science Dr. Jenn Felsted-Knight, former neuroscientist turned leadership coach, will present a framework designed to help you clarify your professional purpose and unique value proposition, create a roadmap that evolves with changing priorities, and apply systematic approaches to career decision-making. Then two accomplished women leaders will share how they've navigated their career paths, including strategic pivots that accelerated advancement, relationship-building that opened opportunities, and approaches to balancing technical excellence with leadership development. You’ll Leave With: 1. A framework for clarifying your professional purpose and creating adaptive career roadmaps 2. Systematic approaches to building adaptive career strategies that respond to evolving opportunities 3. Real-world insights from leaders on navigating career advancement in science Location: Bristol Myers Squibb, 250 Water St., East Cambridge, MA 02141
Cost: Members: $10; Non-Members: $20 oct2 Tantalizing Technical Talks: How to Make Complex & Bland Topics Captivating & Compelling When you join me in this talk, you will receive methods that I’ve shared in training over 30,000 career professionals in 30 cities internationally so you can influence with impact. In this fun and interactive session, you will:
Location: Lab Central, 700 Main St., North, Cambridge, MA
Cost: Members: $5; Non-Members: $15 Oct22 25th Anniversary Celebration & Awards Event Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate 25 years of advancing women in science, technology, and engineering at the WEST 25th Anniversary Celebration & Awards. This milestone event will bring together our vibrant community to honor the people and moments that have shaped WEST’s legacy—and to spotlight the bright future ahead. The night will be filled with delicious food, drinks, and meaningful connections as we reflect on the incredible achievements of the WEST network. Enjoy a dynamic evening of networking with like-minded professionals, leaders, and changemakers who share a passion for equity and innovation in STEM. Our program will feature the presentation of the WEST Awards, recognizing the outstanding individuals and organizations that exemplify the spirit, values, and mission of WEST. We'll also share about how WEST has grown, what we’ve accomplished together, and where we’re heading next. Location: Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., 600/700 One Kendall Square, Atrium, Cambridge, MA
Cost: Members: $50; Non-Members: $75 oct28 Leadership Strategies to Advance Your Career in Science Sandra Glucksmann, CEO, Serial Entrepreneur, and Board Member, will share stories of her career challenges and successes. She will touch on the following topics:
Location: Zoom
Cost: Members: $5; Non-Members: $15 nov10 Becoming the She-ro in Your Life In this seminar, you’ll learn how to embrace the power of your mind to shape your career to create the life you want. You’ll learn how to break free of indecision, fear, and disarm your inner critic to work and live intentionally. In particular, you will draft a plan to ensure your career goals are created to align with a life of meaning, joy, and satisfaction. Along the way, this seminar will enable you to define your purpose and solidify a vision of your very best life. Only with this clarity will the right career goals and path materialize for you. Location: Zoom
Cost: Members: $5; Non-Members: $15 dec4 The Promise of Human Possibility: Learn, Adapt, and Grow Amidst Constant Change Many of us are experiencing the most disruptive decade we have faced in our lives to date and feel overwhelmed and unmoored. How do we find clarity and agency amidst disruption and uncertainty? How do we develop, grow, and lead ourselves and others amidst constant change? In this session, led by Julie Jungalwala, you will learn how to do that; you will learn the predictable stages of internal change ('The Terrain of Transition') and the critical adaptive abilities that will enable and sustain your development through ongoing change and disruption. These research-based frameworks are brought to life through inspirational stories of women just like you. Women who are leading themselves and others amidst constant change. It starts with you, creating a renewed sense of purpose, the life that you are here to live, and embracing the greater possibility that lies within all of us - waiting to be unleashed. Participants leave inspired to become architects of their own future, equipped with practical strategies to access the potential of their future self and a customized roadmap to help them get there. Location: Be Biopharma, One Kendall Square, Building 200, Cambridge, MA 02139
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