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FountainBlue's When She Speaks Women in Leadership Series

FountainBlue’s "When She Speaks" Women in Leadership Series is one of our executive events which covers today’s business, technology and leadership issues for high-tech, clean-tech and life-science decision-makers. It is our intent that FountainBlue’s events for executives 1) foster deeper relationships between fellow professionals and 2) stimulate critical thinking on leadership and business issues, which directly and positively impact a leader's decisions and results.

 

FountainBlue's "When She Speaks" Women-in-Leadership Series highlights the stories of influential Silicon Valley women in high technology and life sciences companies. Our intent is to stimulate critical thinking on the social and business issues of the day, to build support networks for like-minded professionals and even to mobilize leaders to take specific action and achieve tangible results.

 

Our monthly events, held on the second Fridays of the month from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., provide opportunities to celebrate leadership, share best practices and forge bonds with fellow professionals in support of women in leadership. Men and women professionals in support of women in leadership are welcome to attend.

For notes from previous meetings, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz/resources/whenshespeaksnotes.html or visit our blog at http://fountainblue.blogspot.com to read and participate in the discussions following our meetings. FountainBlue is grateful for the generous sponsorship of Gevity http://www.gevity.com and UCSC Extension http://www.ucsc-extension.edu for supporting the "When She Speaks" Women in Leadership Series! With their ongoing support, FountainBlue is pleased to produce the following "When She Speaks" events for 2006 and beyond.

FountainBlue is also pleased to support a nonprofit for each of our When She Speaks Women in Leadership events. For suggestions on future themes and sponsored nonprofits, please e-mail us at info@FountainBlue.biz.

A typical agenda for our monthly events is below for your reference.

11:30 - 12:00 Registration, Lunch and Networking

12:00 - 12:05 Welcomes and Thank Yous

12:05 - 12:10 Panelist Introductions

12:10 - 12:45 Interactive Panelist Discussion

12:45 - 1:00 Additional Questions from the Audience

1:00 - 1:20 Break-outs in groups of 4-6

1:20 - 1:25 Debrief from Break-out Groups

1:25 - 1:30 Thank Yous and Close


This Month's Event: It Takes a Village: The Case for Collaborative Leadership

The 'It Takes a Village' concept of successful, cross-cultural, cross-role, cross-functional support of critical societal and business issues are a fundamental requirement for making sustainable progress and changes. This month's 'When She Speaks' event will profile women who have successfully taken a stand on a key issue of critical importance, coalesced a following around the initiative, and forged ahead in making real changes for people in need.

We are pleased to announce that Rosemary Straley National Coordinator of the HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SUPPORT NETWORK will help frame the discussion, based on the 'It Takes a Village' concept coined by Senator Clinton. We are also pleased to present our esteemed facilitators and panelists for this month's event.

Facilitator Katharine Fong, Deputy Managing Editor for the San Jose Mercury News, www.mercurynews.com , oversees the newsroom's convergence and new media efforts, including the website and multimedia. Katharine encourages us to draw on our knowledge of the creative, innovative strength of the region as we face the unique social issues for the region.

Panelist Patricia Burbank, psychologist, community activist and co-founder of One World Children's Fund http://www.owcf.org/, will share her perspectives working with professionals at all levels in discovering the significant progress people can make in partnership. Through her inspiring work at One World Children's Fund, Patricia is personally making a stand in support of grass-roots organizations around the world, serving the fundamental physiological and educational needs of individual communities.

Panelist Dyan Chan, a former corporate community relations manager and currently a partner at communication and community relations consulting firm Lighthouse Blue http://www.lighthouseblue.com. Dyan will share her extensive experience working in corporate community affairs and communication, along with her views on the importance of working collaboratively with businesses and community service organizations, as well as community activists and fellow parents, to address the unique challenges facing busy executives in Silicon Valley.

Panelist Mona Hudak is the Women’s Action Network and Diversity Program Manager for Cisco Systems http://www.cisco.com. Mona has embraced the collaborative leadership model through her involvement with the affinity groups within Cisco. Trained as an engineer, Mona's engaging and empowering style and her leadership with the women's action network affinity group has spawned 32 others around the world and has become a model of support for fostering women's leadership within Cisco.

Katharine will facilitate the discussion covering the panelists' personal experience and involvement with collaborative ventures for social, business and community benefit, as well as words of wisdom on how to contribute to collaborative local and global causes.

 

Below is a list of When She Speaks topics and facilitators and panelists, and the sponsored nonprofit for 2006 and 2007. Please e-mail us for suggestions on themes, panelists or nonprofit causes.

Date Title Panelists Sponsored Nonprofit
       
Friday, May 12 Overcoming Adversity Christine Comaford-Lynch, Mighty Ventures
Linda Holroyd, FountainBlue
Support Network for Battered Women
Friday, June 9 Leaving a Legacy Ann Tardy, LifeMoxie
Jennifer Rowe, Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Friday, July 14 Empowering Others Sally Pera, PeraConnect
Ysabel Duron, KRON News
Cindy Padnos, Outlook Ventures
Latinas Contra Cancer
Friday, August 11 Global Perspectives Catherine Zinn, DLA Piper
Michelle Messina, Explora International
Catherine Ngo, Startup Capital Ventures
Global Women's Fund
Friday, September 8 Education is Fundamental: The Need for a Public-Private Partnership Usha Sekar
Geoff Ainscow, Sunnyvale School District Education Foundation
Hillary Aitken, BUILD
Anna Song, Santa Clara County Board of Education
Paula Wasowska, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Friday, October 13 It Takes a Village: The Case for Collaborative Leadership  Katharine Fong, San Jose Mercury News
Patricia Burbank, One World Children's Fund
Dyan Chan, Lighthouse Blue
Mona Hudak, Cisco 
One World Children's Fund
Friday, November 10 Fostering Women Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Linda Alepin, Global Women Leadership Network
Charlene Pai, Global Innovation Center, Asia
Mythili Sankaran, American India Foundation
Global Women Leadership Network
Friday, December 8 Work-Life Balance Michele Bolton, ExecutivEdge
Jennifer Gill Roberts, Maven Fund
Mona Hudak, Cisco
Nivisha Mehta, El Camino Hospital Foundation
Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting
El Camino Hospital Foundation
Friday, January 12 Succeeding in a Man's World Patti Wilson, The Career Company  
Friday, February 9 A Woman's Health and Well-Being Geetha Rao
Linda Williams, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
El Camino Hospital
Planned Parenthood
Friday, March 9 Financial Empowerment Margaret Cochran, Saratoga Family Health Center TBD
Friday, April 13 Dare to Dream TBD TBD
Friday, May 11 The Mentors in Our Lives Catherine Ngo, Startup Capital Ventures TBD
Friday, June 8 Power and Influence Camille Smith, Work In Progress Consulting TBD
Friday, July 13   TBD TBD
Friday, August 10   TBD TBD
Friday, September 14 Leadership Styles: What's Gender Got to Do With It? Bonita Banducci TBD
Friday, October 12 Dare to Dream TBD
Friday, November 9 Female Entrepreneurs Michelle Messina TBD
Friday, December 14 Women as Venture Capitalists TBD TBD

Join our community for Silicon Valley Executives, by visiting http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/SVExecs.
Join our community for Silicon Valley Women Leaders, by visiting http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/WhenSheSpeaks.
Join our community for Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs, by visiting http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/SVEntrepreneurs.
For more information, contact us at info@FountainBlue.biz or see our blog at http://FountainBlue.blogspot.com.