FountainBlue's "When She Speaks" Women in Leadership Series
FountainBlue's monthly "When She Speaks" Women in Leadership Series highlights the stories of influential Silicon Valley women in high technology, life science and clean energy companies. Our intent is to:
stimulate critical thinking on the social, leadership and business issues of the day,
to build support networks and deeper relationships between like-minded professionals in support of leadership (for both men and women)
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even to mobilize leaders to take specific action and achieve tangible results.
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We are pleased to produce monthly events on the second Thursdays of the month from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., These events provide ongoing opportunities for leaders and emerging leaders in the valley 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 wiki at http://fountainblue.pbwiki.com to ask questions for upcoming sessions, contribute suggestions for information and resources, and participate in the discussions following our meetings. Feel free also to visit our store to purchase online video or audio tapes of specific When She Speaks meetings as well.
Meeting Agenda 5:30 Registration, Snacks and Networking 6:00 Welcomes and Thank Yous 6:05 Panelist Introductions and Panelist Discussion 6:45 Additional Questions Submitted from the Audience (since the events are filmed, questions are submitted in writing during the event) 7:00 Break-outs in groups of 4-6, Led by Panelists 7:25 Debrief from Break-out Groups and Final Remarks 7:30 Thank Yous and Meeting Adjourned
Sponsorship FountainBlue gratefully applauds the leadership and support of our sponsors, and are thankful also for their assistance in shaping and marketing our programs to emerging leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Thank you to our previous sponsors, UCSC Extension and Gevity who sponsored our series since its launch in May 2006 through January 2007. A thank you also to Cisco http://www.cisco.com who helped us grow the program and enlarge its reach with its support from February 2007 through April 2007.
We are also grateful to our current sponsors, EMC Corporation http://www.emc.com for their commitment to support the series from May 10, 2007 through October 11, 2007. Our monthly events will be held from 4-6 p.m. at the EMC offices, 2831 Mission College Boulevard in Santa Clara.
Our June 14 Topic: Optimizing Your Team with Rossella Derickson and Krista Henley, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN
A critical aspect of leadership at any level is the ability to work with others in teams. Whether you are working with staff members to create a product, with the executive team and board members to define and implement a strategic direction, with customers to define market needs, with channel and other partners to market and distribute your products and services, a leader needs to strategically define objectives, communicate them in a way which would inspire others to follow the program, and continue to deliver strategic, measurable results, enlisting the support and buy-in of all stakeholders.
For our June When She Speaks session, we have invited effective team leaders to share their successes and challenges, and give us advice on how we can more effectively and efficiently participate and support our teams, leading and following from any chair. Our discussion will be led by:
Moderator Rossella Derickson and Krista Henley, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN
Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Global Alliance Manager, EMC, Director ATW Mentorship Program
Panelist Vickie Grove, Development Director, Child Advocates
Panelist Amy Heidersbach, Vice President, Product and Merchant Marketing, VISA
Panelist Melinda Lockhart, EDS
Panelist Hali White, Director Process Excellence Office, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
We are grateful to our event sponsors, Cisco.
See below for a list of program topics and facilitators for 2007. Register for any upcoming program by visiting
Patti Wilson, The Career Company Panliest Linda Fosler, Prowse-Fosler and Associates Panliest Francine Gordon, ATW and FGordon Group Panliest Mona Hudak, Cisco Panliest Praveena Varadarajan, Sun Microsystems
Alliance for Technology and Women
Friday, February 9
Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Facilitator Geetha Rao Panliest Lisa Jing, Cisco Systems, Integrated Health Initiative Panliest Julie Johnston, El Camino Hospital Panliest Linda Williams, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
El Camino Hospital Planned Parenthood
Friday, March 9
Women in Policy
Facilitator Leslee Guardino, Canyon Snow Panelist Cindy Chavez, former Vice-Mayor, City of San Jose Panelist Kathleen King, City of Saratoga City Council Panelist Liz Kniss, Supervisor, County of Santa Clara Panelist Bev Strand, Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Worldwide Diversity & Inclusion, Cisco, Member, California Commission on the Status of Women
Women's High Tech Coalition
Thursday, April 12
Leading with Power, Influence and Integrity
Facilitators Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching Panelist Michele Forte, Senior Director of Development, CARE Panelist Afsaneh Laidlaw, Senior Director of Engineering, Cisco Panelist Tammi Smorynski, Intel Capital Panelist Natascha Thomson, Senior Manager, Market Intelligence, EMC, Women's Leadership Forum at EMC
Global Women Leadership Network
Thursday, May 10
The Mentors in Our Lives
Moderator Catherine Ngo, Startup Capital Ventures Panelist Joan Banich, Cisco Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Global Alliance Manager, EMC and Chair of Mentorship Program, ATW Panelist Carol Muller, MentorNet Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Cadence
ATW MentorNet
Thursday, June 14
Optimizing Your Team
Moderator Rossella Derickson and Krista Henley, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Global Alliance Manager, EMC, Director ATW Mentorship Program Panelist Vicki Grove, Development Director, Child Advocates Panelist Hali White, Director Process Excellence Office, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
ATW Child Advocates
Thursday, July 12
Women at the Top of Their Game
Moderator Roberta LaPorte, RAL & Associates Panelist Lisa Felder, Team in Training, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Panelist Barbara Massa, Director of Recruiting Services, EMC Panelist Amy Rubin, Director of Marketing, Intel Panelist Jackie Seto, Lam Research Other Panelists to be confirmed
ATW
Thursday, August 9
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line
TBD
ATW The Entrepreneurs' Foundation
Thursday, September 13
Leadership Styles: What's Gender Got to Do With It?
Bonita Banducci, Banducci Consulting
ATW GWLN TBD
Thursday, October 11
Women Leading Innovation
Beata Lewis, Bridging Lives Claudia Backus, Motorola Maria Alvarez, Chief of Staff, Search and Advertising Technology Group, Yahoo Inc.
ATW
Thursday, November 8
Female Entrepreneurs
Michelle Messina, Explora International
ATW
Thursday, December 13
Leveraging Diversity for Business Results
Moderator Kristi Royse, Founder and CEO, KLR Consulting
ATW
Below is a list of When She Speaks topics and facilitators and panelists from 2006.
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
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 Mythili Sankaran, American India Foundation Praveena Varadarajan, Sun Microsystems
America India Foundation Global Women Leadership Network
Friday, December 8
Creating a Work-Life Balance
Michele Bolton, ExecutivEdge Jennifer Gill Roberts, Maven Ventures Jan Dukes-Schlossberg, Cisco Nivisha Mehta, El Camino Hospital Foundation Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting