Events Calendar

After the success of their last Sales Transformation workshop, Waypoint Partners are hosting another one on 18th September in central London.

This event is for growing and ambitious agency owners who are keen to understand more about driving accelerated revenue growth and creating a repeatable and efficient sales process.

Selling efficiently has a direct impact on growth and therefore, valuation. Using real examples, they will be exploring what you need to be, do and have to build an effective focused sales model.

Waypoint Partners has worked with over 200 companies and will share the methodology and process changes that brought a digital business a 300 per cent uplift in new logo sales (£800k to £2.4m tcv) and an 8x uplift in up-sells and cross-sells (£79k to £888k across six months).

Come and learn how to create a value sales proposition to ensure customer longevity and long-term value. Coffee, questions and networking to follow.

Event details

1 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 1RD

Wednesday 18th September
09.30-11.00

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Marie Stopes published her controversial sex manual, Married Love, in 1918, revolutionising how the world understood desire, sexuality and sexual health.

A century on, this new chamber opera by Alex Mills explores a fascinating snapshot of society’s sex life using extracts from thousands of emotionally-charged letters Stopes received in response to her book, which feel just as powerful and relevant now as they were 100 years ago.

The opera was first performed at Wellcome Collection museum as part of the Tête à Tête opera festival in 2018. This production brings together the original team with new staging conceived specially for Kings Place.

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The Access MBA and EMBA Tour is visiting London to guide the most ambitious business professionals to their dream MBA or EMBA degree and professional fulfillment.

Sign up for the Access MBA & EMBA One-to-One event to benefit from:

• Professional profile evaluation and coaching
• One-to-One meetings with top international business schools
• Individual consulting sessions with Access MBA experts
• More than EUR 2 million worth of scholarship opportunities

Date: September 24^th, 2019

Time: 16:30-21:30

Place: Royal Garden Hotel, London

Places are limited for One-to-One meetings and early registration is recommended.

To receive your free invitation, register here today.

Careers Club & WeAreTheCity would like to invite you to join them for an evening of learning and networking, Accelerate Your Earning Potential – Add value, gain recognition, reap rewards with Kay White, Coach, Author, Mentor – Way Forward Solutions

• Would you like to be more strategic and focussed about where your career is heading?
• How do you own AND use the value and wisdom of your skills and experience?
• How do you stick to what’s important to you without upsetting others?
• Learn the use of a certain subtle word which changes how people respond to you
• Build and maintain professional relationships in a clear, intentional way for mutual benefit
• Learn and use the 8 Principles of Your Career Success Cycle – they’re in play all the time and Kay will show you how to be more purposeful and clear as you navigate the twists and turns of your own unique career journey.

Smart Career Moves Mentor Kay White knows how frustrating it can be when your career priorities fly out of the window (or you don’t have a clue what they are in the first place) and you find yourself at the mercy of everyone else’s career goals instead. This has serious implications on your success at work and at home and your overall sense of well-being.

It means it’s time to take the steering wheel and Drive Your Own Career Bus.

Drawing from her recently-released book “It’s Always Your Move – Purposeful Progress for Corporate Career Women”, during her interactive talk, Kay will share tips, strategies, mind-sets and exact words and phrases for you to use straight away, all designed to enable you to naturally steer and navigate the choppy waters of your own career path.

Location

Tuesday 24 September 2019, 5.45pm – 8.30pm at Man Group, 1 Angel Lane, London, EC4R 3AB

Agenda

17.45 Registration & pre-networking

18.30 Welcome and Speed Networking with Vanessa Vallely OBE, Managing Director, WeAreTheCity

18.40 Keynote session – Accelerate Your Earning Potential – Add value, gain recognition, reap rewards with Kay White, Coach, Author, Mentor – Way Forward Solutions

19.40 Q+A

19.50 Networking and canapes

20.30 Event close

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About our speaker 

Kay White is known as The Smart Career Moves Mentor for Corporate Women and is the Author of two Number 1 best-selling books (The A to Z of Being Understood AND It’s Always Your Move). Kay shows experienced corporate career women how to own and leverage their skills and experience so they more confidently navigate their career paths towards promotion, more recognition and more rewards (all without losing themselves along the way).

Drawing upon the highs and lows of her own +20-year corporate experience in insurance broking at Willis, London (starting as a Secretary and leaving as a Divisional Director) Kay brings her passion and experience for the energy of language, the art of influence and persuasion and making strategic, considered career moves to her clients.

Kay and her husband live close to London with 3 rescue Lurchers and much of Kay’s inspiration comes from walking the hounds, early in the mornings, in the local countryside. Playing the drums (occasionally guest-spotting in a heavy rock band) and Water-skiing, Kay keeps herself flexible with Yoga and Pilates.

Website: www.kaywhite.com

This session is free for individual Careers Club members, corporate members of Careers Club and WATC Rising Star and TechWomen winners.

Britain has had two female heads of government and women make up a third of the total number in the House of Commons, a number that has been steadily rising with each election.

Women, some say, will soon have equal political power in the UK. But many would beg to disagree. Britain sits 39th in the world rankings for the proportion of women sitting in the national legislature, and it was not until 2016 that the total number of women ever elected to the Commons surpassed the number of male MPs in a single parliament.

Women MPs have passionately fought for and won many of the gains we take for granted today – equal pay, better childcare provision and child benefit. But the fight for laws that benefit women has often been made in the face of fierce opposition from male MPs. And today, women parliamentarians face a new challenge – increasing levels of abuse and threats of violence on social media. Labour MP Diane Abbott, the first black woman elected to parliament, receives so many racist and misogynistic threats every day that her office sends them in weekly batches to the police. This revolution, many women say, is far from finished.

On September 26 the MPs Rachel Reeves and Priti Patel join celebrated classicist and broadcaster Mary Beard on the Intelligence Squared stage to discuss how women negotiate political power in what remains in many ways a man’s world. Reeves will talk about some of the pioneers who feature in her acclaimed book Women in Westminster, including Eleanor Rathbone, Barbara Castle, Harriet Harman and Tessa Jowell, who all battled for change despite the sometimes misogynistic atmosphere in the House of Commons. Nancy Astor, the first sitting woman MP, was physically obstructed by some male MPs from taking her seat on the green benches, while Shirley Williams used to have her rear routinely pinched by male colleagues in the division lobby.

Our speakers will also discuss the very nature of power and how even women often conceive it as male. As lifelong feminist Beard acknowledges, ‘What do even I see when I shut my eyes and try to imagine a prime minister? Answer: a white man in a suit.’ When, our speakers will ask, will there be a female prime minister of colour? Or a woman chancellor of the exchequer, a job Reeves has said she aspires to? When and how will the revolution be finally won?

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The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event.

People all over the UK host their own Coffee Mornings and donations on the day are made to Macmillan. We are counting up the pennies and pounds for this year’s event as we speak, and hope to raise over £27 million again this year, to help everyone living with cancer to live life as fully as they can.

How did it all begin?

The first ever Coffee Morning happened way back in 1990. It was a rather small affair with a simple idea: guests would gather over coffee and donate the cost of their cuppa to Macmillan in the process. It was so effective, we did it again the next year – only this time nationally. Since then, Coffee Morning has raised over £200 million for Macmillan.

Why we do it

Join women’s cancer research charity, The Eve Appeal, as we Go Red and trek 25km (approx. 15.5 miles) on Saturday 28^th September through the stunning Cotswolds to mark the end of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month.

Every day in the UK 58 women are diagnosed with one of the five gynaecological cancers – womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal – and 21 will die. That’s 21 mothers, daughters, sisters and partners every day. The Eve Appeal is determined to change these shocking statistics but they need your help.

By taking part in this incredible challenge you can help to raise funds for The Eve Appeal’s ground-breaking research which is focused on developing effective methods of risk prediction, earlier detection and screening for these women-only cancers – whilst also taking in this truly beautiful Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the charming villages, stunning countryside and breath-taking views at every step.

Athena Lamnisos, Chief Executive of The Eve Appeal said: “The Go Red Trek is a charity hike that’s both a stretch and a joy. Walking through glorious countryside, sharing stories and raising life-saving funds. It’s a brilliant event to take part in with friends, family and colleagues and also brilliant if you come along on your own. Raising sponsorship when you’re taking on a 25km challenge with a fair few hills along the way is great fun too!”

Go Red and sign up today: https://www.globaladventurechallenges.com/challenge/go-red-trek

This trek brings together the charity’s supporters, employees, people who have had cancer and their families, and anyone who likes to take on a new challenge and raise money in the process. The Eve Appeal’s Specialist Gynaecological Cancer Nurse Tracie Miles, who runs our Ask Eve service, will also be taking part this year – so it is the perfect opportunity to walk, talk and learn about gynae health.

Go Red Trek Route

We will meet in the early morning on Saturday 28^th September in the beautiful Bourton-on-the-Water, also known as the ‘Venice of the Cotswolds’ – a truly beautiful location to start our challenge. Here you will register, receive your bespoke t-shirt and have an event briefing.

The trek then heads out onto the Monarch’s Way where we will walk alongside the River Windrush, passing Clapton-on-the-Hill and Farmington before reaching Northleach.

After passing through Northleach, we join the Macmillan Way passing through small villages of Hampnett and Turkdean, continuing our trek to the Cold Aston. The final leg of our trek will join the Gloucestershire Way before moving onto the Windrush Way and then heading back into Bourton-on-the-Water for a triumphant finish – where you can enjoy some fizz and a hot snack!

Sign up today by visiting https://www.globaladventurechallenges.com/challenge/go-red-trek or if you would like more information contact the Eve Team: email [email protected] or phone 020 7605 0109.

An Amazon Stept Out is a one-off evening with one of history’s unsung heroes: the pioneering rebel, Mary Wollstonecraft.

Anita Rani and Jude Kelly and a star-studded cast will bring to life the inspirational story of the ‘original suffragette.’

Wollstonecraft was an Enlightenment icon and human rights champion. She reported from the front lines of Revolutionary Paris, and travelled to Scandinavia in search of lost silver, toddler in tow. Why were her life and legacy considered so dangerous? This unique production is your chance to experience her world-changing words as they’ve never been heard before.

An Amazon Stept Out is written by Bee Rowlatt, directed by Honor Borwick with musical contributions assembled by Harriet Houghton Slade.

“I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves”

For one night only and in aid of the human rights education charity The Wollstonecraft Society.

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It is fair to say Mental Health has become one of the most significant conversations of our time.

However, most of us are still deeply uncomfortable at the thought of having to talk about mental health, especially in the workplace.  We know the stats – it affects one in four of us and costs the UK economy £70 billion (Forbes, 2019) per year, but to engage with this at its core we need to acknowledge what really matters – that workplace mental health awareness is everyone’s business.

We invite those in HR, Diversity & Inclusion or Wellbeing roles within their businesses to see our unique approach to Workplace Mental Health Awareness in action.  Through interactive scenarios, practical case study and facilitated discussion, our experiential workshop will give you:

• Raised awareness of what we mean by mental health and practical guidance on how to ‘have the conversation’.
• Insight on how to make mental health awareness everyone’s business and a shared responsibility.
• A chance to hear about our ground-breaking mental health awareness programme with BAE Systems.
• Skills in recognising the signals and being proactive in addressing mental health issues, with input from a leading business psychologist.
• Increased confidence in how to manage and challenge the perceptions of others.

Enjoy a leafy stroll as part of your morning commute and join us at in a venue within Regent’s Park for a thought-provoking morning of learning, and conversation.

Places are limited, so please email [email protected] for details of how to register. In lieu of a registration fee, we will kindly ask you to consider an optional donation of £25 per participant to the Mental Health Foundation, who are celebrating their 70th Anniversary this year.

Join us to celebrate our 30 courageous models as they step out in style onto the catwalk following a breast cancer diagnosis.

Their life-affirming stories of strength, passion and bravery will leave you inspired and uplifted.

With fashion, fundraising and fine dining, you’re sure to have an experience to remember. The money we raise will help us continue to be there for people who so desperately need us. Join us as we return to the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza hotel on Thursday 3 October.

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Join us on Thursday 3 October for an event on the pivotal role women have played throughout the history of British politics. 

Our Director, Professor Rosie Campbell, will be joined by Cathy Newman, journalist at Channel 4 News and author of Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention, and our Chair, Julia Gillard, to discuss how women always mattered in politics – but not everyone noticed.

This event is part of Making Sense of Society, an event series by the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King’s College London.

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Having a recognised voice at the table, trusting their own voice, standing by their own achievements, tackling imposter syndrome and asking for money, have been identified as the top 5 challenges women face when in and seeking to be appointed to leadership roles.

Winmark are dedicated to helping more women become successful, recognised leaders, and developed this course in conjunction with today’s C-Suite leaders who want their female colleagues to get to the next level.

You will be coached through a high intensity seminar where you will discover where your brain is tripping you up and how to overcome challenges in your work environment so you can stand out as THE credible leader in any space, no matter how male dominated.

Trainer:

• David Roylance, CEO and Leadership & Performance Coach

Agenda:

08:45 – Breakfast

09:00 – 1st Part,

10:45 – Tea Break

11:00 – 2nd Part,

12:30 – Sandwich Lunch

13:30 – 3rd Part,

15:15 – Tea Break

15:30 – 4th Part,

17:30 – Finish

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Robots. Artificial Intelligence. Digital Leaders.

We’re not talking about science fiction here. These once-novel concepts are becoming ever more standard in businesses across the country. Join us as we explore how to keep up.

Technology like robots, drones and self-driving cars is held up as the key driver behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution — but dig a little deeper, and you’ll find there’s more than meets the eye.

The digital native generation is entering the workplace with expectations around patterns of work and corporate responsibility which organisations are having to respond to. The ageing nature of an increasingly diverse workforce brings both new opportunities and challenges alike, with key puzzles like lifelong learning and diversity and inclusion to solve — and that’s only scratching the surface…

Join us in Birmingham on Friday 4th October, as we discuss the six key areas in which the business world is evolving, and the skills managers and leaders need to develop now to stay relevant as they unfold.

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A clarion call to all women across the UK looking for opportunities in business and work.

Women in Business Expo delivers guidance, inspiration and business services to women at any stage of their career or business journey.

A refreshing environment where women can learn, network and share insights and experiences plus meet service providers and companies to support their next career or business choice.

The event will help overcome the challenges which women face in business and work, providing two days of networking, insightful seminars and features along with a fantastic line up of exhibitors.

Mark your diary today, for the women’s business event of the year.

Where and when is the Women in Business Expo taking place?

Women in Business Expo is taking place 16-17 October 2019 at the Farnborough International Conference and Exhibition Centre in Farnborough.

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Robots. Artificial Intelligence. Digital Leaders.

We’re not talking about science fiction here. These once-novel concepts are becoming ever more standard in businesses across the country. Join us as we explore how to keep up.

Technology like robots, drones and self-driving cars is held up as the key driver behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution — but dig a little deeper, and you’ll find there’s more than meets the eye.

The digital native generation is entering the workplace with expectations around patterns of work and corporate responsibility which organisations are having to respond to. The ageing nature of an increasingly diverse workforce brings both new opportunities and challenges alike, with key puzzles like lifelong learning and diversity and inclusion to solve — and that’s only scratching the surface…

Join us in Edinburgh on Wednesday 23rd October, as we discuss the six key areas in which the business world is evolving, and the skills managers and leaders need to develop now to stay relevant as they unfold.

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Join #TeamNSPCC as they conquer The Gherkin Challenge on 27 October 2019.

Every step you climb and every pound you raise will help protect more children.

There’ll be high-fives, #nofilter views and the clink of champagne glasses waiting for you when you’ve climbed 38 floors to the finish line. But the view’s just one of the reasons you’ll feel on top of the world.

Whether you’ve conquered The Gherkin in 7 or 40 minutes, with your colleagues, friends or on your own –  you’ll know you’ve done something amazing for children.

By raising £250, you could help our Speak out Stay safe programme reach 83 primary school children, giving them the knowledge to protect themselves from abuse.

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Robots. Artificial Intelligence. Digital Leaders.

We’re not talking about science fiction here. These once-novel concepts are becoming ever more standard in businesses across the country. Join us as we explore how to keep up.

Technology like robots, drones and self-driving cars is held up as the key driver behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution — but dig a little deeper, and you’ll find there’s more than meets the eye.

The digital native generation is entering the workplace with expectations around patterns of work and corporate responsibility which organisations are having to respond to. The ageing nature of an increasingly diverse workforce brings both new opportunities and challenges alike, with key puzzles like lifelong learning and diversity and inclusion to solve — and that’s only scratching the surface…

Join us in Bristol on Tuesday 12th November, as we discuss the six key areas in which the business world is evolving, and the skills managers and leaders need to develop now to stay relevant as they unfold.

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Please join us for this year’s WEConnect International Europe Conference which is taking place in London on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th November 2019.

This year’s flagship event for WEConnect International in Europe is being hosted at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel London Kensington situated in the in the heart of London’s museum district with sites such as the Natural History Museum and Kensington Palace just around the corner.

The two-day conference will be packed full with networking opportunities, presentations, interactive discussions and breakout sessions based on the conference theme of ‘Driving Business Growth Through Inclusive Value Chains’ which is at the core of the work of WEConnect International.

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WeAreTechWomen, the Technology arm of WeAreTheCity, is planning to host its fourth full-day conference in london, aimed at over 400 women who are wanting to broaden their technology horizons, learn new skills and build their tech networks.

Our unique conference will include the opportunity for our delegates to learn about a variety of technical topics and get involved in Q&A’s, hands-on activities and interactive workshops.

Our aim is to provide an environment where our delegates can upskill and grow their skills/networks for the future.

Our conferences offers an innovative and interactive day of learning. All of our speakers are industry experts and leaders in the field of tech. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about how the tech industry is evolving, and how you can prepare your skill set for the future.

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Women in the Law UK are delighted to be holding this event kindly hosted at Russell-Cooke LLP offices.

Panel

Followed by Q and A

Followed by networking drinks and nibbles.

Guest speakers TBC and includes recent Appointment to the judiciary, former solicitor

Judge Francesca Kaye former partner at R-C

Bar and Solicitors welcome.

More details to follow…….

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Baton Award nominations are currently open, for BAME women who are considered to have made an outstanding contribution by demonstrating excellence in their field, who have paved the way, and whose strides reflect the ethos of the Batons Awards.

Devised by award-winning global female empowerment ambassador Dr Diahanne Rhiney BCAe, The Baton Awards 2019 has already garnered interest from all over the world due to its uniqueness in delivering not only inspiration and empowerment on the night, but ongoing support thereafter. Winners receive their Baton Award at The House of Lords from one of the pioneering predecessors (Torchbearers) in the field they have succeeded in, in an unprecedented gesture of progress, legacy and sisterhood. What sets The Baton Awards apart is the opportunity for winners to receive guidance, advice, support, PR and webinar training in the months after the awards. This is our long-term commitment to BAME women as we seek to affirmatively create real change for our powerful, talented and highly driven BAME female community.

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As we continue to celebrate 100 years of women in the law, we would like to invite you to continue the celebrations with a Women in the Law UK networking event.

Kindly hosted by Irwin Mitchell, Manchester and overlooking the Emmeline Pankhurst Statue, there will be an inspirational speaker followed by a Q&A panel with key women in the law.

The event is being chaired by Sally Penni, Barrister at Law Kenworthys Chambers and Founder of Women in the Law UK.

As well as drinks and canapes, we will be taking the opportunity to fundraise for one of our #manchester #womeninthelawuk charitable causes.

Women in the Law UK and Irwin Mitchell look forward to welcoming you to an evening of celebration.

#womeninthelawuk

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Join us for the day as we turn our attention to uncover how women and non-binary and genderqueer people the world over are ‘Showing Up’, breaking out and pushing boundaries.

Whatever their focus and talent – business, technology, art, science, politics – these pioneers and their allies are joining forces in an explosion of discovery and ingenuity to drive real, meaningful change.

As part of the Global TEDxWomen events programme, TEDxLondonWomen will celebrate how these dynamic and diverse people are showing up to face challenges head on, all while empowering each other to shape the future we all want to see.

TEDxLondonWomen is an inclusive space. We are passionate and proud to reflect diversity both in our audience and on our stage.

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Careers Club & WeAreTheCity would like to invite you to join them for an evening of learning and networking, Planning and Goals – Drive your careers, achieve your potential… with Vanessa Vallely OBE, MD, WeAreTheCity

Are you determined to start 2020 with a robust career plan?
Is this your year to really drive your career forward?
Are you a little unsure where to start?

If the answer is yes, then this session is an absolute must to attend

Join Vanessa Vallely OBE, Founder of WeAreTheCity & Careers Club for this interactive session where you will:

• Reflect on your 2019 achievements/lessons learnt

• Understand the importance of career planning

• Write your career strategy and associated plan

• Review your network, who can help you?

• Learn about tools and techniques that will enable you to keep yourself on track

Agenda
17.45 Registration & pre-networking
18.30 Welcome and Speed Networking with Vanessa Vallely OBE, Managing Director, WeAreTheCity
18.40 Keynote session: Your Year to Thrive – Planning and Goals with Vanessa Vallely OBE, Managing Director, WeAreTheCity
19.40 Q+A
19.50 Networking and canapes
20.45 Event close

This session is free for individual Careers Club members, corporate members of Careers Club and WATC Rising Star and TechWomen50 winners.

Tickets Price: £40 +VAT

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