Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

I hope you're well.

We hold formal meetings once every two months, and for those in-between months, we encourage you to plan coffee, lunch, dinner or an event on your own. You can use our LinkedIn group to publicize your event. This will give you some latitude in location and timing, and that should help more of us come out and meet each other.

I recently wrote about how our group works and how I depend on a lot of people's contributions of time, professional services, and space. I also explained how I pay for the website hosting and domain name through my own checkbook and the ads on our website you may click on along with our Amazon links below my signature. My previous post has information about the cookies on your browser and you can delete them if the ads you see are not of interest.  

This a wild presidential campaign and I know we all have opinions about it. I try hard not to bring this into the workplace and into our group [but it's out there on Facebook]. I do want to remind you that this is group was founded to network, inform and support professional women. No, that's not an endorsement: it is a reminder that we have been behind in rights and visibility in the workplace and even in voting. Women and men fought hard for that right.

My mom, a very patriotic first-generation American, always voted. No matter the weather, the demands of work and family, she went to the polls. I imagine there were times she did not think the candidate was perfect, but it is one of our obligations as citizens, a true privilege compared to many other places in the world, and Americans in general have been extremely lax about this. The truth is that if you are waiting for perfection, you won't find it. Vote for the person who most represents the things you believe, whomever that may be. Check for the facts on FactCheck or similar sites, and vote in your local elections, too. Most candidates start locally, establish a track record in votes and display their character for examination.

GO VOTE!

Today I'm writing about our May event and I have a request. 

Our May 18 Community Event
We are pleased to announce that Amber George and Jennifer Shih will present "Immigration Basics: Overview for Employers Hiring Foreign National Workers." Please see the event details and RSVP link by clicking here.

Please Join Our LinkedIn Group and Unsubscribe from my Email List
Please join our group on LinkedIn so you’ll be updated on announcements and posts. Because it is much easier to send mail through LinkedIn than my home email, I strongly encourage you to join the group. You can post articles of interest, questions, meetings, resumes and jobs. If you are in our LinkedIn group and receive our mailings there, please unsubscribe from my personal mailing list to remove your duplicate mailings and reduce my work.

Thank You for Our Last Event
Many thanks to Diane Cusano for presenting "Inspiring Yourself to Thrive by Reframing Your Thoughts." She provided insights, information and exercises that have helped me and I'm sure have helped others.

Not only do I hope to see you at our next event, I do hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to plan some extra networking events. I would love to attend some!

All the best,

Marcia

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"

      



   

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Monday, February 29, 2016

Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

How are you? Happy March!

We are holding formal meetings once every two months, and for those in-between months, we encourage you to plan coffee, lunch, dinner or an event on your own! You can use our LinkedIn group to publicize your event. This will give you some latitude in location and timing, and that should help more of us come out and meet each other.

I recently wrote about how our group works and how I depend on a lot of people's contributions of time, professional services, and space.

I also explained how I pay for the website hosting and domain name through my own checkbook and the ads on our website you may click on along with our Amazon links below my signature.

Two people contacted me about this, and there may be others with the same question about ads that show on the site. I do not control the ads you view on the site. They are controlled by the cookies on your own computer. This is a process called “personalization.” If you shop on Amazon and look at a product, the next time you visit, you’ll see that product along with recommendations for similar items. 

One way around that is to clear your cookies on your browser. Another way, and this is more effective for me, is to go to http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and go through their menu of cleaning up advertising and making choices. I do this every couple of weeks and it has helped a lot. 

Today I'm writing about our March event, the HR Symposium discount, and a request. 

Our March 16 Community Event
We're pleased to announce that Diane Cusano will present “Inspiring Yourself to Thrive by Reframing Your Thoughts.” I’m interested in leaning how to change my own thought patterns and coach others to do the same Please see the event details and RSVP link by clicking here.

HR Symposium Discount
The HR Symposium as again provided our group members with a discount. If you register right away, your registration fee is $199. Please review the site at www.hrsymposium.org, and if you want to attend, mail your check with a note that you’re with our group to:
Helen Heath
HR Symposium
1648 Graff Court
San Leandro CA 94577

Please Join Our LinkedIn Group
Please join our group on LinkedIn so you’ll be updated on announcements and posts. Because it is much easier to send mail through LinkedIn than my home email, I strongly encourage you to join the group. You can post articles of interest, questions, meetings, resumes and jobs.

Thank You for Our Last Event
Karen Mathews Radau presented "Best Practices - Giving Productive Feedback,” a very interesting and useful talk. I enjoy presentations that help me in my personal life as well as my professional life.

Not only do I hope to see you at our next event, I do hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to plan some extra networking events. I would love to attend some!

All the best,

Marcia

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"

      



   

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Monday, January 11, 2016

Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

How are you? I'm going to have to adjust to thinking about 2016!

We are holding formal meetings once every two months, and for those in-between months, we encourage you to plan coffee, lunch, dinner or an event on your own! You can use our LinkedIn group to publicize your event. This will give you some latitude in location and timing, and that should help more of us come out and meet each other. I think this bi-monthly schedule is working well for us.

Please join our group on LinkedIn so you’ll be updated on announcements and posts.

Sometimes I'm asked how our group works, and I'd like to share this information with you. I depend on a lot of people's contributions of time, professional services, and spaces.

As you know, we do not charge dues nor do we charge for events other than a dinner at a restaurant. This is free to us only because we find great people to host us, generously providing space and their time.

Events are planned by volunteers - see details below - and I could not do all of this without them. Furthermore, the continuation of this group depends on having wonderful volunteers. If you'd like to contribute, please see the paragraph below.

Potential speakers submit their topics for consideration and they sometimes drive a long way to make presentations, share information, keep our skills updated (or add to them) and keep us updated on current trends. What would we do without them?

In fact, what would we do without the volunteers, hosts and speakers? We'd be a Q&A group on a website rather than the dynamic group we are. I hope you take advantage of these meetings!

And one more thing: who pays for the website domain name, the time to put together invitations, mailings, and send everything out? It's my time and my checkbook. What is helpful is when you click on one of the ads on our website or purchase something from our Amazon links (see them below my signature). I usually earn enough through the advertising clicks to pay for the hosting.

Today I'm writing about our January events and needs. 

Our January 13  Volunteers' Meeting
Our group runs on the power of our volunteers. They select topics and speakers, organize the details with the location host and make sure the meetings run smoothly. I deeply appreciate all of their work! You're welcome to join this group and work on our 2016 events. If you're interested, please click here for details.

Our January 20 Community Event
We're pleased to announce that Karen Mathews Radau will be presenting "Best Practices - Giving Productive Feedback." I'm looking forward to learning more for my professional and personal use. We can always learn more about this, can't we? Please see the event details and RSVP link by clicking here.

Survey for 2016 Locations
if you have a meeting space we could use, please complete the form by clicking here. Ideally, this would be near 101 from North San Jose up to Mountain View.

Thank You for Our Last Event

Our Planners and Volunteers were Marilyn Messer and me, Marcia Stein. Thanks really go to Marilyn for planning and following up on the details for our year-end dinner. Thank you!

Not only do I hope to see you at our next event, I do hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to plan some extra networking events. I would love to attend some!

All the best,

Marcia

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"
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Monday, November 23, 2015

Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

How are you? This year has just flown by and now we're in the holiday season.

We are holding formal meetings once every two months, and for those in-between months, we encourage you to plan coffee, lunch, dinner or an event on your own! You can use our LinkedIn group to publicize your event. This will give you some latitude in location and timing, and that should help more of us come out and meet each other. I think this bi-monthly schedule is working well for us.

Please join our group on LinkedIn so you’ll be updated on announcements and posts.

With fewer events I'm sending fewer mailings, and I want to mention our December and January events. 

Our December 9 Year-End Community Dinner

This event is open to all and you can click here for details. I hope you can join us as it's a great way to talk more with some of the wonderful people in our group.

Our January 13  Volunteers' Meeting
Our group runs on the power of our volunteers. They select topics and speakers, organize the details with the location host and make sure the meetings run smoothly. I deeply appreciate all of their work! You're welcome to join this group and work on our 2016 events. If you're interested, please click here for details.

Survey for 2016 Locations

if you have a meeting space we could use, please complete the form by clicking here. Ideally, this would be near 101 from North San Jose up to Mountain View.

The January 20 event is "Best Practices - Giving Productive Feedback" with Karen Matthews. Details will be posted in January.

Thank You for Our Last Event

Our Planners and Volunteers were Diane Cusano and Trudy Schapansky.  The topic was “There is a 'Me' in Teams" with ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. Many thanks to all!

Not only do I hope to see you at our next event, I do hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to plan some extra networking events. I would love to attend some!

All the best,

Marcia

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"
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