Or not yet...

Be real about the reasons why your business, your campaign or your network stalls... if it does! Did you really listen to your mentor? Have you really looked at your deliverables lately? Isn't it time to invest into management skills training or to influence your local MP for instance? Is someone else, abroad, doing the same job as you? When will you meet them? What does it take for you to go through the so-called glass ceiling...? What does it take for you to get that crucial investment? Come on, chop chop chop!

Tell us how you intend to grow your campaign, your network or your social business! Talk to us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Featured Social Innovator

Lee Chalmers | What Leadership for the 21st Century?

Meet Lee, the founder of the Downing Street Project and other bold political initiatives, as this month's featured Social Innovator.
Lee sets out to change what people in the UK recognise as leadership. "Currently only 19.5% of our MP’s are female and a paltry percentage of our senior leaders in business are female. This is partly down to practical factors, like women leaving to have children, but is also partly because people still link the term ‘leader’ to men."
Read the full interview here.

Women's Social Leadership Awards 2010 - 3 days to go!

If you are, or if you know a woman who influences sustainable development and you can back up your progress and achievements by substantial evidence, apply now to one of the 4 categories! The judges follow robust principles and judging criteria are available to help you through the application.

Going through the application process will also give you a robust working document that you can use with your team and other stakeholders. Whether you win or not, it’s worth having a go!
Deadline: 5th of March 2010.

More info here

Good luck!

Events

International Women's Day 2010, 8 March 2010.

Are you in for a day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future? Find out about activity across the UK, and upload your own events and news here.

Park Royal

Enjoy a fun women’s networking evening designed to teach you how to Liberate the Leader within you!
Get a presentation by our associate Abigail Tripp, from ABS Communications, amazing finger food and drinks, and why not a mini pampering treatment? Read here to find out more and to make a booking.

Date+Time: 10 March 2010 – 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Ealing Common, London, W5 3HN
Nearest Tube: Ealing Common and Ealing Broadway
Parking: Available on site
Fee: Members: £25+VAT - Non Members: £45+VAT

The NextWomen 2010 Pitching Day

Female entrepreneurs, managers and consultants in the internet industry will come together at The NextWomen 2010 Pitching Day to learn about pitching to investors or how to master the powers of non-verbal communication.
Join two morning workshops run in tandem followed by an afternoon 1:1 business clinic to tackle any business dilemma - large or small - with a selection of industry experts. Optimise your pitching skills with a day designed to your own specific needs.

Date: Tuesday 16th March 2010 Location: Sun Microsystems, Regis House, 45 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AN
Workshop Only: £75 Early bird (Includes drinks, lunch and one snack) | £100 Full price (Includes drinks, lunch and one snack). Full Day including Clinic: £150 (Includes 1:1 time with 2 experts, one snack and drinks

To book and for further info, click here

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Jobs and Opportunities

Where to work

"Everyone is 'high-performing' if they get themself into the right job in the right company"
Aurora network "www.wheretowork.com", is a one-stop shop for finding the right company and applying direct.

Good Jobs at Just Means

Non-for-Profit positions available in the UK and the United States. Click here

The Mommy Movement

Contribute to the new Changemakers blog about, from, and for Mommies. The Mommy Movement features bloggers' reflections on solutions to improve women's lives.
Read further here.

Time to dust your vision and mission statements!

At Oguntê we offer capacity building, guidance and development consultancy services to grow your social business, campaign or project. Learn more about our programmes and services here.

About Oguntê:

Countless women across the world are working to make sustainable development a reality. Oguntê's mission is to grow their talent and make them more visible.
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