Welcome to EuropeanPWN, a unique on-line networking and learning community for women and companies seeking to promote women’s professional progress.
EuropeanPWN is Europe’s dynamic fast-growing online and offline networking and leadership development platform for professional women of all sectors and industries. With 3500 members and more than 90 nationalities, EuropeanPWN organizes around 600 events a year in 17 cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, London CWN,
London EuropeanPWN, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Nice-Côte d’Azur, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. EuropeanPWN has published 8 books in the Women@Work series and has been widely quoted in the media as opinion leaders on women’s professional progress.
“Women@Work No. 10 Networking – the New Ariadne’s Thread”
Authors: Marie-Claude Peyrache and Cécile Demailly
128 pages, English December 2008
Can one succeed in business (professionally) without networking? To make diversity and parity a reality, women need to practice and master this art. “Networking – the New Ariadne’s Thread”, explores the long and rich history of women’s networks, presents women’s unique way to network and compiles a must-have set of advice on how to network and set-up a networking organisation.
Book also available in French: “Women@Work No. 11 Réseaux – le nouveau fil d’Ariane”
More info & excerpts and how to order
Season’s Greetings with EuropeanPWN’s eCards
The end of the year is coming! As in the previous years, we want to celebrate and greet our friends, partners and business contacts… Here is the eCard we’ve prepared for you: Use without limitation, that’s networking!
Send your EuropeanPWN ecard here
Editorial December 2008: Wishing all of us the best minds and best leadership for 2009!
“More than ever, in the current economic downturn we will need the best minds and the best leadership to find the most creative solutions, revive growth and prevent such crises in the future. In other words, we will need to ensure that the minds and talents of both women and men are fully engaged in this process,” said World Economic Forum’s Chairman Klaus Schwab in the Global Gender Gap Report 2008. What better quote to end the turbulent year 2008 with?
You can’t change what you don’t know
The report measures the gaps in terms of economic opportunities, education, political empowerment and health between women and men in 130 countries. More
Neelie Kroes - EuropeanPWN Board Room Round Tables, September 2008
European leadership in globalization: “The speed of change is accelerating – Are you still at the steering wheel?”
European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes addressed 20 international board women of Europe’s largest companies on the key issues facing Europe’s competitive position in the world. This 2nd edition of the EuropeanPWN Board Room Round Tables was hosted by Egon Zehnder International.
Improve the entrepreneurial spirit
In order for the EU to remain competitive it is imperative we take measures to increase entrepreneurialism. More flexible labor markets and introducing flexible working arrangements while making use of all talent available have become a necessity in global competition. “We need more people in the labor process and we need them longer,” explained Commissioner Neelie Kroes. “We also need to choose and use the potential of women at the highest levels as this leads to better decision-making and better returns to shareholders.”
Third Bi-annual EuropeanPWN BoardWomen Monitor 2008
in partnership with Egon Zehnder International
- Overall progress remains glacially slow
- Norway by far Europe’s champion
- Companies score better on international diversity than gender diversity
One out of ten board members is female
The top 300 European companies now have 9.7% of women on their boards, up from 8.5% in 2006 and 8% in 2004. Of a total 5,146 board seats, women occupy 501. European champion Norway jumped to having 44.2% women on boards as a result of quota legislation . Without Norway, the European growth rate falls back to 9.1% confirming the average growth rate of around 0.5 percentage points over each two year period from 2004 onwards. This development clearly demonstrates that quotas are an effective way to accelerate growth of female representation on boards. More
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For more information contact us: BWM2008@europeanpwn.net
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NEWS THINK TANK GROUP
How Did You Manage Your First 100 Days In a New Job?
Our self coaching tool – made of 12 steps to follow and 5 issues to consider during those first 100 crucial days of your career in a company – is online now. Have fun surfing through this tool!
Network News: Annual General Meeting held in Milan
On June 27-28 the EuropeanPWN board and presidents of all networks gathered in Milan for the Annual General Meeting (AGM). In a 1 ½ day session they looked back on past achievements, exchanged best practices and developed plans for the next year. Organized this year by the team of PWA Milan’s president Monica Pesce, participants were warmly welcomed by SDA Bocconi’s Simona Cuomo of Laboratoria Armonia on Bocconi’s premises. More
THINK TANK GROUP
Recognition and reward for efforts key to women’s career satisfaction
The Think Tank Group “What is it like for working women in your country” has finalized its survey. It concludes that women, across regions and demographics, desire first and foremost work environments which are, ideally, meritocratic and reward them fairly vis-à-vis their male colleagues for their efforts. However, most women believe this type of environment does not reflect reality due to the large pay-gap that continues to exist between men and women. Achieving parity in pay is a much more important driver of career satisfaction for women than ensuring strong social benefits, such as government run programs, child care, etc… more
Introducing EuropeanPWN’s BusinessXchange
Women mean business. We are delighted to announce the launch of a new functionality on our fantastic online platform : BusinessXchange.
BusinessXchange is designed to help members network for business. Whether you are the founder of a start-up in search of investors, an international tax advisor in Madrid, a manager of an Italian shoe manufacturer looking for distributors in the UK, or a coach who wants to advertise her next workshop in Paris, BusinessXchange will allow you to introduce your business in a short and crisp way, and to specify the type of contacts you are looking for: customers, suppliers, partners, distributors or investors.
This searchable directory is a resource for all members — those offering their services and those looking for providers. Just imagine that all 3,500 EuropeanPWN members’ businesses are listed – it will be our first resource when we urgently need to find a PR agency in a foreign city!
As a directory directly linked to the members who represent the business listed, BusinessXchange is unique in a community network. It was designed according to your specifications and to meet your needs for efficient and non-intrusive business promotion and business exchange.
For great business deals, we invite you to check BusinessXchange. You will find it on the menu of the members-only platform, together with greater detail on how it works. Your comments and suggestions are very welcome. Please send these to websteering@europeanpwn.net
News
Poll result November 2008
The respondents to the November poll confirmed what I suspected; overall, it is our own initiative, drive, and a wealth of well-nurtured personal contacts which makes the ...
The third meeting of the European Commission’s Network
The third meeting of the European Commission’s Network of Women in Decision-making in Politics and the Economy took place on December 5 in Brussels ...
How do women network?
The survey found that a typical senior international professional woman forms her networks primarily for social/personal reasons (e.g. meet new people, personal development), and ...
