BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20211019T220000Z DTEND:20211020T003000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Evening of Empowerment 2021 with Strother Gaines DESCRIPTION:with Keynote Speaker Strother Gaines\n\n\n\nJoin us in October for a celebration of empowerment and inspiration! We will be mixing and mingling OUTDOORS under the Reading Public Museum tent over appetizers and a bubbly bar. Bring your business cards\, smile and laughter\, and join us as we indulge in happiness after another crazy year.\n\n\n\nWe will be celebrating each other\, and laughing a little while discovering what is keeping us back from being the person we really want to be. Keynote Strother Gaines\, owner of But I'm a Unicorn Dammit!\, will be sharing his personal\, and inspirational\, story of overcoming his own identity fears\, but with flair and fun. We're all familiar with social distancing but have you heard of the concept of self-distancing? Learn how to use tools of actors\, gamers\, LARPers (Live-action Role-Playing)\, and drag queens to speed up your personal and professional development. Curious how to level up? Join Strother Gaines for this interactive workshop exploring the concepts of identity\, growth\, and goal setting through a unique lens. \n\n\n\nStrother is a business and personal coach for creative entrepreneurs and those who want to become one. He is a multi-passionate entrepreneur with a background in theatre\, public speaking\, education\, sales\, management\, leadership and segway-tour-guiding. His private practice is called "But I'm a Unicorn\, Dammit!" and he is passionately working to help as many people as possible own up to the fact that they're a unique fu($!@& snowflake. He is the Producing Artistic Director and founder of DC's only Immersive Experiential Design Company "TBD Immersive" He served as the event director for the DC Chapter of Network Under 40 and he spoke at the TEDx MidAtlantic Festival on the topic of storytelling. He looks pretty good in purple.\n\n\n\n\n\n**The 10 Year Anniversary theme for Women2Women & De Mujer a Mujer is "Be An Ally". The full W2W program in 2021 features a diverse range of speakers across age\, gender\, background and industry affiliation to represent the Berks community. Join us for our 10 Year Anniversary to learn more about how we can lift each other up to advance together!\n\n______________\n\n\n\nWomen2Women (W2W) is Greater Reading Chamber Alliance's catalyst for developing women leaders and connecting women from diverse backgrounds to learn\, share ideas\, and mentor each other by offering a forum for women to create connections\, gain knowledge\, and build strategic alliances to foster their personal potential and career advancement. Joining the network is open to all who support women.\n\n\n\nWomen2Women is a special program of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance with the mission to be Berks County's leading resource for building a healthy\, competitive business community.\n\n\n\n\n\nGreater Reading Chamber Alliance Liability Statement:\n\nPLEASE NOTE: The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance follows the most recent COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and the PA Department of Health regarding large public gathering events. Nonetheless\, by attending a GRCA event\, you acknowledge that your participation is strictly voluntary and may involve the risk of possible exposure to the COVID-19 virus. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;
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\nJoin us in October for a celebration of empowerment and inspiration! We will be mixing and mingling OUTDOORS under the Reading Public Museum tent over appetizers and a bubbly bar. Bring your business cards\, smile and laughter\, and join us as we indulge in happiness after another crazy year.
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\nWe will be celebrating each other\, and laughing a little while discovering what is keeping us back from being the person we really want to be. Keynote Strother Gaines\, owner of But I'\;m a Unicorn Dammit!\, will be sharing his personal\, and inspirational\, story of overcoming his own identity fears\, but with flair and fun. We'\;re all familiar with social distancing but have you heard of the concept of self-distancing? Learn how to use tools of actors\, gamers\, LARPers (Live-action Role-Playing)\, and drag queens to speed up your personal and professional development. Curious how to level up? Join Strother Gaines for this interactive workshop exploring the concepts of identity\, growth\, and goal setting through a unique lens. \;
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\nStrother is a business and personal coach for creative entrepreneurs and those who want to become one. He is a multi-passionate entrepreneur with a background in theatre\, public speaking\, education\, sales\, management\, leadership and segway-tour-guiding. \; His private practice is called &ldquo\;But I&rsquo\;m a Unicorn\, Dammit!&rdquo\; and he is passionately working to help as many people as possible own up to the fact that they&rsquo\;re a unique fu($!@&\; snowflake. He is the Producing Artistic Director and founder of DC&rsquo\;s only Immersive Experiential Design Company &ldquo\;TBD Immersive&ldquo\; He served as the event director for the DC Chapter of Network Under 40 and he spoke at the TEDx MidAtlantic Festival on the topic of storytelling. He looks pretty good in purple.
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\n**The 10 Year Anniversary theme for Women2Women &\; De Mujer a Mujer is \;"\;Be An Ally"\;. \;The full W2W program in 2021 features a diverse range of speakers across age\, gender\, background and industry affiliation to represent the Berks community. Join us for our 10 Year Anniversary to learn more about how we can lift each other up to advance together!
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\nWomen2Women (W2W) is Greater Reading Chamber Alliance&rsquo\;s catalyst for developing women leaders and connecting women from diverse backgrounds to learn\, share ideas\, and mentor each other by \;offering a forum for women to create connections\, gain knowledge\, and build strategic alliances to foster their personal potential and career advancement. Joining the network is open to all who support women.
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\nWomen2Women is a special program of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance with the mission to be Berks County'\;s leading resource for building a healthy\, competitive business community.
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\nGreater Reading Chamber Alliance Liability Statement:
\nPLEASE NOTE: The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance follows the most recent COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and the PA Department of Health regarding large public gathering events. Nonetheless\, by attending a GRCA event\, you acknowledge that your participation is strictly voluntary and may involve the risk of possible exposure to the COVID-19 virus. LOCATION:Reading Public Museum Tent 500 Museum Road Reading\, PA 19611 **free parking available at Museum UID:e.1980.10897 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260515T160256Z URL:https://business.greaterreading.org/events/details/evening-of-empowerment-2021-with-strother-gaines-10897 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR