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:20240307T133000Z DTEND:20240307T150000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Women2Women - Let's UP the %: Women on Boards & Committees - March 2024 DESCRIPTION:Let's UP the %: Women on Boards & Committees\n\n \nPresented in partnership with United Way of Berks County\n\nJean Morrow\, Senior VP\, Leadership United\n\nMary Jimenez\, Early Childhood & Community Engagement Program Manager \n\nDarby Wiekrykas\, Volunteer Engagement Program Manager\n\nShirley Chapin\, Emerging Leaders United & Online Engagement Program Manager\n \n\nThe global average of women on boards sits at just under 20% (19.7%)\, but research shows that companies with more women on boards had higher earnings\, better returns on equity and assets\, and are more likely to have a culture of collaboration and inclusivity\, which can lead to higher employee engagement and retention. So where are the women? In this session you will hear from United Way experts on how to navigate your volunteer leadership journey and the skills you can learn and strengthen to be best suited to support it. They will help you explore your "why" or "purpose". They will also offer an overview of United Way trainings and resources to help you as you search and connect with local nonprofits. \n \n\n \nABOUT UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY\n\nUnited Way of Berks County helps people in need and addresses critical issues to make our community a better place for everyone. Our efforts are rooted in those fundamental principles\, as we bring the right mix of people and organizations together to focus on our community's health and human service needs and to create lasting changes throughout Berks County.\n\n \n\nOur work is centered on raising and distributing funds to support a vital network of health and human services\, as well as tackling our community's key issues and working towards solutions in the areas of Education\, Health\, Financial Stability and Safety Net Services.\n\n \n When we LIVE UNITED\, we can all be part of the change we want to see in our community. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nLet'\;s UP the %: Women on Boards &\; Committees
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Presented in partnership with United Way of Berks County
\nJean Morrow\, Senior VP\, Leadership United
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Mary Jimenez\, Early Childhood &\; Community Engagement Program Manager \;
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Darby Wiekrykas\, Volunteer Engagement Program Manager
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Shirley Chapin\, Emerging Leaders United &\; Online Engagement Program Manager
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The global average of women on boards sits at just under 20% (19.7%)\, but research shows that companies with more women on boards had higher earnings\, better returns on equity and assets\, and are more likely to have a culture of collaboration and inclusivity\, which can lead to higher employee engagement and retention. So where are the women? In this session you will hear from United Way experts on how to navigate your volunteer leadership journey and the skills you can learn and strengthen to be best suited to support it.  \;They will help you explore your &ldquo\;why&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;purpose&rdquo\;. They will also offer an overview of United Way trainings and resources to help you as you search and connect with local nonprofits. \; \;
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ABOUT UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY
\nUnited Way of Berks County helps people in need and addresses critical issues to make our community a better place for everyone.  \;Our efforts are rooted in those fundamental principles\, as we bring the right mix of people and organizations together to focus on our community&rsquo\;s health and human service needs and to create lasting changes throughout Berks County.\n\n
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Our work is centered on raising and distributing funds to support a vital network of health and human services\, as well as tackling our community&rsquo\;s key issues and working towards solutions in the areas of Education\, Health\, Financial Stability and Safety Net Services.
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\n When we LIVE UNITED\, we can all be part of the change we want to see in our community.
\n LOCATION:WCR Center for the Arts 140 N 5th Street Reading\, PA 19601 UID:e.1980.11577 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260917T151704Z URL:https://business.greaterreading.org/events/details/women2women-let-s-up-the-women-on-boards-committees-march-2024-11577 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR