Events

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Using Humor to Overcome Fear of Failure

    Humor is power in life and in business, and Kathy's goal is to empower people and organizations through humor skills. Her company, The Humor Group, provides coaching and consulting services …

  • Jan Pendleton, author

    Il Fornaio

    Jan Pendleton has published more than thirty short stories in literary journals such as The New England Review, The Antioch Review, The Quarterly, Quarterly West, Story Quarterly, Noon, and a …

  • Economic competitiveness and civic leadership

    Il Fornaio

    Kim Walesh joined the City of San Jose in January of 2003 as Assistant Director of Economic Development. In this role, she recently led the development of an economic strategy …

  • My journey from public company to private non-profit work

    Il Fornaio

    Caroline Barlerin is a founding member and current Board Chair of Taproot Foundation whose mission is to strengthen nonprofits by engaging business professionals in service. Her experience includes management and …

  • Fundraising vs Friend-raising

    Il Fornaio

    April Bignell spoke about the role the community can play in small non-profits such as the Center for Healthy Development, CHD. She talked about the various programs and the philosophy …

  • Amelia Tess Thorton

    Amelia Tess Thornton is our February speaker. Her focus now is women in leadership, and she'll start with talk to us about her beginnings at FedEx, where she was promoted to management at the age of 25. (Picture yourself at 25, managing Teamsters!) She will talk about the Women's Accelerated Leadership Institute, and why she …

  • Katie Povejsil

    Katie will talk about her year-long trip around the world with her family. After much planning and organizing, Katie and her family left home on Sept. 8, 2001. The events of 9/11 almost derailed the whole plan but they decided to persevere in spite of numerous pleas from family and friends to return to their …

  • Yvonne Schwab, Director of Foundations In Success, and the San Jose HypnoBirthing Center

    Yvonne Schwab, Director of Foundations In Success, and the San Jose HypnoBirthing Center is a Certified Hypnotherapist through the National Guild of Hypnotists, and the Center for Hypnotherapy Certification, a Certified HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator with the HypnoBirthing Institute and a Certified Spiritual Counselor through the International Hypnosis Federation. She is the Director for Northern California …

  • Professor Myra Strober, School of Education, Stanford University

    In recent decades, there has been a revolution in women's education and employment, which has created enormous monumental changes not only in our work organizations, but also in our personal relationships and child rearing. But the revolution is unfinished. What do women and men, work organizations, and governments need to do now to complete the …

  • Rhonda Brewster, co-owner and CFO of Rollz Royce Limousine Service

    Rhonda is the co-owner and CFO of Rollz Royce Limousine Service. Established in 2001 by Rhonda's husband Mo, Rollz Royce Limousine Service is a family-owned business committed to outstanding personal service, and is the official transportation company for the San Francisco 49ers, Make a Wish Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, City Flight Online, Stanford Athletic Department, …