HighTech Women - Meeting and Mentoring   Join HighTech Women and keep your finger on the pulse of what's happening                  NEWS HighTech Women founder, Lucy Marcus, is chairing the The Global Task Force on Building Women Leaders. Read more about it here  ------------------------- Pool of Directors HighTech Women has a pool of non-executive directors. Read about it -- join it -- draw from it ------------------------- HighTech Women Press  Recent Press: HighTech Women founder, Lucy Marcus, was profiled by Financial Times. Read it here HighTech Women has been mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Personnel Today, Real Business, Executive Woman Magazine, Management Today Magazine, Computer Weekly News, Tornado Insider, Financial News, Business Age Magazine, and The Times. Read some of the coverage here. 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Read it here. ------------------------- Pat Billingham writes about Tax Opportunities In the Downturn Read about it here ------------------------- Leveraged Finance in Europe -- Poised for Expansion for 2002? Read Amber Rudd's take on it and let us know what you think of it here. ------------------------- Don't miss Cristina Stuart's Presenting with Confidence: 10 Easy Steps It is one of the most valuable pieces you can read this year. ------------------------- Louise Stewart-Muir's Getting the Best from Your PR Agency is must read for anyone in a pr agency or hiring a pr agency ------------------------- Time is short and there is a lot of work to do...before deciding to go to a conference read Conferences -- When to attend and when to pass by Amber Rudd ------------------------- Will your savings survive the slump? Gail Cargill, Director of Kleinwort Benson Private Bank, looks at planning your finances against a background of uncertainty... Read about it here ------------------------- Going Global Pat Billingham explores some of the fundamentals such as people, property, corporate structure, and corporate compliance. Read about it here ------------------------- Data Protection and the Internet The debate on privacy and data protection is a hot topic. In this article, UK-based HighTech Women members Janet Morrison and Angela Lyons write about Data Protection and the Internet. ------------------------- Venture Philanthropy Emily Stoner begins to explore this phenomenon here ------------------------- read Arielle Lehman's compelling article Growing on All Fronts: The diary of a pregnant entrepreneur ------------------------- "Let me tell you a story" Sue Blackburn explores the benefits of viewers as content generators Is Content King? Read Tracey Shirtcliff's article Smart Content Works Hard and decide for yourself Read about it. ------------------------- Looking for employees? Looking for a job? Look on-line! Read Lesley Nash's article Truly HighTech Recruitment Building Better Beta Sites Choosing the right beta sites and administering them with care are key to a company's growth. How the beta process is managed can define the success with which your product or service will enter the marketplace. Read Lucy Marcus' article and be ready to tackle the issues of beta sites and beyond... ------------------------- What is it about a web site that makes users return again and again? To find out read Sue Blackburn's article Community, Trust and Good Service.com Be a friend - bring a friend: HighTech Women is all about meeting and mentoring and we encourage you to share HighTech Women with other women - colleagues, clients, friends, and family. The more the merrier! So send the details of the next meeting onto a friend, and bring along a friend to the next meeting - they'll thank you and the women who meet them will thank you. Leadership We asked you to tell us the top 3 leadership skills you've found to be useful/effective in your job and the leadership skills you admire and want to develop yourself. We've had a terrific response! Read what HighTech Women members have to say... Books... What books have you read that have made a real and concrete impact on the way you do business or think about your job... We want to let other members of HighTech Women know about books that have proven effective, thought-provoking, and impactful for you... They can be on any topic, from general business to specialist topics in telecoms, law, accounting, marketing, anything! Read all the great suggestions that have come in ------------------------- HighTech Women members are from over 70 different countries -- find out more about who you all are here ------------------------- Stacey Williams writes about Successfully Managing a Web Project Read it here Building a Better Business Plan Read this article by Lucy Marcus to get it right the first time around. ------------------------- Read Kamini Bharvada's article on Data Security, PKI, Electronic Signatures in the UK ------------------------- Read the ultimate e-learning primer in Jo Ayoubi's E-Learning: Using computer technology to enhance learning ------------------------- Personal Investment Goals and Strategies Survey We asked you to tell us about your personal investment goals and strategies. Read about what HighTech Women had to say. HighTech Women believes it is important to address even the toughest issues head-on. In that spirit, Natasha Binar has written a compelling and thought provoking piece Thinking Straight in the Era of Increased Redundancies/Layoffs Read it here ------------------------- Growing up with New Media Fiona Thompson spoke with Karen Mahony, founder of a specialist digital media agency, about the qualitative research into the views of women working in new media. She explains why she believes that new media is coming through a painful adolescent stage, and how women could benefit from the dot.com crash. Read it here ------------------------- Frances Cairncross, Management Editor of The Economist magazine, explores What’s left after the bubble bursts... Read it and let us know what you think... ------------------------- HighTech Women Skills Bank for Society We've launched the HighTech Women Skills Bank for Society! Read about it and let us know if you'd like to participate. If your company or non-profit organisation would like to partner with us, we'd love to hear from you! Also, Lucy wrote an opinion piece on "doing good and doing well" for netimperative.com. Read the opinion piece here. ------------------------- YOUR GOALS We are asked you about your personal and professional goals. Read what HighTech Women members had to say. ------------------------- YOU Read about the interests and jobs of the members of HighTech Women Janice Caplan tells us why Human Resource Management needs to be at the heart of the business strategy HighTech Human Resources in the future ------------------------- Know the law Janet Morrison & Angela Lyons write about Distance Selling Regulations Know about b2c contracts in the UK, be they formed over the internet, by telephone, over the radio or by mail order. Consumer Protection Distance Selling Regulations 2000 came into force in the UK on 31 October 2000 and this article is worth a read for buyer and seller alike. ------------------------- Do you know what "Neutramediaries" are? Read Agnes Foy's article on B2B Electronic Marketplaces and find out. Read about it. ------------------------- Food for Thought: The Business of Ethics Jane Collier writes a thought provoking article on "doing good and doing well" in business Read about it and let us know what you think All Work and No Play... HighTech Women had an exclusive movie screening of "When the Sky Falls" Read about the evening and the reviews of the movie from some of the attendees. ------------------------- Look Who’s Talking... understanding that phone bill Read Sally Edwards's article and be informed. ------------------------- The Art of Recruitment HighTech Women member, Virginia Begg, gives practical advice on recruitment... A must read for employers and employees to-be alike. ------------------------- Mobile Commerce Location Services Lisa Modisette's article on mobile communications, HighTech Women's first article on the subject Read it and let us know what you think Building a HighTech Company -- What's it all about? June's 360* topic. Read about the evening ------------------------- What does it take to develop an effective corporate website? Read Jane Renton's case study on BP and give us your own suggestions © HighTech Women, Ltd. 2000-2007. All rights reserved. Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy |
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