AAPI EVERYDAY SHEROES This May, we celebrated AAPI Everyday Sheroes in honor of APA Heritage Month. AAPI women are creating change in their local communities and on the national stage. NAPAWF is proud to highlight the Everyday Sheroes among us - the fierce movement-makers who are building a more just world for AAPI women and girls. Below are …
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I Want To See You Be Brave – A Beginner’s Guide to Networking
I love the song “Brave” by Sara Barielles on many levels. When talking with North Park University graduating students at the Etiquette and Networking dinner on March 27, 2014, I wanted them to walk away with the beliefs from her lyrics of “You can be amazing!" and "Say what you want to say honestly, I want to see you be brave.” What does this …
University of Illinois – Chicago Business Scholars CEO Perspectives Series
I had an opportunity to speak to the Business Scholars, and had a great experience! The purpose of the UIC Business Scholars program is to develop leadership excellence and professionalism among a cohort of highly motivated undergraduate business students. Below is the write up from Ms. Amiwala, one of the business scholars with an amazing …
CEO Reels in Clients with Fish Story from the Chicago Tribune Business Section 9/16/13
When Karen Eng meets with potential clients, she often totes along her iPad so she can show off a prized photo. In it, she stands beaming on a boat, raising the tail of a short-nosed swordfish she's just reeled in off the coast of Maui. It weighed 40 pounds. In her world of engineering, one predicated on prototypes and programs, this is Eng's …