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Hot off the Presses! A New Project Your Voice Blog Post from Projection. This edition featuring the world famous Shameka Jennings, MTA, CMP, DES, CAE. She tells a great inspirational story about her success with hopes to motivate others to join this great industry. #projectyourvoice #eventprofs #successmindset

Will I see you at The Next Web conference? 🙌 If you are around then, make sure to check out the Diversity Equity & Inclusion program organized by Diverse Leaders in Tech, powered by Techleap!

📣 Calling all Berlin based alumni 📣 Want the world to know more about your country? Here's the chance to shine! Our Student Services team are hosting International Culture Day next week. 📅 Friday, 13th October | 5:00 PM 📍 ESMT Berlin, Foyer 1 Here's a glimpse of what you can expect on ESMT International Culture Day: 🔷 Country Booths: There will be vibrant country booths, each representing a different nation or culture. Engage with passionate cultural ambassadors who will share their heritage, history, traditions, and fun facts about the country! Check out if your country already has a booth, if not, be the person in charge of organizing it: https://lnkd.in/eQchdfXe 🔷 Food Delights: Sample an array of delectable international cuisines prepared by each booth and home cooks from various cultures. From mouthwatering street food to traditional desserts, savor the flavors of the world.  🔷 Cultural Presentation: Interested to learn more about a certain country or culture? There will be presentations to individual countries on-site, it's an opportunity to expand your horizons and gain a new perspective on our global community. 🔷 Wear Your Country's Costumes: We invite you to become a living embodiment of your heritage by wearing your country's traditional costumes or attire. 🔷 Networking and Interaction: It's not just about culture! The second half of the year is always the time when our campus is packed with all students. Connect with students and alumni from all different cohorts. Engage in conversations, forge new friendships, and broaden your horizons through these networking opportunities. We will be providing some drinks as well. 👇 Register to attend! #esmtcommunity #event

Join our networking Hackathon-style debate to shape and influence the future of our industry. Results will be presented at UKREiiF and one lucky participant will win a free ticket to the conference! The built environment industry is facing a major skills shortage. The workforce shortfall is projected to widen in the future with some estimates showing that over 150,000 new workers will be needed in the UK property sector within 5 years. Following on from our discussions on the UKREiiF EDI stage last year, we want to use YEP's platform to identify what the current barriers are to getting more people to join this incredible industry - what do the Next Generation want, what are the misconceptions, and what are the opportunities? This is what the Hackathon aims to find out! Hackathon participants will work in small groups to answer and problem solve, and then present a summary of findings. These findings will be presented on the main stage at UKREiiF in May. We are offering one lucky attendee the chance to win a FREE ticket to UKREiiF worth c£1,000, providing you with an opportunity to hear your ideas presented back to industry professionals on the Main Stage at the conference! All ticket proceeds will be donated to our charity partners. Thank you to Carter Jonas for hosting the event! For tickets and more information, follow the link below: https://lnkd.in/eqdshkAN

Join our networking Hackathon-style debate to shape and influence the future of our industry. Results will be presented at UKREiiF and one lucky participant will win a free ticket to the conference! The built environment industry is facing a major skills shortage. The workforce shortfall is projected to widen in the future with some estimates showing that over 150,000 new workers will be needed in the UK property sector within 5 years. Following on from our discussions on the UKREiiF EDI stage last year, we want to use YEP's platform to identify what the current barriers are to getting more people to join this incredible industry - what do the Next Generation want, what are the misconceptions, and what are the opportunities? This is what the Hackathon aims to find out! Hackathon participants will work in small groups to answer and problem solve, and then present a summary of findings. These findings will be presented on the main stage at UKREiiF in May. We are offering one lucky attendee the chance to win a FREE ticket to UKREiiF worth c£1,000, providing you with an opportunity to hear your ideas presented back to industry professionals on the Main Stage at the conference! All ticket proceeds will be donated to our charity partners. The event is being hosted at the Carter Jonas central london HQ. For tickets and more information, follow the link below: https://lnkd.in/eqdshkAN

I pushed myself out of my comfort zone again. Some months ago, I attended the BCF Career event from Hyphen Projects in Belgium where I was fortunate to step into the TOPX booth and listen to a very inspiring session on career paths from a female perspective.   So last week, there I was, in Utrecht, attending the Topx Network. Closing the gap in Life Sciences & Health 👩🔬was the focus of this year, because, yes, for those of you who don’t know, 131 years is how long we would need to close the gender gap at our current pace. It would be preferable to speed it up, don’t you think? Listening to all the keynote speakers with so many insightful facts backed up by data was a revelation for me. I also very much enjoyed those with more practical approaches such as impactful presence, patterns of communication, and the game of negotiation. So much learning, I was mind-blown. Not only that, but the initiative shown by the winners of the inclusive award was astonishing. Their speech was truly inspiring, and I can’t wait to put these learnings into action!💪🏻 I learned from other remarkable women, but most importantly I now have more knowledge to engage in discussions with colleagues on how to close the gap. Are you still considering joining the next TOPX event? Please do and engage in contributing to the discussion! 💬 #genderequality #inclusivity #diversity #networking #communication

Curious about 2024 Membership Trends for Canadian Associations? Join Gerald Bramm, CMRP, CAE and I for an engaging and interactive session at CSAE's Summer Summit 2024! What membership trends are you most interested in learning about? Recruitment, Value Proposition, Engagement, or Retention? #MemberView #BrammResearch #MembershipTrends #MemberRecruitment #MemberValueProposition #MemberEngagement #MemberRetention

Today is World Thinking Day💡and with this, MAVA's Summer Conference theme is "Hot Takes" 💭The profound transformations in our society and in volunteerism demands a radical departure from "business as usual." This summer conference aims to carve out space for innovation. We will come together to explore familiar topics from fresh perspectives, question standard practices, and challenge preconceived notions about volunteers and volunteer engagement. This is not business as usual. To sign up for this conference in advance, CLICK HERE: 👉 https://loom.ly/ITwIm7Y

Here is some good news for a Monday. Well, it is if you wanted to grab your Early Bird discount for our conference but didn’t quite make yesterday’s deadline. We've listened and it’s clear that a number of you were unable to access the all-important information on venues in time. Remember, we’re hosting Tracks, Trails and Threads: Courageous Leadership in a Fractured World on 21st March at five locations across the UK and online. So, we have decided to extend the Early Bird deadline to 20th February. To those of you who took some time out of your weekend to register, thank you and please accept our apologies. At least it’s one less thing to get done this week 🙂 For the rest of you, you now have until next Tuesday to buy your tickets at the discounted rates 👍🏾 To be clear, you can find information about the venues on our Eventbrite page (see the comments below) under About this event, and the sub-heading Conference Locations. We are also including here 👇🏾 And remember, our hybrid conference is running virtually too. 🎤 Belfast - The MAC, Belfast, 10 Exchange St West, BT1 2NJ 🎤 Birmingham - Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, 200 Jennens Road, Birmingham, B4 7XR 🎤 Cardiff - Welsh National Assembly- The Senedd, Pierhead St, Cardiff, CF99 1SN 🎤 Edinburgh - Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS 🎤 London - Institute of Directors (IoD), 116 Pall Mall, St. James's, London, SW1Y 5ED 💻 And on-line Wherever you join us, we look forward to seeing you. Sponsored by Google For Education, it is an event that will inspire, inform and motivate. An unmissable opportunity to act and make progress on creating a world of work and wider society free of racism. A platform for courageous leadership. #courageousleadership #antiracism #diversityandinclusion #blgconf24