Check out Invent Your Future, a women’s conference at Microsoft’s Mountain View offices this week on February 26 and February 27th. You can register here. Conference agenda here.
They plan to cover everything from negotiations, power & authority to innovation and retaining talent and getting funding for your own idea or business.
They’ll run through factors most important to banks, seed round investors and government agencies when evaluating potential investments.
Another interesting topic will include a look at the 10 Behaviors that Undermine Clout — and the 10 that Add Clout. The goal is to discover why many smart, talented women are not put in positions of power even if they deserve to be.
And on negotiations (one of my favorites), they’ll explore ways in which we (as women) handicap our own success in negotiations because of ideas and perspectives that are not true.
How about issues such as: who should make the first offer? honesty as the best policy, room at the bargaining table for emotions and accepting offers. What are the best practices that American companies can use to retain women as they face an international war for talent? And that’s just Day 1.
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
