Women in business face so many critical issues while balancing personal and professional lives: family, career, spirituality, passion, self-interest, and selflessness. For the most part, we struggle with these issues alone without an outlet for help and answers. Who can we talk to? Where can we go for advice? What is the best answer for me?
I am so excited to announce that we have just signed to WMY 36 author and motivational speaker, Bonnie St. John, to address these very questions in an intimate and open setting!
Bonnie has an AMAZING story of adversity and triumph- a story that begins with amputation of her leg at the age of five and ends with her becoming the first African American to win an Olympic medal in ski racing at the 1984 Paralympics. WOW. And her story does not end there…
I urge you to come hear Bonnie share her journey and help you think about how to see and seize opportunity in the midst of turmoil, change, and uncertainty. The same way she navigated down those icy slopes, she has been able to plot a course through her “Turning Points” successfully. And Bonnie may be able to help you do the same.
For more information about Bonnie and her work visit www.bonniestjohn.com.
A few weeks ago, I went to a going away party for my friend who after 5 years was leaving New York. He previously worked in banking and was leaving to pursue a real estate career in Florida. While he was driving me home, I reminisced about how we met 7 years ago both launching our careers as finance interns in the city that never sleeps. He dropped me off and we said our good-byes. As he walked away I could tell that this career move and relocation was a big one for him. With excitement he was bravely embarking on a new direction. This was his Turning Point. But what is a Turning Point? For me, it is the chance to pause, look back, and focus forward toward changing course and redirecting the future.
What are the Turning Points for you? For business? For governments? For companies? For WMY? The answer to those questions will be explored in depth at the 36th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Conference hosted by the African American MBA Association (AAMBAA) of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
“THE TURNING POINT”
February 19th – 20th, 2010
Park Hyatt Bellevue Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
“In between periods of extreme success and failure, a change in direction often occurs. Things take a turn for better or worse. On the heels of an unprecedented economic and global political crisis, we will explore the phenomena of turning points of extraordinary people, companies, and countries. We are inviting our guests to share their stories and learn how to recognize and seize opportunity. We hope that everyone will leave inspired, reinvigorated and ready to adapt and lead through their own Turning Point.”
Save the date…I don’t want you to miss your Turning Point.
