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| WIN Conference 2011 |
| Creating History, Yet Again |
| Jo Parfitt |
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This was the 14th annual Women’s International Networking conference and the 9th time I had attended. Each year has a theme, and this time, fittingly for its Rome venue, the theme was “Creating History”. And there we were, in one of the most ancient cities of the world, appreciating and creating not just a new history, but the future... |
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BlogWorld 2010
12 Insights From The World's Largest Social Media Convention
Andrea Martins |
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| In October 2010, I was privileged to attend BlogWorld in Las Vegas with more than 3,000 other attendees. Many big social media names were there, and even Survivor creator Mark Burnett... |
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Worldwide ERC® Conference
March 11-12, 2010 Hong Kong
Andrea Martins |
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| Have you ever made a last-minute decision to attend a conference and then found yourself having such a wonderful time you wondered why you had never attended before? Well, that happened to me recently... |
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Families In Global Transition Conference
March 4-6, 2010 Houston, Texas
Rebecca Grappo |
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Imagine a huge convergence of people who represent families who are in, or understand, global transition. One cannot measure the level of energy nor the buzz of excitement that filled the air of the conference center as old friends reunited and new friendships were made...
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Families In Global Transition Conference 2009
March 5-7, 2009 Houston, Texas
Andrea Martins |
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| This year's FIGT conference was again a reunion of 'like minds'. It sounds cliché, but it is true: most FIGT regulars go back time and time again because they enjoy the camaraderie that exists between 'like-minded' attendees, with whom they can share the international experience – with all of its joys and complexities... |
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Globe Women Summit
5-7 June 2008 Hanoi, Vietnam
Andrea Martins |
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Have you ever wondered what 1,000 women, from 72 economies, would talk about if they were gathered together in the same room? Well, at the recent Globe Women Summit, it certainly was not football, cars or plasma televisions, that's for sure...
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WIN Forum 2007 - Special Report Part 1 of 2
Andrea Martins |
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The 10th anniversary
of WIN's Forum took
place this year in
Oslo, Norway, and
was attended by 700 women from
all over the world. The Women's
International Networking (WIN)
conference brought together some
amazing speakers and gave plenty
of opportunities for participants
to network and share ideas.
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WIN Forum 2007 - Special Report Part 2 of 2
Andrea Martins |
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Last month, we shared with you why 700 women flew to Oslo in the last week of September. To find out more news and inspirational stories from the 10th anniversary W.I.N. (Women's International Networking) 2007 conference in Norway, take a look at this second instalment of our two-part report from Andrea.
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ERC Conference 2007
Jill Lengré |
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The Global Workforce Symposium is held in the fall each year, and brings together workforce mobility professionals from around the globe, providing an opportunity for higher learning, benchmarking, and networking. The conference offers sessions focusing on international assignment issues, as well as U.S. domestic workforce mobility issues.
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Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Conference Highlights 2007
Andrea Martins & Jill Lengré |
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As expected, the 8th annual Families in Global Transition Conference brought together a wealth of expatriate experience from all around the globe. Expats, repats, HR coordinators of expatriates, international schools, researchers, and a wide range of service providers gathered for three days in Houston.
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Global Summit of Women Concludes
Globe Women 2007 |
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On Saturday, the 13th Global Summit of Women closed in Berlin. "This year's Summit achieved its mission – and went beyond," said Summit President Irene Natividad. "It provided a forum for best practices in women's economic and social advancement to 1000 women from 95 countries, an accomplishment no other conference can claim.
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eWomenNetwork 2007 International Conference
Ursula Kauth |
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From June 7-10th, I joined 2000 other DARING, DETERMINED AND DYNAMIC women who gathered for an International Conference & Business Expo in Dallas, Texas. It was an awesome, educational, and highly informative conference.
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A Global Nomad's Guide
To College Applications
Kristina Dooley |
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Families whose children have spent their school-age years living abroad can often reach a state of frustration or panic when embarking on the college application process. Questions abound such as: "Will my child's transcripts make sense to the admissions committee?", "Will they understand...
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TCKs and College / University: From Overseas to Undergrad
Rebecca Grappo, M.Ed |
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Third Culture Kids (TCKs) who have grown up overseas and many times are going to live in the country of their passport for the first time, or at least the first time in a very long time, face special considerations when looking for the right fit and match in higher education...
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Gap Years:
Myths & Tips
Jenny Early |
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Taking a Gap Year is an increasingly popular way of gaining experience and seeing the world. From voluntary work to backpacking, there are so many options these days. There are numerous companies catering specifically for each type of Gap Year student. Gap Year student Jenny Early talks us through some Gap Year myths and tips...
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No One Said It Would Be Easy
Settling-In To An International School
Jenny Early |
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My short sojourn in an international school taught me so much more than I was expecting. There is always something torturous about moving to a new school. There are new rules to adhere to, new friendship groups to break into, new teachers to adapt to...
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| Caring For Aging Parents Back Home: The Expat Dilemma |
| Sue Lane |
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Finding the perfect home and school can be the focus when organizing a family transfer overseas. But all too quickly, with the many last minute tasks requiring completion, the needs of aging parents left behind can sometimes be forgotten… |
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10 Ways to Boost Your (Relocation) Brand Online
Reprinted with permission of Worldwide ERC®, from the August 2010 issue of MOBILITY
Andrea Martins |
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Relocated families love the Internet. It feeds their need for information about new destinations and keeps them “connected” with friends and family when their companies transfer them thousands of miles from home. Logic follows then that if your relocation-related business is trying to tap into the valuable online relocation market, you need to be online media savvy...
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Cathy was a lawyer in the United States, but when she accompanied her husband to Frankfurt she suffered from culture shock and every small step outside of her apartment seemed to be a great effort. Strange, this might seem to some, given that Cathy had been working as a competent lawyer in the US just a few months ago...
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Expatriates love the internet: it provides essential information for those facing a daunting move abroad. It makes sense therefore that if you are in the business of servicing internationally-mobile employees and families, you need to be expat-website-savvy to best reach your target customers...
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Coaching Tips for a Successful Relocation
Piercarla Garusi |
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Moving to a new country can be very demanding - there is not only the physical removal to organise, but also a new accommodation to find, a new job, perhaps a new school or university, perhaps a new language to learn. Not to mention the strain of leaving behind friends, family and familiarity...
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Many organizations, particularly non-profit and humanitarian aid organizations, acknowledge that they need to support their internationally mobile families better, but imagine that doing so requires a much larger budget than what they have available. This is not always true...
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Celebrating Two Great Expat Volunteers
Anne Ponti-Riggins & Pamela Musselman |
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Be inspired by the stories of Anne Ponti-Riggins and Pamela Musselman: two women whose volunteer efforts abroad exemplify some of our incredible, selfless, unsung expat heroines abroad...
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Consider The Options
Jill Lengre |
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Women of all ages are volunteering their time abroad. As you begin exploring possibilities, it is important to know yourself and consider the kind of overseas volunteer experience you want to have.
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Three Women Volunteers
Cecile Chappey |
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These three women decided to help others by volunteering overseas and enriched their lives. Starting with Erin... Erin Duffy left the United States in April 2006 in order to spend a year to work in an elementary school in Tonsupa, Ecuador. She teaches English and Physical Education). The school walls of the school are made of bamboo with dirt floors and an outhouse for a bathroom...
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