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• OWIT Lausanne September Afterwork

  • When
    24 Sep 2020
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    18:30 - 20:00 (UTC+02:00)
  • Location
    Hotel Moxy Lausanne
  • Spaces left
    6
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  OWIT LAUSANNE, SEPTEMBER AFTERWORK

  
  

  

  
  

  We are meeting for networking and idea exchange in Lausanne in the beautiful new Hotel Moxy  lobby in Lausanne. Come and join your like-minded members for a socially welcoming and physically distant in person event.
  

  The topic of this afterwork is "How to keep the work-life-balance while working from home in the COVID era"? How does the new model of working impact your private and professional life? What are the advantages of home-office? What kind of challenges do you face? Our event is free of charge. 

  

  Moxy Lausanne City
  

  Rue de la Vigie 3

  Lausanne, 1003

  24 September 2020, 18:30 - 20:00

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• Workshop: Coaching Skills For Leadership by Noble Manhattan

  • When
    01 Oct 2020
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    18:30 - 19:30 (UTC+02:00)
  • Location
    Ibis Hotel Carouge Lobby

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  Workshop:

  Coaching Skills For Leadership by Noble Manhattan

  Our friends from Noble Manhattan are kindly joining us for a workshop focused on coaching.

  You will get to observe a live coaching session in the first part of the event. If you have ever wondered how a masterful coaching session takes place, this is a great opportunity to understand the inner workings.

  After the demo session our coaches will proceed in explaining what coaching tools you can adapt to enhance your leadership skills. 

  Come and join us for a 360 degree view on coaching with our very own Hulya Kurt. 

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• WORKSHOP - Design thinking and Business Model Canvas

  • When
    14 Oct 2020
  •  
    18:30 - 21:00 (UTC+02:00)
  • Location
    TBC
  • Spaces left
    20
  • Registered
    5 registrants

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  After this workshop you will be able to move your idea to the next phases of planning, validating and implementing your idea into reality.

  You will work on your idea using Business Model Canvas and pitch it live in front of the audience, with immediate feedback. 

  About Hulya Kurt
  Hulya Kurt, originally Turkish, grew up in Germany and started her career in Istanbul. Within her 30 years at Thomson Reuters, she occupied many positions, ranging from Business Admin Manager to Global Customer Experience Lead. Hulya is very flexible and is forever looking for improvements, whether in processes or offerings. She got interested in Innovation and the different methods that can be used to foster it and became a certified innovation facilitator. 
  

  
  About Tumay Yenli
  Moved to Geneva in 2007, Tumay worked at a Swiss NGO that promotes women empowerment. Tumay joined Thomson Reuters in 2010 as a Customer Service Professional in financial operations, and since then she has developed a passion in creating and helping others create better solutions and innovative business ideas.

  Come join us for this interactive workshop!

  This workshop is held by InnKick. 

  
  

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• Afterwork Geneva: Pink October

  • When
    22 Oct 2020
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    18:30 - 20:00 (UTC+02:00)
  • Location
    TBA
  • Spaces left
    14
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Afterwork Geneva: Pink October

  October is reserved for breast cancer awareness and we are honoring the effort in this Afterwork. Get your pink outfits ready and join us for a drink.

  Save the date for pink!

  
  

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• Workshop: App Blueprint with Ambra Curetti

  • When
    29 Oct 2020
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    18:30 - 19:30 (UTC+01:00)
  • Location
    Online

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  App blueprint:

  how to make your idea a reality (with limited resources)

  You got an idea to create an app but don’t know where to start?
  Join us in this 1 Hour Training to learn about tools and strategies to bootstrap your app idea.

  In this training you will learn:

  • 3 strategies to find the right technology for your idea
  • How to define a realistic timeline and budget for your project
  • The 6 steps process to go from idea to launch
  • Key recommendations to build a successful MVP
    

  
  

  
  

  The workshop will last from 18:30 to 19:30 and our speaker will continue with a Q&A session.

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• Geneva OWIT Afterwork - Xmas Twist

  • When
    10 Dec 2020
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    18:30 - 21:30 (UTC+01:00)
  • Location
    TBC
  • Spaces left
    12
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  Feeling festive? Come and celebrate with us the end of the year and reflect on your 2020 achievements!

  As usual around the Afterwork we will have a Christmas Twist. The objective of this edition is to make you think about your main 2020 challenges. 

  We are playing Secret Santa and exchange small gifts that have a connection with your 2020 challenges and 2021 goals. Please bring a small wrapped gift together with a short inspirational message. Once the gift is drawn and unwrapped you would be asked to present it to the other participants and share the success story behind it. 

  The rules of the game will be further explained during the evening. The maximum value of the gift should be 10 CHF.

  Come and join us and have fun!

  For example - if you had to adapt your way of working, bring a product or a tool that would be relevant to. Let your fantasy work.

  We will welcome you between 18h00 and 20h30.

  Due to the new regulations (COVID-19) and for everyone's safety, each participant needs to register through this website if willing to participate (please note that the places are limited) and wear a mask in order get access at our meeting place.

  Fee: none, cost of a drink (please kindly clear your own tab with the bar. OWIT Lake Geneva is not responsible for clearing your bar bill).

  
  

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• Lausanne OWIT Afterwork - Xmas Twist

  • When
    17 Dec 2020
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    18:30 - 21:30 (UTC+01:00)
  • Location
    TBC
  • Spaces left
    12
  • Registered
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  Feeling festive? Come and celebrate with us the end of the year and reflect on your 2020 achievements!

  As usual around the Afterwork we will have a Christmas Twist. The objective of this edition is to make you think about your main 2020 challenges. 

  We are playing Secret Santa and exchange small gifts that have a connection with your 2020 challenges and 2021 goals. Please bring a small wrapped gift together with a short inspirational message. Once the gift is drawn and unwrapped you would be asked to present it to the other participants and share the success story behind it. 

  The rules of the game will be further explained during the evening. The maximum value of the gift should be 10 CHF.

  Come and join us and have fun!

  For example - if you had to adapt your way of working, bring a product or a tool that would be relevant to. Let your fantasy work.

  We will welcome you between 18h00 and 20h30.

  Due to the new regulations (COVID-19) and for everyone's safety, each participant needs to register through this website if willing to participate (please note that the places are limited) and wear a mask in order get access at our meeting place.

  
  Fee: none, cost of a drink (please kindly clear your own tab with the bar. OWIT Lake Geneva is not responsible for clearing your bar bill).

  
  

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• Webinar: This is the year you start investing like Aysha

  • When
    21 Jan 2021
  •  
    18:30 - 20:30 (UTC+01:00)
  • Location
    Online

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  Webinar: This is the year you start investing like Aysha

  This year move your "regular" resolution list items aside and make room for investing, finally! We can't wait to hear Aysha van de Paer speak passionately and practically about investing for women. 

  In this webinar you will: 

  • Hear why women shy away from investing
  • How investing now will change your future
  • How to get started now!

  Join us for this webinar to put a gender lens in your investments. 

  Aysha's TEDxLausanne recording will give you a head start already: 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxBOtrkzfSc
  

  Aysha van de Paer

  Teaching women to invest in a way that feels right

  www.InvestLikeAysha.com

  
  

  
  

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• OPEN GENEVA - The W-Hack !

  • Start
    26 Mar 2021
  •  
    09:00 (UTC+01:00)
  • End
    27 Mar 2021
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    16:00 (UTC+01:00)
  • Location
    TBC
  • Spaces left
    41
  • Registered
    4 registrants

  The W-Hack is postponed!

  Due to the current coronavirus situation the Open Geneva Festival, and The W.Hack as part of it, are being postponed. 

  We will keep you updated on the new dates as soon as possible, please stay tuned!

  But in the meantime….keep the wheels turning and the ideas flowing!!!

  Please keep sending us your hackathon ideas via the form or at e-vicepresident@owit-lakegeneva.org.

  
  

  
  

  The W – Hack!

  The W-Hack is an OWIT Lake Geneva initiative that aims to reunite entrepreneurs (our OWIT members and everyone else who is interested, man or woman!) and incite to innovation!

  This event is part of OpenGeneva 2020. 

  The theme of this 'W-Hack' (W-Women) is a call out all women who want to be part of social and societal change, by putting forward innovative ideas.

  The event will happen over a weekend date TBC, 2020, and will unite teams formed of maximum 6 participants and will include many exciting workshops – project management, innovation, public speaking and digital marketing.

  Please submit your idea by filling in the form. 

  The event will be catered and the official language will be English.

  Agenda:

  Friday:

  18:30-21:00 – recap of the selected ideas and teams creation (to be announced by e-mail)

  Saturday:

  09:00 – Breakfast and review of agenda for the day

  10:30 – Project management - workshop hosted by Katarzyna Grzesik-Harz

  12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch

  15:00 – Agile - workshop hosted by InnKick 

  16:00 – Public speaking - workshop hosted by Helen von Dadelszen

  Sunday:

  10:00 – Breakfast

  10:30 – 12:30 – Mentoring (by OWIT Lake Geneva)

  12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch

  14:00 - 16:00 – Projects presentations, jury voting and winners announcement!

  Bring your energy and ideas and let's hack together to improve the world we live in through innovation!

  See you there, 

  OWIT Lake Geneva Team

  
  

  *** More updates on this event coming soon. Stay tuned. 

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