Karen Kragt – partner at Van der Laan & Company (executive search) will perform an interactive evening with us on finding “the why” is such an important question for the next step in one’s career move. More details will follow soon.

This evening, Karen Kragt will illustrate the four dimensions of personal leadership to become a successful business woman: Courage, Will, Ability, Award/Deserve. She will use examples from life and work.

At an early age Karen was responsible for starting GCP Detachering, a company that quickly built a successful business providing temporary research nursing personnel. At the same period she started a business venture with Transfergroep Rotterdam, creating the professional education program for Research Nurses, and was one of the first to professionalize the research nursing sector. In 1999 Karen started DOCollege, a company for the training of clinical research professionals. As co-owner of DOCollege and later DOCS International, a global staffing firm in the pharma, biotech and medical devices industry, she held a number of different positions in the company: Director of The Netherlands and of France, International Business Development Director and Global Director Central Services. In the summer of 2007 DOCS was acquired by the Irish listed company ICON where she worked until March 2011. Mid 2011 Karen and her partners Carien van der Laan & Nicollete van Helsdingen started an executive search firm with a mission, presenting their clients with candidates of whom 50% are women and 50% men in senior management, board, executive and non-executive and advisory board positions.

The event will be highly interactive. Her business partner Nicolette van Helsdingen, will join the event to facilitate discussions in smaller groups about your motivational drivers for success, your personal BIG WHY’s.

Registration is required for members (free) and guests (€20). Attendance includes snacks and drinks. Guests are allowed to attend two EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam functions per year. Please contact Jacinta Noonan, our VP Membership at membership@europeanpwn-amsterdam.net.

In order to keep our administrative processes manageable we unfortunately cannot refund your registration fee should you need to cancel your attendance.

Members are kindly asked to deregister in time if you are not able to attend because of ordering catering for the event.

The European Professional Women’s Network and Connecting Women are organising the next:

‘EPWN/CW Hague Borrel’  
Tuesday 17 April 2012, 19:00-22:00 
at ‘Rootz at the Harbour’ in Scheveningen Harbour

Dear ladies,

We are very excited to invite you to our next EPWN/CW Hague Borrel, which will take place at restaurant Rootz at the Harbour, on Tuesday 17 April 2012 from 19:00-22:00. Yet another great opportunity for meeting other women, networking and exchanging views about work/life in The Netherlands.

It feels like we’ve done “full circle”, as the EPWN Hague Borrel originally started at ‘Raar’. When this location changed into ‘Braque’ we frequented it again quite a lot for the EPWN/CW Hague Borrel. And, now that it’s changed again into ‘Rootz at the Harbour’ we will take the next EPWN/CW Hague Borrel again to this, by now very familiar location

Rootz at the Harbour is located in the Scheveningen Harbour. The warm, authentic atmosphere offers food from their Belgian kitchen, combined with great beer and wine. The address is Dr. Lelykade 33-37, Den Haag. For more information, please check out their website www.rootzharbour.nl.

Please note that we have booked the room upstairs and, as always, a table at our disposal for your business cards in order to promote your own business.
Cost and registration 

The cost of the Borrel is €12,50 per person. This will entitle you to three drinks plus appetizers. You are asked to pay this upon arrival, at the bar, for which you will receive tokens which you use to redeem your three drinks at the bar. Additional drinks are at your own cost.

Please make sure you register your attendance (either as a member or as a guest) via the
EPWN website http://europeanpwn-amsterdam.net/events/borrel-in-the-hague-april-17. Alternatively, you can send an email to Erika at erika@bothassistanceandsupport.nl.

!!!!!   Please also don’t forget to de-register if you are not able to make it after all!
We need to confirm the number of attendees with the restaurant 24 hours in advance.
Please let us know in advance if you are not able to come along.

When pre-registered people do not show up, this puts us in a difficult position, as the restaurant has prepared food for more people.

Directions to the venue
This location, Rootz at the Harbour (formerly ‘Braque’ and before that ‘Raar’) is located in the Scheveningen harbour, next to restaurant Waterproef;  the address is Dr. Lelykade 33-37, Den Haag. For more details about the venue, go to their website www.rootzharbour.nl. There is plenty of free parking.

If you are travelling by public transport, take tram #17 from Den Haag Centraal Station (richting Statenkwartier) and get off at the stop called Van Boetzelaerlaan. Or take tram #11 to the Duinstraat stop.

We are looking forward to seeing you all and to enjoying yet another inspiring networking evening!

Warm regards,
Anna Farrenkopf, Karin Bosscher & Erika Both
European Professional Women’s Network / Connecting Women

P.S.
Don’t miss out on our next networking evenings; please take note of the following EPWN/CW Hague Borrel dates and be sure to keep them free in your diary:

Tuesday 15 May 2012             19h00-22h00

Tuesday 19 June 2012            19h00-22h00

Redefining Success is the theme we have chosen for as a strategy for our events in 2012. One can approach the words from many points of view. For this event will look at our ‘own’ success  and what success means to you. To be successful as an individual implicates that you are successfull within your own context.

Tonight’s speaker is Patty Harpenau and she will guide us in the world of our own success. She will base her presentation on one of her books, The Life Codes, which is an international bestseller and also available in English.

The story of The Life Codes is about who are you, and what do you want from life. What is your purpose and what is the secret of your own life. The life codes, seven life changing secrets revealed for nothing is hidden that will not become evident. The codes are not effective if you ask for what you want, only when you sense that you already have everything you are searching for.  Abundance is not an object but a frequency, a field or energy, a consciousness. This field is reflected in matter. Drawn by our wishes and desires is manifested in your life. The soul is is the intelligence behind all that is visible. If you know people’s souls, you know precisely what drives them and how you should deal with them. The same applies to forms and objects, because ultimately everything in the world of form is the result of a thought. Discover the codes of life and unlock the abundance in your life.

Patty Harpenau – (www.pattyharpenau.com) – is a successful  trainer, coach and author of many international bestsellers about the art of life and spirituality. She is the founder of The Life Foundation. She completed her professional education at the Deepak Chopra Institute of Well Being  in the United States and the University of Spirituality in India. She has a thorough knowledge of psychology and since 1995 she regularly performs training at the Chopra Centre and The Life Foundation in The Netherlands.

Practical details:

Participants are welcome to network from 19:00 to 20:00. The program begins at 20:00. For further inquiries on this event, please send an email to caroline@hoefloo.nl

Registration and Guest Policy:

Registration is required for members (free) and guests (€20). Attendance fee includes snacks and drinks. Guests are allowed to attend two EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam functions per year. Please contact Jacinta Noonan, our VP Membership at membership@europeanpwn-amsterdam.net.

In order to keep our administrative processes manageable we unfortunately cannot refund your registration fee should you need to cancel your attendance.

Members are kindly asked to deregister in time if you are not able to attend because of ordering catering for the event.

The European Professional Women’s Network and Connecting Women are organising the next:

‘EPWN/CW Hague Borrel’
Tuesday 20 March 2012, 19:00-22:00
at ‘Flavor’s’ in the Statenkwartier

Dear ladies,

We are very excited to invite you to our next EPWN/CW Hague Borrel, which will take place at restaurant Flavor’s, on Tuesday 20 March 2012 from 19:00-22:00.

Yet another great opportunity for meeting other women, networking and exchanging views about work/life in The Netherlands. And remember that everybody is welcome, membership is not required.

Flavor’s, a brasserie, lunchroom, eetcafé, steakhouse and restaurant all combined into one, offers a nice atmosphere, great quality food and good service, all at a great price. Situated right in the middle of the expat’s favourite Statenkwartier, they are very excited to have us on the 20th! For more information, please check their website http://www.flavors.nu/nl/.
Cost and registration
The cost of the Borrel is €12,50 per person. This will entitle you to three drinks plus appetizers. You are asked to pay this upon arrival, at the bar, for which you will receive a stamp card which you use to redeem your three drinks at the bar. Additional drinks are at your own cost.

Please make sure you register your attendance (either as a member or as a guest) via the EPWN website (click register above) it’s very simple.
Alternatively, you can send an email to Erika at erika@bothassistanceandsupport.nl.

Please also don’t forget to de-register if you are not able to make it after all!
We need to confirm the number of attendees with the restaurant 24 hours in advance. When pre-registered people do not show up, this puts us in a difficult position, as the restaurant has prepared food for more people.

Directions to the venue
This restaurant, Flavor’s is located at the Willem de Zwijgerlaan 44a, Den Haag, off the Frederik Hendriklaan, opposite Paagman. For more details about the venue, go to their website http://www.flavors.nu/nl/.
We are very pleased that in the evening there is plenty of free parking. If you are travelling by public transport, you can take tram #17 and get off at Statenlaan, or take bus 21 and get off at the Willem de Zwijgerlaan stop.

We are looking forward to seeing you all and to enjoying yet another inspiring networking evening!

Warm regards,

Anna Farrenkopf, Karin Bosscher & Erika Both
European Professional Women’s Network / Connecting Women

P.S.
Don’t miss out on our next networking evenings; please take note of the following EPWN/CW Hague Borrel dates and be sure to keep them free in your diary:

Tuesday 17 April 2012 19h00-22h00
Tuesday 15 May 2012 19h00-22h00
Tuesday 19 June 2012 19h00-22h00

As women, we generally don’t understand what key areas to focus on in order to get promoted in large organisations. Research done by Catalyst Inc. has shown that, as women, we are as ambitious as men but there are several areas where we could be more effective.  In the first part of this workshop we will be talking about these key areas to getting you promoted (so that you can effectively  focus your energy), the second part is about understanding the organisational politics of large organisations to help further your career. Want to find out more? Then join us for this fun interactive workshop in June.

19.00 hrs  Networking

19.30 hrs  Interactive workshop: Effective Communication in Local and Intercultural Mentoring

by Eleonore Breukel

Take this opportunity to become an effective communicator in your mentoring relationship. You will learn how to structure your ‘own’ session, how to steer your conversation and how to give motivating feedback. You will ‘experience’ the difference between local mentoring and mentoring in an intercultural context. You will understand how culture influences communication and collaboration not only because of the nationality of the mentor or mentee but the whole environment: the industry, the profession, the corporate culture etc. In today’s’ virtual business world culture is not explicit and its complexity and uniqueness therefore not taken into consideration which often leads to unexpected situations.

Culture also affects the private situation and relationships of the mentee. Living in a  constant cultural mix may cause feelings of insecurity which affects the work performance.

Our mentoring pairs at EPWN are on many levels intercultural. Take this opportunity to practice and experience how you can weave strength from cultural differences to make your mentoring relationship successful and enjoyable.

Eleonore Breukel has been an intercultural organizational effectiveness consultant and trainer since 1994. Her company Intercultural Communication bv www.intercultural.nl is represented on all continents. Eleonore works in 60 countries for the global corporate world, non-profit organizations and academia. She authored Doing Business Worldwide (in Dutch) a practical book on the cultural aspects of doing business in 19 countries and published over a 100 culture related articles in the traditional media. She co-authored the intercultural Training tool The Cultural Detective the Netherlands and the EPWN Pan European Mentoring Manual.

ebreukel@intercultural.nl

02 April: Speed Mentoring Matchmaking 2012

Meet your mentoring match TONIGHT

Opening by Caroline van Leuven, President of Amsterdam

After the introduction of the 2012 Mentoring Program by Anna Farrenkopf and Eleonore Breukel the new mentoring Angels will introduce her selves and explain how they will enrich the mentoring program and help mentors and mentee’s to successful mentoring relationships.

Mentoring can make the difference between a career that thrives and one that stalls.  Happy, enthusiast, innovative and productive women are important to all organizations and entrepreneurs. Mentoring plays a significant role in this.  In order to manage expectations we have a series of workshops for Mentors and Mentee’s

Tonight Workshop I – The basics of an EPWN mentoring Relationship

• The EPWN mentoring conditions: How are stability and privacy guaranteed.
• How to structure the first meeting – the fundament of the relationship
• How to manage expectations throughout the relationship

Followed by the MATCHMAKING SESSION

Each Mentee can meet several Mentors during 10 minutes interviews. This quick introduction should leave them with an impression if a  mentoring relationship will be succesfull.  The Mentee’s will write their top three Mentor choices on their  Mentee Profile forms and give these to the Mentoring Angels. The Mentoring Angels will match pairs according to the priority of the Mentee’s. and will get in touch with Mentors and Mentee’s to communicate the results after your mentoring relationship can start.

Mentee’s please be explicit in your requirements on your Mentee Profile Form. Mentors please be explicit in the assistance you can provide.

Please download your Mentee and or Mentor Profile form from the collaborative platform Amsterdam Mentoring Group.  Send the filled out forms to Eleonore Breukel ebreukel@intercultural.nl for her to understand what qualities are required and what is offered.  She will take all forms back to the event on April 2nd.

The Agenda for the rest of 2012

Mentoring is an essential part of the EPWN Program 2012 we are therefore happy to inform you of the rest of our program. Please block the dates in your agenda’s. All workshops can be attended by Mentors and Mentee’s

• 23 April – Effective Communication in local and intercultural mentoring

Steering conversations, giving feedback in local and intercultural mentoring by Eleonore Breukel

• 11 June – Mentoring Entrepreneurs by Tineke van der Vorst
• 03 September:  open
• 12 November:  Dealing with Politics in Organizations by Kathy Searcy

Thank you for your generosity to share your knowledge and experience

with others so that their performance can be improved.

Our Mentoring Program is your road to success

Anna Farrenkopf leads the PanEuropean Mentoring Steering Committee at Federation level since 2010.  She is the R&D Manager and COO for Capilix in Leeuwarden. Anna is a bio-geo-analytical-chemist-oceanographer and sailor. She was elected to the EPWN – Federation board in February 2012 as Co-VP Mentoring.

Eleonore Breukel has been a Mentoring Angel since 2009 in Amsterdam. She co-authored the PanEuropean Mentoring eManual (2012). Eleonore is the GM of Intercultural Communication bv in Amsterdam since 1994 www.intercultural.nl

She works on intercultural training assignments across the globe. Her company has offices in six countries. She is in the process of starting the EuropeanPWN Green Economy Steering Committee.

Please note everyone is welcome to attend the plenary and workshops. Only members may participate as a mentee in the mentoring program. Thank you for understanding.

Applications for Mentors & Mentees are located on the EuropeanPWN Collaborative platform under the “File” tab.

http://epwn.etheryl.net/groups/51

Looking forward to sharing our success stories.
Greetings from Eleonore & Anna

Keynote speaker: Georgette Schlick CEO SBS 6

Adresse :  Rietlandpark 343   1019 EM Amsterdam

Joint event PWI Brussels and EPWN Amsterdam to the European Institutions. Corien Wortmann, Vice-President of the European People´s Party (EPP), Member of the European Parliament and the Committee on Women’s rights and Gender equality invites us for a roundtable discussion about equal treatment. After this meeting there is a guided tour in the Public Gallery of the European Parliament. Then a table for Lunch is reserved in the delicious Restaurant of the European Parliament, which is at your own costs. After Lunch we are going to the European Commission where Mrs. Rosalinde van der Vlies Deputy Director of the unit equal treatment legislation will present the work done by the EC on gender equality. After the visit to the EC it is time for a short break before the Meet & Greet with PWI Brussels in Restaurant La Table d’ Arthur, www.latabledarthur.be.  The costs of the Walking Dinner including beverages is euro 25,-

The programming is as follows:

8.15- 8.30    Departure Amsterdam WTC by coach, stop close to tram 5

8.45- 8.50    Stop Carpool Vinkeveen, A2/N201 Groenlandsekade

12.00-12.15  Arrival and check in European Parliament

12.15-13.00  Roundtable with Corien Wortmann

13.00-13.30  Guided tour Public Gallery and information about EP

13.30-13.15  Lunch in the Restaurant of the European Parliament

14.30-15.30  European Commission with Mrs. Rosalynde van der Vlies

15.30-16.00  Break

16.00-19.00  Dinner & beverages at Restaurant La Table d’ Arthur

19.00-22.00  Departure Amsterdam

Dear Ladies, EPWN is organising a Cheese Fondue evening at Restaurant Het Karbeel , www.hetkarbeel.nl , a typical cosy Amsterdam Restaurant in the Warmoesstraat 16, close to the Central Station. The Cheese Fondue , wine and drinks is at your own costs which is euro 15,- per person for the Cheese Fondue excluding wine ( spanish sauvignon costs euro 15 per bottle) and other drinks, to be paid in cash after the Dinner as we share the invoice. Take your friends with you who may be interested in our Network!

Please make sure you register your attendance ( either as a member or as a guest) via the EPWN website or alternatively, you may send an email to Marianne Eisma VP Social Events : marianne.eisma@mlegalprojects.nl