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

‘EPWN/CW Hague Japanese Buffet Dinner’
Friday (!!) 24 February 2012, 19:00-22:00
at ‘Yon’ – in Scheveningen

Dear ladies,

This month we would like to do something different – as it is half term in February and people may not be available on a Tuesday night, we have changed the Tuesday night Hague Borrel this month to a Friday night Hague Japanese Buffet Dinner.

We would like to invite you to this EPWN/CW Hague Japanese Buffet Dinner, which will take place at Lunchroom YON, on Friday 24 February 2012 from 19:00-22:00. We would like to emphasize that everybody is welcome, membership is not required.

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.

We all enjoyed our Hague Borrel at Lunchroom YON last month, so we are very happy to return to this location. Lunchroom Yon is situated at the Badhuisweg in Scheveningen, which offers free parking and it’s at walking distance from tram stop Madurodam (tram 9). They are not only known for their lunch, but they also offer Sunday brunch and on Friday evenings there is a Japanese buffet, for which we are inviting you! Also, Yon is an excellent location for borrels, parties and private dining. For more information, please check their website www.yon-noy.nl or send an email to yonscheveningen@live.nl.
Cost and registration
The cost of the Japanese Buffet is €17,50 per person. This special rate will entitle you to the Japanese Buffet, please note that drinks are NOT included this time.

Please make sure you register your attendance (either as a member or as a guest) via the EPWN website (here click register in the header). 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, Lunchroom YON is located at the Badhuisweg in Scheveningen, across the Nieuwe Parklaan from Madurodam. The address is Badhuisweg 191, Den Haag. For more details about the venue, go to their website http://www.yon-noy.nl.

We are very pleased that here is also plenty of free parking. If you are travelling by public transport, you can take tram #9 and get off at the Madurodam stop, cross the Nieuwe Parklaan at the roundabout and keep walking straight for another 5 minutes (into Plesmanweg, which turns into Badhuisweg). Alternatively, take bus #22 and get off at the Plesmanweg 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 20 March 2012 19h00-22h00
Tuesday 17 April 2012 19h00-22h00
Tuesday 15 May 2012 19h00-22h00

From Left to Right: Patty Kruiswijk, Manuela Roth (RSM ’10), Dianne Bevelander, Camilla Bjorkqvist (RSM ’10), Eleonore Breukel, Saskia Trurniet, and Ursula van Rozemeijer.

Women comprise about 30% of the students in the OneMBA and the percentage of women faculty is even less. While there are complex factors that might explain this, members of the 2010 and 2011 classes have decided to put women on the agenda.

The effort lead in large part by Camilla Björkqvist and Manuela Roth has focused on securing eminent business women to speak at OneMBA residencies. By connecting with women across the OneMBA community as well as the European Professional Women’s Network( EPWN), the kick-off on during the Spring 2009 RSM Residency featured Mirella Visser, Owner of the Center for Inclusive Leadership and the EuropeanPWN President. This conversation was continued when the class went to Istanbul and met with local women business leaders.

In September 2009 another panel took place with a group of Dutch women executives on the topics of “Women – the saviors of our economy?” With several courageous men participating in the audience, there was a lively and honest discussion.

At the EGADE Residency in November 2009, a Cemex executive, Irma Gomez shared her perspective on women, employment, and the economy in Mexico.

Events are in the works for Hong Kong and the the U.S. All alumni are invited to attend a session at the RSM Residency on April 8 2010 with Carien van der Laan, co-owner of Women Capital, and executive search firm specialized in women and placing them on top level positions. Van der Laan will address what to do with once you get an MBA and the value that women add in the executive ranks.

Some interesting statistics from the United States are worth sharing. According to the report The Economic Impact of Women-Owned Businesses in the United States by the American Center for Women’s Business Research and funded by the National Women’s Business Council and Wal-Mart, women-owned businesses contribute nearly $3 trillion to the U.S. economy and create or maintain 23 million jobs. If women-owned businesses were their own country, they would have the 5th largest GDP in the world, ahead of countries including France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Anecdotally, many women say that they start their own business because they want to balance work and family and that they cannot break into the traditional male-dominated positions—or do not want to.

Members of the 2011 class are taking leadership to continue the discussion of the women in the OneMBA. Anyone in the OneMBA community can join the events organized by Women@OneMBA, men included. If you would like to know more about this initiative, please contact Manuela Roth or Camilla Bjorkqvist in the OneMBA2010 class.

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Bonding by complaining

In Western Russia, many Eastern European cultures and various cultures in Southern Europe and Latin America, people try to bond with others by complaining. Complaints about the boss or about tasks to be performed or simply about the food, places people ‘together’ in a common situation in which they can relate to each other - bonding with the suffering majority. These complaints are usually expressed with emotion. However, it is passive and is not followed by an action to change the situation that is complained about. An outsider will get the impression that something terrible has happened and that the complainer is deeply unhappy. This however is not the case. There are many reasons for such behavior depending on the context. Some of the underlying reasons may be uncertainty, risk avoidance, xenophobia, fatalism and the feeling of not being in charge as well as being unable to create or accept change.

Richard Kwakernaak, founder Institute for Communication Psychology and Transformation (ICPT);

Thursday, February 4^th, 2010

Location: Amsterdam Renaissance Hotel

Why is it sometimes a challenge to enjoy working together with others, men in particular, while it seems so easy at many other occasions? What role do emotions play? How do we recognize each other’s and our own emotions? And how do we consciously as well as unconsciously focus our attention, depending on how we feel?

During this interactive event Richard Kwakernaak will guide us to reveal our inner resources to communicate and cooperate as effectively as possible, even under difficult circumstances.

Richard graduated from Naval Academy with a specialization in Human Resources Management and founded the Institute for Communication Psychology and Transformation (ICPT) after fourteen years in active service of the Royal Netherlands Navy. During that time Richard acquired a vast amount of experience of communication in male dominated environments which he now also passes on in his work with various national and international companies and a number of seminars that he teaches for the military, especially at NATO’s Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence.

Discover how to benefit from the latest insights in social neurosciences, practically applied in the fields of Mindfulness, NeuroLeadership and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Learn what all people have in common and yet how different individuals interpret experiences, including specific characteristics of male and female information processing.

Afterwards you will have a thorough understanding why men sometimes act in a neglecting way, how emotions arise and impact your communication. During entertaining exercises you will practice how to maintain focus in order to communicate how and what you want.

Participants are welcome to network from 19:00 to 20:00. The program begins at 20:00.

Registration and Guest Policy: Registration is required for members (no charge) and guests (guests are welcome at a cost of 25 Euro which includes snacks and drinks). Guests are allowed to attend two EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam functions per year. Please contact Caroline van Leuven, our VP Membership.

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