IPWS Member of the Month: Meet Aline Jolly

International Professional Women’s Society (IPWS) community invites an extraordinary member to share their story each month, so we’ve invited Aline Jolly to share about her life for February!  Aline Jolly joined IPWS a month after she arrived in Shanghai in September 2016. Before she moved to Shanghai, she was working as Head of IM Operations at AXA Group in France. As she wanted to offer her family the possibility of a great adventure abroad, Aline left her job and moved with […]

Book Club: Reading Up on Leadership

Each year IPWS celebrates our community’s leaders with the Women Leadership Awards! While we are busy planning and preparing this year’s awards & Leadership Summit, we’re also busy reading up on the topic, and would love to hear what you’re reading at the moment! Email us info@ipwsconnect.com if you’ve got a book on leadership to add below, and happy reading! The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence by Dacher Keltner Some reviews (read more): “Although women are typically […]

7 Insights on Shanghai’s KOL & Digital Marketing World

Last week, IPWS hosted an exciting gathering with a diverse panel of professional women discussing the modern world of Key Opinion Leaders and digital marketing concepts. Like many of us, if you’re using any kind of social media, you might be influenced by a dynamic Key Opinion Leader (KOL) without even knowing it! In the last year, millenials in China have been sparking ideas that take social media & live streaming to new monetary heights setting new goals & pathways in […]

Experienced in Finance & Admin? Join the IPWS Board!

International Professional Women’s Society (IPWS) provides platforms for dynamic women to connect, build networks, foster personal growth and develop professionally. IPWS Board Members make a difference by working towards our vision of connecting professional women and being an influential community in Shanghai and globally, based on our key values – Inspire, Grow, Lead, Connect and Embrace Diversity. Do you have a personal passion for building and supporting a community of professional women? Perhaps you’ve been a Mentor on our Mentor Walks […]

Expression of Interest: Leadership Journey to Bhutan

Strengthen your leadership in beautiful Bhutan with Insightful Learning Journeys and IPWS! Discover more about mindfulness and explore your personal career goals on this unique travel experience. IPWS is excited to invite you this opportunity & delighted to partner with Insightful Learning Journeys, founded as a result of Khatiza Van Savage’s keen interest in understanding and appreciating the value of Bhutan’s unique development philosophy, Gross National Happiness and approach. It is a Mindful Happiness canvas which can lead to developing Mindful Values and Practices […]

Happy Chinese New Year & Join IPWS Today!

Let’s all “Rise & Shine” this year for the Year of the Rooster! Xin Nian Kuai Le! Happy New Year! IPWS is about connecting professional women in Shanghai and as we turn to celebrate this Chinese New Year, we’re looking ahead to consider just how the ‘early bird gets the worm’ in this 2017 Year of the Rooster! The first thing about rooster years in the Chinese zodiac is about being punctual – traditionally in China’s ancient time, the crow of […]

Event Wrap: TEDxShanghaiWomen 2016 Talk Back

Earlier in January, IPWS & TEDxShanghaiWomen organised a ‘Q&A’ event with all the speakers from last year’s TEDx event! With Mary Rezek as moderator, our community was able to hear from all the speakers (Gwen Cardno, Rina Joosten-Rabou, May Wang and Valerie Brown) and had the opportunity to talk and ask questions!   Here’s a review of the event by IPWS volunteer, Jenny Northey! Thanks so much for recapping the event for us! TEDxShanghaiWomen 2016 Talk Back Thursday, January 12, 2017 A large […]

Lifestyle: How to Feel Confident About What You Are Eating

Epermarket is one of our IPWS annual sponsors, and this month as we push through wintertime, we all think it’s time to reflect on healthy eating for professional women, and why we should consider the fuel we’re running on in our busy professional lives. IPWS is about educating & informing professional women in Shanghai, so every so often you’ll see something from our sponsors to support your lifestyle in this vibrant busy city. We all know that healthy eating is one […]

Introducing TCT Singapore – A New IPWS Sponsor!

International Professional Women’s Society (IPWS) would like to welcome TCT Singapore as our latest annual sponsor! There are a number of ways to support IPWS, through individual membership or partnerships, but we are delighted to receive platinum sponsorship from the international training & corporate consulting engagement platform, TCT Singapore. TCT Singapore was incorporated in Singapore in 2000 and in Shanghai in 2013 and works to provide a high level of training, consulting, and talent management to their clients. Covering a […]

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