Earlier this month, IPWS hosted an interesting career transition event with Expat Neighbours founder Evrim Kanbur, and the event was covered by the Global Times. Evrim spoke on her career change from corporate to entrepreneur and how she know manages a tech team, without any tech background herself. As many of us professional women will shift roles, jobs and countries many times through our lives in the modern employment world, there will most likely be a time where we’re working […]
Let’s Celebrate International Women’s Day in Shanghai! IPWS is delighted to showcase all the events happening around the city to help you grow, connect, enhance & empower yourself as women. Women Leading the Way: IPWS & British Chamber Shanghai’s Women in Business Focus Group International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. IPWS and our partner & friends at the British Chamber Shanghai’s Women in […]
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 […]
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 […]
In October, IPWS President Tiziana Figliolia was invited to speak on her experiences working with our international professional women’s community at the 2016 Shanghai Women’s Federation Conference. She spoke on the topic of women empowerment and invited the audience to consider a new approach about gender equality in the workplace, and what corporations need when taking action. Attending the conference, more than 300 scholars, artists, entrepreneurs, chiefs of international organizations and non-governmental organizations participated in the forum, focusing on gender […]
Last Thursday, IPWS joined the British Chamber Shanghai’s Women in Business Focus Group, AustCham, SwissCham, BenCham and MayCham at the fabulously festive venue Calypso for an evening of busy conversations, as we celebrated our connections from the past year. It was a rich evening sharing networks and experiences for some of Shanghai’s top professionals with over 100 women gathering on the rooftop. We were joined by a large group of touring doctoral candidates, from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, from the […]
Tomorrow, IPWS hosts a roundtable discussion with 9 established entrepreneurs of Shanghai… called ‘Becoming an Entrepreneur in Shanghai: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly‘ and to get in the mood, we’ve asked two of the guest speakers for THREE tips on becoming an entrepreneur in Shanghai… Camden Hauge – Owner & Operator – Egg (cafe pictured above!) & Founder of Shanghai Supper Club Camden’s top 3 tips for becoming an entrepreneur in Shanghai: If you can’t stop thinking […]
Are you looking for some personal career advice? Or maybe you’re getting ready to launch your own business? There’s something for everyone in November! Be sure to check out our entire calendar and if you feel like giving back to our IPWS community of professional women, it’s not too late to join our growing list of volunteers. SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER – Mentor Walks Winter is coming, so November’s Mentor Walks will be our final session for 2016! A wonderful way […]
What an amazing evening! Over 40 IPWS members and friends met to mix, mingle and learn about the exciting lives of diplomats. We were thrilled to welcome many new faces to this event. Our distinguished guests were Ana Candida Perez, Consul-General of Brazil; Therese Healy, Consul-General | Consulate General of Ireland; Guergana Guermanoff, New Zealand Consul-General; and Eu-Niz Chan, Consul for Economic Policy, Australian Consulate General. Moderating the discussion was Lee Kane, Consul for Political, Economic and Public Affairs with the Consulate General […]
