The IT Girls Coach

When you are invited to dinner, do you take a bouquet of flowers or a bottle of wine?Next time why not drop into the Heifer site and buy a flock of chickens, ducks or geese on behalf of your hosts. You can even send them a card informing them of their donation and how they too can get involved.

Imagine how much more you will all enjoy your meal knowing that for the price of a simple bunch of flowers you will also be feeding another family for many years to come.

What about those awkward friends and family members? The ones for whom you never know what to buy for birthday’s etc… because they either have everything or they don’t like anything. Now it’s easy, simply go to the Heifer Gift Catalogue and give them the gift of changing someone else’s life.

Giving the gift of giving is truly the ultimate present. Make your Christmas gift giving as simple as a click of a computer key. Give everything from Rabbits to sheep, goats or water buffalo. No one in your family will be returning their gifts this year!

Finally what could be a better wedding gift than something that will make the world a better place. Don’t be the person that gives yet another toaster or juice extractor to be shoved to the back of the kitchen cupboard. Be completely original and give something that really makes the new couple feel wonderful.

Click here for the Gift Registry

Finding someone to mentor you these days is not easy. Everyone is so busy trying to juggle their own lives and careers, that those who would have made great mentors have little time or energy to share advice that might help you to develop your career.

Can you imagine what it would be like if, instead of having just one mentor, 12 successful career women would each share their wisdom with you? 

Well, that is exactly what I have planned for you. Starting in May 2008, I will interview one inspirational woman every month. I will ask all the questions you’ve been dying to ask and more that you may not have even thought of yet.

Best of all, these speakers don’t even want to sell you anything. They are women just like you - women who have successful careers and would like to give something back to their sisters. By sharing what they have learned along the way, they hope to shine a little light on the more difficult aspects of your particular career journey.

This month I will be having a conversation with Sandra Schwimbersky.

Sandra Schwimbersky, 31, studied International Business and Economics at Innsbruck University, Austria and Stirling University in Scotland. After graduating with a master’s degree in 2002, she followed her passion for academic research and policy consulting for four years, working for the European Commission as well as universities and research bodies all over Europe. In 2006 she joined a multinational oil and energy corporation in a business development position in London and, earlier this year, transferred to Germany with the same company.

Sandra has achieved an excellent position and garnered much respect in an industry that traditionally would be considered very much a boys club, and she has a lot of great insights to share with you.

Join us to learn more:

Date: Tuesday, May 6th
Time: 8 pm Central European time, 2 pm EST
Place: International conference call

Note: Number of participants is limited, so don’t miss out. Register today. Recordings will not be available until 2009 when they will be sold on my website to raise funds for Women for Women International.

To register for this call or to get more information about upcoming inspirational calls, please click on this link.

You will receive an email confirmation with your place on the call and the number to call to join the conference.

I look forward to hearing you on the sixth.

Warmly,

Krissy

PS: If you know someone who would benefit from attending these calls, I invite you to forward this email to them.