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Are you interested in getting more involved in your Dallas Society of Women Engineers section? Want to learn more about how SWE business is run and gain valuable leadership experience? Be a part of the future of Dallas SWE by becoming an elected officer! These officer positions are held by volunteers with an interest in influencing the direction of our local professional section and serving our members in very important capacities. Without volunteer leaders there would be no Dallas SWE!
The Treasurer position is not available this year since we’re in the middle of the 2-year term.
Available elected officer positions include:
President
Vice President
Vice President of Membership
Vice President of Outreach
Secretary
2 Section Representatives
1 Alternate Section Representative
1 Board of Trustees Member
Click “Continue Reading” below to learn about each position and what the responsibilities entail. Candidates must be voting members of the Society of Women Engineers and assigned to the Dallas Professional Section. To secure your spot on the ballot, just email dallas.swe@gmail.com and tell us which position you’re interested in filling for Fiscal Year 2015 (which runs July 2014 through June 2015). If you want to nominate someone other than yourself, the nominee must provide written consent to the nomination.
The deadline for nominations is 15 April, 2014 so don’t delay! After that, additional candidates may be nominated by petition which requires a minimum of two percent of voting members. Petitions must be submitted by 30 April, 2015. The electronic ballot will go out to members via email in May, so stay tuned to your inbox!
Attendees mingled with each other and Cary and enjoyed a selection of salads, pizzas, and desserts. Later, Cary began her presentation by introducing herself to the group, recounting a brief history of her experience as an executive in various roles at Wyndham Hotels where she was in charge of deploying a new marketing and branding campaign incorporating feedback from a key group of consumers: women business travelers. She now owns a consulting company, Broussard Global, which serves clients in the areas of diversity inclusion, brand management, and public relations.
Cary then gave several examples of historic and modern fairy tale characters to illustrate that although the identification of particular characters may change over time, fairy tales are universal across cultures and gender identity is a fundamental trait that we use to identify with those characters. She went on to explain how we can learn from fairy tale characters and use their traits in our own lives to cope with challengers at work and at home. These challenges might include a job loss, survivor’s guilt, health issues, or being “dumped” or marginalized by others. She encouraged us to be our own fairy tale characters by not waiting for things to be done for you: take the responsibility to do things yourself or, preferably, with others in order to achieve success!
We ended the evening with a Q&A session and group discussion about various modern fairy tale characters (TV and movie celebrities, high-profile CEOs, musicians, etc), how we might use a fairy tale trait to solve work-related problems, and how our culture differs from others in its valuation of women in business and politics. Cary said she would consider incorporating some of our feedback and discussion in her new book, a sequel to Cinderella to CEO!
Dallas SWE Members and guests enjoy Cary Broussard’s discussion at Abbot Diagnostics
Cary graciously provided several resources that she mentioned during her presentation where people can find more information about her and the research she used for her books. You can find links to these documents below:
Mentor Training Guide: From Cinderella to CEO – A brief description of why it’s important for everyone to both have mentors and be a mentor, plus tips for getting the most out of your mentoring relationships.
Many thanks to Cary Broussard for sharing her insights, to Dallas SWE Vice President Barbara Read for coordinating this event, and to the fine people of Abbot Diagnostics for hosting our meeting!
Mark your calendars for these upcoming events! March 29:Design Your World at the UNT Discovery Park in Denton. This event is SOLD OUT but Volunteers are still needed, so if you are interested in helping with registration, logistics, activity supervision, or clean-up please fill out the online Volunteer Response Form. April 22: Professional Development meeting hosted by Dallas SWE sponsors Capital One at Jasper’s in Plano. More details and RSVP link to follow! May 20: Tour of the AT&T Foundry in Plano – Joint event hosted by the Women of AT&T. More details and RSVP link to follow!
We all face them at some point, perhaps face them day after day.
This month Cary Broussard (pictured left), author of From Cinderella to CEO, How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales to Transform Your Work Life, will be our speaker. Her presentation will focus on “The challenges we face in life, and how to get really good at overcoming obstacles.” She will talk about the disasters that happen, even in Fairy Tales and outline what steps to take to Design One’s Own Fairy Tale, the Joy of the Journey and Common Challenges We Can and Do Overcome. Cary the owner of Broussard Global, a cause related marketing and public relations company. She returned to Dallas from New York last year with her husband Logan, co-owner of Broussard Global. BG’s current clients include organizations such as Earth Day Texas 2014, Women Impacting Public Policy, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and New York University.
We hope you can join us to hear Cary to be inspired and apply her message to both the career world and personal life. As always, you will also have an opportunity to network with fellow professionals before the meeting.
When: Tuesday March 18th, 2014. Networking starts at 6:00PM, main event starts at 6:30PM. Light dinner will be provided.
Additionally, It’s that time of year to start thinking about Dallas SWE leadership for FY15! We are seeking members to be a part of our Nominating Committee! The Nominating Committee develops a slate of candidates for the officer positions up for election in May. The Nominating Committee is guided by the Section by-laws as to the eligibility of candidates and must submit a proposed slate of officers by April 15th. Email dallas.swe@gmail.com if you’re interested in being a part of this crucial committee!
National Engineers Week (formally known as E-Week) may have a new name, Discover E Week, but it still has the same spirit of learning, exploration, and new introductions of students to the world of engineering! This year, DiscoverE Week fell on February 17-21, and Dallas SWE members were busy all week reaching out to our community and teaching people what engineering is all about. Read below for a review of our DiscoverE Week activities!
Also, please visit the Newsletters page for the Feb18 Meeting Agenda to see announcements and upcoming events including our March 18 professional development meeting in Irving and Design Your World in Denton on March 29!
Lockheed Martin Diversity Fair The Dallas Section of the Society of Women Engineers participated in the Engineering Week Diversity Fair at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Grand Prairie on February 17, 2014. The event was a fantastic opportunity for Lockheed Martin employees to learn about internal employee resource groups and external professional organizations such as SWE, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and National Society of Black Engineers. Many women engineers who were SWE members during their college careers were energized to reconnect with SWE. The Lockheed Martin Engineering Leadership also spent time to understand how they can provide support to and benefit from the Society of Women Engineers as they focus on increased hiring, diversity of their engineering population and growth into new technical fields. -Lynn Mortensen Click here to see other Engineering Week activities from Lockheed Martin.
Visitors to the Perot Museum got to learn about circuits from Dallas SWE volunteers.
Outreach Event at the Perot Museum
Mamatha Prakash (HP) Nandika D’Souza (UNT) Barbara Vilbig (Vilbig and Associates), Kevin Vilbig, Shwetha Ravikimar (HP) and Arun Varghese (Fidelity) staffed a booth at the Perot Museum on Feb 17, 2014 to celebrate Discover E week from 10 to 2 pm. Approximately 300 school age children stopped by and enjoyed a hands on demonstration of electrical circuits. They learned the basics of an open and closed circuit by connecting a load (light or buzzer) to a power source (battery) with various switches. – Nandika D’Souza and Barbara Vilbig
She Networks, She Wins On the evening of February 18, SMU SWE hosted their annual She Networks, She Wins event. This year the event included a special panel discussion on topics in Sheryl Sandberg’s influential book, Lean In. About 75 professionals and collegiates participated in discussions covering mentorship, negotiation skills, work and family life balance, leaning into fears and taking charge of your career path. For more information and photos, check out the SMU SWE blog post about She Networks, She Wins and the Dallas SWE Facebook page.
Attendees at She Networks, She Wins 2014
Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair This month, Beal Bank sponsored the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Fair Park in Dallas. An article from the Dallas Morning News outlines the fair’s winners and includes a review of a special projects by Alicia DSouza, daughter of Dallas SWE’s wonderful Vice President of Outreach, Nandika DSouza! Congratulations to all of the project winners!
UT Dallas’s Explore Engineering Day Although Dallas SWE was not able to participate in UT Dallas’ Explor Engineering Day on February 22nd, we wanted to highlight this event which introduced K-12 students to STEM activities and careers. They had a variety of engineering interests represented including software, materials (polymers), robotics, and electromagnetics (microwaves). We hope to be a part of this event in the future!
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE)Dallas Section and the UNT Student Section will be hosting a Design Your World – STEM Conference for 6th through 12th grade girls to be held Saturday, March 29, 2014.
We anticipate hosting 120 students and 100 parents/educators at Discovery Park in Denton Texas.
Volunteers are needed to help with the Design Your World – STEM Conference, please complete the volunteer response form!
When: SATURDAY, March 29th, 2014, 7:30AM-4:00PM Where: Discovery Park, UNT Denton, Texas Cost: $10/girl registered, $10 for the parent/educator session
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