FountainBlue's Women in Leadership Series, When She Speaks October 13, 2006

This Month's Event is on 'It Takes a Village: The Case for Collaborative Leadership'. The 'It Takes a Village' concept of successful, cross-cultural, cross-role, cross-functional support of critical societal and business issues are a fundamental requirement for making sustainable progress and changes. This month's 'When She Speaks' event will profile women who have successfully taken a stand on a key issue of critical importance, coalesced a following around the initiative, and forged ahead in making real changes for people in need.

Facilitator Katharine Fong, Deputy Managing Editor for the San Jose Mercury News, writes on issues facing Silicon Valley regularly.

Panelist Dyan Chan, a former Communications Manager for High Tech firms, and currently a partner at marketing and community development consulting firm Lighthouse Blue. Dyan will share her extensive experience working in corporate community affairs and marketing and share her views on the importance of working collaboratively with businesses and community service organizations, in collaboration with fellow parents and community activists to address the unique challenges facing busy executives in Silicon Valley.

Panelist Patricia Burbank, psychologist, community activist and founder of One World Children's Fund http://www.owcf.org/, will share her perspectives working with professionals at all levels in discovering the significant progress people can make in collaboration. Through her inspiring work at One World Children's Fund, Patricia is personally making a stand in support of grass-roots organizations around the world, serving the fundamental physiological and educational needs of individual communities.

Katharine will facilitate the discussion covering the panelists' personal experience and involvement with collaborative ventures for social, business and community benefit, as well as words of wisdom on how to contribute to collaborative local and global causes.

$20 for Partners, $30 General Admission, $40 at the door.
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