Congratulations to the 2011 Telstra Western Australia Business Woman of the Year

source Congratulations to the Western Australia’s Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer Catherine Stoddart on being named the 2011 Telstra Western Australia Business Woman of the Year and winner of the White Pages Community and Government Award category. As Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer, Catherine leads 12,000 nurses and midwives in the public system, while also providing professional leadership for about 35,000 private and non-government nurses. She has been influential in raising the profile of nursing careers in Western Australia, particularly amongst Aboriginal people and in rural communities. Catherine’s professionalism, commitment and dedication to improving nursing and midwifery in Western Australia make her a deserving winner of the 2011 Telstra Western Australia Business Woman of the Year Awards.

Winners of the 2011 Telstra Western Australian Business Women’s Awards are:

Telstra Western Australian Business Woman of the Year
Catherine Stoddart - Western Australia Department of Health, East Perth

Commonwealth Bank Business Owner Award
Pauline Francis - LJ Hooker, Leeming

Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award
Amber Stanton - Minter Ellison, Perth

White Pages Community & Government Award
Catherine Stoddart - Western Australia Department of Health, East Perth

Nokia Business Innovation Award
Sasha de Bretton - Million Dollar Makeovers, Burswood

marie claire Young Business Women’s Award
Juliette Sperber - POAGS, Fremantle, Geraldton and Bunbury

More information on the Telstra Business Women’s Awards can be found at
www.telstrabusinesswomensawards.com

(Source: Telstra Business Women’s Awards)

Gender, Work and Organisation 2012 - Call for Abstracts

Gender, Work and Organisation will be holding their 7th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference from 27th - 29th June 2012 at Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.

Attracting gender researchers from around the globe, the conference is a forum for debate and analysis of a variety of issues in relation to management, work and organisation, and gender studies. Amongst the 21 streams planned for the 2012 conference are:

• Gender in Global Knowledge Organisations
• Career and Transition: Women Crossing Boundaries
• Gender in Science Institutions and Knowledge Systems
• Inequity amongst low paid women workers
• "New Masculinities?" Reshaping the Discourse

The call for abstracts for the 2012 conference is now open, with further information and a full list of the 21 streams available at: GWO2012 Call for Abstracts and Information.

Work and Life - Getting the Balance Right - Committee for Perth

The Committee for Perth is pleased to invite you to a complimentary special event "Work and Life - Getting the Balance Right" with guest speaker Professor Barbara Pocock - Director of the Centre for Work + Life at the University of South Australia. Barbara will share her thoughts on how we can create a health work and life balance and as a result get a more sustainable community.

For the past 30 years Barbara has been researching work, employment and industrial relations in Australia, and has published a number of books that examine the complexities of how work affects our families, home life and social life. Barbara's books include Living Low Paid: The Dark Side of Prosperous Australia and the Labour Market Ate My Babies: Work, Children and a Sustainable Future


Event Details:
Date - Thursday 20th October 2011
Venue - Ernst & Young, Level 5, 11 Mounts Bay Road, Perth 6000
Time - 4:30pm to 7:30pm

For further details visit: Committee for Perth Events


Registrations can be made online at: http://www.trybooking.com/Embed.aspx?eid=13076

Show me the money!

Time to raise that bar ladies?

From a recent Harvard Daily Stat: asking for an absurdly high salary when negotiating a pay rise can work in your favour.
A 2011 study conducted by Thorsteinson from the University of Idaho, USA, published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, found that job candidates requesting ridiculously high salaries received 9% higher wage offers than those who were... more sensible. Thorsteinson suggests that the initial offer - even an implausible one - serves as an "anchor" that affects the eventual outcome.

Full details of the study can be found here

Chamber of Minerals and Energy 2012 Awards

On September 20th, the Chamber of Minerals and Energy will be launching their annual CME Awards. In 2012, awards will be given in the categories on Safety and Health Innovation, and Women in Resources:


2012 CME Safety and Health Innovation Awards
CME’s Safety and Health Innovation Awards are the WA resource sector’s peak safety innovation accolade, recognising creativity and ingenuity by individuals, teams and companies who have developed a solution to a specific safety and health problem in the workplace.
2012 CME Women in Resources Awards
Recognising the power of diversity in the WA resource sector - The Women in Resources Awards recognise individuals and organisations working to build a world-class industry which provides attractive career opportunities and enhances the recognition and participation of women in the sector.


Entry will be open to all Western Australian resource companies including contractors associated with the minerals and energy industry. CME encourages all industry members to consider submitting an application for these awards.


Award recipients will be announced on International Women’s Day - 8^th March 2012.


The launch event, including an optional workshop to assist with the writing of award submissions will be held:

Date:       Tuesday 20 September 2011
Time:       Presentation: 4.00pm for a 4.15pm start
                Cocktail: 5.00pm – 7.00pm
Location:  Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Mounts Bay Rd, Perth

For details of the pre-evnt workshop and registration, please go to the CMEWA webpage.

On the Horizon...

The "On the Horizon" section of the blog has been updated to include upcoming events for women. Perhaps there's an opportunity for you to expand your network or hone your skills in this list...

Follow the links for further details and RSVP.

6 September 2011 - How Female Engineers Can Improve Their Career Prospects in a Male-Dominated Organisation - presented by Engineers Australia (Perth, Australia). Also sessions in Mandurah and Geraldton on 7th and 8th September.

12 September 2011 - Leadership WA 2012 Leadership Program information session - presented by Leadership WA. RSVP required by 7th Sept.

27 September 2011 - Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on Leadership and Action - presented by Westpac Ruby Connection (Perth, Australia).

29 September 2011 - Energetic Women - presented by LunchBox List (Perth, Australia).

31 January to 3 February 2012 - The Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Research Centre and DIANA International Conference (Fremantle, Western Australia).  Registrations are now open: www.aceredianaconference.com.au

Entrepreneurship and the Acere-Diana 2012 Conference - Final Call for Abstracts

Acere-Diana 2012 Conference

31 Jan - 3 Feb 2012

Fremantle, Western Australia

www.aceredianaconference.com.au 

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSING FRIDAY

Prospective authors are reminded that the deadline to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the Acere-Diana Conference, is Friday 2 September 2011.

The proud tradition of an annual, Australian-based, high quality entrepreneurship research meeting continues. We encourage the presentation of empirical and conceptual papers on any aspect of entrepreneurship understood as the creation of new economic activity and/or as the founding and management of independent ventures. Papers will be grouped into thematic sessions, one of which will be the DIANA track(s) on entrepreneurship and gender. Other likely tracks include, but are not limited to, new venture creation; corporate entrepreneurship; social entrepreneurship; resourcing new ventures; and entrepreneurship theory.

Abstracts should be submitted via the Conference website www.aceredianaconference.com.au. Before you prepare your abstract, please read the attached abstract submission guidelines.

For any enquiries, please contact the Conference secretariat on 08 9389 1488 or lexie@eecw.com.au.