2008-2009 Activities
Negotioations Skills for Women Workshop: June 1st, 2008
Location: World Trade Center Businessmen's Club
Number of Attendees: 30
Speaker: Mr: Emad Mahmoud of LTC (Leadership, training, and Consultancy)
Ramadan Networking Get Together Event: September 17, 2008
Netowrking event for members to mingle, engage in casual conversations, and get better to know one another.
Location: At AWTAD's President Mrs. Shereen Allam Residence
Number of Attendees: 28
Mentoring Round Table Event: September 28, 2008
AWTAD held a round-table event, for 5 of Egypt's top private Universities: GUC, BUC, AUC, CIC, and MIU. During the event, AWTAD presented the mentoring program to the universities and discussed future steps.
Location: AWTAD Premises
Number of Attendees: 21
Corporate Ambassadors Conference 2008: November 22-23, 2008
Topic: Structuring Philanthropy for the Future of Egypt
Location: Conrad Hotel
Conference Figures: Ms. Judy Miller, Vice President of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and Director of the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, Ms. Nina Gardner, Director of Strategy International and senior advisor to two OECD programs (as well as being highly proactive with numerous other projects worldwide), and Ms. Freda Bass, Upstream Treasurer in Exxon Mobil Corporation. In addition, there will be a number of prominent figures from the Egyptian Government, Corporate world and Civil Society.
The Corporate Ambassadors Conference is part of the MENA Businesswomen’s Network program, organized by AWTAD in Egypt in cooperation with U.S. State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and Vital Voices Global Partnership.
The conference gave a strong view about successful foundations in the US and how they changed the economic and social map of their countries and other countries as well. The conference also leveraged advocacy issues of encouraging philanthropy of large Egyptian corporations through advocating to the change of taxation laws, and allowing for the creation of major foundations under the NGO laws.
CIC Mentoring Presentation: November 30, 2008
Presentation on Mentoring and its importance in one's career and personal development
Location: CIC Campus
Speaker: Mrs. Sherine Allam – AWTAD President
Cairo University Mentoring and Entrepreneurship Session: December 23, 2008
A session about “Mentoring and Entrepreneurship” and how mentoring helps entrepreneurs avoid the iceberg and how it plays a vital role in Professional development, Social development, Personal and Character building,Developing Leadership and decision making capabilities, Building self evaluation procedures,Building self rectifying techniques, and Developing a clear vision.
Location: Cairo University Campus
Speaker: Mrs. Sherine Allam – AWTAD President
Number of Attendees: 54
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