Events
Join us on Nov. 5, 11am-noon PST for our Women in Solar Webinar Series featuring leaders in Research & Development. Learn from top executives about career paths in Research & Development, and the challenges and rewards of working in the industry as a woman.
Register now: gridalternatives.org/webuildwebinars.
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Let’s get together and have some fun! Happy holidays!
Join us for a potluck holiday party to celerate the end of another successful WCS year! Feel free to bring just yourself, or a bottle or dish to share. If you plan to bring something to share, email events@womencleantechsustatinability.org for the discunt code for a free ticket.
Our group as come a long way in 3 years. We’ve grown to over 700 members, set up a stellar Board of Directors, had over 12,000 views on our website, created excellent conversations with 500+ of people on social media and created a rockin’ Jobs Board!
>> Please email us at events@womencleantechsustainability.org if you plan to bring a dish or bottle of wine to share and we’ll send you a 100% off discount code.
Let’s get together and have some fun! Happy holidays!
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November 13, 2014
6:30-9:30pm
Sandbox Suites Dogpatch
404 Bryant St
San Francisco, CA
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization discovered that the ‘exclusion of women in community water and sanitation projects is the cause of their high rate of failure.” The Global Women’s Water Initiative is changing that. In this special WCS event, we’ll hear from Gemma Bulos, founder of GWWI and have a “fireside chat” with her on how we can improve access to quality water and sanitation for all people around the world.
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Saturday, November 15, 2014
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
San Francisco
For your WCS 25% discount use promocode WCS
In the green economy much of your success is not based only on what you know, nor who you know, or how large your network is. Instead, it’s about how deeply you foster your relationships long term.
Top earners in the cleantech and sustainable industries know three systems that transformed their worlds from cold calling to having opportunities knock down their door. In this full day workshop, speaker Lisa Ann Pinkerton, President of Technica Communications and founder of Women in Cleantech & Sustainability, will teach her time-tested, simple, systematic process for building engaging networks, including the top three secrets that turn contacts into cash.
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Saturday, October 25, 2014
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PDT)
San Francisco, CA
This interactive presentation offers several key strategies for reshaping your career or business to be more joyful, abundant and fulfilling. You’ll learn how to:
Develop a reinventor’s mindset so you can begin to think outside the box and explore exciting new possibilities.
Define what’s really important to you so that you have a compass to guide you on your reinvention journey.
Handle the greatest barriers to reinvention – doubt, uncertainty and fear – so that you become more resilient
Build your self- confidence so that you’re more willing to step out of your comfort zone and take risks.
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ProspectSV Grand Opening
October 2nd, 2014
4pm – 6pm (Meetups)
6pm – 9:30pm (Technology, Food Trucks, Drinks, Music, & Fun)
This indoor/outdoor open house and technology showcase will be held in the afternoon and evening of October 2, 2014 at our Technology Demonstration Center – 1608 Las Plumas Avenue, San Jose. The atmosphere will be interactive — in the late afternoon, attendees will engage in meetup discussions around commercial buildings and transportation. In the evening, the event will include an open house and our innovative companies will have fun activities designed to engage attendees in learning about their respective technologies. We will also share food, drink, music and great conversation.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (PDT)
San Francisco, CA 94108
Our group as come a long way in 3 years. We’ve grown to over 600 members, set up a stellar Board of Directors, had over 12,000 views on our website, created excellent conversations with 500+ of people on social media and created a rockin’ Jobs Board!
Now, we are looking for your ideas of how to support women with a passion for cleantech and sustainability. Join us for a Potluck Happy Hour to meet our current Board Members, learn about how you can volunteer, offer up your ideas or simply mix and mingle with other WCS members.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
San Francisco, CA
Do you feel it? Women are no longer on the sidelines in the cleantech and sustainability sectors. Over the past decades we have made strides and utilized our unique talents towards growing success. In sustainability alone, women hold 39% of leadership positions, and only 8% in general business.
Women are proving to be a creative, innovative force in a variety of green sectors. This inaugural “TED Talk style” event will feature Bay Area leaders leveraging their tenacity and clean technology to make an impact in the world.
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