No matter how many years you’ve spent asking for more, explaining your value, hearing “no,” getting the occasional “yes,” making compromises… the dreaded negotiation is wrought with baggage for a lot of women. Baggage we were able to unpack , break down and work through at the MPLS MadWomen Get Yours negotiation workshop led by Caitlin Rogers of Rebel Raise and Next Day Animations.
Read MoreWhat if you knew what your co-worker’s salary was?
More importantly, what if they were making $10,000 more, and you had both been at the same company and on the same team, and had very similar job titles? To top it off, your workloads were nearly the same for an entire year.
Read MoreOn February 21, MPLS MadWomen hosted a screening of the critically acclaimed film Time for Ilhan at the St. Anthony Main Theatre. On the snowy Thursday night, the audience filled the theater to near capacity eager to watch the film and to ask questions and listen as director, Norah Shapiro, spoke about her experience in making it.
Read MoreAt this highly anticipated MadWomen event, Caroline Wanga, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer and VP of Human Resources at Target, led us in a timely conversation around individual identities and our accountability in caring for our own identity intersections, as well as those of others.
Read MoreAs we go through our careers, we all experience the pressures of needing to succeed, over-achieve and exude the attitude that we can do it all; after all, Rosie is our hero. But the reality is that we are human, and the pressures we put on ourselves eventually do catch up with us. At this very special MadWomen event, speakers shared experiences, exercises and meditation techniques to remind us that self-care isn’t a special treat, rather a necessity to keep our minds and our bodies sound.
Read MoreWhether it’s pitching a potential new client or introducing yourself at a networking event, how we present information can make more of an impression than the information itself. That’s why I wanted to attend the Speaker's Edge presentation skills workshop.
Read MoreLast night’s event at Muse Event Center was all about #GrowingPains and overcoming challenges on the path to success. We’ve all experienced bumps in the road on the way to building our careers and weren’t always sure how to move forward.
Read MoreFor our Female Pioneers event, MPLS MadWomen was proud to have five inspiring and resilient women on stage to speak about their experiences on how they are breaking—or have broken—glass ceilings in their industry. From a woman who graduated college in 1963 to one who is still in high school, this event brought together perspectives that left the room ready to start blazing trails and helping others.
Read MoreI have to confess. Minnesota’s position as 2018 Super Bowl Host City does not excite me the way it does many others who share our fair state. If our boys in purple make it to the Big Game™, my plan is still to skip town and wait it all out
Read MoreI knew it was a departure from the standard networking events I’d been attending. Less industry best practices, more perspective on how creativity shapes our community as a whole. I never expected I’d leave feeling more empowered as a female creative. Especially when I considered the topic of discussion was death and music in Minnesota.
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