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October Professional Development Meeting: Effective and Practical Communication Lunch Panel Discussion

by Dallas SWE on in Meetings

Join Dallas SWE and Raytheon Women’s Network (RWN) Monday, October 19, 2020 @ noon for a Lunch panel discussion by Raytheon Technologies women about how to communicate effectively in the workplace. Each panelist will share personal and candid lessons learned about practical communication strategies. If you’ve ever wondered how to hone in on the correct amount of confidence to be heard in a meeting or handle being called too “shy” or “aggressive”, tune in to hear real examples of how these women have successfully advanced their careers with clear, compelling, and confident communication.

Raytheon Technologies Panelists:

  • Dawn Treece – HWEC Electro-Optical (EO) Electronics Department Manager (Raytheon Intelligence & Space)
  • Serena Dalhamer – Principal Project Engineer (Collins Aerospace)
  • Leslie Ledda – Principal Engineering Fellow (Raytheon Intelligence & Space)

Additional questions from the audience can be submitted through this link and during the live event.

Register for this event below or visit the Eventbrite to sign up!

Register on Eventbrite

Registration ends October 15, 2020 @ 12:01 AM.

Win $25 by Connecting Us With Your Company!

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Win a $25 Amazon gift card!

Dallas SWE needs your help to connect us with the HR departments and /or women’s networking groups at your company! These contacts are key for Dallas SWE to coordinate events and gain sponsorship for our section.

To enter, send an email to dallas.swe@gmail.com with your name and the contact information of your HR and/or women’s network connection by October 30. Thanks!

Design Your World Mini-Series Coming Soon

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Come help us at our first virtual Design Your World Mini-Series on Sunday, October 25 at 10 am-11:30 am. Volunteers will be needed to demonstrate the activities and help students in the breakout rooms. The Eventbrite registration will open on 10/1. More details to come!

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September PD Meeting Recap : Feminism 101

by Dallas SWE on in Professional Development

On Thursday September 17, 2020, Dallas and UTD SWE held a virtual Diversity and Inclusion Professional Development Meeting presented by Jacqeline Prince of the UTD Galerstein Gender Center. During the mini workshop titled “Feminism 101”, Ms. Prince gave a condensed explanation of key terms in feminism. She explained different time periods have given different connotations to the word “Feminism”. Throughout the presentation Ms. Prince included segments that brought to light how even in a movement that aims for equality, has social and economic discrimination. It is intersectionality within a broader movement that seeks to address equity, providing proportional representation in equality. Attendees were able to express their thoughts in a safe space and ask clarification to controversial topics to become a better ally. Ms. Prince provided recommendations of authors from the different feminism waves and gave the following 3 suggestions to be effective Feminist: 1) Self Reflect 2) Decenter your perspective 3) Be willing to make mistakes. Thank you to UTD SWE and the UTD Galerstein Gender Center for partnering with Dallas SWE.

Additional resources can be found at https://www.utdallas.edu/gendercenter/.

Join Dallas SWE at WE20!

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Are you attending Virtual WE20, Nov 2-13? This year’s conference will be a little different with virtual format, but we’d like to keep up the Dallas SWE tradition of coordinating and communicating among attendees. Connect with us here and we’ll do our best to help arrange it!

Event Recap: FY21 Kick Off

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On August 13th, Dallas SWE kicked off FY21 with a welcoming meeting for our members to learn more about each other and our exciting plans for FY21! We started out with an engaging icebreaker where everyone got to introduce themselves and what new things they have recently kicked off during this time. All of our officers were present and the Executive Council was introduced to our members. Then our President, Amanda, went over the plans we have for FY21, and each officer got to present what they are most looking forward to for the upcoming year. We also played a game of “get to know you” by using Burble, an online tool designed to spark conversation in a hot-potato style of questions and answers. It truly was a fun event and by the end, our members came away knowing each other even better and more informed about the programming Dallas SWE will bring in FY21.

Screen capture of FY21 Kick Off Attendees!

Thank you to everyone who attended! Please see our attached slide presentation in case you missed it.

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