What does it take to keep kids engaged in STEM coursework
and retained in STEM jobs? Maybe it used to be easier and there wasn’t
such an urgent need for discussion, but right now in America it’s hard to have
a conversation that doesn’t touch on this topic. Those conversations are
full of passion, opinion, and sometimes controversy but always seem to end with
optimism that if the rightpeople are working together to create change…it will
happen.
The IIR Women in STEM Idea Exchange Summit taking place on
October 21, 2014 at the Center forWomen and Business at Bentley University in
Massachusetts is convening the people who are dedicated to making a difference
and being part of changing the current paradigm.
One iconic woman in STEM, Betsy Myers, Founding Director,
Center for Women and Business, Bentley University will be the featured speaker
at the Summit and will kick off the day with a provocative presentation tracing
her own career path from the work she is currently doing at the Center for
Women & Business at Bentley University, to her roles in the Clinton
Administration, the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership, and
the Obama Presidential Campaign.
She will help attendees better understand what it will take
to continue closing the confidence gap for women, how to confront the balance
question, (“Is it really possible?”), the different leadership styles of men
and women, and leadership necessary for the next generation of women. She
will address why engaging men as full partners to advance women in business is
the next best step towards action. “Men are not the problem, but the key factor
for a productive solution.”
Learn more about the summit here: http://bit.ly/1mEROAf
Register for Women in STEM today to listen, learn, discuss
and be inspired by Betsy Myers and many other leaders looking to close the
gender gap and promote women in STEM careers: http://bit.ly/1mqaWQO
