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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
20th Art of Dining Exhibition

This year Refugees International Japan is celebrating the 20 Anniversary of the Art of Dining Exhibition. This elegant, one-day exhibition features beautiful and imaginative table settings. Celebrities from the media, arts, business, diplomatic, and private arenas give their time and energy to design settings, which reflect their individual styles, nationalities and personalities. The event has grown in stature every year, raising around 150 million yen for RIJ since first being held, and attracting some 1,500 visitors each year.

The exhibition runs 12noon – 8.30pm and a number of FEW members will going together in the evening after 7.00pm and having drinks afterward. Tickets, which include raffle prize draw, are available at the door or in advance from the RIJ office for a minimum donation of 3,500 yen: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Contact (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you are planning to go with the FEW group.

Sunday, March 28, 2010
Career Strategies Seminar (bi-annual event presented by FEW)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mary Fidler
Email: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone:090-2241-7942/0422-20-6021

16th CAREER STRATEGIES SEMINAR PRESENTED BY FEW JAPAN
ROCKIN’ YOUR CAREER – ON ANY STAGE, AT ANY AGE
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On March 28th 2010, over 100 women will gather to participate in FEW Japan’s biennial Career Strategies Seminar (CSS), a full-day networking and professional development event, held at Temple University Azabu Campus from 8:45-18:00. The seminar, organized and led by experienced, successful female business leaders and mentors, consists of a series of hands-on workshops and skill-building sessions, to equip participants with the tools necessary to enhance their lives and careers in Japan. The format and content of this year’s workshops differs to that of previous years, and focuses on how women can navigate the current job landscape, while maximising their own, unique potential. Some of the workshops topics for the day include Managing your Online Indentity, Ways to Rock your Resume, Succeeding in the Japanese Workplace and Creating Your Best Life. FEW encourages and welcomes new and past participants to attend this year’s all-new event, which places great emphasis on achieving both a healthy mind and body.
The CSS pre-registration fee is ¥12,000; pre-registration for FEW members and students is ¥10,000; registration on the day is ¥15,000. Morning refreshments, lunch and a wine reception are included in the ticket price. For more information, please visit: http://www.fewjapan.com

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Career Strategies Seminar 2010 THE DAY AT A GLANCE

Rockin’ Your Career!
Day at a Glance

Morning Icebreaker: Finding the Flow
by Deanne Tonkin of Hooplovers

Keynote Speaker: Yukiko Ogasawara, President of Japan Times

Empowerment? What does that mean? How do you achieve what we think we want? Do we know what we want? Question like these are guiding posts for the way we come through life. I will share some of my ideas and values that get me through the day and share with you my unconventional journey from Tokyo to Tokyo, via California.

Morning Workshop Theme: EXPLORATION

Finding Your Anthem by Anne Good
Identify your true talents, motives, values and attitudes towards your career which will lead to a more stable and directed work and personal life.

Rockin’ Your Soul by Anna Kunnecke
The body is the window to the soul.  Learn to tune into it for an intuitive ‘yes’ or ‘no’—and find out what to do when everything on your To-Do List is a ‘no’!  Connect with your deepest desires while getting rockin’ practical tools to deftly handle your life as it is right now. 

Who Are You? Who? Who? Who? Who? By Kristin Newton
As the WHO would say, “So, tell me who are you?” Find out through creative observation and get beyond what you think you see.  Talk about empowering!

Afternoon Workshops: Session One

Customize, Optimize, Highlight - Resume Workshop by Eriko Talley
Learn how to write a winning resume that will separate you from the others. Includes: basic components, tips and strategies, how to highlight your skills effectively, avoid common pitfalls, optimize your online resume and protect your privacy and security.

Excel in Your Next Interview by Carolyn Gaskins
Develop an understanding of the types of questions interviewers may ask and practice to present your experience and capabilities in the most effective way.  Using specific examples of past action and behaviors, you can build confidence to handle even the toughest questions.

Setting Your Agenda & Achieving Your Goals by Amanda Cennon
How do you get from here to there? And what if you don’t know where “there” is yet? This interactive one-hour workshop looks at two parts of the goal-setting process: first, how to remove internal blocks that hold you back, and second, how to create a strategy that keeps you moving towards your goals. By the end of the session, you’ll have a few practical tools you can use to get started on achieving those big dreams.

Let Your Inner Rockstar Out – Getting Past Your Comfort Zone by Julia Maeda
This workshop will help you identify where you comfort zone ends and what
keeps you inside it.  You will learn ways to realise your potential by
moving outside your zone.

Managing Your On-line Identity by Terri MacMillan
With all the incredible tools out there, what are the newest and best for creating and maintaining your On-Line Identity in this on-line world? Find out

Afternoon Workshops: Session Two  

Creating Your Brand – Introduce Yourself To Anyone, Anywhere by Anne Good
This workshop will help you to create your own brand, which you can then use to confidently introduce yourself to anyone, anywhere.

Making Community Connections That Fit by Sarajean Rossito
In this workshop you will: assess the possibilities, find a match and jump into community service. Whether you only have a few days a year or want to be actively involved on a regular basis, anyone can get involved in local organizations. It not only makes you feel good but is also a valuable way to broaden your connections, share your skills or learn new skills that can ultimately enhance your career.

Succeeding in the Japanese Workplace by Katie Decker & Renee Kida
Straight talk about what it’s like to work for a Japanese company: debunking the myths and telling it like it really is, and teaching you how to get the most out of your experience. 

Going It On Your Own-Entrepreneurship Round Table Discussion
by Lauren Shannon & Lizzie Murray
What do you need to look at if you are thinking of starting and running your own business.

Panel Discussion Theme: CREATING YOUR BEST LIFE  

Panelists:
• Julia Maeda-Family, Work, Community Service Balance
• Renee Kida-Getting an MBA & carving your niche in the workplace
• Kristi Hemmer-Incorporating ideas from the “4 Hour Work Week” and creating planned sabbaticals
• Susie Rucker- Nutritionist-Leading your best life starts with what you put in your body
• Ai Uchida-Entreprenuer & current NHK broadcaster - Paying attention to what you love to do may take you on an unexpected career path

Raffle Prizes & Wine Tasting Social Hour

Friday, February 19, 2010
Rocking Your Career at any Age on Any Stage

our 16th FEW CSS (careeer strategies seminar) is coming up on 3/28! there is a significant discount for preregistration and we will have an online registration form posted here very soon! Watch This Space!

read more about the event here.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
THIS WEEK’S MEETING VENUE / THURS. 2/11

FEW ladies, don’t forget this week’s meeting is at the GRIPS institute. Venue: GRIPS, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Roppongi http://www.grips.ac.jp/about/access.html We will be in the 1f A conference rooms. Start time is 7pm as usual.
Thank you for your flexibility as we finalize choosing our new FEW home.

Friday, January 29, 2010
FEW on Twitter

You can follow few on twitter- go to http://twitter.com/FEWtweets sign up if you are not yet a twitter-er and follow us. Want to know more about twitter- we will be re-doing the Twitter How to Workshop soon. stay tuned.

Monday, January 25, 2010
Coming up from our Commuity Services Committee

Heads up about upcoming events :
1. Spring business wear drive – we will be gathering business wear for young people in need.Suits, blouses, belts, handbags and business shoes. See March Newletter for complete details on what we will be collecting and who will be taking the clothing. If you can help us out or have any Questions drop us a line: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

2. International women’s day March 8: we are preparing a list of events for the March newsletter and for the Feb 11 meeting. If you have any ideas or have information about what’s going on please share your information with the FEW community service team at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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