{"70804":{"#nid":"70804","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Attend or Volunteer for Leadership Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 1998, Tech alumna Shannon Scott received a flyer advertising what was the first Georgia Tech Women\u2019s Leadership Conference (WLC), and she was intrigued.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBetween the time I sent in my registration and the conference, I found a job at Georgia Tech,\u201d said the training specialist in Diversity Management and Compliance. \u201cThe first conference turned out to be my first week working at Tech, and I felt like I had returned home. After that, I looked for a way to get involved and have been on the WLC Advisory Board ever since.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe WLC was created to bring women on and off campus together and promote leadership. It is open to anyone interested in attending \u2014 whether male or female \u2014 from Tech, the Atlanta area and beyond. The event is planned by Tech students who are advised by the Women\u2019s Resource Center. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s conference will open on Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. with a networking reception; dinner; keynote from Annie Eaton, director of the CSC Policy Compliance Initiative and professor in the Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University; and the presentation of the 2011 Women of Distinction Awards. The awards go to an outstanding faculty and staff member, alumna, and graduate and undergraduate student. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference continues on Nov. 5 with breakfast and lunch keynote addresses from Gail Evans, author of \u201cPlay Like a Man, Win Like a Woman,\u201d and Laura Finney, CEO of We Can Do That and Laura Finney Enterprises sessions. There will also be a selection of breakout sessions to attend, which in years past have ranged from a Zumba dance fitness class to a session on using LinkedIn for networking purposes. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis conference is an outstanding source of professional development that is right in our own backyard,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI have heard life-changing speakers and workshop presenters at this conference.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETake advantage of the early registration rates of $10 for students and $25 for nonstudents until Oct. 14. After that date, the rates are $15 and $30 for each group until Oct. 21. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019d put this conference up against any professional conference you might attend,\u201d said Stephanie Ray, associate dean of students and advisory board member. \u201cAttending or volunteering is worth your time and energy. This is a Tech signature program, and no one can do it better.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo register or learn more about the conference or volunteering, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtwlc.com\u0022\u003Ethis\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 1998, Tech alumna Shannon Scott received a flyer advertising what was the first Georgia Tech Women\u2019s Leadership Conference (WLC), and she was intrigued.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In 1998, Tech alumna Shannon Scott received a flyer advertising what was the first Georgia Tech Women\u2019s Leadership Conference (WLC), and she was intrigued."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-10-03 15:50:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:22","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70803":{"id":"70803","type":"image","title":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference Logo","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894623","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:43","alt":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference Logo","file":{"fid":"193461","name":"wlc_logo_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wlc_logo_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wlc_logo_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":883736,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/wlc_logo_0_0.jpg?itok=W8PXWKTd"}}},"media_ids":["70803"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtwlc.com\/","title":"Women\\\u0027s Leadership Conference"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4476","name":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference"},{"id":"4786","name":"women\u0027s resource center"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:chair@gtwlc.com\u0022\u003EAarthi Murugappan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConference Chair\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}