April 5
Tuesday
11:00 am - 12:30 pm    

Registration
required: $25

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

New Webinar Series

The Center for Women is excited to present a new webinar series designed to enhance your personal power and leadership ability.  Many Charleston women say, “The Center for Women has such great programs, but I just never can find the time!” With our new webinar series, you will be able to take advantage of great Center for Women programming while at home or on the job. Our webinar leaders are local women who are Center for Women program presenters and knowledgeable about the Charleston scene. Some webinar presenters have been authorized by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to offer CEUs – Continuing Education credit.

Negotiating for Better Pay and other Workplace Opportunities

In this live, interactive webinar, you will learn to recognize negotiation barriers; how to strategize and prepare for negotiation; and how to feel empowered, confident and capable of handling the discussion.  You will be able interact with the leader and webinar attendees through online chat capabilities or telephone.

Cathy Liska, CEO and Training Director, Effect Services/Center for Coaching Certification

Effect Services has been authorized by IACET to offer .15 CEUs for this live, interactive webinar.

Effect Services is an approved provider for continuing education by the SC Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists licensing board, Provider #467.

April 6
Wednesday
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

FREE

Job Counseling

Get prepared for today's tough job market

Job Help and Networking

A new opportunity to drop by the Center for Women and have volunteer job coach, Barbara S. Poole, M.S., MCC, Success Builders, Inc, critique your resume or answer any questions you may have about job hunting. Get great professional advice and meet other job-seeking women.

April 7
Thursday
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Tickets: $65 C4W Members/$75 Non Members

SPECIAL: 2 for $100

C4W and Family Circle Cup

Family Circle Cup Sky Suite Luncheon

Join C4W staff for a great day of tennis plus a fabulous luncheon buffet catered by Events by Duvall. You’ll watch world class tennis action from the comfort of the Family Circle Cup Sky Suite. Price includes: access to Family Circle Cup Sky Suite, admission to all day tennis matches, luncheon buffet, special appearance by a tennis celebrity, and giveaway items. Treat yourself and a friend to this very special day. You can’t buy it anywhere else!

April 12
Tuesday
6-8 p.m.

Registration
required
$25 C4W Members
$35 Non Members

A light supper will be provided by Dish & Design Catering & Events

Women and Power Series

For women who want to inspire, lead and succeed

Powerful Presentations

Although women are often stereotyped as chatterboxes, in public meetings, men talk much more than we do—in both frequency and duration!  In this session, you will learn a formula for designing effective messages.  Whether you need to give a lengthy speech, air your concerns at a business meeting, or advocate for your favorite cause, this formula will help you contribute effectively.  We will also discuss tips for increasing the power of your words by avoiding communication behaviors that deflate the impact of  your contributions and replace them with behaviors that give your message strength!

Deborah Socha McGee, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and directs the Public Speaking Lab at the College of Charleston.  She has over 20 years of experience teaching and consulting in the areas of public speaking, health communication, building supportive communication climates, and conflict management.

Title Sponsor: Tristan
Business Sponsors: Care for Life and SunTrust Media Sponsor: Charleston Regional Business Journal

April 12
Tuesday
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Registration required: $20

Job Counseling

Get prepared for today's tough job market

Job Search Workshop

Learn to write a great resume and get prepared for a successful job search. Hillary Hutchinson, M.A., M.Ed., is a certified career coach specialized in helping faculty, administrators and graduate students, and will cover:

• Creating a great resume and cover letter
• Developing your job hunting strategy
• How to use the internet to look for and apply for jobs
• Interview preparation and professional appearance
• Dealing with the emotion of change and transition

April 16
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Registration required: $20 C4W Members/ $30 Non Members

Location: SC Thrift & Resale, 1670 Hwy 17 N, Mt Pleasant, SC  29466

You Can Do It Series

The Essential Tool Kit for Women and Basic Home Repairs

Get ready to get your hands dirty!!  This session will teach you what tools every women should have and how to fix some of those pesky problems around the house.  You will learn some quick fix tool tips, how to repair a leaky toilet and how to re-caulk and grout your tile.  And of course, there will be a question and answer session.  This “You Can Do It” session will leaving you craving to put that tool belt on!

Laura Kelley, Licensed contractor, DBL Design. 

April 21
Thursday at Noon
FREE

Registration required:
Call (843) 763-7333 or email to register

Snacks provided by Costco Wholesale

Brown Bag Lunch Series at Noon

Dealing with Medical Billing

Do you ask more questions before you pay your car repair bill than you do before you pay a medical bill? Do you know what questions to ask your doctor’s office or hospital? More than 80 percent of medical bills contain mistakes; criminals can make more money committing Medicare fraud than selling drugs; and healthcare reform may be just what the "spin doctors" ordered. We'll talk about what it all means and what you can do to become an empowered patient and make the healthcare system work for you, your family and your business.

Robin Giangrande is the Director of RG Advocates - medical bill solutions. With more than 25 years of experience in health care administration and as a litigation paralegal, Robin advocates for individuals and business and provides innovative solutions for controlling healthcare costs.

Title Sponsor: Mary Helen Condon Moore, CFM and Lynn Anne Gillen, CIMA, Merrill Lynch
Media Sponsor: The Little Black Book for every busy woman

April 27
Wednesday
11:00 am - 12:30 pm    

Registration
required: $25

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

New Webinar Series

Power Up Your Resume 

How much is a bad resume costing you? You get one chance and 30 seconds to make a good impression. If your resume isn’t making a good first impression with potential employers, you’re paying a big price in lost opportunity. Join us for a live 90-minute interactive webinar focused on current resume preparation best practices. You’ll learn:

• the five essential elements your resume must contain
• how to frame your accomplishments to showcase your ability to do the job
• dealing with employment gaps and age issues
• how to structure your knowledge, skills and experience if you hope to get into a new field of work
• using keywords to capture attention and for tackling those automated resume readers

Jane Perdue, CEO, Braithewaite Innovation Group

April 30
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Registration required
$25 C4W Members
$35 Non Members

Snacks provided by Costco Wholesale

Women Writers Forum

That Which Needs to be Remembered: Workshop for Women Veterans and Women Serving in the Armed Services

Often thoughts, images, and even dreams about particular experiences approach us, turn away, and then dive into some hidden place.  This exciting three hour creative writing workshop offers women veterans and women members of the Armed Services a venue to recreate, in a communal space, their service related experiences.  The gathering is open to non-experienced and experienced writers. The workshop will focus on writing prompts that will allow the participant to engage with the rhythmical energies of poetry that is an integral part of every female’s inner self. Participants will share their journey as honored members of our country’s Armed Services; they will read poems written by poets who have documented their experiences as service men and women throughout peaceful and war-ridden times.  Women participating in this seminar will write individually, collaboratively, and learn how to make wider leaps—and take larger imaginative risks—in the writing of narrative poems. 

Charlene Monahan Spearen holds an MFA degree in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition. Her work has appeared in The Southern Poetry Anthology: South Carolina, Yemmessee, Writers at Carolina, Aspects, and Promise Magazine.