A new series of valuable seminars of professional empowerment are coming on 18-28/6 from the organization Women On Top, with the support of Dixan.
Women On Top’s Summer Camp is a series of workshops for professional (and not only) empowerment, that will help you bring your best self to work and make it easier to deal with the changes you are willing to make in your career: to find a job, to find another position, to earn more money, to have more free time, to take a new step in your career, to build your team’s confidence, to make your daily routine calmer, more productive and more pleasant.
But it doesn’t end here: it is also an opportunity to make connections, to find inspiration and support from a community of women who are always looking for the best – and all this without having to find an answer to the hard question “But where will I leave the kids?” (if you have any). At WoT we believe that children and parents can and deserve to develop side by side: this is why we seek to keep the little ones (aged 2-12) occupied for however long their mum is improving her (but also theirs) potentials.
We have seen the most amazing results in women who decide to invest in one or two weeks in their professional and personal education and empowerment. Giving yourself the message that you are set to make the change, in combination with the fact that you are daily in the presence of women with similar goals, dreams and needs as you, you will finally win an experience of transformation.
And this is why we are extremely pleased that this year, with the valuable support of Dixan and its message #destizoikathara, we are giving the opportunity those of you who need it, to take part in as many seminars as you want at a reduced price.
- The applications for the 20 free scholarships of Dixan are now closed and the winners will be notified by 31/5 about the progress of their applications.
- The applications for the low cost positions for the single workshops have now opened.
Scroll down to read in detail about the week’s program, the cost, and the guest speakers.
We will be expecting you!
Information
When: Tuesday 18/6 until Friday 21/6 and Monday 24/6 until Friday 28/6, 17:00 – 20:00.
Where: At HIGGS, 15 Victoros Ougko St, Metaxourgeio.
Program
Tuesday 18/6 17:00-20:00
How to become creative at work (and beyond work) ׀ Anna Anastasopoulou
What is the quality that helps us find new solutions, to come up with new ideas and discover new, different and better ways to do things? What is that which helps us find ways to move forward even when everything points to a dead end? How do we culture our creativity, even if we believe that we never really had this quality? Come to this hands-on workshop to enrich your way of thinking, to find new ways to make every day better, to broaden your horizons at work and to discover sides of yourself you didn’t even know were there.
Wednesday 19/06 17:00-20:00
Find the balance between your work and personal life ׀ Pinelopi Theodorakakou
What does work-life balance mean to each of us? Why do we need to invest in this balance and what happens when we don’t? Is there a magic recipe that we can keep forever once we find it? What is technology’s role in all this? The goal of this workshop is, through practical exercises, to understand where we are now regarding our work – life balance, where we would like to be, how will we achieve this and how to learn to recognize, during each step of this procedure, what works and what doesn’t, so that we can change it.
Thursday 20/6 17:00-20:00
What do you want to be when you grow up? ׀ Eva Karamargiou & Pinelopi Theodorakou
If you always knew what job you wanted to do, this seminar is not for you. If however…
– You are at a job that doesn’t fulfill you but you have no idea what else you could do
– You feel you have no real talent
– You feel you like lots of things and can’t focus on one
…then this seminar may help you plan, simply and effectively, your next steps. In 3 hours, through practical exercises, we will look in depth at the questions that will help you find the answer to the one million dollar question: what do you want to be when you grow up?
Friday 21/06 15:00 – 17:30 &17.30 – 20:00
How to network successfully even if you hate networking ׀ Stella Kasdagli
Even if you are aware of the value a broad and powerful social network has and on which you can count on for every business step, there are many obstacles that you may feel are blocking you way towards it. You may not know where to begin or the idea of talking to people you don’t know may feel scary. Maybe you are ashamed and believe that everyone else is better than you or you may just not have the time to do everything that you think is needed in order to form a network. In this workshop you will get the tools you need to face all these restrictions and create a powerful social network that will completely change your professional (and maybe even your personal) life.
How to promote yourself and you work online ׀ Stella Kasdagli
How can I make good use of the digital world in order to establish myself as an expert in my field and how can I avoid mistakes that will harm the impression others make of me? How do I present myself and my job online? What impression do I give to potential employers, customers or colleagues before they meet me? In this workshop, through practical examples and exercises, we will learn to create content that supports and doesn’t ambush our professional image. This way we can build and broaden the audience that follows and appreciates our work, expand our network, easily attract business proposals and collaborations and/or use the internet to help us take the next business step.
Monday 24/06 17:00 – 20:00
Take control of your finances | Ioanna Tsegka
The goal of this seminar is to present the necessary practical knowledge and tools in order to have the control of our finances. In other words we will learn: how to make a budget and how to monitor it, how to create a realistic savings account, how to pay our debts back successfully and how to invest – all this without fear, passion and agitation, but with ease and success. Some questions we will answer are: What is the easiest way to create a budget? How do I evaluate my budget and monitor my consistency with it? Does it make sense to first pay off my debts and then save or the other way around? What can I do if I reach a point of desperation with my debt? How can I save money when I only get paid so little? How will I find the best first investment for me?
Tuesday 25/6 17:00 – 20:00
How to take your first business step ׀ Angie Skiadaresi & Stathis Marantos
Do you have a good business idea but don’t know where to begin in order to bring it to life? In this three hour workshop we will focus on the practical aspect of starting a business and we will answer questions like: Is it in my best interest to start a business? What do I need for that? What are the different types of businesses and what is the best option for me? How long do I need in order to create my own business? We will also look in the value of having a business plan for the growth, financing and sustainability of any business idea, we will work on simple exercises on the subject, the forming and the writing of a business plan and we will start with building the necessary tools (budget, marketing, strategy) in order to see our idea take a real form.
Wednesday 26/6 17:00-20:00
Learn how to draw lines and negotiate correctly ׀ Ninetta Manousi
Do you know how to claim what you want or what should be yours, for example a raise or a more suiting job? Do you feel that you are heard when you ask for something or do you negotiate in fear and usually end up feeling exhausted and completely lost? At this hands-on workshop we will learn the basic techniques of negotiating, focusing on the challenges we meet most often – as we have been trained to – as women: the lack of self-confidence, the uncritical acceptance of the authority we have across us, the fear to disappoint our fellow coworker. In this way, we will get all the tools we need to claim our equal rights and needs and deal with each negotiation not as a nightmare but as an opportunity.
Thursday 27/06 17:00-20:00
The secrets of presentations in front of an audience ׀ Alexia Axioti
Do you want to share a story with your friends, to present an idea to next week’s board meeting or to talk at a national conference about your job? The ‘secret ingredients’ are all the same! In this workshop we will find a way to work with more confidence, to use our body language and the correct words in order to express our ideas and to get over the stress and nervousness that talking in front of an audience may cause. We will learn tools to communicate, strategies and easy to use advice that will bring quick results. Finally, we will use coaching exercises that will help us put these techniques to good use. At the end of this workshop you will have learnt to: organize your thoughts, talk slow, naturally and with confidence, breathe correctly, build on your style of talking by using your body language, control your facial expressions, deal with nervousness, connect your voice, eye contact and gestures in order to create an exciting style of communication, no matter what audience you have in front of you.
Friday 28/06 17:00-20:00
Mindfulness: an alternative to dealing with stress ׀ Evelyn Spilioti
An introductory workshop to mindfulness, its philosophy, its principals and how it works. Mindfulness, or else the art of living in the moment is a different way of dealing with our daily challenges, our emotions and our thoughts. With its motto being ‘living in the moment’ and focusing our attention on that moment as it happens, mindfulness can help a lot with dealing with stress, with increasing our tolerance and our ability to feel joy in our everyday life.
