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Are you tired of waiting for the government, your organization, or someone else to finally fix the gender pay gap? Do you feel like you are producing far more than you are being paid? Are you leaving money on the table?

Negotiation is the most important tool in a woman’s toolbox, professionally and personally. Your career success depends on your ability to negotiate for yourself and your organization. Negotiating a job offer is the most important conversation to the success of your career, yet only 12.5% of women negotiate salary when offered a job. When they do negotiate, many ask for and expect 30% less than men. Under-earning in any job is a recipe for discontent.

It’s time to Amplify Your Ask!

In this engaging and practical presentation, you will discover:

• The REAL cost to your career of not negotiating a job offer
• How to amplify your ask so you maximize your opportunity to get more of what you crave and deserve
• The 5 Cs of authentic negotiation that set you up for success in your professional life and career
• Practical strategies that you can do right now to stop under-earning, get noticed and start getting paid what you’re worth!!

E.A.R.N. Your Worth ™ is a powerful framework incorporating real stories that inspire and real strategies for success in your next negotiation.

Workshop Facilitator: Carrie Gallant

Carrie inspires and empowers women to think bigger, negotiate more powerfully ad authentically, and to “Amplify Your Ask” so you can increase your influence, impact, and income for your career.

She is the founder of The Gallant Leader Institute and creator of E.A.R.N. Your Worth and The Art of Negotiation for Women workshops. She brings her experience as a former executive, practicing lawyer, and adjunct law professor to help her clients master the art and science of negotiation, influence, and critical conversations that are required in the boardroom and beyond.

****Please note that this is a VanWIT member only event, you can purchase a membership here *****

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It is often challenging for people to step outside of their comfort zone to take risks and try new things, but there is power in listening to other people’s experiences and hearing that there is no right answer for your career.

VanWIT is excited to announce our first Leadership Circle of the new program year , which are designed to inspire people to take the next step in their career by highlighting the journey of successful senior leaders in Technology. We are excited to announce that it will be hosted by Nancy Pearce, National Specialist, Collaborative Work Management at Microsoft.

Leadership Circle Host: Nancy Pearce

Nancy works with customers across Canada to build a new culture of work and empower their workforce with the right digital tools to encourage productivity, engagement and collaboration.  Her career spans sales, marketing, technical and leadership positions.  She was a finalist in the Entrepreneur/Innovator category for the YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award in 2000.  Nancy has been a volunteer for numerous mentoring organizations including CanWIT National eMentorship for Women in Tech.

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Studies have shown that public speaking is more feared than death, so as Jerry Seinfeld said, “this means if you have to be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy!” The truth is that it just takes planning, practice and purpose to conquer that fear and the reap the rewards. Regardless of your chosen career path, the ability to convey a message to 1 person, 10 people or a roomful is a skill too few take the time to invest in.

It’s time to Face your Fear!

In this engaging workshop, you will discover:

• Strategies to get over your fear of public speaking
• Tips for how to prepare an impactful presentation
• Advice for how to not subject your colleagues to death by Powerpoint

Workshop Facilitator: Stacey Marshall

Stacey Marshall is a unicorn, who has actually loved speaking since she first took the stage at age 10! Though she loves it, she still feels nervous but has learned how to channel those nerves into the energy of a powerful performance. As a Keynote Speaker, Executive Speaking Coach and Tech Sales Executive her ability to prepare for the worst and think on her feet when it happens make her a sought after resource. Stacey has won provincial Humorous speaking competitions, serves on the Executive of a Professional Toastmasters Club and stands at the front of the room just for fun…So no matter where you are starting from, it is fewer steps from the back to the front than you think and Stacey can help you get there.

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If you think working in the public sector means settling for sub-par technology and endless red-tape in return for a guaranteed pension – think again!  Technology plays a huge role in the delivery of government services at the local, regional and national level.  Citizens expect a consumer-level experience at an affordable price point.  They also hold government agencies to a higher standard of data privacy and protection than all of the other services they consume online.  All this at a time when the Internet of Things provides the opportunity to sensor-enable almost any municipal process from balancing swimming pool chemicals to intelligent traffic signalling.

Speaker: Shari Wallace

Shari Wallace is a technology veteran who works for the City of Burnaby as their CIO.  During this event Shari will share her experiences as a senior female technology leader in the public sector.  She will share, looking back in her career, lessons she has learned through the years, what has worked for her in this industry, what she wishes she had done better, and will contrast her experiences in the public vs. the private sector.  She will tell us about what skills and capabilities will help any technology leader be successful and what pitfalls to avoid – with the help of hindsight.

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Have you been told that you are a shoe-in for a new job “because you are a woman”? Are you tired of letting sexist and racist comments from others slip by without speaking up? Do you wish you had a toolbox of effective responses at your fingertips? Come to a workshop on strategies for responding well and constructively to micro aggressions and biases — whether you are the target of the comment or a bystander. This will be an interactive workshop, with lots of group discussion of different scenarios in different contexts.

Facilitator: Dr. Jo Atlee

Dr. Joanne Atlee (P.Eng) is a Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, where she is the former Director of Women in Computer Science and a HeForShe advocate. She is deeply committed to addressing and removing gender-based biases and obstacles that women in computing face in their studies and careers — with a focus on actionable advice and strategies to recognize and confront these biases