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Sept. 13: Art Over Wine Fundraiser

Host: Rebuilding Together About: Enjoy wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent art auction featuring works by Central Iowa artists during this evening of networking and art appreciation. Tickets are $25; all proceeds from the event…
By BPC Staff | Aug 29, 2016
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Study: Millions of top students under-challenged

Millions of U.S. students are being under-challenged by an educational system that overemphasizes age-based curriculum, according to a new research study from Duke University. The researchers contend that tens of billions of dollars in education…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Aug 29, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Leadership lessons from a toddler

BY JESSICA MALDONADO | Public affairs manager, PolicyWorks LLC


Every time I am on the phone with my toddler and ask where he is, his answer is simply “right here.”


It took hearing this multiple…
By BPC Staff | Aug 29, 2016
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On The Rise: 8-29-16

  Angela Currie Promoted to senior vice president and team leader at Commerce Bank. Des Moines   Katie Callahan Named recipient of Hy-Vee’s Legendary Customer Service Award. Callahan is pharmacy manager at the Ansborough Avenue Hy-Vee. Waterloo…
By BPC Staff | Aug 29, 2016
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Oct. 6: Meet your female candidates

Host: NAWBO Iowa
About: It’s an election year and NAWBO Iowa’s Programs and Public Policy Committees are working on a special event for members to meet the female candidates running for office in Iowa’s local districts.…
By BPC Staff | Aug 29, 2016
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Sept. 14: 14th annual Women’s Leadership Conference

Host: Dubuque Women’s Leadership Network
About: A one-day conference designed to promote personal and professional development for women. The conference features keynote speaker Lisa Gunderson, author of “Reality Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the …
By BPC Staff | Aug 29, 2016
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Record number of Iowa women seeking office in 2016


It’s official: more women are running for Iowa’s state and federal offices in 2016 than ever before in the state’s history.


According to 50-50 in 2020, a bipartisan, nonprofit organization working to achieve gender parity in…
By LIFT IOWA STAFF | Aug 29, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Professional development from the school of hard knocks

BY TERRI MORK SPEIRS |  Director of marketing and communications, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
Recently the board of my professional group, Association of Women in Communications (AWC), sat around a table discussing our upcoming…
By BPC Staff | Aug 29, 2016
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SBA helps female vets, military wives as entrepreneurs


Iowa has great incentives to attract veterans to live and work here, but an official for the Small Business Administration who was here last week said more can be done, particularly in the area of…
By ANNE CAROTHERS | Aug 29, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Leadership lessons from a toddler

BY JESSICA MALDONADO | Public affairs manager, PolicyWorks LLC


Every time I am on the phone with my toddler and ask where he is, his answer is simply “right here.”


It took hearing this multiple…
By BPC Staff | Aug 29, 2016