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Event June 12: 4th annual Fun in the Sun fundraiser

Host: Young Women’s Resource Center

About: The fundraiser will help send a select group of young women to Business Horizons, a weeklong program of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation for high school students who …
By BPC Staff | May 23, 2016
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Federal food service contractor settles charges of hiring discrimination

For a second time, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has determined that a Michigan-based federal food service contractor systematically discriminated against 926 qualified women seeking entry-level warehouse laborer jobs, according…
By BPC Staff | May 23, 2016
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Transgender men confirm all your worst fears about sexism

Time: Over the last three years, transgender awareness has exploded. But the spotlight on trans issues has mostly been focused on transgender women, and transgender men have been largely left out of the narrative. Our…
By BPC Staff | May 23, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Release your hidden entrepreneur

BY LIZ MYERS | Founder, The Myers Method Inc.   If you’ve considered starting your own business, or dreamed of being your own boss, you may be a hidden entrepreneur.   Until this year, Iowa…
By BPC Staff | May 23, 2016
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Gender-diverse companies outperform competition

BY LIFT IOWA STAFF | @LiftIOWA


This week’s Herman Trend Alert? The gender diversity payoff.

The alert was generated following the release of a new report from global financial services firm Morgan Stanley, which found more diverse…
By LIFT IOWA STAFF | May 23, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Release your hidden entrepreneur

BY LIZ MYERS | Founder, The Myers Method Inc.   If you’ve considered starting your own business, or dreamed of being your own boss, you may be a hidden entrepreneur.   Until this year, Iowa…
By BPC Staff | May 23, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Group offers mentoring for female financial pros

During a job interview a couple of years ago, a female candidate asked Kim Butler Hegedus, “How do you survive in the financial services industry as long as you have?”

Kim Butler Hegedus

The question …
By JOE GARDYASZ | May 18, 2016
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Event June 2: Open for Business; What’s Next?

Host: BrownWinick About: Practical tips and information regarding the most common legal challenges for female small-business owners. When: 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Two Ruan Center

Learn more >>>…
By BPC Staff | May 18, 2016
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Opinion: Anticipation strengthens reaction

BY ANDREA HANSEN | Director of development, UnityPoint Health Foundation, Co-founder, VenueFox

In the fourth installment of her six-part series about how her experience waiting tables has served her well throughout her career, Andrea Hansen …
By BPC Staff | May 16, 2016
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VIDEO: Are you guilty of ‘mansplaining?’

 

What exactly is mansplaining? To put it succinctly, it’s when a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing way, and it often begins with a man disregarding a woman’s opinions by interrupting…
By BPC Staff | May 16, 2016