Workshops and Seminars

Each year, the WWNG offers a variety of professional and personal development seminars and workshops. These events are a great opportunity to learn new skills, gain visibility by facilitating a workshop, and expand your professional networks.

To receive information about upcoming seminars and workshops, contact us.

2011- 2012 Half and Full-Day Seminars

• Worth a Thousand Words – Use Cartoon Skills You Didn’t Know You Had to Make Your Presentations POP, Martin Shovel and Martha Leyton of CreativityWorks
• Warm Up to Cold Calling, Patrick Pouchot
• Managing Conflict, Veronique Rostas
• Business Networking through Social Media, Kelly Rigotti

Highlights from past programs

2010-11 Half and Full-Day Seminars

• Essentials of Successful Negotiation, Ellen François
• Setting up Your Business in France – Getting Started Right – with a panel of women entrepreneurs
• Exploding the Myth of Cultural Stereotypes, Veronique Rostas, Polaris Consulting
  “A great seminar that gave me the tools to identify and understand multicultural challenges and problems and turn it into a win-win situation.” – Seminar attendee
• Enneagram Jump Start: Drop Your Defenses, Free Up Your Energy, and Be Your Best Self , Wendy Appel, Confluence Consulting International

2010 Half and Full-Day Seminars

• Write to the Top: Writing Killer Email, Sara Freitas-Maltaverne

“The concept was well-introduced, the course material was good and useful examples were cited. I gained a lot from it.” – WWNG member Priya Srinivasan

• Personal Branding: Manage Your Image through New Media, Kelly Rigotti
• The Power of Feedback: Using Criticism Constructively, Marie-Jose Astre

2009 March Mini-Seminar: NETWORKING²: Multiply your Business Connections

Hosted by La Maison de l’International de Grenoble

This half-day workshop offered an opportunity to learn about, and learn from, a variety of professional networks active in the greater Grenoble area.

• Women’s Professional Networking Group Lyon – our sister group in Lyon
• Ecobiz – the business resource network hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Grenoble
• Women@Work at HP  -  an internal, international employee network
• Les Informelles – support for women creating their own businesses
• Impulsion38 – resources for job-seekers
• Association Française des Trésoriers d’Entreprise – a network of corporate finance professionals
• C’A Dir – a network of professional administrative assistants
• La Maison Internationale – run by the city of Grenoble, with resources for foreigners arriving and living here

“The seminar was a great opportunity to meet women from many different firms, with different ways to use networking.  It was also my first public meeting of networking, and I was a bit impressed.  I could observe the behavior of several women who were very spontaneous and who have found a natural way to open a discussion about professional fields.  I learned also a lot during the workshop which was a good way to construct a definition of networking and to identify all the mistakes to avoid.  This workshop helped me to define my own way to do networking.”   Julie Duval

“I was invited to attend the ‘Networking Squared’ Mini Seminar in Grenoble through the WPNG in Lyon and found the event extremely informative.  It gave me the opportunity to discover the various professional networking groups existing in Grenoble.  I also met some very professional members of WWNG.  I would strongly recommend you to join WWNG if you live near Grenoble!”  Nathalie Combrousse

2008 Seminar – hosted by Grenoble Ecole de Management

see program (PDF)

• keynote speaker:  Monica Beltrametti, VP, Xerox Research Center Europe
• closing Plenary:  Lisa Bentson, President, Leads Club International
• workshop highlights: Effective Presentations in a Second Language; Saving, Taxes, and Retirement in France; Feng Shui for the Office; The French Job Interview and How to Prepare for It; Telling Your Story; Dealing with Difficult People; Aromatherapy; Networking in the Digital Age; Managing Change; Balancing the Personal and Professional; NLP in a Nutshell

2007 Seminar – hosted by Grenoble Ecole de Management

see program (PDF)

• keynote speaker:  Veronique Girod-Roux, Petzl
• closing plenary:  Networking Across Cultures, Olivier Aba, Savoir-Faire and Associates
• workshop highlights:  Why is Coaching Made for You?; Investing for Retirement; Be a Leader; iPod Generation Communication Technology; Team Building through MBTI; Taking Care of Ourselves with Shiatsu

2006 Seminar – hosted by Grenoble Ecole de Management

see program (PDF)

• keynote speaker:  Veronique Rostas, Applied Materials Europe
• workshop highlights:  Intercultural Relationships; Changing Your Career Path through Continuing Education; Clear Away “Communication Clutter;” Improve Your Presentation Skills; Succeeding in the French Business Culture; Team Building though Art Therapy Techniques; Get the Most from Professional Networking; Stress Management withYoga; the French CV; How Coaching Can Help You Reach Personal and Professional Goals; Starting a Business in France

2005 Seminar – hosted by Pigier Grenoble

see program (PDF)

• keynote speaker:  Allison Vodden, Director of Studies, Grenoble Graduate School of Business
• workshop highlights:  Self Employment in France; Portage Salarial; Intercultural Differences and Cross-Cultural Training; Exploring Ways to Achieve Work-Life Balance; Exploring Professional Goals through Art Therapy Techniques; The Next Step in Your Marketing Career; Creative Goal Setting