About the event
A celebration of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2022, hosted by the Women in Engineering Network (WiN). Registration is open to female staff and students.
12.30-14.30
Workshop: Self-confidence and building credibility for women
Register: open to early career researchers/academics (up to 5 years post PhD)
This two hour session is for women who are ready for some key action steps to enhance their professional impact. It will help you explore and develop your current beliefs and behaviours, and help you express yourself more clearly, openly and confidently in your personal and professional relationships. At the end of the session you will have decided on a three-point action plan to move you forward in your assertive leadership journey.
The session will cover the following areas:
Assertiveness
- Defining what assertiveness really means
- Challenging unhelpful beliefs around assertiveness
- Top tips on assertive practice
Re-framing imposter syndrome
- What imposter syndrome is and who it impacts
- What’s really going on inside our brains when imposter syndrome kicks in
- How you can challenge and re-frame your thinking to move beyond imposter syndrome
Trust and credibility
- How trust and credibility can be your superpower
- Analysing your own trust and credibility
- 13 behaviours to build trust
14.45-15.45
Table-top escape game
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Join us for this fun activity that will give you the opportunity to work alongside friends and colleagues or meet some new faces from within our community of female engineers.
Taking all the fun and challenges of an escape game, we have condensed it down into a tabletop challenge. Split into teams, players must work together to crack into the safe, solving a series of puzzles and clues along the way, taking on the roles of professional bank thieves working together for one last score. A local bank’s security has grown pretty lax as of late and you know it’s the perfect time to strike. You must work fast, as you are not the only team of criminals after this perfect prize. After overcoming the initial problem of escaping police custody, your team must complete the challenges in order to get the security code of the bank’s safe. The first team to do so will be taking home the gold!
16.00-17.00
Keynote speaker: Tiffany Dawson – The murky middle: how to overcome mid-career barriers that stop women from progressing
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Tiffany is a former mechanical engineer who teaches women how to build their dream STEM careers without burnout. She has dedicated her career to empowering women with step-by-step frameworks to become confident, strategy-savvy and influential leaders.
In her talk, The Murky Middle, Tiffany will share insights from her own experience of overcoming imposter syndrome and will provide the following key takeaways to help you progress in your career:
- Learn that at mid-career, there’s a mismatch between how women are treated and what’s expected of them
- How you don’t have wait for other people to help you progress
- The 3 things women need to develop in order to prime themselves for leadership positions
17.00-18.00
Refreshments and informal networking
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Join us for some food and an opportunity to informally network with other female engineers. Networking is a great way to build connections, grow self-confidence and support career progression through informal sponsorship. Plus, there will be cake!