Recent Inspiring Conversations
Secrets of Successful Entrepreneur Mei Xu
Judith Mok on How Music Soothes and Inspires
Judith Mok on How Music Soothes and Inspires
Entrepreneur Mei Xu shares the secrets of her career as a successful innovator and founder of three global companies, including Chesapeake Bay Candle, and talks about her new memoir, Burn: How Grit, Innovation and a Dash of Good Luck Ignited a Multi-Million Dollar American Success Story.
Women’s Power Toolkit Talks
Secrets of Successful Entrepreneur Mei Xu
June 10th, 2021
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The interview is conducted by CUSWF Executive Director and Women's Power Toolkit co-founders Leslie Wolf Creutzfeldt.
Mei Xu is a Chinese American entrepreneur, author, founder and Mei Xu is a Chinese American entrepreneur, author, founder and CEO of three global companies, Yes She May, BlissLiving Home® and Chesapeake Bay Candle®. Xu successfully negotiated the sale of Chesapeake Bay Candle to Newell Brands in 2017, a conglomerate with a $14 billion portfolio of consumer goods. Mei is now focused on helping women-owned consumer product companies grow and prosper with e-commerce platform, Yes She May.
In June 2020, Mei created Yes She May (www.YesSheMay.com) to help women-owned brands survive and thrive. Her team aims to provide consumers a choice to shop from talented and thoughtful women vendors from around the world! Mei hopes to turn consumers into supporters and use their purses to show who they really care about.
Judith Mok on How Music Soothes and Inspires
Judith Mok on How Music Soothes and Inspires
Judith Mok on How Music Soothes and Inspires
Join us for a discussion with famed singer and writer Judith Mok on her career and how she used music to comfort her city during lockdown.
When Dublin, Ireland was locked down due COVID-19, Judith began to give free concerts from her balcony, word spread and crowds gathered to enjoy her beautiful voice. For her inspiring work she was awarded the 2020 Covid–19 Response Award.
Women’s Power Toolkit Talks
How Music Soothes During Lockdown
May 6th, 2021
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The talk is moderated by Lisa Faith Phillips.
Judith Mok is a singer, writer, and vocal coach. A graduate of Royal Conservatory of The Hague, as a singer she has appeared at numerous festivals including Salzburg, Edinburgh, Paris and the Holland Festival and toured North and South America and throughout Europe.
Judith has been working for years on her extended vocal techniques, experimenting with her voice and presentation, and has coached performers from Grace Jones and Glen Hansard to Dermot Kennedy and Thom Yorke.
Her desire to combine her love of literature with music led to the creation of her one-woman show “Molly Says No” about Molly Bloom, the heroine of J Joyce’s Ulysses, which has toured worldwide from India to the United States, including Lincoln Center and The Academy Hollywood.
Judith’s books of poetry, novels and short stories have been published in Dutch and English, for which she received various awards. She has also sung and acted in several feature films, including the award-winning Goodnight, Vienna. Find out more at JudithMok.com
U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Biden: Insights from Isaac Stone Fish
U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Biden: Insights from Isaac Stone Fish
U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Biden: Insights from Isaac Stone Fish
Join us for an enlightening talk with Isaac Stone Fish, CEO and founder of Strategy Risks, on what to expect in U.S.-China Relations in the Biden era.
The Trade War. Hong Kong. Tech Walls. Climate Change. Concentration Camps in Xinjiang. What issues will define the U.S.-China relationship in the Biden era? Will relations improve, or continue to worsen? And what does this mean for Chinese in America and Americans in China?
Women’s Power Toolkit Talks
U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Biden
April 29th, 2021
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The talk is moderated by Lisa Faith Phillips.
Isaac Stone Fish is the CEO and founder of Strategy Risks. He is also a contributing columnist at the Washington Post, a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund, an on-air contributor to CBSN, and the author of a monthly column on China risk for Barron's.
A fluent Mandarin speaker, Isaac lived in Beijing for six years. He is also a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Truman National Security fellow, an alumni of the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers program, and the author of a forthcoming book on Beijing’s influence in America (Knopf).
Get Organized with Paula Rizzo's Listful Living
U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Biden: Insights from Isaac Stone Fish
U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Biden: Insights from Isaac Stone Fish
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What do successful people have in common? They make lists. Finding enough hours in the day to get everything done and have some downtime can be difficult. It is no wonder so many of us are stressed, overextended, and exhausted.
Join us to hear productivity expert Paula Rizzo with her indispensable tips on saving time, getting organized, improving productivity, saving money, and reducing stress. We’ll raffle copies of her best-selling Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You.
Women’s Power Toolkit Talks
Improve your Life with Listful Living
April 22nd, 2021
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The interview will be conducted by Women's Power Toolkit co-founders Lisa Faith Phillips and Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt.
Paula Rizzo is an Emmy-award winning television producer, best-selling author, speaker and a media trainer and strategist. She coaches authors, experts, and entrepreneurs to perform better on camera and produce their own videos. She’s personally media trained executives from Fortune 500 companies and privately-owned organizations as well.
A media veteran for nearly 20 years, she's the founder of ListProducer.com and the author of Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, Highly Successful and Less Stressed and Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You. Paula is also a LinkedIn Learning Instructor of several courses including, “Organizing Your Remote Office for Maximum Productivity,” and “The Power of Lists to Get Things Done.” Find out more PaulaRizzo.com.
Recent Events
The Power of an Extraordinary Woman
Cross-Border Business Opportunities in 2021
Cross-Border Business Opportunities in 2021
A book launch celebration and interview with the author Kim Bendheim on the launch of her new book The Fascination of What's Difficult, A Life of Maud Gonne.
The legendary Maud Gonne left her mark on everyone she met. Born into tremendous privilege, she allied herself with rebels and the downtrodden and openly defied what was at the time the world’s most powerful empire. An actress and journalist, she was the muse to the great Irish poet W.B. Yeats. Yet, dedicated her life to the cause of Irish independence and prisoner rights and changed the world. What a perfect time to tell Maud Gonne’s story!
Women's Power Toolkit Talks
Conversation with Author Kim Bendheim
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
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The interview will be conducted by former Random House executive and Women's Power Toolkit co-founder Lisa Faith Phillips.
Kim Bendheim is a poet, performer, and writer. Her byline has appeared in The Forward, The Nation, The Chicago Tribune, Ladies Home Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Bomb magazine, which published her poetry. A cum laude graduate of Harvard University, she received two Masters degrees. She lives in New York City. To save 15% off use code CUSWF15 and order Kim Bendheim's new book The Fascination of What's Difficult, A Life of Maud Gonne here.
Cross-Border Business Opportunities in 2021
Cross-Border Business Opportunities in 2021
Cross-Border Business Opportunities in 2021
Learn about Cross-Border Business Opportunities in 2021 with Karen Mu and Ariel Hai. We will share stories about how to profit from ties with the vast Chinese market. Networking opportunities will be explored.
The talk is moderated by WoPoTk co-founder Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt.
Women’s Power Tool Kit Talks
Cross Border Business Opportunities
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
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Ariel Hai is Senior VP of Finance and Acquisitions in DMG Investments. Ms. Hai is responsible for sourcing and executing the financing solutions for existing and new assets, including construction loans, mezzanine loans, equity financing, EB5 financing, etc. with local and overseas financial institutions. She is also actively involved in sourcing and executing new deals for DMG. Ms. Hai holds a master of Real Estate Finance from New York University.
Karen Mu is the Senior Vice President of the Investment Banking Department of Network 1 Financial Securities and has 13 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, and family offices. She specializes in providing financing and underwriting services for the IPO listing of Chinese companies in the United States, the IPO listing of SPACs, and cross-border M&A.
The Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace
Cross-Border Business Opportunities in 2021
The Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace
A conversation on the benefits of diversity and advice on how to foster it.
Our differences can be our greatest strengths if we can learn to appreciate each other. Companies need diversity and are setting up compliance structures enlisting leadership teams, cultural innovations, and human resources to attract new talent. Discover how you can benefit from new priorities.
Women’s Power Toolkit Talks
Diversity in the Workplace
Thursday, February 12th 2021
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Gwen Moten is a White House appointed American Cultural Specialist, CEO of Theatre World Music Service, a City of Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commissioner, and former City Director of Arts and Culture. She served as the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization representative and corporate executive for the Newark Performing Arts Corporation/Newark Symphony Hall.
Mr. Kevin R Peters is a Regional Development Director with Thrivent Financial. He received his B.S from the University of the West Indies and started his financial career at Citibank. Currently Regional Development Director with Thrivent Financial, Kevin manages 25 Financial Representatives across the New Jersey Region.
Employee Wellbeing in a Changing World
Employment Strategies: Tips from a Human Resources Executive
The Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace
Discover how to improve your mental health and well being in the workplace and at home in these challenging times with Michelle Dickinson.
Women’s Power Toolkit Talks
Improve your Wellbeing and Mental Health in a Changing World
January 21st, 2021
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Speaker: Wellbeing & Resilience Authority Michelle E. Dickinson is a passionate mental health advocate, a TED speaker, and a published author of a memoir entitled Breaking Into My Life. After years of playing the role of child caregiver, Michelle embarked on her own healing journey of self-discovery.
Her memoir offers a rare glimpse into a young girl’s experience living with—and loving—her bipolar mother. Michelle spent years working to eradicate the mental health stigma within her own workplace by elevating compassion, causing more open conversations, and leading real change in how mental illness is understood in the workplace.
Michelle has emerged from her own challenging life events with a strong desire to positively impact the mental health landscape within the first responder community, the workplace and within local communities.
Free Chapter of her Book: http://breakingintomylife.com/excerpt/
Employment Strategies: Tips from a Human Resources Executive
Employment Strategies: Tips from a Human Resources Executive
Employment Strategies: Tips from a Human Resources Executive
We started our 2021 Women Work Well series with a discussion on how to be successfully employed in 2021 with HR executive Sandy Srebnick. She gives insight on how she pivoted to build a successful career with tips on how to find you next job. Networking is key.
Women’s Power Toolkit Talks
Employment Strategies in 2021
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
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Speaker: Sandy Srebnick is a Human Resources and Operational Executive who transforms organizations in multiple industries, sizes and modes - startups, growth, transition - by aligning Human Capital solutions to business operational goals and objectives. She is experienced in financial and consumer services and life sciences; organizations ranging in size from 30 to 3500.
Sandy is passionate about taking organizations to their next growth phase. For the last decade, her focus has been on leveraging her Fortune 500 financial services experience into the small and midcap sectors. Sandy’s previous background has provided her with strong expertise in change management and transformational growth strategies. She has been successful in helping companies reach and exceed their corporate objectives and becoming "Employers of Choice."