Category: Philanthropy

Why events like Dancing CEOs are important

When I received an email late in 2013 asking me to be part of an event in early 2014 called Dancing CEOs, my initial response was ‘you’ve got to be kidding!’  I’d never even done ballet as a child, so the idea of performing two ballroom dances in front of a crowd was intimidating to […]

Girls changing the world

I’ve posted  about my introduction to Girl Up before, and this week I’ve  been fortunate enough to spend three days in Washington at the Girl Up Leadership Summit  which was attended by about 170 girls aged between 10 and 19. They are predominantly from the US, but attendees also came from South America, the UK, Malawi and, of course, my […]

Key learnings from DWEN 2014

After my last post on this years DWEN conference in Austin, I wanted to dig a little deeper and share some of the insights that really resonated with me. I hadn’t previously met Jane Wurwand, founder of well known skin care brand Dermalogica and I loved hearing her stories.  Not of only how her business […]