Events

With the goal to provide Ottawa professionals with the skills and resources needed for career success, CATA WIT develops on-going professional development and networking series for women in technology and IT-related fields. Attending these events will not only provide a great environment for meeting interesting women in the industry, but also the opportunity to learn practical skills, and find new resources for advancing your career.

Natural Born Leaders: Women Who Make & Break the Chain of Command

2009/10 Professional Development Series

In the world of technology, we can pretty much guarantee that the only guarantee is change! As colleagues, as managers, as teams, we all need to adapt to this change, and in many cases, lead it.

As women we are lucky to naturally lean toward (statistically speaking at least!) a more creative, empathetic and collaborative leadership style. Whether you are leading as a manager or as a contributing team member, successful women will tell you that to survive and thrive in the current environment and impact a new generation of team members, it takes a constant analysis of your skills to realize your natural strengths and improve them. To help build on our statistically- and genetically-given gifts, CATA WIT Ottawa Forum will be focusing our 2009/10 year on a series of workshops to build leadership in ourselves, our teams and our organizations.

Please take part in our collaborative and creative 5-part leadership series that's comprised of skills development seminars, peer-learning sessions and professional networking opportunities. The workshop series will help to create a view of your leadership strengths and build onto your leadership expertise. We've collaborated with tech-related leaders (who else?!) in the Ottawa environment and have developed a series that will help you learn more of your natural talents, identify leadership qualities in your team and ease your new skills into the work place.

Who Should Attend:

• Any woman in an IT-related field who would like to improve their leadership skills
• Any woman looking for insight into the IT field and how it might be a fit for her leadership style

Ottawa Chapter Event Archive

Circle of Wisdom
Matching Opportunity with Talent: Strategies to Build Careers & Organizations
June 18, 2009

The Laptop’n’Lunches Speaker Series - Session 3
Leading Edge IT: Upgrade Your Career to Year 2009
April 22, 2009

The Laptop’n’Lunches Speaker Series - Session 2
Women Negotiating Successfully at Home and Abroad
February 12, 2009

The Laptop’n’Lunches Speaker Series - Session 1
Women Who Lead: Projecting Leadership Through Authenticity, Credibility and Diversity of Thought
January 22, 2009

Circle of Wisdom: Advancing your Career in High Tech
May 22, 2008
Ann Max, President of Organized to the Max Ltd., will be our featured speaker

Women, Wine and WIT Reception at Terence Robert Gallery
November 27, 2007
Ann Max, President of Organized to the Max Ltd., will be our featured speaker

WIT Ottawa Lunch & Learn
October 30, 2007
Mentoring to Empower you to Succeed in your Professional Career

WIT Ottawa Special Event
October 22, 2007
Nortel CTO John Roese and Guest Panelists

Key Strengths Women Need to Have to Advance Their Careers
September 27, 2007
Join us for our season opening networking event

OCE Mind to Market
September 18, 2007
A special breakfast meeting hosted by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)

Lancement/Launch CATA WIT Montreal
June 14, 2007

The 1st Annual Nine & Dine
June 4, 2007
Join us for a great game of golf, food, prizes, and FUN!

CATA WIT Forum Entrepreneurs Symposium
May 7, 2007
Discover the entrepreneur inside of you.

CATA WIT Ottawa: Financial Independence for Women
April 3, 2007
Enjoy lunch with Patricia Lovett-Reid and learn more

CATA WIT Ottawa: Come Celebrate International Women's Day
March 8, 2007

Leadership Forum
February 13, 2007
CATA WIT OTTAWA: Leadership Forum

Holiday Season Positive Networking Event
December 20, 2006
CATA WIT OTTAWA: Holiday Season Networking Event

Building Effective Leadership Skills
October 24, 2006

CATA WIT Connect - Networking Event
September 26, 2006
Wine and Cheese

Steps to Success for Women in Technology
June 22, 2006
"Speaking To Be Heard: Communications Strategies for Women in Technology"

CATA WIT -- Connect Advancing Women in Technology
May 11, 2006

Are you thinking about working from home?
January 19, 2006

Steps to success for Women in Technology
October 17, 2005
Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling Event

CATA's Women In Technology Forum Launches
May 31, 2005
A new network dedicated to the advancement of women who work in the technology sector