Partnerships
Develop and Retain Your Staff
Become an AWIS partner to give your employees access to
professional development resources and opportunities.
Why Join the AWIS Community?
According to McKinsey & Co., “A record number of employees are quitting or thinking about doing so. Organizations that take the time to learn why—and act thoughtfully—will have an edge in attracting and retaining talent.”
AWIS knows what your employees want and has proven experience helping organizations support their faculty, students, and/or staff with:
- Access to professional development resources and webinars
- Ability to build a Skills Locker to help identify gaps and plan their career path
- Networking, mentoring, collaboration, and leadership opportunities
- Recognition in member spotlights and social media
- Inspiring role models, career advice, and hot headlines
- Eligibility for AWIS Scholarships
- A sense of community and belonging
AWIS can help workplaces (and everyone in them) to thrive
AWIS membership is open to anyone who believes in our mission of advancing women in science. By providing professional development for your employees and recommended best practices for inclusive organizations, an AWIS partnership can help your organization:
- Grow staff understanding of the issues facing women in science
- Develop employee skillsets and advance their careers
- Engage and support employees to reduce turnover
- Create an inclusive and collaborative culture
- Improve innovation, productivity, and business outcomes
“As an AWIS corporate partner, all our employees benefit from the weekly newsletters, AWIS Magazine, live webinars and other recorded events, professional development opportunities and networking. In addition, I hope to see our employees provide mentorship, coaching, general assistance and guidance to others in the association, as a way of giving back to the STEM community.”
Kyndra Reid, PHR
Senior General Manager – Talent & Culture Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
Members can access our full library of engaging webinars (sampling below)
Disability in STEM: Hidden Strengths
In STEM, women with disabilities cannot demonstrate their full scientific knowledge due to our science labs and lectures are not accommodating their disabilities. For example, seminars aren’t accessible to those with hearing loss and visual impairment. We can empower all people in STEM with compassion and reasonable accommodations.
How to do the Work You Love Without Burning Out
Burnout can often feel insurmountable. However, Kogan believes that burnout can be and must be overcome to be able to continue doing great work. She suggests we can work smarter rather than harder by understanding the symptoms and causes of burnout while implementing the strategies to prevent and reduce it such as practicing self-care, mindfulness meditation, and physical exercises like walking or yoga. (For live bookings, contact Nataly directly at happier.com.)
How Can I Lead in My Career and My Industry?
What does it mean to be a leader? Do we know it when we see it? You may need to change your own perceptions about your role in your organization and helping others to recognize their own leadership capabilities. Erica will also help you develop a plan for growing into a leader and identify specific steps you can take to be recognized as such among your colleagues and peers. (For live bookings, contact Erica directly at EricaMattison.com.)
Stories and Advice from Inside the Patent Process
Patent questions were answered by an expert panel which included Dr. Tina Dorr, partner and patent attorney with Cantor Colburn (and former biochemist); Dr. Sharon Hausdorff, VP and Chief IP Counsel at Teva Pharmaceuticals, a registered US patent agent and Israeli patent attorney; and Emily Kinser, a lab manager at 3M and former IBM Master Inventor with 50 Issued US patents and another 19 pending!
Navigating Professional Spaces as a Women of Color
Join AWIS member, Dr. Baindu Bayon for an illuminating and frank conversation with Minda Harts, CEO of The Memo LLC and bestselling author of The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table. This session provides career advice and actionable takeaways for women of color on dealing with biases, the wage gap, micro-aggressions, and more. This is also time well spent for allies (success partners) and leaders.
Leveraging Emotional Intelligence to Lead in a Crisis
COVID-19 has caused many of us stress, fear, anger, fatigue and grief. By taking a deeper look at our own emotional responses to major disruptors, we can better understand and harness them. This interactive session with Andrea Hoban, Co-Founder and head of learning at Oji Life Lab, provides techniques and resources to recognize and shift your mood, increase collaboration and engagement, and improve business results.