In this 30 minute video Dana discusses InPower Women, the nature of INpowerment and The Woman Effect. Learn more about the 5 Principles of InPowerment with a free Coffee Break video series.

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The InPower Women Philanthropy Circle chooses it’s first 2012 beneficiary:

District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH)

InPower Women, a network of high-achieving professional women has selected the District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH) as its primary beneficiary in launching the InPower Women’s Philanthropy Circle.

“DASH embodies the principles of InPower in the unique and powerful way it helps women and their families out of abusive situations,” said Dana Theus, Founder of InPower Women. “Power grows from the inside out. In using this philosophy to provide housing in ways that not only keep women safe, but help them rebuild their lives, including their credit records, DASH is making a huge difference and helping more women stay away from their abusers.

InPower Women is raising money to support DASH’s upcoming Awards Luncheon on March 28, 2012, which will honor the following individuals as “Allies in Change”: Jamila Larson, Executive Direct of The Homeless Children’s Playtime Project; Andre3w Lazerow, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP; Heather Burns & Kathleen Maloy, Live to Give Charitable Trust; Gustavo Velasquez, Director and Alexis Taylor, General Counsel, DC Office of Human Rights; Paul Aguggia, Partner, Townsend, LLP; Julie Hamre, Volunteer; and Jim Graham, Ward 1 Councilmember, DC City Council.

“I’m so honored to have the support of InPower Women,” said Peg Hacskaylo. “Women are extraordinarily powerful, resilient and strong and we love the idea of creating ties between women of all socio-economic groups.”

For more information about how to contribute to DASH through the InPower Women’s Philanthropy Circle, visit: www.InPowerWomen.com/philanthropy.

About InPower Women & the Philanthropy Circle: InPower Women is rewriting the narrative on women and power, inspiring, educating and enabling high-achieving women to reclaim their personal power, the critical first step to helping them obtain and maintain positions of external power and responsibility. Our Philanthropy Circle ensures support to causes which follow the InPower philosophy, to find opportunities to give financially and in other ways that fit their busy schedules and to network with other InPower Women while doing so. Learn more: www.InPowerWomen.com.

About the District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH): The District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH) was founded in 2006 to provide relief to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, through emergency and long-term safe housing, and innovative homelessness prevention services.  In less than four years, we have helped to transform how safe housing is operated and accessed throughout the District, and we have grown to become the city’s largest dedicated housing provider for victims of violence and their children. Learn more: www.dashdc.org.

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The InPower Women Announces The Woman Effect

A Research Initiative & Index of Women in Business Leadership

Today, InPower Women launched a web site at www.InPowerWomen.com to explore the impact of women on business and the economy. Including a research index of over 60 studies on women and business, which is searchable and browsable in categories including women’s impact, capabilities and career advancement. The site also inc
ludes a blog, professional development resources and a philanthropic campaign. This web site is a rich resource for the press as well as working and professional women in every industry.

The site will also feature a campaign and research initiative called The Woman Effect to explore the documented phenomenon that when women are present in an organizations’ leadership, that organization thrives.

Research from McKinsey, Catalyst and other institutions has documented the fact that when a significant number of women (30%) participate in an organization’s leadership, that organization is more productive, profitable and sustainable. Specifically, McKinsey documented improvements in performance across nine different categories. These findings are also consistent with research conducted by The World Bank about the impact of women on economies in the developing world.

“Women are good for business and the economy,” said Dana Theus, Founder of InPower Women. “But we want to know why. We want to explore The Woman Effect more deeply to understand what we as individual professional women can actually do more consciously to create these good outcomes. Indexing the 60+ secondary research studies is just the beginning of this quest.”

InPower Women will be exploring The Woman Effect on its blog and in partnership with organizations dedicated to fostering best practices in women’s leadership.

InPower Women can be found on the web at: http://www.inpowerwomen.com

About InPower Women: InPower Women is rewriting the narrative on women and power, inspiring, educating and enabling high-achieving women to reclaim their personal power, the critical first step to helping them obtain and maintain positions of external power and responsibility.

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We are proud to announce the launch of the InPower Women’s web site, featuring The Woman Effect.

Our mission is to rewrite the feminist narrative on women on women and power, inspiring, educating and enabling hundreds of thousands of professional women to claim their personal power, the critical first step to helping them obtain and maintain positions of external power and responsibility.

Key features available on the site include:

• At the InPower Women’s Blog we’re rewriting the narrative on women and power with a stable of fabulous authors bringing you career coaching advice, insight into the growing importance of women to our businesses and economy, leadership tips, interviews from powerful women of all kinds and much more. Read the blog.
• Our Research Index is adding depth to the premise of The Woman Effect to help us all understand what science is saying about women’s positive effect on business. We have categorized and summarized over 60 studies on women, business and career advancement and the index is growing rapidly. Browse, search and receive our monthly research highlights via email to learn more about women, business and how you can advance your own career. Browse and search the research index.
• Explore InPowerment Professional Development resources designed to help you activate The Woman Effect in your life and your work. Learn the secrets of InPower to help you master the challenges of work-life balance, speaking powerfully, goal-setting and authentic leadership. Learn about the 5 principles of Inpower and more.
• Join the InPower Women’s Philanthropy Circle to support social service organizations using InPowerment principles to help people guide themselves from the inside-out of poverty, homelessness and abusive situations. Join by March 15, 2012 to support the District Alliance for Safe Housing and be recognized on the InPower Women’s contribution list at their awards luncheon (sit at our table if you’re in the D.C. area). Learn more and give generously.
• We are officially announcing The Woman Effect – a research project to explore WHY women are contributing so much to the economy and businesses (so we can do more of it!). We will be posting updates and analysis on research that provides insight into The Woman Effect phenomenon. We’re partnering with corporations that are making efforts to consciously activate The Woman Effect in their employee populations (if you work for one, let us know!) Read more about The Woman Effect and get your copy of the The Woman Effect Manifesta right now!

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