Building a trustful and long-lasting personal and business relationship with Chinese
Today, globalization is unstoppable, making it the norm that people from diverse cultural backgrounds work and live together on a daily base. At the same time, we all know that trust is the foundation of long lasting and successful partnerships. But how can we build that trust when we don’t understand the covert cultural signals […]
HIP Christmas Party
At the end of the year we met to celebrate another great year of presentations, workshops and networking. Enjoying lovely Italian Food and drinks we shared our most important take-aways or learnings from 2016. Some of us had founded their own business, others had changed a job. We all had some insights to share from […]
HIP Carousel 2016
The HIP Carousel 2016 has come and gone, once again leaving behind a rich array of learning, connecting and opportunities. Held in partnership with the IHK, Standort Heidelberg, and the Amt fur Chancengeleichheit, our event opened with a podium discussion based on the theme of the Frauenwirtschaftstage ‘Migrant Women at Work ‘ which […]
Own Your Career – Own Your Life
Tuesday evening’s presentation ‘Own Your Career-Own Your Life’ by Monika Niederhoff proved to be another stimulating success with lots of enthusiastic discussion. Monika, VP Production Program Director at SAP, shared with us the story of her career as she worked her way up the ladder in her field. A few of the to-dos and taboos […]
Marketing yourself in social media with Austeja Subaciute and Larisa Balanovskaya
On Juli 21st we had the opportunity to improve our personal branding in an interactive workshop with Austėja Subačiūtė and Larisa Balanovskaya. The workshop addressed branding ourselves as individual professionals and as business owners. Austėja explained to us the methodology of psychographic consumer segmentation, showing us the importance of understanding consumers as humans with full lives. […]
NCT-RUNning against cancer
This year’s NCT-RUNning against cancer was another great success, bringing in over 105,000€ to beat back cancer. We walked, we ran, we went with Nordic poles and trotters, with our kids and our enthusiasm. And, ta-da! HIP came in 27th in contributions ahead of the over 275 teams signed up for the event!. That’s not […]
Getting Our “Ducks in a Row” with Sabine Keller
On Saturday April 23rd we all had the opportunity to learn from Sabine Keller the ins and outs of ‘Getting Our Ducks in a Row’ – that is taking care, in advance, of having our affairs in order, just in case something happened, such as an illness or accident, which would impede our ability to […]
Women Helping Women: An International Women’s Day Presentation
HIP Women’s Forum was thrilled to have Uta Anders speak to a group of 47 women on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2016 at the ADAC Office in Heidelberg. The event started with the registration in a welcoming atmosphere, where beverages and food were provided. The food was catered by HIP Member Juliah Rais-Morres. Some […]
Using improvisation theatre in your presentations
Some years ago, Frédérique was captivated by theatrical improvisation technique, which she finds an inspiring and compelling tool for personal development, leadership, change management, team building, creativity, and communication skills development. Improvisation Theater is the art of acting without script or props – making everything up on the spot, in real time, following a set […]
Networking, Energy & Connection at the First HIP Carousel
What looked like a trade fair, it was an event with a unique intention and a friendly atmosphere. And that made all the difference in the quality of the HIP Carousel: International Women at Work event last Saturday, October 17, 2015. The intention was: service to others. How can we share all we have learned to spur […]