This past week SHEROES Community Meet, Chandigarh chapter, garnered cheers and connected women from different walks of life. Their main concern, to not let go of the opportunity to get more from life.
The biggest strength of SHEROES Community Meets is the congregation of women. But we were pleasantly surprised to find a man among a bunch of women, attentively listening and absorbing the vibe of the meet.
SHEROES' first ever community meet in Chandigarh, was a revelation, as put by our mentor, Monica Majithia. Chandigarh, is not known for having an entriprising population. But, this meet shattered our and their own misconceptions about each other.
Women desperately seek for a platform, where they can be heard without being judged. SHEROES provides them with one. To put out everything on table takes courage, but when you are connected through common synergy, it gets a lot more easier.
The focus of this meet was largely on exploring career options and pursuing their passion. Women were sharing how getting stuck in the rut for years together, has sapped their energy to live life to its fullest. The feeling of exhaustion seems stuck with them, and how they wanted to get back to life with vigour and zeal.
The spotlight was focussed on their careers and work-related issues, but it didn't stop there. Once settled in, they poured their heart out and touched many topics which affects not only their personal but professional lives as well.
The highlights of the Chandigarh SHEROES Community Meet 2016 could be summed up with these tweets:-
@SHEROESIndia
— Innov8 Coworking™ (@innov8cowork) December 17, 2016
Organised Community Meetup for #Women #entrepreneur to scale and grow with help of community #coworking #networking #startup pic.twitter.com/lYPQwLTXHI
Sakshi went from tech at GE to Toastmasters & ended up in a mess in her married life.She started an educational firm in Chandigarh #SHEROES pic.twitter.com/KKdzjuzLn6
— SHEROES (@SHEROESIndia) December 17, 2016
Manmeet runs a digital marketing company and went through terrible postpartum depression. She also works as an NLP coach #SHEROES Chandigarh pic.twitter.com/0TNhlTY7NV
— SHEROES (@SHEROESIndia) December 17, 2016
Community meet Sakshi says there is no innovate planning happening here and that's why community meets like SHEROES are needed#SHEROES Meet pic.twitter.com/OMfq6O50Gp
— SHEROES (@SHEROESIndia) December 17, 2016
Thankyou for joining us at our #SHEROES Meet in Chandigarh!
— SHEROES (@SHEROESIndia) December 17, 2016
If you can see yourself in this picture, please tag in :) pic.twitter.com/p2wYb9dlCH
In the western part of the country, SHEROES Community Meet, feat Pune, took off with the aim to gather as many women as possible, to go forward with the Get, Set and Grow model of the meet. The key note speaker of this meet was Amol Pawar, HR, Tech advisor.
The aim of these community meets is to connect with women on real time and interact and provide them with opportunities to tap their potential.
Check out the tweets:-
We welcome our speaker @NUESTAmol and @sonalibrahma to our #SHEROES Meet in Pune!
— SHEROES (@SHEROESIndia) December 17, 2016
Say 'Hi' if you are attending :) pic.twitter.com/j2JUHI7AAk
Don't discount your acquired skill sets even if you are struggling to get back into mainstream ~ @sonalibrahma #SHEROES Meet in #Pune pic.twitter.com/uAerFfTQRz
— SHEROES (@SHEROESIndia) December 17, 2016
HR shortlist based on key words. It's important to have the right keywords in a resume @NUESTAmol @sonalibrahma #SHEROES Meet Pune pic.twitter.com/vlka3nb15l
— SHEROES (@SHEROESIndia) December 17, 2016
If you feel your personal details may hamper selection don't share it. This will ensure you get more responses @NUESTAmol #SHEROES Pune pic.twitter.com/5NVOuagkjr
— SHEROES (@SHEROESIndia) December 17, 2016
At the @SHEROESIndia meet in #Pune pic.twitter.com/v89SoiJgME
— Neha Tambe (@nehatambe) December 17, 2016