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Welcome to our new Leadership Team member

October 17, 2019 Leave a Comment

Please welcome our newest member of the Leadership Team – Valeria Trussi

I am from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I was born and lived until 2016. Then I moved to Dusseldorf with my husband, a 1-year-old daughter, and 7-months pregnant. It was indeed a quite interesting adventure, a radical change of life. I was suddenly not working anymore, and was going to give birth in Germany! It was an intense start and our first time as Expats.

My background is really diverse, I graduated as a graphic designer, and specialized in Marketing. I got an Executive MBA and was also a Marketing teacher at Universidad de Palermo in Argentina. I am very passionate about Marketing, Digital business, and Branding. I got a certificate in Digital Business from Columba University, and a certificate in Business Sustainability Management from Cambridge University, a topic I am really interested in. I worked in advertising agencies, had my own marketing and communication agency for 7 years, and managed marketing and product development teams in multinational companies as well.

After three wonderful years in Dusseldorf, I’ve been lucky to be close to my little kids, and enjoy every piece of their growth milestones. Living abroad makes you rethink your life, your expectations, and your dreams. It’s a twist in your life that really not many people have the privilege to experience. Now my kids are in kindergarten and my own time is back!.

I was given the chance to join this wonderful network where I felt part of it from the very first day. I strongly believe in the richness of shared experiences under a multicultural environment, and the power of collaboration between women. This is why I joined the International Woman in Business Düsseldorf, and embraced the great opportunity to become an active member and help grow this wonderful Network.

What made 2018 a great year for us

January 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

We hope you are having a great start in 2019. On our side, we are planning our activities for 2019 and want to share with you a small review of what 2018 was like:

– We held 14 events including meetups, training, presentations, etc.

– Some of our events were conducted by external speakers:

Kören Beck Tomilson held a knitting workshop where she talked to us about the benefits of knitting to exercise both hemispheres of the brain.
Two speakers from Deloitte gave us some guidelines about how taxes in Germany work for self-employment.
We had a seminar about how to find a job in Germany held by Tali Lichtenfeld.
Carlos Morales introduced us to the Lean Startup methodology.

– 2 big events had 60 attendees. There was a speed dating event at the start of the year where our members introduced themselves to people they didn’t know before and created new connections. And we had our Members’ Showcase with 14 speakers from our group.

– After a year as an informal group, we launched our website, new logo and business cards.

– Our mailing list went from an Excel spreadsheet with 64 contacts to a 130 subscribers mailing list that is continuously growing.

– We expanded widely outside the International School of Düsseldorf borders.

– We did a TEDx Talk talking about what’s next question that follows the expat life.

We want to keep up our hard work during 2019, growing bigger and therefore increasing the networking opportunities for the women in this group. Thank you for being there!

Please share your opinions and suggestions on the comments section. We really appreciate your feedback!

Participation in TEDx Event

June 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

On May 28th 2018, the International School of Düsseldorf organized a TEDx event. At this event, two members of our leadership team had the opportunity to talk about the profile of the expat spouse and focused on the challenges that women face when trying to have a career while following their partner on an expat assignment.

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