Annual General Meeting 2021
The AGM was held on the 9th December 2021 at 8pm. We discussed the 2021 budget to date; the 2022 budget and the membership fees for 2022. The membership unanimously agreed to reduce the membership fee to €100 per year The membership unanimously agreed to reduce the membership fee after September 2022 to €50 The …
Rock Your Profile on LinkedIn Review
We had the amazing Victoria Effer speak to us this week about How to Rock Your Linkedin Profile. It was a really interesting presentation and there were a lot of top tips for us to consider. We began with 4 Myths about LinkedIn: Myth 1 – LinkedIn is just an online resume platform? Not true …
Update from St. George’s
Today we went to St. George’s school to present to their parents about iwibdus. Here’s the report back from Karrie Bishop and Bridget Fields. Thank you for presenting! I think we had about 18 women attend; a mix between military spouses with significant career gaps, expat wives who are on hiatus from their careers for …
Informal Networking Online
We had a great networking event on the evening of 28th Oct. It was held on line and I am impressed how the events team have perfected the technology so that women can move between virtual breakout groups . They meet new women , share tips about life in Dusseldorf and Germany in general and …
LinkedIn Learning Partnership
The LinkedIn Learning Partnership with iwibdus has started! We are delighted to tell you about the new way we can work with LinkedIn and all the news. LinkedIn Learning provides access to more than 5,000 high- quality on-demand courses. And you get personalized course recommendations based on unique, data-driven insights from millions of professionals on …
Karneval with iwibdus 2021
HELAU DÜSSELDORF! Helau is the way to usually greet and lift the spirit during the fifth season in Düsseldorf. Carnival in the Rheinland (North Rhine area) is called the Fifth season. Main events are in Düsseldorf, Cologne and Mainz, but many cities and even parts of the cities have their own celebrations and parades. Carnival …
Uncover your Word of the Year Workshop Review
We usually start the year with a huge commitment list, sometimes it’s a bit unrealistic to say the truth! But it can be very promising, after all, New Year has come! But since it is a new year, we decided to shake things a bit in 2021. We invited Anna Seidl, from Global Mobility Trainer, …
Extraordinary General Meeting Review: Thursday 28th January at 19.30PM
Katy Kennedy (chair) welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming. We had one agenda item to consider. The Board proposed to reduce the membership fee for 2021 from €150 to €100. This is due to several reasons: 1. We have reduced costs as the ongoing COVD restrictions mean we are not hosting live events.2. We …
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Inclusion Training
The Board received inclusion training from one of our volunteers this week. Alison Hubbard is an expert on inclusions training from the US. She has lived in Düsseldorf for 4 years has become a recent members of the iwibdus. We love women sharing their talents so we asked Ali to tell us more about inclusion …
Welcome to our new Leadership Team member
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 …
What made 2018 a great year for us
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 …
Participation in TEDx Event
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 …