Why Would I Choose You? Using LinkedIn to Elevate Your Brand

October 10, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST | VIRTUAL

Why Would I Choose You? Using LinkedIn to Elevate Your Brand

with Dr. Elisse W. Barnes, JD, PhD - Your LinkedN Driving Instructor

Your personal brand is what sets you apart from others that do what you do. It makes you more visible, hirable, and likable than others with similar qualifications. According to career experts, if you’re in the running for a new job or business opportunity, you will be Googled and what Google finds is your online digital personal brand. This presentation focuses on how to create a consistent, professional, attractive, and authentic personal brand message on LinkedIn and the strategies to elevate your digital personal brand for your career and entrepreneurship.

Elisse Wright Barnes, JD, PhD, Your LinkedN Driving Instructor, is a LinkedIn trainer, communications strategist, and workforce educator teaching adults 45 and better to harness the power of LinkedIn for their job search, career transition, entrepreneurship, and nonprofit leadership. Dr. Barnes provides LinkedIn training in partnership with public library systems in Maryland and New York, workforce and business development organizations and graduate school and alumni programs throughout the United States. Dr. Barnes also facilitates and provides LinkedIn training for the Jewish Council for the Aging’s Career Gateway, a career development course for jobseekers aged 50 and better and partners with nonprofit organizations like The Nonprofit Village in Montgomery County (MD)and Nonprofit Westchester (NY) to teach nonprofit leaders to use LinkedIn for effective donor research and management as well as potential board member recruitment and engagement.

Dr. Barnes has provided LinkedIn training to both jobseekers and entrepreneurs at Montgomery College’s Business Training Center, AARP’s Back to Work 50+ club, the Jewish Council for the Aging’s CareerTech program, A Wider Circle’s Professional Development program, the Baltimore Jobhunters Support Group, the Maryland Women’s Business Center, eWomen Network, the New Jersey Career Network, 40Plus of DC, and Awesome Women Entrepreneurs; and to undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni at the Ohio State University, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, Clark Atlanta University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She is a member of the MD Black Chamber of Commerce, the Montgomery County Small Business Association, the International Association of Workforce Professionals, and the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals.

April 27, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EST | VIRTUAL

Organizing group trips among friends. Touching your toes. Planning for your financial future. Reading the small print at the eye doctor’s office. What do all of those examples have in common? They get more complicated and difficult as we get older and more established in our lives.

While we can’t help you touch your toes please join us for an in-depth discussion on financial wellness and planning with financial expert Elisabeth Dewailly. Over the course of an hour Elisabeth will lead a discussion on financial planning and key aspects to keep in mind as you grow your wealth through investing and/or savings.

Elisabeth Dewailly is a Financial Advisor and partner on an all women multi-generational team at Merrill Lynch. She holds the CFA, CFP®, CSRIC™, and CPFA charters and is a strong proponent of impact investing

This zoom event is free for active members of WCCD and $25.00 for non-members.

Salary Negotiation Master Class

January 31, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST | VIRTUAL

By now we’re all aware of the pay gap that exists between men and women. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, women of color make $0.63 for every dollar their white male counterpart makes. Yes, there are gender biases and opportunity gaps, but there is another reason women aren’t paid their value. Most women don’t ask. There are literally thousands of dollars budgeted by organizations for negotiations.

 Join us for our first event of the year, where Career & Leadership Strategist Melissa Fleury will teach you how to:

• Identify and overcome the fear of negotiating money
• Learn the BEST tools and resources to research salary
• Master how to communicate and ask for more money
• Learn how to overcome objections when negotiating your salary

This zoom event is free for active members of WCCD and $25.00 for non-members.

Annual Meeting & Holiday Mixer

December 6, 2022 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | IN PERSON, Enterprise Office: 10 G Street NE, Washington D.C. 20002, Suite 580

Let's celebrate together! Join the Women of Color in Community Development as we celebrate another successful year. Connect with your fellow WCCD sisters as we learn about WCCD’s accomplishments for 2022 and what is in store for 2023.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible as we kick off this season of holiday festivities together. Complimentary food and beverages will be provided.

This event is free for active members of WCCD, $25.00 for non-members.