Gulf Coast NENA 2019 Empowering the Wonder Women of 911 October - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Gulf Coast NENA 2019 Empowering the Wonder Women of 911 October 15, 2019 Sara Weston, PMP , ENP Senior Project Consultant, 911 Authority, LLC

Agenda  Why Women Empowerment in our Industry?  Introduction of Panel  Resources for Women – Establishing a Community  Discussion Topics “You can always tell who the strong women are. They are the ones you see building each other up, instead of tearing each other down” - Anonymous

Panel of 911 Wonder Women  Leah Missildine, MPA, ENP , Wonder Woman  Evelyn Causey, Wonder Woman

911 Wonder Women Panel  When and how did you get started in your career?  How did you get to where you are at now?  Was there a pivotal moment in your career that catapulted you to where you are today?  What specific challenges have you faced in your career and how did you overcome them?

Establishing a Community  Facebook Group - 911derWomen  A resource for women in public safety  Support  Empowerment  Within the Trenches Podcast #277

Establishing a Community  NENA’s Women in 911 Alliance (WIN)  NENA’s Wellness Committee

NENA’s Women in 9-1-1 Alliance (WIN) NENA’s new WIN initiative  Offering leadership  development, education, networking, and mentoring opportunities Free webinars to NENA  members Next one will be  Thursday, December 12 at noon central Scholarship opportunity 

Establishing a Community  What kind of support/resources would you like to see?  What types of things can we do at conferences?  Sessions?  Meet-ups?  Yoga

Introduction of Topics  Mentorship  Self-confidence  Lies we are told  Establishing a community  Doing hard things  Goals, celebrating victories and learning from failure  What’s next?

Mentorship “Follow in my wake; there’s not as much at stake for we have plowed the seas and smoothed the troubled waters.” -Jimmy Buffett

Confidence “Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” – G.D. Anderson

Lies We Are Told (unrealistic expectations)  Some women have it all  She has everything together  You can be the best: wife/mother/sister/daughter/worker/cook/fitness professional….  Why do we do this to ourselves?

Doing Hard Things “If you’re gong to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning” ~ Mark Twain

Goals, Celebrating Victories, Learning From Failure

What’s Next?  What would you like to see?  What can we offer?  Ideas moving forward

Questions?