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 Women Leadership Forum 2011
Optimize Your Effectiveness Saturday, January 29th Computer History Museum, Mountain View 
Building on the success of previous years, OPEN Silicon Valley presents OPEN Women Leadership Forum 2011. The inspirational theme this year is to ‘Optimize Your Effectiveness’. Through the call to action by the Keynote speaker to the thought provoking advise of our panelists we will learn how to fully maximize our resources and achieve peak performance in our professional and personal lives. Come and be empowered to develop skills to survive and thrive in a post recessionary environment, leverage your strengths and effectively position yourself for success in your professional and personal lives. "The Women OPEN conference invites women leaders of the highest caliber from all walks of life. I personally consult one of them regularly for professional and personal advice." - Betty Tsai, Global Product Marketing Manager, Siemens Medical Solutions MORNING KEYNOTE - Marilyn King "Living Like an Olympian" 
| How to Perform at Your Best — Every Day No Matter WhatIn this dynamic, fact-filled, and entertaining keynote program, two-time Olympian Marilyn King reveals the secrets of exceptional human performance.
Featured in the new book, Enlightened lightened Power - How Women are Transforming the Practice of Leadership, Marilyn's influence reaches beyond sports into areas of business, leadership development and exceptional human performance. Marilyn was already a two-time Olympian when a devastating automobile accident left her unable to train physically for her third Olympic team. Using only mental training she placed second in the demanding 5-event pentathlon at the 1980 Olympic Trials. Ms. King has been one of America’s leading authorities on exceptional human performance. With over twenty five years of extensive research into the secrets of extraordinary accomplishment in sports, business, and education, she delivers powerful, proven, and practical tools that help her audiences release the ‘Olympian’ within themselves. Her common sense approach, unique insights, and inspiring presence deliver lasting results wherever she speaks. |
AFTERNOON KEYNOTE - Mei Lin Fung "Social Network Strategies"
 | How do we use modern social networks to emerge with our full potential to take our place and make our contribution to the world. Together in this session we will explore and examine this question so we can develop answers that work for you in your situation. Mei Lin Fung is an architect for Networked Communities. An early pioneer in the CRM field, she worked with Tom Siebel (Siebel Systems founder) and Marc Benioff (SalesForce founder) at Oracle Corporation. She was the business partner of Douglas Engelbart, the Father of Collaborative Computing and the inventor of the Computer Mouse. She co-founded the Xtreme Internet Conference 2000, Silicon Valley Netmarketmakers 2001, World Library Summit in Singapore 2002, Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative (now SEALNet) 2004, the Program for the Future (2008) and the Institute for Service Organization Excellence (ISOE) 2009, FutureTalk TV Series 2009, TEDxBayArea Salons 2010 and the TEDWomen TEDxBayArea conference 2010. . She is a native of Singapore, is married with one child with an MBA from MIT. |
CONFERENCE PRICINGBring along a guest at 50% off of registration price
| Regular Online Registration | | | Member | $40 | | Non-member | $55 | Student member (Student ID Required at the door)
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| | | | | Onsite Registration | | | Member | $55 | | Non-member | $65 | Student member (Student ID Required at the door)
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AGENDA9:00 AM | Onsite Registration, Breakfast & Networking | 10:00 AM | Welcome Remarks by Saadia Ahmed, Chair OPEN SV Women's Forum | 10:15 AM | Conference Keynote - Marilyn King "Living like an Olympian" | 11:00 AM | Break | 11:15 AM | Panel I - The Art of Being Effective and Authentic Panelists: Jen Shelby, VP Client Services, Astia Marwa Elzankaly, Partner at McManis Faulkner Irum Musharraf, COO, NAYA JEEVAN Saadia Ahmed, Financial Planner Moderator: Barbara Mark, CEO Full Circle Institute | 12:15 PM | Mentorship Lunch | 1:45 PM | Panel II - Getting Back to Work: A Decade and Two Kids Later... Panelists: Shaheen Dayal, Engineering and Business Executive, Intel Cara France, CEO, Sage Consulting Associates Shehnaz Khan, Attorney Sumaira Nabeel, Manager at KPMG Moderator: Aisha Piracha-Zakariya, Founder, AllergyExchange.com | 2:45 PM | Tea Break | 3:00 PM | Afternoon Keynote - Mei Lin Fung, Chairman ISOE Inc. Social Media | 3:50 PM
| Concluding Remarks - Naeem Zafar, President OPEN SV |
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Community News
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Three pairs of entrepreneurs recalled stories of how they co-founded their respective companies in front of a sold-out audience in Santa Clara on the evening of Wednesday December 8, 2010. With over 160 attendees, there was only standing room available at the historic first ever collaborative event between OPEN SV and TiE SV. The co-founders of Kno, D5, and Ankeena, displayed tremendous solidarity with their founding partners as they dodged several awkward questions from the crowd. Clearly, they formed their companies on the basis of solid trust coupled with sharp business acumen. In an admirable attempt to inject critical thinking into the discussion, OPEN SV President Naeem Zafar tried his best to dispel the notion that starting a company with a friend could work as well as it had for the panelists, but the latter were steadfast in their loyalty to each other.
The key takeaway for the evening was that not every friend has the potential of being a good business partner. Ankeena co-founder Rajan Raghavan made a telling point by stating that a CEO can cause more damage to the company by failing to fire his or her friend (if necessary), who may have even co-founded the company, than by keeping him or her. |
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Opensiliconvally
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OPEN is a voluntary, not-for-profit, inclusive organization, focused primarily on the promotion of entrepreneurship and business leadership in the Pakistani-American community. OPEN Silicon Valley community is several thousand-strong, and includes corporate professionals, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and banking professionals, social leaders, academics and students. OPEN Silicon Valley promotes entrepreneurship through regular mentorship and networking initiatives. Given the valley's leadership in technology and entrepreneurship, OPEN Silicon Valley has championed significant global initiatives, including supporting entrepreneurship and the technology sector in Pakistan. |
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Membership
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Ever had a question about start up's or needed advice on career growth? OPEN 'Ask an Expert' is a free service bringing together industry and domain experts together with professionals or entrepreneurs looking for expert advice. Members can request sessions with experts for career guidance, mentorship, resume critiques, and startup advice. This service is open to all current members. To become an OPEN member, please sign-up. All 'Ask an Expert' sessions are held at the OPEN SV office at 440 N. Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA [Map]. To request an expert, click here If you are a P@SHA , Paksef , or IOPWE member from Pakistan please click here . |
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Membership
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OPEN Silicon Valley's new website offers rich community features. Yes, we know you have connections via LinkedIn or Facebook. But OPEN offers a unique affinity with the community. By developing your connections, you will do YOUR bit in furthering a vibrant ecosystem of Pakistani American entrepreneurs and corporate professionals worldwide. The power of the online community is such that you will not be limited to Silicon Valley in your reach -- and impact! Create your profile now |
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