Event Recaps
On Friday, December 11, over 80 FEW member secret agents, guests, partners and supporters gathered together at the Pink Cow Roppongi for FEW’s annual Bonenkai! Inspired by the infamous bond movies, the evening provided a truly memorable way to pull the trigger on 2015 and celebrate the 34th year of FEW. You can relive the evening…
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November 2015 FEW Meeting Recap: Presentations Skills for Life – Secrets to Selling Yourself, Your Ideas and Your Business, Thursday November 12 Recap by Katharina von Tschurtschenthaler, FEW Program Director Helen Iwata is a true pro when it comes to selling herself – or a product. She proved her sales skills at the young age of…
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October 2015 FEW Women’s Start-up Club Recap: Recovering From Disaster with Tracery Northcott Recap by Sarah Everitt Furuya, Organizer of Women’s Start-up Club On Tuesday October 27, 22 small business owners and aspiring small business owners and entrepreneurs gathered to hear Tracey Northcott’s story of disaster, resilience, recovery and diversification in her business. Tracey is…
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October 2015 FEW Workshop Recap : “Finding Your Authentic Voice: Telling Your Story Using Timeline, Technology and Talk” with Sarah Furuya Recap by Saya Matsumoto, FEW Member On Monday, October 12, FEW was pleased to welcome trainer, facilitator and coach, Sarah Furuya, to lead a workshop entitled “Finding Your Authentic Voice: Telling Your Story Using…
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October 2015 FEW meeting recap: The Art and Culture of Style and Fashion in Japan – Thursday, October 8, 2015 Recap by Kaisa Ahopelto, FEW Vice President October is the month of Fashion Week Tokyo, Japan’s most famous fashion festival, and at our monthly meeting, we brought together three inspiring ladies – each of them…
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September 10, 2015 FEW Meeting: Cheering Women and Businesses in the Age of Japan’s New Normal Speaker: Ruth Jarman, CEO of Jarman International Recap by Katharina von Tschurtschenthaler, FEW Programs Director “Figure out how not to give up!“ The ability of reading Hiragana brought Ruth Jarman, our speaker at the FEW September monthly meeting, her first…
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July 16, 2015 FEW Meeting: FEW is YOU! Speakers: Megumi Moss, Elizabeth Okada, Dr. Marcy N. Wilder, Faith Yanai Moderators: FEW Japan Program Directors Sabine Becker-Thierry & Katharina von Tschurtschenthaler Networking and leadership skills, business cases and examples are among the main reasons, why YOU attend our monthly FEW meetings – as shown in our…
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FEW Workshop, June 30th Facilitator: Melanie Rayment, Design Strategist and FEW Member Recap by Helen Lewis On a rainy Tuesday evening 17 attendees learned about the concepts and practices used by designers with Melanie Rayment. Despite our different backgrounds – education, services, and NGO’s, we were all curious about design. Melanie began by encouraging us…
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Recap: “The Art of Persuasive Communication” – June 11, 2015 By Sabine Becker-Thierry, FEW Programs Director What do we women value about our own styles of communication? When do we feel most convincing and when less? With these questions Dr. Nancy Snow, professor and current Abe-fellow specializing in media and PR, propaganda and public diplomacy…
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photo: BCCJ Recap: British Chamber of Commerce of Japan (BCCJ) event Generation Gap Japan – June 16, 2015 Moderator: Suzanne Price, CEO at Price Global Panelist: Ken Takai, Business Director in Japan, Hays Panelist: Karyn Twaronite, Global Diversity & Inclusiveness Officer, EY Recap by Saya Matsumoto, FEW Ambassador Millenials as consumers have been a topic and area…
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