{"id":28055,"date":"2021-11-18T07:23:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T06:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/?p=28055"},"modified":"2021-11-18T12:24:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:24:30","slug":"meet-fs-women-in-business-a-platform-to-connect-network-learn-and-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/meet-fs-women-in-business-a-platform-to-connect-network-learn-and-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"FS Women in Business \u2013 a platform to connect, network, learn, and grow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like many of you, I had already informed myself before my first semester what student initiatives FS has to offer, and one clearly caught my eye: Women in Business<\/a>. Without further ado, I took part in the kick-off event and signed up for the list of participants without knowing how much enrichment and fun this would bring me.<\/p>\n

Women in Business\u00a0was founded by two\u00a0female students\u00a0who wanted to offer a space for women at FS to support one another rather than elbow each other out.\u00a0The initiative\u2019s\u00a0vision is not only to create a safe space, but also to provide\u00a0its\u00a0members with the resources needed to build and grow their network, knowledge, and skills\u00a0to\u00a0successfully pursue a career in business.\u00a0We started off with eight members.\u00a0Now, we\u2019re about 30 times the size.<\/p>\n

Who is Women in Business for?<\/h2>\n

Women in Business has a clear policy that everyone can join. That means, we are not a women-only network; our diverse allies are more than welcome to join and support us.<\/p>\n

We distinguish between passive and active members.\u00a0The\u00a0initiative mainly consists of passive members, who support Women\u00a0in\u00a0Business through their positivity and contribution\u00a0within the network as well as\u00a0during events.\u00a0Active members, however,\u00a0are students who actively help in one of our departments.\u00a0This\u00a0brings me to\u00a0my\u00a0next\u00a0point: the Women\u00a0in\u00a0Business Board.<\/p>\n

We have established this system relatively recently due to the strong increase\u00a0in members.\u00a0This gives us the chance\u00a0to\u00a0introduce a distribution of\u00a0tasks\u00a0and to move the initiative forward in the best possible way. The\u00a0board consists of\u00a0eight members: our\u00a0two\u00a0initiative\u00a0heads and the six department heads for Internal Affairs, External Relations, HR,\u00a0Social Media, Social Events, and Mentorship.\u00a0After all, eight heads are more creative and innovative than two, right?<\/p>\n

The foundation of Women in Business<\/h2>\n

Women in Business\u00a0is\u00a0based on several pillars. First and foremost, we are a network of and for female students, who make up the minority of students at FS.\u00a0Just recently, we launched our Learning Hub where we post articles\u00a0and\u00a0books\u00a0that might interest our members.<\/p>\n

And now for the biggest pillar,\u00a0events, of which we have three different types\u00a0at Women in Business: internal events that\u00a0are only for\u00a0WiB\u00a0members, events with other initiatives, such as FS\u00a0EcoPol\u00a0or\u00a0the\u00a0Business Forum, and external events with corporate partners.<\/p>\n

The effect of the pandemic<\/h2>\n

Of course, we are not immune to the pandemic. Since our picnic last summer, we haven\u2019t been able to meet in person. Nevertheless, we offer many non-contact alternatives for our members. For example, our social events team organizes a monthly Wine-Down, where our members can relax together with a glass of wine over Zoom to end the evening. Our collaborations with partners outside of FS do not suffer from Covid-19 either; quite the opposite: the pandemic gave us the opportunity to look beyond our own horizons and enter into partnerships with companies in other German cities or even other women’s initiatives from countries like Portugal or the UK. In the last semester, we organized a variety of events: from women round tables, over networking events with investment bankers, to online training about virtual presence.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it from my end. I hope I could inspire some of you. And maybe there\u2019s also one or the other future WiB member among you, who knows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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