WIA: Meet-Ups Archive
Virtual Meet-up Topics and Links
AHTD's WIA meets online regularly to Empower, Inspire, Educate, and Advocate. For reference, below are the topics and resource links from past Virtual Meet-ups.
2025 Virtual meet-ups | EMPOWERING our Women in Automation Series
January 16, 2025
PART 1 - New Year, New YOU! Goal Setting & Creating Your Personal Brand- The #1 Reason You Should Set Unrealistic Goals– a short and inspiring video by Felecia Hatcher.
- Why You Should Stop Setting Goals - a Ted Talk video with Emmanual Acho
- Living Intentionally and Purposefully by Setting Goals for the New Year (and staying motivated/accountable) – a video by Ruzanna Hernandez
- Keep the Brand in YOUR Hands – video by Marcos Salazar
2024 Virtual meet-ups
November
Resilience
- Check out this powerful video in which Lucy Hone discusses her insights as a psychologist and survivor in the 3 secrets of resilient people.
- We have also found this quick article giving some perspective on why our children are increasingly less able to handle the routine hardships of life: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/inviting-monkey-tea/202209/whats-happened-emotional-resilience
- And here is one other article that talks about how resiliency skills affect our office dynamics: https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/inclusion-diversity/the-least-resilient-demographic-alive
June
Best Advice Given or Received
The following are commencement speeches shared for inspiration.
- Kristen Bell - USC School of Dramatic Arts Undergraduate Commencement Address 2019
- Tom Hanks - Harvard Commencement Address 2023
- Taylor Swift - NYU's Commencement Address 2022
February
Encouraging Women in STEM
- Women in STEM: Barriers and How to Foster Success
- Women in STEM Careers More Than Twice as Likely to Leave Workforce
- Is it Really Just Sexism?