2024 will be an exciting year for Women Innovating Together, Inc. (WITfm) Events! – Once again the annual Claris conferences are in-person. Some quick notes and links:
Claris Engage 2024 in Austin Texas – Registration is nearing capacity, but there still openings in the Training session (06 FEB 2024), before the Keynote and sessions (07-08 FEB 2024). this link gets you more information on Accommodations, Conference location, Sessions & Speakers, along with transportation between the Conference and the accommodations.
• Our WITfm Engage Booth – The conference event is in-person once again and WITfm will have a booth, so come by and chat with us. The “booth” is really a small room with a video display and whiteboard.
Our Event Booth Lead is planning some great ideas! If you would like to assist with the planning, contact booth at witfm dot org.
Where: San Jose Island
When: Wed., FEB 7, 8am-5pm & Thu., FEB 8, 8am-4pm (we will be open during lunch breaks)
• 2024 WITfm/Engage Chocolate Party – Open to all attendees, this link gives you details for where and when. Location (on-site) McKinney Falls Park, Level 4, When: Wed. FEB 7, 4:15pm- (before last shuttles). We also plan to have a “virtual option” for those who cannot attend. Details will be in the linked page.
• WITfm Scholarships & Claris Engage 2024 – We will have two attendees at Claris Engage 2024, from the past years’ winners when there was no conference! In addition, earlier this year (2023) we awarded 3 smaller Scholarships (1/2 conference registration) to be used at Engage or other trainings & events. This was for our members and Quarterly Connection attendees, chosen by random draw.
Our Scholarships initiative will be starting a new process for the next years conference. All Donations are used for WITfm Scholarships!
• 2024 WITfm/Engage Speakers – Once again we are delighted to see many of our speakers are WITfm members (or associated)!
• Things to do while in Austin! – This excellent article by our WITfm Booth Lead (and one of this year’s speakers!) will give you some great ideas: Unlock the Best of Austin: 8 Insider Tips to Maximize Your Claris Engage 2024 Experience. Thank you Kate!
WITfm Quarterly Connections – WITfm has quarterly meetings, called WITfm Public Quarterly Connection Meetings, generally around our fiscal year: October, January, April, and July (or June). These meetings are open to the public. If there is an Engage, then we meet there as one of these meetings. During the meetings we update the public of changes in Leadership, Scholarships awards, Events (ours and others) and other aspects of WITfm. We may just have a chat (in breakout rooms) or plenty of time for Q & A about us!
Recordings are made and posted for our members who cannot attend, along with the PDF of the slides, shortly after the meeting. Meetings are typically held the last Tuesday of the month (12 noon, ET, but may be alternated time). Meeting dates and registration links are posted to our calendar.
Planned Schedule for 2024:
• Q2: at Claris Engage (the first 10-15 minutes of the Chocolate party), Live and Virtual
• Q3: TBD (typically April, the last Tuesday is the 30th APR)
• Q4: TBD (typically July, the last Tuesday is the 25th JUL)
• Q1: New fiscal year, TBD (typically October, the last Tuesday is 29th OCT)
Virtual Meetups for 2024 – We hold Virtual Meetups for our members, but many are open to the public and will be posted to our calendar with registration links. Here we may just chat or have specific topics to discuss. We also provide a place to practice speaking for our members or invite others to present. Times are Eastern US:
• Thursday, January 11, 2024 – 7:00 PM
• Thursday, February 15, 2024 – 7:00 PM
• Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – 12:00 PM
• more will be planned for 2024 (see our calendar)
If you would like to present or attend, let us know!
PAUSE (formerly Pause on Error) – While PAUSE is not directly associated with WITfm, many of our members have been or are involved with all aspects of this event. WITfm even sponsored the event one year. We support them for the wonderful people they are. Pause will also have a booth at Claris Engage 2024!
We would love to get your feedback on events, topics, and content you would like to see and be a part of, please reach out to Events [at] WITfm [dot] org with your suggestions and to get involved!