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CHAPTER EVENTS
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Transitioning
March 15, 2018
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Signature Program:
On Resilience
Saturday,
March 17, 2018
Conversation Series: Increasing Personal Resilience
Thursday evenings March 29; April 5, 12, 19, 26; May 3, 10
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Tudor Place,
Saturday,
April 21, 2018
Make sure to check out
Events Calendar
to see what's coming up.
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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs)
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Find complete list of Special Interest Groups and let us know ideas for new groups.
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STAYING CONNECTED
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From the Leadership Committee
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We
're off and running with lots of activity this season! On February 10, a lively group met with Cyndy Porter to talk about Transition from the Inside Out. Cyndy recounted her own transition from corporate executive to personal style consultant and then did a fun and fascinating exercise
with us
on perception. We talked about clothing shapes and colors, and watched in amazement as the '
models
' among us lit up when they sported just the right shapes and hues from Cyndy's rainbow array of textiles. It was a fascinating morning!
For those who would like to take a deeper dive into evolving their own personal style with Cyndy, she is offering a three-hour, small-group workshop for TTN members on March 15.
Click here
for more information.
Our next Rewiring evening, facilitated by Mara Mayor, is scheduled for March 7. For many women, this valuable, low-key, and free-wheeling discussion has served as
a
wonderful introduction to TTN. Whether you are new or returning, Rewiring always generates useful ideas and resources.
Next up is our March 17 workshop,
On Resilience
, led by Barbara Beizer and Nancy Reller. They'll follow this amazing session with a series of facilitated conversations
to dig deeper into personal
aspects of resilience. Those who participated in last year's conversations had nothing but rave reviews. See below for the details.
We
've added two Spotlight on DC programs to our spring roster! Join other TTN women at the National Museum of Women in the Arts on March 28 for a guided tour of their upcoming exhibition, Women House - a sequel to Judy Chicago's famous
Womanhouse
(1972) project that highlighted the home as a feminist space. On April 21, trace the roles of women in DC over two centuries during our private tour of Tudor Place, an 18th-century estate and gardens in the heart of Georgetown.
Rounding out the spring season is our program, Financial Fitness for Women, on Saturday, May 5. A group of financial experts, including TTN's Beth Larson, will address topics including staying invested throughout market cycles, social security, helping family members financially, philanthropy, and changes to the tax codes. Mark your calendars now - we'll alert you when this session is open for registration.
All best wishes to you as the first hints of spring emerge! We hope to see you soon at a TTN-DC program.
Barbara Beizer
Peggy Conner
Debbie Eshelman
Janice Fitzgibbon
Amy Kotkin
Jaleh Moslehi
Nancy Reller
Monica Schaeffer
P.S. Our next leadership meeting will be held on Saturday, April 14 from 9:30-12:30 in northern Virginia. Would you like to join us? We'd be thrilled to hear about your ideas for TTN programming,
membership, communication and other chapter functions
. Please contact Amy Kotkin for directions and details at:
akotkin@comcast.net
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If you missed the first Transitioning Your Style event,
you can sign up for a workshop in March! Details are below.
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Dining for Women Organizational Meeting
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Saturday, March 3
10-11:30 a.m.
3015 Ordway St. NW
Washington, DC
Would you like to be part of a TTN effort to dine together periodically and both learn about and contribute to projects that benefit women and girls worldwide? Then join us to start a TTN chapter of Dining for Women, a global giving circle that funds grassroots organizations empowering women and girls and promoting gender equity. New chapters are easy and fun to start. Local DFW member Lynn O'Connell with meet with us and teach us how! Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Learn more about Dining for Women at https://diningforwomen.org/
For details and registration, click
here.
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Wednesday, March 7
7-9 p.m.
5607 Cromwell Drive,
Bethesda, MD
The focus of "Re-wiring" is on figuring out "what's next," both opportunities and obstacles as we navigate the years after fifty. Some women are looking for new employment opportunities, some for volunteer opportunities, and some are just exploring. We will agree on a focus for the conversation when we meet. We meet periodically and the people who come are never quite the same. Some come once, some repeatedly, and others skip a while and then return. A light dinner is served.
For details and registration, click
here.
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Transitioning Your Style Workshop
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Thursday, March 15
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
889 Chinquapin Road, McLean, VA
Personal stylist Cyndy Porter, author of Success thru Style, leads this lively and informative small group workshop, including:
- Personal Branding Advice and Style Critiques. Honest and kind feedback on your current style including what you are communicating and how it can be improved.
- Fun, interactive activities. Learn how to dress with intention, turning heads and gaining the attention you deserve.
- Own Your Style. Discover the tricks and techniques to dress your unique body shape so you always look your personal best, whether you want to look leaner, taller or curvier.
- Color Theory and Analysis. Learn what family of colors are right for you, including those that make you look happier, more alert, more alive, more sophisticated and more youthful.This workshop requires a minimum of 6 participants. Note that it will also be offered on Saturday, April 28.
For details and registration, click
here.
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Signature Program: On Resilience
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Introductory Workshop
Saturday, March 17
9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (lunch included)
Iona House
4125 Albemarle St NW
Washington, DC
Did you know that people who regularly practice physical, mental, emotional and social resilience live on average 10 years longer than everyone else?
On Resilience is designed by and for TTN women and professionally facilitated by Nancy Reller, Communications Consultant and Barbara Beizer, Leadership & Transition Coach.
Here's what last year's participants had to say:
- The resilience workshop and conversations helped me to focus and acknowledge what's important and gave me the skills that help me to balance my life.
- I was surprised by my strengths and it gave me lots to think about.
- I feel more in control and able to make good decisions about how I want to spend my time.
- The combination of left and right brain activities was very effective for me.
- This Series way exceeded my expectations!
Note: You must attend the introductory workshop in order to register for and attend the upcoming Conversation Series.
For details and registration, click
here.
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Saturday, March 28
11-12 noon
National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW Washington, DC
Take a private tour of Women House,
a
n exhibition of works
by 36 global female artists that
challenges conventional ideas about gender and the domestic space.
The exhibition is inspired by the landmark project Womanhouse
, developed in 1972 by
Judy Chicago
and
Miriam Schapiro
. With works that disrupted traditional ideas about the home as a feminine realm, Womanhouse
was the first female-centered art installation to appear in the Western world. In the new exhibition,Women House
, women artists from the 1960s
to today examine the persistence of stereotypes about the house as a feminine space.
For details and registration, click
here.
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Save the Date! Conversation Series:
Increasing Personal Resilience
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Thursday evenings March 29, April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10
6:30-9:00 p.m.
4025 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC
In a series of structured small group conversations, exercises, and assessments, you will discover your how you can expand your repertoire of healthy practices to move beyond the limits of your default behaviors. Each session provides resources and reflections designed to encourage broader and deeper exploration of your resilience potential.
Note: You must attend the introductory workshop in order to register for and attend this Conversation Series.
Registration (for those who attended the March 17 Workshop) will open up on February 20th. For information, click
here.
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Saturday, April 21
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1644 31st St. NW Washington, DC
Discover one of Georgetown's hidden gems on a private tour highlighting the women who lived in this early 18th-century estate over two centuries. Learn about founder Martha Custis Peter, devoted granddaughter of Martha Washington, a widowed single mother who ran the estate during wartime, and an enslaved servant who lived in her own home. See splendid collections including many artifacts bought from the Washingtons' estate. After the tour, take a self-gided walk through Tudor Place's exquisite gardens.
For details and registration, click
here.
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Book Groups
We are looking for members who want to join together form new book groups in DC, VA or MD areas. If you are interested, please email Barbara Beizer,
b2beizer@gmail.com
 Transition Peer Groups (TPG)
Small groups dedicated to monthly meetings of conversations about their transition experiences. Initial meetings are set up and facilitated by professional TTN member, then become self-generating with structure determined by the group. If you are interested in being in a TPG, email Barbara Beizer at
b2beizer@gmail.com
. Groups form when there are 5 or more members in a geographically convenient area.
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Connections here, there and everywhere!
Do you know the DC Chapter has a list serve? We do! As another way to connect with each other, we share ideas, books, articles and sometimes we get together around an event - TTN related or not. We ask each other for advice or a referral , for the best formulae to grow a garden, or for our tried and true tools about leadership. Sometimes we talk about transition, sometimes it's about other parts of our life. It's whatever we make it and you can be a part of it!
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