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AgileVirgin is preparing this year's biggest #Agility enabling fest for the community - AgilityToday, and the very first offering of this fest is it's annual #Mentorship program that's held together by Women in Agile and Tech. Application forms for Mentors are OPEN NOW, so be the Mentor you always

"Do you remember the last conversation you had with a friend or family member (happy or otherwise) before Covid hit? What were you talking about? And given how we are now, thinking back on that conversation, how does that make you feel?" Our conversations everywhere is dominated by Covid and the

A friend of mine passed along an article that highlighted some big ways in which medical treatments have been tested on men, with the assumption that gender wouldn't matter. In fact, it's been found, that women have responded differently. In some cases, this discrepancy has been a matter of life an

The year 2020 has seen a tremendous boom in fitness Apps world over! With gyms and fitness clubs shut down, no outings or outdoor activities of any kind and the work from home in full force, staying fit and sane is a Herculean task! This is even more so for women. WFH has increased the workload

In response to @Windy City Girl's post about celebrating holidays in this most unusual year of our lifetimes, I give you the holiday experience of two of your own qvwomen. November is the month of Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. A celebration with fun and festivities with family and friend

This is something bugging me for a long time. How can we support small scale women entrepreneurs, people who do business from home - like, say, artificial flowers or making cupcakes or something like that? Or say jewelry making or selling from their home? I am not just talking about how they can s

I found this website purely by chance and this looked like a good place to share it.... It lists wacky and fund holidays for almost every day of the week...some are fun (Apr 20, Look Alike Day), some inspirational (Jan 13 Make Your Dreams Come True Day) and some plain hilarious (Sept 5 Be Late for

I am finding it annoying when people, my own people, my own friends do no social distance. I mean, cases are still going up and poeple are dying, but it is as if my friends have decided that these rules do not apply to them! And then, the BBC, instead of giving ideas, actually has published a whole

In an online class, at the end, the teacher was giving tips for better understanding One of the students said “this particular concept is difficult for me to learn, I have gone through it thrice”. The teacher replied, “read it loud to yourself, you will get it”. “The read it aloud “tip intrigued me

In Season 2 of my podcast, Carpe Diem Connections, I'm going to be doing a deep dive into finding joy.  I've become enamored with Ingrid Fetell Lee and her recent Joy Makeover workshop. She offers a workbook and a very interesting set of interviews, digging deeper with topics about things such as ho

There is so much talk here in the US about the holiday season, whether to travel or not, whether to trust Covid tests or not...how crushing it will be not see family this year and so on. Makes me wonder about two things - 1) What would happen if we didn't see our loved ones for one holiday season

Many times, music is like a bookmark in time for me- I'll hear a song I used to frequently listen to and will instantly be able to recall a memory from that time.

During my travel to Madhya pradesh, I happened to visit this beautiful small town Maheshwar little did I realise that this place will fascinate me not just with its picturesque ghats along river Narmada and its famous Maheshwari sarees but I will also carry an inspiring and heart touching story of q

I have been leading innovation capacity building sessions for nonprofits for over a year now. It occurred to me I could share some of those details here... An article / report I like to spring board off is the one by the Bridgespan group - https://www.bridgespan.org/insights/library/strategy-develo

I'm just passing along something I got in my inbox today since it's pertinent to the advancement of women in the workplace. I haven't tried this service myself so can't vouch for it one way or the other, but thought I'd pass it along: The email reads: Hi Yvette, I'd like to personally invite yo

Are you ready to live your best life? Using proven philosophies and methods, this four-week class will share an Agile approach to happiness, living a fulfilling life, deepening relationships and accomplishing your dreams. This set of seminars, along with the exercises, will help you gain the skills

I subscribe to a variety of uplifting blogs and newsletters. Every morning, I read through these and start my day in a good mood. This morning I read this article from Happify about women supporting women using mastermind groups. The article described the excitement Miss Nigeria had for her frien

This has been around for a long long time...various women leaders have discussed this, women writers have written about it...The statistics remain very discouraging. Despite having almost two or three generations of women who have been working full time, women in decision making positions and leader

We have been reading (and discussing here on QVW) a lot about how the Covid pandemic has disproportionately affected women in a negative way (see our blog post on work-life balance and another forum post on suicides). The role of women in fighting the pandemic as healthcare providers and first respo

Personally, I love them! I'm always so motivated on January first, especially to eat more healthfully. I think a big reason for that is because I take a break from healthy eating during the last couple of weeks of the year, enjoying the holiday season, but after OD'ing on fatty foods and rich treats

QV Woman is built for women to discuss issues, good and bad. As much as we'd all like to talk only about uplifting things and positive things, there are some not very pleasant either. And here is one. But this was something worth flagging. That women are primary caregivers for children and older peo

Hello, I just signed up on this website, it looks very interesting. I love the simple idea of this platform, to share articles and books and generally raise our intellectual levels (Love the intellectual lounge btw. That is how I found the website, I was searching for interesting lounge chairs and

The post by @vibgyor71 on #readitoutloud inspired me to write this. I wanted to use the word "foreign" and wrote foriegn. Of course it gave a red squiggly below. So I recited the rhyme - "I before E except after C"... and realized the rhyme not only did not hold good here, there were plenty anomalie

Here's an interesting article I read this morning about how the Oxford dictionary is updating outdated and sexist definitions of the word, 'woman.' I'm fascinated by words and connotations and how they shape our thinking.

I've avoided posting anything about politics on social media because it can be so divisive. It's been a stressful week of waiting with so much at stake. For me, it's a time for celebration and relief, but I know for millions, it's a time of anger, fear or sadness. My family of origin are Republic

For instance, Blake Crouch's book Dark Matter is one that has completely changed my perspective on certain aspects of reality.

In these COVID-19 times, we are on our devices for interactions at work, socializing and fun. What is your favorite way to listen in and talk?

Aparna Saligrama, the creator of this network, is a great role model for us all! It was fun to have the chance to interview Aparna Saligrama on my podcast and feature this great network on my blog today: http://www.carpediemday.com/aparna-saligrama-quiet-value-woman/

At the school playground a parent was impressed at my kindergartner tying her own shoe laces. She asked if my daughter could teach her son, which as you can imagine, my daughter was thrilled to show off and help. She asked not because kids learn better from other kids, or he would be more motivated

I'm starting this thread to know the answer to the question above. Do we know what word wide numbers of women in fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is? Can we get some sense of numbers, percent and scale here? It could be global, or pertaining to your country, we'd like to se