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A good and educative article, which I have taken from the connectitnews website and sharing 10 common body language traps for women in the workplace 31 May, 2011 By Mark Cox A female executive was having problems dealing with her male colleagues. "They like me, but they never take me seriously," she complained. "It's as if they think I'm flirting with them. Which I definitely am not!" After watching her interact with various men on the senior management team, I saw the problem. She was trying to discuss work-related issues while using a "social gaze." Here's what I mean . . .. It all depends on where you look If you create an imaginary triangle on someone's face, with their eyes as the base and mid-forehead as the apex, you will have mapped out the "look of business." When you keep your gaze in that area, you non-verbally signal a no-nonsense, business-like approach. But when you invert the triangle and move y

eWIT is conducting its Excellence Award for the fourth consecutive year. Every year, we see the number of registrants increasing and the quality of participation has been outstanding. We look forward to an enthusiastic response this year as well!! .   Dates to save :   Last Date of Registration Friday 28 January 2011   Submission of Written Presentation Monday 21 February 2011   Oral Presentation Saturday 12 March 2011   About eWIT   eWIT was formed with the vision: "To be the preferred forum for exchange of ideas and for pioneering initiatives so as to unleash the potential of women and drive their growth in the IT/ITES industry" with specific objectives of: Expanding the women workforce at all management levels and sustain and flourish Enabling women to tread the career path by equipping them with necessary skills Facilitating women's quest for a better ‘work – life' balance in IT/ITES Sector  Since inception, eWIT has organised various activities

This time I am pasting the invite from the eWIT (empowering Women in IT) regarding the upcoming program on the Women that we want to be part of the IT landscape from the other than metros and rural areas. Greetings! It gives us great pleasure to inform that Empowering Women in IT (eWIT) and Computer Society of India (CSI) are jointly conducting a one day event. We are happy to extend you an invitation! Date: Friday, 24th September 2010 Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Venue: Muthaian Auditorium, Anna University , Chennai Theme : Role of Stakeholders in Increasing the Share and Sustainability of Women from Tier-2, Tier-3 and Rural Areas in IT/ITES Industry This is a FREE event. The seats are limited so we request you to please confirm your participation on or before 22 nd September by replying to this mail. For More Information / Confirmation  email: admin@ewit.co.in Thank you, Sincerely, Vijayalakshmi Rao President – eWIT Director - Scope eknowledge Center , Che

Here is the write up about what was shared by each individual speaker on 13th November at Bangalore IT.BIZ - women in IT track ‘Empowering women in IT’, known as eWIT, a Chennai based IT forum that focuses on women empowerment programs was the brain behind the entire workshop on ‘Women in IT’ track of BangaloreIT.Biz2009. The track focussed on ‘ Sustainability and Success for Women in IT’ as the theme. Ms. Vijayalakshmi Rao, President, eWIT, and Director, Scope e-Knowledge set the stage for the track. She said that given their skill sets and inherent strengths, women have the capability and potential to build successful careers for themselves in the IT industry. To a large extent, there is no gender discrimination in the IT industry. While there is scope to enhance the basic share of women it is sustainability that is crucial and the most important determinant for success. In one of eWIT’s research initiatives, it was found that close to 90% of the companies interviewed had some wome

It it with great pride and joy that we would like to share with our viewers that ‘Women in IT’ track of Bangalore IT.biz which was conducted by eWIT and was a great success in terms of the quality of topics and speakers, the participation and the support that we got from the industry. Mr Askok Kumar Manoli , Principal Secretary to Govt-Dept of IT, BT and S&T, Govt of Karnataka graced the occasion and pledged to offer his government’s support to the cause of eWIT . The launch of the Bangalore Chapter of eWIT with Ms. Sudha Selvarajan , GM Mindtree as the Vice President of this Chapter was also announced on the occasion. We are sure that under Sudha ’s leadership and with the help and unstinting support of Ms. Rajalakshmi , STPI Director-Bangalore, this chapter will be quite successful in the city of software! My next blog will have a brief write up about what was shared during the event by each speaker. Happy reading

Here is an invite for the next program for ewit (empowering women in IT). What a wonderful topic it is. eWIT invites you to a networking event! Date: 30 th September 2009 Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Venue: Benz Park Hotel No. 62, Thirumalaipillai Road, T. Nagar Chennai, Chennai - 600017 Get Directions 044 28159999 Topic : ‘Making Relationships Work' More About The Topic Have you cried at work because your boss was unhappy with your work? Do you feel that your co-workers are hostile towards you? Do you feel respected at work? Are your ideas heard at work place? Do you find that your relationship at home is weakening because you spend a lot of time at work? Do you find it difficult to distinguish and identify when a 'professional relationship' at work starts and when it gets 'personal'? Making Relationships work. Women are extremely good at people skills, especially understanding/empathising with others and even counselling . Yet, they run into various problems and ar

eWIT (Empowering Women in IT) have announced the “ eWIT Excellence Award - 2009”, a Paper Presentation Contest, as an opportunity for the women IT/ ITES professionals engaged in HR, Quality, and Technology to showcase their talent and expertise in their respective areas. There is also a separate contest for the students studying to be in the IT/ ITES industries. The award is presented at eWIT ’s anniversary, to the winner of the competition selected by an eminent panel of judges. The competition includes written and oral presentations on the topics in the various categories. There are two stages in the selection process: 1. The panelists from top executives who are experts on the subject would be evaluating the papers and short listing the participants. 2. The short listed participants will make Oral Presentation to the panelists subsequently. The categories, topics for each category and abstract for each topic is given below: Technology Green IT Quality Role of Quality processes