W2W Leadership Initiative Updates

W2W Recap: The latest on WILMA’s Women to Watch Leadership Initiative and its mission to help develop more women leaders in our area.

• LEADERSHIP ACCELERATOR: WILMA’s annual leadership conference took place in July at the Wilmington Convention Center. The sold-out, half-day event (shown above) brought together about 400 people to hear workshops on strategy building, telling your story, personal branding, and small business advice. Keynote speakers shared lessons learned from their varied backgrounds and stories.
• LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: This year’s WILMA’s Leadership Institute class continued to meet for monthly skills training on topics including leading in multigenerational workplaces and leading with resilience. Learn more about the forty-eight women in this year’s cohort at wilmamag.com/leadership-institute-class.
• WILMA NETWORK: The WILMA Network, made up of supporting members of the Leadership Initiative, holds monthly meetups such as networking time at Tequila’s Waterfront and Boombalatti’s or active outings such as a golf clinic at First Tee of Greater Wilmington.
• IN THE LOOP: Keep up to date with these and other Leadership Initiative programs as well as application announcements by going to WILMAmag.com or signing up for the WILMA Leadership email at WILMAmag.com/email-newsletter.

W2W UP NEXT:

• WOMEN TO WATCH AWARDS: This year’s awards event is September 6 at the Wilmington Convention Center. Winners in the categories of Arts, Business, Education, Health, Nonprofit/Volunteer, Public Sector, and Rising Star will be announced. Look for more on the finalists here.
• MENTORING: As a part of WILMA’s mentoring program, up-and-coming women in the community are matched with women and men mentors to assist with their leadership development. Participation in the program is limited to those who participated in a W2W program in the past year, and the mentorship will run from October 2024 to September 2025.
• ADVISORY BOARD: WILMA’s advisory board, which meets quarterly to share ideas about the leadership programs and serves as a judging panel for WILMA’s annual awards, meets to discuss the initiative’s updates and look ahead to 2025’s offerings.

To view more of photographer Aris Harding’s work, go to arisharding.com.

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