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What
People Are Saying About JPWN:
Along
with 2 colleagues from BellSouth, I attended an event yesterday
at PoGo (Jewish Professional Womens' Network) organized by
Suellen and Ronni. We were bowled over by how well organized
the program was; that the construct was so well conceived
(they had different color labels on the IDs corresponding
to tables mixing people up; a brief but terrific speaker;
"speed meeting," which was absolutely fabulous)
and, to top it all off, it ran on time. My colleagues and
I are looking forward to the next one and talked about it
all the way back to the office . It's clearly a terrific idea;
they had to turn people away. But what I wanted you to know
is that they owned this event and Powell Goldstein shined.
Congratulations to you; kudos to them.
Dorian S. Denburg
Chief
Rights of Way Counsel, BellSouth Corporation
I
just want to tell you what an honor and delight it was to
participate in the Jewish Professional Women's Network event
that your firm sponsored on Tuesday. Ronni Abramson and Suellen
Bergman did an OUTSTANDING job of organizing and implementing
this first-of-its-kind program (and they are a delight to
work with!). I hope you have heard it was a sold-out crowd
of truly dynamic women who represented a range of fields,
interests and ages. It speaks so well for your firm that you
supported these two women in their creative idea and provided
the resources it took to make it such a success. I know if
will have long-term PR and business benefits for Powell Goldstein.
I hope all is well with you and that we can catch up soon,
but just wanted to share my thoughts and appreciation with
you now.
Deborah
M. Lauter
ADL Southeast Regional Director
I just left the first lunch /networking meeting of a group
just founded, organized and hosted by Ronni and Suellen here
at the firm. Their idea was to invite Jewish professional
women . . . for lunch. There was a sellout crowd, The speaker
was Deborah Lauter, the Executive Director of ADL, and then
we had "speed dating" style networking. For those
of you too old to know what that means, call me. The enthusiasm
in the room was palpable and I think it really worked. I,
for one, was asked to speak to a group by one person and to
get involved in a womens business group by another. And there
were several . . . people there whom I intend to follow up
with. These women deserve a lot of credit for coming up with
a creative way to market. This is just the beginning. There
are other meetings planned in the future to keep this an ongoing
process...
Karen
Wildau
Partner
Powell Goldstein, LLP
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Connections
Made Through JPWN
Jill
Goodman, Legal Counsel at American Megatrends, Inc., and Deborah
Weisshaar, Doctoral Candidate at Georgia State Universityâs
Psychology Department, made a touching connection during the
Power Networking portion of our first event in July 2005. When
Jill learned that Deborah worked in the Psychology Department
during their 4 minutes together during Power Networking, she
asked if Deborah knew anyone at the university who could take
over a behavior treatment program for her 3 ½ year old
son, Dean, who is autistic. Deborah initially gave Jill two
of her professorsâ names thinking they might have private practices.
Then Deborah thought about it more after she left the JPWN event
and realized that one of her undergraduate students, Donald
Bearden, had told her he liked to work with children and that
he was thinking about going in that direction for graduate school.
So Deborah connected Jill with Don. Well, the end result is
that Jill is thrilled with Don and the impact he has had on
her son, Dean. Here is what Jill said about Don in a reference
letter she wrote on his behalf in support of his application
for graduate school: ãDean has seen 4 Psychologists, a neurologist,
a psychiatrist, a developmental pediatrician, 11 speech therapists,
5 occupational therapists and 2 Masters level behavioral therapists.
In the face of all these advanced degrees, licensures and cumulative
experience, I can honestly say Donald Bearden has made the biggest
impact on Deanâs progress. To the extent autism can be cured
and should Dean ever join the ranks of those cured, much of
the credit will go to Donald. I am in awe of his natural touch
with my son and so grateful he has the time to work with Dean.ä
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