Fearless Focus: Risk-taking

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Fearless Focus: Risk- taking 
Oct. 6, noon-1 p.m.

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<h2>Taking a leap: </h2><h2>How risk-taking and failure can help women succeed.</h2>Official description: The most successful people have often failed – many times – before getting to where they are now. They take big risks, which requires taking a leap of faith even through fear. In this conversation, we’ll hear from women who have done just that. Girls and women are often taught, or put pressure on themselves, to be perfect and are less likely to shoot for a goal than boys and men if they don’t think they’re qualified. Through sharing both personal and business-related examples, our speakers will give advice on how to find success, how to learn from failure and how you can support yourself or women you know in their journeys of reaching toward their goals. Featured panelists: <ul><li>Connie Wimer, chairman-Business Publications Corp.</li><li>Kirsten Anderson, author and advocate	</li><li>Katie Hoff, team leader, Cyber Security Operations, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield</li></ul>Fearless FocusThis event is part of the Business Record’s Fearless initiative, which is a multiplatform initiative with women-centered content, events and media designed to help women and the companies and allies who both value and support them. The elements of this brand can be simplified into one goal: We want to help empower Iowa women to succeed in work and life.Through the Fearless Focus event series, we give you the opportunity to learn from and connect with others around the state equally as passionate about these issues. Women, gender-nonconforming individuals and male allies are all encouraged to be fearless with us.Those who subscribe to our weekly Fearless e-newsletter see in-depth, solutions-oriented reporting about gender and family issues. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to sign up for it (it’s free!). <h3>Be more. Fear less. </h3>*In registering for this event, you agree to the Privacy Policy of Business Publications Corporation (BPC) as disclosed on our website, and as it might be amended from time to time, and to sharing and disclosure of registration data and information to the event sponsors for their use.

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