Thursday, March 15, 2012
7:30 AM to 10:00 AM

Eagle Crest Golf Clubhouse
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Cost: $25.00

Tough Talk – Bringing Care and Intention into High-Stakes Communication

Join WXW for an Exchange Event focused on tough talk – those difficult conversations we all need to have, but aren’t always sure how to manage with:

• Employees,
• Customers,
• Co-workers, and
• Even your boss (that might be you!)

WXW Exchanges are different because they are:

INTERACTIVE – We’ve all attended too many events where a speaker or panel talks at the audience. WXW promises that event attendees will actually talk through specific issues, share stories and struggles, and work together to find solutions.

OPEN – At WXW events, attendees choose the direction and content of the conversation. Questions, issues, ideas – all are encouraged in an open and confidential environment.

FREEING – As leaders, we may often feel isolated. WXW is a place where we can connect, talk through challenging issues, and be ourselves.

LOCATION SPONSORED BY:

AGENDA
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Location: Eagle Crest Golf Clubhouse
Time: 7:30 to 10:00 am

7:30 – 8:00 am: Arrival, Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 9:45 am: Exchange Sessions
9:45 – 10:00 am: Wrap-up

Thursday, May 3, 2012
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Nicola’s Books
2513 Jackson Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Cost: Free!

WXW Book Club: That’s Not What I Meant

The WXW Book Club is back!
Join WXW at Nicola’s Books as we discuss a classic in interpersonal communication, That’s Not What I Meant: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships, by Deborah Tannen.

At home, on the job, in a personal relationship, it’s often not what you say but how you say it that counts.
Deborah Tannen revolutionized our thinking about relationships between women and men in her #1 bestseller You Just Don’t Understand. In That’s Not What I Meant!, the internationally renowned sociolinguist and expert on communication demonstrates how our conversational signals—voice level, pitch and intonation, rhythm and timing, even the simple turns of phrase we choose—are powerful factors in the success or failure of any relationship. Regional speech characteristics, ethnic and class backgrounds, age, and individual personality all contribute to diverse conversational styles that can lead to frustration and misplaced blame if ignored—but provide tools to improve relationships if they are understood.

At once eye-opening, astute, and vastly entertaining, Tannen’s classic work on interpersonal communication will help you to hear what isn’t said and to recognize how your personal conversational style meshes or clashes with others. It will give you a new understanding of communication that will enable you to make the adjustments that can save a conversation . . . or a relationship.

Mention WXW when you purchase the book from Nicola’s and receive a 15% discount!
 

AGENDA
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Location: Nicola’s Books, 2513 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Thursday, May 17, 2012
11:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Eagle Crest Golf Clubhouse
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Cost: $25.00

Embracing Our Differences: Tapping the Power of True Diversity

Join WXW for an Exchange Event focused on embracing the unique vantage point from which each of us sees the world and using those differences to help us create more – understanding, creativity, synergy, and success

WXW Exchanges are different because they are:

INTERACTIVE – We’ve all attended too many events where a speaker or panel talks at the audience. WXW promises that event attendees will actually talk through specific issues, share stories and struggles, and work together to find solutions.

OPEN – At WXW events, attendees choose the direction and content of the conversation. Questions, issues, ideas – all are encouraged in an open and confidential environment.

FREEING – As leaders, we may often feel isolated. WXW is a place where we can connect, talk through challenging issues, and be ourselves.

LOCATION SPONSORED BY:

AGENDA
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Eagle Crest Golf Clubhouse
Time: 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM

11:30 – 12:00 pm: Arrival, Registration, and Mingling
12:00 – 12:30 pm: Lunch
12:30 – 1:45 pm: Exchange Sessions
1:45 – 2:00 pm: Wrap-up

Thursday, June 28, 2012
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Ann Arbor Summer Festival
915 E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI

Cost: $15.00

Thursday, September 13, 2012
All day

Washtenaw Community College
Morris Lawrence Building
4800 East Huron River Drive
Ann Arbor Charter Twp, Michigan 48197

Cost: $89.00

Thursday, October 18, 2012
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Gladwin Barn
4105 West Liberty Rd
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Cost: $10.00

WXW Unscripted

Join us at Gladwin Barn for WXW Unscripted. WXW will provide pasta as a main dish (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options). Come with a your version of a horror story – or your biggest, scariest business challege – and a dish to pass. Go home fully fed and with some thoughtful input to help you on your way.

Dish to pass options include:

• If your last name begins with A-J, please bring a beverage to share (alcoholic or non-alcoholic).
• If your last name begins with K-P, please bring a salad.
• If your last name begins with Q-Z, please bring a dessert.

Due the nature of the venue, limited seating is available. We are unable to accept walk-ins for this event. Please register early to secure your registration.

AGENDA
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012
Location: Gladwin Barn
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 PM

6:00–6:30 pm: Arrival and Mingle
6:30–7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00–8:45 pm: Exchange Sessions
8:45–9:00 pm: Wrap-Up

Cost: $15.00

Enter through the double wooden doors between Vie Fitness & Spa and Three Chairs.

Premier Sponsor:

Ring in the season with other women business leaders at WXW’s annual holiday mixer. This event offers non-stop networking, savory hors d’oeuvres, and tasty wine & beer. At 5:30 PM we will offer a celebratory toast to our attendees’ accomplishments in 2012.

Again this year, we will be supporting the Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan. If you would like to participate, please bring a donation of non-perishable food items to our event. For more information about ways to support Women’s Center, please visit:

http://womenscentersemi.org/how_you_can_help  

Cost: $10

Premier Sponsor:

Join us at the home of WXW Co-Founder, Carrie Hensel, for our first-ever WXW Unscripted Exchange. WXW will provide lasagna as a main dish (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options). Come with a pressing issue and a dish to pass. Go home fully fed and with some thoughtful input to help you on your way.

Due the nature of the venue, limited seating is available. We are unable to accept walk-ins for this event. Please register early to secure your spot.

WXW Exchanges are different because they are:

INTERACTIVE – We’ve all attended too many events where a speaker or panel talks at the audience. WXW promises that event attendees will actually talk through specific issues, share stories and struggles, and work together to find solutions.

OPEN – At WXW events, attendees choose the direction and content of the conversation. Questions, issues, ideas – all are encouraged in an open and confidential environment.

FUN – As leaders, we may often feel isolated. WXW is a place where we can have FUN, connect, laugh, talk through our issues, and be ourselves.

Cost: $25

Premier Sponsor:

Join WXW as we kick off 2012 with an Exchange Event focused on jumpstarting your business into high gear. Bring your creative thinking, positive energy, and best ideas to share and build on. Who knows what great thoughts, ideas, projects, partnerships, and sparks of inspiration will come out of this event? Come and find out!

WXW Exchanges are different because they are:

INTERACTIVE – We’ve all attended too many events where a speaker or panel talks at the audience. WXW promises that event attendees will actually talk through specific issues, share stories and struggles, and work together to find solutions.

OPEN – At WXW events, attendees choose the direction and content of the conversation. Questions, issues, ideas – all are encouraged in an open and confidential environment.

FUN – As leaders, we may often feel isolated. WXW is a place where we can have FUN, connect, laugh, talk through our issues, and be ourselves.

4:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Cost: $15

Premier Sponsor:

Ring in the season with other women business leaders at WXW’s annual holiday mixer. This event offers non-stop networking, savory hors d’oeuvres, and tasty wine & beer. At 5:30 PM we will offer a celebratory toast to our attendees’ accomplishments in 2011.

Again this year, we will be supporting the Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan.  If you would like to participate, please bring a donation of  non-perishable food items to our event.  For more information about ways to support Women’s Center, please visit:

http://womenscentersemi.org/how_you_can_help