Sheryl Sandberg

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.

Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto.

In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women.

Refreshments will be served at 5:00 p.m. followed by a one-hour discussion beginning at 5:30 p.m. Registration is suggested: Call (860) 522-9258 ext. 317 or e-mail Info@StoweCenter.org. Free, secure parking is available at the Stowe Center (77 Forest St.) and The Mark Twain House & Museum (351 Farmington Avenue) parking lots.

Nook Farm Book Talks are a collaboration between the Stowe Center and The Mark Twain House & Museum and are sponsored in part by First Niagara Foundation. (thalassophile)… (more)

Sheryl Sandberg (Lean in, Vayamos adelante)

Sheryl Sandberg es directora de operaciones en Facebook. Antes de trabajar en Facebook, fue vicepresidenta de ventas globales y operaciones en línea de Google y jefa de recursos humanos del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos. Vive en el norte de California con su marido y sus dos hijos. Sheryl Sandberg donará los ingresos íntegros de este libro para Lean in, una organización sin ánimo de lucro que alienta a las mujeres a perseguir sus metas, así como para otras organizaciones benéficas que apoyan a las mujeres. (added from Random House)… (more)

The Feminist and Womanist Spirituality and Ethics Book Club will turn its critical eye to one of the more buzzed about books in popular/mainstream feminism today: Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. We will discuss the values and ethics espoused by the book and ponder who might be left out when some women "Lean in." A Founding the Future of Feminism Event. $5 Suggested Donation.

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Join us for a reading group discussion of Lean in by Sheryl Sandberg!

Park Avenue Coffee

Join the Association for Women in Science, St. Louis Chapter, for a coffee chat and book discussion. We will be discussing Sheryl Sandberg's best-selling book Lean in: Women, Work and the Will to Lead (http://leanin.org/). Come join us to meet, network, and discuss important issues with other local scientists. Everyone is welcome! Bring a friend and your own perspective on Lean in. (Don't think you will have time to read the book? Watch her TED Talk that started it all.) RSVP here.

Location: Street: Park Avenue Coffee Additional: 417 N. 10th St. City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63101 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Sheryl Sandberg in conversation with Google's Eric Schmidt

Wednesday, May 8, 6:00 p.m.

Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean in, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.

Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

For more information and to register, please click HERE.

Location: Street: Computer History Museum Additional: 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. City: Mountain View, Province: California Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)