Gender Equity Tech WR

LXCL:Join us for the full package! Inspiring conversation, community-building, and a delicious dinner!

Dinner party

LXCL:Join us for an evening of inspiring conversation and community-building. Bring your own dinner and enjoy beverages provided.

BYO dinner

LXCL:Bring along your child age 1 or older for their own mini GET together! They'll spend time in a play space set up near the event space and supervised by our childminder. Pre-registration for childminding closes the Friday before the event.

Childminding

LXCL:If the event sells out, sign up to our waitlist to get first dibs if extra tickets become available.

Waitlist

Join us for our September event! GET&nbsp;together on September 24th for dinner and networking at the Builder&#39;s Club in downtown Kitchener.GET inspired&nbsp;by our speaker and workshop facilitator, Lisa Bauman (she/her).GET connected&nbsp;with fellow attendees through&nbsp;Speed Networking&nbsp;following the talk. Embracing Chaos in your CareerThe world threw us a curveball with 2025&#39;s unexpected trade tensions. What surprise will 2026 bring? While others scramble to keep up with constant change, you&#39;ll learn to use disruption as fuel for career growth.This workshop reveals how to transform uncertainty from a roadblock into your greatest professional asset. You&#39;ll walk away with practical tools that work whether the next disruption is AI, economic shifts, or something no one saw coming.What You&#39;ll Gain:Master the chaos advantage &ndash; Apply proven theories like happenstance and chaos frameworks to real workplace challengesBuild your career toolkit &ndash; Identify specific strategies that turn unpredictable moments into opportunitiesCreate your personal playbook &ndash; Design a customized approach that helps you thrive through any future disruptionJoin us to learn how to stop reacting to change and start leveraging it. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1757261224/wysiwyg/kugsmdklmy5djqcxgzwm.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Meet our Speaker!&nbsp;Lisa Bauman is an advisor, consultant, podcast host, and facilitator who brings a unique blend of coaching expertise, academic leadership, and innovative content creation to help organizations build future-ready talent strategies. As founder of Future Ready Coaching and Consulting and a professor at a local college since 2016, she shapes the next generation through courses such as Career Management, Career Success, and Group Training and Facilitation while partnering with leaders to navigate transitions with clarity and purpose. Her award-winning podcast &quot;Let&#39;s Talk Careers&quot; explores diverse career journeys, sharing insights that help professionals thrive in today&#39;s evolving workplace. Lisa&#39;s approach combines philosophical inquiry with practical application&mdash;shaped by her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from York University, Post Graduate Certificate in Career Development from Conestoga College, Master&#39;s in Adult Education from the University of Calgary, and Organizational Coaching Certificate from UBC. Agenda5:30pm:&nbsp;Doors open. Join us at the Builder&#39;s Club workshop space in the basement. Dinner is available as you arrive. Childminding is available by request.6:00pm: Welcome messages from GET.6:15pm: Speaker-led workshop.7:15pm: Networking time! For something a little different, we&#39;ll do some guided Speed Networking.&nbsp;8:00pm: Childminding closed. Please pick up your kids! <strong fr-original-style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;color:rgb(128, 2, 255);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;color:rgb(128, 2, 255);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">Childminding is available by advance registration for this event!Children 1 and older can have their own GET together in a supervised play area. You must remain in the building and available to respond if the childminder contacts you.

Join us for our September event! GET together on September 24th for dinner and networking at the Builder's Club in downtown Kitchener.GET inspired by our speaker and workshop facilitator, Lisa Bauman (she/her).GET connected with fellow attendees through Speed Networking following the talk. Embracing Chaos in your CareerThe world threw us a curveball with 2025's unexpected trade tensions. What surprise will 2026 bring? While others scramble to keep up with constant change, you'll learn to use disruption as fuel for career growth.This workshop reveals how to transform uncertainty from a roadblock into your greatest professional asset. You'll walk away with practical tools that work whether the next disruption is AI, economic shifts, or something no one saw coming.What You'll Gain:Master the chaos advantage – Apply proven theories like happenstance and chaos frameworks to real workplace challengesBuild your career toolkit – Identify specific strategies that turn unpredictable moments into opportunitiesCreate your personal playbook – Design a customized approach that helps you thrive through any future disruptionJoin us to learn how to stop reacting to change and start leveraging it. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1757261224/wysiwyg/kugsmdklmy5djqcxgzwm.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> Meet our Speaker! Lisa Bauman is an advisor, consultant, podcast host, and facilitator who brings a unique blend of coaching expertise, academic leadership, and innovative content creation to help organizations build future-ready talent strategies. As founder of Future Ready Coaching and Consulting and a professor at a local college since 2016, she shapes the next generation through courses such as Career Management, Career Success, and Group Training and Facilitation while partnering with leaders to navigate transitions with clarity and purpose. Her award-winning podcast "Let's Talk Careers" explores diverse career journeys, sharing insights that help professionals thrive in today's evolving workplace. Lisa's approach combines philosophical inquiry with practical application—shaped by her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from York University, Post Graduate Certificate in Career Development from Conestoga College, Master's in Adult Education from the University of Calgary, and Organizational Coaching Certificate from UBC. Agenda5:30pm: Doors open. Join us at the Builder's Club workshop space in the basement. Dinner is available as you arrive. Childminding is available by request.6:00pm: Welcome messages from GET.6:15pm: Speaker-led workshop.7:15pm: Networking time! For something a little different, we'll do some guided Speed Networking. 8:00pm: Childminding closed. Please pick up your kids! Childminding is available by advance registration for this event!Children 1 and older can have their own GET together in a supervised play area. You must remain in the building and available to respond if the childminder contacts you.

Gender Equity Tech WR

GET together: Embracing Chaos in your Career

165 King St W

BYO dinner

$5

Dinner party

$20

Childminding

$10

Waitlist

Free

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