eowa = eActionNews Issue 7 July 2003

Our Workshop Program: July & August 2003
Make a diary note - the new dates for our 2003 Workshop Program, which features a wider range of tailored workshops to suit your organisation's needs, are out now:

Workshop 1: Advancing Women and Your Business - Make complying with the Act work for you!
Sydney	28 July 2003
Perth	12 August 2003
Melbourne	06 August 2003
Brisbane	26 August 2003
Adelaide	18 August 2003
Workshop 2: The Path to Business Success - Position your business for Waiving and Employer of Choice for Women status
Sydney	29 July 2003
Perth	13 August 2003
Melbourne	16 July 2003
Brisbane	27 August 2003
Adelaide	19 August 2003
Workshop 3: Beyond EEO to Managing Women in a Diverse Workplace
Sydney	30 July 2003
Perth	14 August 2003
Melbourne	08 August 2003
Brisbane	28 August 2003
Adelaide	20 August 2003

Workplace Consultation Available
In addition to our workshops, EOWA offers a highly-regarded Consultation service. Workplace Consultation involves a senior EOWA advisor coming to your workplace to see firsthand how effective your EO program is, and then advise your organisation on the most appropriate strategies for moving forward.
For further details on workplace consultation click here...

2003 Business Achievement Awards
We are pleased to confirm that the 2003 Business Achievement Awards keynote speaker will be Brian Schwartz, Ernst & Young CEO and inaugural winner of EOWA's Outstanding CEO Award in 2001. Master of Ceremonies will be Helen Dalley, journalist and presenter with the Sunday program on the Nine Network. The event will be held this year on 19 November at the WatersEdge, Pier One, Sydney.
EOWA is also delighted to announce the sponsors for this year's event: Alcoa, Australian Industry Group, Autoliv, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Ford, IBM and McDonald's. Click here for more details...

EOWA's Intimate Conversation CEO Forum
The second annual Intimate Conversation event will be held this year immediately before the 2003 Business Achievement Awards. This unique chance to hear leading-edge CEOs talk frankly on how they have brought about real diversity change in their organsiations will be held on 19th November, at the offices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Sydney.
EOWA thanks this year's Intimate Conversation sponsor:
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Click here for more details...

Australian Women In Leadership Census 2003: Launch Date, Sponsorship & AICD Lunch
EOWA's Australian Women in Leadership Census measures both the status of women on boards and women corporate officers and top earners in Australia's top organisations. The huge amount of media attention that followed the release of last year's Census results showed just how hot a topic this is. There is a similar amount of interest overseas, with coverage of the issues in the June edition of the Harvard Business Review. The proposed launch date for this year's highly anticipated Australian Census results is Tuesday 30 September.
EOWA is proud to announce that ANZ and Esanda will be the Platinum sponsors and that Macquarie University will be the Gold sponsor this year.
In association with this event, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) will be hosting a Census luncheon on 2 October 2003.
For more information on these events click here...

15th Women, Management & Employment Relations Conference
The 15th Women, Management & Employment Relations Conference will bring together leading speakers from business, unions, governments, agencies and universities to present insights into key developments in EEO and managing people, best practice and current trends. The conference will take place on 24-25 July at the Hotel Inter-Continental, Sydney. Click here for program details...

Australian Sports Commission Conference: Sport Needs More Women - An Inspiring Event
The Australian Sports Commission Conference - Sport Needs More Women, held in May, inspired the sports industry to embrace the benefits that women's leadership brings to the industry. The forum provided an excellent opportunity to show how much we can learn from these women, and hence the importance of developing initiatives to ensure gender equity in sport continues to improve and the value of women in sport is not undermined.
To read EOWA Director Fiona Krautil's inspiring speech at this event click here...
To visit the Australian Sports Commission website click here...

Noteworthy Initiative: The Diversity Board Game
The Diversity Board Game is a unique and entertaining way of sensitising, educating and challenging employees about how best to manage diversity in the workplace.
Designed for team play, its questions present typical diversity scenarios that arise in the Australian workplace, challenging players to explore their knowledge and have fun doing it. The game is endorsed by the National Diversity Think Tank.
To find out more visit The Diversity Consulting Company website...

For more information contact us
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
Level 6, 1 Elizabeth Plaza
North Sydney NSW 2060
Ph: (02) 9448 8500
Fax: 02 9448 8572