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Written by Dorcas Mhungu
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012 |
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 I was going through mail in my inbox when I came across an e-mail from a colleague in the media here in Windhoek that has changed my life.
Felix had quipped in his forwarded mail to me about women in the profession but as I smiled I immediately started filling in the application form and wrote the motivational letter. That was the day that I applied for the WIN programme and heavens know how happy I was to be selected as one of the 2012 participants.
In this article I would like my WIN colleagues to share with me the benefits I have derived from it and how the programme has started to quench my thirst for leadership, enhanced immensely my networking skills and instilled tonnes of confidence that can make me stand and weather professional storms.
At the last gathering in Windhoek, I presented a challenge that I was facing at work during the group mentoring session.
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Written by Dorcas Mhungu
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Thursday, 24 May 2012 |
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 WIN Namibia's second National Gathering took place on the 11th of May in Windhoek. The session featured National Coach Deidré Carballo who delivered a rich and stimulating presentation on Change Management and an equally empowering presentation by Tracy Eagles on Personal Development, Conflict Resolution and Authenticity whose premise was, “There is Value in Applying Multiple Perspectives to Leadership," that gave participants valuable management information.
Skills Development is one of the WIN core program components that focus on Leadership training. In her presentation, Deidré defined Change Management, gave a model and went on to enlighten participants on how to transform Change into a positive undertaking as the process, if not implemented tactfully, can face resistance from the employees and defeat the noble cause. Participants learned that Change Management that is implemented inside out is more successful, more readily acceptable and gets less resistance from employees as it involves the workers. The top down Change Management implementation process usually faces resistance.
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Written by Erica Gatawa
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Monday, 23 April 2012 |
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 My first Freshman experience at the 2012 WIN launch in Windhoek was so refreshing and exciting. It was an awesome experience meeting all the new faces who I immediately blended with and felt comfortable to be around.
As I got into the conference room at the Protea Furstenhof, where the 2-day event took place on March 25th and 26th, I had a chill inside of me and as I sat wondering if this was going to be one of the same old monotonous, long and boring workshops which I am used to.
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Written by Estelle de Bruyn
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 |
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 A veteran journalist with more than 50 years experience in the newsroom, Des Erasmus, was the guest speaker at a recent National Gathering of the Namibian Women in News group. As we identified investigative reporting as one of the topics we wanted to learn more about, we invited Des to our meeting.
In his presentation he paid tribute to the role of women in the news. “In the world of newspapers it took ages to discover the abilities of women. Today they have been discovered being the editors of Huisgenoot (a very popular South African magazine), Rapport (the Afrikaans language Sunday newspaper in South Africa) and many more across the borders and overseas.
“Here in Namibia we are keeping up with women as editors of our biggest dailies – Gwen Lister (The Namibian), Marietjie van Staden (Agriforum) and at last our own Estelle de Bruyn (Republikein)," Des said.
On a personal note he added that as a young reporter, after spending only four days in the news room, he knew that this was not the job for him. “After 52 years I never found time to get out. In the process I also discovered that a journalist will never end up rich, but he or she will die a happy person. The value of that is what money can’t buy.
“Journalism is one of the oldest professions in life. I always refer to St. Mathew, St. Mark, St. Luke and St. John of The Bible as four of the best known journalists the world has ever seen. They covered the life story of Jesus Christ on earth. Yet, everyone took a different angle, used his own style and described his own experiences. All four of them were co-writers of the best-selling book of all time, even today, The Bible,” Des explained.
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Written by Alita Louwrens
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 |
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Getting started again with the second year of the Women in News program was quite exciting, as was getting to see the friends you have made over the past year and the Freshman from other countries who are just beginning their participation in the WIN programme.
It was a bit of a shock to learn at the first Programme-Wide event of the year that I will be a peer mentor for two freshman, but after some thought I am now challenged to give the best I can and I am convinced that this will help me to revisit the valuable things I’ve learned in the past year and share them with other women.
The first Programme-Wide Event was tailor-made for me. I am getting more involved with the newspaper and the quick financial education received from [Zambia Local Coach] Sandra Agyemang was an eye-opener and really beneficial. One thought that you can budget all well, but never realise what about the opportunities is for the future and your family?
As a non-editorial professional in the WIN programme, I have learned that “the customer is always right” trying to please your clients and sometimes offer them an opportunity of an advertorial as added value, before consulting with the editor. The lunch and learn with Joe Thloloe just gave me the right direction that clients cannot dictate what news you should use, I will revisit this moment before making promises next time or let any of our sales consultants do that.
With Paula at our side I’ve discovered many new approaches towards projects that are really helpful and it also made me realise where things didn’t go that well in the past.
Keynote speaker, Thami Ngubeni made me aware of my values and my life, and I wish to conclude with what I’ve learned from her...
I am in the fortunate position that I do have something to do, I have many people to love and I have many things to look forward to, although I am not at full strength every day, reflection daily empowers me to be stronger next time.
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