BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:24 May Meeting at the Wellington Club    SPEAKER: Jo Cribb I would encourage you to read Jo's bio below\, which I have taken directly f rom her website. Jo is an experienced consultant who has led a variety of projects and assignments.  She is regularly asked to facilitate strategy sessions with leadership teams\, coach emerging leaders and lead substanti al policy\, strategy and gender projects. Recent assignments include eval uating Sport NZ's gender equity in governance policy\, leading sessions at APEC 2023 on gender equality in customs and border agencies\,working with the New Zealand Defence Force's leadership team on the gender diversity o f the forces\, and completing a gender analysis of immigration policy.   Jo was the previous Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women. One of th e youngest Chief Executives ever appointed in the New Zealand Public Servi ce\, she has invested her time and energy in advancing the cause of the vu lnerable in society\, spearheading some of the most difficult issues of ou r time\, including child abuse\, child poverty\, family violence and vulne rable women.  Formerly the Deputy Children's Commissioner and leader of t he Commissioner's Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty\, J o is a director on a number of Government and NGO boards (including the N ew Zealand Media Council\, Royal New Zealand Navy Leadership Board\, Lit eracy Aotearoa and CORE Education Ltd).  She has a Doctorate in Public Policy that investigated the contracting relationship between governments and NGOs.  Following her move to a portfolio career\, Jo extensively rese arched the future of work and the result was the 2018 co-authored book Do n't Worry About the Robots: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Work which provides an accessible synthesis of the trends in technology t hat are impacting on work and practical tools for future-proofing careers.   The book has been re-printed multiple times.   In 2020\, she co-autho red the book Take Your Space: Successful Women Share their Secrets\; the aim of which is support women and girls to advance themselves.  All proce eds from the book will be donated to The Aunties and Otara Blue Light  programme to support young women leaders.   In 2016 she was a finalist in the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards and in 2014 was one of three recipients of a Westpac Leadership Fellowship. In 2021 she won the Women in Governance Community Award from Governance New Zealand.   Jo is the p roud mother of two and provides them with excellent taxi services. She als o distills her own gin. Jo will be another really interesting speaker\, se e you Wednesday for breakfast. Kind regards\, Louise Notes for the coming weeks meeting: RSVP no later than Monday 22 May 5pm  (do it now if you are able).  Please make sure you register to assist the Wellington Club staff. If you have any dietary requirments please note them in the comme nts section of the registration Include your email address and mobile phon e number in the response If you wish to bring guests/spouse/partner\, plea se add them when you register Remember to click "Save" at the bottom of t he page If you do not recieve a confirmation immediately after you have re gistered\, you have not completed the process. Check the bulletin to see i f you have been rostered for a duty at the meeting DTEND:20230523T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T104254Z DTSTART:20230523T190000Z LOCATION:Wellington Club SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Rotary Meeting 24 May 2023 UID:d92be84f-c578-4e4f-a858-e17f48815642 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

24 May M eeting at the Wellington Club \;

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SPEAKER: Jo Cribb

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I would encourage you to read Jo'\;s bio below\, wh ich I have taken directly from her website.

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Jo is an experienced consultant who has led a variety of projects and assignments. \; She is regularly asked to fac ilitate strategy sessions with leadership teams\, coach emerging leaders a nd lead substantial policy\, strategy and gender projects. \;Recent assignments in clude evaluating Sport NZ'\;s gender equity in governance policy\, lead ing sessions at APEC 2023 on gender equality in customs and border agencie s\,working with the New Zealand Defence Force' \;s leadership team on the gender diversity of the forces\, and completing a gender analysis of immigration policy. \; \;

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< span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Jo was the previous Chief Executive of the \;Ministry for Women. One of the youngest Chief Executives ever appointed in the New Zealand Public Service\, she has invested her time and energy in advancing the cause of the vulnerable in society\, spearheading some of the most difficult issues of our time\, including child abuse\, child pov erty\, family violence and vulnerable women. \;

\n\n< p style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; ">Formerly the Deputy Children 9\;s Commissioner and leader of the Commissioner'\;s \;E xpert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty\, Jo is a director on a number of Gove rnment and NGO boards (including the \;New Zealand Media Council \, \;Roya l New Zealand Navy Leadership Board\, \;Literacy Aotearoa \;and \;CORE Education Ltd). \; She has a Doctorate in Public Policy that investigated the contracting relationship between governments and NGOs. \;

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Following her move to a portfolio career\, Jo extensively researc hed the future of work and the result was the 2018 co-authored book \; Don'\;t Worry About the Robots : How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Work \;which provides an accessible s ynthesis of the trends in technology that are impacting on work and practi cal tools for future-proofing careers. \; The book has been re-printed multiple times. \; \;

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In 2020\, she co-authored the book \;Take Your Space: Successful Women Share their Secrets\; the aim of which i s support women and girls to advance themselves. \; All proceeds from the book will be donated to \;The Aunties \;and \;Otara Blue \;Light \;programme to support young women le aders. \; \;

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In 2016 she was a finalist in the New Zeala nd Women of Influence Awards and in 2014 was one of three recipients of a Westpac Leadership Fellowship. In 2021 she won the Women in Governance Com munity Award from Governance New Zealand. \; \;

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Jo is the proud mother of two an d provides them with excellent taxi services. She also distills her own gi n.

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Jo will be another really interesting speaker\, see you Wednesday for breakf ast.

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Kind regards\, \; Louise

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Notes for the coming week s meeting:

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