WiM Colorado Community of Support for Early Career Manufacturing Professionals
WiM Colorado Chapter Program
Ignite Your Passion | Navigate Your Career | Find Your Voice
Purpose
Hello and welcome to the WiM Colorado Community of Support (COS) where seasoned professionals will help you navigate the unexpected challenges and questions that you may find as you progress in your career. The program will include virtual meetups with a facilitated discussion topic, as well as a private peer LinkedIn group where you can continue the conversation, share stories, and ask for/offer advice. Through dialogue, personal reflection, and a peer network, your COS will help you through the joys, triumphs, trials and tribulations of your manufacturing career. Whether in Colorado or across the nation - Join Us!
The program is free for WiM members and $5.00 per session for non-members.
Components
Personal and Career Development
- Facilitated Discussions on Zoom
- September - May |11:00am-11:50am Mountain Time
Private LinkedIn Group
- Participants can connect with one another
- Share stories/questions/advice
- Access additional resources
- Join the group here - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14312003/
Dates and Topics
11:00am-11:50am Mountain Time on Zoom
| September 11, 2024 |
WiM Colorado Community of Support is back with Season 2! The Failure Bounce It’s easy to say “failure isn’t fatal” when you are not the one experiencing it! Join retired VP of Operations and Supply Chain, Kaye DeLange, for the kick-off of Community of Support Season 2, as she shares her own authentic stories and tips on how to navigate around, through, and from the inevitable failures that happen within a successful career. This session will introduce the concept of the “Failure Bounce” as a meaningful take-away to help when faced with adversity.
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| October 9, 2024 |
"Umm, Like, Kinda, Sorta?" Avoiding Common Communication Pitfalls
Join retired VP of Operations and Supply Chain, Kaye DeLange, for an insightful conversation around common communication missteps made by women in the workforce, and how to elevate your message and impact! In this session you will learn how to identify the key pitfalls that may be weakening your message, how to eliminate them, and tips on how to speak more confidently and influentially. |
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| November 13, 2024 |
WiM Colorado / Community of Support: From Sergeant to Servant Leader - Elevating Leadership Impact Join retired VP of Operations and Supply Chain, Kaye DeLange, for an insightful conversation around servant leadership! In this session you will learn what servant leadership is, the impact of this style of leadership on self and those around you, and how to incorporate servant leadership elements in your day to day work. |
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| February 19, 2025 |
WiM Colorado / Community of Support: The Confidence Quest
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| March 20, 2025 |
Perseverance, Resiliency and Grit - The Outlier Spirit It's Women's History Month - a time to celebrate each other, as well as those who have paved the way before us! Please join Kaye DeLange, retired VP of Operations and Supply Chain, for an insightful dialogue with Rochelle Kimbrell, the first female African-American fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Rochelle will share her story, and how she manifested courage, perseverance, and resiliency as she navigated her career in a challenging field as an outlier. |
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| April 30, 2025 |
WiM Colorado Community of Support Season 2: Finding Your Voice / Advocating for YOU
Voices move the world! Join Kaye DeLange, retired VP of Operations and Supply Chain, for an engaging conversation around how to find and elevate your voice in the workplace. Ensuring your voice is heard not only set the foundation for self-advocacy and opportunity, but accelerates impact for your team and your organization. Learn how to make yours work for you! |
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| May 21 2025 |
WiM Colorado Community of Support Season 2: The Outlier Spirit It’s time for another engaging conversation with an outlier! Please join Kaye DeLange, retired VP of Operations and Supply Chain, for an insightful dialogue with Ruth Kimmelshue, a senior executive in the global food and agriculture industry, spending most of her career as the only female in the room. Ruth will share her story, and how she manifested courage, perseverance, and resiliency as she navigated her career to become the first woman to lead operations, and the first woman to lead a global enterprise in the largest privately held company in the United States (Cargill, Inc.). Ruth is an authentic and people focused leader - prepared to be inspired! |
REGISTER HERE |
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Kaye DeLange Retired Vice President Cargill Business Operations and Supply Chain Leader |
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Shannon Roe, MPA Assistant Director Advanced Manufacturing Sciences Institute at Metropolitan State University of Denver |
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Ava Raymond Manufacturing Engineer 3D Systems Healthcare |
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Katie Sheridan Project Development Engineer Siemans Energy |