MisFitted for Work

Start date 23-Oct-08 - 6:00 PM
End date n/a
Venue Melbourne Business School
Address
Gadsden Dining Room
200 Leicester St
Carlton, Victoria
Australia
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Status Open
RSVP 17-Oct-08
Cost $50.00 alumni / $25.00 students
Contact danielle.baillie@gmail.com
Registration See below for booking information

Donation: $50.00 alumni & guests / $25.00 students (all proceeds go to Fitted for Work)
RSVP: Friday 17 October 2008
Booking information: Please complete the RSVP form and return to:

Danielle Baillie
danielle.baillie@gmail.com or
Fitted for Work, Level 2, 535 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 3000

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Fitted for Work and Melbourne Business School invite you to an evening about women, clothes and work. A diverse panel of professional women will share with you stories of clothing disasters, and their tips for negotiating the “snakes and ladders” of dressing for business.

Don’t miss this fabulously entertaining and enlightening evening.

Hosted by: Catherine Deveny, Age columnist and witty woman extraordinaire.

Mis-Fitted for Work Panelists:

Helene Chung , former ABC Beijing correspondent, was the first non-white reporter on Australian TV and the first female posted abroad by the ABC. Helene’s most recent book is the memoir, Ching Chong China Girl.

Dr Jacqueline Healy, (MBA ’82), Director Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, writer, editor. Jacky was the Director of the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery and is a very active collector and promoter of indigenous art.

Diane Meier, started work in a ‘typing pool’, ran her own fashion business, and was Mayor of Collingwood. She now works in the corporate world specialising in change management, strategy and marketing.

Renata Singer, co-founder and Director of Fitted for Work, is a writer (novel and non-fiction), and editor, with extensive experience in the community and education sectors

Marion Webster OAM, co-founder and Director of Fitted for Work, is also founder and Chair Melbourne Community Foundation. Marion is a leader and innovator in the philanthropic and community sectors.