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What Will It Take events facilitate the critical conversations, connections, and actions needed to elevate women in business, politics, media, sports, and finance. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to receive updates and information about our upcoming events as they become available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

UPCOMING 2021 EVENTS*<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the various events we had planned for 2021 are being rescheduled or moved to online events. Stay tuned for more details and dates.<\/h5>\n
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What It Takes: Women\u2019s Political Leadership
\n<\/strong>Washington, DC<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a follow-up to our successful<\/span> event<\/a> last fall at the NYU Skirball Center, which featured Leader Nancy Pelosi, Pat Mitchell, Symone Sanders and more, the aim of this event is to analyze the global landscape of women\u2019s political leadership, the critical gaps that persist, and innovations in providing more opportunities, pathways and power for women leaders. Throughout the event, we will focus on how we can ensure more women rise to political leadership, and, most importantly, where we go from here. This event will feature a high profile keynote or fireside chat and a series of panels on timely themes as well as a reception. Attendees with leave with key action steps to assure forward momentum.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Women & Sports Summit
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This thought leadership event is bringing together a diverse group of executives, athletes and activists to raise awareness, initiate collaboration and activate change, through provocative conversations about equality in sports. The summit will address the economic, media and social challenges faced in sports at all levels and how, through a unified approach, we can transform the industry and finally address the issues surrounding equality. The event will feature panel discussions and fireside chats designed to educate attendees about the issues with the objective of having measurable impact on the media, influence with brands and empowering all of us to take action. Stay tuned for more details coming soon!<\/p>\n

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What Will It Take to Create a Workplace Culture of Respect, Equity and Value for All<\/strong><\/div>\n
New York, NY<\/strong><\/div>\n
In partnership with A CALL TO MEN\u2014a respected leader on issues of manhood, male socialization and its intersection with violence, and preventing violence against all women and girls\u2014this breakfast salon will bring together champions of workplace equity and diversity and inclusion from across industries to help understand what steps can be made toward achieving true equity in the workplace. The event will consist of a keynote address, corporate case studies, an interactive panel discussion, networking opportunities, and co-creation of shared commitments to creating workplace culture of respect, equity and value for all.<\/div>\n
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What Will It Take: Women & Media<\/strong>
\nLos Angeles, CA<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a follow-up to our first powerful event in this series, this convening will bring together professionals and media makers in the media and entertainment industries to strategize on how we can create better and more representative media, get more women and diverse leaders in positions of power, and change the culture in Hollywood and beyond.<\/p>\n

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PAST WHAT WILL IT TAKE EVENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Women & Money: Making Money Moves that Matter
\n<\/strong>On September 16-17, 2019 in Austin, TX, in partnership with Changemaker Strategies, we convened catalytic leaders and activists in the fields of strategic philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, angel investing, and impact\/gender-lens investing to connect, learn from each other, collaborate in new ways, and craft action plans for mobilizing money with a gender, racial, and economic justice lens.
\nCheck Out the Event Highlights<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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What Will It Take: Men as Allies in Gender Equality<\/b>
\nOn October 25th, 2018 What Will It Take partnered with\u00a0our sister brand SOCAP (Social Capital Markets)\u00a0to host\u00a0a panel discussion about gender relations in the public and private sectors.\u00a0In this panel, leaders working to advance gender equality, prevent men\u2019s violence against women, and change outdated paradigms in the business\/entertainment world and beyond shared some of the ways that women and men are working together in solidarity to address these issues, and how investors and corporations can shift workplace culture to one of respect, equity and value for all. Moderator: Marianne Schnall<\/b>, founder, What Will It Take; Panelists included: Ted Bunch<\/b>, Co-founder, A CALL TO MEN; Mauricio Mota<\/b>, Founder and Co-President, Wise Entertainment; Adrienne Becker<\/b>, CEO and a Co-Founder of Level Forward and Co-Founder of Killer Content.
\nWatch the video and find out more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Raise the Bar: Using Your Voice to Make a Difference<\/strong>
\nOn October 16th, 2018\u00a0<\/span>What Will It Take joined with the <\/span>Women\u2019s Sports Foundation<\/a> at their Athletes Leadership Summit to present an important conversation \u201c<\/span>Raise the Bar: Using Your Voice to Make a Difference<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0Moderated by\u00a0<\/span>Sandra Richards,\u00a0<\/strong>Managing Director at Morgan Stanley,\u00a0<\/span>Marianne Schnall,\u00a0<\/strong>What Will It Take founder and author of\u00a0<\/span>What Will It Take to Make a Woman President?<\/a><\/em>joined veteran sports journalist and advocate\u00a0<\/span>Sam Marchiano<\/strong>\u00a0as they talked with 2012 gold medalist in gymnastics\u00a0<\/span>Jordyn Wieber<\/strong>, an outspoken voice for change.\u00a0Marianne also had the privilege of interviewing keynote speaker and Women\u2019s Sports Foundation founder\u00a0<\/span>Billie Jean King<\/strong>.
\nRead the interview and find out more.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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What Will It Take: Women\u2019s Political Leadership
\n<\/strong>On October 15th, 2018 we held our Women\u2019s Political Leadership Event<\/a>\u00a0at NYU\u2019s Skirball Center in New York City. It was an inspiring evening featuring Marianne Schnall<\/strong>\u2019s Q&A with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi<\/b> and a panel discussion moderated by Pat Mitchell<\/b> in which Symone Sanders<\/b>, Brittany Packnett<\/b>,\u00a0Alessandra Biaggi<\/b>, and Kerry Healey <\/b>offered their powerful insights on why it\u2019s so crucial to have more women in politics and how we can all get involved in making that happen.
\nWatch the videos and find out more.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What Will It Take to Make Media that Advances Gender Equality?
\n<\/b>On August 23rd, 2018 we held our\u00a0What Will It Take to Make Media that Advances Gender Equality?<\/b>\u00a0event in Beverly Hills. The event\u2014which kicked off our Women & Media initiative and was part of our Year of Women<\/a> campaign\u2014was attended by\u00a0a variety of media makers and featured a panel conversation moderated by WWIT founder Marianne Schnall<\/strong> with Jennifer Siebel Newsom<\/strong> (Filmmaker; Founder & CEO, The Representation Project), Brenda Robinson<\/strong> (Women at Sundance Leadership Council; USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative) and Caroline Heldman<\/strong> (Political Science professor at Occidental College; Research Director of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media).\u00a0This timely event was in partnership with Second Lady of California Jennifer Siebel Newsom<\/strong> and her organization The Representation Project<\/a>\u00a0and addressed the influence media has on culture, the need for more women leaders and diversity in the media industry, and how media can drive gender equality.\u00a0 Special thanks to Shelley Zalis<\/strong> and The Female Quotient<\/a> for hosting us and their support of the event.
\nWatch the videos and find out more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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