in our shoes

In Our Shoes

LIFE AND WORK BALANCE

by Célia Fortes - Brazil

Introduction

This presentation is about being an imperfect woman.

An imperfect woman who is always doing the

best as a worker, mother, wife, teacher, engineer, musician, social helper, tennis player, friend, grandmother...

... and still finds time to pay attention to technology developments, coordinate women groups, fight for ecology, go to the supermarket, cookand read a book.

Women have a natural talent for task management: We are flexible and FLEXIBILITY is the key.

Task Management

But from time to time we need to make a PAUSE

PAUSE

To review our ROUTINES

Systems of task organization can be of great help. David Allen creator of GTD – Getting Things Done - gives simple and effective hints, such as dividing your daily tasks by context. Try separating your TO DO list by CONTEXT:

With organization, our shoes can become rollers.

PHONEOFFICE

HOME

STREET

COMPUTER

We don't manage priorities, we HAVE them.David Allen

RETURN THE BOOK PICK UP THE LAUNDRY FUNCTION TONIGHT

REVIEWS OF WORK PROCESSESCLIENT

Technology can be a great helper.Choose your tools according to your needs.You don't need to have the latest tech sensationto work better.

Technology

We make a living by what we get.We make a life by what we give.W. Churchill

In the working place, we must “ dig our heels in” to negotiate with our employers or employees for finding better conditions to work.

The most common and important example, is that managing professional and personal tasks can be reallydifficult for mothers... and fathers.

WORK&LIFE

?Working parents

can feel guilty if they work too much and don't have time for home, children and family. (guilt x paid help)

Parents who leave work for dedicating time to their kids feel

guilty for not dedicating time to their careers.

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Negotiating

Negotiate change.If you need changes for a better life,negotiate with your employer, employees,family, partner, and above all, negotiate with yourself

Share Your ExperiencesWith other women with multi-role participation in the contemporary society.

Sharing experiences through hobbies, sport activities, playing tennis, playing golf, jogging...

Motivation

Open some space to creativity.

We are in 2008 and every woman deserves to be much beyond the Cinderela complex.

Dream Big.You are never too old to set another goalor to dream a new dream.

If you educate a manYou raise a man.If you educate a woman,You raise a family.

Slow down.Fast food, fast traffic, fast life are out of fashion. Do it slowly, do it well.

Final Tips

Simplify.

Take sometime to review your life and get rid of obligations you no longer need.

Happiness at all times.

Balance is a moving target.

In our PROFESSIONAL lives today, we are all trying to observe and create better ways of working to respect NATURE.

Taking this RESPONSABILITY is also a great way of seeing our work from a wider point of view – we're all human beings!

As a Civil Engineer, I always tried to work with environmental harmony. Here are some examples of responsible actions:

Collaborating for a better world

ECO BUILDING

GARDEN IRRIGATION

CLEANING DRAIN SINKSEWERCISTERNTANK

LESS PRESSURE/ LESS WATER

ONLY PEE---

MORE PRESSURE/MORE WATER

ROOF WITH RAIN CATCHMENT

We must look for ideas that use natural resources

with great results and economy.

DESALINIZATION

SOLAR CELL

INSIDE A PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL

WINDOWS AND PROJECTSTAKING MOST OF SUNLIGHT

Intelligence Saves Energy!

AIR CONDITIONING FROM FLOOR UP TO HUMAN HIGH

COLD AIR IS HEAVIER THAN HOT

SUN ALL DAY / COLD COUNTRY DIFFERENT PRICE

NATURAL LIGHT

We must use our talents toproject and use energyin our daily liveswith economy and sustainability.

Intelligence Saves Energy!

WIND ENERGY

Many of us are already recycling. We also need to beconcious consumers. Do I really need to buy this?

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RECYCLE KITCHEN OIL IN BOTTLE FOR INK SOAP BIODIESEL ...

ORGANIC GARBAGE

Therefore:

Work-life balance is an ongoing challenge

Life is an oportunity, benefit from it.Life is a beauty, admire it.Life is a dream, realize it.Life is a challenge, meet it.

Madre Teresa de Calcutá

thank youmerci

dankie, dahn-keefaleminderit

shukran, shoe-krahn Barak Allahu fiik chnorakaloutioun

mileskerДзякую (dziakuju)

dhanyabaad hvala

gràcies salamat grazie hvala

děkuji, deh-ku-yih tak, tahg

dank je wel dankon

tänan väga akpé

takk fyri vinaka

dankewol gracie graciasdanke

ευχαριστώaguyjé mahalo toh-dah

shoo-kree-a köszönöm

takk terima kasih

go raibh maith agat arigatô

kamsah hamnida sobodi

gratias agimuspaldies

choukrane aciu

bedankt / dank ju wel blagodaram

n nni Баярлалаа

obrigada

Music

Brasileirinho- Waldir AzevedoWave – Tom JobimChoro - Noel Rosa

Garota de Ipanema - Tom JobimOdeon - Ernesto Nazareth

Aquarela do Brasil – Ary Barroso