Dress for Success
2020-10-01 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom Online Meeting
Virtual Black & Gold Gala – Kick Off Fundraiser
Join Dress for Success Pittsburgh on Thursday, October 1 for an interactive Virtual Black & Gold Gala Kickoff Fundraiser to support our mission and celebrate all things Pittsburgh, leading up to the Black & Gold Gala on Friday, May 14 at The Westin Pittsburgh. All attendees will be entered into a raffle to win an Apple Watch Series 5, donated by Range Resources.
This Pittsburgh-themed event is free to attend and will highlight local women owned/operated businesses, a cookie decorating demonstration by Lindsay Litterini, owner of Whoo’s Your Baker?, and an optional after-hours dance party with DJ Jess. Share your favorite Pittsburgh locale, photo or souvenir during the networking breakout sessions and don’t forget to wear your favorite black and gold or Pittsburgh themed outfit!

Concept to Launch
2020-10-05 17:30 - 19:30 | Online
“Concept to Launch” is a 6-week entrepreneurial training program for women in the early stages of starting a business.
Dates: Six Monday evenings from 5:30-7:30 PM starting on October 5th and ending on November 9th.
The Fall program will be offered Online Only and offered at a reduced rate of $45. The program is capped at 25 participants.
Required: Zoom capable device and internet access to participate.
Classes focus on:
– Developing the business concept
– Identifying target customers and markets
– Marketing strategies
– Foundational operations of your business
– Basic financials
– Legal business entities
– Developing and delivering your “pitch”
Contact Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship

Breaking Down the Business Plan
2020-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
Breaking Down the Business Plan is a 6-week program to help you develop a comprehensive business plan for your business.
The foundation of a successful business is a solid business plan. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing but also of keeping your efforts in line with your strategy. You will work through all the major components of writing a business plan and emerge with your first draft in hand. And most importantly, you will have completed the first-and most difficult-step on the path to small business success.

Election 2020
2020-10-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Elsie Hillman Chair In Women and Politics Election 2020: A Conversation with Governors Jennifer Granholm (D-MI) and Susana Martinez (R-NM)
A moderated conversation about the 2020 election, gender and elections, and their thoughts on the current political climate.

Dress For Success Pittsburgh
2020-12-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Workshop PGH, 5135 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, 15224, United States
Dress for Success Pittsburgh will be partnering with Workshop PGH and Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation to host a community suiting event for local women on Wednesday, December 16 from 10am-3pm.
Items available include business professional, business casual, rebuilding wardrobe and winter attire. While supplies last.
To spread the holiday cheer, every woman suited will also receive a “Be Well” box that includes encouraging self-care tips, hand-selected accessories, and a few festive surprise perks!
Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation will be onsite to complete referral forms for all women with appointments.

Build Your Business
2021-01-09 09:30 - 11:30 | Online
Offered in partnership with Pittsburgh SCORE, the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship will present a Build Your Business 2-hour webinar for women interested in starting or expanding their business. Business experts and seasoned entrepreneurs will discuss the following topics: Digital Marketing, Legal, Financing, Accounting, and Business Lessons Learned.

Investing in Women
2021-01-19 11:00 - 12:30
CWE and The Center for Women in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities present “Investing In Women” Webinar. This webinar will discuss the unique financial obstacles facing women, including lower investment participation, and provide a roadmap on confidently managing banking, budgeting, credit and investing. You’ll get a lot of bang for your buck!
Speaker: Becky MacDicken, Outreach Specialist, PA Department of Banking and Securities.

Overcoming the Challenges of Managing Remote Employees
2021-01-22 10:00 - 11:00
Many businesses are allowing employees to work remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This approach is sensible, but it can open the door to increased legal problems.
Attorney Beth Slagle, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP will discuss basic legal protections for employers, which include:
– Managing Non-Exempt Workers
– Managing Exempt Workers
– ADA & FMLA
– Workers’ Compensation & Safety
– Discrimination & Retaliation Laws

Virtual Volunteer Information Session
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:00
Volunteer with us!

Dress for Success Pittsburgh could not operate without the generous support of our dedicated volunteers.
As women work to recover from the pandemic, we need your support virtually, in the boutiques, at mobile services events, and on event planning committees now more than ever before!

Self Defense in Pittsburgh
2021-09-04 08:00 - 2021-09-25 17:00
FIGHT BACK CAMP – PITTSBURGH COMBAT CLUB
4 Dates in September!
4 Unique Self-Defense Workshops!
09/04/2021
UP AGAINST A WALL
– Escape chokes & holds
– 3-hour workshop; 12pm-3pm
– $70
09/11/202
HIT HIM HARD
-Defend & counter attack
– 3-hour workshop; 12pm-3pm
– $70
09/18/2021
KNOCK ‘EM DOWN
– Throws and takedowns
– 3-hour workshop; 12pm-3pm
– $70
09/25/2021
GET THE EDGE!
-Self-defense weapons & tools
– 3-hour workshop; 12pm-3pm
– $70
ALL 4 WORKSHOPS!
– Four 3-hour workshops; 12 hours in total
– Each workshop is 12pm-3pm
– $199
PCC FIGHT BACK SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOPS
These are our highly regarded self-defense training workshops. Each workshop is 3-hours long and specializes in a key aspect/fundamental of self-defense training. This is the same workshop that we offer as MTO (“made-to-order”) but is being made open to the public at large – first come, first serve. Please NOTE:
ONLY 6 SLOTS PER WORKSHOP ARE AVAILABLE!!!

Southwest Chamber Bike Event
2021-09-29 10:00 - 13:00
Bikes and Business- Networking Adventure

BIKES AND BUSINESS- NETWORKING ADVENTURE
The South West Communities Chamber of Commerce and Peters Township Chamber of Commerce, along with Adam Solar Rides and Over The Bar Bicycle Cafe at Hastings is taking our members on a networking adventure. Starting in the morning at OTB Bicycle Cafe, our thrill seeking networkers can jump onto one of Adam Solar Rides, a self-propelled electric bike that will help you hit the trails. Enjoy a unique trail experience and then join us to refill your tank at our networking lunch at the Over the Bar Bicycle Café at Hastings. Don’t want to ride? You can join us for lunch networking. This is on event you won’t want to miss. Limited to ten riders. Bikes available to Members Only due to limited quantity. Non-Members can attend the lunch networking at 11:30 a.m. at OTB Bicycle Cafe.
Trail Ride on Adam’s Solar Rides: 10:00- 11:30 a.m.
Lunch Networking: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
REGISTER
Lunch Networkers Can Choose from Three Options:
THE COG* (GF)
Grilled chicken over mixed greens topped with bacon,
crumbled blue cheese, hard-boiled egg, fresh avocado,
shredded carrots, red onion, and cherry tomatoes.
CHICKEN PARM SANDWICH*
Grilled chicken with house-made marinara and panko
battered fried provolone. Served on a Mancini’s brioche bun.
THE TRAIL BUILDER*
Loaded with crispy bacon, provolone, cheddar, onion
straws, lettuce, and tomato. This burger is dedicated to
the folks at Trail Pittsburgh who build and maintain the
trails in the Pittsburgh region.
About Adam’s Solar Rides:
Adam Solar Resources has been installing solar panels, teaching sustainability, and trying to help save the world for over a decade. ASR expanded to include Adam Solar Rides in 2012 and opened an electric bike and electric vehicle shop. Our 2nd location in downtown Pittsburgh at Station Square opened in 2017, with a focus on offering tours, EV rentals, and having FUN!
Learn about the Over the Bar Bicycle Café:
https://nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/over-the-bar-bicycle-cafe-opening-its-third-location-in-south-fayette-by-parks-and-trails/

Women Business Leaders Breakfast "At Home" Series
2021-10-08 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
Friday, October 08
WORKING IN A FAMILY BUSINESS – THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT REAL ESTATE COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY
Join us as Kelly Hanna Riley, Chatham Alumna ’95, discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by working in a family business. Learn how the Howard Hanna family has grown and moved together to evolve the business into the nation’s largest family-owned and operated full service real estate brokerage and how they navigated residential sales through the pandemic.

Runway Repurposed
2021-10-14 18:30 - 21:00 | Sheraton Station Square, 300 W Station Square Dr, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States
Runway RePurposed: Benefiting The Salvation Army’s Family Caring Center
Thursday, October 14, 2021 ∙ 6:30 – 9:00 PM ∙ Sheraton Station Square
Fashion Show ∙ Hors d’oeuvres ∙ Silent Auction
Runway RePurposed, formerly known as Garbage Bag Gala, brings fashion, food, and fun all together in one room—while raising funds and awareness for The Salvation Army Family Caring Center. The highlight of the event is a fashion show for which local designers, boutiques, and students are challenged to repurpose everyday items by turning them into wearable fashion. Runway RePurposed promotes the idea that everyone and everything deserves a second chance to be something great! As our designers provide a second chance to materials that would have been thrown away otherwise, the Family Caring Center provides a second chance to struggling families.

Southwest Communities Chamber Fall Dinner
2021-10-22 17:00 - 20:30
Autumn Moon Celebration and Fall Harvest Dinner

Autumn Moon Celebration
and Fall Harvest Dinner
Friday, October 22nd, 2021 at 5:00 p.m./6:30 p.m.
Join us for the Autumn Moon Celebration, an exclusive event bringing together some of the top chamber’s in the region and their networkers on Friday, October 22nd, 2021. The event will offer a VIP Fall Harvest Dinner followed by a lakeside meet-and-greet at Bedner’s Farm and Greenhouse in Cecil, PA. Our VIP dinner will feature a live presentation by chef (TBA) with an autumn harvest dinner paired with wine from Passiflora Springs Winery.
After dinner, guests can take in the bucolic autumn scenery, sit by a blazing bonfire, try samples from Passiflora Springs Winery, spirits from Quantam spirits and beer from the Pittsburgh Bottleshop Cafe. Cigars will also be available for purchase. Later in the evening guests will each have the opportunity to release a water lantern into the lake with their well wishes for the coming year.
Sponsorships and Vendor Tables Available
Autumn Moon Celebration and Fall Harvest Dinner Pricing
Fall Harvest VIP Dinner*:
Single Ticket:
sale 95.00 thru October 11th, 2021/ $125.00 after October 11th, 2021
Duo Ticket: sale $185.00 thru October 11th, 2021/ $200.00 after October 11th, 2021
*Seating is Limited
Autumn Moon Celebration General Admission:
Single Ticket: $35.00/ Duo Ticket: $60.00
Year-Long VIP Member:
General Admission Only: Free
Post-Graduate Member:
General Admission Only: Free
Register
https://southwestcommunitieschamber.org/register/autumn-moon-celebration-and-fall-harvest-dinner/

Self-Defense Training Event
2022-06-22 18:00 | Higher Voice Studio, 144 E. Main Street, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Ready to defend yourself? Learn how at this special Singles Steps Strategies event!
Join us for a self-defense workshop with David Holzer, founder of the Pittsburgh Combat Club. David will teach how to physically protect yourself and others in the event of a personal attack, as well as how to mentally and emotionally respond.
Don’t leave your safety to chance! This is a limited quantity event. Register today!
When: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022, at 6 PM
Where: Higher Voices Studios – 144 E Main St, Carnegie, PA 15106
Cost: $45.
Register and make the payment at https://www.singlestepsstrategies.com/self-defense-checkout/
Participants must also fill a waiver here: https://www.pittsburghcombatclub.com/pcc-lrata

Washington Wild Things Ladies Night Out
2022-08-16 18:00 - 22:00 | Wild Things Park, 1 Washington Federal Way, Washington, PA, 15301
Join the Wild Things for our first annual Ladies Night Out presented by Range Resources. Each women’s organization can reserve 10 free tickets in our Networking Picnic Event with food included thanks to Range Resources. Additional picnic tickets are available for purchase. All proceeds from the night will benefit our local partners at Dress for Success Pittsburgh. Email Stephanie Keller (skeller@washingtonwildthings.com) for more information.
Single Steps Strategies will be there! Contact us to RSVP for the event.
We can’t wait to see you there!

Women Who Wine & Travel
2024-03-26 17:30 - 19:30 | The Musuneggi Financial Group, 4600 J Barry Court, Ste. 410, Canonsburg, PA, 15317, United States
Please RSVP by 3/18 to info@mfgplanners.com
