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Happy 2020 Fourth of July

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This July 4th, the Women in Standards wishes all of our members a happy and safe holiday celebration. Many standards contribute to holiday celebrations. They ensure that products are made

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The Top Questions to Ask Your Members

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What questions will you ask today? Asking the right questions when calling and engaging with members will help you better understand them and what motivates their participation in your organization.

Training Your Members to be Magnifiers

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Your membership can be an untapped source of marketing, promotion, and support for your organization. Members come from diverse backgrounds and their experience and skills can create a set of

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Supporting Diversity in the Workplace

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Embracing your Unique Perspective “There’s more to diversity than gender, skin pigmentation and other physical characteristics,” Grant Freeland, contributor for Forbes stated in his December 2019 article on diversity. [1]

Mandatory Standards Come in Many Flavors

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Most of us are familiar with voluntary consensus standards (VCS) but what makes a standard a mandatory standard? Well, that depends! This article will explore the different ways standards become

Creating Purpose for Your Team

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Support Employees by Creating Purpose Are your employees focused at work? Are they excited to arrive each day and discuss future projects with interest? If not, your organization may be

Motivating Your Team

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Motivate Your Committee to Give You Their Best Keeping a team engaged and motivated throughout a project is critical in ensuring high quality performance and on time completion. If you

Communicating your Change Plans – Change Management

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Communicating your Change Plans You’d like to propose a change to your organization, it’s processes, or a standard managed by your committee. Or perhaps you’ve been told to make the

Women in Standards at ICPHSO 2020

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ICPHSO 2020 In February 2020 Karin Athanas, Women in Standards Executive Officer, attended the 2020 International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) conference in Orlando, Florida. Each year the

Best Practice Recommendations for Submitting Comments on Draft Standards

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Best Practice Recommendations for Submitting Comments on Draft Standards By Karen Reczek, Social Scientist within the Standards Coordination Office (SCO) at the National Institute of Standards & Technology Almost every standards

Women in Standards

Happy 2020 Fourth of July

The Top Questions to Ask Your Members

Training Your Members to be Magnifiers

Supporting Diversity in the Workplace

Mandatory Standards Come in Many Flavors

Creating Purpose for Your Team

Motivating Your Team

Communicating your Change Plans – Change Management

Women in Standards at ICPHSO 2020

Best Practice Recommendations for Submitting Comments on Draft Standards

Happy 2020 Fourth of July

The Top Questions to Ask Your Members

Training Your Members to be Magnifiers

Supporting Diversity in the Workplace

Call to Action on Standards

Body Armor for Women

2019 July WiS – SES Summer Event

Building a Strong Network