thursday, march 6, 1980
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THE 8Q1K3D EWHOT
5421 Smith 84th Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68516
By Diane Andersen
Female executives and entrepreneurs
may soon be able to join a national support
network that will publish a "yellow pages'
of women business owners and a directory
of women belonging to local networks to
contact when relocating or traveling,
according to Kitty Kilmer and Silly
Cowan, two Lincoln career women.
They spoke Wednesday as part of the
Women Speak series, sponsored by the
Student Y. Cowan, a member of the
National Association of Female Executives,
tried to start a Lincoln network that no
longer is active.
She and Kilmer said they plan to try
again with a membership drive promoted
by advertising. Their group would be typi
cal of the growing number of women's job
networks, around the country which otter
seminars and information through contacts
between working women-,
; Kilmer called networking the "phenom
enon of the 80s." Cowan said it developed
to replace "the good old boys grapevine"
among male executives who have tradition
ally made business contacts through sports
or over a drink."
New to management
"Women are relatively new to manage
ment positions," Cowan said, so they have
no such informal networks to help them
get to the top. Cowan said college women
should be aware of the benefits of net
working. "It grew out of the feminist movement,
but networks want to join the system be
fore they try to change it," Cowan said.
Many types of women join networks,
which are not "militant" organizations.
Cowan "said, but are used by members for
their individual career goals.
Cowan runs an audio-visual production
company involving "all facets of business."
She is also a professional musician who
performs in Lincoln bars. Kilmer, who was
a regional sales manager for a Minneapolis
photographic equipment company, con
tacted her through a network listing when
she moved to Lincoln,
Kilmer said that although she is current
ly unemployed, her contact with Cowan
and the defunct Lincoln network have
been valuable.
r Diverse backgrounds
Cowan said the Lincoln network failed
because it was top small and the women
were of diverse work backgrounds.
They had to be generalized in discus
sions, she said, because of the range in age
and experience of the 10 members.
"Perhaps what was lacking was a vision
of what it could have been," Kilmer said.
The group started an exchange of book
listings they found useful and gave presen
tations, but only a few people did all the
work and interest lagged.
"We, want to start over with a small core
of ambitious women," Kilmer said. Organi
zation , followed by ads, should help the
Lincoln group get off the ground, she said.
Some networks have been boosted by
political situations, Kilmer said. A Washing
ton, D.C. group was inspired by President
Carter's efforts to put more women in
government jobs 1 there, she said. The
Denver network challenged the city's lack
of day care centers and attracted publicity
and members, Kilmer said.
"In adversity, networks can become
gangs," she added,
Seminars and contacts
Networks offer such. things as seminars
on financial investments, lists of contacts
for specific jobs, and subscriptions to the
magazines Savvy and Executive Female
Digest. Some networks take members by
invitation only,- similar to the successful
"Twig Daniels" social luncheon group for
Lincoln businesswomen.
But Cowan said she wants to "avoid ex
clusivity", in the Lincoln network, She also
said she wants to avoid formulas and money
making gimmicks such as "dressing tor suc
cess" rules and subscriptions to mediocre
publications. ,
Kilmer said a prerequisite for belonging
to a network should be a sense of self
esteem and "not being scared of using
women colleagues." Networks are not
mutual aid societies or clubs, Kilmer said,
but should make women aware of what
other working women are doing around the
country.
"The. timing is ideal right now" she
said, for women to become informed about
networking. She said she is "excited about
the fast-changing scene of national net
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Abel-Sandoz
residents toast
state's birthday
Students in Abel and
Sandoz residence halls will
"-toast Nebraska's 1 13th
- birthday., tonight -with a
dinner featuring "" buffalo
meat, quail, steamed pud
ding, pioneer apple cake and
corn oread.
Lt; Gov. Roland A.
Luedtke will be featured
speaker. . .
The Abel-Sandoz Resi
dence Association and the
Abel-Sandoz Food Service
are co-sponson'ng the din-,
tier, which will be served at
5 p.m. to the guests and an
anticipated 1,200 to 1,300
residents." Luedtke will
speak at 6:15 pjn. in the
Abel North Lounge on legis
lative concerns affecting
students.
"We felt this would be a
way for our student-residents
to become aware of
what's happening in our
state government, and for
some of our state govern
ment people t J become
aware of the environment
here, said Ina Luhring,
Abel-Sandoz complex pro
gram director.