Local Giveaway: Sheryl Sandberg @ 6th and I [CLOSED]
Mar 5, 2013
Next week, Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook will be at Sixth and I discussing her book Lean In and the new Lean In Foundation that seeks to bring more women to the top-tier of the working world. While her book has generated a bit of controversy–some call it a one-size-fits-all recipe in a diverse world–you can’t deny that she is one of the most important female leaders in America, if not the world.
From the COO of Facebook comes Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, a riveting book that asks: Why do men still hold the majority of top positions in government and industry, thirty years after women became the majority of college graduates? And why are women’s voices still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives?
Sandberg taps her experience at Facebook, Google, the World Bank and the US Treasury to examine these questions. She uses hard data to dig into the roots of the problem and paint a compelling portrait of working women’s lives. She provides advice for women on negotiating, finding mentors, and building a satisfying career. She shows men how they benefit too when they support women in the workplace and at home. With humor and insight, she recounts her own daily struggles to make the right choices for her career and her family.
Sandberg is ranked among Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” and Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World.” She will be in conversation with NPR Special Correspondent, Michele Norris.
The event is sold out, but I bought two pairs of tickets to give away before they ran out. So let’s get to the nitty-gritty.
The event is Thursday, March 14, 2013. It’s being held at 6th and I Synagogue in Chinatown, so this giveaway is for D.C.-area residents only. To enter, leave a comment listing your current job title and your dream job. Don’t forget to include your real e-mail address so I can contact you.
The drawing will be Friday, and tickets will need to be mailed, so owners must claim their prize by the following Monday.
Current Job: Strategic Account Executive
Dream Job: Broadway Singer
Current job title: Congressional Affairs Analyst
Dream job: Intelligence Specialist or Legislative Liaison at a multitude of gov agencies
Current job: Legislative Correspondent
Dream Job: Foreign Service Officer/Civil Service Officer with the State Department
Current Job Title: Marketing Manager
Dream Job: Marketing/Branding consultant
Current: Economic Development Associate
Dream: CEO of Downtown Development Agency
Current: Public Policy Associate
Dream: Head Lobbyist… or the next Ina Garten
Current: Technical Officer
Dream: Not totally sure yet…but moving towards entrepreneur/small business owner
Current Job: Press Secretary
Dream Job: Working at the State Department on Western Hemisphere issues
Current Job: Capitol Hill Committee Intern/Full-Time Job-Seeker
Dream Job: Photojournalist
Current Job: legal assistant
Dream Job: Supreme Court Justice
Current Job: Research Associate
Dream Job: Public Health Advocate
Current Job: Public Affairs Associate
Dream Title: CJ Cregg
Current Job: Advocacy Account Executive
Dream Job: Food and/or Film Critic
Current: unemployed
Dream job: trying to figure that one out!
Current Job: Financial Analyst
Dream Job: CFO
current job: management & program analyst (HR)
dream job: chief of staff to flotus
Current title: Analyst (federal agency)
Dream title: Madam Secretary!
Dream big, right?
Sheryl Sandberg starts great conversations, and I would love to see her at 6th & I. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
Current Job: consultant
Dream Job: TBD
Current: Early Childhood site manager
Dream: Secretary of Education
Current title: employment lawyer
Dream title: US Attorney
Current Job: Staff Assistant
Dream Job: Foreign Service Officer
current job : marketing associate
dream job: marketing manager or creative director for an ad agency
Current: Student at American University studying Public Communication with a minor in Computer Science
Dream Job: Strategic Communication Firm
Current: Attorney
Dream: Tina Fey
Current job: Scheduler for US Representative
Dream job: Pastry chef and baking book author
Current title: Development Associate
Dream job: starting up the next Georgetown Cupcake/Sprinkles empire (not cupcakes…more patisserie/corner bakery style)
Current Job: Associate Attorney at a Law Firm
Dream Job: Virginia’s First Female U.S. Senator
Current Job: Account Manager for Political Consulting Firm
Dream Job: Communications Director for the White House
Thanks so much for saving tickets for a give away!
Current: Counsel
Dream: General Counsel
Current job: Associate at Law Firm
Dream Job: General Counsel at Google
Hi Belle,
I would not be able to attend, but I am jumping in with a comment here because I would love to hear from fellow political professionals about a DC-related anecdote Sandberg tells that has always bothered me.
In her original popular Ted Talk, and many times since, Sandberg states as one of her principles that women should “Sit at the Table.” She tells the following story:
“Just a couple weeks ago at Facebook, we hosted a very senior government official, and he came in to meet with senior execs from around Silicon Valley. And everyone kind of sat at the table. He had these two women who were traveling with him who were pretty senior in his department, and I kind of said to them, ‘Sit at the table! Come on, sit at the table!’ And they sat on the side of the room.”
I think Sandberg misread the situation here. Depending on the meeting, when political aides are “staffing” an official, even very senior ones, they’ll sit against the wall behind him or her rather than joining the group. By lining the wall, they can confer quietly, pass papers to the boss, or stay tuned to a device if needed. Male staff would do the same. Sometimes we’re co-negoitators at the table; sometimes we’re “staffers.” It’s a relatinoship that might not have a parallel in the corporate world.
I don’t want to get too deep into the Great Sheryl Sandberg Backlash debate here, but just wanted to say it always bugged me on behalf of those two women that Sandberg mistook an unfamiliar piece of professional ettiquette for a personal lack of confidence and drive. If I could go to Sixth and I on Thursday, I would love the chance to confidently tell her that in person. 🙂 Tell me if I’m wrong, ladies.
I think you’re right. I always sat behind my Boss, not because he was a man, but because that’s normal for a staffer. We sit behind them in committee, in meetings, etc. They sit at the table because they’re the focus.
Current job: Online Marketing Coordinator
Dream Job: VP of Marketing at a Non-Profit
Thanks for snatching up those tickets- I’ve been searching for a way to get into this event!
Current Job: Consultant
Dream Job: CEO of Big Pharma firm
Current Job: Project Manager
Dream Job: Run my own consulting firm
Current job: attorney for government
Dream job: to be a famous artist
Current job: healthcare lawyer
Dream job: Hospital CEO or law school clinic director
Current Job: House Legislative Assistant
Dream Job: Senator/Senate Approps Chairman
Current Job: Program Specialist
Dream Job: Foreign Service Officer
Current Job: House Legislative/Press Assistant
Dream Job: To be C.J. Cregg, or to own a breakfast taco truck
Current Job: Associate at law firm
Dream Job: general counsel at LVMH or Gucci Group
Current Job: Legal Assistant
Dream Job: Director/Editor-in-Chief of a my own media outlet, bakery owner
Current Job: Legislative Correspondent
Dream Job: Civil Service Officer with the State Department
Current Job: Program Evaluator Department of Justice
Dream Job: Own my own brand management consulting firm.
Current job: Political Communications Associate
Dream job: Foundation or Museum Communications Director
Current Job: Federal Consultant
Dream Job: Run a private school
Current Job: Administrative Coordinator
Dream Job: President of my company….. or Tina Fey.
Current job: Regulatory Affairs Manager
Dream job: Novelist, Elementary school volunteer
Current Job: Foreign Service Officer
Dream Job: Foreign Service Officer in Rome!
For those of you who listed this, I have to say it’s a great job! Take the test!
Current job: Associate Attorney at a firm
Dream job: General counsel/VP of an academic medical center
Current job: production assistant
Dream job: international correspondent
Current Job: Advocacy and Grassroots Manager
Dream Job: President of a nonprofit or university
Current Job: Government Technology Consultant
Dream Job: Open my own bakery
Current Job: Paralegal
Dream Job: First Female Supreme Court Chief Justice
Current job: Project manager for voter contact firm.
President: President of a strategic communications firm.
Current Job: Paralegal
Dream Job: Attorney for ACLU
Currently: Grad student in International Commerce and Policy (with graduation in May) spending hours each day looking for work.
Dream Job: Working for the trade and investment division of any embassy.
Current Job: Administrative Assistant at a retail giant’s government affairs office
Dream Job: White House Chief of Staff
Current Job: Marketing and Events Specialist
Dream Job: CMO or Head of Communications for a nature or animal-related nonprofi, not-for-profit, lobbying firm, or zoo.
Current job: Senate Staff Assistant
Dream Job: White House Press Secretary.
Current Job: Executive Assistant
Dream Job: First Female President 🙂
Current Job: Policy Manager
Dream Job: Food critic with some policy on the side
Current Job: Program Analyst/Contracts Auditor
Dream Job: Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
I think this is a great activity for women to see how “BIG” we all are dreaming, and I find it encouraging that so many women have such big aspirations. Good work, ladies!!!
Current Job: Law firm associate
Dream Job: Wine buyer
Current Job: Higher Education Associate
Dream Job: Deputy Director
Current Job: Litigation Associate
Dream Job: US Attorney
Current Job: Law Firm Associate
Dream Job: Heiress (or In-House Counsel for a Defense Contractor, whichever comes first)
Current Job: Project Coordinator
Dream Job: Pastry Chef and Foreign Policy Consultant
Current Job: Exec Assistant
Dream Job: VP Government Affairs
Current Job: Law Firm Associate
Dream Job: International Tax Counsel at Treasury
Current Job: HR Coordinator
Dream Job: Gynaecologist, then Community Health Worker Trainer
Current Job: Senior Public Affairs Analyst
Dream Job: Lobbyist for the University of North Carolina (one of only a handful of public universities to have lobbyists!)
Current: Fellow
Dream: Chief Counsel
Current Job: Marketing Manager
Dream Job: Marketing/Social Media for City Travel Bureau
Current Job: Attorney
Dream Job: Hedge Fund Manager
Current Job: Associate Blog Editor
Dream Job: Senior Health Care Policy Editor, Politico
Current job: Research Assistant
Dream Job: White House COS
Current Job: Attorney w/ a federal agency
Dream Job: Public policy leader (read: Head of an agency or organization that addresses important societal issues, education, housing, etc.)
Current: Assistant Program Officer
Dream: President of a private charitable fund
Current Title: Associate attorney (ERISA).
Dream Title: General Counsel at major labor union.
Current: Student-Alumni Programming Coordinator
Dream: HR/Talent Development Director for a fashion/cosmetics company (with a yoga business on the side!)
Current: associate at a speechwriting firm
Dream: Toby Ziegler (less bearded, better clothes, same power of prose)
Current Job: Associate/Legal Fellow
Dream Job: Associate General Counsel or General Counsel
Current: Office Manager
Dream: CEO
Current job: Financial Analyst
Dream job: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury / Chairwoman of the CFTC
Current Job: Manager, Client Services at a digital agency
Dream Job: Director of Online Marketing and Communication at an organization focused on women and girls
Current job: Research Associate
Dream Job: Nordstrom CEO
Current Job: 3D Artist and Animator
Dream Job: Elephant Trainer
Current Job: HR Specialist
Dream job: Human Capital Vp/Director
Current Job: Federal Management Consultant
Dream Job: Real Estate Developer in the western U.S.
Current Job: Legislative Staff Assistant
Dream Job: President of the United States
Current Job: Consultant
Dream Job: Chief of Staff in a Democratic Administration
current: China Analyst
dream: Secretary of State!
Current Job: Program Assistant
Dream Job: UN WMD Disarmament Chief
Current job: Program Analyst
Dream job: Foreign Service Management Officer (posted in Thailand.. but I’ll take what I can get)
Current Job: Small Business Owner
Dream Job: Large Business Owner
Current Job: Manager, Facilities Planning at DC-area hospital
Dream Job: Chief Strategy Officer for a non-profit health system
Current Job: Senior Federal Pursuit Specialist
Dream Job: Chief Creative Officer
Current Job: Exempt Organization Tax Specialist
Dream Job: COO, same company
Current Job:Renewable Energy Research Associate
Dream Job: Public Office
Current Job: Foster Care Social Worker
Dream Job: Astronaut
current job: defense reporter
dream job: embedded combat reporter.
Current job: Grants Manager
Dream job: Professional philanthropist!
Who doesn’t want to have a ton of money and then spend all their time giving it away to worthwhile organizations?
Current job: unemployed law student
Dream job (which I’m so lucky to be starting in the fall): Assistant District Attorney
Current Job: Consultant
Dream Job: Lobbyist
Current: executive assistant
Dream: head a corporate foundation
Current Job: Director of Public Relations/Public Affairs
Dream Job: Director of Media Relations at the FCC
Current job: Congressional Scheduler
Dream job: Josh Lyman from The West Wing
Current: Senate Staff Assistant
Dream: to be continued…
Current Job: Executive/ Communications Assistant
Dream Job: GMA News Anchor
Current Job: Independent Contractor, Public Affairs
Dream Job: FEC Commissioner
Current Job: Finance Director with a boutique fundraising firm
Dream Job: White House Social Secretary
Current: attorney
Dream: Supreme Court Justice
Current job: Exec. Assistant
Dream job: FLOTUS
Current: Economist
Dream: International Climate Policy Negotiator
Current: Policy Adviser
Dream: Writer for a television show
Current: Policy Associate
Dream: Florida’s first female U.S. Senator
Current: Office Administrator
Dream: Senate Committee Chief Clerk
Current: Reading Specialist
Dream: Wow–a toughie! Perhaps an award-winning novelist, who does author visits at schools and tutors in her free time?
Current: Scheduler
Dream: CEO of a Fundraising Firm for Political, Non-Profit, and Corporate Clients
Current Job: Policy Analyst
Dream Job: Chief of Staff
Current Title: Legislative Policy Analyst
Dream Title: Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense
Current Title: Associate (attorney at a firm)
Dream Job: Supreme Court Justice
Current Job: Corporate Partnerships Associate Manager
Dream Job: President of the Washington Redskins Foundation
current: Executive Assistant
dream: tbd
Current Job: Analyst for Booz Allen Hamilton
Dream Job: To be discovered
Current Job: Consultant
Dream Job; Foreign Service Office, Public Diplomacy
Current Job: Real Estate Analyst
Dream Job: Executive Managing Director
Hi Belle!
Current Job: Government Contractor: Current client site is the Department of Homeland Security
Dream Job: Owning my own consulting firm specializing in writing and copy editing.
Current Job:Associate Attorney
Dream Job: Travel Writer
Current: Legislative Assistant
Dream Job: Anchor for Good Morning America or Entertainment Correspondent
what an amazing (and valuable) idea for a give away. love it.
Current job- higher ed development
Dream job- owner of a furniture store (a la Good Wood
Thanks Belle!
Current job: Senate intern/grad student
Dream Job: Samantha Brown’s job 🙂
Current job: Quality Analyst
Dream job: Run my own coffee shop/music venue
Current job: Government Proposal Analyst
Dream Job: Director of Communications
Current job: law student/legal intern
Dream job: Supreme Court justice
Current Job: Associate attorney at law firm
Dream Job: Art gallery owner
Great idea – thanks!
Current: research analyst
Dream: Secretary of State
Current: Development Manager at a nonprofit
Dream: Chief Development Officer
Awesome giveaway!
Current: Law Firm Associate
Dream: General Counsel of Merck or Supreme Court Justice, preferably both, seriatim.
Current: Research Associate at an international market research firm
Dream: Running my own consulting/lobbying firm
Current Job: Office Administrator
Dream Job: Senior Policy Analyst
Great giveaway! 🙂
Current job: Management consultant
Dream job: Commercia real estate developer
Current Job: Program Asssociate
Dream Job: Director of Development or Major Gifts Director
Current job: Financial Analyst
Dream job: Artist (Painter) and/or run an at-home pet sitting service
Current Job: Production Assistant at local TV Studio Space
Dream Job: International Correspondent for a Major Network
Current job: Foreign Service Officer
Dream job: Secretary of State! Or, more realistically, U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Current Job: Account Representative
Dream Job: Chair, White House Council on Women and Girls
Current: Program Analyst for the DoD
Dream: Foreign Policy Consultant
Current: Stay at home mom
Dream: White House Domestic Policy Council Director
I am loving this list of current/dream jobs!
Thanks for the giveaway, Belle!
Current Job: Health policy consultant
Dream Job: Senior staff member at HHS OR director of visiting collections for a major art museum
Current Job: Committee Staff Associate
Dream Job: Running an NGO for refugees in the Jordan
Current: Research Analyst
Dream: still figuring that out..
Current: Newly Unemployed
dream job: An United States House Representative
Current job: Law student
Dream job: Environmental Protection Agency General Counsel
Current job: Director of Federal Government Affairs
Dream job: Martha Stewart
Current job: Program officer for a journalism non-profit
Dream job: Attorney practicing international law and media advocacy
Current Job: Environmental Protection Specialist
Dream Job: EPA Administrator
Current Job: Program analyst in chronic disease
Dream Job: CEO or Executive Director of a hospital system or health organization.
Current job: House LD
Dream job: White House Social Secretary
Current job: Intelligence Analyst
Dream Job: Special Agent and Mom
Current Job – job-searching attorney, trying to work on the Hill:)
Dream Job – Good question – I used to think it was the Hill but my automatic first thought is Adoption Attorney.
Current job: Paralegal
Dream job: Director of a legal aid organization
Current: Director of Government Affairs
Dream: Chief of Staff to a Governor, then COS to POTUS.