No One Path

Tonight commemorated the launch of "No One Path:Perspectives on Leadership from a Decade of Women in Technology Award Winners." The book profiles 54 women who share diverse perspectives on leadership and its wide ranging milestones, influences and lessons. I'm proud that Elizabeth Shea and I are two of those profiles. We actually met through WIT more than eight years ago, which made tonight's book launch that much more meaningful. A special thanks to our colleague Piper Conrad for writing our profiles.

There is alot of networking that transpires in the D.C. area on a daily basis, and the quality of those interactions vary wildly. As I socialized around the room tonight, it felt a little like Homecoming--that feeling of familiarity and energy from connections that have evolved over the past 10 years. Everywhere I turned there was someone I knew, and knew pretty well--it actually didn't feel like networking at all. The evening was a great reminder that when it comes to networking organizations, you get back what you put in (I've definitely gotten alot back from WIT) and while there is merit to being seen everywhere, perhaps it's more important to be known well by one or two communities.

Top photo (left-to-right): Charlotte Pelliccia (Pelliccia Communications), Sue Liblong, Toni Townes-Whitley (Unisys) and Maureen Bunyan (WJLA - ABC 7). Bottom photo (left-to-right): Valerie Voci (Voci Media Works East), Me, Eva Neumann (ENC Marketing)

I had an opportunity to talk to WIT past presidents Angela Drummond (SiloSmashers) and Dede Haskins (NewVision Health) about the book. Here are their quick thoughts:

- Lisa Throckmorton