Women Dominated at the 2011 Women's Conference

Last Friday, March 11th marked the 3rd Annual Women's Conference held at USC.  A whole day dedicated to expressing, encouraging and inspiring the women who attended, Trojan Junior Auxiliary was lucky enough to have several ladies participate in it's message.

The day started off with check-in and a very well-stocked breakfast in front of Bovard Auditorium.  Ladies were treated to a gift-bag featuring a Trader's Joe bag made up in USC colours, a bottle of water, a beautifully bound journal, pens, mints and an assortment of other coupons, flyers and pamphlets.  TJA was able to secure a place in those gift bags too, with a flyer detailing our group, and more importantly, our Benefit coming up on April 29th.

TJA President Janine was asked to be on the host committee for the Women's Conference this year and as a result, she got to work behind the scenes and help plan the event.  Above, you can see her working the gift-bag table with a fellow host committee member.

The event began with a wonderful key-note speaker, Janet Evans.  Janet, an Olympian long-distance swimmer, gave a compelling and inspirational speech on her time at the Olympics and what it took to become a champion.  Her speech was very well-received by the 700+ women attending the event and started off the day on a great note.

Attendees of the conference then attended one workshop session during the morning.  Sessions included topics like Leadership, Career Development, Women's Health, Financial Strategies, and Beauty, Nutrition and Wellness.  After a healthy lunch at Town and Gown (where attendees were presented with a super-cute bracelet courtesy of Cookie Lee), it was time for the afternoon session of workshops.  Finally the day ended with an inspiration panel followed by a champagne reception.

Above are just a few of TJA's attendees enjoying the lush dessert buffet and drinks as well as a beauty station featuring product from L'Oreal and a live band.  Then came the highlight of the reception, the raffle.  Women could fill out a survey on the details of the conference or a networking Bingo sheet and were rewarded with a raffle ticket in which they could try and win items such as a leather handbag, an eBook, or an HD Flip Camera.

Well.  Needless to say, TJA cleaned up:

TJA Member Nancy was the first to win the coveted HD Flip Camera, which was beyond awesome!

And Membership Chair Michelle managed to snag an awesome makeup kit with a Mardi Gras theme!

All in all, the Women's Conference was a very memorable time and the ladies that participated deemed it a good experience.  Thanks to Danielle and the entire staff at the Alumni Association for pulling off what was an extraordinary task!  We hope that you'll join TJA again next year in attending this event!