Global Walk Fest — Kirkland, WA (Hybrid) — with Smartsheet and GoDaddy

25 Lakeshore Plaza,Kirkland WA 98033

06 October, 2021

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TWO Weeks...Global...Infinite Connections. Generate new ideas, and discover fresh perspectives by simply moving your body. ABOUT: Walk with a Leader - Hybrid walk. 👟 Walk leaders: Katie van Zyl | Senior Director at GoDaddyRonit Bohrer Hillel | VP of Software Engineering at SmartsheetRekha Raghu | Senior Director of Product Management at SmartsheetTopic: A conversation about leadership. Continuing to lead yourself, engaging your team while keeping productivity and morale up. Two ways to join: Join locally - Meet up with other walkers + leaders. Listen on Zoom to the 30min talk, then we pair you up with another walker to discuss and get to know each other.Join virtually - Listen to the 30min live talk while taking your favorite walk or from the comfort of your home. The goal is simple: To move your body to fuel your mind, connect more fully with yourself—and others—by connecting with the world outside. Studies show you’re twice as creative while out walking as you are slumped behind your desk. And you need those big ideas to make the most of your big life. Rain or Shine ☂️☀️…We know that October could be a crisp fall day or a rainy day. Let's embrace rain walks, venture out with us with an umbrella or rain gear. #makerainwalkingsexy For more events across the globe during October 4th - 15th, 2021 go to loop-club.com/gwf Global Walk Fest is an event to generate new ideas, and discover fresh perspectives by simply moving your body. Join this great opportunity and get looped in on how leaders and like minded people—advocates, influencers, entrepreneurs and anyone dissatisfied with the status quo—are dealing with some of the same struggles and successes in their professional and personal lives. It’s an opportunity to celebrate vulnerability and strength and make new connections. So what are you waiting for? Grab those comfy sneakers and come walk with us! ABOUT KATIE: I am an experienced product leader who is passionate about building great customer experiences and growing the businesses I work on. I have a successful history driving product strategy, business results, and delivering experiences on a variety of platforms and services. I am great at solving hard problems, large cross team collaboration, driving product decisions utilizing experimentation and data, recruiting strong teams, and creating team environments that are fun and deliver high-quality results. Connect with Katie on Linkedin. ABOUT RONIT: An Engineering leader with 21 years experience in both corporate and startup companies. Bringing strong understanding of how to connect business vision to product delivery. Hands-on experience in building, leading and enhancing technology groups to reach their objectives, and launch high-quality products to delight the customers. Great interpersonal skills and abilities to develop people to reach their goals. In the last 10 years Ronit led SaaS, AI and Big Data innovations as part of SmartSheet, Amazon, Conduit and TTI Telco. She coached and mentored early stage startup leaders to define their business and engineering targets. And she dedicated her time to promote women in Engineering both outside and within her work. Connect with Ronit on Linkedin. ABOUT REKHA: Product management leader with engineering background has a proven track record in building enterprise and mobile solutions Throughout my professional career, I have developed and refined a unique set of skills that will afford me the ability to make an immediate, effective and positive contribution to any new technology. Experienced in launching products and working with teams in delivering results. Seasoned speaker at industry events. Connect with Rekha on Linkedin. MORE INFO: FAQTicket info: Questions? email us at [email protected] are not refundable but transferrableYour registration includes access to our global community app — Loop . A link to join will be included in your email confirmationABOUT LOOP: Loop is a modern walking club, a new community of literal movers and shakers with the desire to expand and diversify their network, who “meet” over steps in the street. Learn more about Loop: loop-club.com COVID- 19 POLICY: Our team is doing our best to keep up with the changing times as they pertain to the pandemic, and we are continuing to maintain precautions in accordance with updated state/country, local mandates and private business requirements. Our outdoor walks are socially distant and we want everyone to be safe. We recommend everyone to wear a mask and be vaccinated. Thank you for working with us to keep our community safe + helping to mitigate the risk of spreading the virus. About Melody: Melody Biringer is a self-proclaimed “connection engineer,” a serial entrepreneur who has built a career around building communities for women to thrive. She is the founder of the acclaimed Crave Company, where she's spent more than 20 years encouraging women to have fun while connecting with others, and Women in Tech Regatta, an annual series of conferences in Seattle, Vancouver, and Amsterdam, first held in 2017.Mel coined the hashtag #RelationshipsAreTheTrueCurrency, and lives it fully. In addition to empowering women and building relationships, she juggles her responsibility as an author, event planner, social maven, and strawberry shortcake heiress—and still finds time to log more than 10,000 steps a day, usually while conducting business or catching up with friends. Mel's latest lovechild is modern walking club Loop, named after the Dutch word for "walk" (a nod to her love of Dutch culture) and an inside joke with her husband—they've been "taking a loop" around their Queen Anne neighborhood for their daily walk since 1994. Connect with Melody: Linkedin and Instagram.