{"id":30099,"date":"2018-05-01T18:16:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T22:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=30099"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:25:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:25:34","slug":"beijing-womens-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/beijing-womens-network","title":{"rendered":"In Beijing, women in business find strength in numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there\u2019s one mistake that Samantha Kwok of Beijing Women\u2019s Network thinks her organization has made, it would be that BWN has taken far too long to see the potential impact that a 4,000 women-strong organization can have. BWN, a community for women in Beijing that provides resources, events, and networking for professional development, started in 2015 with just 12 women, and has expanded exponentially in the past three years. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of the reason they didn\u2019t realize their full potential, Kwok says, is that they were completely volunteer-run, their team saturated with the day-to day tasks of event planning and communications. \u201cWe never took into account the big picture of what it would look like when we had 4,000 members, or even 40,000 members,\u201d Kwok said after winning the Community Giver Award at the Shanghai Creator Awards, the annual event sponsored by WeWork that celebrates local entrepreneurs\u2019 creativity and impact.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The power of 4,000 or even 40,000 women, as Kwok sees it, is twofold. First, each year BWN donates all of its profits from events and activities to a selected charity. The group raised 35,000rmb for Rural Women, which helps women in rural areas outside Beijing develop skills to make an income. \u201cMultiply that by another hundred,\u201d Kwok says of the potential charitable impact of a larger group. Second, BWN\u2019s mission is to provide support and opportunities to women in the workforce. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve seen is that every interaction is a new opportunity\u2014the bigger the network grows, the more opportunities there are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-30109\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/Beijing-Womens-Network-1-800x571.png\" alt=\"WeWork\" class=\"wp-image-30109\"\/><figcaption>Listening to a speaker at a Beijing Women&#8217;s Network event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kwok herself joined the Beijing Women\u2019s Network because she was a young entrepreneur looking for a friendly community. \u201cIn the beginning, I went to a lot of entrepreneur meetups, and there were lots of men. I felt alone. But immediately at BWN, I felt like I had people in my corner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participating in and winning at the Creator Awards is one way in which Kwok says she can \u201cfinally be able to give back. BWN helped me in my time of need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For other professional women in Beijing, Kwok sees how the positive community of BWN, with its events, lecture series, and networking opportunities, can help them achieve their goals. \u201cThe growth in confidence that I see in the women who come to our events: They make friends and find support they need, whether it\u2019s working in an environment you don\u2019t like, finding courage to change careers, start a business. The women around you are here to give you advice [and] encouragement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leslie Dong, Kwok\u2019s managing partner, says, \u201cAs individual women we realize we\u2019re not alone. We\u2019re impacting more women facing tough issues every single day. It\u2019s a collective challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the Creator Awards, Kwok and Dong are eager to streamline their online communications and platform, and grow their network. Of course, being the professional networkers they are, they have forged connections with other finalists, hoping to cement future collaboration down the road. \u201cWe can help other finalists fundraise through our network,\u201d Kwok said. Dong sees a lot of potential overlap among the finalists on stage that night\u2014 clothing donation via baosquared, community-centered thrift stores via Buy 42 Charity Store, and fetal monitoring devices from Modoo: \u201cA lot of the issues focus on women\u2019s issues and families.\u201d For the now bigger-picture Beijing Women\u2019s Network, every new encounter holds a wealth of opportunities to seize.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing Women&#8217;s Network gives women myriad opportunities for networking and professional 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