Review of the District 14 Conference 2023
13-15 October in Vienna, Austria
The Zonta District 14 Conference started on Friday with a typical Heurigen evening at Fahrgassl-Huber.
The business sessions on Saturday and Sunday were held in the beautiful Raiffeisen Bank International Conference Venue. We started with the flag parade where the flags of the different countries of District 14 were shown. After that we heard a greeting from Doris Schmidauer, consultant, motivator and wife of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen.
Minutes of the District 14 Conference 2023
Presentations of the Business Sessions
Memorial Service
Presentations and Summaries of the Workshops
Workshop 1
ZONTA AT THE UN AND ADVOCACY
How to transfer topics and goals into local action
Charlotte v. Bodelschwingh, Committee Chair United Nations and Henrike Johannson, Committee Chair Advocacy
“Dear Workshop participants, thank you all for the engaged and enthusiastic participation in our workshop – it was very thoughtful, interactive, and fruitful. I have attached the results of the four topic-tables:
- UN (Charlotte)
- Collaboration with like-minded organizations (Henrike)
- Communication (Janine)
- Visibility (Magda)
As we also exchanged best practice -ideas please contact each other if needed. Henrike is planning a next virtual workshop to further think about advocacy early 2024. All the best to you and thank you again for joining us four, Charlotte”
Workshop 2
YOUNG ZONTA GO - OUR YOUTH, OUR FUTURE
Gundula Viering, Committee Chair Z Clubs and Golden Z Clubs
“Many thanks to the participants in our workshop YOUNG ZONTA GO – Our Youth Our Future for sharing your ideas with us. The results are impressive and will certainly help interested clubs to set up. To all interested clubs: My team and I are available to give you a club presentation at any time. Gundula”
Workshop 3
StoP - NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
The prevention program against violence in partnerships promotes civil courage and successful interventions.
Maria Rösslhumer, Initiator of „StoP – Stadtteile ohne Partnergewalt“ and Managing Director of the Association of Autonomous Women’s Shelters.
Workshop 4
STIMME WIRKT!
Eine kurze Einführung in den Erfolgsfaktor Stimme. „Im richtigen Ton kann man alles sagen, im falschen nichts.“ (George B. Shaw)
Ruth Ulses, staatl. geprüfte Logopädin, zertifizierte Stimm- und Sprechtrainerin (nur in Deutsch / only in German language)
Zonta Says No Action
After the end of Business Sessions 1 and 2 and the welcoming of the newly elected board, we all joined together for a Zonta Says No action. All participants tied orange ribbons with the Zonta logo and the national hotline number on the fences in the Vienna City Park.
Dinner Party
Dinner was served in the beautiful and historic Salonplafond of the MAK Museum. It was not only a great fun with an American auction to benefit the Zonta Foundation for Woman, but we also awarded the 2023 JMK Women in Business Scholarship, Rosanna Pottmann. An inspiring young woman who shared her story in a short interview.
