”A woman knows life takes shape in big and small spaces, and the moments in between.  When we’re simply ourselves, in the everyday act of being, we don’t have to move mountains or make miracles, but sometimes we do anyway.  You can see it in the many paths we take, and in how we come together to create something greater than any one of us could alone.  Women change the world every day...”   
                                                                                                                                   Eileen Fisher
 
The importance of establishing “A Woman’s Corner” as a Computer Based Instruction (CBI) Workshop is a cost effective means of teaching interpersonal communications and other personal development skills to women in transition, and other female and underserved demographics.  Many of the Workshops will also be modified as youth orientation programs and distributed to PTA’s and after school programs, and made available in areas that otherwise would not have access to acquiring either the training or the skills from other sources.  The Lifestyle Makeover Workshops for Women in Transition is designed primarily to assist women to develop the self-esteem necessary to make appropriate choices, and an easier transition within her everyday life.  She will become a more productive member of society, and be able to develop values and work ethics traditionally reserved for management, supervisory and other specialized career trainings.  It is well documented that when the standards of a neighborhood are being undermine, as is the case  in some of our inner-city communities struggling for daily survival, interpersonal communication skills, home economics and financial management are not usually considered among the basic concepts for their normal pursuit of happiness.  When in reality the development of those tenets are the underlying foundation for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as well as an extremely important component in the lifecycle for healthy human behavior; though in many communities its residents are rarely afforded the opportunity to explore its development as an option. 

The 2001 census has documented that the majority of our population is making do with very little.  There is an estimated 268 million people in the United States and the midline salary is an average of $42,873 per year.  Only 27% are college educated, and less than 4% have salaries of $100,000 or more.  Conversely, more than 73% of today’s female demographics in the workforce are in the mid and lower socioeconomic income brackets.  Through no fault of their own, many women are ill prepared to emotionally survive on their own, and are struggling financially at a level just a little above poverty.   An even greater percentage lack the inner strength or skills necessary to overcome the demands incumbent in her work life, and fewer are equipped with the training necessary to even know how to shift her paradigm.  An unprecedented number of women in today’s workforce are doomed by circumstances to a life of mediocrity.  Consequently, teaching women computer skills and other vocational and rehabilitative trades is not sufficient alone to bridge the gap between the inherent disparity of the social classes.

Therefore, the topics listed in the workshop series on www.awomanscorner.com is a starting point to begin to look at some the areas that have often times gone neglected or undeveloped.   Visitors to the individual demographic listed on The Home Page are provided an opportunity to explore the enhancements offered, or use the link provided to engage the support of an online interactive workshop program at www.oprah.com equivalent to having your own Personal Development Coach.  The workshops can undoubtedly benefit a large segment of our female population from varying backgrounds and age groups; diverse cultures; and different geographic locations to develop skills that will bring a higher quality of work ethic to her employment situation, as well as increase the productivity at a level from a population that was traditionally overlooked and discounted as having little worth.

The workshops will both teach and reinforce interpersonal communications, and help to redefine what is accepted social behavior.  The outcome will be reinforced coping skills that when applied, will translate into a happier, more secure, more productive woman.  And, the results will benefit her personal life, her social life, her professional life and her community life. I believe that the workshops on www.awomanscorner.com  will endeavor to support and guide women to resources that help them to develop skills necessary to perform better in the workplace, live more productive personal lives, and reinforce training skills that they otherwise would not have access to acquire, but are essential to bridge the division between a productive socioeconomic society and an underserved population.

A Woman’s Corner  will solicit corporate sponsorship to finance onsite workshops that will strengthen families and communities through the productivity that women bring to it.  When you first enter www.awomanscorner.com  the existing the demographics associated with each link listed below are engaged, and will segue into an introductory personal developmental assessment to begin the journey as outlined in the Proposed Series & Workshop links.

Lifestyle Makeovers For Women in Transition
Women In Transitioning
Women Alone
Women Starting Over
Women Re-Building Their Lives
Women In Relationships
Women Reconnecting to Well-Being
Women New to the Work Force
Women In Training Programs
Women In Confinement
Women of the World
Mothers & Daughters 

Summary
The categories on the Home Page of  www.awomanscorner.com are activated and will offer a preview of how one might get started and begin a self-directed Computer Based Instruction  (CBI) on their home computer, and in some instances may be downloaded through Web-TV.  Each topic will be germane to the subject at hand with practical, personal, exercises that offer suggestions for alternative behavior.  

Many women to www.awomanscorner.com will come from backgrounds where there were no feasible role models.  Others, may come from lives where fear, anger, desperation, hopelessness, low self-esteem, feelings of inadequacy, or just being overwhelmed with life is her plight.  In still other cases utter despair, may have kept her grounded in a past where she continuously manifests behavior where the results may be viewed in a less then positive manner.  Each behavior brings with it a cause and effect that is evident in the performance of her work ethics, and over time will have an adverse affect on her productivity.  Unfortunately, this is not an isolated statistic.  The typifies a large percentage of today’s female workforce whose spirits are broken, and are contributing from one or more of these baseline characteristics; and they unfortunately have become an accepted part for the norm in today’s workforce.

Because we have the technology available to address every challenge known to mankind, we also have the moral obligation to support the development of a workforce that we have come to rely on.  Through the resources introduced on  www.awomanscorner.com we can begin to rebuild our communities and engage a workforce that has otherwise been taken for granted; and somehow has fallen between the cracks of society.