CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNY, COMMENT NUMBER 48! YOU’RE THE WINNER – PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR ADDRESS AND DEBORAH WILL SHIP YOU THE BOOK! Thanks to all who participated – this was lots of fun.
Shannon at Bloggy Giveaways is hosting a giveaway link-fest, and author Deborah Reber is generously offering to give one of my lucky readers her new book, In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe their Amazing Careers.
Deborah had asked me to review In Their Shoes and I have have truly enjoyed it, reading much of it over the shoulder of my 11-year-old daughter.
In Their Shoes is a fun, easy-to-read resource book for girls starting to explore career options. Deborah interviewed 50 women in various careers — from senator Barbara Boxer to a forensic scientist to educational psychologist Alice Wilder (Think It Ink It.) Some of the careers are well-known, while others help girls to think outside of the box — like “actionist” or “environmentalist” — encouraging them to find their passion and figure out what career might relate.
In addition to interview quotes and basics about the career, Deborah gives insight to dress code, stress factor, and the nuts-and-bolts of what it takes to get to where these women are in their careers. And at the end of each profile, she lists additional related career titles to help girls consider other paths that might fit their interests. She’s also enlisted young women to pose questions to those profiled, getting to some meaty details relevant to youth, that might otherwise go unrevealed.
In all, I see this as an outstanding resource for girls. It’s been fun to watch Darla flip back and forth through the pages – checking the table of contents and index to find the answers to her questions — her interest perked in avenues she hadn’t previously considered.
To be included in the drawing, please just click over to Deborah’s site, Smart Girls Know and come back here to comment about what you like about the site. You can participate even if you don’t have a blog. Just make sure you leave a working email when you leave your comment. A winner will be chosen at random on Friday, February 1. US addresses only please. Thanks for participating!
I’m also hosting a giveaway for the Career Expedition Boardgame. Check it out!
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8:17 am
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9:19 am
I love how the site talks all about giving women power of choice in their career options. This may be exactly what I need as I am struggling to figure out exactly what I want to do and am in a dead-end job at the moment. Please pick me!
9:25 am
As a graduate of a women’s college with 2 small girls this seems awesome!
i like all the different tips she gives there.
9:32 am
Thanks for the giveaway
9:40 am
I like how she posts internship opportunities.
9:40 am
Count me in please.
I blogged ya:
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/monday-edition-of-contests-galore_28.html
10:16 am
I liked her post about the link between being material and low self esteem
10:23 am
I like that she has so many resources for girls. Girls do need to be active and involved in things, it is good for college apps. But I was a tad concerned about the feminist award. I definately don’t like the feminist agenda, being strong is great, but there are things there I can’t stomach.
10:26 am
I like the positive feel of the site!
10:33 am
I like all the internships! How cool!
11:01 am
Internships. Always hard to find!
11:27 am
I like how she keeps young ladies informed…books reviews, informative articles, head’s ups for empowering television shows and music. Good stuff!
12:16 pm
This would be a wonderful read! I’d love to win. =) I love the site in general! Any website encouraging intelligence amongst women has a thumbs-up by me. Too many girls these days are focused on appearance and not on brains, and reading. It’s a pity. =/
1:01 pm
great contest! I love the internships – we should unite as women and colleagues – please enter me to win
1:09 pm
I love that it supports women who have goals who want to achieve them. I’d love to win this for my daughter, who is extremely bright – I will also give her a link to this site as I believe it would be helpful to her at this pivitol point in her life.
1:09 pm
I like the colors on her blog…very teen-girl friendly!
2:28 pm
I love all of the resources they have compiled and linked…very easy for young girls to access things! Thanks:)
2:41 pm
colors
2:42 pm
it’s good overall
2:43 pm
tips
2:43 pm
GREAT site for women!! Thanks for the opportunities!
2:47 pm
enter me please, would make a great gift. Thanks.
2:47 pm
easy to use thanks
2:49 pm
I like how she talks positively.
2:52 pm
I like the motto.
2:53 pm
OHH, how awesome
2:53 pm
I wish I would have had some help and inspiriation on where to find internships while I was attending college!! What a great read!! Thank you!!
2:53 pm
As a mother raising 3 little girls, the oldest 10, this sounds like an amazing book, and JUST what I need! And the site looks like it has some great resources to get the lines of communication open for us! Thanks for participating!
3:05 pm
This sounds like an inspirational book.
3:08 pm
I would love this book, I am in the process of trying to get a job and career!
4:41 pm
How she has a variety of topics.
5:03 pm
The ruby slippers.
5:05 pm
I like how she has so many links for teens to explore on her site. There are a ton!
5:15 pm
having three daughters of my own, i appreciate the resources. i bookmarked her sight, so i can spend more time looking at it
thank you,
missy
5:20 pm
I like your site because there is so much different information – thank you
6:48 pm
I didn’t even know anything like this existed for young women. My daughter is 17, and I’ve bookmarked the site to share with her. Wonderful information to empower her and other girls. Thanks for sharing. Please enter me in your drawing.
6:51 pm
The information provided is well thought and focused.
6:58 pm
the resources are relaly well done and huge!
7:26 pm
I like how it is teen friendly. They will like they way it looks and feels.
7:40 pm
“smart girls know”
7:45 pm
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your header quote. I may have to borrow it! I am a better Mom when I’m a better me!
8:23 pm
kierra(dot)ho(at)gmail(dot)com
I appreciate the advices about careers, mentoring, internship opportunities, etc. that are geared towards young women. Very helpful!
8:39 pm
it’s all about women (gals) and making us feel more confident about ourselves
9:16 pm
I like that most of the shoes have feet in them.
9:22 pm
nice topics
9:28 pm
What a great site. I like that it is female empowering. I wish I has this resource growing up.
taowyn (at) gmail (dot) com
9:31 pm
I didn’t even know this site existed until a friend told me about it today. Now that I’ve found it I am going to try to incorporate it into an upcoming lesson in my business classes. What a great site and what a powerful resource
9:49 pm
I love the fact that there is a variety of topics!!!
11:03 pm
I like all of the information on the internships. Thanks!
11:21 pm
Love this site because there are so many resources in one place + it’s a very encouraging site for women! I’d love to win, so please count me in! Thanks for the chance! Have a great week!
Jennifer
11:57 pm
I like the links that highlight opportunities available for girls.
12:12 am
I’d love a chance to win! Thanks! Dawn
(contact info – dawn at kaiseralex.com)
12:23 am
I know several girls who would benefit from this.
12:32 am
I love the sweeps
2:30 am
Her website is super cool! It has lots of useful information that is important to teens and pre-teens. I like all the different resources and types of media that she links and talks about. I think my 11 year old would really like to read some of the stuff there. I wouldn’t be worried about her surfing this site, like I would myspace.
3:54 am
How inspirational! This would be awesome! Thanks for the sweeps and good luck to all!
7:47 am
I like the whole concept of the site…she provides some really great empowerment tools for young women.
9:07 am
You are very inspiring to me.
9:15 am
The list of career exploration for teens. I think it is an incredible resource to get our daughters thinking at an early age, what they would like to do for a career that is outside the box of expected woman’s professions.
9:21 am
i hope i win
10:04 am
Love to win this book
God Bless
&
Good Luck to everyone
10:08 am
I like the colors!
10:16 am
I like her site because it is very positive and motivatating to girls of all ages.
10:21 am
I enjoyed visiting the Smart Girls Know site… it just has a positive and empowering vibe that I feel is important for our girls to have.
10:23 am
She had a great site! I love how easy it was to navigate her site and how positive it was for young women!
ahiltzy@yahoo.com
10:50 am
I like the internships and all the helpful tips. Thank you for having this.
10:50 am
Internships. Always hard to find!
10:53 am
Her site is empowering for girls. It tells girls it’s ok to be smart and gives them resources to help guide them through the challenges life keeps throwing at them.
11:28 am
Very good variety of subjects.
11:38 am
I like the overall positive feel of the site and the “travel with kids” section.
11:51 am
Great site for encouraging our daughters
11:51 am
This would make a great gift for my mother. Thanks.
12:10 pm
This book looks like a great read and a great motivator.
12:36 pm
I like all the different books you learn about!
2:07 pm
I like that the site empowers girls and I love the shirts on cafepress.com. I think I would enjoy reading this book and then passing it on to the young girls in my life.
2:36 pm
Wow! The whole site is awesome! I especially loved the entries she wrote about self esteem. I’m giving my teenager the link to this site
2:40 pm
I think the whole site rocks. I plan on emailing a link to my daughter so she can check it out! It’s great to see some sites offering career advice specifically geared to girls…
3:01 pm
What a great website! I love that the author lists “opportunities” for girls to get involved in!
4:39 pm
I like how positive she is!
4:49 pm
I love that I learned something!!
She used the term ‘carbon footprint” in her resolutions…I then googled it!!
Thank you, we have a similar goal!!!
5:11 pm
I love the colorful deign of Deborah’s site.
5:26 pm
I love the colors on her site! Please enter me! Thanks!
Melissa
MamasBabiesx4@gmail.com
5:54 pm
The whole site is really cool!
6:17 pm
I want to win
6:48 pm
I like this sight. There is information for all.
8:06 pm
I’d love this!
8:55 pm
I like all the links to great resources.
9:09 pm
I like the range of information available.
10:09 pm
Great site with good information!
11:01 pm
I have two teen daughters (and two more daughters following them). This book would be wonderful for them to read especially my 18 year old.
I love the color scheme (green and pink) plus the simple and easy to navigate layout. It’s easy to find information, too.
Thanks for the chance to win.
11:46 pm
The variety of topics covered!
12:27 am
i love the colors of the page and I really like how she features must read books
1:41 am
I love your site that encourages girls and women to be smart not beautiful or sexy. Thank you
8:54 am
I would love to read that too!
9:29 am
What a great prize
10:51 am
internship opportunities
11:16 am
I love this site and I think my family of 3 beautiful girls could really benefit from things like this as they get older. My oldest daughter at age 8, is just starting to see possibilities beyond Hannah Montana and petshop pets.
I love to see positive role models and positive energy for girls and I want them to gravitate towards the empowering and positive things in life!
Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
2:02 pm
Deborah’s site has lots of good information and links and is empowering to girls without putting anyone down.
5:01 pm
Great prize! Hope I win!
5:22 pm
This is a great, positive site for girls. There aren’t enough of those.
5:30 pm
This sounds like a great read! thanks
6:24 pm
I love the site. anything that empowers women is wonderful.
6:26 pm
great site
6:27 pm
I like the positiveness of the site. With two girls I could really use this book!
6:31 pm
This sounds like such a great book – and I love learning about successful women! Thanks for the giveaway & please enter me!
6:40 pm
I just wish I had something like this when I was young!!! The variety of topics covered is phenomenal! I am so glad the girls of today are encouraged to explore outside of the box and are encouraged to evaluate themselves and their talents. Favorite Books for Teens on the right side of the page is a super place for girls to get career overviews. This a very positive site that should be shared with anyone with daughters. Thank you for hosting this contest!
6:55 pm
Would love to own this book.
7:01 pm
I liked her post about the link between being material and low self esteem
9:00 pm
fun
9:56 pm
I like the site layout, the colors used, and the inspirational opportunities for girls to expand their dreams and goals!
10:11 pm
Great tips. Please enter me in the drawing
10:11 pm
This book would be wonderful. I would share it with my daughter.
11:25 pm
I like the way the site promote the “real beauty” of women, not the “fake beauty” that we see on magazine covers. Great site and great book!
3:57 am
I like how this site is geared towards teens and has a whole bunch of links for THEM..I did click on a few and I approved. I bookmarked this site for my 13 year old.
6:03 am
I emailed the link to this site to two friends with teen daughters. It’s perfect for them! Thanks.
6:27 am
Great contest! Please enter me. Thx! jlazztoo at yahoo dot com
7:02 am
I like the blog style postings and I love the book reviews.
7:09 am
I love the Career Exploration for Teens. It will be a great help for my teenage daughter.
9:07 am
Thanks! Seems very empowering for women.
9:18 am
I love the variety of the information on the website. I just signed up for the newsletter too! THanks! ~
12:04 pm
I really like the list of books recommended for girls that she includes on her page…it can be really hard to find decent resources for young girls that don’t read like a textbook, but that contain good information that the child will actually enjoy reading!
Thanks for this giveaway. The book sounds great.
1:02 pm
I looked through all the posts and have to say: Wow! I wish I had something like this growing up. It really has so many varied ways of letting young women know how to take control, participate in opportunities and plan for the future. I especially like the visualizing post, and will more than likely look at the book to see if it’s something my daughter can use.
1:35 pm
I like the category Career Dreams!
1:37 pm
Please enter my name in the drawing. I’d love to win.
I like her tips and goals.
1:54 pm
I would love to win this for my 11 year old sister-in-law… she needs something like this…
Shannon
owens1299@verizon.net
1:59 pm
please enter me thanks
2:13 pm
tips and contest!!:)
3:39 pm
I like her tips, it really helps me feel like I’m not alone with my problems.
7:55 pm
I will be returning to work after being home for the last five years with my kids.
I taught for 10 years before that. Now I don’t know if I want to go back to teaching, but don’t know what else to do either.
8:35 pm
I love how the site talks all about giving women power of choice in their career options.
10:00 pm
Please enter me ! Thanks!
10:34 pm
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