• Writing Works Workshops

    Pen Your Personal Statement with Susanna Horng

    Online

    Join Girls Write Now for an intergenerational exchange to help young writers take their college application personal statements to the next level! Lead by writer and NYU professor Susanna Horng, and with the support of mentors, mentees will explore their own unique story and how they can transform their lived experience into a powerful personal statement!

    • Career Chats

    Resumes and Cover Letters: Tailoring Your Work Story to Land Your Dream Job

    Online

    In this workshop, Mentees will recognize resume and cover letter writing as the art of marketing oneself as the best candidate for a specific role and access the highly sought after skills to practice that art with finesse in today’s competitive career market. Mentees are encouraged to come with “resumes in hand” for the opportunity to workshop their resumes under the guidance of Mentors!

    • Career Chats

    Create Your Own Theme Park with NBCU

    Online

    Aligned with the upcoming opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios, this workshop will provide Mentees and NBCU employees, “Mentors of the Day,” with a space to escape end-of-year school and work worries, de-stress, and celebrate themselves as the true achievers they are—while designing their own theme park! Join NBCU for the chance to learn about exciting new careers, build your professional network in a night filled with nostalgia and imagination.

    • Writing Works Workshops

    Acing Your Next Interview & Thank You Email

    Join Girls Write Now for a Writing Works Deep Dive on Interviews and Thank You Emails! Led by Girls Write Now Fellow Sally Familia, attendees will be guided through the art of the interview, where we will provide tips and tricks that can be used for in-person and virtual interviews and identify best practices for interview preparation so that you land the role! Mentees will also explore the components of a thank you letter after the interview and be able to recognize what makes a great thank you letter.

    • Writing Works Workshops

    Confidence to Dream: Defining Your Personal Narrative for Success

    Online

    In this workshop, participants will be guided through a series of creative writing exercises designed to help them assess how they show up in the world as different versions of themselves—aka, their various characters—and focus on developing themselves as one who has the confidence to dream big!

    • Writing Works Workshops

    Ghostwriters Anonymous: Sharing Profitable Secrets

    Online

    Join us as two ghostwriters discuss how to launch a career in ghostwriting, the differences between ghostwriting fiction and nonfiction, ghostwriting for individuals versus agents, the complexities of writing for hire and creating IP (intellectual property) and more! Attendees will learn about the IP process from beginning to end—including pitching, plotting, and writing—from both the editorial and the writing perspective. Whether you’ve always wanted to write a Star Wars tie-in novel or you think you’ve got the next Big Idea and want to know how to become an IP editor, join in to discover the secrets to ghostwriting!

    • Career Chats

    Let’s Play Professional Journeys with NBCU!

    Online

    This gamified community-building workshop will provide Mentees with the opportunity to access the advice of career savvy NBCU Mentors for the Day to develop their very own ready-player experience depicting each stage of working life—from the application to the exit interview. Game on!

    • Writing Works Workshops

    Artful Lessons in Commerce: Writing Your Guide to Financial Freedom

    Online

    In this workshop, mentees, program alum, mentors and special guests will get the opportunity to further advance in their professional development by engaging in topics within the realm of personal finance. Lead by artist and financial professional David Maurice Sharp, we will discuss the language and skills needed to approach budgeting, establishing a saving plan, building investments, and conquering debt!

    • Writing Works Workshops

    Who Are You, Again? Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch w/ RBC

    In-person

    Join us in New York City for this in-person, community-building workshop, where participants will be able to access the career capital of RBC Mentors for the Day to break the cycle of humdrum professional interactions and remain above the radar. Walk away with your perfect elevator pitch: crafted, practiced, and delivered!

    • Writing Works Workshops

    Money Matters: Securing Your Financial Future

    In this second installation of our Financial Literacy series, we will engage in candid conversation on all things money. Hosted virtually on June 7, 2023 from 6:30–7:45 PM ET, this Q&A style workshop will give you the opportunity to ask any lingering questions you may have about your financial decisions! With topics ranging from liability management, asset allocation, transfer of wealth, savings and compounding wealth, and retirement, treat yourself to the gift of a lifetime, confidence in your financial future!