Hi Ladies,

As the year draws to a close, this is a short thank you for engaging with a year’s worth of monthly issues of this W.I.S.S.C. newsletter, with a staggering 75% open rate (when 20-30% is considered a solid benchmark by most). There are also now over 200 women accepted in our private LinkedIn group, where I welcome you to share insights, seek advice and participate in discussions.

For as long as people find it helpful, I will also continue in-person quarterly happy hours in Washington, D.C. and who knows where else in 2025. I’ve heard from some of you wanting to get together in Chicago, NYC and LA - would love to see it happen!

This entire grassroots initiative stemmed from a desire to connect with, learn from and support other women who care about the power of sports and specifically its ability to drive social change. An acronym following the likes of WISE, WIST and others, but ultimately its founding story is inspired by S.P.I.C.E.D. What the heck is “SPICED” you ask? It’s the ‘Society for Prevention of Insanity through Chatting, Eating and Drinking’ that my mom and her friends started some 40+ years ago* (see below) as a monthly ladies dinner and continue to this day on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.

I love you, mom, and love all of you reading this for everything you do to continue to use sports for good. You are WISSC.

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

This month's 5 things:

1. One of the best things I saw: If you need a quick, feel-good watch between now and 2025, check out this 25-minute short film about a fan who helped inspire a city. I know, I know, it's Philly sports, but trust me it's good and also the Obamas produced it. Watch on Netflix

2. What to watch for: Plenty upcoming in 2025, this is a good list of social impact events to bookmark, also in February there will be the GW Sport Philanthropy Summit in DC on Feb. 20, the inaugural Sport Fundraising Summit in London on Feb. 26 and you can get early-bird pricing on the Project Play Summit in San Fran on March 24-25.

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3. Opportunity to consider: Want to help me amplify powerhouse women in sports as part of SBJ's Game Changers in 2025?! Reach out to me about how your brand can get involved. Also, the SIGA women in sports mentoring program is open and the annual Halo awards are now open, get those sport and social impact initiatives some recognition! Learn about Game Changers

4. Jobs to share: ​Beyond Sport seeking individual giving manager in NYC (salary: $65-75K) Work for the fabulous Amie Dugan with this new Director of Organizational Development role at Special Olympics North America (salary: $86-101K) ​Positive Coaching Alliance is seeking a Director of marketing-comms, Phoenix area preferred (salary: $120-$130K) ​

5. Woman of Wisdom: Cheers to all of you ladies, the Women in Sports for Social Change - thanks to all who joined in DC at last week's happy hour! If you have a woman who you'd like to nominate to be featured in a future issue - alongside women featured this year from ESPN to the LA Dodgers Foundation - please reach out to me.

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Thanks for reading and being part of this community.

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