The WILD Network

The WILD Network is located in Washington, United States on 1875 Connecticut Ave NW. The WILD Network is rated 3 out of 5 in the category women innovators & leaders network in United States. Housed at Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, the WILD Network brings together stakeholders in the social change sector – investors, donors, social fellowship programs and the female leaders and innovators themselves. Together, in convenings like the one we held as part of Skoll Week in Oxford, England this past April (2018), and the first-ever Forum to Advance Women's Leadership in the International Development Sector held in Washington DC in June (2018), and the forthcoming 2019 Forum to Advance Women’s Leadership in the Global Development Sector, we’ll identify the skills that women can develop to lead more effectively within their organizations, as well as ways in which the organizations can become more alert to the advantages of strong female leadership. Step one: bring the key actors together to share their expertise and experience. Step two: collect that data and packaging it in the most useful forms, for instance, in journal articles or short modules that can be fed back into the social change ecosystem, creating momentum for positive change. That describes WILD’s mission at a systems level. We’re also passionate about the individual woman and how she can commit herself to making the world a better place without burning out and without getting drowned out by louder voices within her organization. By bringing together female leaders, both emerging and seasoned, to share their stories, we’ll effectively be mentoring and coaching ourselves. The lessons that have been frequently refined in the corporate world are the same ones most of us need to master to be effective in the social change sector: taking credit for our own achievements, learning to delegate, not being trapped by the desire to please or be perfect at all costs. And more. If our work becomes a joyless grind, we’ve missed the boat.