NYC Cocktail Party
2024-06-03 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for a fun evening of drinks and networking, hosted by OpenWater!

How to Set Up Your Own Sabbatical
2024-06-05 12:00 - 13:00 | https://openwater.group/event/how-to-set-up-your-own-sabbatical/
Sabbaticals are the dream perk. Keeping your job while taking some time (possibly even months) off to reset, recharge and reinvigorate.
But how do you get one? How can you convince your company that they aren’t just a good, but a great idea? And once you’re on a sabbatical, how do you make the most of it?
Annette Mason specializes in helping companies see the benefit of sabbaticals, and helps workers find ways to fit them in and maximize their impact.
What would a sabbatical do for you? Attend this webinar and find out!

About the Speaker
Annette Mason, a Leadership Guide and founder of Trilogy Design Works, transformed her firm during a pivotal 2019 sabbatical.

Drawing on decades of C-Suite experience, she shifted focus to Leadership Life Skills. Today, Trilogy excels in growing vital skills of Communication, Connection, and Resilience for senior leaders in transition.

Operating on a for-profit, for-good model, the company extends its community impact by providing innovative frameworks and support to under-resourced students, shaping a brighter tomorrow for emerging leaders.

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Intergenerational Collaboration (and How to Write a Cookbook)
2024-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | https://openwater.group/event/intergenerational-collaboration-and-how-to-write-a-cookbook/
OpenWater was founded on the idea that the wisdom of seasoned professionals has value. When the deeply experienced and the newcomers work together, magic happens. There is perhaps no better illustration of how different generations can learn from and collaborate with each other than the cookbook Maman and Me.
Written by Roya Shariat and her mother, Gita Sadeh, Maman and Me is not only a labor of familial love, it’s also a representation of love (and work) around tradition, culture and, of course, delicious food.
In this webinar, Roya and Gita will walk you through how they came together to produce this wonderful cookbook, and share their tips for how they worked together. As a bonus, if you’ve ever thought about writing a cookbook, they’ll walk you through the process and what to expect.
About the Speakers
ROYA SHARIAT is a Brooklyn-based writer and social impact professional. Roya has worked for leading brands and organizations including Glossier, Chobani, the ACLU, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Roya writes a weekly newsletter on food and culture called “Consumed” — her cooking TikTok has nearly 200K followers and her cooking IG has over 120K followers, and her debut cookbook “Maman and Me” came out this past October.

GITA SADEH is a Maryland-based chef and early childhood educator. Gita has over four decades of teaching experience and five decades of culinary experience. Gita is known for her cooking online and offline — she has catered events and gatherings from her home kitchen and taught Iranian cooking classes to families throughout the DC metropolitan area. Her thousands of fans on TikTok call her “the CEO of tahdig,” “a comforting queen,” and most commonly, “our mom.”

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Atlanta Cocktail Party
2024-06-13 17:30 - 19:30 | Atlanta, GA

San Francisco Supper Club
2024-06-13 18:00 - 20:00 | San Francisco, CA
Enjoy a delicious meal and make great connections at OpenWater’s June Supper Club event!
This exclusive dinner will feature:

Dinner is served at 6:30
Prix-Fixe three course meal
Margarita pitchers, wine and agua fresca
Tickets are $125 per person, and include the above, taxes and gratuity (OpenWater is not taking a cut or making money on this event)

Join us for this special evening of community and insight! Space is limited, so reserve your spot now.

What is Your Biological Age?
2024-06-19 12:00 - 13:00 | https://openwater.group/event/what-is-your-biological-age/
Everyone knows their chronological age — how many birthdays they’ve celebrated. But how many people are familiar with their biological age? The age your body’s cells, organs and such are. Your insides can age much more rapidly due to different factors including genetics, exercise, diet, etc.
Understanding your biological age is a pretty new idea, but it’s one doctors and health professionals are intensely focused on right now. Dr. Graham Simpson, Medical Director of Opt Health is one of them. In this free webinar, Dr. Simpson will explain what biological age is, why it matters, and steps you can take to slow that particular aging process down.
About the Speaker
Dr. Graham Simpson is one of the world’s leading experts on longevity, sexual rejuvenation, and diabesity. Since graduating from the University of Witwatersrand Medical School in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dr. Simpson has made it his life’s mission to reverse lifestyle-caused chronic diseases. In addition to being board-certified in internal, age management, and emergency medicine, Dr. Simpson is a licensed homeopath, a BHRT expert, and an advocate of holistic and proactive approaches to achieving and maintaining good health. Dr. Simpson is a founding member of the American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA) and has also published several books, including WellMan: Live Longer by Controlling Inflammation, The Metabolic Miracle, and The 4-Week Diabesity Cure. Additionally, he co-authored Spa Medicine: Your Guide to the Ageless Zone and Eternity: A Guide to Immortality.

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Estate Planning for Your Elderly Parents 101
2024-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 | https://openwater.group/event/estate-planning-for-your-elderly-parents-101/
Taking care of our aging parents isn’t a fun topic, but it sure is a necessary one. It’s so important that your parents have all their estate planning an paperwork all buttoned up now — rather than scrambling to try and get it done in an emergency setting. It helps them and it helps you.
This webinar will introduce you to the basic concepts and documents your elderly parents should already have completed. This includes things like Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney (for both healthcare and financial decision making), as well as other issues like long-term care insurance and assisted living.
Attending this webinar will give you a solid start to proper estate planning so both you and your parents can more fully enjoy your coming years together.

About the Speaker
Scott started his law career in 1992 when he became an associate attorney with the Bessert
Law Firm, P.C. He was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1991 and the Oregon State Bar in 1995. In 1996, he continued his law practice at Blair, Schaefer, Hutchison & Wolfe, L.L.P., becoming a partner in 1998 and then serving four years as Managing Partner from 2000 through 2003. In 2005 Scott initiated his solo practice and continues to maintain the principal emphasis of his legal work in the areas of individual and business tax planning. He has particular interests in estate planning (creating wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and other important legal documents necessary in properly planning an individual’s estate) and assisting clients in matters related to post-mortem probate estate and trust administration. Scott also focuses his practice in the area of business formation and transactions, including helping clients in the formation of corporations and limited liability companies and the sale and acquisition of businesses and business assets between unrelated third parties as well as matters related to the transition of businesses and business assets between family members as part of engaging in proper business succession planning.

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Seattle / Eastside Networking Event
2024-06-26 05:30 - 19:30 | Seattle, WA
OpenWater, the new community for accomplished professionals with decades of experience, will celebrate its public launch with a fun, casual cocktail party on Seattle’s Eastside.
Come network in-person with other Seattle-area seasoned professionals, makes connections, have some laughs, and see what OpenWater is building in and around the Emerald City!
