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WOGA CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH Month of June The LGBTQ+ community has had a longtime friend in the Colorado brewing industry. Here are some of the Colorado breweries that are proudly showing their support through events, rainbow-themed merch, special beer releases, and an outpouring of love for the entire LGBTQ+ community. Friday, June 9th Pride Night at the Colorado Rockies. With the purchase of this ticket package, fans will receive a limited-edition Rockies-themed Coors Light Pride bucket hat. A portion of each ticket sold will benefit The Center on Colfax and One Colorado, advocacy organizations for LGBTQ+ rights.” Thursday, June 15th API Colorado, COGA, and One Colorado’s 8th-Annual Pride in Energy Panel Discussion. Happy hour followed by a panel discussion with those in industry highlighting the importance of inclusion and diversity in the industry. Tracks Nightclub|3500 Walnut Street, Denver, CO 80205 Friday, June 23rd One Colorado’s PINK PARTY The Pink Party is Denver Pride Weekend’s largest dance...

Next Week!!! 2023 WOGA Golf Clinic Thursday, June 8 WOGA invites you to level up your golf game by attending our annual golf clinic on Thursday, June 8th! After the clinic, we'll have snacks and drinks to enjoy while you trade the tips and tricks you learned, and make plans to have your own team at the next Industry golf tournament! Thank you to our generous sponsors: Event Sponsor - WHC Energy Services Gift Sponsor - On-Pointe Consulting In-kind Location Sponsor - Matt Carrell REGISTER HERE Food for Thought's Rock-A-Belly Festival Saturday, June 10 Denver's preeminent childhood hunger fundraiser is on for Saturday, June 10th, in Golden, Colorado. Tickets are on sale now. Sponsorships are available. Rock-A-Belly is both a celebration and a fundraiser. We'll be celebrating the hard work of our dedicated volunteers and rally our generous community to raise funds for food bank purchases for the following school year. As an attendee at the event, you will enjoy complimentary food tastings,...

THIS FRIDAY! International Coffee Hour Friday, May 26 Zahra al Hajri: Speak Up! Unleash the Confident Speaker Within All are welcome to join WOGA and our special guest, Zahra Al Hajri for a for a coffee hour chat. Zahra is a public speaking expert and knowledge management guru.  She supports and inspires women from around the world with her insightful ideas and fantastic tips.  Effective communication is KEY and Zahra will generously guide us with her wisdom on all the components, to help you be a fantastic public speaker!  Based in Oman, Zahra presents to international audiences on a myriad of topics, including Knowledge Management and Project Controls for Oil and Gas.   Cost: FreeVenue: Virtual via ZoomStarts: Fri, May 26 2023, 9:00 am MSTEnds: Fri, May 26 2023, 10:30 am MST REGISTER HERE 15 SPOTS LEFT! 2023 WOGA Golf Clinic Thursday, June 8 WOGA invites you to level up your golf game by attending our annual golf clinic on Thursday,...

Volunteer Opportunity Friday, May 19 Girls Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (GESTEM) GESTEM is an exciting event that introduces middle school girls to the wide range of opportunities in potential careers in STEM fields through hands-on workshops and interaction with engineering professionals. RMS hosts 1,000+ girls at the Auraria campus at no cost to the girls to attend. We invite you become a workshop presenter. The total number of girls that we can host is only limited by the number of workshops we can present. Our most successful workshop are hands-on activities for the girls to exploring engineering ideas. Apply to be a presenter HERE. To guide students from workshop to workshop, we need over 200 volunteers. This is a wonderful opportunity to interact directly with the students. Register to volunteer HERE. If you are interested in becoming a financial partner, you can see our prospectus and contribute HERE. As little as $45 helps support...

Join the ladies of WOGA with our special guest, Zahra Al Hajri!  Zahra is a public speaking expert and knowledge management guru.  She supports and inspires women from around the world with her insightful ideas and fantastic tips!  Effective communication is KEY and Zahra will generously guide us with her wisdom on all the components to help you be a fantastic public speaker!  Based in Oman, Zahra presents to international audiences on a myriad of topics, including Knowledge Management and Project Controls for Oil and Gas.  https://wogacolorado.org/event-calendar/#!event/2023/5/26/speak-like-a-boss-featuring-zahra-al-hajri ...

Lean In Luncheon - April 20 Melissa Wood: Talent Wars - Recruiting Women Our industry grapples with a shrinking talent pool driven by unprecedented retirements and intensifying employee-recruitment competition. At the same time, our reputation for being male-dominated, stodgy, inflexible, and slow-moving puts us at a significant disadvantage when competing with more progressive businesses. This is particularly true when it comes to recruiting women. And that means our industry misses out on the advantages of gender diversity. Whether you’re actively seeking to expand the presence of women in your workforce or are seeking a new position, how a company communicates provides vital clues as to whether it has stepped up to shatter the glass ceiling or has a sticky floor. Melissa Wood started Advanta Consulting fifteen years ago when she recognized that incorporating stakeholders’ voices into decision-making at investor-owned utilities, public power, and other organizations would improve their image, reputation, loyalty, and program effectiveness. She has...

Women in Energy Panel with SPL - March 30 Women in Energy: A Panel Discussion On Why It's Important Women Have A Seat At The Table Join us for this free virtual event March 30th at 12p (CST) / 11a (MST).SPL and WOGA Colorado are proud to partner together to present a panel discussion to celebrate Women’s History Month and honor the many women that have gone before us, are currently going with us, and will one day lead the way for the oil and gas industry.Join us along with panelists Lori Maldonado, PMP, MBA - Vice President of Production Allocation at SPL, Jackie Schirmer – SVP, Engineering, Reliability, and ICC at DCP Midstream.  Suzie Boyd – Owner & CEO at Caballo Loco Midstream, and Chris Prah – CEO & Co-Founder of On Pointe Consulting LLC.We will discuss each of their paths to leadership roles within the energy industry, their insights about what this year and the coming 5-years will bring...

Women in Energy: A Panel Discussion On Why It's Important Women Have A Seat At The Table Join us for this free virtual event March 30th at 12p (CST) / 11a (MST). Join us for this free virtual event March 30th at 12p (CST) / 11a (MST).SPL and WOGA Colorado are proud to partner together to present a panel discussion to celebrate Women’s History Month and honor the many women that have gone before us, are currently going with us, and will one day lead the way for the oil and gas industry.Join us along with panelists Lori Maldonado, PMP, MBA - Vice President of Production Allocation at SPL, Jackie Schirmer – SVP, Engineering, Reliability, and ICC at DCP Midstream.  Suzie Boyd – Owner & CEO at Caballo Loco Midstream, and Chris Prah – CEO & Co-Founder of On Pointe Consulting LLC.We will discuss each of their paths to leadership roles within the energy industry, their insights about what this year...

Uma Gopaldass: From Cubicles to Boardroom - How Courageous Women are Side-stepping Imposter Syndrome to Get a Seat at the Most Powerful Tables Not too long ago, I was stuck among a sea of mid-management roles in a couple of incredibly wealthy, global, public-listed firms. The more I strove for leadership positions, working myself into a ditch, the more I hit the cinderblock of career advancement caving in on me. Apparently, these positions were never meant for a person like me. What is a person like "me," you ask? It is a person like you - someone hardworking, striving for the best, constantly giving up my personal life to divert more energy into my professional success, articulating very well at performance reviews, doing everything my management wanted, training, learning, training...

Technical Luncheon - March 9 Tien Do: A Proven Fracture Geometry Control Methodology To Prevent H2S Production, Reduce Water Cut And Improve Well Performance In The Williston Basin All are welcome as we join Principal Engineer, Tien Do, Founder and CEO of InDZone Consulting to learn about A Proven Fracture Geometry Control Methodology To Prevent H2S Production, Reduce Water Cut And Improve Well Performance In The Williston Basin In the past decade, increased H2S production from wells has raised health and safety concerns, reduced well economics and become increasingly problematic for operators and midstream service providers. H2S and excessive water production have been identified in the areas where stress barriers in the upper and lower Bakken shales are not sufficient to contain fracture height generated by hydraulic stimulation. As a result, fractures grow into undesired zones that have strong presence of anhydrite to generate large amounts of sour gas. This technical presentation combines many...