Sheconomics

Karen presented a talk - The Rise of the Sheconomist: Why women are a wise investment - at the Autumn Seminar of the Financial Services Research Forum at Westminster, London on 16 November 2010.

Karen gave a talk - Sheconomics: The Psychology of Women and Money - on 30 June 2010 at the Trustees' Council of Penn Women Event, RAC Club, Pall Mall, London.

Karen was also invited to talk at the Financial Services Research Forum Summer seminar - 'How to Create and Maintain a Culture of Responsible Lending and Borrowing' - in London on 6 July 2010. Her talk was called Sheconomics in Practice: Women and Borrowing Behaviour. Click here to download her slides.

COMPETITION WINNERS... Look out for further competitions soon

Those who took part in our 2010 'Doing Money Differently' survey were entered into a draw to win signed copies of Sheconomics (by Karen Pine and Simonne Gnessen) and The Do Something Different Journal: 100 Ways to Shake Up Your Life (by Professors Ben Fletcher and Karen Pine).

Congratulations to our five lucky winners, who were:

Nicolette from Sheffield, Nina from Chichester, Alison from Edinburgh, Janet from Ipswich and Debbie from Halifax

The survey revealed women’s top 5 money resolutions for 2010 to be:

1. Take charge of my finances more (66%)
2. Get better value for money (63%)
3. Plan my financial future (62%)
4. Be more responsible with money (59%)
5. Plan how to make more money (56%)

Click here to find out what men's resolutions were, and read more about the findings.

WOMEN AND MONEY ANNUAL BREAKTHROUGH DAY

Karen was thrilled to be a Keynote speaker at a wonderful event in Birmingham on November 27th 2009 held by Women on their Way (WOW).

It was a breakthrough day devoted to the subject of Women and Money. Karen's subject was our money mindset and money madness.

SHECONOMICS WORKSHOPS

Simonne and Karen delivered a Sheconomics workshop at the Psychology For All Conference in London on 14th March 2009. Click here to view a copy of the slides.

We're planning on running a Sheconomics workshop in London in 2010. Further details to be announced shortly. Please email us if you are interested in attending.

SURVEY: WOMEN TALKING ABOUT MONEY

When asked if they’ve worried about money in the last 7 days, two thirds of women say they have. That’s just one of the findings from our research into women’s relationship with money.

Our survey has also shown that:

70% of women said they shop to cheer themselves up
More than half said they hit the shops when they feel low
One in five women say they’d recently bought something that they will never wear or use
A quarter of the women in our survey had spent £100 or more than they needed to in the last seven days
And more than one in four have felt guilty or ashamed after a shopping trip

The women taking part were mostly professionals aged 18 to 50, CLICK HERE to read about some of the things they told us.

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