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Owatonna Business Women Monthly Meeting: Changed Genders, Changed Perspectives; Ellie Krug, Founder & President of Human Inspiration Works, LLC

  • Tuesday, March 16, 2021
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Zoom- Virtual Meeting

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As a reminder, we will be voting on the By-laws at our March meeting next week. The time set aside for this will be 12:00-12:15 p.m.. Please log in for this part if you are short on time this day.



What is it like to live a brand-new life in the other gender?

Transitioning from male to female involves breaking many express and implicit societal norms and exposes a transgender woman to seismic changes in how she interacts with and perceives the world. Some of those changes are driven by infusing the body with hormones; other changes result from how the rules are different depending on whether one lives as a man or as a woman.

While we hear a lot about transgender people these days, rarely does a “trans” person get asked to talk about what it’s like to live on the other side of the “gender fence.” With this insightful presentation, writer, lawyer and radio host Ellen “Ellie” Krug, who transitioned genders in 2009 at age fifty-two, will share what she’s learned (some of it the hard way) about going from male to female.

A part of this talk will be Ellie’s personal story; however, much of what Ellie will discuss is how the social and professional landscapes are so incredibly different than when she presented as male. This talk also spans the spectrum—social interactions, professional relationships, dating (including something about sex…), and family.

Audience members will be encouraged to ask Ellie questions—after all, it’s not every day that one gets a chance to find out what it’s like to live in the other gender!

In 2009, when she was a civil trial attorney in Cedar Rapids with 100+ trials, Ellen (Ellie) Krug transitioned from male to female; she later became one of the few attorneys nationally to try jury cases in separate genders. The author of Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Change (2013), Ellie has trained on diversity and inclusion to court systems, law firms, Fortune 100 corporations, and colleges/universities on nearly 1000 occasions. A hopeless idealist, Ellie has presented her inclusivity training, Gray Area Thinking®, across the country. In 2016, Advocate Magazine named Ellie one of “25 Legal Advocates Fighting for Trans Rights” and in 2019, OutFront Minnesota conferred Ellie its Legacy Award. She is also a monthly columnist for Lavender Magazine and a weekly radio host on AM950 radio. Her monthly e-newsletter, The Ripple, reaches 9000+ readers and can be found at www.elliekrug.com . Ellie presently lives in Minneapolis and is the founder and president of Human Inspiration Works, LLC (www.humaninspirationworks.com).

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Upcoming Events:

Lean In Circle: Centered Leadership Part 1-Meaning March 11, 2021 12:00-1:00p.m. Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:  

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvfuyqqD8pGNa69MuEeNpN8voQgjMGHGOz

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We will feature a guest host again this month while Karen Legault is on family leave.

Monthly Virtual Coffee Break March 23, 2021 10:30-11:00a.m. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84246060488?pwd=MjRRaVJkMnF0RXU3S1N3WkQ2ckxMZz09 

Meeting ID: 842 4606 0488

Passcode: 156349 

Women of Achievement Join us on social media all month long as we honor resilient women in our community from 2020. We have some exciting things planned as we catch up with past WOA honorees and scholarship recipients.

Here's this year's welcome message for Women of Achievement.

As a reminder, we will be voting on the By-laws at our March meeting. The time set aside for this will be 12:00-12:15 p.m.. Please log in for this part if you are short on time this day! Thank you!!

Vanessa Jensen, Public Relations






As a reminder, we will be voting on the By-laws at our March meeting. The time set aside for this will be 12:00-12:15 p.m.. Please log in for this part if you are short on time this day!

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