• Develop leadership skills
• Improve interpersonal communication
• Heighten awareness of issues we face in our personal and professional growth.

Topics covered include:

• Identifying strengths and opportunities for growth
• Developing strong interpersonal skills
• Creating and delivering effective presentations
• Setting goals
• Business etiquette 
• Networking  
• Interviewing skills.

The PPDW is interactive and includes discussions, worksheets and exercises. Members who complete the course can train as facilitators and/or choose to participate at a District Level speak-off. The District winners can then compete in the competition at the State Convention, which includes a five-minute prepared speech, a two-minute impromptu speech and an interview with the judges. 

Congratulations Angela Chew, BPW PA '23-24 PPD Speak-Off Winner!

District: 4

Local: Clearfield

Angela is currently a member of the Clearfield Local Organization.  She has held the following leadership roles:

Local: Young Careerist Chair, 1st VP, President

District: Foundation Chair

In addition, Angela has served on numerous committees in BPW.  

Angela graduated from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN with a Bachelor degree, majoring in Psychology.  She earned her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.  Angela is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at California Southern University, majoring in Clinical Psychology, where she is working on her dissertation. Angela has been trained in several evidenced based practices, including: EMDR, DBT, CPT, CBT, and Trauma Focused-CBT.

She has published an article in Calliope Magazine entitled, “The Healing Power of Laughter & Play.”  Angela has given multiple presentations to professional associations and was honored with two awards: New Beginnings Education Center Teacher of the Year Nominee for Osceola County School District and Council on Exceptional Children ESE Teacher of the Year for New Beginnings Education Center.

Currently employed by Dickinson Center in Ridgway, PA, where she has worked for almost 14 years, Angela is a Clinical Program Director and is responsible for the day-to-day operations and clinical programming of a 16-bed forensic residential mental health facility.