WorldWIT WAS a global online discussion community for women in business

Business

A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...

 and technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

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It was founded in 1999 as ChicWIT, in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. ChicWIT was followed by MassWIT in Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, NycWIT in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, and CapitolWIT in Washington, D.C. In October 2005 there were over 80 WorldWIT chapters in operation and over 40,000 members. Women (and a few men) use the daily WorldWIT newsletter

Newsletter

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to share business, technical, career, health, financial and life advice with one another.

WorldWIT was recognized in October 2004 as the Women's Business Organization of the Year, by the Stevie Awards Organization.

As of March 2007, WorldWIT and its local city chapters were shut down. This was the announcement:

WORLDWIT FOUNDER BEGINS NEW CHAPTER

WorldWIT to close on March 23, 2007 – After seven years of connecting women in 25 countries around the globe, we are turning a corner and moving on to new endeavors.
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WorldWIT founder Liz Ryan’s demanding speaking and training schedule prevented her from taking the self-funded WorldWIT to the next level.

WorldWIt used [L-Soft] list serv technology and a robust website as the basis of its social networking platform. Bill Phillips designed and managed both the listserv and website. L-Soft published an online article featuring WorldWIT in 2005. See http://www.lsoft.com/news/qa-issue2-2005-eu.asp

External links

• worldwit.org domain no longer exists
• See http://web.archive.org/web/*/worldwit.org for a cached archive of WorldWIT's website.