Engage Selling Solutions Event
I am back today, fresh from attending Colleen Francis’ Powerhouse Sales seminar at the Hilton Lac Leamy yesterday. Although there were many sales professionals there, small business people were also in attendance. Here are a couple things I learned:
If you’re selling a product or service to women, try emphasizing the time savings benefits. Anything that […]
Grete Hale speaks to Nepean Businesswomen
I attended Lisa McLeod’s 4th annual Nepean-Carleton Women’s Business Networking Breakfast at the Prince of Wales Manor, in Barrhaven. Grete Hale spoke enthusiastically about her involvement in various charitable pursuits over the years including one of her new projects- opening a trade school in Uganda. She also talked about the challenges she faced in her […]
Businesswoman of the Year Awards
I attended the Women’s Business Network Businesswoman of the Year Awards last night at the Congress Centre. It was a great night and very inspiring. Videos were shown for each of the finalists talking about their experiences, how they got where they did, and lessons for the younger generation. This year, the three winners for […]
Gender differences in business growth?
This afternoon, I attended a Women’s Business Network luncheon where Dr. Barbara Orser talked about challenges facing women entrepreneurs. Barbara is a professor at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. She discussed that although women own almost half of new small and medium-sized businesses in Canada, women-owned businesses are smaller and […]
WEBB
Yesterday morning, I attended a meeting in Kanata for women in business who are looking for opportunities to network with other business women. It’s called WEBB, Women’s Educational Business Breakfast. The speaker talked about the importance of preparing a good bio for yourself- either for use on your website, or on any other information that […]
