The reason I am attending women’s networking events is……..

Can you finish that sentence?

I suspect a lot of women I’ve met at networking events run specifically for women cannot. We are not programmed to plan strategically. On the whole our upbringing usually imprints an inbuilt guilt mechanism should we ever think that way. We need to be nice, liked, loved….

I am embarrassed to admit it but I have not gone with a goal. I have not developed a game plan. I have not gotten any beneficial results. Let me explain to you how I started to make women’s networking events work for me [click to continue…]

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Do not go to another women’s networking event until you read this…!

Are networking events actually empowering to women, creating lasting and beneficial business connections or merely preying on the desperate?

There used to be only a few events for women to network. They were primarily focused on women in business – almost like secret women’s business for business women [click to continue…]

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