Welcome to CONNECTing WOMEN
CONNECTing WOMEN aims to provide a forum for motivating and supporting professional and internationally aware women in the paid and unpaid sectors.
How?
Through networking and presentations at their monthly meetings, this web site, together with a variety of interesting workshops.
Interested?
Then do come and join us at one of our meetings.
Next Meeting : September 6th, 2010
Topic : Speed Networking to start off a new and briliant season for all to connect and reconnect
Speaker : Jo Parfitt
September is the best time to dust off your elevator pitch or prepare a new one and start meeting new friends and business contacts. This event will allow you to meet with at least 10 new people face-to-face and practise and perfect those all important opening lines. Learn how meeting new people enhanced with a bit of giving and taking. Bring along your contact details!
Time : 19:00 - 22.00
Address: Christus Triumfatorkerk, Juliana van Stolberglaan 154, Den Haag
Dragons' Nest
We had an inspiring Dragons' Nest event on May 3 as we listened to the business stories of 4 CW Entrepreneurs at different stages of their business development. The evening's mission was to support and nurture CW members as they faced the challenges of either entering the small business world or were at the point of changing directions or broadening their horizons. Our friendly and wise Dragons were wonderfully encouraging panelists and shared many wisdoms with the audience and the entrepreneurs. If you were one of the many participants who also wanted to give suggestions and ideas to them please see below for websites of Dragons and members.
Our superb entrepreneurs were:
Soul Robertson of www.passionateparenting.nl
Julie Jones www.essencetherapeutics.nl
Elske van Holk of www.theenglishtheatre.nl
and Bintou Keita of Sugar & Spices, who is keen to begin a business specializing in High Teas and culinary workshops - email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Our generous Dragons who gave their advice and a special prize to each of our business women were: Stephanie Ward, Sinead Hewson and Karin van Leersum.
See Stephanie Ward's blog on her website www.fireflycoaching.com and download her free How to attract more clients in less time pdf. Stephanie is extraordinarily clever at spotting potential and identifying niche markets.
Sinead Hewson of www.clientfocusedcoaching.com works with leadership, innovation and creatively. She is remarkably quick at summing up situations and getting businesses on track. Fill in her ' Am I ready for Coaching ' pdf to help you decide.
Karin van Leersum of Lucro Accountancy in Voorburg www.lucro.nl showed us why her business was voted the most client friendly in The Netherlands 2006. She impressed us with her knowledge of funding, tax insights and financial law.
Lastly, do remember that there are many experts out there who can give advice when you need it - and they may be sitting right beside you at the next CW meeting. Simply sharing a challenge with friends, advisors or experts may give you the insight you need.
The CW board wishes you a wonderful spring/summer and hopes to see you at our next CW meeting.
Next European Professional Women's Network (EPWN) and Connecting Women (CW) Hague Borrel
Tuesday 22 June 2010, 19:00-21:00
Location: Dap & Co, Scheveningen Harbour
Connect Wine & Dine Evening NEWS!
After four and half very successful years we have decided to close our offshoot group, Connect, Wine and Dine. This is due to the fact that we now have a monthly Borrel, which is proving to be hugely popular and, as a result of which, numbers for CWD have dwindled.
Thank you for your support of Connect, Wine and Dine and we thank Jeanne Heinzer, Jolanda Ammon, Angelika Hummel and Alexandra Hauck for leading this wonderful group.
Connect Read & Discover
Connecting Women's intercultural book group.
Upcoming meeting: Tuesday September 14th 2010 : 8 - 10 pm
We'll discuss: 'The Pollen Room' by Zoe Jenny (Swiss)
