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Events & Training - Calgary Please find below an outline of training & events taking place in Calgary. For more information, and to register, visit the Calgary Events page on our website.
Market Research Workshop
Friday, January 18
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Roadmap for Success
Friday, January 25
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Friday, February 8
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Friday, February 22
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
How to Outsell Big Companies
Tuesday, February 19
1 p.m.- 5 p.m.
International Women's Day Event
Monday, March 3
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | |
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Events & Training - Edmonton Please find below an outline of training and events taking place in Edmonton. For more information, and to register, please visit the Edmonton Events page of our website.
Roadmap for Success
Wednesday, January 16
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Monday, January 28
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 20
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
How to Outsell Big Companies
Monday, February 4
1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
AWE Women In Business Luncheon
Wednesday, February 20
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
International Women's Day Event
Tuesday, March 4
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | |
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Events & Training - Throughout Alberta
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs is sponsoring and participating in a number of business events throughout the Province. Please join us at the following events:
How to Outsell Big Companies
Facilitated by: Craig Elias
Date: Tuesday, February 5
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Red Deer College
Register online!
Community Futures Grande Prairie & Peace River, and Alberta Agriculture, Food & Rural Development present:
Women in the North Conference Date: April 10, 2008
Location: Peace River, AB
Contact: (780) 624-1161
Community Futures Lloydminster & Region present:
Business Education Month
Presenter: Joanne Blake
Date: Tuesday, April 1
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Lloydminster, AB
Contact: Community Futures Lloydminster & Region @ (403) 875-5458 | |
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Message from the CEO
Happy New Year!
I love this time of year - it is time to reflect on the successes and challenges of the past year and to put plans in place for the upcoming year. For many of you, as business owners, you may have just completed a very busy retail season so it is time to catch your breath. For others, the seasonal slowdown and vacation time of the Christmas break has affected your December revenues and cash flow so you need to work twice as hard in January to make up this difference. Regardless of what challenges you might see looming on the horizon, the industry you work in, or the size of your business, Alberta Women Entrepreneurs is here to assist you in realizing success.
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2008 AWE Women's Business Blaster
The AWE Women's Business Blaster is Alberta's premier professional development conference for women in business.
Date: April 16 - 18, 2007
Location: Edmonton Marriott at River Cree Resort
Featuring:
David Chilton - Author of The Wealthy Barber and advisor to the authors of the Crazy Plates and Looneyspoons Cookbooks
Dianne Buckner - Host of CBC's Venture and The Dragon's Den
Donna Messer - Founder of ConnectUs Communications Canada
Ruth Kelly - President & CEO of Venture Publishing Inc.
Kim Duke - The Sales Diva
Visit our website for more information.
Early bird deadline for registration is March 5, 2008 |
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Ask a Business Advisor
What does Credit History mean?
If you have ever taken out a loan or used a credit card, you will now have established a Credit History.
Having a good credit history is very important. For example, a lender can refuse to give you a loan or a landlord can refuse to rent to you if you have bad credit.
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AWE Welcomes Two New Entrepreneurs
The Bottom Line Spa
Owner: Colleen Flamand
13, 87 Crowfoot Way NW
Calgary, AB
Ymay Hair Design
Owner: Rachelle Vriend
7, 718 - 17th Ave SW
Calgary, AB |
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International Women's Day Luncheons
Guest Speaker: Eric Thurman, author of A Billion Bootstraps
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Eric Thurman is one of the world's leading experts in international philanthropy. He is president of Protos Fund and former CEO of Geneva Global Inc., where he supervised grant-making in more than half of the countries worldwide. He is a popular public speaker and appears frequently in news interviews, which recently include the Financial Times, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time and CNN. He has extensive experience directing micro credit programs. Earlier in his career as CEO of Opportunity International and HOPE International he managed poverty lending programs in more than 30 countries.
ABOUT THE BOOK: A Billion Bootstraps shows why micro credit is the world's most powerful poverty-fighting movement and an unbeatable investment for your charitable donations. It unearths the roots of the micro credit revolution, revealing how the pioneering work of people such as Dr. Muhammad Yunus - winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize - is giving hope to billions. Philanthropist and self-made millionaire Phil Smith and micro credit expert and consultant Eric Thurman provide a riveting narrative that explores how these small loans, arranged by "barefoot bankers," enable impoverished people to start small businesses, support their families, and improve local economies. By paying back their loans instead of simply accepting handouts, men and women around the world are continually giving others the same opportunity to change their futures. The book also examines why traditional charity programs, while providing short-term relief, often perpetuate the problems they are trying to alleviate, and how applying investment principles to philanthropy is the key to reversing poverty permanently. A Billion Bootstraps explains how ordinary people can accelerate the micro credit movement by investing charitable donations in specific programs and then leveraging those contributions so the net cost to lift one person out of poverty is remarkably low. You'll discover how to get more for your money by donating with the mindset of an investor and calculating measurable returns - returns that will change lives and societies forever.
Co-Host: Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT): Alberta | |
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