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Training & Skills Development
Information Sessions
Interested to learn more about AWE services? Join us at one of our upcoming one-hour teleconferences every Tuesday at 12pm. For more information click here.
Roadmap for Success
This workshop provides an introduction on how to develop a business plan. Cost: $45
Click here for more info or to register.
June 15, 2010
9am-12pm
Calgary:
June 25, 2010
9am -12pm
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RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Awards
Do you know an extraordinary woman entrepreneur? To nominate her or for more information, click here. |
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"The Art of Customer Service...Influence with Ease" Seminars with Jeff Mowatt- best selling author and award-winning speaker.
Boost your Business in 2010
Smart business people know that you don't boost market share in boom times...your market share grows when the economy is soft and customers become more selective. The fastest, most cost-effective way to differentiate yourself is to focus on your service. Customer service can no longer be merely average or simply friendly; it needs to be remark-able. Here's your opportunity to make that happen for your team...
Fort McMurray- June 10
Red Deer- November 4
For seminar details and on-line registration click here. |
The Enbridge Famous 5 Leadership Luncheon Series
Featuring Ruth Kelly, President and CEO Venture Publishing Inc.
May 27, 2010
Fairmont Hotel Macdonald Edmonton
For more info or to register
Women's Enterprise Centre Manitoba : Technology in the 21st Century
"Work smarter, grow faster, increase profits."
June 1, 2010
Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg
More info or to register.
The Art of Marketing
Featuring six internationally renowned bestselling authors and leaders who will share an exciting blend of cutting edge thinking and real world experience on today's most critical marketing issues.
June 14, 2010
Epcor Centre, Calgary More info or to register.
The Alberta Business Family Institute
12 Steps to Succession Planning
June 3, 2010- Stony Plain
June 17, 2010-Strathmore
June 24, 2010-Taber
More info or to register
University of Alberta Eric Geddes Lecture
Featuring speaker Guy Turcotte
The Future Viability and Sustainability of the Resort and Vacation Home Industry in North America over the next several decades.
June 1, 2010
Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Ubuntu Edmonton
Fundraising Dinner
Ubuntu Edmonton is a charitable organization created to help improve the living condition of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide survivors. Aiming to achieve long term self-sufficiency, Ubuntu's main objectives are to relieve poverty by operating food banks, funding small businesses /micro-cooperatives, and providing education and training programs.
June 25, 2010
Edmonton Marriott at River Cree More info or to register |
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3 Basic Elements to Email Marketing
1. Personalization
For example, try to use their name whenever possible instead of "Dear Valued Customer".
2. Branding
Make sure your emails are consistent with the image your brand is trying to portray.
3. Call to Action
Ask them to do something such as "Register now".
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Keep in Touch
Connect with other women entrepreneurs and keep up to date with the latest AWE news on our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages.
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Message from the CEO
Tracey Scarlett | Are successful female entrepreneurs really different than male entrepreneurs?
A recent study released by the Kauffman Foundation provides some insights about the differences, in addition to some interesting findings about the similarities.
For this report, 549 successful entrepreneurs from the technology sector were studied, 59% of whom had started 2 or more companies. The male and female entrepreneurs were well matched for the purpose of the comparison as they competed in similar industries; although the sample size for female entrepreneurs was significantly smaller (less than 10% of respondents were female) reflecting the lower participation of females in business ownership in these sectors. Read more...
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The Building Blocks to Success:
Calgary AWE-Inspiring Breakfast
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Time: 8:00am - 10:00am
Location: Q-Haute Cuisine, 100-7 St. SW Calgary, AB
Featuring Jennifer McNeill
Jennifer McNeill is a seasoned business executive and entrepreneur. Her expertise in the Information Technology industry includes an emphasis on software conversions, business management, and project planning. She has led a number of software companies, including one named in Profit Magazine's 50 Fastest Growing Companies for 2005. She served as the CEO of CipherSoft, which was acquired by Unify in 2009.
Ms. McNeill has built a solid reputation as an Information Technology expert through her speaking engagements for audiences globally. She also lectures regularly at the University of Calgary's Executive MBA Program. Ms. McNeill is currently writing a book entitled "Delivering IT Projects On-Time and Within Budget".
Ms. McNeill actively provides direction to a number of corporate boards. She was nominated in 1997 by the YMCA as Woman of the Year in Calgary, was nominated in 2000 and 2004 as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, and was named one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women for 2005. Jennifer was nominated in 2006 for the RBC Canadian Entrepreneur Award. Don't miss your chance to take part in this Calgary AWE-Inspiring Breakfast. Register here. |
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Thank you to all who attended, sponsored, and planned the 2010 Women in the North Conference on April 29th at the Misery Mountain Chalet in Peace River, AB. A special thanks to the Community Futures Peace Region team, especially Joanne Trudeau, for hosting the event.
AWE was proud to be a sponsor of this successful event that welcomed over 80 women from across Northern Alberta. Attendees had the opportunity to receive valuable advice from a panel of service providers as well as gain more specific knowledge from industry experts on a variety of topics including marketing, website design, search engine optimization, and organizational development.
The AWE Programs and External Relations team had the opportunity to attend and took away some key points from the event:
- Lina Heath, President of Eveline Charles Salon, Spas & Beauty MD stressed the importance of creating priority checklists of responsibilities that must be accomplished. If you find that you aren't completing your checklist items, you will then have to look at how to improve your time management. To watch a video featuring more tips from Lina, click here.
- Nicole Baker, President of digital-blues.com gave the 4 C's of website failure: Culture, Customers, Cost, and Complexity.
- Holly Sorgen, Executive Director of Community Futures Grande Prairie & Region led a success visualization exercise prompting attendees to ask themselves: Where am I now? Where am I going? Where do I want to be? How am I going to get there?
If you were at the event, we would love to hear what top 3 things you took away. More information on next year's Women in the North Conference will be available on the AWE website. |
...women owned businesses could be leading the economic recovery in their provinces and nationally? According to a recent Ernst & Young report Scaling Up: Why Women-Owned Businesses Can Recharge the Global Economy suggests that women entrepreneurs will play a critical role in accelerating economic recovery. Since the early 1990's the number of self-employed women in Canada has accelerated by 50% to about 800,000 currently. And according to a CIBC World Markets Inc. report, the number of women-owned businesses is growing 60% faster than those run by men.
One of the keys to this recovery will be to assist established women business owners who wish to expand their competitiveness, productivity and overall profitability. |
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs would like to invite you to join us at the upcoming 'Women in Business National Conference and Trade Fair' and over-arching Canadian Trade Mission taking place in Baltimore, Maryland June 22-24.If you've ever wondered about expanding into new markets, finding bigger contracts or just want to learn about procurement processes, this is THE event to attend. To find out more about the event please contact us. |
TEC VenturePrize Rewards Emerging Entrepreneurs
AWE was proud to sponsor this year's TEC VenturePrize Business Plan Competition that awarded over $150,000 in cash and in-kind services to emerging entrepreneurs.
For more information on TEC VenturePrize, this year's winners, and the services offered by TEC Edmonton, click here. |
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