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Fear.less
Fear is universal and it can prevent you from moving forward, from asking the question, from reaching out to another, and from taking the risk to try something new. Fear can suspend you in time and place. Fear.less is an on-line publication that shares stories of...
Is Networking Working for You?
Ten ways to network more strategically Networking is always listed as one of, if not, the most important thing to do when building or looking to expand a business. As many know doing so effectively is more easily said than done. A great deal of time can be spent...
Want Change? Get out and vote! Celebrating Persons Day
Today is an important day for every woman in Canada- young and old alike. Eighty-one years ago today (October 18, 1929) the British Privy Council declared “And to those who would ask why the word “persons” should include females, the obvious answer is, why should it...
Welcome to the 21st Century: Smart Vending Machine Anticipates Customer’s Desires
Imagine a vending machine that sees you coming and based on what it sees it offers you what it believes you will want. How does it know? Well, because of the demographic information programmed into it. But, from a marketing perspective, its real beauty lies not in its...
Women With Hammers Rock
Ever since I first read about Habitat for Humanity builds in Time magazine in the 1980’s I have wanted to take part in one of their builds. Initially, it was because I loved the idea of building a house – I have a thing for tools. In more recent years, it was also...
Following Your Passion or Making Your Life Work (part I).
I hemmed and hawed about whether the title to this blog should be following your passion AND making your life work or if it should read, as it does now, with OR as the conjunction representing the need to make a choice. I chose to go with “or” because there is so much...
Calculated Risk Taking Beats Rolling The Dice
Over the years I have worked on and developed many project plans. In groups I often end up being the one who asks the questions that help us outline a strategy. It is something I do well, BUT, it is something that if you start with the ten easy steps listed below can...
Ladies Take Off Your Blinders: Abortion over 40- It happens
Today, women over 40 in Canada on average earn more money than in any previous time in history. More women hold managerial and executive positions than ever before, more women are involved in public life and their buying power has businesses scrambling to please...
Women of Waterloo Region- A Women’s Event that Works!
In 2009, WOW or Women of Waterloo Region was started by a woman named Amanda Knapp. Knapp wanted simply to celebrate women who were doing things that made other women think “WOW, what an amazing woman”. As Knapp puts it “This is about women who WOW you. They...
Women’s Events: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and The Elusive Excellent
For many years now I have made the effort to attend a variety of women’s events. For the majority of these years I have been sorely disappointed, at times frustrated and on occasion felt ripped off. In the past year this has begun to change. I’ve attended a couple of...