by admin | Sep 7, 2010 | Blog, Eclectic Living, Women and Politics
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...
by admin | Aug 4, 2010 | Blog, Eclectic Living
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...
by admin | Jul 16, 2010 | Blog, Women and Politics
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...
by admin | Jun 16, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Jun 10, 2010 | Blog, Eclectic Living, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Jun 4, 2010 | Blog, Eclectic Living
On May 18, 2010, the Globe & Mail’s Martin Mittlelstaedt reported the forestry sector sees “green as the colour of hope”. It appears that Canada’s rapidly shrinking forestry sector ($80 billion last year down to 54 billion this year) is looking to “green” itself...
