Posts Tagged ‘ networking ’

Daryn Kagan and Debbie Travis are Their Own Bosses

Oct 4th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Business, Events, Featured

Ladies Who Launch, an organization which provides resources for women to start their own businesses, held its Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) event on Saturday, October 4. This was an event where women who have businesses or are planning to start their own businesses could network with others like-minded people. In addition to [...]



FastLane Networking Event - July 29, 2008

Aug 5th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Business, Events

Cynthia Cheng
FastLane, a networking organization targeting young professionals between 25 and 40, held its fourth networking event at Toronto’s Spoke Club on Tuesday, July 29. The event, held at the club’s patio was very well-attended, with people from many different industries, especially those from the creative and promotional industries, such as event planners, designers and [...]



The Ladies’ Room: The Ultimate Old Girls’ Club?

Jul 25th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Business, Cynthia's Thoughts

Cynthia Cheng
People often talk about the Old Boys’ Network, that old “organization” which benefited upper class males through connections, official clubs and so forth. It is supposed to be something that is should have died out a long time ago, but some of it still remains. Many believe that women do not have an equivalent, [...]



Positive Fabulous Women Networking Event

Jul 8th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Business, Events

Positive Fabulous Women held its first networking mingler on June 26, 2008 at Peridot Resto Lounge (81 Bloor Street East). All the women who attended were extremely accomplished, with a wide range of careers, including public relations, life coaching and financial services.
Like other networking events, this one started off with people mingling about, introducing [...]



Living Your Career: Joining Professional Associations

Jun 24th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Business

Kyle Bernstein
Many articles in professional magazines state that a large number of very successful women who own or run Fortune 500 companies don’t do any networking. Lots of CEOs of corporations have never gone to college, don’t read up on the industry, have no idea what the competition is up to and feel very secure [...]



Networking and Marketing: What is it?

May 27th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Business

Barbara Rinehart
What Exactly is Network Marketing/Direct Selling?
Network marketing, sometimes referred to as direct selling, is simply a distribution system whereby goods or services from a manufacturer are sold to the end user via a network of independent distributors, or consultants. It is an extremely effective system that cuts out the “middleman” found in most [...]