Showcase-Marketplace Networking Event (12.03.08)Wednesday 7th May sees the very first Showcase-Marketplace event for East Midlands business women. It's to be held at Kelham Hall in Newark and will offer opportunities to all kinds of business women to network and showcase their business. For more details visit the Showcase-Marketplace section of this site.
Channel 4 - Call for Career Women (25.02.08)Channel 4 are looking for successful career women who date younger men, for an intelligent and sensitive documentary about 21st Century relationships and have asked Smart Women to help. The film will consider the rapid decline of the taboo around the ‘older woman/ younger man’ relationship dynamic. We seem to be on a cusp of a big shift in attitude where this partnership is becoming positively aspirational, helped by an increasing number of high profile celebrity relationships.
They are looking for high-achieving career women, in their mid to late thirties plus, who have chosen to have relationships with men at least ten years younger. Greater equality in the world of work means women are no longer so dependent on men for financial security and social status. For centuries men have had younger girlfriends impressed by their power and life experience. But today women have more freedom to seek the relationship that’s right for them rather than be hidebound by tradition so Channel 4 are looking for people who are forging the way here and feel strongly enough about it to talk openly.
Please call 020 8877 5601 or email sally.hewitt@prospect-uk.com. The dealine is tight so it would be great to hear from you by 3rd March if possible.
Spring "Showcase-Marketplace" Event (10.01.08)
Smart Women's exciting Spring event will be one not to miss, with opportunities to showcase your business, demonstrate your services, and sell your products, as well as some excellent networking. Find out more about the event... we'll be updating the information as the event falls into place.
Smart Women Support CAI (29.11.07)Smart Women are pleased to be supporting Childhealth Advocacy International who first approach us to help promote their launch and networking event to mark their move to Nottingham. We've met since and identified a number of ways in which Smart Women can help them with their work and we'll be looking at some interesting developments during 2008. But right now you can help in some smart but simple ways...
Woman Entrepreneur of the Year - Nicola DavisSmart Women proudly sponsored this year's Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Nottinghamshire Business Venture's SPitir of Enterprise Awards. This awards received a record number of entries this year with some very much deserving finalists.
Nicola established her business to provide cost-effective consulting to small businesses, not-for-profits, and the public sector. She avoids creating a 'culture of dependency' on the consultant and has built her business through her ethical stance, regularly undertaking pro bono projects. Find out more at www.n2-consulting.com.
Pippa Rees launched her corporate training and image consultancy, Style Company, in 2005 following a 15 year career in the corporate fashion and beauty PR industry. She runs the popular Style Club in Nottingham and has written her own style guide, From Slummy Mummy to Yummy Mummy! Find out more at www.stylecompany.co.uk.
Rachel set up Tall Spaghettto offer personal development training to groups of people or to individuals in order to get the best out of them, all built on the values of
sincerity, passion, compassion.......and fun! Find out more at www.tallspaghetti.co.uk.
Smart Women help SFEDI research When women set up in business, they are often doing so whilst juggling many other responsibilities and this has an impact on such things as how long it takes them to get started and what resources they have at their disposal.
It's an area of enterprise that warrants more understanding which is why Smart Women is encouraging members to help the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative to put together a discussion group to explore the issues that women face.
The discussion group will take place over lunch on Tuesday 30th October at a venue in Nottingham city centre. If you'd like to take part, please contact Caroline Missing at Strategia Ltd., who are undertaking this research, on 0845 2261712 or caroline@stratagia.co.uk.
