Join us at our next event for informal networking – we would love to see you!
Hey, we know that sounds a bit dramatic, but we’re kinda excited because we’ve been working on ‘re-birthing’ our 2015 MiH initiative into it’s second incarnation for a while now.
We’re delighted that this May we’re able to re-launch, and help more women in business get the benefits many of us have already gained from being part of a small close-knit group that supports each other to develop their businesses or realise their goals.
Now is the opportunity for you ladies to get involved, (or re-involved) with our refreshed, new and improved MiH 2.0, and receive some leadership training at the same time.
So what are we talking about with this ‘Make It Happen’ thingy? Well, does any of these statements sound like you?:-
- I’d like to be more accountable and follow through with the actions I know I need to take.
- Working on my own most of the time, I could just do with another head to knock ideas around with.
- I get distracted and sometimes struggle to get clear on what really needs done next.
- I can feel sometimes quite alone in trying to make my business work.
- I seem to keep repeating failures and lose motivation or faith sometimes.
- I just simply miss working in a team.
- I really want to turn this idea or project into reality.
- I’d like to develop my leadership, listening and relationship building skills
- I just need a little Coaching to help me work out a solution to……
Simply put, ‘Make it Happen’ is a way in which, as part of a small group, you can tackle these issues.
At the May re-launch you will get trained on how to get the group going and keep momentum, as well as training on the world-wide tried and tested leadership development method, Action Learning, that you can use within your group to Make Things Happen.
We’re delighted to have as our trainer for the event, Jill Carnduff who is also part of WLWIB and an MiH’er herself .
Join us at our next event for informal networking – we would love to see you!
Join us at our next event for informal networking – we would love to see you!
Iced Coffee anyone? + A Special Guest This Month!
Could there still be some more sunny, warm days left of our Summer? Here’s hoping, and we still get a few more chances to enjoy an iced coffee in our wonderful Scottish sunshine (at least maybe in between the downpours – ever optimistic)!
Optimism and positive attitude as just a couple of the qualities we see in many of the ladies we meet at our events, and there’s always Sunshine and warm ‘GOLD’ at our new format Coffee & Conversation networking. The feedback from our new format is continues to be great – so we’re making more warm, sunshiney GOLD again this month.
G – Get to know each other
O – Open Communication Lines
L – Learn Something New
D – Develop Lasting Relationships
We hope you can join us this month as we are delighted to have as our guest, local MSP for Almond Valley, Angela Constance, where in addition to our GOLD networking, she will be sharing her thoughts on supporting women in business and the difficulties faced by women, in terms of representation in start-ups accessing finance. (check out Angela’s Bio below)
Join us and try out making your own ‘GOLD’ at Coffee and Conversation on Thursday 31st Aug at the usual haunt .
So, newbies, regulars, and old friends we haven’t seen in a while, come along and try out our new networking ‘STYLE’ and let us know what you think, how it can serve you and your business and how we can make it even better.
Many Thanks,
WLWIB Steering Group
PLEASE NOTE – NEW START TIME – 9:15 for registration – to enable prompt start 9:30
Angela’s Bio
Angela Constance has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Almond Valley (formerly Livingston Constituency) since 2007. Born in West Lothian, raised in Addiewell and West Calder, she has her roots well and truly in West Lothian.
Her interest in politics has been with her all her adult life, being elected President of Glasgow University Students’ Representative Council during her time at Glasgow University between 1998-1991. Her interest in social welfare continued after university where she worked for Ark Housing Association, then moving into her career as a social worker in 1998, which continued until she was elected as an MSP in 2007.
Angela has also served as a local Councillor for West Lothian between 1997 and 2007. In 2014 she was promoted to the Scottish Cabinet in the first of three cabinet positions to date, as Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women’s Employment. Later in November 2014 she held the position as the Cabinet Secretary for Education and in May 2016 she was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, a post she still holds today.
West Lothian Women in Business is a non-profit group run by a small number of volunteers. The group is here to help empower and support women who, are either running their own business or considering it, are professional women in the business world or other organisations and who would like to connect with other like-minded women and grow as individuals.
Clouds? What Clouds?
Has Scotland just become the new mediterranean?
Who’d have thought it could ever happen – hotter in central Scotland than most of Spain, in Summertime!
And on our last GOLD networking THE Hottest day most of us have ever experienced in Scotland – up to 39 degrees – wow ladies, great networking, you do know how to make the temperature rise! 🙂
Seriously though, hope you’ve all been enjoying this amazing summer so far – and getting out and enjoying the warmth (albeit not on that scorcher of a day!
So, if you’re not jetting off (or going to the Scottish Mediterranean) on your holidays, we invite you to join us at our monthly GOLD networking (on 26th July) to explore, share and seek some help and contacts from the group to help you re-ignite or reach those personal and business goals.
Monthly GOLD networking is back in just under 2 weeks on 26th July.
Optimism and positive attitude are just a couple of the qualities we see in many of the ladies we meet at our events, and there’s always Sunshine and warm ‘GOLD’ at our new format Coffee & Conversation networking. Our (now, not so new) GOLD format continues to be getting results for our ladiues – so come along and make some of your own sparkly GOLD this month.
G – Get to know each other
O – Open Communication Lines
L – Learn Something New
D – Develop Lasting Relationships
So, newbies, regulars, and old friends we haven’t seen in a while, come along and try out our new networking ‘STYLE’ and let us know what you think, how it can serve you and your business and how we can make it even better.
Many Thanks,
WLWIB Steering Group
PLEASE NOTE – this is a FREE event and registration from 9:30 – to enable prompt start 9:45
West Lothian Women in Business is a non-profit group run by a small number of volunteers. The group is here to help empower and support women who, are either running their own business or considering it, are professional women in the business world or other organisations and who would like to connect with other like-minded women and grow as individuals.
Endings and beginnings!
What’s ending? – well only Summertime – and what a summer – hope you’ve had a chance to enjoy the sunshine and stored up some energy for the months ahead!
So, you might ask, what’s beginning? Well, that’s for each one of us to take a little time out and ponder on. As we come to the end of this seasonal cycle, it can be time to review other cycles in our life and business.
Often when one cycle ends, be that a season, a client relationship or a business strategy that’s not working, it gives us an opportunity to take time out and craft a different approach to what we’re working on. To try something new, or adjust a strategy that’s not quite working!
So, if you’re wanting to chat through what’s next on your business or life agenda, or looking for help to make some new contacts, we invite you to join us at our monthly GOLD networking (on 30th August) to explore, share and seek some help and contacts from the group to help you re-ignite or reach those personal and business goals.
Monthly GOLD networking is back in just over 2 weeks on 30th August.
Optimism and positive attitude are just a couple of the qualities we see in many of the ladies we meet at our events, and there’s always Sunshine and warm ‘GOLD’ at our new format Coffee & Conversation networking. Our (now, not so new) GOLD format continues to be getting results for our ladiues – so come along and make some of your own sparkly GOLD this month.
G – Get to know each other
O – Open Communication Lines
L – Learn Something New
D – Develop Lasting Relationships
So, newbies, regulars, and old friends we haven’t seen in a while, come along and try out our new networking ‘STYLE’ and let us know what you think, how it can serve you and your business and how we can make it even better.
Many Thanks,
WLWIB Steering Group
PLEASE NOTE – this is a FREE event and registration from 9:30 – to enable prompt start 9:45
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West Lothian Women in Business is a non-profit group run by a small number of volunteers. The group is here to help empower and support women who, are either running their own business or considering it, are professional women in the business world or other organisations and who would like to connect with other like-minded women and grow as individuals.
Join us at our October workshop with Networker Extraordinaire Mandi Moore. Develop your connection skills and learn how to collaborate to grow your business, partner with others or develop personal contacts. Includes teas, coffees or juice plus a breakfast roll or scone. Plus fruit nibbles over our teeny weeny very first AGM!
Early bird tickets £15 until 15th October
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