Christmas Party

We are thrilled to have our Christmas Event at the Halifax BMW Dealership this year and would love to have you there to enjoy it with us.

Please see details below and plan to join us for a few hours of Christmas Cheer, prizes and we may be able to take a quick peek at the cars.

Halifax Women’s Network Christmas Wine 'n Cheese Social

Welcome HWN Members and Guests

Location: Halifax BMW Dealership3240 Kempt Road, Halifax

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

RSVP: Lee Ross, lee@lcrcomputer.ca 209-0105

DOOR PRIZES Please email Lee at lee@lcrcomputer.ca if you can provide a door prize. As we do each year at our Christmas Social, we invite you to donate a gift for our door prize draw and our tickets sales. This is not only a great opportunity for our members to promote their business, but also represents one of the opportunities we use to build our bursary funds. Popular gifts in the past have included.........spa treatments, gift baskets with lotions and goodies, bottles of wine, dinner at a restaurant, pictures, computer accessories etc.

All proceeds from sale of tickets for the prizes go directly to the bursary and represents one of the significant fund raising opportunities over the year. Most attendees end up leaving with a gift as well. 'Giving' turns into 'receiving'! Feel free to bring your friends along !!

Our Kind Sponsor for this Event: Halifax BMW

“RING RING” — I AM COLD CALLING!

Do you need to be making cold calls to meet your sales quotas or improve your
bottom line? Are you procrastinating on picking up the phone? Then…

Don’t miss this workshop!

Time: 9 am to 5 pm; Date: Tuesday January 12, 2010
Location: Chocolate Lake Hotel, Armview Boardroom,
20 St. Margaret’s Bay Road, Halifax

Cost: $189 plus HST per person – lunch and snacks included
Workshop is limited to 10 participants.

Attend this workshop and learn:
* What to say on the phone – and when to say it!
* How to use voicemail effectively.
* Listening skills that reveal the “body language” of a phone call.
* How to research your target market.
* When to ask questions – and what questions to ask!
* Self-motivation for making phone calls.
* How to transition prospects into clients.

To register for “Ring Ring” – I Am Cold Calling!:
1) phone the office at (902) 404-3290/1-877-404-3290 or
2) send an email to maryjane@thephonelady.ca

November Meeting

November Meeting

What: MAIN STAGE—Lara Morris

Who: HWN Members and Guests

Where: SMU, Sobey's Building, Room #265

SMU Campus Map <----click here

When: Wednesday, November 3, 2009

Time: 7 pm to 9 pm

Lara Morris brings over 20 years of diverse experience and skills to her role as coach, facilitator, and trainer. Offering a solid reputation, an inquisitive spirit, and proven methods for helping motivate and inspire, Lara helps individuals, organizations, and workplaces make lasting change.

Whether it's one-on-one coaching, facilitating groups, or providing training, Lara is known for getting to the heart of the matter and achieving results. Respectful. Authentic. Playful. Committed. Smart. These are just some of the ways that Lara has been described. Her testimonials from satisfied clients speak for themselves.

Summed up in a word, it's all about "shift." Shifts in perspective and behaviour lead to radical, positive change. When one person believes in what is possible and takes action, an entire family, workplace, and community can be transformed.


Whether you are a past member or prospective member, we invite you to enjoy the benefit of networking with our diverse group of dynamic women.

Our membership includes business owners, businesswomen, managers at work, Managers at home, retired professionals and 'women of leisure'. All women are welcome!

(Non-members are invited to attend an event at no charge.)

Women of Excellence Awards Dinner

This event, hosted by the Halifax Cornwallis Canadian Progress Club will be honoring 20 inspirational and accomplished women leaders of our community. In celebration of our 20th year, Ruth Goldbloom will be honored with the Women of Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award.

This elegant awards and fundraising event is the only one of its kind in Eastern Canada. Proceeds of the event support the Phoenix Youth Program, a long-term shelter for homeless and at-risk youth. Now, in its 20^th year, and having raised in excess of $600,000, this year’s event will be a special one as we celebrate recipient’s accomplishments and successes of the past 20 years. I am attaching the list of this years award winners.

Please join us in celebrating our Women of Excellence over 20 years and supporting the Phoenix Youth Programs.

Join the celebration on November 19th, 2009

World Trade and Convention Centre
Reception starting 6pm, Dinner & Awards at 7pm

Tables of ten are $1250.00; individual tickets are $125.00.
Last year's event sold out early so hurry to reserve your seat or table!!!

Contact Shelley LeBrun Club President,

Shelley.LeBrun@td.com, Phone # 902-429-5210, Fax # 902-429-3415

Charity Book Launch

Your Invitation to Become a Master Leader

Charity Book Launch

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS,

5 pm to 8:30 pm.

Door prizes include admission to the Leadership Development Course at Saint Mary's University at the World Trade Centre, two gift certificates for running shoes at Aerobics First and dinner at Salty's Restaurant.

In THE SEVEN STRATEGIES OF MASTER LEADERS, internationally known author Brad McRae interviews 32 of Canada's foremost leaders to gain insight into their leadership secrets.
Combined with his own experience teaching thousands of people to lead more effectively, he presents the seven key strategies that can make you the best of the best. McRae's book comes to life through the words of high-profile and diverse Canadians who achieved results beyond their highest expectations.

Discover how contemporary Canadian Master Leaders such as:

• Louise Arbour set precedents that changed the world as the Chief Prosecutor for the War Crimes Tribunal in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda


• Phil Fontaine worked tirelessly to overcome the problems associated with First Nations' poverty and heal the trauma associated with abuse at residential schools


• Hazel McCallion, as mayor for over 30 years, turned Mississauga from a bedroom community into one of Canada's most efficient and prosperous cities

Can't come to the book launch? We have a pre-publication special with FREE SHIPPING. Just order your autographed copy before October 14 from http://www.bradmcrae.com/Store.html

The net proceeds from all book sales are being donated to Green Solution's “School in a Box”, Swim Jamaica and the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.

October Meeting

Wednesday October 7th, 7.00 - 9.00pm

Saint Mary's University, Sobey's Building, Room 260

Educational Speaker: Brenda Saunders/Todd
Topic: Public Speaking
Brenda is a dynamic and very effective motivational speaker who shares her knowledge and skills freely to her audience. She is not to be missed.

Showcase Speaker: Chef Mandy, Mandy's Personal Chef Service.
More info about Mandy can be found on her website

We hope you can join us

September 09 Meet & Greet

Thanks to all who came along to the first meeting of the new year! We saw some old faces and welcomed a few new ones. Amanda Sutherland of Amanda's Gift Burary Prgram was the special guest. Amanda (pictured left - speaking and right - with Past President Brenda Saunders/Todd) told us her story and how she set up a bursary fund to help kids formerly in care to get a 3rd level education. What a story. You can read more about it at http://www.nscouncilfamily.org/

If you missed the first meeting, please come along to our October meeting - details to follow.