Last month, I attended “Classroom to Boardroom” thanks to an invite from a very good friend and former colleague Sally Lee. Sally is an SFU BA grad with additional BCIT certifications currently sitting as Social Media Coordinator on YWiB Vancouver executive team. YWiB (Young Women in Business) connects young women with skills & support […]
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Event Re-Cap: Wealthy and Wise
On May 19th, I attended the event “Wealthy and Wise” with speakers David Chilton and Arlene Dickinson – who most recently were featured as cast members on CBC’s hit show, “Dragon’s Den.” Peter Legge, President and CEO of Canada Wide Magazines and Communications, offered some opening remarks and stories, as well. Although this nearly 2 and a half […]
Event Re-Cap: The Art of Marketing 2015
On April 15th, I attended my second “The Art of Marketing” seminar in Vancouver, BC. I found last year’s event to be so inspiring that I actively applied some of the marketing and branding techniques I learned to my career as a Marketing Manager. This year’s “The Art of Marketing” event certainly did not disappoint. […]
Event Review: SHOULDERS OF TITANS – Joo Kim Tiah
On Thursday night, I had the pleasure of attending the Shoulders of Titans event, hosted by the Vancouver Entrepreneurs Group. Being my first interaction with this group I had no idea what to expect. I only knew that the key speaker was Joo Kim Tiah, the man behind the $360 Million Dollar Trump Tower project […]
Event Review: GradusOne Launch Event
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the launch event for GradusOne, a new program designed to help young adults navigate the various steps towards a fledgling career. Co-founders Sam Thiara and Manny Padda have endeavoured to create a program that facilitates the success of young adults through mentorship, career-oriented workshops, panels, and networking. […]
Event Review: Internet Masterminds Meetup
New to the world of sales, I was unsure of what to expect from the Internet Mastermind’s Meetup on How to Get Targeted Traffic to Your Big Ticket Items, with Bill Hugall. In all honesty I was half-expecting to walk into a room full of intimidating professionals, with whom I’d have nothing in common. Instead, I […]
Event Review: F.W.E. 'Get Social' Annual Gala
It was my first time attending the F.W.E. (Forum for Women Entrepreneurs) Annual Fundraising Gala event though I had heard many great things, and I was not disappointed. Entering the pre-event cocktail reception I was impressed by the caliber of Businesswomen (and men!) who were in attendance. The ever busy Premier Christy Clark even made […]
Speed Mentoring: NABS West Event Review
I am a big proponent on building meaningful relationships, otherwise known as networking. The NABS West Speed Mentoring event came through Networking in Van and it immediately caught my eye. NABS West is an organization that helps professionals in the communications industry through counselling, career coaching, financial coaching and support that may be needed due […]
Inspiring The Art of Leadership
I took 11 pages of notes, while also live tweeting from Networking in Van’s Twitter account and my own personal account at The Art of Leadership on Tuesday. You’ll have to forgive me for the lack of photos in this post as I was too busy scrambling to get notes down. This was the second […]
Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetic holds “Booze and Branding” event in B.C.
The Vancouver headquarters of Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics recently moved to a brand new location in Vancouver! Now they are a one-stop shop that houses all of their departments (including production and packaging) under one roof. During a conversation I had with Zeba Manki, Talent Resource Manager at the Lush head office, she explained how […]
Big Sister’s Gala Event Review
Earlier this week I attended the Big Sister’s Gala. This event took place at the Fairmont Waterfront on a cool and wet night. However, if you weren’t already excited to be there for the cause, there were friendly volunteers and two love balls to help direct you to the registration table where I was quickly greeted and […]
CKNW CEO Series with John Montalbano
If waking up at 5am doesn’t make you excited, it will when you get to hear John Montalbano speak. John is the CEO of RBC Global Asset Management, the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Coming from an arts degree background, I had never heard of John before except for when I read this […]
Tech Minds of Vancouver aren’t Few and Far Between
On the evening of August 8th beneath the streets of Gastown, Axiom Zen, a start-up tech company that employs a young and bright group of creatives in the technology community welcomed employers and grads of Lighthouse Labs, an 8 week coding boot camp based in Vancouver. Attendee’s of Lighthouse Lab’s “Demo Day” event were provided […]
Ladies Who Lunch: Event Review
This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to attend the Ladies Who Lunch event at the Arbutus Club. The invitation stated to dress to impress with hats and fascinators. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a large garden party hat or a fascinator, but my was the room decked out in some beautiful outfits. It was really […]
A Night of Empowerment with Uppity Girl Productions
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SociaLIGHT: An Event Review
On Saturday, the SociaLIGHT Conference was held at the beautiful Vancouver Convention Centre. LIGHT stands for Leading Impacting Global Humanity Today. The day featured an array of opportunities to hear from some amazing visionary leaders and entrepreneurs. This was the inaugural conference in Vancouver, originally from Toronto. Although they didn’t have the big names of […]
WCT Event Recap: Experts Share Best Leadership Advice Ever Received
The BC chapter of Women in Communications & Technology (WCT) hosted the first of their Lessons in Leadership Series, “The Best Advice I Ever Got,” in the beautiful Chartwell Room at the Four Seasons Vancouver on May 28. After a networking hour complete with cocktails and delicious canapés, a panel of three high-profile Vancouverites shared […]
Solomo Media and Why Digital Marketing is Dead
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Have You Played Lately? Review of BCAMA Vision Conference
BCAMA hosted their Vision conference on May 14 at the Rocky Mountaineer Station in Vancouver. It was a bright an early morning as the conference started at 8am. Free parking was provided at the Edgewater Casino with a shuttle to the venue, which was nice. This was a completely jam packed conference, so I will highlight some […]
BCTIA Event Re-cap: Check out the Technology Vancouver has been brewing!
Known as BCTIA’s most anticipated and attended event in Vancouver, BCTIA’s Tech Brew was held last night at the Fan Club on Granville Street with the largest turnout yet! Over 200 attendees enjoyed some beer and wine on tap, beer samples courtesy of Steamworks and free bottled water from Happy Water while mingling with Vancouver’s […]
