Networking Review: How to Keep your Focus, 26 November 2020
We kicked off this month’s networking meeting with a reflective look back at 2020. Dymphna noted how the year’s unexpected challenges pushed us to grow our resilience and creativity. And we became more connected than ever before. Despite the tragedy and anxiety, there...
Networking Review: The Importance of Communities, 29th October 2020
What a great first experience with the online WBII networking event in October! The women in attendance were very welcoming and it was quite nice to meet fellow entrepreneurs. This month’s theme was on ‘The importance of communities’ and Dymphna Elsink did an...
Networking Review: Speed networking, 17 September 2020
It was such a pleasure to participate in WBII’s September networking event, where the theme was ‘Speed networking’. The event, thanks to its unique format in gathering participants in groups of 4, enabled us to experience a special evening, where everybody had the...
Networking Review: The Power of Copywriting, 25th June 2020
The expat copywriter, Elena de Francisco, gave us a presentation about the Power of Copywriting. After 8 years working in the corporate arena, Elena discovered copywriting and soon realized that this was a perfect job for her, as it combines her two loves: writing and...
Networking Review: The Customer Journey, 28th May 2020
The Customer Journey - May 2020 WBII Networking Review I attended an inspirational WBII event. Why was it inspirational for me? 1) The energy of having twenty-five diverse, internationally minded women entrepreneurs on an online event was palpable. I loved listening...
Networking Review: Why Self-Esteem is NOT the Key to Confidence, 23rd April 2020
Why Self Esteem is NOT the Key to Confidence On the third Thursday of April 2020, twenty-one of us pulled ourselves back indoors from the beach, the woods, the dikes and dunes and our backyard BBQs (or stayed right there) to join the second ever WBII online monthly...
The first WBII online networking event, March 26th 2020
Why didn’t we do it sooner? 36 people joined our initiatives’s first online event. Yes, that’s right – 36! Even Colleen Reichrath-Smith was able to join a meeting despite her move to Limburg. These tricky times are teaching us all a new way of living, of working, of...
How not to be vanilla
Or how to be Pistachio with Pepper The evening started with the amazing Dymphna giving a welcome speech and setting everyone with good energy to kick off the event. The first speaker of the night was Kalpee Howard, who gave her 10 min speech “Living Well Unlocked”....
Make it Happen in 2020
Networking review by Johanne Bade Not only this topic, but also this evening’s presenter was for me a personal treat. Taking the time to reflect on this amazing year, and set myself up for success by planning ahead for an equally fantastic 2020 is something that’s...