Event: Women Unlimited Conference: Stepping into Success: March 8th

Do you want to spend International Women’s Day with an inspiring group of women, hearing from great speakers? International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate our bravery, celebrate our successes, and celebrate each other. Use this as an opportunity to look to the future and create the business that you want and attend the Women Unlimited Stepping into Success Conference.

The theme for the day is Stepping into Success. It’s about creating action that generates results. It’s about deciding that you are worth investing in. This day is all about you. It’s about providing inspiration, motivation, excitement, connection and opportunity. And it’s about enjoying the journey.

Join us and give yourself and your business a boost.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Liz Warom: Founder and CEO of Temple Spa Liz will share some of her story and undoubtedly inspire us with her enthusiasm, wit and anecdotes drawn from her many and varied experiences. Prior to launching Temple Spa, Liz worked with Richard Branson to launch Virgin Vie and worked closely with Anita Roddick at the Body Shop. Come along and hear all about Liz’s journey and we guarantee that you will come away inspired.

Emma Wimhurst: Author of Boom! Seven Steps to Success. Emma was the founder of Diva Cosmetics. She created bespoke cosmetic packages for big name brands like BHS, Asda and Claires Accessories after she saw a gap in the market. Emma has now written the book BOOM! which outlines her seven steps to Success and how you can accelerate your business.

Camila Batmanghelidjh: The Kids Company Building a business with a conscience. Camila Batmanghelidjh is the founder of two children charities – The Place 2 Be (now national) and Kids Company, where she currently works with some of the most traumatised young people living in London. Her story is an amazing one of overcoming adversity to creating an organisation that makes a difference every day. Prepare to be inspired.

Rebecca Harding: Founder and MD of Delta Economics and independent economist. Rebecca is the woman behind all the reports in the UK that relate to female entrepreneurship including a couple of her most recent ones on Women and access to finance and the Greater Return on Women’s Enterprise Report (GROWE). Rebecca will be discussing the state of women’s enteprise in the UK and what we can do to help.

SEMINARS:

This year we are also going to be running a series of mini-workshops on a number of topics including:

Getting your PR right with Diana Soltmann – CEO of Flagship Consulting

Stand up and Stand out – finding your funny side with Lynne Parker of Funny Women

The keys to launching successful new idea with Cally Robson, founder of She’s Ingenious

Advanced networking masterclass with Alessandra Alonso of Shine People and Places

Influence power and styles of sales communication with Helga Moran of Motivate Me

PANEL SESSION: Engage with some successful female business owners:

Liz Jackson, Secret Millionaire and CEO of Great Guns Marketing
Antonia Chitty of ACPR and author of Family Friendly Working;
Hannah McNamara, Managing Director of HRM coaching and SME Academy;
MT Rainey, CEO and Founder of Horsesmouth;
Jo Behari, Managing Director of Home Jane and last year’s Enterprising Women Award winner and Precious Young entrepreneur winner.

AT THE END OF THE DAY Funny Woman, Catherine Semark will round out the day for us and leave us wanting more!

FANTASTIC NETWORKING: You will have the opportunity to network with each other both during lunch and after the conference. We believe that meeting and engaging with other women who are experiencing the same challenges and successes as you are can be extremely heartening and motivating so we really encourage you to take this opportunity to meet and learn from each as much as possible.

Book here: Women Unlimited Stepping into Success Conference

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