Enterprise Toronto Small Business Forum 2005: Women’s Forum

Women’s Forum - Get Inspiration

Women’s Forum at the Enterprise Toronto Small Business Forum 2005 was presented by a Connection of Women's Network, Support, & Mentoring Groups:

Canadian Association of Women Executives and Entrepreneurs (CAWEE) - Judy Smiley
Mentors in a Home Office - Elizabeth Verwey
Network for Women Entrepreneurs (NWE) - Catherine Goguen
Step Ahead - Jennifer Frank
Women Can Do Anything - Sandra Campbell
Women Entrepreneurs of Canada (WEC) - Lise Christoffersen
Women in a Home Office - Ann Stone
Women's International Network (WIN) - Nikole Belanger
Women in Networking Growing Strong (WINGS) "Mentors In Motion" - Diane McGee
Women with Vision - Lorraine Leslie

One of the most interesting seminars at the Small Business Forum has been organized by the Women Entrepreneurs of Canada (WEC).
The WEC is a not-for-profit organization created to support of women entrepreneurs and to help them at all stages of development of the business. Forms of this help are various. The organization provides opportunities for communication with other associations, the governmental and international organizations, represents women entrepreneurs in the state and business-communities with the purpose to expand understanding of their needs, inquiries and priorities. The WEC organizes seminars and a variety of programs.
In particular, the organization offers the Mentoring Program to the women, wishing to conduct and to expand the businesses. The program includes a 10-day's session and a personal mentor from successful women entrepreneurs. It is possible to meet once a month with the mentor to discuss existing problems. Mentors are appointed from founders, owners or managers of successfully functioning enterprises and developing their achievements for many years. Mentors have businesses close to protégés’ business areas, and they share the experience to help the protégé to successfully develop their own businesses.

At the Authors' Panel (Facilitator: Lorraine Leslie) we met authors and entrepreneurs who have written, printed and successfully distributed books for the first time in their lives, and we got what it takes.

Their advices inspire us to be the authors of our own books!

Therefore none of them is a professional writer but their books have caused a lot of attention from general public.

The author of a book “Health & Beauty”, a mother of three children, described her personal experience and widespread useful knowledge of others in maintenance of health and beauty of the women. The best advertisement of the book is the author’s look.

In the book “Women Reworked” the author has described her experience of struggling against a cancer disease and returning to an active life.
TimeFinders Coaching: Life and Career Coaching for Women in Midlife Women Reworked, by Heather Resnick

Sue Kenney’s “My Camino” is devoted to the narrative of the author overseas’ travel and spiritual journey in the company of a photographer and a documentary film-maker.

Participants have shared their errors and faults with a sense of humour (What and How is not necessary to do) and achievements. They presented a publisher: Solotext.com (Book Producing Services for Self-Publishing Authors and recommended a sponsor's program (Charity Foundation).

If you are interested in:
The meeting with a representative of publishing house Books Service will take place at the City Hall on November 15, 2005 from 10 am to 2 pm.

But except for the Women Entrepreneurs of Canada (WEC) in Canada and in Ontario, particularly, there are a number of other organizations, whose purpose is to help women in the developing and carrying out their own businesses, search for work and recognition of their rights:

Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration: Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration

Northwestern Ontario Women’s Community PARO Centre For Women's Enterprise

The Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre (COBSC) Women in Business Info-Guide

Entrewomen.ca: A Resource for Canadian Women Entrepreneurs

RBC Royal Bank - Women Entrepreneurs

CATA WIT (Women in Technology) Forum

Women Inventors Project

Women's Enterprise & Resource Centre (MicroSkills WERC)

Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Ontario - BPWO

On-line Resources:

"Helping people and businesses realize and achieve their maximum potential."
Frances McGuckin, Speaker, Consultant, Author Business for Beginners (Released in Russia
January 2004!)

TimeFinders Coaching: Life and Career Coaching for Women in Midlife


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