PGIB Women Upcoming Events

PGIBW Lunch	Tuesday, September 14, 2010	Coast Plaza Hotel (Restaurant - Upper Room), 1316 - 33 St. NE, Calgary AB
Personal Branding Your personal branding follows you everywhere you go. Sometimes it even gets there before you do. It touches you in ways you may have never imagined. Here are some things you will learn in this workshop: - Whether your inner brand and your outer brand are a match - What works and what doesn't work and why - How personal branding benefits you - Things to consider when re-inventing yourself - A myriad of options available to you to practise your personal branding...not to mention your personal a-ha's When: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:00pm - 1:30pm Where: Coast Plaza Hotel (Restaurant - Upper Room), 1316 - 33 St. NE, Calgary, AB Cost: $20 for PGIBW members; $25 for non-members (includes lunch) Display Tables: FREE for PGIBW members; $50 for non-members Guest Speaker: Donna Dahl Topic: Personal Branding! How to register: Email pgibwomen@pgib.ca Bring yourself, bring your skill in expressing yourself and your ability to look at yourself in the mirror. This is a fun, interactive and eye-opening experience. Donna Dahl, author of Demystifying Marketing and successful entrepreneur, is popular among her peers in the Calgary business community as a strategic marketing consultant. She brings a seamless synchronicity to her audiences and clients by combining strategy and motivation to create change. She writes about business from a Canadian perspective that draws the reader into the world of marketing from both the outside in and the inside out. Donna is a Show Host at the WIN Online. Visitors can listen to The Tenacious Marketer at www.thewinonline.com/shows/tenacious-marketer
1st Annual *Women in Business Awards*	Wednesday, September 22, 2010	Coast Plaza Hotel, 1316 - 33 St. NE, Calgary AB
1st Annual *Women in Business Awards* Limited Tickets & Limited Display Tables Available Wednesday September 22, 2010, Calgary, Alberta The Progressive Group for Independent Business Women (PGIBW) is proud to launch the 1st Annual Women in Business Awards. This is an opportunity to celebrate women in our business environment and our communities. Nominations are open to all residents of Canada. The nominees are selected based on their nominations and their contributions to their business, organization, community and / or family. We do not ask for financial statements, just a good story and then we will leave it to the judges to decide. Share your stories and nominate someone today! See www.pgibw.ca/awards for more details. This is also an amazing opportunity for networking and / or showcasing your business! Date: Wednesday September 22, 2010 Time: Networking & Reception 4 pm - 6 pm (Entrance tickets to networking portion of the event is $10) Gala Dinner: 6:30 pm - 8 pm Gala Dinner Host: Heather Douglas, Calgary Chamber of Commerce Location: Coast Plaza Hotel, 1316 33 St. NE, Calgary, Alberta Gala Dinner: $105 for *PGIBW* members and $130 for non members (Tables of 8 are available for $700 for members and $900 for non-members) Display Tables: $500 (includes dinner) Only 30 Display Tables available email wibawards@pgib.ca to reserve. To Register: Call toll free at 1-866-725-2143 or email wibawards@pgib.ca Sponsorship opportunities are also available. All Gala Dinner Attendees will Get a FREE book signed by Julie Chandler called Successful Women Entrepreneurs: Turning Trials Into Triumphs. Sponsorship Opportunities Are Also Available: (Sponsorships are $2,500 and include: Literature in grab bag, logo on all advertising and dinner banner, 2 gala dinner tickets and 5 minutes to address the attendees at the dinner)