Event Schedule: Archive

The EWN Grand Networking Event (GNE) is exactly what the name implies! Meet dozens of other entrepreneurs and enjoy three hours of business connections. After cocktails on the patio, you will rotate tables for your salad course, your entrée, and finally your dessert and coffee. Every time you move, get to know new people!  Plus, Debra Condren is our Keynote Speaker and Bonnie Marcus is our Entrepreneur of Year Award Winner.

Our 2010 GNE sponsors help make the night so special. Thank you to all of them! Please support their businesses.

Join our new EWN members for a Meet & Mingle, with internationally-recognized body language expert, Carolyn Finch. Held at EWN's offices, in the picturesque Burr Homestead in Fairfield, CT.  Appetizers graciously provided by Sue Cadwell, owner of the Fairfield-based Health in a Hurry, which specializes in organic vegetarian cuisine to go.

Join Joy Baldridge, speaker, trainer and consultant, at this highly interactive seminar specifically designed to train anyone on how to negotiate effectively. This seminar provides specific "how to" information that can immediately be applied to help participants negotiate to get a better deal/outcome without hesitation or fear.

Top consultant, speaker, author, and blogger Ruth Sherman will deliver an information-packed presentation focusing on the secrets celebrities know and professionals need to present and communicate with confidence and poise to a wide variety of stakeholders.

Join us at the stunning Pierce Ball Gallery in Stamford, CT to make new connections with colleagues and deepen current ones! The Pierce Ball Gallery showcases works of art from around the globe. We are delighted that there will also be a wine tasting, compliments of WineWise in Greenwich!

Traditional sales training taught that you had to use will power, persistence and pit bull mentality to succeed. MJ Durkin, author and "North America's Prospecting Coach," will show you how to produce sales effectively, efficiently with less effort and better results!

Cindy Solomon's Entrepreneur Business Essentials Webinar: Wouldn't you like to know how to lead your team and business to greater success? Cindy Solomon, one of the most sought after leadership and customer loyalty speakers in the U.S., will help you do so.

The EWN Spring Business Expo is sure to be one of the premier business-to-business, marketing and networking events of the year! This event offers you the opportunity to showcase your unique business, sell your product and enjoy networking at the same time! Attendance is free to the public. Please join us!

Preview shopping at one of EWN's entrepreneur booths on Wednesday, March 24th by checking out our list of EWN Spring Business Expo vendors. Attendance is FREE to the public. Cash bar. Great business networking.

Julie Jansen -- motivational speaker, coach, consultant, and trainer -- will talk about how anyone who is unhappy can implement a real and satisfying career transformation. Julie will show participants how to transform even a period of crisis into an opportunity, providing the inspiration and know-how to effect positive change.

Join Lena West in this 8-week program as she gives you insider tips, tricks and recommendations to help you become a recognized expert in the mind of your target market and figure out exactly what to do so social media is a breeze.

Join our new EWN members for a Meet & Mingle, with networking etiquette coach Kelly Solway. Plus, we are re-introducing and re-defining our vision and direction for the MasterMind program. This is just one part of our goal to make EWN your organization.

Cindy Solomon's Entrepreneur Business Essentials Webinar: Did you know that 80% of customers who leave you are actually satisfied with your product or service? Cindy Solomon, one of the most sought after leadership and customer loyalty speakers in the U.S., will help you find ways to build deeper relationships with your customer.

For the 2/25/10 Luncheon, EWN member Debbie Fay, of bespeak presentations, will replace Linda Kaplan as the luncheon speaker and will share: I am, I can, I will: Building a Lifetime of Meaningful Successes. Linda had a family emergency and needed to postpone her talk, but we will reschedule it later in 2010. We appreciate Debbie's generosity in sharing her knowledge with us.

Tap into the unbelievable power we have within to "get going" and make a huge difference in our lives by using Linda Kaplan's The Power of Small. Linda will demonstrate how "sweating the small stuff" can transform our lives and help us navigate these uncertain times. The way to rebuild our careers, the economy, even the world, is to re-focus our attention on the little things.

Social media is confusing! New media tools and services launch daily. Join award-winning social media consultant, blogger, speaker, journalist and technologist, Lena L. West, as she cuts through the hype and makes social media easy-to-use. You will leave this workshop with the makings of your own social media strategy!

Cindy Solomon's Entrepreneur Business Essentials Webinar: Did you know the most successful business leaders focus their efforts on the quality of their customers, not the quantity? Cindy Solomon, one of the most sought after leadership and customer loyalty speakers in the U.S., will help you identify your market strengths and your best customers, and use that knowledge to quickly build your bottom-line.

Are you still using the same old elevator pitch? Radio show host and motivational speaker Bonnie Marcus, M.Ed., CEC, will teach you how to effectively promote yourself and your business in this interactive luncheon. You will walk away with a whole new approach to the elevator pitch.

Kick off the new year by networking with your fellow entrepreneurs at Rizzuto's in Westport, CT.  Also features live music from the EWN member band il Dolce (with Ed Peterson and Debbie Fay!).

Collective-E Partnership Webinar: Learn the basics of selling advertising and sponsorships on your Web site. If you have a Web site or blog, or you have been thinking about building one, this workshop will teach you what you need to know in order to build an advertising model and profit from that digital space. Led by Collective-e founder Beth Schoenfeldt and online advertising veteran Peg Samuel of SocialDiva.com.

Collective-E Partnership: Schedule a 30-minute session with search engine optimization expert and Collective-E Co-Founder Katie Hellmuth Martin. Katie will personally look at your Web site with you to see if it is ranking for what you think it should be in Google, and if you aren't, why not. Implement new SEO strategies in no time and improve your rankings!

Collective-E Partnership Webinar: Web expert and Collective-E Co-Founder Katie Hellmuth Martin will lead this series of three highly personalized weekly one-hour sessions taking place over the phone and shared computer screen. This series is designed to help you understand Twitter from two basic levels: the How (technical) and Why (strategies for your brand/business).

This is EWN's first Business Expo focused on the Holidays.  It is free to the public, so come do your shopping early, while experiencing one of Fairfield County's premier business-to-business, marketing and networking events of the season. Note: as of 11/11/09, Expo booths are SOLD OUT!

Preview your shopping and networking on Monday, November 30th by checking out our list of EWN Holiday Business Expo vendors.  Attendance is FREE to the public.  Cash bar. 

November is a time to reflect on our harvest and give thanks… for our businesses, our partners, our customers and our community. At our Annual Networking Luncheon, please ask your friends and associates to join us! For this luncheon, the fee is the same for EWN members and guests.  And, bring donations to the food drive to support the Bridgeport Rescue Mission.

Part 1 of EWN's "How To Publish" series, Deirdre Silberstein and Ellin Yassky present "Publish or Perish: How to Take Your Business to the Next Level."  Do you have a story or unique business angle you want to convey to potential customers?  Publishing can be one of the keys to open the door to take your business to the next level.   

This special celebration honors EWN's past presidents.  Join us for our first EWN homecoming -- featuring EWN's first president, Mikki Williams, as the keynote speaker.

What a great opportunity to mingle with your colleagues, make great connections and have fun with other entrepreneurs.

Embody more “Executive Presence” in Kevin Carroll’s workshop, “Leadership Presence for Women: Increasing Your Personal Power.”  Author of Make Your Point! and Think Outside Your Blocks, Carroll identifies specific behaviors that will help you look, act and sound like leaders while still being true to who you are.

Entrepreneurial Woman’s Network is excited to have author and business coach Pamela Slim launch EWN’s 26th year as an organization with her presentation on how to develop a “screaming” personal brand. Pamela Slim, author of the "Escape from Cubicle Nation" blog and book, will talk about how you can grow your business while staying authentic to yourself.