2004 Events

December Christmas Dinner, Tower Hotel

November - Goal Setting

October - AGM

September - Positive Living & Health Fair

July - Summer Outing

June - Orla Shanaghy - Business Writing

Wed May - Feng Shui with Nina Kati

Branch president, Nina Kati, will give a talk on the many valuable benefits associated with combining simple Feng Shui principles into our home and work environments. Noreen Pender, City Jewellers, will have a selection of healing crystals on display.

Wed 28th April - Work Life Balance by Dr Eileen Drew

We were delighted to welcome Dr Eileen Drew, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Statistics and the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies at Trinity College and a leading authority in Ireland in the field of sociology and women's studies.

Dr Drew's presentation on "Work-Life Balance" was based on research she carried out on the types of family friendly policies in organizations, the level of availability and uptake of family friendly working arrangements in Irish workplaces, attitudes to family friendly working arrangements among employers, employees and work colleagues and to identify existing research available in this area.

April 1st - Joint Meeting of the Finnish Delegation from South West Finland, Aisapari and Members of Network Waterford

Bridge Hotel, hosted by Waterford LEADER Parnership Ltd.

Claire Connors, the LEADER Enterprise Project Manager based in Dungarvan and reception organiser, has been in contact with her Finnish counterpart Eeva Arpala in this pan European project to promoting the development of links between women businesswomen and entrepreneurs in rural areas of Europe for several months.

The Irish delegates included Claire Connors, Enterprise Project Manager, Christine Shanahan, Vice President Network Ireland. Teresa Connery, National Membership Officer, Elizabeth O'Mahony, Past National President, Mary O'Connor, membership, Aileen Hynes, on the spot photographer and Noreen Pender, City Jewellers.

31st March 31st - Carolyn Curtis - Motivation Kindly sponsored by Bank Of Ireland

Carolyn Curtis teacher, lecturer, workshop leader and therapist is a graduate of the Hay Institute in California. In 1999 she set up her own company Empowering Workshops in Cork City.

Empowering Workshops is helping people to change and improve the quality of their lives through the Louise Hay programme as well as new courses and workshops developed by Carolyn inspired by wonderful teachers such as Susan Jeffers, Shakti Gawain, and Deepak Choopra. When we change our thinking - we change our life!

February - Creating a Professional Image in Business with Hilary O'Carroll

Hilary O'Carroll from Colour Me Beautiful our facilitator for the february event has just returned from London where she received yet another award recognising her position as a top international image consultant.

The prize draw was kindly sponsored by Sam McCauleys, and Noreen Pender, City Jewellers

January 2004 - The Art of Speed Networking with Tricia Murphy

A fun night and wonderful opportunity at the beginning of the year to meet new contacts and to develop business opportunities for 2004!

The evening was facilitated by Tricia Murphy, Tig Alliance and past president of Network Dublin. Tricia is a regular presenter on radio and has just returned from New Zealand where she ran workshops and was keynote speaker a major conference. Tricia promotes Networking both as a skill in itself and as a business tool which can be used to breakdown communication barriers across companies and communities.

Athenaeum House Hotel is a boutique hotel set admist 10 acres of parkland on the banks of the River Suir overlooking Waterford City. Offering a lifestyles elegance, with modern chic decor. Providing the ultimate in comfort and luxury for discerning travellers.