Calling all women artists and art buffs – submit your work for the Women on Boards Art Prize and sphinxx Encouragement Award or attend the presentation networking event
Posted on 16 February 2011.
sphinxx is delighted to join forces with Women on Boards to sponsor their art award celebrating 100 years of International Women’s Day. We encourage women artists in the sphinxx network to submit work, and those interested in art and networking to combine the two at the presentation awards night. Female artists are invited to submit […]
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TiE announces Pitching Competition for women entrepreneurs –showcase your business and win a trip to India
Posted on 16 February 2011.
TiE Sydney, a not-for-profit organization supporting entrepreneurs, has announced a pitching competition for women to be held on March 2, 2011 at the Sydney Hilton Hotel at 6.00 pm. The prize for the most innovative start-up idea and business plan is a return ticket to India to attend TiECON, a leading annual entrepreneurship event, in 2011. […]
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Childcare and Careers – do they mix?
Posted on 15 February 2011.
At a networking event recently a businessman mentioned that his wife – a highly educated, highly experienced professional – had left her role in an accounting firm after their children were born because “after the cost of childcare it was hardly worth her while to continue to work”. Their children are now in school and […]
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5 reasons why women should stay in paid employment instead of starting a business or portfolio career
Posted on 10 February 2011.
When you’re meeting new people one of the first things you’ll talk about is what you do for a living (or the first thing, if you’re talking with a man!). When it comes to explaining my portfolio career of business consultant / company director / farmer / author and professional speaker – and how I […]
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Stories wanted from women on the bosses who’ve inspired them and those that made them leave
Posted on 08 February 2011.
“Nice girls get the corner office”… “Nice girls finish last”… “Anything she can do I can do better”… “Hot Tips for Career Chicks”… all great books with great tips on how to fix the women… but how do we fix the employers who have failed to find, develop and keep the best women on their […]
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In conversation with Maxine McKew – ‘Success, Defeat and Everything In Between’
Posted on 07 February 2011.
She was the giant slayer who toppled Australia’s second-longest serving Prime Minister, John Howard – ousting him from his seat of Bennelong in the 2007 election. And now you can get up close and personal with Maxine McKew former MP for Bennelong, journalist and feminist. sphinxx is delighted to support the next fundraising event for Dress […]
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