Awarded one of
"Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women"
Trailblazer & Entrepreneur ~

Lesley Southwick-Trask specializes in strategic organizational evolution. She is the architect and implementer of hundreds of change interventions in 400+ large scale organizations. Lesley is the master developer, strategist, and facilitator of the state-of-the-art transformation processes and tools that create breakthroughs and transformational change in individuals, their teams, their organizations and in their society.

In November 2004, Lesley was recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in the category of Trailblazer—a one in a lifetime recognition. Lesley received the honor in November 2003 of being one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in the Entrepreneur category. These awards followed her recognition as one of the top 50 CEO’s in Atlantic Canada for 2001 and one of the Top 100 Women Business Owners in Canada (2001) by Profit Magazine-The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs and Chatelaine (2001).

May 3, 2006:

Member Spotlight:

Fearless Public Speaking 
by Ronda Degaust
Life Potential Developments
www.lifepotential.ca

This 1hour seminar is designed to take you from fear to being able to speak in public to speaking with ease.  This is not for the seasoned speaker, but for those of you that get very nervous before you have to speak in public. 

• Imagine yourself speaking in front of people, and notice how badly you are feeling doing it.
• How much better will you feel after taking this 1hour seminar to speak easily in front of groups?
• What it be like to go on that interview, meet with a boss, or simply talk to someone you don't know and feel ok?
• How do we make it so easy?  You will have to be there to find out!

Ronda Degaust is a certified trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Psychology (HNLP), Time-Based Techniques and a Certified Personal Coach.

Using her specialized skills, Ronda assists her clients in addressing and resolving personal issues in order to enable them to live happier, healthier and more productive lives. She accomplishes this by working with clients to eliminate negative emotions, improve focus, concentrate on life priorities and remove barriers to success. Through this process, Ronda successfully guides clients to achieving their life potential.

April 5, 2006:

Member Spotlight:

  Personal and Professional Conflict Resolution - Rosemary Nichols

Member Showcase: Mary Collinge (Mary Kay) is our member showcase

A New Approach!

Think that all real estate transactions are the same?  Wondering the best approach to selling your home?  Looking for ways to make your home or office more organized, attractive, and perhaps increase its value in the marketplace?  Then you’d better make your way to the Halifax Women’s Network meeting on March 1^st.  Even if you aren’t looking to sell today, our two presenters have a novel approach to Real Estate that is worth finding out about – it is changing the way this industry works.

Ron Stuart has an exciting, new approach to real estate brokerage in which the consumer may buy the professional services they need and pay what they're worth, instead of the traditional commission-based model where one size fits all and the consumer pays according to the price of their house.

Melanie Orr will explain the why’s, how’s, and what’s of Home Staging – a new technique that is featured on television shows such as “Sell This House” and is now in Halifax.

 Main Stage:        Melanie Orr, Interiors Working for You  and
                            Ron Stuart, HarbourSide Realty Ltd.

Member Showcase:    Jill Burton, Business Development Bank of Canada
What:         Halifax Women's Network Education and Networking Event 
Where:      SMU, Sobey Building, Room 255
When:        Wednesday, March 1, 7pm to 9 pm 

Melanie Orr has been Staging, educating and mentoring since the spring of 2004, when she was one of the first Atlantic Canadians to become an ASP™ (Accredited Staging Professional) and introduce this exciting new home selling tool to the Metro Halifax market place. With a background in real estate (15 years a REALTOR®) and décor (graduate of the Sheffield School of Interior Design) she is very well positioned to be a pioneering member of this new field. Melanie went on to become a CSP™ (Canadian Staging Professional) and remains to date the only local Stager with both professional designations. Melanie is a founding member of Accredited Home Stagers Atlantic. She is always delighted to spread the awareness of Staging as a highly effective tool to sell a home quickly and for top dollar.  www.interiorsworking.com

 Real estate brokerage is a chosen second career for Ron Stuart following a very successful 20+ years in the IT industry. He has been in real estate practise for 14 years, a partner in Halifax-based HarbourSide Realty Ltd. and is currently President of the 1600 plus member Nova Scotia Association of REALTORS (NSAR). www.ronstuart.com