Yeah, that's women ... No images? Click here Dear subscriber It's International Women's Day! In the eBook below you can read about the 100 women that NatWest bank have chosen to celebrate for Challenging 2020 including me and a few other women you may recognise (and thank you for all the comments about me being challenging whatever year it is - I'm perversely proud of that!) An IWD gift to Premium MembersPortrait photographer Regina Ray was brought up in a communist country and International Women's Day has always been very important to her so she is marking this year with a gift to all Premium Members of Drive. The gift is a complimentary portrait photography session valued at £200 plus £200 towards the purchase of prints. We're looking forward to seeing some snazzy new profile pictures! Thank you Regina! Here's a recent portrait Regina did of Drive member Dennis Harhalakis. Welcome to our newest Premium MemberGesa Grabis is an outsourced HR Director, who started her business HR Influence six years ago to help resolve challenges, improve performance and maximise people potential. Gesa advises leaders with 10 to 150 staff who have aspirations to grow or improve their companies through talented people. Members' NewsAnnabel Harper has been selected as an official UN Women UK Delegate to the United Nations Conference - Commission on the Status of Women and her book: "Shujaa'ah: Bold Leadership for Women of the Middle East" has been SHORTLISTED in the Diversity, Inclusion and Equality category for the prestigious 2021 Business Book Awards! Fay Strange is holding a Pinterest for Beginners Masterclass on 23rd March at 10am, covering everything you need to know to create an optimised Pinterest account that will drive quality traffic and generate leads for your business. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pinterest-for-beginners-masterclass-tickets-142015719841 ClubHouseJust in case you're wondering, Drive will not be holding any events on the "hot new social media platform" ClubHouse. We left Facebook because its values are at odds with the way we believe businesses should behave and ClubHouse is already being heavily criticised for racism, misogyny, unmoderated toxicity, lack of assistive tech that excludes whole communities and data breaches. Zoom MeetingsIf you like to have a quick drop in / catch up chat join us on Tuesdays. And we're still beating all expectations with our written check-ins on LinkedIn every Monday and Friday that make it easy to connect however little time you have. Our first Business Brainstorming was a big success so we'll be holding more. Watch out for dates coming soon! And finally ...Drive events always had an on-line element, even before the pandemic and we'll continue to be on-line for the foreseeable future, so if you're a bit anxious about "getting back out there", rest assured you won't miss out on the great opportunities our meetings provide. Ann Hawkins Drive challenges bigotry and discrimination wherever we see it. We actively enable collaboration over competition and openly share expertise and knowledge. If you believe these things are important and you'd like to join us, you'll be very welcome. |