Feature in Latitude Magazine

 

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I’d been on a leadership
programme and they had set the challenge of creating an event
within a three-month period. I thought, ‘What about an event
bringing together New Zealand business women,’ because
there was a hole in the expat community in that regard.
“The success of that first event was amazing. I could see
there was a need for something more than just a one-off event.
We started off with fifty women on that first night and now
there are over six hundred on our New Zealand Business
Women’s Network database.”
By choice, this is not a narrowly focussed network but
includes big business owners and corporate career women
through to independent contractors and the self-employed.
This brings with it a cross-pollination of ideas, something
Bronwen sees all too rarely in a city where specialisation by
trade and profession is more the norm. The network’s members
are bound together by a strong connection with New Zealand
and a collective ‘can do’ attitude. It’s not a numbers game
for Bronwen: the network’s raison d’être is to foster strong
relationships between people so they can work effectively
together and share ideas

The New Zealand Business Women's Network featured in Issue 23 (June/July) of the Latitude Magazine in New Zealand! In the article Bronwen Horton is interviewed about the network and fundraising efforts for the Canterbury Earthquakes in London. Excerpt below:

"I’d been on a leadership programme and they had set the challenge of creating an event within a three-month period. I thought, ‘What about an event bringing together New Zealand business women,’ because there was a hole in the expat community in that regard.

“The success of that first event was amazing. I could see there was a need for something more than just a one-off event. We started off with fifty women on that first night and now there are over six hundred on our New Zealand Business Women’s Network database.

”By choice, this is not a narrowly focussed network but includes big business owners and corporate career women through to independent contractors and the self-employed. This brings with it a cross-pollination of ideas, something Bronwen sees all too rarely in a city where specialisation by trade and profession is more the norm. The network’s members are bound together by a strong connection with New Zealand and a collective ‘can do’ attitude. It’s not a numbers game for Bronwen: the network’s raison d’être is to foster strong relationships between people so they can work effectively together and share ideas"