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Learn to connect to pause and connect to your intuition in times of stress

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Menopause is a reality business can’t afford to ignore

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6 Steps to starting your Net-Zero journey

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And breathe! The power of the breath

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Pension Parity: Only a Holistic Approach Will Deliver Equality at Retirement

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Our elected women are being robbed of the opportunity to deliver for NI

Eighty-nine proved an historic figure at the 2022 Northern Ireland election. In what was billed as one of the most significant votes in a generation, 89 female candidates put themselves forward on the ballot papers.

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Returning Staff to the Office in a Post-Pandemic World

With many of the COVID-19 restrictions being lifted in recent weeks, lots of businesses are planning to return staff to the office.

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Secrets of a woman in business

Five things you might not know by Janet Toal

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Choosing social media channels for your business

Deciding which social media channels are right for your business is an important step.  Here are some tips to guide you from Johanne Jefferson, Digital Marketing Consultant at Ivyhill Digital.  

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How to make networking work for you!

The art of networking (and trust me, it is an art!), is defined as “the action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts.”  To put this in more human terms, networking is simply building and maintaining relationships that are mutually beneficial in the professional world.  

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Resilience is our greatest tool in the fight against burnout

Imposter syndrome, office burnout, and the tenuous balance between work and life. All of which makes for familiar reading in this pandemic age, where Covid has conjured new stressors – and magnified those existing ones – across nearly every domain of life.  

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Social Media Savvy

  Social Media Savvy; a one-day conference now in its fourth year is back; this year is about building confidence around flexibility, recovery and resilience.

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Dealing with stress around exams: Top study tips

ealing with stress around exams: Top study tips   With exam season growing ever closer, it’s normal to feel stressed or worried under the pressure. I, myself, have actually taken the plunge back into exams and I am certainly feeling the buildup of stress and pressure. However, luckily for us, there are a range of techniques that we can put in place to help us get through those last few weeks before exams and I’ve cumulated all my top tips into one place.  

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Fujitsu’s take on #TransformingTechTogether

Over 200 delegates from across the NI technology sector attended the Women in Tech Conference on Friday 25th February, hosted by Emer Maguire in the Titanic Building, Belfast. As an event sponsor, Fujitsu partnered with other digital experts to help empower role models who innovate, challenge and define trends. We caught up with representatives from the Fujitsu NI team who attended the hybrid event to get their top takeaways from the event: If you have a passion for tech and a willingness to learn, you can be taught everything you need to know to have a successful career

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You don’t have to go on Dragon’s Den to run your own business

Women In Business NI member, Kerry Hall talks about her journey running her own business and shares her top 10 tips for running a small business.   I’ve never written about my own business before. I’m a bit nervous, but hopefully it may inspire our future business women to take the plunge! 

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Northern Ireland is privy to powerful instruments of change, so let's embrace them

Three years on from the Rose Review publication and for female entrepreneurs, there are still challenges to overcome. That much is abundantly clear.

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Women across Northern Ireland are starting new businesses every day - together we can achieve more

It has been good to read the findings of Rose Review Progress Report released on February 28 2022. First published in 2019, the Rose Review was an independent commission of female entrepreneurship authored by Alison Rose, CEO of NatWest.

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Ready for a more senior role? Here's how to get it.

Here’s the truth.  Working hard, taking on more responsibilities, being a good team worker. It’s not enough to get you promoted, especially to a senior level role.

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Diversity is being invited to the party while inclusion is being asked to dance!

During November and December last year, I participated in a ‘Power of Diversity’ course which was hosted by ‘Women In Business’ and facilitated by Sandra Lee.  It was refreshing to openly share experiences around diversity and inclusion with like-minded individuals from different industries, most of whom were starting out in a new position or new initiative and all with different roles in their organisations. 

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The Belly-Brain Barometer – Three reasons why going with your gut can bring back balance

Three reasons why going with your gut can bring back balance

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Gender neutral awards only distract from obstacles still facing women

“I love being a woman.” Five words that rung out loud above the glitz and glamour of the 2022 Brit Awards. On a night when female artists and female-fronted acts made history, sweeping a stunning 10 wins from a total of 15 categories, Adele’s proud proclamation of ‘being a woman’ soon became fuel for the headlines.  

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How To Build Social Media Channels That Work For Your Business

Creating valuable content, posting with purpose and repurposing your successful content can make social media work so much harder for your business and get the results you want.   The simple answer is add VALUE. “But what does valuable content even mean and how do I make valuable content?”, I hear you say!

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Email Marketing: Do I need a mailing list and what should I do with it?

Email marketing isn’t new and has fallen out of favour for some businesses as a marketing tool.  So, is email marketing still relevant, and should your business be doing it? 

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Change is Inevitable, It’s How We Handle It That Counts

January will always signal a changing of the tide. A time of year when our calendars turn over a new leaf. The future rushes into the present, retrospectives beget resolutions, and we look forward to the next 12 months with a shared – if at times cautious – sense of optimism.

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Impostor syndrome – what it is and how to deal with it

What is impostor syndrome?      

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5 Tips On Saving That First Pay Check

For everyone, getting your first job is a huge accomplishment and making that transition from university into the world of work is a big leap.