The Blossom Club

Business Resources

• Small Business BC; an excellent and supportive resource centre for small businesses based in/near the Vancouver Seabus Terminal including courses and helpful staff. www.smallbusinessbc.ca
• No-payment Microsoft Office Document Templates, Clip Art, photos and more. www.office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates
• Toastmasters; improve your speaking confidence - www.toastmasters.org. Find a club near you - www.toastmasters.org/find
• Be Your Own Boss - a business resource, articles, events, courses www.beyourownboss.org
• STEP Ahead Online - Women Business Owners Mentoring for Success. www.stepaheadonline.com
• Women's Enterprise Centre of BC - supports women entrepreneurs in many ways, mentoring, events and much much more. www.wes.bc.ca
• Business in Vancouver - a business newspaper and related services. www.biv.com

Upcoming Events

• Unique Lives Speaker Series at Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre
  13th anniversary of bringing high profile and fascinating women to the stage to motivate, challenge and enlighten audiences with a strong desire to learn from these women's personal experiences. Intelligent entertainment and meaningful, issue-driven discussions. All in 2007. Margaret Kemper Trudeau, Former First Lady of Canada - Tuesday, January 30. Pamela Wallin, Canadian Consul General to New York - Tuesday, February 20. Sherry Lansing, First woman as CEO of Paramount Studios - Tuesday, March 6. Sigourney Weaver, Academy Award nominated actress - Tuesday, April 24. Lily Tomlin, Emmy/Tony/Grammy-winning actor and comedian - Tuesday, May 15. Cherie Booth Blair, First Lady of Great Britain - Wednesday, June. www.uniquelives.com

Networking Resources

• SWAN - Successful Women Always Network. North Shore Based. www.swannetwork.com
• eWomen Network - All over North America. www.ewomennetwork.com
• Valley Women's Network - Vancouver, Tri-cities and out to the Fraser Valley. www.valleywomensnetwork.com
• Association of Women Business Owners of the Lower Mainland - www.wbo.ca
• North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce - www.nvchamber.bc.ca
• West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce - www.westvanchamber.com
• Vancouver Board of Trade - Big business... www.boardoftrade.com
• Small Office Home Office - networking, trade shows and more. www.soho.ca