"There's a Tigress in our midst...."

Guest Speaker at September networking breakfast: Niromi de Soyza
Author of "Tamil Tigress: My Story as a Child Soldier"

Niromi de Soyza left her middle-class Sri Lankan family in 1987 at just 17, to join the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels' first female soldiers. Niromi's group managed to survive on their wits in the jungle, facing not only the perils of war but starvation, illness and growing internal tensions among the militant Tigers.

Now living in Sydney with her husband and two children, Niromi has an undergrad degree in Biotechnology and a Masters in Intellectual Property Law and works at a Sydney University. Niromi speaks fluent Tamil and Sinhalese and writes beautiful English.

How was it that this well-educated, mixed-race, middle-class girl from a respectable family came to be fighting with the Tamil Tigers? Niromi de Soyza speaks of her compelling story that became her book “Tamil Tigress: My Story as a Child Soldier in Sri Lanka’s Bloody Civil War”.

Date: Tuesday 13th September
Venue: Marochydore Surf Club
Time: 6.30am registration for 7.00am start. Finished by 8.30am
$37 members, $54.50 guests
Bookings must be received by Friday 9th September @ 11am

Breakfast Sponsor
Figure 8 Wellness is an online wellness centre with members from around the world accessing their very own personal, online Wellness Journal & dynamic Wheel of Life; Secret Women’s Business (tips, advice, templates, articles, & resources for Wheel of Life segments); Members Forum - Community Cafe/Community Blog; Weekly Motivation; and Monthly group coaching audio series & Newsletters.

Figure 8 Wellness also offers to members and non-members - Individual and Group Wellness Programs (including personalised Effective Movement programs & Email Coaching); Motivational & Ceremonial Public Speaking; Wheel of Life Support (Books, eBooks, Audio, Video); Fitness Equipment, Wellness Supplements and Retail Merchandise.

Professional Development Workshop
Corporate and Professional Makeup Artistry
by KJ Artistry

An interactive workshop covering:-
Skin Types/Conditions – Diagnosis
Basic Skin Care
Stages of Ageing
Makeup Tools
A Make-Over – "Day Look"
Transforming your "Day Look" to Night

Kylie-Jane, cosmetician and professional makeup artist - founder of KJ Artistry - the 2011 WINNER of the Australian Bridal Industry Awards (2009/2010 Finalist) & 2009 Young Business Woman of the Year Finalist.

KJ Artistry provides on-location and in-studio Makeup services within South East Queensland, and consists of a team of dedicated make-up artists who love and specialise in Bridal and Special Event Make-Up Artistry.
When - Directly following the September Breakfast
Cost - MEMBERS - Free
Kylie-Jane has 10 years of experience within the Industry, and has been the Director of Make-Up for the Sunshine Coast Fashion Festival for the last 3 years. Kylie-Jane is also the owner & tutor of the Certificate of Cosmetology & Make–Up Artistry Course that is run in association with Faye Rolph Models, Maroochydore. Having provided makeup for the humble formal, to glamorous celebrities, Kylie-Jane has a wealth of passion and knowledge in the field of Cosmetology & Professional Make-Up..

Professional Development Lunches
Professional Development lunches are an excellent way to build your network and relationships with other SCBWN members in a small group environment. Don't forget to bring your marketing material with you as you have the opportunity to speak about yourself and your business for five minutes.
Please contact the host to reserve your place.

Join us for the SCBWN Annual Ladies Golf Day!
GOLFING..... NETWORKING.....FUN!

Date: Friday 7th October
Venue: Peregian Springs Golf Club
Time: 6.30am registration for 8.00am tee off.
Opens with breakfast burger prior to tee off & closes with BBQ lunch & presentation.

Cost: $600 hole sponsorship includes 4 players
$110 individual player - teams of 4
$80 per person - clinic
Outrageous outfits welcome!
Don't miss out - Booking NOW!!

 

SCBWN Annual Business Women of the Year

Gala and Awards Night
The highly anticipated 2011 Business Woman of the Year Awards were held at The Event Centre, Caloundra on Saturday, August 27 with the award for the Outstanding Business Woman of the Year going to Kim McCosker of 4 Ingredients Enterprises, which has the biggest selling self-published cookbooks in Australian publishing history.

Winners were also chosen across five categories namely Carolyn Thomson from Kadoe Commercial Coatings as the Professional Business Woman of the Year, Dena Dillon from Piper Digital Marketing as the Corporate Business Woman of the Year, Vickie Magic from Business Matters Magazine as the Micro/Small Business Woman of the Year, Julie Jacobson from Holmans Accounting & Financial Planning as the Young Business Woman of the Year and Jennifer Forster from Goal Power Training as the Sports Woman of the Year.

President of the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network, Sue Willis said that the awards have become recognised as the most prestigious for Sunshine Coast women and highly sought after with this year being no exception.

“Once again the judges were very impressed with the remarkable contribution by this year’s finalists which reflect the high calibre of business women on the Coast. Every finalist has an amazing story to share on their achievement, dedication and success which often makes deciding on the overall winner a difficult task,” said Sue.

“We look forward to working with these incredible women throughout the year so that they may inspire other women in our network and also within the greater community to appreciate their own business and personal potential.”

“We would like to thank our valuable sponsors for their involvement in this year’s awards and their continued support of the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network, namely Garland Waddington Solicitors, Telstra Business, The Events Centre Caloundra, University of the Sunshine Coast, Weekender and Advance Sports Sunshine Coast,” Sue said.

The gala dinner hosted by MCs John Williamson and Min Swan, saw more than 300 business leaders and professionals celebrate the 32 finalists and their achievements.

Lunch of Hope - Cancer Council Fundraising Success Story
On Friday 19th August, the Lunch of Hope at Le Baroque was held to raise funds for a cancer free future with $10 of all ticket sales going to Cancer Council Daffodil Day.
The grand total of the days event including the two wonderful donations was a staggering $1,830.05!!
A special thanks goes to the following:
- Fran Kitto, Kay Franks, Anne Jacobsen and Liz Terrens from our PD committee
- our key sponsors: Ellerfield Financial Planning & MLC Mortgage Solutions for sponsoring the event and helping to prepare and role out the day
- Le Baroque for supplying a great experience as well as a fantastic meal
- Sebel Maroochydore for assisting with the sponsorship of wine
- and to all the businesses who generously donated raffle prizes to assist us in raising money and making a difference to such a great cause
Once again we have the business women on the Sunshine Coast to thank for making this event another one to be proud of. Thank you again to all of the ladies that participated and contributed to making the lunch such a success.

Kind Regards,
Nicole Sylvester

Nicole Sylvester Consulting
Coordinator & Support Sponsor for the Lunch of Hope

Featured Member: Minda Lennon
Every month we will feature a SCBWN member. If you would like your business feautured in the members directory, log onto the members area and upload your profile. This is your members directory for when "you" next do business.
Minda is the Founder and Director of Figure 8 Wellness, an online wellness centre for women focused on energy, vitality and purpose, NOT on losing weight.
She is the author of the soon to be released “i am WOMAN” Book Series, the eBook “8 Skips to Extraordinary Wellness”, the Article Series "Extraordinary Wellness for Working Mums" based on Wheel of Life balance, and is co-author of the book “Extraordinary YOU – The Art of Living a Lusciously Spirited, Vibrant Life” due out in November. Minda is also a happy and busy wife and working mum of two beautiful daughters.
Minda is a qualified Wellness Coach, Personal Trainer, Life Coach, NLP Practitioner, Matrix Therapist and trainer and consultant of Extended DISC (Behavioural Profiling). She applies evidence-based techniques from coaching psychology and positive psychology to assist her clients to master wellness and optimal health through cognitive and behaviour change. Wellness coaching focuses on mental and physical behaviours relating to nutrition, exercise, weight control, stress management and wheel of life balance.
Today, she works from home, her kingdom. She is now focused exclusively on using her innate coaching, management and goal setting skills to help working women from all walks of life achieve balance, including more effective time management, empowerment and extraordinary wellness (energy, vitality and purpose).
Check out her full profile at: http://www.figure8wellness.com.au/about_minda/the_catalyst

 

Member Offers

Members Offers are designed to encourage you to "shop locally" and support Sunshine Coast women in business. All current SCBWN members can place and access offers at any time via the members area of the website.

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