09:30 - 10:00	Registration, Coffee and Networking
10:00 - 10:15	Conference Opens Maxine Benson MBE and Karen Gill MBE Co-founders, Everywoman Ltd
10:15 - 11:00	Keynote Speaker Allegra McEvedy MBE Chef, broadcaster, writer and co-founder of the LEON restaurants shared her story and key tips for success
11:00 - 12:00	Masterclasses Delegates attended one of the following: Creative Thinking - De Bono Style Pauline Stewart UK Ambassador & Certified Instructor, The Edward de Bono Foundation UK Leadership for Breakthrough Results Mitzie Hoelscher Vice President and Chief Leadership Officer, Gap International Key Steps to Promoting Your Business Antonia Chitty Director, ACPR Build Your Online Presence for Business Success Moderator: Judith Lewis, i-level Speakers: Carol Savage, Mydish Ltd Tabitha Potts, Mimi Myne Paula Wynne, Remote Employment
12:00 - 13:15	Networking Luncheon and Exhibition
13:15 - 14:15	Masterclasses Delegates attended one of the following: Creative Thinking - De Bono Style Pauline Stewart UK Ambassador & Certified Instructor, The Edward de Bono Foundation UK Leadership for Breakthrough Results Mitzie Hoelscher Vice President and Chief Leadership Officer, Gap International Key Steps to Promoting Your Business Antonia Chitty Director, ACPR Build Your Online Presence for Business Success Moderator: Judith Lewis, i-level Speakers: Carol Savage, Mydish Ltd Tabitha Potts, Mimi Myne Paula Wynne, Remote Employment
14:15 - 15:15	Panel Discussion: 'Winning Ideas' Four successful business owners shared how businesses can innovate and differentiate to gain a competitive edge Panel: Liz Jackson MBE Founder and Director, Great Guns Marketing Cary Marsh Founder and CEO, Mydeo Perween Warsi CBE, MBE, DBA Founder and CEO, S&A Foods Emma Wimhurst Entrepreneur, EMpwr
15:15 - 15:45	Networking Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:45	Motivational Speaker 'Smarter Networking - be authentic, be profitable and do it in style' Heather White Networking Architect, Smarter Networking
16:45 - 17:00	Close
17:00 - 18:00	Optional Networking

Masterclasses


Creative Thinking – De Bono Style
Do you want to inject fresh ideas, unlock your creativity and learn how to solve problems affecting your business faster? Pauline Stewart will show you simple, practical and effective steps that will help shift your traditional approach to thinking and improve your business performance. You’ll learn a new way of results based thinking which will help you make the right decisions and generate the best ideas to move your business forward. Come with a problem in mind and by the end of this session you’ll be able to solve it more efficiently.


Leadership for Breakthrough Results
This session is about you, your leadership and what it takes to generate exceptional performance and results. The session will focus on two key aspects of breakthrough leadership that will give you a new capability to lead powerfully through the obstacles your business is currently facing.


Key Steps to Promoting Your Business
Do you want to learn simple, affordable techniques to promote your business? This workshop will help you identify what makes your business stand out from competitors, and how to use this to create great publicity. Antonia Chitty will explain how you can use public relations techniques to generate coverage, and how just 15 minutes each day can make an enormous difference to your business. And she will give you the skills to go and promote your own business more effectively.


Build Your Online Presence for Business Success
Are you wondering how to make the web work for your business? This workshop will explore various options for your venture - from early steps, reaching out over the social web, to developing your own professional website and trading online.
 
The session will start with an introduction to the online landscape for businesses. Three female entrepreneurs will then share their first hand experience. Learn how to give your business a boost and take away key tips for online business success. Attendance is recommended if you want to raise your game and make the digital revolution work for you!