Vancouver! Want to help a small business become more sustainable, while having lots of fun and – who knows? – even win a couple of prizes? Carrotmob is coming to town and the first eco-movement-turned-party will be on May 16th at Salt Spring Coffee. You can dress up, bring your guitar, and get ready to have lots of fun while helping out Salt Spring Coffee become more energy efficient. Read more…
Every month, people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. With events taking place in over 50 countries, Green Drinks lively mixes people from NGOs, business, academia and government.
This March, Green Drinks Vancouver celebrates its 5th Anniversary, and we’ve partnered with Christina Olsen, the fabulous person behind Green Drinks Vancouver, to make this anniversary a blast. Read more…
We’ve been proud members of ESN since December, and we couldn’t be more enthusiastic about this organization. The next ESN event is the Go Green networking mix, a green gathering for small, local businesses. Read more…
I’ve been asked this a lot by other entrepreneurs recently: where do you find your mentors?
To answer this question properly, you first need to know why you’re on the lookout. What kind of advice or expertise are you hoping to get out of mentoring? Conversely, what knowledge, skills or enthusiasm can you offer in return? Mentoring isn’t about finding the one key individual who will solve all of your problems by dolling out connections and sagely wisdom on a timely basis. Read more…
The Networking Ninja will be contributing to the Metro Blenz News Squad during the 2010 Winter Olympics. This innovative way of centralizing the efforts of local bloggers here in Vancouver is spearheaded by independent chain Blenz Coffee and Metro Vancouver News. Updates on twitter will be under #MBNS, so please follow @CeciliaLu and @Kiwano for all the latest happenings. Highlights from our posts will also be displayed on the Metro Vancouver Newspaper’s online website and in their daily print edition.
Here’s Cecilia’s specific ‘mission statement’: “As a Networking Ninja, I will sneak around focusing on sustainability initiatives and the effects of the Olympics on small businesses.” Care to help a Ninja out? Get in touch on twitter or leave a comment below! Read more…
