Member MeetUps – Networking Events for ABN Members

At the Australian Businesswomen’s Network, we realise that sometimes the best way to network is face-to-face. I also know that a lot of time can be spent at networking events where a lot of time is wasted not meeting the right people.

That’s why the Australian Businesswomen’s Network has introduced a great new way for you to meet other members and where you get to choose who you network with.

The new Member MeetUps are not another networking event (there’s plenty of those around) and it’s uniquely ABN.

You won’t show up to a hotel and be greeted with a nametag. You won’t get served cold canapés and you won’t have to hope that there’s time enough for you to meet the right people.

But, Member MeetUps are not for everyone…

You see, they are structured to have members be proactive about their networking and to take steps to get to know other members.

So, how do Member MeetUps work?

Members nominate to coordinate a MeetUp. The MeetUp may be for general networking or for a specific topic. For example members have already created MeetUps to follow on from the Know-How Now! webinar presentations that ABN has presented, so that they can further explore the implementation of what they have learned on the webinars.

As the coordinator you determine a date, time and place (coffee shops and restaurants work great). You then post the MeetUp on the ABN forums and we help notify other members. You can also look through the Member Directory and invite others to join you. You are provided ideas and guidelines of ways to run your MeetUp.

Want to be part of a Member MeetUp?

• Email us the details of your MeetUp including proposed date, time, venue
• We’ll then help you organise the MeetUp by inviting other members to attend (we’ll post details in the member bulletin and on our website)

“The biggest benefit for me is that I get to meet the lovely ladies face to face and really get to know them and their business better. It is great to connect in ‘real life’. Online social media are great tools, but you tend to stick at home behind your computer and don’t really get to know the person behind the business. In particular, being alone in my business, it is vital for me to have that physical connection as well. Bouncing ideas around, chatting about what works well and what can be improved, celebrations of our successes (of course with a bubbly!!) and to give ourselves a pat on the back for being wonderfully amazing women in our businesses!” I strongly recommend other members to attend a MeetUp. They connect people at a different level and we are in a position to meet all the ABN members outside of the ‘official’ events, webinars etc.” Bianca de Reus – The Power to Be

And here are some of the benefits identified by members…

• Great to put a name/product to a face
• Motivation
• So inspiring being around other ambitious and motivated women
• Future recommendations, sharing of ideas, information and knowledge
• Getting out of the office and trying a new place with a new group of women

Member MeetUps are a NEW way for you to network with other members, a way for members to meet face-to-face to talk business, create business opportunities and collaborate around the monthly business focus subjects and other areas of interest.