Alberta Women Entrepreneurs, popularly known as AWE is an organization that has been running for the last 28 years to provide an excellent entrepreneurial space that has several programs suited for women entrepreneurs from all walks of life. They give women entrepreneurs the resources, connections, and capacity they need. AWE is pleased to offer free consulting services to female business owners in Alberta. They take great pride in offering a range of workshops and webinars for business owners. Alberta Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) has been giving women skills and tools since 1995. Around their guiding principles of Capital, Connection, and Capacity, AWE has established a network of productive educational and mentoring initiatives.
Impact By AWE
- AWE has given women access to funding, education, workshops, business counselling, and their lending programs. Through their progressive growth programs, they have extended their assistance to women seeking to grow their enterprises into new areas as the business landscape changes. With the help of BOLD Leadership and Strategic Edge – Leadership For Growth, they give seasoned business owners the resources they need to expand into new markets, amplify their companies, and adapt to the digital economy. They hold training programs all year long and offer specialized services and resources to regional Indigenous businesses through their advisory team.
- They are a trustworthy resource for both aspiring and seasoned women business owners in the province and are a non-profit organization. With over 200 attendees each year, their annual awards ceremony is one of the most renowned awards events for women business owners. They have finished over 1500 courses, training sessions, and over 120 counselling sessions as of 2022.
- AWE is here to help and mentor women entrepreneurs at every stage of their business ventures. They are a team of different women with a plethora of unique experiences that they are passionate about sharing with the community.
NextStep to Success
This is a program that is cut out for startups. Whether you are a newcomer or have been in business for a few years, start-up workshops will change your game. All attendees will be able to assess their capabilities at the end of the program. Entrepreneurs can look forward to having a marketing plan, business plan, fundamentals of business operation, financial plan and a working session in hand. This can be considered as your next step to success.
Program for Indigenous Women
The NextStep to Success Business Planning Series is meant to give women who are prepared to create a thorough business plan that could be used for funding advice, expertise, and peer mentoring at an early start-up phase of their firm. Indigenous women’s needs have specifically been taken into consideration when creating the innovative circular delivery style. Final business plans can be sent in for evaluation and comment. To conduct the training series, we collaborate with regional bands and economic development organizations.
Bold Leadership
Through its Bold Leadership Program, AWE helps female business owners in Alberta who desire to reimagine their industries through the perspective of technology. With the help of what you’ve previously learnt while pursuing your business objectives, this program intends to help you develop digital leadership skills and improve your workflow. There are a few things to follow to part in this program:
- Possess a firm in Alberta that brings in at least $200,000 annually
- Have a minimum of two years of commercial experience
- Have two or more employees (or contractors’ equivalents)
- Be prepared to discuss ideas and experiences with group members
- A PC with dependable Internet access is required
- Be able to set aside time outside of program sessions to concentrate on businesses, develop leadership abilities, and create digital strategies
The Bold leadership program by AWE will let you add value to your business, have a well-structured digital journey, automate and innovate your business and become aware of the latest technologies.
Connect, network, get funded and develop your business with Alberta Women Entrepreneurs (AWE). To learn more about their upcoming programs, visit their website: https://www.awebusiness.com/
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