As you know yesterday was the first Wednesday in June so we attended and photographed the ladies networking event woman at work.

About them: ” Woman@Work is a society for women who work or women who run their own businesses or women who just want to meet other people. We have a big get-together on the first Wednesday of every month. It creates an opportunity for all ladies to network and promote themselves and their businesses or products/service. The objective of these fun-filled networking and socialising events, is to create a platform where ladies are given the opportunity to meet like-minded women and are able to find out about and support local businesses.”

The event was held at Thaba Ya Batswana in Kibler park and let me tell you it’s an awesome venue, absolutely gorgeous.  Upon entering the hall they had drummers playing Djembe drums which just completed the atmosphere.  We even had a demonstration from these drummers and some ladies got chosen to play along on the drums, and let me tell you it’s hard work, but you feel totally destressed afterwards…

The theme for the evening was african winter (so animal print all around) and let me tell you these ladies we’re dressed to kill    )  Glynis from Glitzerati was even wearing her leopard print slippers!

The ladies drom Dianamix hairdressing were armed and dangerous with their limited edition GHD straightening tongs.  They did Tanya and Toni’s hair right there on the spot and they also straightened and curled any ladies hair who was willing to give it a try, and did they all look fabulous!  Their husbands will probably ask them something like : ” I thought you went to a networking evening…” 

Renate Landman was the speaker for the evening (she also talked a little bit at the diamonds and pearls event held at the Royal Boma in Alberton) so she was back by popular demand.  Seeing that we we’re an all women audience Renate chose to speak about realationships.  She talked about balance in your life.  About the five languages of love and negative and positive energy in the world (which comes back to balance)  For instance picture a family driving down to the coast from JHB for a vacation.  So the kids are continually fighting in the back of the car (negative energy)  and mom has to keep threatening them to quiet down and leave each other alone.  After that they keep bickering and fighting so dad pulls the car to a halt and says to them:’This better stop immediately or we’re turning around and going home”  So the kids end up huddling together in the back seat (suddenly standing together and telling each other it’s okay – positive energy) and mom looks at dad and goes:’  Sheesh, that was a bit harsh’ (so now the negative energy has moved to the front. Basically there is balance in everything in life and once you start accepting and working with that belief you will become a whole lot happier.The thing that I love most about woman at work networking evenings is meeting with other business women and moms, whom you can even just chat with and in the process I’ve made some great friends.  So come along  on the 8th of July to The Promise Grill and find out what the hype is all about

Riani