Womanthology Business Networking Lunch – Sheffield
Event Information
Description
Welcome to the inaugural Womanthology Business Networking Lunch, taking place in our home city of Sheffield.
All sectors and professions welcome!
Womanthology is a digital magazine founded in Sheffield four years ago. We share stories of professional passion and purpose of awesome women and supportive male champions from around the world but Sheffield is at the heart of our community.
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This is your chance to make new connections and develop new business relationships in a friendly, inclusive and sociable environment.
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This event is open to everyone, regardless of gender, from organisations of all sizes, including those who have taken a career break or may be looking for a new challenge.
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Grow your business and develop your career as you meet and eat!
Building a gender balanced workforce is not only the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do, and this event will help businesses from start-ups right through to large corporates realise the social and commercial benefits of working towards a better balance.
Networking Lunch Agenda
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11.30am - Arrival and networking - meet new contacts and connect over a glass of Prosecco / soft drink
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11.45am - Antipasti (starters) served as you chat
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12.00pm - Welcome from Fiona Tatton, Womanthology founder - “Setting up a magazine from my kitchen table in Sheffield: They told me I couldn’t do it so #IDidItAnyway.”
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12.15pm - Anne Wilson MBE, Managing Director of Numill - “From bookkeeper to Managing Director: I liked the engineering company I worked for so much I bought it! Why you don’t have to be an engineer to love engineering.”
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12.30pm - Main course and dessert served. More networking at your tables
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1.30pm - Jon Rhodes, co-founder of Paper - “Recruitment to build a gender balanced digital business.”
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1.45pm - Closing thoughts and what's coming up next in Sheffield and beyond - Fiona Tatton
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2.00pm - Networking
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2.30pm - Close
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About our speakers
Fiona Tatton
Womanthology is a digital magazine and community for working women, founded four years ago in Sheffield by Fiona Tatton when she became frustrated that she couldn’t find the positive stories about women at work she wanted to read published anywhere else. She realised that there are incredible women all around us every day, but we rarely give them the opportunity to share their stories, so she decided to do something about it, and Womanthology was born. Womanthology now works with organisations like Dr. Martens, Amazon, Arnold Clark, EMIS Health and Warwick Business School.
Anne Wilson MBE
Anne Wilson MBE is Managing Director of Numill, a Sheffield-based engineering company engaged in the manufacturing and remanufacturing of cutting tools, serving industries including high precision automotive, aerospace, oil and gas, rail and general engineering. The company is an experienced exporter, with half of the company’s repairs service made up of export sales. Anne purchased Numill in a management buyout following a career change after she pursued a degree in management and a postgraduate qualification in strategic management.
Jon Rhodes
Jon Rhodes is a co-founder is of Paper, a Sheffield-based research and design studio. Jon has been managing digital projects for over ten years for clients across the UK and Europe, including London Luton Airport, HSBC, learndirect, BigHand, Direct Line Group and Irwin Mitchell. The Paper studio exists to provide a supportive environment for research and design specialists to work with clients, to learn, to create, and to have fun.
Frequently asked questions
What are my transport / parking options for getting to and from the event?
Q-Park Charles Street is a one minute walk from the venue. Sheffield railway station is just over five minutes walk away.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No, just register on entry.
Is there a membership fee to pay?
No, just book on and turn up. All are welcome from the smallest start-up to the largest corporate.
Is there a dress code?
Most attendees wear business dress to our events but there is no formal dress code.
