RESOURCES & MEANINGFUL LINKS

WomensBiz
www.womensbiz.us

A great magazine about women in business and women running businesses.

Eveolution
www.eve-olution.net

Works with with FTSE 500 companies and public sector bodies to create momentum for change, manifesting a workforce that reflects larger society. Programmes include: Leading Edge, The Creative Female Leader, Mars and Venus at Work.

Women's Leadership Institute
www.womensleadership.com/index.html

The institute provides fantastic training for women – so great that now the men want it too!

Aurora Women's Network (UK)
www.busygirl.com

This is a fabulous network of people, events and resources for women in the UK – both those in the corporate sector and those who are (or want to be) entrepreneuses. See also http://www.www2wk.com/ which is a fantastic online tool for checking out whether companies are female friendly or not.

HerVentures.ca
www.herventures.ca

The Glass Slipper - Smart Steps for Every Woman's Success in Running Her Own Business - The Guide for Entrepreneurial Women in Canada.

Catalyst
www.catalystwomen.org

A great source of research into diversity issues

Center for Women, Leadership and Management, Simmons School of Management
www.simmons.edu/gsm - The Center for Gender in Organizations.
www.simmons.edu/som/mba - Educating women for power and principled leadership.

The only women's business school, in Boston, MA

Center for Women's Business Research
www.nfwbo.org

Fantastic research.

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Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
www.fwe.org

Excellent organization for networking, events and advice.

National Association of Women Business Owners
www.nawbo.org

Fantastic nationwide association of women in every conceivable business with a packed schedule of events.

Springboard Ventures
www.springboardenterprises.org

A superb source of advice, experience and funding for women entrepreneurs in high tech.

Center for New Futures
www.centerfornewfutures.com

A center for thought leadership run by Linda Alepin and Barbara Fittipaldi - both great women who who know this field inside and out.

Babson
www3.babson.edu/cwl

Babson is the best school for entrepreneurs and their Center for Women's Leadership brings together a lot of cutting-edge thinking on entrepreneuses.

Women in Technology
www.witi.com

A 2 million strong organization that supports women in a tough industry.

There are many, many more organizations for women, for entrepreneuses, for specific industries and for research. A list of all the web resources I used writing the book can be found at the book's end. In the meantime, if you have come across websites that have really helped you – please let me know so that I can include them.

margaret@mheffernan.com

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