When helping kids means having a ball
It was a true Cinderella moment – white horses pulling a carriage along Piccadilly Circus with a host of celebrities inside, all going to the UNICEF ball. “A magical night!” says Merryn Corcoran, event organiser, and a member of the UNICEF board. But as with any good event, magic is just the beginning. We talk to Corcoran about the amount of work (and stress) that goes into pulling off such an evening…
Becoming an Angel
As an active and enthusiastic investor in start up companies, Brigitte Baumann was dismayed to discover the lack of resources and information available for would be entrepreneurs and potential business angels. This discrepancy led Baumann to found Go Beyond, a company that is focused on creating a vibrant seed capital sector in Europe and on educating potential investors on the virtues of start up companies...
Back to Work
Returning to work after a career break can be daunting. Some women who have spent their time bringing up children can feel that their minds are as mushy as the peas they have dished up at dinner time...
Taking an MBA...
An MBA programme can transform a career path but, despite a raft of financial incentives and scholarships available to them, relatively few women opt to take the qualification. Typically, women comprise less than one third of every MBA class.
Averting the hidden brain drain
It is known as the hidden brain drain but every year thousands of career women leave the workforce because their employer will not allow them to work in a more flexible fashion.
Kate Grussing, a former investment banker and mother of four, was aware of the phenomenon, but it was while collecting her children from school that she realised the wealth of talent gathered at the gates – successful women who, for whatever reason, did not want full time roles.
Getting Published
It is often said that everybody has a book inside them. The publishing industry is only too happy that such a statement is untrue, as they are already deluged with scripts. The commercial fiction department of Orion, publishers of Maeve Binchy, Ian Rankin and Anita Burgh, receives about 800 submissions every year but only takes on around six new authors.
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