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ourses of Interest to Women (continued)

Business Development in Women’s Organizations
- Is it Right for You? .

In recent years, a growing number of women’s centres and organizations have shown an interest in spon-
soring businesses. This business development by non-profit women’s groups has been motivated by the
need to generate revenue to support services, provide employment for women or produce needed goods or
services. These entrepreneurial experiments have met with mixed results. This workshop is designed to
provide participants with an opportunity to explore the critical issues that need to be resolved by your
women’s group in the early stages of business development. It is not a Business Planning session, but will
set out and examine the conditions under which a business might help your organizations achieve its goals.
.D.#: G891-141-16A-201 Date: Saturday, Feb. 25, Sessions: 1 Time: 0900 to 1600, Fee: $50
Instructor: Lucy Alderson & Melanie Conn, WomenSkills Development Society
Understanding our Anger: A Workshop for Women

Anger is frequently experienced by women as a difficult emotion. Many women have been hurt by inap-
propriately expressed anger and as a result feel fear and the need to suppress their own anger. Through
presentation, discussion and experiential exercises this workshop will create opportunities for women to ex-
plore and understand their own relationship to anger. With understanding, new choices of response and
expression become possible. Supported by the Douglas College Women’s Centre.

1.D.#: H891-521-20A-201

Date: Thurs. Mar. 16, Sessions: 1 Time: 0900 to 1600, Fee: $35
Instructor: Sandy Berman has extensive experience in facilitating women’s groups and conducting Lifeskills Train-

ing. Maggie Ziegler is a therapist in private practice.
Confidence Building for Women

This course is designed to help women increase their level of self-confidence. Participants will look at
some common causes of low self-esteem, such as:
- the "shoulds" that drive our lives
- our need for approval from others

This course will provide women with an opportunity to focus on the things that make us feel good about
ourselves. Practical alternatives to self-defeating attitudes and behavior will be presented. Supported by
the Douglas College Women’s Centre.
1.D.#: H892-521-04A-201
Date: Tuesdays, Apr.4, 11,18 Sessions:3, Time: 1900 to 2200
Instructor: Lucy Alderson, WomenSkills Development, Fee: $25
Another Way to be your Own Boss: Women in Worker Co-ops

In recent years self-employment has been widely promoted as a good option for women seeking a
livelihood. However, very little attention has focussed on co-operative and group approaches to being
your own boss. This course, designed for women who are interested in working with others to develop
enterprises, will introduce the Worker Co-op Option. Co-operative principles and structures will be ex-
amined. Using their own business ideas, participants will consider practical issues such as:
- individual and group skills required to develop and democratically manage a co-op
- raising capital
- incorporation procedures
- membership
- social accountability of your product or service
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1.D.#: H892-144-11E-201

Date: Thursday, Apr. 6 & Saturday, Apr. 8 Sessions: 2, Fee: $60

Time: Thurs. 1930 to 2130, Sat. 0900 to 1600

Instructor: Lucy Alderson & Melanie Conn, Community Economic Options, WomenSkills

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