Join us for…
BUILDING OUR NETWORKS

Thursday 16th March, 2023 | 6:30PM

An event that's all about connection and conversation for women in our community.

There's nothing better than getting together in a room full of other women to connect, learn from each other and have meaningful conversations. That's why, the theme for our next event is 'Building Our Networks' and to help us with discussing this topic will be our brilliant panel of speakers including local business leader Joyce Watts, Leanne Papadopoulos, founder at My Creative Box and Jayne Lewis, co-founder at Two Birds Brewing.

Tickets include - speakers, facilitated networking, canapes and beverages

Seaview Events Centre, Williamstown

Our special guests…

  • Joyce Watts

    SPEAKER

    Joyce is a former intellectual property, IT and media lawyer turned serial entrepreneur - in the past ten years, she’s started four successful businesses. Sitting on multiple committees, such as Footscray Traders Association and Mainstreet Australia, as well as being an admin for online community Inner West Womens Hub, it goes without saying that Joyce is a local business leader. Owner and creator of TOT: HOT OR NOT, a wildly successful Melbourne family travel site that inspires families to make beautiful memories, as well as Bright Smart, a content production and digital marketing agency - we think she’s got a few handy tricks up her sleeve about how to build and sustain communities.

  • Leanne Papadopoulos

    SPEAKER

    Taking the plunge and pivoting her career from over 20 years in childhood development to business owner - Leanne has been the owner and product designer of My Creative Box since 2016. In this time, she’s grown My Creative Box to be a brand adored worldwide. My Creative Box’s mission is to inspire creativity in children and connect families through hands-on educational activity boxes. She’s joining us for ‘Building Our Networks’ to share all her precious know-how!

  • Maria Leske

    MC

    As our trusty MC, Maria will be your guiding light when it comes to sparking those new connections and facilitating discussion. Maria is a Senior Principal at Mercer, where she leads the Talent Management practice area. Maria draws on over twenty years of business and human capital experience to bring deep leadership and talent experience, delivering growth for businesses. She has conducted executive and pivotal role succession planning, along with talent identification and development initiatives for clients across various industries and led numerous business-wide organisational programs that have delivered significant, positive results.

  • CO-FOUNDER AT TWO BIRDS BREWING

    Jayne Lewis

    CO-FOUNDER AT TWO BIRDS BREWING

    After moving into the beer industry at Matilda Bay, following stints making cider at Little Creatures and, prior to that, as a winemaker, Jayne was head brewer at Mountain Goat before striking out with Dani in 2011.

    The brewery also forged high profile partnerships outside the world of beer, while Jayne has been a driving force establishing equality and opportunity for women within brewing.

    Jayne is about to take her move into consulting, she says: "I'm looking to the more people centric side of things: coaching, training, that end of the spectrum."