TIES Inspiring Showcase 2024: Christmas Edition

Join us to be inspired by outstanding women entrepreneurs and support their businesses to grow and flourish!

🗓️ Date: Saturday, November 30, 2024
⏰ Time: 10 am - 3 pm
📍 Venue: Platform Calgary – 407 9th Avenue SE
🫰 FREE Registration

🅿️ Parking: $4 all-day
🚉 Near City Hall/Bow Valley College LRT station

TIES Inspiring Showcase 2024 features TIES entrepreneurs in a Christmas market, pitch competition, and much more!

🎙️ Event Highlights:

• Christmas Market: Discover and shop a wide range of creative and innovative products and services offered by talented women entrepreneurs who graduated from TIES Entrepreneurship Programs - NIWBE and IWEP.
  
  
• Keynote Speaker: Hear from an accomplished women entrepreneur and gain valuable knowledge about overcoming barriers and achieving success.

• Pitch Competition: Come and be inspired with innovative ideas, passion, and talent in our upcoming pitch competition, featuring TIES women entrepreneurs competing for prize money.

• Networking Opportunities: Connect with women entrepreneurs, small business owners, and like-minded individuals.

        Plus, 🎅 Santa Claus visit, 🎻 Live Music, and 👶 Free Childcare (limited spots)!

✅ Agenda

• 10 am: Christmas Market Opening
• 1:30 pm: Keynote Address
• 2 pm: Pitch Competition
• 2.45 pm: Awards & Celebration

👤Booth Vendors:

• Abeu-Saleh Catering & Events, by Chef Jennifer Abeu-Saleh
• Bella Donna Clothing & Accessories, by Mercy Efakwu
• BeMyHR, by Bianca Marinho
• Celo Mode Couture, by Celestine Tshulu
• Creations by Alfie, by Alfenita Conlu
• EcoChic, by  Ani González
• Elizabeth Candles Making, by Elizabeth Gereab
• Famihikeep, by Anna Babaeva
• Life Coach Chris, by  Christina Kopylenko
• Luna Fresh Shop, by Iris Alvarado
• Kainos Renovation, by Keyla Marmol
• MapleLife Settlement Services, by  Karen Aninakwa
• Mousam Mann (Eau Claire Partners), by Mousam Mann
• Natural Beauty by Lady J., by Regine Siamen
• Noscata, by Daniella Govea
• Olfantasia, by Olfa Boukef
• Palmyra Optical, by Maha Gharib
• Purple Tree 1981, by Gabriela Quiroz
• R.Noufal_Art, by Reema Noufal
• SB Cashflow Inc., by Rashvinder Sohal
• Sixth Dimension Arts Studio, by Natalie Tang
• Tausii Fashion, by Gani Husen
• Tlou Safari And Supplies, by  Priscilla Mooketsi
• The Work Genie, by Tosin Marcel-Falase
• Tropically, by Diana Franco
• Wild Forest, by Urszula Sekula
• Yes2Amazing, by Ifeoma Ngwudike
• Young Engineers, by Mahsa Mostafavi (franchisee)

👤Pitch Competitors:

• Carol Lavers, with Aspire Training Academy
• Monique Hung, with SyncSelf
• Natchaya Yodpan, with  9 MAR cafe & creative space
• Ogechi Muotoh, with Swift Rentals
• Regine Siamen, with Safehaven Care Inc.
• Viviana Sanchez, with Harmony, pet store and academy

👤Keynote Speaker:

Shannae Delancy is co-founder/external relations of Care in a Pinch On-Site Event Childcare and the founder of Nurse Kelli-Sue’s Naturals.

Shannae is a Registered Nurse by profession who is currently transitioning to being a full-time entrepreneur. Shannae was born in Jamaica and immigrated to Canada in 2012. On a mission to increase parents’ access to events, she co-founded Care in a Pinch On-Site Event Childcare. Drawing on her education in Biochemistry & Nursing and an early exposure to using natural remedies, Shannae recently launched Nurse Kelli-Sue’s Naturals Ginger Shot - an all-natural juice shot with immune-supporting properties.

✨Special Thanks:

INSPIRING is made possible by the generous support of our Funders:

• IWEP is funded by the Government of Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

The generous support of our Event Sponsors:

• ATB Financial
• Easymax by ENMAX Energy

And the generous support of our In-Kind Sponsor:

• Platform Calgary
  

Let's come together to empower, inspire, and celebrate the incredible achievements of women entrepreneurs. 

Mark your calendar for November 30, and get ready to be part of a truly unforgettable event.

Secure your spot and register for FREE now!