Connected Women is officially a movement whose time has come,” says co-founder Ruth Yu-Owen in a Facebook post. For the part 2 of our #ConnectedWomen Series, hosts, organizers, and members share their insights and lessons learned from their first Connected Women meetup. Pakistan: Islamabad “Loved the positive energy...

  In the past few decades, our whole world has changed in so many different ways. But there’s still one major area of our lives where many people are stuck in the past. And because of this, it’s wasting time, lowering productivity, losing trust, and ruining reputations.

  Facebook's #SheMeansBusiness with #ConnectedWomen and DICT will be back in Metro Manila (QC) this November 27! Register here. Last June, Connected Women, a global community of women entrepreneurs, freelancers, and professionals, in partnership with Facebook and the Department of Information and Communications and Technology (DICT), welcomed over 230 women participants in the #SheMeansBusiness workshop held in Acacia Hotel in Muntinlupa City, one of the Information Communication Technology Centers for Excellence in the country. 

I've been a member of a business networking organisation for women since 2005, and I couldn't have built my business without the support of an incredible network of women.  When I moved to Singapore with my family in late 2010 with no business contacts and very few social connections, I knew that networking was going to be a big part of establishing myself in our new home. I'm sharing you tips on how to succeed even if you hate business networking.