Key Note Presentations

Key Note Presentations

Barbara has consistently promoted the economic and social importance of home-based business and other micro-enterprise at numerous speaking engagements and presentations across Canada, the United States and International including:

Executive International Forum: International Trade, Montreux, Switzerland
Global Women's Conference for IBM Executives, New York
International Conference for Teleworking, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Global Economic Summit for Women, London, England
Women Leaders' Network from APEC Economies, Ottawa, Ontario, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Brunei
APEC Small Business Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Micro-Enterprise Development and Marketing, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia
Keynote Speaker and workshops for Home-Based Business Conference, Slovenia
Canada/USA Business Women's Trade Summit
UBC's Programme for Executive Development, Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration
SFU's Executive MBA Program, Faculty of Business Administration
Royal Rhodes Masters of Leadership and Learning Program
International Council for Small Business Conferences (ICSB)- Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia
Western Magazine Awards
Business Opportunities on Your Doorstep
Small Business Week for Business Development Bank (across Canada)
Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs: Building The Atlantic Economy
Business Success For Women Conferences
Round Table Presentation at the New York International Gift Fair on The Public/Private Partnership and Its Role in Marketing Crafts
Key Note Speaker and Presenter National Home-Based Business Conferences in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota
Key Note presentations for Community Futures Groups and Chambers of Commerce throughout Canada
Self-Employment in Canada: Best Policies, Best Practices
Launching Global Networks - an International Conference of Les Femmes Chefs d'Enterprises Mondiales