
It’s Mothers Day, and today we celebrate!
This year is not like others, and we know it. This, is a very different one. This year, Mother’s Day touch us deep, in our hearts. Today, we must celebrate! Today we celebrate once again, being mothers. So many meaningful thoughts come to our minds like when we became pregnant, or first child, our fears, …

Frazer Jones and iwibdus online workshop collaboration
Frazer Jones and iwibdus have collaborated again for a second but now online workshop “How to Get a Job Interview in Germany”. Frazer Jones has been recruiting for the HR market in Germany since 2008. Their local presence in Düsseldorf gives them the advantage and knowledge of the German HR landscape and expert knowledge of …
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April’s Mini Sparks of Meaning – a Positive Psychologist’s view on Flourishing During Times of COVID-19″ Session 2
Mini Sparks of Meaning Session 2 Nina Jankovic from Spark Positive and iwibdus were back this week with more mini sparks of meaning. Nina started the call with reminding us about last week’s slides and asking if we had any examples of where we had followed the mini sparks… Our audience told us about playing …

“April’s Mini Sparks of Meaning – a Positive Psychologist’s View on Flourishing During Times of COVID-19” Session 1
The Mini Sparks of Meaning first session was a mini spark of positivity in our typical lockdown day! International Women in Business Düsseldorf are presenting one month of support, growth and learning with Nina Jankovic, practicing Positive Psychologist and founder of Spark Positive. In this first session we had women from all over the world …

Speed Networking
Speed Networking for International Women in Business Düsseldorf this Tuesday was a huge success! More than 35 women came to the event and they even managed to pass the obstacle course presented to them as the front doors were broken in our Downtown location! We were kindly hosted by Frazer Jones on Tuesday 28th January …

Kicking the blues out of winter!, with Tove Schraenkler
Are you feeling a bit down this winter?. Do you feel lack of energy, with no strength?. It’s ok, and it’s normal. It’s winter time!. A group of us spent a great couple of hours listening to Tove, an expert in nutrition, talk about ways we can improve our mood and health in general by …
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2nd Talent Fair: connecting international talent with companies in Düsseldorf
12 women from 11 different nationalities presented their skills in front of representatives from 8 companies. The event was held on December 2nd, 2019. The 12 women presented their skills in 5 minute onstage presentations. Their backgrounds were in Finance, Project Management, Marketing, Communications, Software Developing, Copywriting, Accountancy, and Fashion. Companies were surprised by the …
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Talent Fair Testimonials
Talent Fair Testimonials from our Presenters at the March Talent Fair. In March 2019, we hosted our 1st Talent Fair. Twelve women with international backgrounds presented themselves to organisations from across Düsseldorf. We are very proud that we helped 8 of these women find a new job within 3 months. “Your precise feedback helped me …

Games Night – ouch my brain hurts!
Games night made us all a little cleverer and a little better at communicating! I have been watching a BBC programme called the Family Brain Games where they take a family and give them tests of logic, visual puzzles and mathematical or language games. The studies show that the groups must all work together to …

First meeting of the new school year
Informal networking event August 2019 International Women in Business Düsseldorf (iwibdus) we’re out in force on Tuesday evening for their first informal drinks event of the school year. We welcomed back many old faces as the summer draws to a close and enjoyed catching up about our summer holidays and new work adventures. We also …

International Women in Business Düsseldorf support local business women
Informal evening at &Lady Mondegreen – July 9th The International Women in Business Dusseldorf (iwibdus) love to spend time in the businesses of our members. We enjoy sharing your space and supporting the small businesses that our talented and interesting women own and run. In July, the iwibdus were invited to Natalie Toennis’ upcycled fashion place &Lady …
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Talent Fair Successes
Talent Fair 2019 Update When we designed the Talent Fair we planned to make an event where women could present themselves and their CV in the style of a TED talk , to potential employers in Dusseldorf, in order to get a job. Part of our initial conversation was ‘how would we judge if this …