Jerri, one of the women in our SNB group is in the Wall Street Journal! She writes:
Also, last week I promised I would send out the link to the Wall Street Journal article that I was mentioned in. I spoke about a bunch of different networking methods in the interview and the one they chose to mention was our Stitch N' Bitch group - here is the link - read and enjoy: http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/networking/20041108-capell.html
The article is "Women Find Nontraditional Ways To Network for Advancement" by Perri Capell.
When it comes to business networking, executive women throughout the U.S. are throwing out their golf clubs and joining others like them to talk shop in online discussions, book clubs, nail salons, knitting groups, and other nontraditional venues.and later in the article:
Jerri Barrett says a "Stich 'n Bitch" knitting group near her San Jose, Calif., area home gives her a way to talk with other women and pursue her knitting hobby. Ms. Barrett, vice president of customer service for HighWired Technologies Inc., a San Francisco voice-messaging company, found the group on Meetup.com.Posted by Emily at November 22, 2004 09:09 AMFive to 25 mostly professional women meet Sunday afternoons in a coffee shop, says Ms. Barrett, 43. "You share information on knitting, but you end up making relationships that go in all different directions," she says.