Menna has planned hundreds of successful events for her clients over the past 25 years, offering large-scale corporate, private and not for profit strategy and execution. She prided herself on delivering exceptional event strategy, logistics, budget, timeline and day-of runsheet, sponsorship, copy writing, media relations, marketing and branding, platform programming, rsvp management, social media promotion, and summary reports.
As the founder of Leading Ladies Networking, Menna now offers an exciting series of professional networking events which connect, support and elevate women (and femme-identifying individuals) in the business community so they can cultivate genuine connections and grow their business. Leading Ladies offers live events, professional networking workshops and keynote presentations for organizations looking to use networking to grow their business.
The Best Fit
Individuals looking to practice or fine tune their networking skills in a welcoming, supportive and non-salesy environment
Small to medium-sized businesses looking to do more with their next product or service launch or promotion
Private, corporate or non-profit individuals or agencies who want to add flair to their events and revenue to their bottom line
Menna managed the 2016 Halifax Chamber of Commerce Fall Dinner, an event that attracted over 800 business professionals. Her talent and poise for event management was evident on day one. Menna built and fostered relationships with a variety of key stakeholders and her careful attention to details allowed us to execute a premier quality event, with her leadership.Becky Davison Marketing Manager, Halifax Chamber of Commerce
Our members and guests praised the quality of the event for months – not days or weeks – but months after the fact.
I would trust Menna to manage any of our events, large or small with complete confidence.
I worked with Menna when she was living in New Zealand - managing our events was a new start-up role and Menna was fantastic. She brought attitude, systems and creativity to the role - we loved her.Andrew Hamilton CEO, The Icehouse, NZ
Menna is passionate about her work and can be trusted to ‘get the job done’. She also has a great vision for creating fabulous, memorable and stylish events. And to top it all off, she’s great with people and pleasant to work with.Karen Sears Vice President, Account Planning & Strategy, M5 Marketing Communications
Menna is a professional who delivers terrific results, on time. I’d recommend her to anyone.Peter Spurway Vice President, Halifax International Airport Authority
I hired Menna's expertise in helping me with pivoting an established event into a new development. The following particulars of our meeting is what I feel makes her stand leagues above other strategic consultants: 1) Ahead of our meeting, I gave her an email outline, to which she responded with even more thought-provoking questions for me to answer. She wasn't waiting for our meeting to get into the weeds - she wanted to know as much as possible asap. 2) During our meeting, Menna could switch between specific details and larger 'audience concepts' easily. She had experiences to share, insights to tell, and also knew when to pull back for the larger picture. 3) I felt like she was my 'teammate' the whole time, instead of a 'guru' doling out 'best practices'. Nothing wrong with gurus, but for this particular project, I needed someone to support and collaborate the best results for my audience, and Menna delivered.Allison
Menna’s advice in just a 30-minute call set my client’s book launch on the right path, perfectly tailored to our target audience. She outlined clear and attainable goals and made it very easy to move forward following her plan. I feel beyond confident in her ability to lead anyone through their marketing and event logistics. Menna’s value in under 30 minutes saved me an entire week of planning and I am so grateful for her help.Lauren
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