Women in Technology

Speaking from the Dragons' Den

An Evening With Arlene Dickinson

Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009
6:30 pm: Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm: Evening keynote

Location: Shaw Theatre
NAIT Main Campus
11762-106 St NW, Edmonton

This up-close-and-personal evening keynote is proudly presented by NAIT's Women in Technology initiative, sponsored by UTS Energy Corporation.

Arlene Dickinson is CEO of Venture Communications Ltd. and a 20-year veteran in marketing communications.

Her vision has driven Venture's growth, successfully building it from a small, local firm into one of Canada's largest independent marketing firms, with offices in Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa.

Arlene believes strongly that marketing's purpose is to deliver business results. She is well known for pioneering how marketing can be accountable to delivering on clients' business goals.

Her accomplishments, vision and leadership have been recognized with a number of awards, but perhaps her greatest honor was Venture's selection as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for three consecutive years.

Since Fall 2007, Arlene has appeared as one of the "Dragons" on CBCs hit show Dragons’ Den - a national television series which invites people to pitch business ideas to the Dragons, in an effort to persuade them to invest.