I built a business around my top values — — adventure and beauty. Early May, I host the next 8 Woman Mastermind Dinner in Montreal.

Villa Marie is my favorite town for a few reasons:

• It’s a quick one hour flight from New York City. Europe, without the jet lag
• Home to Luna Yoga. My workouts are a daily joy and I maintain my practice at this beautiful studio in Old Montreal when I land.
• Home to one of my favorite restaurants. Da Emma is located in a subterranean stone space on Commune Street, girding the waterfront. Roman dishes. Great wine list. I discovered it in the dead of winter in 2014. I love the story: It’s a former women’s prison.
• Home to the David, which allows me to live like a local when I visit. Not an Airbnb. Not a hotel.
• Home to one of my biggest chapters of members, outside of NYC

Why in a private space?

10 women — -some familiar, many new — — will be gathered round the table in a private home for this dinner. We have a private chef making 3 types of “bouchees” while we talk. I now insist on hosting in a private home or dining room because the evening is conversation-driven. If members can’t hear, the exercise is lost.

What’s the conversation design you host?

I created a very specific style of conversation design after years of attending women’s events that left me frustrated and unfulfilled.

• They weren’t properly curated. You have been to events, where he or she just can’t be bothered to talk to you? I invite women who uphold my values of thoughtfulness, kindness and a propensity to share resources. By the time, women get to the VP, Parter, Principal, 7-figure business owner level, they are seasoned in their leadership, so these are the profiles of women I invite with a view to have the same level of conversation. Each woman attending is either an existing member, or has come recommended.
• They weren’t properly moderated. I was at a dinner recently which turned into trauma therapy. The business conversation we had prepared for, never happened. I was disappointed because there were so many intelligent brains at the table and I was eager to hear from them. At my table, I want to hear the loudest person in the room. I also want to hear the quietest person in the room. As a recovering journalist who has moderated one too many CEO panels, I say, “Let’s pause there,” to shut a line of conversation down when the point has been made. Should the runaway train continue, the promise of the evening is lost.
• No idea who will be in the room. I’ve bailed on an event before. I didn’t know who would be in the room. In the 30 day lead up to the event, I publish a landing page private to the attendees only. It shares a profile and photo of each, with current focus, current goa

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