Shortlist: Facebook Community of the Year – Digital Women Awards

The Digital Women Facebook Community of The Year recognises and celebrates communities that are providing a safe and meaningful place for its members to interact. Bringing likeminded people together with common goals, values or interests.
Here are your finalists:
The Family Network Bournemouth
By our community presence and supporting local charities, I feel we are making an impact locally, and building a reputation as a networking business who care and give back to their community.
The Family Network Bournemouth is a networking and events group for local business owners, from all sectors. There is no membership fee, affordable workshops, regular events and a range of other opportunities. They work with local charities to promote their cause, raise awareness and raise funds.
The Family Network encourage all businesses to be involved, whether it is a self employed direct sales consultant or a family who run their own business with a premises. The focus is on the group being inclusive, affordable and supportive. Whilst giving businesses the chance to grow and develop.
The Hub for Social Media Managers
The Social Media Manager Hub is a free Facebook Community. It was created to provide a “safe space” for freelancers to come and gain support, friendship, help, air frustrations, learn and grow as freelancers.
We have over 1700 freelance social media managers in there and it’s constantly growing, members are male and female, young and old(er), new and experienced and from all over the world. It’s a true example of community over competition and it’s where we love to hang out!
Laura and Laura have introduced The Social Media Manager toolkit to the world with a the vision of supporting the businesses of any freelance social media manager who needs a helping hand or foot up in their quest to be successful. We want to make their life as a freelancers a little easier by providing them with the things you need to attract bigger, and better paying clients to provide you with a reliable and consistent income and to make them confident and proud of their achievements.
Entrepreneurs Get Visible
Entrepreneurs Get Visible is a community for listeners of the new podcast and book by Anna Parker-Naples, helping with ambitions to make more money, more impact and to have more freedom. For purpose driven entrepreneurs who are ready to be seen, heard and remembered. It is for emerging and established leaders, coaches, business owners, authors, speakers and consultants who are on their way to building a business and an empire they love. It is a place to share the challenges of building the online part of your business, keeping it down to Earth as you reach for the stars.
Anna Parker-Naples is a bestselling author, Speaker and host of Entpreneurs Get Visible. Awarded Business Woman of the Year, and finalist for 4 national business awards in 2019, Anna helps entrepreneurs and creatives to stand out from the crowd through the power of podcasting.
Mums in Business Association
Our FB community has grown to over 51k women in just 30 months. We support women from all over the world and have now established offline networking events to help women connect face to face in over 220 locations around the world. We have helped 120 women become Amazon#1 best selling authors and have also been featured in Forbes.
MIBA is the fastest growing network for women in the world. Created by 2 sisters with a passion for inspiring others.
Congratulations to these incredible communities!
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