Life’s all about making connections Read the article below about some new networking groups specifically for businesswomen. Choose the best word A, B or C to fill the gaps 1-10 . To you, networking might mean 1 a conference or trade fair event to meet new clients or partners. Or it could be the coffee break at work where you share 2 with colleagues in other departments. But nowadays networking has become an event in itself. For example, Pricewaterhouse Coopers offer its female staff a formal networking 3 called PwCwomen . With 900 members, it organizes events ranging from informal drinks evenings to coaching events. Tina Hallet , who is 4 for the group, says that she got involved 5 networking Because ‘I’d got to a reasonably senior level and I wanted to help other people to maximize their potential.’ You don’t have to be senior to 6 a network though. Vicky Wood and Sally Hopkins had the idea for the City Girls Network when they first moved into London’s corporate world and wondered how to get to 7 other women. ‘We couldn’t find anything for people with no experience. So we thought we’d start our own.’ From twelve friends meeting regularly, it rapidly grew to 250 members from many different organizations. It’s a great way to 8 useful contacts and bring in potential business. Fiona Clutterbuck is co-chair of a network for the bank ABN AMRO. ‘Women tend to think of networking as 9 and give it low priority.’ but given the chance, women will network – as the bank’s last ‘speed networking’ event demonstrated. ‘With over100 women and men, it was a great 10 . It is amazing how many people you get to meet from different parts of the organization.’