UPCOMING EVENTS
The following events are open for registration some do require registration as a member.
28jan6:00 pm8:00 pmFeaturedJOYA DASS PRESENTS A 6-WOMAN DINNER JERSEY CITY101.00Lokal Eatery & Bar

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On January 28th, Joya Dass hosts a conversation-driven dinner with 6 women leaders at Lokal in Jersey City.
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About this Event
LadyDrinks is a leadership development platform for executive women and founders, based in New York City. It is led by long time television anchor Joya Dass.
Why attend?
I’m putting you in the room with like-minded executive women and founders to talk openly about our own true and tried ways we have overcome challenges in the workplacer. You walk away with tools to support you long after you have left the room. All of this happens at Lokal, with a menu created by Chef Walter Donadio.
Event timeline
- 6:00-6:15 PM Guests arrive and check-in
- 6:15-6:30 PM Introduce Mona Panjwani, owner of Lokal. Each woman at the table is introduced
- 6:30-8:00 PM Attendees enjoy a 3-course dinner. Joya moderates a conversation asking each woman to share a recent win, a current challenge, and resources each woman has to share.
Guests choose one of each from the full restaurant menu
- 1 appetizer/small plate
- 1 entree/large plate
- 1 dessert
About LadyDrinks www.ladydrinks.com
LadyDrinks is a leadership development platform for women executives. We began eight years ago supporting South Asian women professionals. Today we create programming for all women executives in other parts of the country and the world. The mission is to build alliances, share resources, and create support systems for success for one another.
About Lokal www.lokaljc.com
Lokal is a recent addition to Jersey City’s revitalized dining scene. Keeping to its namesake, the restaurant incorporates fresh and locally sourced ingredients from the Garden State. The beverage menu boasts an extensive wine and craft cocktail program. Lokal has a large bar area, several private dining spaces and floor to ceiling windows providing panoramic, jaw dropping views of the Manhattan skyline. The spectacular dining space on the Hudson River can accommodate 200 guests (seated) and includes an open-air patio.
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Location
Lokal Eatery & Bar
2 2nd Street
Organizer
Joya Dass, LadyDrinks

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LadyDrinks presents an hour with a sales coach. We break down 4 women-owned businesses and workshop sales strategies for each.
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About this Event
In this special workshop, sales coach John Livesay breaks down and analyzes four women owned businesses, their four different sales goals, and how best to reach them.
You will learn to:
- Learn to tell a “case story”— not share a case study. The person that tells the best story is the one that gets the sale! Make sure that person is you and not one of your competitors.
- Learn to make an emotional connection and tug at client’s heartstrings. Learn to pull people in. Be memorable. Be magnetic.
- Learn to get clients to say ‘yes’ 25% faster
- Learn to become visible.
Who This Is NOT For
- You are not coachable
- You are not willing to try new ways to sell
- You are driven only by making money and not helping your clients
Join us February 10th.
About John Livesay, Sales Keynote Speaker & Author https://johnlivesay.com/
John Livesay, aka The Pitch Whisperer, is a sales keynote speaker where he shows companies’ sales teams how to turn mundane case studies into compelling case stories so they win more new business. From John’s award-winning career at Conde Nast, he shares the lessons he learned that turns sales teams into revenue rock stars. His TEDx talk: Be The Lifeguard of your own life has over 1,000,000 views.
Clients love working with John because of his ongoing support after his talk which includes implementing the storytelling skills from his best-selling book and online course “Better Selling Through Storytelling.”
He is also the host of “The Successful Pitch” podcast, which is heard in over 60 countries. These interviews make him a sales keynote speaker with fresh and relevant content.
John has been interviewed by Larry King and appeared on TV as an expert on “How To Ask For What You Want And Get A Yes.” John currently lives in Austin with Pepe, his King Charles Spaniel, who reminds him every day of the importance of belly rubs.
Testimonials about LadyDrinks Virtual Chats
What an awesome webinar! Thank you , Thank you. Great speaker, great tips. Your meetings are a notch above anything I have seen in current market. As an organizer you are very eloquent and have fantastic time management.
–Varsha Singh DNP APN, Neuroscience / Stroke Program Manager, St Joseph Health NJ
Thank you so much for including me in your community and allow me to share my work. You are building an amazing community of very powerful women! I’m impressed.
–Dolores Hirschmann, Founder, CEO, Investor, Masters in Clarity
Thank you Joya for all that you do. She created LadyDrinks to help empower women, and it has changed my life. She has introduced me to dozens of inspiring women who have guided me and encouraged me to take chances I would never of have taken before.
I am so grateful to so many connections you have made for me, thank you!! For those of you that do not know about Ladydrinks, please check out her webpage (www.ladydrinks.com)
–Sanketa Jain, Founder, EatKraveLove
LadyDrinks conducts weekly meetings where we get to discuss the progress we have made in our business and what support we might need from the group. This automatically puts you in a weekly growth mode breaking down the overall business development into tiny, actionable tasks and propels you toward the overall big picture progress.
–Meera Thomas, Interior Designer, MEERA THOMAS INTERIORS
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Online Event
Organizer
Joya Dass, LadyDrinks

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LADYDRINKS VALENTINE'S DAY EDITION: LOVE ARTIFACTS AT THE MET MUSEUM About
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About this Event
If you know me a little, you know my brain is always cooking up new event ideas. I was so excited to learn the the Metropolitan Museum of Art had opened up again. My boyfriend and I walked the hallowed halls Monday after Christmas, soaking up every corner of artistic goodness.
I saw this painting by Augustine Cot and thought to myself, there must be dozens of paintings and artifacts in this museum that speak to the theme of love. Why not create a virtual tour of some of the artifacts for Valentine’s Day?
Get warm and fuzzy by dipping into this talk at 5pm EST before you head out to your dinner and evening plans. My favorite docent at the Met Margaret Samu will be leading this virtual tour on Saturday February 13th.
Join us for a celebration of love artifacts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art February 13th. The zoom link will be sent to you upon your confirmation.
About Margaret Samu
Margaret Samu is a historian of art and design based in New York City. She teaches at Parsons School of Design and gives tours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Margaret specializes in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and works on the history of collecting. She earned her Ph.D. at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts after receiving her Bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College in Art History and French. She has presented lectures and conference papers on her work in Russia, England, the United States, and Canada, and her work has been published internationally.
Testimonials about LadyDrinks Virtual Chats
What an awesome webinar! Thank you , Thank you. Great speaker, great tips. Your meetings are a notch above anything I have seen in current market. As an organizer you are very eloquent and have fantastic time management.
–Varsha Singh DNP APN, Neuroscience / Stroke Program Manager, St Joseph Health NJ
Thank you so much for including me in your community and allow me to share my work. You are building an amazing community of very powerful women! I’m impressed.
–Dolores Hirschmann, Founder, CEO, Investor, Masters in Clarity
Thank you Joya for all that you do. She created LadyDrinks to help empower women, and it has changed my life. She has introduced me to dozens of inspiring women who have guided me and encouraged me to take chances I would never of have taken before.
I am so grateful to so many connections you have made for me, thank you!! For those of you that do not know about Ladydrinks, please check out her webpage (www.ladydrinks.com)
–Sanketa Jain, Founder, EatKraveLove
LadyDrinks conducts weekly meetings where we get to discuss the progress we have made in our business and what support we might need from the group. This automatically puts you in a weekly growth mode breaking down the overall business development into tiny, actionable tasks and propels you toward the overall big picture progress.
–Meera Thomas, Interior Designer, MEERA THOMAS INTERIORS
Time
(Saturday) 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Online Event
Organizer
Joya Dass, LadyDrinks

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Feb 19th, LadyDrinks and Joya Dass hosts a conversation on getting in front of new audiences with marketing expert Seth
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In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.
In this Virtual Chat you will learn lessons From Seth Godin’s “How to Get Your Ideas to Spread”
- Create Something Remarkable
- Being Very Good is Boring, and
- Sell to People Who Are Listening
Please note that a portion of the ticket proceeds from this event goes to Seth’s non profit of choice Acumen.org.
About Seth Godin www.sethgodin.com
Seth Godin is an Author, Entrepreneur and Most of All, A teacher
Seth is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 19 best-selling books, including The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and What To Do When It’s Your Turn (And It’s Always Your Turn). His most recent book, This is Marketing, was an instant bestseller in countries around the world.
Though renowned for his writing and speaking, Seth also founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo!).
By focusing on everything from effective marketing and leadership, to the spread of ideas and changing everything, Seth has been able to motivate and inspire countless people around the world.
In 2013, Seth was one of just three professionals inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame. In an astonishing turn of events, in May 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame as well. He might be the only person in both.
Testimonials about LadyDrinks Virtual Chats
What an awesome webinar! Thank you , Thank you. Great speaker, great tips. Your meetings are a notch above anything I have seen in current market. As an organizer you are very eloquent and have fantastic time management.
–Varsha Singh DNP APN, Neuroscience / Stroke Program Manager, St Joseph Health NJ
Thank you so much for including me in your community and allow me to share my work. You are building an amazing community of very powerful women! I’m impressed.
–Dolores Hirschmann, Founder, CEO, Investor, Masters in Clarity
Thank you Joya for all that you do. She created LadyDrinks to help empower women, and it has changed my life. She has introduced me to dozens of inspiring women who have guided me and encouraged me to take chances I would never of have taken before.
I am so grateful to so many connections you have made for me, thank you!! For those of you that do not know about Ladydrinks, please check out her webpage (www.ladydrinks.com)
–Sanketa Jain, Founder, EatKraveLove
LadyDrinks conducts weekly meetings where we get to discuss the progress we have made in our business and what support we might need from the group. This automatically puts you in a weekly growth mode breaking down the overall business development into tiny, actionable tasks and propels you toward the overall big picture progress.
–Meera Thomas, Interior Designer, MEERA THOMAS INTERIORS
Time
(Friday) 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EST
Location
Online Event
Organizer
Joya Dass, LadyDrinks

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LADYDRINKS PRESENTS A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WITH ANIS QIZILBASH About this Event
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In 2021, I’m bringing in a series of sales coaches. Each coach has been given three women’s businesses to break down and workshop what each can be doing better to sell their products or services.
Learn by example.
Ask questions about your own business.
Anis Quizilbash is unique in that she takes a mindful approach to selling. She also comes from a South Asian background. She understands the cultural reasons we, as women, have a hard time selling. Learn to convert customers without the traditional sales-y or aggressive approach.
Join us on February 24th.
About Anis Qizilbash www.anisqizilbash.com
Anis’ mindful selling approach brings two seemingly opposite ends of the spectrum together to help individuals sell authentically. Not the usual brash salesperson, Anis’ calm energy appeals to non-sales professionals, helping them believe that they can sell, even if they’re not the typical sales persona. Companies find this invaluable to motivate colleagues in non-sales role to be more assertive in selling, without being typically salesy.
The Accidental Salesperson
For the past 20 years, Anis has been in the business of changing hearts and minds, getting people to take action to achieve the success they desire. A corporate sales career gave her the opportunity to help people around the world take action toward their goals. She had to develop an approach to selling that fit her socially awkward, quiet persona; the only way she knew how to thrive was to be of service. After leaving the corporate world, Anis taught her system of selling to people who feared and hated selling with Mindful Sales Training. By applying the same skills used to change hearts and minds in corporate sales and tapping into her own experiences, she has helped individuals let go of their limiting beliefs to access reserves of untapped potential.
Anis knows cognitive tricks to overcome fears, stop procrastinating and appreciate your value, so you can create more value for others, helping you grow your business and achieve your goals.
Testimonials about LadyDrinks Virtual Chats
What an awesome webinar! Thank you , Thank you. Great speaker, great tips. Your meetings are a notch above anything I have seen in current market. As an organizer you are very eloquent and have fantastic time management.
–Varsha Singh DNP APN, Neuroscience / Stroke Program Manager, St Joseph Health NJ
Thank you so much for including me in your community and allow me to share my work. You are building an amazing community of very powerful women! I’m impressed.
–Dolores Hirschmann, Founder, CEO, Investor, Masters in Clarity
Thank you Joya for all that you do. She created LadyDrinks to help empower women, and it has changed my life. She has introduced me to dozens of inspiring women who have guided me and encouraged me to take chances I would never of have taken before.
I am so grateful to so many connections you have made for me, thank you!! For those of you that do not know about Ladydrinks, please check out her webpage (www.ladydrinks.com)
–Sanketa Jain, Founder, EatKraveLove
LadyDrinks conducts weekly meetings where we get to discuss the progress we have made in our business and what support we might need from the group. This automatically puts you in a weekly growth mode breaking down the overall business development into tiny, actionable tasks and propels you toward the overall big picture progress.
–Meera Thomas, Interior Designer, MEERA THOMAS INTERIORS
Time
(Wednesday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Online Event
Organizer
Joya Dass, LadyDrinks
25feb6:00 pm8:00 pmFeaturedLADYDRINKS 6-WOMAN DINNER JERSEY CITY101.00Lokal Eatery & Bar

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On February 25th, Joya Dass hosts a conversation-driven dinner with
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About this Event
LadyDrinks is a leadership development platform for executive women and founders, based in New York City. It is led by long time television anchor Joya Dass.
Why attend?
I’m putting you in the room with like-minded executive women and founders to talk openly about our own true and tried ways we have overcome challenges in the workplacer. You walk away with tools to support you long after you have left the room. All of this happens at Lokal, with a menu created by Chef Walter Donadio.
Event timeline
- 6:00-6:15 PM Guests arrive and check-in
- 6:15-6:30 PM Introduce Mona Panjwani, owner of Lokal. Each woman at the table is introduced
- 6:30-8:00 PM Attendees enjoy a 3-course dinner. Joya moderates a conversation asking each woman to share a recent win, a current challenge, and resources each woman has to share.
Guests choose one of each from the full restaurant menu
- 1 appetizer/small plate
- 1 entree/large plate
- 1 dessert
About LadyDrinks www.ladydrinks.com
LadyDrinks is a leadership development platform for women executives. We began eight years ago supporting South Asian women professionals. Today we create programming for all women executives in other parts of the country and the world. The mission is to build alliances, share resources, and create support systems for success for one another.
About Lokal www.lokaljc.com
Lokal is a recent addition to Jersey City’s revitalized dining scene. Keeping to its namesake, the restaurant incorporates fresh and locally sourced ingredients from the Garden State. The beverage menu boasts an extensive wine and craft cocktail program. Lokal has a large bar area, several private dining spaces and floor to ceiling windows providing panoramic, jaw dropping views of the Manhattan skyline. The spectacular dining space on the Hudson River can accommodate 200 guests (seated) and includes an open-air patio.
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm est
Location
Lokal Eatery & Bar
2 2nd Street
Organizer
Joya Dass, LadyDrinks
18mayAll DayFeaturedWomen's Day at the RacetrackMore details to come - save the date!

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Christine Nielsen will be leading us. Christina has been a pioneer in leveling the field becoming a three-time international champion in a
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Christine Nielsen will be leading us. Christina has been a pioneer in leveling the field becoming a three-time international champion in a male-dominated racing category. Christina earned her first GTD class championship in 2016, making her the first woman to win a major North American sports car championship. She is the youngest female driver competing in the Weather Tech Sportscar Championship Series, garnering an ever-expanding key-demographic fan based on social media.
Time
All Day (Tuesday)
Organizer
Joya Dass, LadyDrinks