Nicki Beekman

Nicki Beekman has always been motivated by working with other people to help them achieve their goals.   By the age of 15 she was an accomplished equestrian and the youngest Advanced Level Certified Riding Instructor to have graduated from a PA State College-Level accredited equestrian program.  As accomplished as Nicki was as an Event Rider and Trainer it was the thrill of coaching and training others that Nicki loved the most.

After a back injury interrupted her equestrian career Nicki turned her attention to college and settled on a dual degree in Women’s Studies and Business Communications.  The initial years after college were spent in Retail/Wholesale Women's Apparel, Manhattan's Garment District and managing a territory spanning several states. Eventually Nicki settled into a 18 year career in special event fundraising.

Here again Nicki found herself in the role of coach and trainer. Now the focus was on teaching and training Executive Directors, Board Members and Volunteers on the principles of art auction fundraising, donor-development, goal setting, event planning and marketing.

Nicki started to actively engage in Business-Networking and Referral-Marketing early in 2004 as a way to expand her business-network across the US. It was very apparent to Nicki that the cold-calling formula that had worked so well in her industry was not working like it used to and she was looking for better ways to gain new business. Networking worked.

In 2007, Nicki joined EWI Philadelphia.  For over 70 years, Executive Women International has been a leader in business networking and has gained itself a reputation for being a powerful organization for entrepreneurs, business executives and industry leaders. Nicki joined EWI to network art auctions across the country.  While doing that she also began to envision her own company.

“We Network 4 You was born in the meeting rooms of the Union League as I actively participated in EWI.  I learned the real value of networking and began to understand that not every business-owner or professional has the same experience, time or resources available to them to network and build referral relationships. I kept asking myself - What if there was a company that provided Referral-Network Planning, Marketing & Management to other businesses?”