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Conducted the 4th Monday of each month, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST, and moderated by two senior Womens Business Center Advisory Board Members/Mentors, the Women's Business Assistance Forum is the fast track way to stay current on ideas, issues and trends affecting women business owners.
To be included, simply register and pay $27.00 online before 2:00 p.m. on the day of the forum by clicking below.
June 22, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00pm
The Impulse Factor
Speaker: Sarah K. Gallagher
SKG Associates
About the Speaker:
Sarah
K. Gallagher and Associates have been building bridges in communities
for a long time. Our vision is for healthy communities to begin a
positive local conversation about your future and
start collaborating
in a larger regional neighborhood. This will lead you to more effective
asset and resource development and a realistic affordable marketing
strategy to the world wide web and market yourselves effectively to the
world at large.
April 27, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00pm
Verbalizing the Issues to move forward.
Speaker: C. Dean Kring,
Services Cooperative Association
About the Speaker: C. Dean Kring is Founder and Director of Research of the Womens Business Center, the first business incubator for women in the nation.
He started working with women in Corporate America in the late 60's and discovered their vast drive, potential and talent for doing their jobs exceptionally well. Overcoming considerable objections from senior management, he made the first promotion of a woman into a previously dominated male professional technical position in the entire industry, where she set a new standard for outstanding performance and opened the opportunity for other women to gain similar positions, industry wide.
In his research, Dean identified a common hesitation prevalent among many women that can be eliminated simply by having a person in a "position of responsibility" sincerely listen to their career or business issues and work with them to overcome them.
March 23, 2009: 4:00 - 5:00pm "The Face of Change - A Journey into the Honoring of Women."
Speaker: Yvonne A.
Ybarra, I Am Celebrations. Do you have a woman who inspired
you and others by causing positive change in her community? Please
attend and share her story.
About the Speaker: I am a 49 year young woman on an incredible journey and along the way I have found that what is true is: I Am an artist, a visionary, a philosopher, a healer, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a yayi, a friend, a lover and a soulmate; I Am powerful, beautiful, confident, intelligent, passionate and creative;.I Am in celebration of all women everywhere; I Am the creator of "I Am Celebration." This creation is developing so that I may help you remember and celebrate the incredible being that you are.
January Topic: How To
Be Compelled To Accomplish Your Goals
Speakers: Kathleen O'Brien and Rosemary Behrens
Kathleen O'Brien is
currently retired from the firm she founded, Business Support Center,
one of the first "virtual assistant" companies in the United States.
She is an Executive Advisor for the Womens Business Center, a Past
Chairman of Services Cooperative Association and a 1995 graduate of the
Womens Business
Center Program.
Rosemary Behrens is
an ordained Methodist Minister, In 2002, she was honored as a
Woman of Excellence by the Federation of Houston Professional Women. In
2004 she was the American Business Women's Association WINGS Chapter
Woman of the Year. She is a Senior Advisor for the Womens Business
Center, a Past Chairman of Services Cooperative Association and a 2005
graduate of the Womens Business Center Program.
November Topic:
Building Your Business
Speaker: Deavra Daughtry
About the Speaker: Deavra A. Daughtry, President and CEO of Excellent Care Management, one of the nation's largest personal in-home care agencies, started from humble beginnings. Beginning with just one employee, herself, she worked tirelessly to fulfill her mission. By the end of the first year, there were three employees in the office and forty attendants working in the field. Today, Excel-E-Care employs over 500 hard working people. Excellent Care Management was birthed out of the success of Excel-E-Care and is currently building a Senior Community on 8 acres of land.
October Topic:
Create Your Best Year Ever
"The pathway to your heart's desire"
Speaker: Pamela Grant, MSOE
About the Speaker: Pamela C. Grant, MSOE is an author, speaker, internationally recognized coach and management consultant, as well as a Licensed Career Counselor. She has more than 22 years of experience in corporate management working with Fortune 500 companies, smaller companies and individuals in virtually every field. Pamela's principal innovation in the career-counseling field is to bring the concept of "spirit-centered" investigation to the process of finding what's best for each individual.
September Topic: Time
Management
Speaker: WBC Panel
About the Panel: I kept getting notes, messages, and survey responses telling me that the biggest frustration when trying to make money is TIME MANAGEMENT. No wonder - we've all got more to do, less time to do it, and more distractions and interruptions than ever. Members of our Advisory Board, all business owners, tell how they get things done in their business.
August Topic: One Small
Step Can Change Your Life
Speaker: Rosemary Behrens
About the Speaker: Reverend Rosemary Behrens is an ordained Methodist Minister, In 2002, she was honored as a Woman of Excellence by the Federation of Houston Professional Women. In 2004 she was the American Business Women's Association WINGS Chapter Woman of the Year. She is a Senior Advisor for the Womens Business Center, a Past Chairman of Services Cooperative Association and a 2005 graduate of the Womens Business Center Program.
July Topic: Impact of
Social Media - The "New" Marketing
Speaker: Mary Frances Blatchley
About the Speaker: Mary Frances Blatchley has been helping her clients build strong brands with beautifully executed, award-winning solutions for 20 years. In 2000, shortly after the birth of her daughter Brianna (who inspired the company's name), Mary Frances established forBri Marketing & Design. She is Marketing Chair of Houston Interactive Marketing Association, a member of the American Advertising Federation and she actively speaks on marketing, interactive strategies and social media marketing.
June Topic: "Ten Facets
of an Entrepreneur's Vision"
Speaker:
Carolyn Gray
About the Speaker:
Carolyn is the owner and President of Zircon Consulting, a
Human Resources and Personal Development Consulting firm in Houston,
Texas. She has a Bachelor of Science in Human
Resources and a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) from
Toastmasters International. She is the author of
the book, All About ME: "Manners and Etiquette for TWEENS and
TEENS"
May Topic: Special Rags
to Riches Series
From time to time, we will bring you special guests to share with you
their real life experiences of building their businesses into million
dollar companies. The first in the series is a conversation
with George Anderson.
About
the Speaker: George Anderson is founder of
Anderson & Anderson, the first global provider of anger
management, stress management, communication and emotional intelligence
and the most widely used anger management model in the world.
In an era in which many psychiatrists, psychologists and
couch-committed psychoanalysts are being financially squeezed by
managed-care paperwork and shrinking reimbursements, George Anderson is
building an empire.
April Topic:
"Without Change, there would be no butterflies."
Speaker: Sandy
Lawrence
About the Speaker:
Sandy Lawrence is a former Advisor and Mentor for the Womens Business
Center and is owner of Perceptive Marketing, an award winning marketing
and public relations company.
March topic: Financials
for Newbies
Speaker: Rhonda
Ryan, CPA
About the Speaker:
Rhonda Ryan is a CPA with a private practice that has included Fortune
50 clients. In 2004, she was honored as a Woman of Excellence by the
Federation of Houston Professional Women. She is a Past Senior Advisor
for the Womens Business Center, a Past Chairman of Services Cooperative
Association and a 2006 graduate of the Womens Business Center Executive
Program.
February topic: Purpose of the
Mission Statement
Speaker: Cathy James
About the Speaker:
Catherine James is President of Dixie Cullen Interests, one of the
largest industrial storage facilities in the United States - an
industry traditionally ruled by men. She was recently named among the
Top 15 Women in Gulf Transportation in the nation. In 2003 she was
recognized as a Top 10 Business Woman by the American Business Women's
Association, from a membership of more than 650,000 women. In 2000, she
was honored as a Woman of Excellence by the Federation of Houston
Professional Women. Catherine is past Chair of the Texas Business
Incubator Association and Former Chair of the Womens Business Center
Advisory Board.
January topic: Business Strategy
Speaker: Kathleen
O'Brien
About the Speaker:
Kathleen O'Brien is currently retired from the firm she founded,
Business Support Center, one of the first "virtual assistant" companies
in the United States. She is an Executive Advisor for the Womens
Business Center, a Past Chairman of Services Cooperative Association
and a 1995 graduate of the Womens Business Center Program.
December topic:
S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Speaker: Rosemary
Behrens
About the Speaker:
Reverend Rosemary Behrens is an ordained Methodist Minister,
In 2002, she was honored as a Woman of Excellence by the Federation of
Houston Professional Women. In 2004 she was the American Business
Women's Association WINGS Chapter Woman of the Year. She is a Senior
Advisor for the Womens Business Center, a Past Chairman of Services
Cooperative Association and a 2005 graduate of the Womens Business
Center Program.
Your reservation will be confirmed by email and you'll be sent the teleconference link on the day of the forum. Sorry, no refunds can be made should you not attend.
The Women's Business Assistance Forum also makes available virtually any service needed to accelerate the development of your business with the WBAF Service & Support Network. Added benefits to you are service and support which are provided by other women business owners and at their lowest rate.
To see a partial listing of the assistance available through the S & S Network, click here.
Thank
you for your interest. We look forward to your
participation in the next Women's Business Assistance Forum.
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What people say:
"This group is going to be very helpful. I am very grateful. It really means a lot to know you are behind me. Thank you."
Cindy Stallings
Titus Collectibles
Houston
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