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July 9, 2009 (6-9pm)
Omni Hotel, 500 California Street, San Francisco
Networking and business support are the key assets of NAWBO. The July dinner will focus on addressing burning questions of women business owners.
What are the key issues that keep you awake at night? This is a unique opportunity to get free advice from leading woman business owners who are experts in their field as well as networking with other women business owners. Panelists will be available to answer the following questions.
How do I create a successful brand?
Social Networking - LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter- What is it? How can I maximize it?
How can I market on a budget?
How do I maximize sales strategies?
How to plan for my business and personal financial future?
How to finance business expansion (loans)?
If you have a burning issue please feel free to contact Susan Rae Ross at susan@srint.org.
Carolyn Goodman is our Marketing Expert
Carolyn is an award-winning creative director, writer and in-demand speaker. As the founder of Goodman Marketing Partners, she has spent her 25+ year career assisting Fortune 500 clients achieve marketing success. She gained her experience working at prestigious agencies including Ogilvy & Mather, DDB Needham and Chiat/Day. Carolyn founded Goodman Marketing Partners (GMP) six years ago, and it was recently included on the Inc. 5,000 list of “Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US.” Her company represents a new marketing agency paradigm – a partnership of seasoned, senior specialists who cut through business challenges quickly and deliver strategically sound, innovative marketing solutions.
Nancy Barrett is our financial planner
Nancy is a Vice President and Financial Advisor with Bernstein Global Wealth Management in San Francisco. She has spent nineteen years in the financial services industry assisting individuals, families, small businesses, and non-profit organizations with their investment goals. Prior to joining Bernstein Global Wealth Management in 2006, Nancy spent 8 ½ years at Standard & Poor’s as Vice President of Business Development and was responsible for the creation, implementation and business management of an investment advisory platform utilized by finance professionals. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management.
Jennifer V Baum is our social networking expert
Jennifer, Founder and Managing Director of Peridot Marketing, aka Peridot Productions, Inc., oversees teams of graphic designers, production artists, and writers on print and website development. She has also worked as a print broker and a color darkroom printer. She has a knack for driving her clients' target audiences directly to their website and keeping them there. Peridot is a certified Bay Area Green Business and was recently awarded a print and design award for their client’s Annual Report by the Print Industry of Northern California.
Jenn has been a board member of NAWBO SFBA since 2007 and is the chapter’s Co-President elect. With a BFA in photography from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Jenn has over twelve years of experience in marketing, watching the industry change from trade shows and direct mail to today’s Web 2.0 tools. Jenn speaks regularly on the benefits of Social Networking to business owners,
Sheryl Grant is our business/life coach expert
Sheryl is the CEO of SHERYL GRANT ENTERPRISES, LLC. She’s a world-renown motivational speaker, transformational leader, consultant, executive life coach, and visionary. Sheryl has honed a successful career in High-Tech Sales over the last 20-years plus, and her company has played an instrumental role in empowering and energizing the masses to reach their full potential— corporate and personal. Sheryl strives to motivate, inspire, and put into practice the tools and actions that achieve positive and rewarding results in today’s fast-paced, global environment. Sheryl is the “Queen” of reinvention and helps companies and government agencies quickly adapt to meet all challenges and changes of today. Sheryl is highly respected as a creative and strategic business professional; Some of Sheryl’s clients have included Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and several other Fortune 500 Corporations.
Anna Scott is our sales expert
Anna Scott is a Sales and Leadership Coach. She has sold products and services to Fortune 500, 1000, startups and non-profit for 20 years. Anna Scott is a certified Somatic Coach and certified Conscious Embodiment teacher and has been coaching for 5 years. Anna develops sales people’s presence so they can me more effective in the sales conversation.
Beginning in January 2009, we’ll be offering an exclusive new benefit to NAWBO members – the opportunity to highlight your business during the networking reception held in conjunction with our monthly dinner events.
Vendor tables will be sold for $50 at each event, and only a limited number of tables will be permitted to give featured businesses maximum exposure. Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to show off your business and network with other NAWBO members!
To learn more or to reserve your table for our next event, contact Susan Ross at susan@srint.org.
For more detail and to register for all events, click here.