Karen Arnold, M.A.

Karen is our expert speaker for the break-out session, “Texting to Twitter – Understanding and Effectively Relating to Generations X and Y”.

This engaging and informative presentation will provide you with insights regarding Generation X and Y’s communication styles and their expectations of employers and the vendors with whom they do business.

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Sandy Burton

Sandy is presenting the break-out session, “Channeling:  Establish Your Business Future Through Pre-Sold Referrals.”
Create ongoing referrals and long-term future growth of your business now in 2010. In this presentation, you’ll learn:

• How to convert your Centers of Influence into pro-active referral partners
• The simplest (yet most unused) secret to getting more qualified referrals that actually become clients
• The steps that your business should take this year to establish solid pre-sold referrals

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Ginger Elizabeth

Ginger Elizabeth Hahn is one of our “Women Who Built their Business from the Ground Up” panelists.

In 2005, at the age of 24, Ginger opened the wholesale chocolate company Couture Chocolates by Ginger Elizabeth.  By 2007 Ginger had decided to expand her business by opening her first retail location and in 2008 Ginger launched the retail store in Midtown Sacramento under the company’s new name, Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates.

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Debi Hammond

Debi is our expert speaker for the break-out session, “Social Media 101: What is it and What Does it Mean to My Business.”

Debi Hammond is the founder of Merlot Marketing: an award-winning full-service agency that has been named one of the fastest-growing companies in the Sacramento region four years in a row. In 2005, Debi was named the Sacramento Public Relations Association’s PR Person of the Year!

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Sandra Swenson-Scott

Sandra is our expert speaker for the break-out session, “Redesign Your Life to Step into Balance, Power, and Success.  ”

Balance can be defined as knowing what’s most important to you and applying your time, energy & resources appropriately. Learn 7 steps for dumping old habits that leave you exhausted and feeling overwhelmed and designing a new strategy to help you experience joy, balance, power & success in both your professional and personal life.

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Kammy Burleson

Kammy will be teaching you how to use LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter during the break-out session, “Social Media 201: Best Practices for using Social Media effectively for Business.”

In this session, you’ll learn:

• How to create effective profiles for your business presence
• Tools to use to efficiently manage & monitor your accounts
• How to successfully engage others and get the results you want

Kammy Burleson is president of YNot Web, an internet-focused small business consulting firm based in Fair Oaks, California.

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Stephanie Chandler

Stephanie Chandler is one of our “Women Who Built their Business from the Ground Up” panelists.

Stephanie Chandler is an author of several business and marketing books including “LEAP! 101 Ways to Grow Your Business,” “From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money with Books, eBooks and Information Products” and “The Author’s Guide to Building an Online Platform: Leveraging the Internet to Sell More Books.” Stephanie is also founder and CEO of Authority Publishing, which provides custom book publishing, content marketing and internet marketing solutions. A frequent speaker at business events and on the radio, she has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek, Inc.com and many other media outlets.

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Rosanna Garcia

Rosanna Garcia is the moderator of our “Women Who Built their Business from the Ground Up” panel.

Rosanna is the second generation owner of her family’s real estate business, has a Business degree from the University of San Francisco and is currently the chair of NAWBO’s Outstanding Women Leader Awards.

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Janet Pickel

Janet is our expert speaker presenting the break-out session, “Online Security Savvy — Protecting Your Business Assets.”

Janet Pickel owns Sentinel Technology Solutions, a Sacramento-area IT firm which assists small businesses in managing their technology resources efficiently and cost-effectively

Donna Springer

Donna Springer is one of our “Women Who Built their Business from the Ground Up” panelists.
Donna Springer is co-owner of  GO-GETTERS. GO-GETTERS is an on-demand urgent same day delivery business based in West Sacramento and has been in business for 25 years.

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Colleen Wong

Colleen is our expert speaker presenting the break-out session, “Preparing and Interpreting your Financial Reports from a Banker’s Perspective“. Colleen Wong is a Commercial Lending Officer for Wells Fargo and is a member of NAWBO Sacramento Valley chapter.