Lunches with NAWBO Sacramento chapter President, Paula Lee,  will begin August 24th and will be held quarterly on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 11:30 am.

Join us for this month’s lunch where the topic will be: “Summer’s Over so Let’s Get Back to Business” with speaker/facilitator Sandra Swenson-Scott of Clear Vision Coaching.   All members, guests, and non-members are welcome with registration.

Pre-registration is required. This event is $25 for members / $30 for non-members by Thursday, August 19th and $5 more thereafter.

What: NAWBO Lunch with the President
When: Tuesday, August 24th, 11:30 am – 1 pm
Where: Sheepherder Bar & Grille, 11275 Folsom Blvd, Ranch Cordova, CA MAP
Price: $25 member/$30 non-member if pre-paid by August 19th, $5 more after that

Business Certifications

Come find out about the various certifications you can receive for your business from the state and federal governments and other organizations. Learn what the qualifications are for those certifications, how to apply and how you can take advantage of those certifications to grow your business. Hear from other women business owners about their experience getting certified and which ones have worked well for them.

What: NAWBO Dinner Meeting
When: Thursday, August 19th 5:30-7:30pm
Where: Doubletree Hotel Sacramento
Price: $35/members; $45/non-members by August 15th

We’re letting our hair down to have a little summer fun! Network and socialize with other NAWBO members and women business owners for a casual, energetic, and FUN evening.

Join us for Margarita’s and Mexican buffet at the home of long-time NAWBO member, Mary Griffin. There’s plenty of room so members, guests, and non-members are all welcome with registration.

As we will need to pre-order our catered Mexican Fajita bar, pre-payment is required. This event is only $15 for registrants by Monday July 11th and $20 thereafter.

What: NAWBO Networking Mixer
When: Thursday, July 15th 5:30-8pm
Where: Mary Griffin’s Hacienda (map)
Price: $15 if pre-paid by July 11th, $20 after that

Installations and Business Roundtables

SCHEDULE AND VENUE CHANGE!

June’s meeting will be held Thursday June 24th at 5:30p.m. at the Doubletree Sacramento.

Our evening will begin with networking in the lounge at Doubletree and we will proceed to our dinner room at 6pm.  Join us for NAWBO Sacramento Board member Installations and our highly popular Business Roundtable discussions on pressing issues faced by business owners.

Roundtable topics for the evening:

• Client Retention & Customer Loyalty programs
• Collections & Cash Flow
• Time Management
• Surveys and Client Feedback
• Work-Life Balance
• Process Management, Operations and Workflow

Our WINE SPONSOR will be Eva & Rosanna Garcia of Garcia Realty.

Join the National Association of Women Business Owners – California in Sacramento and let your voice be heard!

Annually, the leaders of the California chapters meet in Sacramento with California’s legislators about issues that affect our businesses and the California economy. We expect 60+ chapter and community leaders to attend. Read More

Procurement Expo & Networking Mixer

May 10, 2010 – Expo 3 pm-5:30pm pm / Mixer 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

This event is part of the Public Policy Summit and is a way to link California businesses with contracting opportunities and certification information.

Participants confirmed to-date: Dept of General Services, CPUC, MWD, Edison, Sempra, WBENC, and more being added daily!

Join us for the two-day Public Policy Summit on May 10th & 11th. Registration due by April 22nd.

Register Online at NAWBO-CA. Additional details can be found on the Public Policy Summit flyer and our Public Policy Summit: Day 2 post.

Join us Thursday, March 4th, for a group gathering for “Half the Sky LIVE”, a one night event inspired by stories from the New York Times bestseller “Half the Sky” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

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Are You Making Any Fatal Marketing Mistakes in Your Business?

Speaker: Barbara Mencer, Professional Speaker, Business Development Coach, Marketing Consultant

Ms. Mencer’s topic will be: “Are You Making Any of These 5 Fatal Marketing Mistakes?”

What’s worse than no marketing at all?  Bad marketing.

Many well-meaning, hard-working business owners unknowingly sabotage their business with poor marketing.  That’s worse than no marketing, because bad marketing is incredibly expensive.  Not only does bad marketing cost you money.  It costs you time.  And it saps your energy and enthusiasm.

In this presentation, you’ll discover the 5 fatal marketing mistakes that plague business owners.  You’ll fine-tune your marketing strategies so you’re consistently … and easily … generating more clients, customers, and profit.

You will leave the presentation uplifted, motivated, and inspired!  You will take with you proven tools and techniques that will have a significant impact on their business and its bottom line.

May’s meeting will be held Thursday, May 20th at 5:30p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento.  Our WINE SPONSOR will be Eva & Rosanna Garcia of Garcia Realty.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Barbara Mencer

Barbara is a marketing consultant and business development coach as well as a dynamic speaker.  She’s spoken to groups of all sizes, all across the country, (including a recent presentation to the San Diego NAWBO chapter).  She specializes in working with women business owners, helping them to move past any fear or doubt they have about sales and marketing, so they can attract more clients or customers and make more money!

Barbara’s website is http://www.businessbreakthroughinstitute.com/pages/speaking.html where you’ll find more information about her speaking and training services.

Find out more about Barbara’s professional credentials and services here.

When Your Will-Power Seems More Like Won’t-Power

Speaker: Kari Hagensmith, Trainer, Patternology International

Ms. Hagensmith will be speaking about “When Your Will-Power Seems More Like Won’t-Power”.

• Find out why will-power is so unreliable.
• Identify invisible barriers that stop us dead in our tracks
• Discover the source of undesirable attitudes and behaviors.
• Why you can’t Positive Think your way over these barriers

Brought to you by Ted Lane’s Patternology™ International Home of the Patternectomy™; making life easier by eliminating
negative patterns and their effect in 2-3.

April’s meeting will be held Thursday April 15th at 5:30p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Kari Hagensmith, Spokesperson, Speaker

With over 950 presentations to her credit audiences have included National Conferences, the International Sales Team for Apple Inc., the CEO Club of San Francisco.

Her favorite opportunity has been as an occasional fill-in talk show host on KSCO radio.