Welcome to the monthly newsletter for the National Association of Women Business Owners® (NAWBO®) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. This is the newsletter for May 2013.
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Member News
Welcome New and Renewing Members!
Message from the President
Members in the News & Member Spotlight
Member Benefits & Opportunities
Ideas, Inspiration and Opportunities
Procurement Programs
NAWBO SFBA Events
NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - Oakland: May 2 (first Thursday of each month)
NAWBO®-SFBA Monthly Educational Speaker Series- San Francisco: May 9 (second Thursday of each month
NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - San Francisco: May 15 (third Wednesday of each month) NEW LOCATION at SBA!
NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - Marin: May 28 (fourth Tuesday of each month)
NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - Oakland: June 6 (first Thursday of each month)
NAWBO SFBA Networking Breakfast Forum Walnut Creek -Become a facilitator for the Walnut Creek Breakfast Contact Us.
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Welcome to New and Renewing Members of NAWBO®-SFBA!
New Member Membership Discount Ends April 30, 2013! Join Now!
The NAWBO® Annual Membership Driveis taking place March 1st through April 30th. During this limited time,all new members who join NAWBO® will receive a $25 discount off nationalmembership dues and $25 off their SF Chapter dues. Read More.
Gift for Current Members!
Get $25 off your next registration for the Educational Speaker Series & Dinner when you refer someone & they join NAWBO during membership drive.
Notify Wendi Moradian to confirm the member you referred and receive a credit of $25 on an ESS event.
New Members
Sally Donnell, Fundraising Consultant in Berkeley, joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner. Sally's telephone number is 510-701-6104 and her email address is sallydonnell@sbcglobal.net.
Linda Hess, with OrganizeSanFran in San Francisco, joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner. Linda's telephone numbeer is 415-531-3318 and her email address is linda@organizesanfranc.om
MS Hunter, Owner of Hunter Hawk Inc. in Concord, has joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner.
MS's telephone number is 925-798-4950 and her email address is sandy@hunterhawk.com.
Linda Kha, Vice President of KTD Jewelers in San Francisco, joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner. Linda's telephone number is 415-552-8678 and her email address is lindak@ktdjewelers.com
Jo Ilfeld, Owner of Success Reboot in Berkeley, has joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner.
Jo's telephone number is 510-402-6224 and her email address is jo@successreboot.com.
Kristy Louie, President of nTouch Solutions Inc. in Sunnyvale, joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner. Kristy's telephone number is 408-738-3600 and her email address is kristylouie@ntouchstaffing.com.
Danielle Pener, Partner with The Mitzel Group, LLP in San Francisco, joined our chapter as an Emerging Business Owner. Danielle's telephone number is 415-742-4972 and her email address is dpener@mitzelgroup.com.
Laura Renner, Owner of Laura Renner Consulting in San Francisco, joined our chapter as an Emerging Business Owner. Laura's email address is laurarenner@icloud.com and her telephone number is 831-869-0006.
Jamie Rudman, Partner with Sanchez and Amador in Oakland, joined our chapter as an Emerging Business Owner. Jamie's telephone number is 213-955-7216 and her email address is rudman@sanchez-amador.com
Melissa Shilliday, Vice President with Bernstein Global Wealth Management in San Francisco, joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner. Melissa's telephone number is 415-217-8063 and her email address is melissa.shilliday@bernstein.com.
Naima Singletary, Owner of Billion Dollar Courage, has joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner.
Naima's email address is naima@billiondollarcourage.com and her telephone number is 713-882-4017.
Renewing Members
Cindy Elwell, CEO/President of Divorce With Dignity in Alameda, has renewed her membership as an Established Business Owner. Cindy has been a NAWBO SFBA member since 2011.
Deborah Lardie, CPA, in San Francisco, renewed her membership as an Established Business Owner. Deborah has been a NAWBO SFBA member since 2002.
Michelle Lerman, Partner with Lerman Law Partners in San Francisco, renewed her membership as an Established Business Owner. Michelle has been a NAWBO SFBA member since 2007.
Ann Lyons, Owner of Melon's Catering in South San Francisco, has renewed her membership as an Established Business Owner. Ann has been a NAWBO SFBA member since 2012.
Time to Join, Re-Join or Renew your membership? Simply register online www.nawbo.org
Thank you for your membership. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming events, and to the opportunity to grow, thrive, and lead together!
May Message from the President
I want to start off by thanking the NAWBO-SFBA Board and breakfast facilitators for all that they have done and continue to do to shape this wonderful organization dedicated to supporting the collective power of women while celebrating our diversity to create powerful change both personally and professionally. I also want to thank all of you who have attended NAWBO educational dinner meetings and morning breakfasts this year because your presence, questions and connection help us grow and strengthen NAWBO as an organization. It takes all of us to create a powerful, relevant women’s business organization and we could not continue to effectively evolve and improve without you and the shared wisdom of our incredible speaker
One of the many things that is so wonderful about NAWBO is that it is a group of bright businesswomen who come to connect, learn and share their wisdom with each other. Smart Brief, the NAWBO National eblast recently featured an article from the Huffington Post regarding a book entitled “Femininity and the Athena Doctrine” by John Gerzema. I don’t love the title and yet what it talks about is how traditional feminine traits are beginning to emerge in the world of leadership and career management demonstrating that, “All leaders, male or female, innately possess feminine qualities like empathy, candor and vulnerability -- the difference lies in which leaders choose to suppress those qualities, and which choose to leverage them as strengths. So at the core of the book is this notion that feminine values are an underutilized competitive advantage. Again and again, our data and interviews kept showing us that femininity is the operating system of the 21st century -- and that women, and the men who can think like them, are creating a world we'll all want to inhabit”, Gerzema, Huffington Post.
Reading this article I felt excited and encouraged that rather than telling us we need to behave in a traditionally male way to succeed in business, that both men and women need to embrace traditional female traits of empathy, expressiveness and intuition in today’s workplace and it’s not about women adopting the ways of men but according to the author it’s the other way around. Please join us at NAWBO as we embrace the balance of who we are as people in our courage, determination, strength, empathy, candor and vulnerability. This makes for a very powerful and wise businesswoman.
Come join us May 9 as we hear a panel of financial experts talk about how to “Avoid the Top 5 Financial Mistakes Made by Women Business Owners,” and on June 7, Lynne Twist will enlighten us with her work focused on “The Soul of Money.”
Warm regards,
Kathleen Thurmond
Members in the News & Member Spotlights
Thank you to Jane Rabinovitz, Jane's Gems Boutique, for sharing her time and talents as Oakland Breakfast Facilitator. We wish you the best in Southern California.
Dee Dee Towery, ProActive Business Solutions, was recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year
by NAWBO CA. Congratulations Dee Dee!
Congratulations to NAWBO members Carolyn Pistone, Green Key Commercial, Best Green Company Innovator; Helen Russell, Equator Estates Coffee & Teas, Best Socially Responsible Innovator and Kay Robinson, co-owner GRANTAVE Productions & Casting, Best Seasoned Innovator for the awards presented at the Infusionsoft Innovation Awards March 15, 2013.
Are you a member who has news about your business? Please send your news to NAWBO SF Bay Area info@nawbo-sfba.org. "News" refers to recognition your company has received in the press, awards you or your company have won, or events that have happened. This space is not used for promotion of products or upcoming events. Thanks!
Let us know about your business NAWBO SFBA members may bring a promotion item to display on our Member Information Table at each Monthly Dinner.. info@nawbo-sfba.org
Member Benefits & Opportunities
 A New Partner and Member Benefits with Constant Contact
NAWBO SF Bay Area has become a partner with Constant Contact to provide a benefit to our members.
A discount on Constant Contact products is available to members who sign-up for Constant Contact products through our partner portal and pre-pay for 6 months (20% discount) or 12 months (25% discount).
To sign-up and receive this member discount click on our partner portal.
If you are already a Constant Contact user just give us your username and you will be eligible for the discount as well. If you have a question or would like to provide your username contact, Wendi a info@nawbo-sfba.org
Promote Your Business
- NAWBO SFBA members may bring promotional brochures or flyers to display on our members' information table.
- Attendees have the opportunity to showcase their products/services with a marketing table. Cost for members is $50, non-members is $250. Contact Wendi info@nawbo-sfba.org to arrange.
- Submit your event to our online calendar. Click here to suggest an event.
San Francisco Business Times - NAWBO Member Subscription Discount.
Get Involved!
The best way to benefit from your membership in NAWBO®-SFBA is to get involved! You'll also continue to enhance your leadership skills and gain increased visibility for your business.
- Attend events (monthly mixers, networking breakfasts and special events)
- Give feedback & share your thoughts
- Join the board
- Chair or join a working group (working groups information)
- Marketing, Social Media, Public Policy, Affiliates, Programs & Membership
- Become a program facilitator (breakfasts or brown bag lunches)
- You can select your own location! How about Walnut Creek area?
Grow, Thrive and Lead!
Contact info@nawbo-sfba.org to share your interest in being an active volunteer member of NAWBO SFBA!
Second Thursday
Location: Sir Francis Drake Hotel
Thursday, May 9 Educational Speaker Series & Dinner 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM (networking, dinnner and speaker)
Avoid The Top 5 Financial Mistakes Made By Women Business Owners
Owning and running your own business is exciting and fulfilling.
As an entrepreneur you get to wake up every morning and work on something you love, and see your ideas come to fruition.
But sometimes, we lose track of the most important aspect of business life - the financial picture which can quickly tailspin into a "no- cash-flow” situation.
You will walk away with vital information for improving your business savvy.
Come for networking, excellent content and lasting friendships over wine and dinner with like-minded women business owners! Click here for more details.
Pre-register for the networking dinner by May 7 and save.
NEW NAWBO COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY
NAWBO is proud to announce a new monthly community service prize drawing opportunity to benefit one organization annually. This year the board has chosen Girls, Inc.
Calling all donations: Mark a donation. Win a great prize.
Each month we invite NAWBO members to donate a prize (minimum value of $25) for members or guests to win at our monthly Educational Speaker Series & Dinner. Tickets are sold each month at $5 for one chance and $20 for five chances to win.
Tax deductible cash donations to benefit Girls, Inc., are also accepted through contributions to NAWBO-SF Entrepreneurs Economic Institute, which is our non-profit 501c(3) entity.
More information.
Let’s grow NAWBO-SFBA and we’ll grow our own businesses in the process.
Walnut Creek Networking Breakfast Forum is looking for two facilitators. If you or a woman you know would like to co-facilitate this group of women business owners please contact us. Kathleen Thurmond president@nawbo-sfba.org
Third Wednesday 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM
NEW LOCATION: Small Business Administration SFDO 455 Market Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 744-6777
Networking Breakfast Forum May 15 Kay Robinson will be our Spotlight Speaker This Month
 Your Business Reimagined
Why do so many businesses fail to live up to their potential or fail altogether despite the best efforts of their owners?
There is a myth we call it the entrepreneurial myth or "EMyth" that says just because someone starts a business they are an entrepreneur and have the knowledge and know-how to bring a product or service to the marketplace and create a company to support it.
The truth is many business owners start with a passion to work for themselves. It isn't until they begin to juggle all of the operational "hats" essential to keep the business going that they realize they don't know what they don't know. Let's face it. There is a lot to know about building and running a successful business. In this presentation, you will:
- Wake up the entrepreneur and re-imagine what your business could be.
- Embrace your role as its leader by connecting back to your values, passion and purpose.
- Learn the Five Core Principles as a foundation for success.
- Learn how to work ON your business and think strategically every day.
- Walk way energized and ready to become the entrepreneur you set out to be.
Kay Robinson, owner InSight Intuitive Consulting, a business coaching company. Kay has been working with those focused on success for more than 20 years. She is a thought leader in the area of intuition in business. Kay is a certified EMyth Coach and co-owner of GRANTAVE PRODUCTIONS & CASTING.
Our morning breakfast forums provide a comfortable place for businesswomen and entrepreneurs to gather monthly, exchange ideas and discuss business challenges. The Networking Breakfast Forums are a dynamic, informative and productive way to start your day!
Cost:
Members registered by Monday: $12; at the door $15
Non-Members registered by Monday: $20; at the door $25
First time guests: same as members for first three months when you register as a Guest.
Please share the word with your friends and colleagues!
Learn more and register online by Monday, May 13
Fourth Tuesday 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Il Fornaio Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera
Next Networking Breakfast Forum is May 28
Wisdom for Business Success: Discover the Power of Laughter Meditation
Are you deterring prospects with stress and tension? Can you afford to keep doing business from a place of fear and overwhelm? Pragito teaches a radical approach to meditation, promising personal and business enrichment in our lives. Learn a proven 3 step process to overcome fear and transform your dreams into a lucrative reality.
What you'll take away from this powerful session:
• Create greater financial opportunity
• Attract your ideal clients
• Realize your ability to transform fear into productivity
• Achieve greater success and have fun simultaneously
• Deliberately practice the Law of Attraction
Pragito Dove is a master trainer, international speaker, and meditation expert who teaches people how to transform pain and struggle into joy and inner peace in order to achieve business success. After Pragito attracted a six-figure book deal from Penguin Group, New York, she knew she had to teach entrepreneurs.
Our morning breakfast meetings provide a comfortable forum for business women and entrepreneurs to meet monthly, exchange ideas and discuss business challenges. The Networking Breakfasts are a dynamic, informative and productive way to start your day!
Cost:
Members registered by Friday: $12; at the door $15
Non-Members registered by Friday: $20; at the door $25
First time guests: same as members for first three months when you register as a Guest.
Please share dates and details about our breakfasts with your friends and colleagues.
Learn more and register online by 11:59 PM Friday, May 24
First Thursday 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Oliveto Restaurant & Cafe 5655 College Avenue, Oakland
May 2 - Why Time Management Always Fails (and what you can do instead)
When you’re an entrepreneur, it's likely your to-do list is a mile long and you often end the day frustrated by what didn't get done. You are not alone and traditional time management tips are not only failing many entpreneurs, but actually adding to your overwhelm.
Join Success Reboot coach Jo Ilfeld, PhD for her answers to what you can do to quickly increase your productivity and decrease your daily stress levels. In this short workshop Jo will share her wisdom on:
- The #1 Reason Why Time Management Is Making You More Overwhelmed (and what to do about it)
- The Top Work Habit You Can Start Today to Increase Your Productivity Over 25%
- The Best Strategies to Use To Tackle Your To-Do List & Fight Burn-Out Every Single Day
Jo Ilfeld, PhD specializes in transforming overwhelmed entrepreneurs into powerful leaders. A former struggling business owner herself, Jo turned a hobby into a million dollar business. Her expertise is helping clients find their optimal work style to grow their business, while finding time to enjoy the rest of their lives.
Our morning breakfast forums provide a comfortable place for businesswomen and entrepreneurs to gather monthly, exchange ideas and discuss business challenges. The Networking Breakfast Forums are a dynamic, informative and productive way to start your day!
Cost:
Members registered by Friday: $12; at the door $15
Non-Members registered by Friday: $20; at the door $25
First time guests: same as members for first three months when you register as a Guest.
Learn more and register online by Monday, April 30
Please share the word with your friends and colleagues!
NAWBO National & NAWBO CA
NAWBO National - CEO Update
NAWBO® celebrated National Women’s History Month in March and for our contributions to past milestones and for paving the way for even more success, specifically for women business owners. Read More and add your comments.
NAWBO CEO, Diane Tomb, interviewed by Forbes Magazine - Why 2013 is the year of the woman business owner. Read.
NAWBO CA NAWBO CA sponsored the 16th Annual Public Policy Summit held in Sacramento, California on March 18 and 19, 2013.
Affiliates and Partners
 NAWBO SFBA was a sponsor of the Infusionsoftt Annual Innovation Summit & Awards on March 15, 2013 . Ten local small businesses were recognized for their innovations. Congratulations to the winners including NAWBO members Carolyn Pistone, Green Key Commerical and Helen Russell, Equator Coffees & Tea.
Procurement Programs
Supplier Diversity Programs in corporations are a way for women owned businesses to secure contracts.
The first step is to become a certified Women Business Enterprise. Contact Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) to begin the process of being certified. http://www.wbenc.org/
Public Policy
Take your seat at the table and help us work on solutions to the issues facing our nation's women business owners by joining NAWBO® National-the voice of America's more than 10 million women business owners. The event format includes a group meeting in the morning and individual meetings with elected officials who attend in the afternoon.
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The House Small Business Committee has a site designated for business owners to suggest Congressional hearing topics. In the 112th Congress, the Committee held 80 hearings on a wide range of topics affecting small businesses. They want your input on hearing topics for the next two years. Please let them know at Small Biz Open Mic.
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Deborah Lardie will be representing NAWBO SFBA on the New Public Policy Primer Calls that will be held monthly to keep us informed of issues affecting business owners.
Mayor's Roundtable: Deborah is participating SF Mayor's business roundtable discussions. Let her know issues that concern you as a SF business owner.
 Join Deborah Lardie, NAWBO SFBA Public Policy Chair, in informing and advocating for our members.
NAWBO Advocacy Partners provide NAWBO with more opportunity to speak to decision makers on behalf of our members and all women business owners on issues that are most important to women entrepreneurs today. These issues include health care, procurement opportunities, access to capital, fair and equitable tax treatment for small businesses and more. For details on NAWBO’s public policy platform and legislative highlights—and to get involved to make sure your voice is heard—please visit our site’s Legislative Action Center. We invite you to get involved and make your voice heard.
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