May '06 member showcase

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NAWBO CALENDAR
May 17 SUCCESS Teams Facilitator Training
June 1-3 National NAWBO Conference in San Francisco
June 6 Dinner Meeting—Your Network: Build It Before You Need It!
June 6 Education Center training begins (Business Planning track, for class schedule & details CLICK HERE)
June 21 New Member Breakfast & Orientation
July 11 SUCCESS Teams Begin
Oct 12 SAVE THE DATE! Remarkable Women Awards

AFFILIATE EVENTS
May 17 ASWA-OC: Student Night & Scholarship Awards
May 19 OCWLA: Southern California Judicial Reception
May 20 NLBWA: Honoring Latinas in Business Awards SOLD OUT!
May 23 AWT: Women's Technology Leadership Forum
May 25 ABAOC: Membership Mixer
June 3 WomanSage: "Sage Women Lead" Luncheon
June 6 OCWLA: Judge of the Year

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Mehrsima Azmoudeh, Basin Street Hair
Sherry Birtley, Tarbell Realtor
Vasanti Doshi, Gandhi Spirit
Shanda Lear-Baylor, Lear Baylor, Inc.
Teena Lutes, Benchmark Mortgage
Linda Rhoton, Linda Rhoton Bookkeeping Service
Lisa Solomon, Solomon Financial Mortgage & Reality
Lydia Welton, McKenzie Coaching Group
Diana Wong, Esq., Circlemed Healthcare and Laser Aesthetics

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KUDOS
Cherie Miranda, President of CM Home Financial, has earned the Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist (CMPS) Designation, granted by the CMPS Institute-a training and certifying organization created to enable mortgage professionals to offer their clients strategies that encompass mortgages, debt, home equity and real estate investment. Congrats Cherie!

Twenty NAWBO-OC members were among the many outstanding women nominated for the 2006 Women in Business Awards sponsored by the Orange County Business Journal. Winners will be announced at the May 25th WIB luncheon. NAWBO-OC nominees include: Sondra Ames, Jacquin Anastasio, Sharrell Jackson Blackwell, Zeena Dhalla, Holli Dorr, Kimberly Gerber, Susan Hansted-Kuntz, Camille Jayne, Jodi Jones, Zov Karamardian, Hilary Kaye, Aggie Kobrin, Bethany L. LaFlam, Lorena Maae, Renee Pepys Lowe, Barbara Page, Sue Parks, Emma Tiebens, Kathleen Torres and Lynda Zadra-Symes. Congratulations to all!

The 2006 43rd Annual Small Business Awards, sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration, included three NAWBO-OC women amongst the Santa Ana District Office winners. Rochelle Schneider was named Women in Business Champion of the Year, Mary Gilmore (along with Tom Gilmore) was named Veteran Small Business Champion, and Lorena Maae was named Minority Small Business Champion. The award ceremony was held April 18th in Anaheim. Kudos to these outstanding women!

MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Shaila Mistry, NAWBO-OC's Public Policy VP and president of Jayco Interface Technology, was recently featured in The Business Forum Journal. Shaila provided an overview of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) sponsored by the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland 2003 - Tunis, Tunisia 2005. CLICK HERE for article.

Jodi Jones, NAWBO-OC member and owner of Vitality Gourmet, was featured in the Saddleback Valley News on April 21 in an article focused on the organic meals from her company. The article included a great photo of Jodi and her meals.

NAWBO-OC member Teena Lutes of Benchmark Mortgage was featured on KCAL-TV earlier this year, with information on the company's Home Loan Accelerator product. The news clip can be viewed at the website www.homeloanaccelerator.com.

MEMBER NEWS
Linda Hoitt, NAWBO-OC Program Chair, business consultant with the OC SBDC, and owner of The Chocolate Angel, was a guest panelist at the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Technical Assistance Conference. She spoke on business development.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS
Lorrie Scott, California Community Connections & Arbonne International: Hi, I’m Lorrie Scott and I’m fortunate enough to have two businesses I love. One is ConnectingCA.com, a business and community event announcement website for events in California. Events are separated into categories, and posted by region or county. The website is easy to navigate, and will cure your “what-to-do blues.” It’s free to view and advertising is available at exceptional rates... more

Lisa Solomon, Solomon Financial Mortgage & Realty: Whether you are a homeowner, investor, seller, buyer or anyone looking for knowledgeable, practical and sound financial advice, you have come to the right place. Shouldn’t you know that the home loan or investment property that you are about to acquire is the correct choice for you? People need to get correct information, and I just don’t see people getting that... more

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MEMBERS SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE
3 Simple Steps to Venture Financing (#2 of 4-part series) by Cassie Hoag, Equity Architects, LLC
Step 1: Get Real In the world of venture financing you need to know the lay of the land, and you need to be absolutely candid and objective about your company. It’s much easier to meet the first of these needs (pick up any dictionary of financial terms) than the second. As for an honest assessment of your company, the best approach is to think like a potential investor... continued

HELP WANTED
Loan Officer / Consultant (all in-bound calls) As heard on "The Solomon FREE Money Hour" on 97.1 FREE FM. Seeking several qualified candidates. Inquire with Lisa Solomon at or visit www.NOpointsNOclosingCosts.com

In Home Care Solutions, a premier home health care agency, has several positions available for Caregivers, CNA's and HHA's to care for seniors, post surgery patients and children. Excellent pay. Contact Jennifer or Kelli at 949-250-0125.

WANTS & NEEDS
Printing & Poster Making Wanted: We will trade entrance to the Business Women Series on June 8th in Irvine for printing and poster making services. Call Aggie Kobrin at 949-727-1211.

YOUR NEWS HERE... Members: CLICK HERE for the submission form!

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RFP for Association Management Services
NAWBO-OC seeks to retain the services of an organization to provide comprehensive administrative and event management services. The ideal organization would not only meet the requirements as outlined in the RFP, but they would have a qualified record which demonstrates their internal infrastructure and their strengths utilizing a sophisticated database information system, as well as methodology to support future technology demands to meet and exceed the membership growth objectives of NAWBO-OC. To review the RFP, CLICK HERE

COMMITTEE NEWS
Public Policy
by Shaila Mistry
In March 2006 the final document on Women and Men in Decision Making was published by the United Nations. Many of the concepts and much of the vision was the result of my chairmanship of the Decision Making Caucus at the 60 Commission on the Status Of Women United Nations, New York. I am gratified to note these items that I personally crafted were accepted and inserted in their entirety after debate by 191 countries at a CSW Assembly meeting... more

Education: Registration has begun for our new Education Center's Business Planning track (June '06) and Marketing/Public Relations track (July '06). Click here for information and a link to schedule and registration form. If you would like to be considered as an instructor, please see instructor application. NAWBO-OC members wishing to further their education in the pursuit of business excellence may be eligible for financial assistance. Click here for Education Scholarship information and application.

SUCCESS Teams starting soon! NAWBO-OC is extending our educational and developmental programs by offering SUCCESS Teams to complement our mentoring and business training curriculum. Unlike other programs of this type, we offer this program to members without restriction on company earnings, at a fraction the price of other programs... see details. If you are a business coach, trainer, or have other experience facilitating small groups, we are now taking applications for success team facilitators. Application deadline is May 12th and facilitator training will be held on May 17th. see facilitator application

Remarkable Women: SAVE THE DATE — October 12, 2006 — 11th Annual "Remarkable Woman of Orange County." Please join us as NAWBO members and 800+ associates and friends gather to honor our special award winners and remarkable women from Orange County's trade and professional organizations. Click here for more information.

Communications: Are you a good writer? The communications committee is in need of a volunteer to help edit news items, educational articles, member spotlights, etc. before posting on the website. This is a good opportunity to get to know other members! For more information or to volunteer please email Liz Schmidt, Communications Director.

Mentoring: The 2006 Mentoring Program is in full gear and will hold its mid-year meeting to discuss best practices on May 4th. Cristi Cristich, one of this year’s mentors, will host the meeting at her business, Cristek Interconnects, Inc. in Anaheim. There are 40 women in the program this year... see the mentoring page for more information or call Dee Elliott with YouGottaGoTravel.com at 714-745-5491.

THANK YOU!
A very special thank you to our panel of experts who spoke at the May lunch meeting: Dave Jones from Select Portfolio Management, Rachel Owens from Succession Strategies, Kathy Mardaresco from American Home Mortgage, Darlynn Morgan, Esq., and moderator Camille Jayne from Matters At Hand. This team of knowledgeable professionals shared informative and thought provoking insights to help us get more control over our financial future.

Thank you also to our meeting sponsors, Farmers & Merchants Bank and Citibank, and to those who donated prizes for the opportunity drawing:
Athletic Club for Women, Zeena Dhalla: Sport kit + free training session
BeautiControl, Sherri Elliott: Spa kit
Biz-Promotion, Sylvia Small: Three gift certificates
Conference & Expo Connections, Aggie Kobrin: Two tickets for Business Women Series Conference
Image Center, Kim Donaldson: Gift certificate towards plastic surgery, dentistry or spa services
Churm Publishing: 1/4 Page Ad in OC Metro

CORPORATE & COMMUNITY MEMBER NEWS
May 23, 2006: Principal Financial Educational Series for Women Business Owners presents “Cut Through the Clutter: Getting to What Really Matters” Today’s world of “convenient” communication in business can quickly become cluttered and inconvenient. Most owners of growing companies are inundated with voicemails, e-mails, stacks of paper and Post-it notes before they have had a chance to finish their morning coffee. Cutting through this clutter and maintaining focused priorities can be a tough task, but not impossible with self-sustaining organizational and time management techniques. This Women in Business Teleclass is scheduled at Noon Central Time on May 23rd. Space is limited. Pre-register at www.principal.com/women. An audio archive of past teleclasses is also available. See list of upcoming teleclasses.

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PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS! (members only)
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