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NAWBO
CALENDAR
Nov 7 Dinner Meeting—"Working
With Women"
Nov 20 New
Member Orientation (SOLD OUT)
Dec 5 Holiday Party
AFFILIATE
EVENTS
Nov 28 PCE: What Does
Your Handwriting Reveal About You?
Dec 5 ABAOC: Keys to
Unlocking International Trade Opportunities
Dec 6 FWI:
17th Annual Holiday Breakfast
Dec 6 WITI-OC
Tech-Centric Networking & Wine Tasting
Dec 6 ASWA-OC Holiday
Social
Dec 8 NLBWA
Fiesta Navideña
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Stacy Benda, So CAL Bookkeeping Services, Inc
Tina Davis, Budding Brilliance Corporation
Colleen Edwards, Power Mark
Eugenia Francis, Teach Child Math
Lynne Izzo, Debt Collection Consultants
Kay Kenyon, Kay Strategic Retirement Solutions
Amy Lansdown, Direct Link Financial
Dena Mathe, Primerica
Jennifer Mathe, Leverage Inc.
Kathy Murdock
Laila Pence, Pence Wealth management
Dianne Preston, Designing Lives
Rena Puebla, Coast Concierge Service
Laura Rivera, Mary Kay Cosmetics
Sandra Robbie
Rossana Salas, California Estate Mortgage
Ginger Silverman, Aha! Unlimited Consulting, Inc.
Mary Soto, Homewatch Care Givers
Trisch Wheeler, Specialty Mortgage Services
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WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBER
 A
warm welcome to Lourdes
Mayo, the new
chair of our Affiliates Committee! Lourdes is with CIT Small
Business Lending, which
provides a full range of financial
services
for small
to
mid-sized
businesses. Since 1999 CIT has
been the nation’s largest provider of Small Business
Administration (SBA) loans, and their Preferred Lender Program
status helps speed up the SBA loan process. The Affiliates
Committee builds relationships with our existing and
prospective affiliated organizations and is very involved with
those
that participate in our Remarkable Women
Awards. Contact Lourdes 949-559-1339 to
help with this important committee.
KUDOS
 Congratulations
to NAWBO-OC member Smita Salgaonkar who won
the title Mrs. Asia-USA 2007 at a glittering event held
at The Embassy Suites in Garden Grove on October 29th. Smita,
representing India, also won an award
for Best in Talent for her lively dance performance, as well
as the Popularity award. For more information go to www.missasiausa.org.
Congratulations
to the winners of NAWBO's 2006 Educational Scholarships, presented
at our October 12th Remarkable Women Awards Luncheon:
$5000 award
Dr. Diana Nguyen
Siena Medical Aesthetics
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$3500 award
Gerrie Adams
Xengaru Fun Foods
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$1000 award
Zeena Dhalla
Athletic Club for Women
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$1000 award
Darlynn
Morgan, Esq.
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$1000 award
Liz Schmidt
Intelligraphics & Light 4 Beauty
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$1000 award
Vicki Tortorelli
System Solutions
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 Hollister
Construction Company, owned by NAWBO member Holli Dorr,
was named "Construction Company of the Year" by the
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. The award ceremony will be held
on Nov 15th at the Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim. Good
work, Holli!
 Elite
Development Group has just been licensed as a Private Investigation
Company in the State of California. Also, Nicole Friel,
EDG's President and CEO, was accepted into Infragard, an FBI
sponsored organization that supports information sharing between
private industry and government. Congrats, Nicole!
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Nicole
McHenry's custom-designed water and orchid wall and
her line of custom designed 60" white planters with stainless
steel edges were seen on Access Hollywood on Oct 10th
in the program's "$30 Million Dollar Home" segment.
MEMBER NEWS
 In
its listing of top agencies, the Orange County Business Journal ranked Cara
Good's WunderMarx as the 23rd largest PR firm in Orange
County. This accolade comes at a time when the firm's growth
has allowed them to move into a larger office.
 Linda
Hoitt, owner of The Chocolate Angel and OCSBDC
business consultant, was on a panel interviewed for an
edition of Collage—a public affairs program on KSBR/FM88.5.
The program focuses on starting a successful business and
will air on December 11th.
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THANK
YOU!
 Thank
you to Dr.
Susan Murphy for
her wonderful presentation at the November meeting on "Working
with Women." We
learned about the dead-even model and how women can create better
relationships if we understand
this concept. She also helped us understand how women
connect on three levels: relationships, self-esteem
and power.
Margaret Mead said "Never doubt that a small group of
committed individuals can change the world. In fact, that all
that ever has." NAWBO-OC and its members have the chance
to change the world. Also, thank
you to those who donated prizes for the opportunity drawing:
The
Arlito Company, Linda Hinojosa - OC Directory
of Wedding Websites
Athletic
Club for Women, Zeena Dhalla - 2
hours of personal training
The
Chocolate Angel, Linda Hoitt - Gourmet food
basket
Creative
Memories, Linda Mastromonaco - Stress
box and book
Custom
Motors, Barbara Page - Gift certificate for South
Coast Plaza
Etcetera, Beth Ramirez - Her book: Bride
Again, An A to Z
Guide
Kemry
Corp, Karen Mileski - My Guy pillow
A
Life's Legacy, Jennifer Alvarado - Heritage Makers
gift certificate
Lucy
Wang Acupuncture Herbal Healing Center, Ruihua
Wang - Gift certificate for massage or reflexology treatment
Mary
Kay Cosmetics, Laura Rivera - Gift basket
Dr. Susan Murphy - 2 copies
of Susan's book: In the Company of Women
Sensational Skin,
Mellaurie Gilmore - 2 gift baskets
Teach
Child Math, Eugenia Francis, Multiplication
book
Dr. Kathy S. Ten Broeke -
copy of Kathy's book: West
European Business & Social
Etiquette
Vitality
Gourmet, Jodi Jones - Gourmet meal and
copy of Jodi's book: The
Vitality Connection
BOARD
MEMBER PROFILE
 Dee
Putman-Elliot's company, King Relocation Services,
provides relocation services for corporations and individuals,
as well as office and industrial
relocations...locally, nationally
and globally. She is also president of www.YouGottaGoTravel.com,
an online travel service similar to Expedia or Travelocity. Dee
was instrumental in the development of NAWBO-OC's Mentoring
Program,
and has been its director
since inception 3 years ago. The program
serves over 40 women per year with one-on-one mentoring
of new business
owners
by
more established business owners.
For more information see mentoring
page or contact Dee 714-745-5491.
HELP
WANTED
Part-time seasonal help for
packaging and decorating cookie and chocolate gifts. Hectic,
but fun job. Located in Anaheim. Call The Chocolate Angel
at 714-956-4451.
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BOARD & COMMITTEE
NEWS
Mentoring: The
very successful 2006 Mentoring Program is ending
with a wrap-up meeting in November.
Stay tuned for the announcement of the 2007 Mentoring
Program. Applications will come out in Dec/Jan
and we will be considering people on a first-come,
first-served basis along with our matching tools.
Please get your applications in as early as possible.
For questions call Dee Elliott at 714-813-7190.
 Remarkable
Women: The largest-ever NAWBO-OC Remarkable
Women Awards Luncheon, held Oct. 12 at the Hyatt Regency
Irvine, was a resounding success with more than 900 attendees,
30-plus women honored for their achievements and six inaugural
educational scholarships presented by the NAWBO-OC’s
Women’s Business Institute (WBI). Farmers & Merchants Bank once again was Marquis Sponsor
of the 11th annual awards luncheon, which saluted three
Remarkable Woman and acknowledged the accomplishments of
more than two dozen other women
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 Education: Registration
is in progress for our Education Center's Leadership
and Management track. See
below for
November classes, or click
here for
general information and a link to the schedule and
registration form. If you
would like to
be considered as an instructor, please see instructor
application.
NOVEMBER
EDUCATION CENTER CLASSES
(click titles to register
for any of these classes)
 Building
a Team Environment (Nov 14, 8-11am) Instructor:
Camille Jayne, Matters at Hand. Do you know the recipe
for a successful team to get the results you want?
Do you know how to put together the right team?
Do you know how to get the best out of that team?
What are the important ground rules? Don’t know the
answers? You need this Team Dynamics Class! In this 3 hour
class you will learn how to put together the right team,
determine the roles and responsibilities of different
team members, and how to manage the team to deliver the desired
goals on time and on budget. The class focuses on team processes
that help you to have productive meetings including: various
decision making methods and outcomes, designing effective work
plans, team meeting skills and behaviors, how to work through
group issues, and learning how to give and receive constructive
feedback.
 Establishing
a Culture of Excellence (Nov 9, 8-11am)
Instructor: Kelly Oberle, Access Human
Potential. No matter what size your company, establishing
a culture of excellence is critical to your success. This
interactive program focuses on creating an inspired work
environment to enable your pursuit of excellence. The goal
of this program is to assist business owners in creating
and/or updating their vision and value statements; setting
up and articulating business goals and generating appropriate
expectations.
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 How
To Recruit and Retain High Quality Employees (Nov
8, 6-9pm) Instructor: Eric Caesar, ECG Consulting.
Learn how to develop compelling job descriptions that not
only aptly describe the responsibilities of the position
but target the types of candidates you hope to attract. Learn
the most effective ways to market your opportunities and
how to become a better interviewer. Lastly, we will look
at retention strategies and why some employees stay while
others move on prematurely.
 Let
Go to Grow: Stop Doing and Start Leading (Nov
16, 3-6pm) Instructor: Joan Friedlander, Lifework Business
Partners. Entrepreneurs and professionals who fail to let go
of some of the day-to-day operations of running their business
and delivering services spend HOURS on activities and projects
that drain their energy. They run the risk of losing their
creative edge; they can become frustrated and burned out. By
hanging onto tasks, people and projects that no longer fit,
they hinder their ability to grow, both personally and professionally.
We'll
tackle the most common barriers to letting go: perfectionism,
lack of trust and guilt. We’ll cause the paradigm shift
required to successfully lead people after years of doing things
yourself.
We’ll review 3 different strategies for growth through
leadership: delegation, duplication and automation. You’ll
leave the workshop with an executable start-up plan for transitioning
from doing to leading.
There will be no Education Center
classes in December. Join us in January 2007 for the Business Planning
track!
CORPORATE & COMMUNITY
MEMBER NEWS & EVENTS
 December
5, 2006: Ready, Set Goal! How to Get Real and Get Goaling.
Setting and achieving goals is an essential part of any successful
business plan. An examination of the goals process and the steps
a business owner should take to attain a goal is a valuable exercise
that can maximize company potential and return. This Principal
Financial Group's Women in Business Teleclass is scheduled at
10am Pacific Time. Space is limited. Pre-register at www.principal.com/women. An
audio archive of past teleclasses is also available. See
list of upcoming teleclasses. NEWS FROM NATIONAL
November 14, 2006 Growing
Your Business Globally Online Seminar Expanding
into new markets is an important strategy for growing your business.
Learn
more about how you can grow your business by growing globally
in a web-enhanced teleconference, brought to you by NAWBO’s
International Forum. 11am Pacific Time. Dial in number: 1-877-805-0964,
Conference ID: 576127# more
info
November 16, 2006: Expanding Horizons— A
Workshop About Investing Overseas for Minority and Women-Owned
Businesses Learn about the challenges and opportunities
of overseas and cross-border investment, U.S. government
programs offering assistance to minority- and women- owned
businesses planning to go global, political risk insurance
and how it can protect your business, accessing capital for
your overseas project, special opportunities in franchising
and the housing sector, OPIC's special projects for small
businesses. more
info & RSVP
Exceptional Women, Exceptional Leaders
Contest: Are you a dynamic leader who has used your organizational or mentoring skills
to improve your business? Do you have an inspiring success story or a unique
community experience you'd like to share with other NAWBO members? If so, we
want to know about it and you'll have a chance to be featured in an upcoming
issue of NAWBOtime. To enter, please submit a 200-word description of how you
have demonstrated your leadership talents and applied them to your business.
Provide specific examples of yourself in action and your effect on others in
your community. Entries will be judged on their distinctiveness and the amount
of impact your efforts have had on both your business and the people you've helped
guide. Email your entry and a photograph of yourself (in jpg format) to Brynn
Slate. Deadline: 11/20/06.
2007 Enterprising Women of the Year
Awards: There's still time to nominate yourself or another woman for
the 2007 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards. Nominations
deadline: 11/21/06. read
more
 Start
planning now for EntrepreneurshipWeek
USA Feb.
24 to March 3, 2007. NAWBO has joined
EntrepreneurshipWeek USA as a program partner. This national
effort aims to inspire and encourage young people to consider
entrepreneurship as a career choice and celebrates America's
unique culture of inventiveness. The program is looking for
passionate and enthusiastic individuals to serve as Ambassadors
in all 50 states. These ambassadors will leverage their network
of contacts and relationships to help build an entrepreneurial
ecosphere through the EntrepreneurshipWeek USA Web site. Find
out more about becoming an ambassador.
OTHER EVENTS
November 14, 2006: Building Your Small Business with
Technology Hosted by the Orange County chapter of
SCORE. 8:30am-1:30pm at the Hotel Huntington Beach, 7667 Center
Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92647. Learn how to get and keep
a competitive edge through utilizing the latest technologies.
Free continental breakfast and buffet lunch, RSVP
required.
YOUR
NEWS HERE... Members: CLICK for the news and ad submission
form!
PROMOTE
YOUR BUSINESS! (members only)
Member Showcase: The cost of an exhibit at
monthly meetings is $75 for a full table. see
details
Monthly Advertising: BIG audience, detailed
ad! NAWBO-OC's monthly e-news, which is sent to our full
mailing list (1500+), accepts up to three member ads per
issue. $50/issue.
Banner Ad: Make an impression
on a BIG audience! Our website is viewed by 3000+
potential customers every month! $100/qtr.
Member Spotlight: Help other
members get to know you better by telling us
what you do, why, and how you do it. No cost.
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