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NAWBO
CALENDAR
June 5 Dinner Meeting: Tips
from one of America’s Finest Headhunters
June 14 Members-Only Mixer
at Vanguard University
June 21 RW
Committee Meeting
July 10 Dinner Meeting:
2007-08 Board Installation and Presentation by America's #1 Energy
Coach, Jon Gordon
DON'T
MISS OUR July 10th DINNER MEETING 2007-08 Board
 Installation.
Jon Gordon, America's #1 Energy Coach, will speak to us about:
• Developing strategies to neutralize
and overcome negativity while creating a powerful shared
vision and team purpose.
•
How to use the energy we all receive from
the heart to help build customer loyalty, boost profits and
create meaningful interactions each day.
•
Powerful and practical
strategies based on the newest research in energy, positive psychology,
emotional
leadership and peak performance that will enhance your productivity
and people.
•
10 rules from his new book, The Energy
Bus, that fuel lives, workplaces and teams.
NAWBO
EDUCATION CENTER (see
class descriptions on right)
July
24 Hiring in the 21st
Century
Aug
15 Let Go to Grow:
Stop Doing and Start Leading
AFFILIATE
EVENTS
June 12 WITI-OC
Tech-Centric Networking & Wine Tasting
June 12 WomanSage "Summer
Reading" Salon
June 13 ASWA-OC
Installation of Officers and Accountant of the Year
June 28 AWT
5th Annual Wine Tasting & Silent Auction
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Christine Beaur-Mortezaie, Prudential California
Realty
Anne Berryhill, IsaGenix International
Rachel Bondi, Men MATTER.COM
Grace Brodie, Aware
Lisa Bromma, Wise Women Investor
Cindy Camarata, The GOL Center for Leadership
Gail Cassman, GABO
Verlaine Crawford, Author,
Speaker, Consultant
Janet Cronick, Ultimate Gifts
Dr. Barbara Denny, Silhouettes
Julie Diebolt Price, J D P Photography
Linsly Donnelly, Yoga Loft
Elizabeth Hawley, K M Sciences, Inc.
Dana Herman, Americans Protecting Families
Sandra Klaley, FirstTeam
Cindy Miller, Wirth Business Credit
Krista Murray, Morgan Stanley
Pandora Pang, Outside the Box Strategic Solutions
Stephanie Rathgaber, Identity Theft Shield
Bettina Rogers, Bettina Knits
Melinda Sargent, Melinda Sargent Photography
Sue Schmidt, Laga Handbags
Sandra Sellani, Sandra Sellani
Darlene Shick, Shick Jewels Designs
Sharon Syfrett, Stuart Morris & Associates
WELCOME NEW AFFILIATES!
 Asian
Women Entrepreneurs The purpose
of AWE is to assist Asian and Asian-American
women develop and expand their business
skills and talents. The organization advocates for and on
behalf of Asian and Asian-American women entrepreneurs educating
and
strengthening
their potential as business owners. AWE seeks to fulfill
the unmet need among Asian American business women seeking
entrepreneurial support and cultural camaraderie.
 Girl Scout Council of Orange County Girl Scouting
is a continuous adventure in learning that offers every girl
a broad range of activities—field trips, cultural exchanges,
community service, leadership opportunities, skill-building
workshops, outdoor education—to address her current interests
and her future role as a successful woman. Through the guidance
of trained leaders who provide encouragement, friendship, advice
and resources, Girl Scouting helps each girl learn to set and
reach goals, develop leadership skills, form lifelong habits
for community service work and reach her fullest potential
through personal growth and career exploration.
 The
Social Enterprise Institute is a not-for-profit
organization which offers philanthropic leaders a unique opportunity
to
develop the skills and networks needed for implementing successful
social enterprises. Its mission is "Leaders supporting
leaders, committed to balancing excellence in social, financial
and environmental sustainability." The Institute
not only helps organizations develop earned income streams
but
supports the "shift in paradigm" which is
often necessary to get and deploy new resources.
KUDOS
 NAWBO-OC
is proud to announce that two chapter members were among the
five women who received 2007 Women in Business Awards
at this year's 13th annual Orange County Business Journal's Luncheon
on May 24. Selected from a field of 159 nominees, award winners
include Sue Parks, Founder and CEO of Walkstyles,
Inc., and Zov Karamardian, CEO and Executive
Chef of Zov's Bistro. Congratulations
to two awesome women!
photo by Laurel Hungerford Photography
 Pam
Adams, of
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., recently earned
the designation Certified Financial Planner. The CFP
certification required more than 1,000 hours of study time
and passing several rigorous exams, concentrating on areas
such as
asset allocation, estate planning, life insurance
and retirement planning. Congrats, Pam!
MEMBERS
IN THE NEWS
 Colleen Edwards, president of PowerMark, wrote
an article titled "How are you doing in
Q2?" for the May 10 issue of OC Metro.
Her article discussed ways of generated results for the
balance of
2007.
  Sondra
Ames, CEO of Wonderland
Bakery and Zov Karamardian, CEO of Zov's
Bistro were featured with their daughters
in a Mother's Day-focused slide show on Entrepreneur.com
in May.
MEMBER NEWS
 Jacquelyn Tran, CEO of Perfume Bay and NAWBO-OC member, is
one of 21 finalists in the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur
of the Year Awards. There were more than 80 nominees in the
competition, with 41 semi-finalists. Winners will be announced
at the June 19 awards dinner.
Camille Jayne ,
chapter president and founder of Matters at Hand, was a featured
panel speaker at Comerica’s
First Annual Women’s
Symposium, speaking on Strategic and Business Planning – 200
business women attended at the Center Club on May 31st.
 Stacy
McCullough, REALTOR, CRS, TRC*, recently completed
requirements for the Transnational Referral Certification,
which allows Stacy to make and receive international real
estate transactions.
Stacy is one of approximately 1,200 real estate agents worldwide
to achieve the TRC designation, and invites your international
referrals.
THANK YOU!
 A
HUGE THANK YOU goes to Camille Jayne for
an outstanding year as president of NAWBO-OC. At the June dinner
meeting, incoming President Barri Carian shared many thoughts
and thanks from this year's board. The kudos were too numerous
to mention here, but included Camille's significant achievements
in areas such as NAWBO-OC's Education Center, strategic planning
and goal setting, community exposure and branding, market segmentation,
WBI funding, member recognition, vision and leadership.
 Thank
you also to our the speaker at our June meeting, Patty
DeDominic. A businesswoman that we all admire,
she gave us the inside story on finding and keeping
great
employees.
Patty, whose
very
successful company—PDQ Personnel Services, Inc.—was
acquired by SelectRemedy, shared her 4Rs for winning the
talent war... Requirements, Retention, Retaining
and Recruitment.
Finally, thank you
to members who donated prizes for the
opportunity drawing:
- Janis Adams, Genworth
Financial - Gift basket
- Sondra Ames, Wonderland
Bakery - Castle tote with cookies, cupcakes
- Sima Azmoudeh, Basin
Street Hair - Gift certificates for hair cut
- Evelyn Bailey, First
Impression Finery - Necklace
- Steve Churm, Churm
Media - 1/2 page full-color ad in OC Metro
- Patricia D'Aloisio, Juice
Plus -
Juice Plus Orchard & Garden
- Zeena Dhalla, Athletic
Club for Women - Certificate for personal training
and tote bag
- Chris Felicijan, Pinnacle
Investigations - Bath and relaxation basket, employee
background check
- Barbara Hogan, Personalized
Insurance - BevMo certificate and wine glasses
- Jodi Jones, Vitality
Gourmet - Organic gourmet meal and copy of Jodi's book, The
Vitality Connection
- Kathy Mardaresco, American
Home Mortgage - Memories album
- Barbara Page, Custom
Motors - Gasoline gift card
- Liz Schmidt, Organic
and Healthy - Magnetic therapy bracelet,
anklet, earrings
- Shadi Shaffer, Attorney
- Bottles of wine
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MEMBER
SPOTLIGHT
 Markell
Steele,
Futures in Motion, Inc.
Futures in Motion, Inc. was established in 2002 to assist
professionals with creating careers they love. I am the owner
and have more than 12 years of experience in career strategy
development, skill and interest assessment and counseling clients
ranging from college students to managers building a life and
career strategy. As a career counselor, I help my clients identify
and connect with satisfying jobs...continued
MEMBERS SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE
 Do
You Have Enough of a Financial Cushion for Retirement?
by
Lisa Bromma, WiseWomenInvestor.com
I just
spent Mother’s Day with two
retirees: my mother and my daughter-in-law’s mother.
My mother is fortunate. Her husband left her in a comfortable
position financially. Although she still worries
whether she’ll have enough money as the years go by
for expenses like prescription drugs, doctor
bills and rent increases on her condo... continued
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BOARD & COMMITTEE
NEWS
 Remarkable
Women: The next RW committee
meeting will be held June 21st from 11:30am-1pm at Farmers & Merchants
Bank, 24300 Paseo de
Valencia, Laguna Hills. For more information about our 12th
annual awards luncheon, click here.
Here are more of the wonderful volunteers
who are working hard to make our 12th Annual Remarkable Women Awards another
smashing success. CLICK HERE for the list
of sub-committee chairs.
 Advertising
Sales: Mary
Barr Chalmers, The Barr Association - I
am pleased to announce the addition of Businesstalk360
to The Barr Association's roster. Businesstalk360 has developed
a new technology that can help companies build new business
while retaining existing customers. The technology combines
a superior data-building program with a fully-managed customer
relationship system.
 Participating
Organization Liaison Committee: Diana
D’Itri, RaveBiz - Do you love word of
mouth but would rather stick needles in your eyes than
ask for testimonials? We take the pain out of bringing
you more business by producing radio and television-quality
reviews from your best customers to showcase on your website
and in your emails. When your customers speak, your prospects
will listen, and what they say will increase your revenue
up to 50%.
 Ticket
Sales: Remy
Chausse, Regency Real Estate - Some homebuyers
feel frustrated that agents don’t call them back,
overwhelmed at the process of buying a home, and confused
about how to negotiate the best price. My clients tell
me they feel comfortable asking lots of questions (even
if they ask 100 times) that I make the process easy, and
that I inspire them to take the next step, no matter how
small.
WBI
Scholarships: All members wishing to further
their education in the pursuit of business excellence are
encouraged to apply
for a NAWBO-OC Scholarship. Award of the scholarships will
be made possible through the Women’s Business Institute
(WBI), NAWBO’s affiliated 501(c)3. Applying members
will be eligible for scholarship awards as follows:
• One $5,000 award sponsored by Farmers and Merchants Bank
• One $4,000 award sponsored by Matters at Hand and the Paul
Merage School of Business at the University of California at
Irvine for classes at UCI School of Business
• One $2,500 award sponsored by First American Trust
• Two $1,000 awards sponsored by Ferruzzo & Ferruzzo and
Churm Media
Applications will be accepted through August 31, 2007 and winners
will be announced at the Remarkable Women Luncheon on October
19th. CLICK HERE for
more information and application.
 Programs: Sub-committee
chairs and volunteers are needed!
Getting involved is the best
way to
optimize your NAWBO membership. Your involvement will rapidly
build strong relationships
with other members that provide you—and your company—with
visibility and opportunities. Our monthly dinner meetings
require a great deal of organization on the front and back
end. Assistance is needed in coordinating showcase tables,
securing speakers, selling raffle tickets and collecting
prizes, and table facilitation. Do any of these
interest
you? If
so, please contact our new Programs Co-chair, Miley
Waterman 888-886-3462 to get involved!
Awards: Women
Impacting Public Policy Awards is calling for nominations
for four awards to be presented
at their September 17–19 Conference in Washington
D.C. Nominees must be members of WIPP and be present at the
special luncheon to receive the award. Awards include Member
of the Year, Member to Watch, WIPP Public Policy Award, Fast
5 Award.
Nominations are due June 15th; click
here to download forms.
Education: Join
us this summer for more great Education Center courses
(see details below). 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.
Upcoming Education
Center Courses
All classes
will take place at Excelerate, Inc., 9 Corporate Park, Suite
250, Irvine, CA.
  Hiring
in the 21st Century (July
24, 2007) Instructor- Brad Remillard, IMPACT Hiring
Solutions. Hiring for the 21st Century has changed! What
does it REALLY COST your company in lost revenue and productivity
when you select the wrong candidate? Hiring the wrong candidate
doesn’t have to happen. Our simple 5 step process
can solve that problem. In three hours, you will learn:
• The #1 hiring mistake – and the solution to avoid it
• Advanced sourcing methods to find those passive candidates
• How to eliminate candidates that embellish and exaggerate
• Learn the five critical questions to ask in every interview
• How to recruiter-proof your company
 Let
Go to Grow: Stop Doing and Start Leading (Aug 15) 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.
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CORPORATE & COMMUNITY
MEMBER NEWS & EVENTS
 June
13, 2007 Keys to Accelerated Sales: a high energy,
interactive sales training workshop. Learn
selling techniques that lead to the achievement of significant
sales results and learn to focus on executing your goals and
energizing yourself
to be successful in business. Presenter: Jo Javier, President & CEO
of Carter & Smith. This Business Edge
Workshop will take place at Coastline Community College's
Le-Jao Center in Westminster, CA. 5:30-9:30pm. FREE, includes
dinner.
Call Sally Virgin to RSVP 626-302-8883 or email sally.virgin@sce.com.
June
16, 2007 Free Workshop for Employers Topics include:
workplace flexibility, techniques to lower workers’ compensation
premiums, employer
notice requirements, employer liability, basic benefits,
litigation management. 8:30-11:30am at
22244 Walnut Grove Ave, Rosemead, CA
RSVP by June 12, 2007 to Sally
Virgen 626-302-8883. Co-sponsored by Asian
Women Entrepreneurs.
 June
26,
2007 “Get Connected: The Latest and Greatest Technology
for Growing Businesses.” Hillary Bressler,
CEO and founder of .Com Marketing, will share essential
tips on progressive technology tools to grow businesses. 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.
  "I
Know Henry" Offer
Farmers & Merchant's Bank has generously offered
to provide a monetary gift to the NAWBO-OC’s Women Business
Institute Education Center when you open an account
at one of their many branch
locations. see details
NEWS FROM NAWBO NATIONAL
Advocacy Update: Procurement and Equal Rights
NAWBO
recently released a letter calling on the Administrator
of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to act immediately
to make sure that women business owners receive their fair
share of government contracts. see
press release NAWBO also
announced that it strongly supports the Women’s
Equality Amendment (H.J. Res. 40) an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States providing equal rights for women and men.
see press release
Invitation to Attend AMMJE Conference
in Mexico
If you are interested in meeting and doing
business with Latin American women business owners, this
is the conference for
you! Click
here for information about the conference, or contact Lisa
Koss,
NAWBO's liaison to Mexico.
Share Your Media Coverage with a National
Audience
Have you and your business been featured in the media? Let
fellow women business owners across the country know by
submitting your coverage for inclusion in NAWBO's Weekly Digest.
E-mail your name, company name, the name and issue date of
the publication you were featured in, and the URL where the
article can be found online (if available) to Brynn
Slate. And don't forget to also let the OC Chapter know
by using
our submission form.
Get started in Government Contracting
Are you interested in doing business with the federal government
but aren't sure where to begin? Visit NAWBO's Intro
to Government Contracting page to find useful resources to help you get
started.
HELP
WANTED
Customer Service/Sales Admin/Customer Service/Orders & Returns
Processing. Experience in technical sales environment,
Goldmine & Quickbooks desired. CUETECH in Lake Forest.
Call Jodi Jenner 949-362-4002.
Sales Professional needed! The
successful candidate should have experience in financial services,
real estate or mortgage sales, an excellent communicator, and
work independently. For information email your resume to ygarcia@theentrustgroup.com
WANTS & NEEDS
Business Promo Items Needed
Fun, useful, and appropriate items needed to give to kids age 8-11 (yo-yo, frisbee,
hats, lights, etc) as prizes for day camp June 18-Aug. 10. Contact Lorrie
Scott 949-257-9568.
Office Space for Lease
1346 sq ft in Lake Forest, 3 private offices, shared conference room and kitchen.
Furnished, includes utilities, and internet connection. Call Jodi Jenner
(949) 362-4002
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
Opportunity Drawings: Five gifts
will be given at each monthly dinner meeting. Donors
will receive mention on stage as well as a plug for your
business. This is a great opportunity for visibility
and provides a wonderful gift for a fellow business owner
with whom you could become connected. Required value
for gift is no less than $50. 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. see
details
Banner Ad: Make an impression on
a BIG audience! Our website is viewed by 3000+ potential
customers every month! $100/qtr. see
details
Member Spotlight: Help other members
get to know you better by telling us what you do,
why, and how you do it. No cost. see
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