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| Vol 2008 - Issue 9 | September 2008 |
Post Office Box 23874 Chattanooga, TN 37422
SEPTEMBER MEETING
I'd Like to Retire Someday
Celeste Friend, CFP, CASL
With the economy still in a slump (is it a recession or isn't it?) all of us are finding it more challenging and maybe even a little scary when we think about our investments. Celeste will give us her perspective on financial markets, where we should put our money, and the choices small business owners have about retirement plans.
Celeste Friend is our immediate past president and is a Financial Advisor with Raymond James. She holds the professional designations of Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Advisor for Senior Living among others. She specializes in retirement planning for individuals and small businesses. For more information, you may visit her website at www.TheMaddoxGroup.biz.
To sign up for the event, use our Event Registration section on our website. Click here to register for lunch or go to www.chanawbo.org and click on Event Registration. Or you can email Tina Player at info@tpeventsplanning.com.
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Luncheon:
Thursday, September 18 |
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MISSION STATEMENT Empower women business owners through education, opportunity and support, to achieve success economically, socially, and politically |
NAWBO
CHATTANOOGA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007-2008 President
- Robyn Cummings |
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Upcoming Events
Tuesday, September 16, 5:30 pm, Networking at the Walden Club, sponsored by Pat Egen, Egen Consulting. There is a $10 charge. Parking is free.
Thursday, September 18, 11:30 am, lunch at the Mountain City Club.
Thursday, September 25, 12 noon, webinar on how to use your national and local NAWBO websites. If you want to be in on this teleconference, simply email Laurel at laurel@tbcsolutions.com.
October 24, 11 am - 1 pm, Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Nautilus Awards, $40 Chamber members, $45 non-Chamber members, The Chattanoogan Hotel, 1201 S. Broad Street. Our local chapter of NAWBO is sponsoring the Stargazer Award (previously called the Jane Cosby-Henderson Award) given to a woman 26 years old or older going back to school. The scholarship is for $2500, plus a laptop. Our sponsors help pay for this scholarship. If we get enough money, we will also sponsor the Pearl of Promise Award given to a female high school student planning to major in a non-traditional field. The Chamber is still accepting nominations for all Nautilus awards.
A Note about Lunch and After Hours Meetings
By Katrina Chesney, Your Vice President, Meeting Manager, and owner of Portable Hands
One of the focus areas we have planned for this upcoming year is that we want to involve members in presenting topics of interest at lunch meetings. This will give you an opportunity to let other members know what your business is about. We want to provide you with as many opportunities to network as we can. Don't be shy, if you have a topic that would be of interest please contact me at Katrina@portablehands.com, or 706-861-0559.
If you really aren't sure if you have a topic that is of interest to members, but would love the opportunity to speak at a lunch and tell about your business, call me. I can guide you towards a topic that will be useful. Every one of you has experience that is invaluable to other members. Secondly, we are going to have one After Hours meeting each month. If you hate to speak, but would like to host an evening meeting at your place of business, providing snacks and drinks, we would love to visit you. Again, this is a networking opportunity we want to provide you that would be inexpensive. Please email me or call me with the month that you would like to host. Dates are flexible.
President's
Column
By Robyn Cummings
Hello Everyone,
We are starting our monthly evening meeting this month with a networking event at the Walden Club sponsored by Pat Egen. Each month we will have both a lunch meeting (always the 3rd Thursday) and an after hours meeting. We want to offer you more opportunities to network each month.
We are also scheduling a web conference on how to get more from your NAWBO national and local websites. The local website will soon have more features to help you market your business.
In October, we are planning a candidate's forum for our evening meeting, to help you decide which candidates are small business friendly.
We still need a Secretary for this year. It's the easiest job on the board and takes about 2 hours a month. All you have to do is take minutes during the meeting (and we can record the meeting so you don't miss anything) then edit your notes and send them out to the board before the next board meeting. You get a vote on the board. It's an opportunity to steer our local organization in the direction you want it to move. We also need a historian. Contact me at robyn@rctrans.info if you would like to volunteer.
We are offering sponsorship opportunities again this year.
NAWBO Corporate Sponsor Program:
This program will raise some operating funds and subsidize the scholarship program. Although NAWBO is not a tax-exempt entity, your business may be able to write it off as an advertising expense – talk with your accountant concerning your particular situation. The sponsorship levels and benefits are as follows:
NAWBO Corporate Partner Program
Gold Partner $3000
- Invitation for your representative to participate in monthly luncheon meetings and all special events
- Listing as a corporate partner in any NAWBO mailings, including monthly newsletters
- Recognition/advertisement on Chattanooga NAWBO website
- Complimentary NAWBO Membership Directory Space for your literature at monthly luncheon meeting
- Opportunity to be the featured speaker at one monthly meeting, including press release
- Attractive trophy/plaque for sponsor’s office
- Quarterly, skirted table available at monthly luncheon meeting for tabletop exhibit
- Free one page ad in NAWBO on-line newsletter four times a year
- Sponsorship of one special event annually with recognition in email list to all invitees
- Verbal recognition at the Nautilus Awards as a NAWBO Corporate Partner who contributed to the NAWBO scholarship fund
Silver Partner $2000
- Invitation for your representative to participate in monthly luncheon meetings and all special events
- Listing as a corporate partner in any NAWBO mailings, including monthly newsletters
- Recognition/advertisement on Chattanooga NAWBO website
- Complimentary NAWBO Membership Directory Space for your literature at monthly luncheon meeting
- Opportunity to be the featured speaker at one monthly meeting, including press release
- Quarterly, skirted table available at monthly luncheon meeting for tabletop exhibit
- Free one page ad in NAWBO on-line newsletter four times a year
Bronze Partner $1000
- Invitation for your representative to participate in monthly luncheon meetings and all special events Listing as a corporate partner in any NAWBO mailings, including monthly newsletters Recognition/advertisement on Chattanooga NAWBO website Complimentary NAWBO Membership Directory Space for your literature at monthly luncheon meeting
- Opportunity to be the featured speaker at one monthly meeting, including press release
Lunch Sponsor $350
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Opportunity to be the featured speaker at one monthly meeting, including press release, write up in monthly newsletter, and link/announcement on front page of the website
- Tabletop display for the lunch, provide the lunch presentation on a topic of your choice that is useful for small business owners.
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Lunch Sponsor $250
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Opportunity to give 10 minute presentation, including press release, write up in monthly newsletter, and link/announcement on front page of the website
- Tabletop display for the lunch.
Robyn M. Cummings
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NAWBO Spotlight That Celeste Friend is an engineer by training, but a financial planner by passion and has two certifications? That Julie Bestry, our organizational guru, is quickly becoming an authority on social networking, and can help you find time to manage this latest marketing method? That Katrina Chesney can assist you with sending out an email newsletter each month? That Tina Player is a highly respected event planner in Chattanooga and can help you plan your next corporate event? That your friendly newsletter editor, Laurel Bowen, hosts websites and offers free consultation with any NAWBO member on how to use your website to market your business? That all local members can get a list of members and their contact information from the Member Portal section of the website. All you have to do is contact me at laurel@tbcsolutions.com for your user name and password. That you can you be the next NAWBO Spotlight? It's easy. Send Laurel, your publicity chair, a bio (picture optional) |
The Economy is in the Toilet - Naturally You'll Start Wearing Lipstick
by Jennifer Romolini
reprinted from Shine
There was a story in last week's New York Times about how the sales of lipstick—not gloss—are an economic indicator and how, in tough times, women in this country turn not only to just smaller indulgences to quell their retail fix, but specifically lipstick. At first I read this and felt the same way I did about the whole "dresses are dead" thing. Like, "Oh, New York Times, you style prophet, tell me Oracle, what else will I wear next year?" But then I realized I'm actually way, way, way tired of lipgloss. I'm sick of it's glossiness, it's very celebrity slickness and I'm especially over how it gets stuck to my hair. According to the article, you will be buying lipstick for three reasons: 1. It's a small indulgence, "an inexpensive treat meant to substitute for a bigger-ticket item." 2. It's a "morale booster like Charlie Chaplin films were during the depression" 3. Women wear lipstick, “to put forward an image that they are more alive and more vibrant, and not as down in the mouth. It’s part of the uniform of desirability and attractiveness." Will you make the switch? To a 1940s red perhaps? Source: NY Times.
August's Lunch
