WBN April Luncheon

Don’t forget to register for the luncheon on Thursday, April 18th at the Scera.  You don’t want to miss it!  

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5906030095#

WBN Turning Point Flyer

Nicke Brown made us aware of the following opportunity for woman entrepreneurs and business owners.  Check it out!

Grow America would like to invite you to participate or let your friends and family know about our next exciting competition for women.
Grow America and Sage Software proudly launched the ‘She Can Pitch’ woman’s business competition yesterday. Here are some of the details of the competition:

• $10,000 no-strings-attached cash awards ($5,000 for first place, $3,000 for second and $2,000 for third).
• A One hour mentoring session from
  • John Suh, CEO of Legalzoom
  • Brian Meece, CEO of Rockethub
  • Corey Drushal, Executive Director of Bad Girl Ventures
  • Andrea Rudert, Director of Marketing and Partnership Development of VITAMIN W
  • Michelle Mccullough, Managing Director of Startup Princess
  • Tom Ngo, Chief Product Officer of IdeaLabs.
  • Click here to learn more about these awesome mentors!
• Opportunity to pitch to an angel investor or venture capitalist.
• A one year subscription to Sage One, the SIMPLE cloud based accounting, invoicing, task and time tracking solution for small businesses.
• Enter Now: GrowAm.com/Competition

The competition is now open! Public voting begins on April 15, so be sure to fire up your social networks starting on the 15th!.

Don’t forget to register for the luncheon on Thursday, April 18th at the Scera.  You don’t want to miss it!  

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5906030095#

WBN Turning Point Flyer

Mark Your Calendar: April WBN Luncheon

Please join us on Thursday, April 18^th for the Women’s Business Network April luncheon. This will be a special spring meeting where we will learn more about Turning Point, a program based at UVU that helps women who are in transition create opportunities for themselves. As an added bonus, we’ll have fashion experts there to share tips and ideas, and we’ll also collect gently used women’s professional clothing to be donated to Turning Point. Take advantage of spring cleaning and collect clothing from others in your organization or network. Turning Point provides the clothing to women who may be re-entering the work force or attempting to upgrade career-wise so that they can dress appropriately for interviews and for the work place. The event will be held at the SCERA; we’ll begin promptly at 11:30, and should finish around 1:00 p.m. (although you’re certainly welcome to remain afterward if the fun is still going on). Please RSVP by Monday, April 15^th so that we can ensure an accurate count for the meal. Register by clicking on the link below:

.   http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5906030095#

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March Luncheon Recap

The room was filled to capacity

Over sixty women attended the “Nothing But Networking”  The Women’s Business Network luncheon on March21st at Corporate Alliance.  Members enjoyed getting to know other female business leaders, strengthen friendships and create new relationships.  Women were served a wonderful roast beef luncheon provided by Landmark Catering.

Logan Wilkes and Alison Dyer of Corporate Alliance talked about the basics of networking and how to improve relationships.  The rest of the meeting was devoted to networking activities at each table.  As always a big thanks to WBN’s 2013 Angel Sponsor, The Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation for their support.

The next luncheon will be on April 18th at the Scera, 745 South State in Orem at 11:30 am.  Please save the date on your calendar.  More details to follow.

March Luncheon this week

Our March luncheon is coming up this week!

It will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 11:30 am at the Corporate Alliance Building, 746 E. 1910 S. Provo, UT.  (Map)   The theme will be “Nothing but Networking”.  Come make new friends and get to know the business women in our community.  These events are always very popular and a lot of fun.  Lunch will be served by Landmark Catering and registration is $15.

If you haven’t registered yet–PLEASE make your reservation today to allow for an accurate count on the food.  Click on the following link to register for the luncheon.  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5526562096#

Hope to see you there.

 

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February Luncheon Recap

The Women’s Business Network had a wonderful luncheon and speaker at the Holiday Inn Express on February 21, 2013.  Angie Anderson Morris and Ronald Hawkins of Hawkins Cloward & Simister, LC, Certified Public Accountants gave a very informational presentation on “Taxes after the American Taxpayer Relief and Affordable Care Acts”.  Angie discussed some of the new changes in the tax law and how that will affect exemptions, tax brackets, tax on capital gains, dividends, estate and gift taxes.  She also discussed the increase in payroll tax and business tax changes.  Ron discussed how the Affordable Care Act would affect the taxes businesses and individuals will be required to pay.  Several examples were given to help women understand the implications of the new taxes and to understand who would

be affected by the new laws.  A delicious taco salad bar with pie for dessert was served by Landmark Catering.  Also thanks to our 2013 Angel Sponsor, The Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation for their ongoing support of the Women’s Business Network and scholarship fund.

The next luncheon will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 11:30 am at the Corporate Alliance Building, 746 E. 1910 S. Provo, UT.  (Map)   The theme will be “Nothing but Networking”.   Come make new friends and get to know the business women in our community.  These events are always very popular and a lot of fun.  Lunch will be served by Landmark Catering and registration is $15.  Please register by Monday, March 18 to allow for an accurate count on the food.  Click on the following link to register for the luncheon.  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5526562096#

February WBN Luncheon

The Women’s Business Network will host a luncheon on Thursday, February 21 at the Holiday Inn Express, 1290 West University Parkway in Orem (Map).  The luncheon will begin at 11:30 am.

The speakers will be Angie Anderson Morris and Ronald Hawkins of Hawkins Cloward & Simister, LC, Certified Public Accountants.  They will speak on “Taxes after the American Taxpayer Relief and Affordable Care Acts”.    The tax acts passed by Congress in late December affect nearly everyone.  Changes include increased payroll taxes, tax rates for capital gains and dividends, and tax increases for higher income.  Come learn about the new tax acts and how they will affect you and your business.  This is a hot topic right now and should be of interest to everyone.

Lunch will be provided by Landmark Catering and registration is $20.  Please go to the following link to register for the luncheon.  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5298516004

Thanks to our 2013 Angel Sponsor, The Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation for their ongoing support of the Women’s Business Network and scholarship fund.

January Luncheon Follow Up

The Women’s Business Network Luncheon was well attended on January 17, 2013 as Michelle McCullough shared “5 Tips To Connecting With and Closing Sponsors”.  The five steps were: (1) Seek First To Understand – it is important to understand your client and their needs. (2) One Size Does Not Fit All – be flexible and adaptable to what a sponsor wants to contribute (3) Get Your Stuff Together – Have brochures, tool kits, website, packages and other materials ready to share with a potential sponsor.  It makes your project seem more legitimate. (4) The Sale Isn’t Done When They Pay The Bill – Stay in contact with sponsors and continue to network. (5) Keep Up – stay up to date with new technologies and ways of sponsoring.

Michelle shared some wonderful tools that are helpful in establishing sponsorships.

Question Based Selling

WE Unite Media Kit

Talking Points – WE Unite Sponsorships

Sponsorship Toolkit

You can also text Michelle at 88588 and type “michelle” in the text body to receive these materials.

Checknet Money Tree

You can learn more about Michelle at www.speakmichelle.com, michelle@speakmichelle.com, or Michelle McCullough – Page on Facebook, www.facebook.com/speakmichelle

Thank you to CheckNet for sponsoring the luncheon and for donating a money tree given away to the lucky winner of the drawing.

The delicious meal was catered by Landmark and the use of the facility was donated by the Scera.  Also a big thanks to WBN’s 2013 Angel Sponsor, The Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation.  Our next luncheon will be on February 14^th.