| NAWBO
CALENDAR
Jan 10 Dinner Meeting
Goal Setting for Economic Growth in 2006
AFFILIATE
EVENTS
Dec 13 WomanSage Salon "Chicks
Celebrate" Holiday Party
Jan
9, 2006 OCWLA Monthly Meeting
Jan 14 WomanSage "I
Resolve" Health and Fitness Conference
Jan 20 ABAOC Installation and Lunar New Year Celebration
NEW MEMBERS
Lorraine Aguilar, Working Harmony, Inc.
Marcia
Blake, Outdoor Interiors
Bette Bloom, Orlinbloom Events
Kathryn
Branman, Vanguard Mattress Corporation
Karen Canaday-Ditteaux, LINK Promotional
Marketing, Inc.
Kimberly Gerber, Excelerate, Inc.
Phyllis
Gross, Sunbelt Business Brokers
Nora
Keuylian, Lamborghini Orange County
Janet Lisinski,
Jordan Property Group, Inc.
Carole Logsdon, Author and Investor
Tena Madrid, Counseling Solutions
Cheryl
Paulette, CMAssociates
Diana Pelletier,
Pelletier & Associates, Inc.
Renee Pepys Lowe, CoCaLo, Inc.
Cindra Syverson, Syverson Consulting, Inc.
Gail Waterman, GTW & Associates, Inc.
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THANK
YOU!
Thanks for the
generous
gift basket
donations
for our December
super-opportunity
drawing:
All That Jazz Gift
Baskets, Nancy Ishii
Biz-Promotion, Sylvie Small
The Chocolate Angel, Linda Hoitt
CMM Advisory Group, Susan Hansted-Kuntz
Custom Motors, Barbara Page
Dinwiddie Events, Janis Dinwiddie
The Henderson Group, Diana Henderson
The Image Center, Kim Donaldson
Matters at Hand, Camille
Jayne
Perfume Bay Inc., Jacquelyn Tran & HKA Inc.,
Hilary Kaye
Pixie Trails, Rhonda Kanatzar
Southern California Edison, Grace Whitcomb
Succession Strategies, Rachel Owens
Susan's Healthy Gourmet, Susan Johnson
Village Green Foods, Jenny Rosoff
WalkStyles, Inc., Sue Parks
Also, thank you to
Linda Hoitt of
The Chocolate Angel for treating us to her cranberry
chocolate clusters and assorted cookies,
to Gerrie Adams of Xengaru Fun Foods for
sharing her Pizzettos with us, and to our terrific host—Jenny
Rosoff of
Village Green Foods.
MEET
OUR BOARD MEMBERS
 Hilary
Kaye has
been doing an incredible job as NAWBO-OC's Director of Public
Relations for four years.
Her company, HKA, Inc.,
is an award-winning public
relations agency that has
been operating successfully for 21 years. HKA serves
small to mid-market companies in a variety of industries, providing
media coverage and other PR strategies to generate visibility
and credibility.
As NAWBO-OC's Director of Public Relations, Hilary is responsible
for generating publicity for the chapter in local media,
placing and creating ads, and
also helps individual
members receive media exposure on occasion. She would welcome
any members with experience in PR or advertising to join
the
Public Relations Committee.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
 Ursula
Schoeneich,
freerecycling.com, LLC
Get cash $ for used inkjet printer cartridges! Ink Cartridge Recycling is a great
tool for fundraising, or to earn some extra cash for you or your company. Every
year more than 1 billion inkjet cartridges are used, and most are thrown away
when empty. Take advantage of our free and unique Environmental
Reclamation Service and earn money ...more
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
  Two NAWBO members, Dr. Katherine Ahn, a cosmetic
dentist and director of The Image Center in Huntington Beach,
and Shaila Rao Mistry, president of Jayco
MMI based in Corona, were among six Orange County Asian-American
entrepreneurs honored in November by the Asian Business Association
of Orange County. The women received their prestigious awards
at a black-tie dinner at the Grove in Anaheim.
Katherine Ahn, DDS, and
husband Dr. Peter Newen, a plastic surgeon, were featured in
a Page
1 Orange County Register article Nov. 14 concerning
the popularity of plastic surgery procedures among women and
men of Asian
ethnic groups. Their beautiful facility, The Image Center,
in Huntington Beach, also was featured in the article.
WANTS & NEEDS
Free advertising in
program & website in exchange for door prizes
for Dec 13th Entrepreneur seminar. Click
for details or contact Lorrie
Scott 949-257-9568. Donation must be received by Dec 6,
2005.
Office space on a rental basis in Ophthalmology or
Optometry practice needed by Optometrist specializing
in Low Vision needs. Contact: Terry
Migdal, OD 949-716-8676.
Office/Retail space wanted
in South Orange County near the freeway. 1500 sq
ft or less. Contact Bonnie
Plotkin (949) 252-1001.
HELP WANTED
Seasoned Full-Charge
Bookkeeper/Small Business Controller for growing high-tech
resale business in Aliso Viejo. QuickBooks. You will be right-hand
person to CEO. Contact James Gettys, HR, CUE Technologies,
61 Columbia Suite E, ALiso Viejo, CA 92656 E-mail hr@cuetech.com
MEMBERS SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE
 Converting
Website Visitors to Buyers / Leads
by
Denise Davies, ALEPH Inc.
Not every
website is a sales tool for e-commerce. However a successful
website will build your
contact list and create qualified leads for your products
and services... Credibility. Before
a person will buy something from you or send you their personal
information
such as name or email address, they have to trust you.
Your website must have a professional look, be easy to
use and contain up to date information. Otherwise you risk
losing the trust of the person visiting the website... Security.
For e-commerce sites CONTINUED
TOWER MEDICAL BILLING
Electronic billing service for physicians, optometrists,
chiropractors. Fast and efficient, will pick up and deliver
if necessary. Contact: Terry Migdal
949-716-8613. towermedicalbilling@cox.net
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COMMITTEE NEWS
 Mentoring: The
2006 Mentoring Program will be starting soon. See mentoring
page for information or contact
Dee
Putman-Elliott 714-813-7190.
 SAVE
THE DATE: Feb 19-21, 2006 Public Policy Days in Washington,
DC. We know woman business owners can be persuasive. Now, more
than ever, we need you to apply your
powers of persuasion
to influence legislation that will have a direct impact
on your business's bottom line. This year, plan to take advantage
of a unique opportunity to help shape NAWBO's policy agenda
while spending a long holiday weekend with your
family in our nation's
capital. Featured speakers include
Sheila C. Johnson, CEO of Salamander Hospitality,
LLC, owner of both the Washington Capitals and the Washington
Mystics, and co-founder
of Black Entertainment Television (BET); and Sara Laschever,
co-author of Women Don't Ask and published
by the New York Review of Books, the New York
Times, the Harvard
Business Review, and many other publications. Click
for event details.
CORPORATE
& COMMUNITY MEMBER NEWS & EVENTS
 Are
You America's Small Business Star? Small Business Television
Network, www.sbtv.com, the first television network on the Web
devoted to small business, has launched a search for a small-business
enterprise to feature as a star operation! The SBTV 2006 Small Business Star
Quest Contest is searching for a profitable small business with a unique business
strategy to be featured in a streaming video profile and accompanying articles
for maximum media exposure. The winner also will be featured in a national media
campaign in conjunction with SBTV. If you would like to let the world know your
business is a star, go to www.sbtv.com.
Applications must be submitted by Dec. 19, 2005.
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 December
13, 2005: Principal Financial Educational Series for Women
Business Owners:
Five
Business Resolutions to Make–And
Keep–in 2006. While 60 percent of
Americans make personal New Year’s Resolutions,
which typically consist of losing weight and quitting
smoking, it is essential to create professional
goals as well. This is especially true for business
owners. According to a recent SBTV.com poll of
600 participants, 70 percent recently ranked marketing
and sales as their top 2006 business resolution.
Technology ranked next at 26 percent, followed
by business finance and workforce, both at 2 percent
respectively. Sign
up for the FREE teleclass at www.principal.com/women.
 Girls
Going Places® Entrepreneurship Award: Do you know
a talented girl who demonstrates budding entrepreneurship,
taking the
first
steps toward financial independence, and making a
difference in her school or community? Consider nominating
her for The Guardian Life Insurance Company's 2006 Girls Going
Places® Entrepreneurship
Award, a program partially underwritten by NAWBO, that rewards
15 enterprising girls annually with cash awards. For information
and nomination form see: www.girlsgoingplaces.com Nominations
are due in February, 2006.
 Save
$250 on 2006 Success Strategies Conference: Join
women from across the country March 26-28, 2006 in Ft.
Lauderdale,
FL for Office Depot's Success Strategies for Women conference.
New features include enhanced matchmaking and tracks for corporate
and business owners. As a special offer from Office Depot,
the first 250 people to register will
receive $250 off their registration. To take advantage of
this offer, register at www.officedepotsuccess.com before
December 15.
 The Orange
County Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides
no-cost confidential business consulting as well as low-cost
quality
training
for Orange County small business owners and future entrepreneurs
on topics such as access to capital, employment
and payroll tax issues, writing a business plan and more. CLICK
HERE to see SBDC's Winter Training Calendar.
NEWS FROM NAWBO-NATIONAL
NAWBO wins ASAE's 2006
Association Advance America Award Of Excellence for
launching WomenBizRelief,
a coalition and website created to assist women entrepreneurs
affected by
Hurricane Katrina. Led by NAWBO, the WomenBizRelief coalition
and its related website, www.womenbizrelief.com encourages
donations of housing,
equipment, and employment opportunities from woman entrepreneurs
to assist those women business owners affected by Hurricane
Katrina. In addition, women business owners in need of assistance
can visit the site for resources to help them rebuild their
businesses and lives. The main goal of the Web site is to create
a user-friendly clearinghouse for resources that are needed immediately
to help established businesses rebuild. Coalition members promoted
the availability of the Web site to their members and networks
across the country.
Join the NAWBO National Speakers Bureau! As
a benefit of NAWBO membership you can join the NAWBO Speakers
Bureau. As a member of this bureau, your name will be sent
to NAWBO chapters and promoted on the national website (www.nawbo.org)
to meeting planners and other individuals looking for professional
speakers. To learn more, click
here.
Inc.500: Inc.
magazine and www.inc.com have started the
search for the 2006 Inc. 500. This annual
listing
of America's 500 fastest-growing privately held companies
is widely regarded as the most prestigious indicator of growth
among independent companies in the U.S. To apply, visit http://www.inc.com/inc500_app/apply06.jsp. Fast Company 2006 Fast 50: The Fast 50 is Fast Company magazine's annual readers'
challenge, a worldwide search for ordinary people doing extraordinary
things. The magazine's goal is to remind the world of all
the good that's created when passionate people with big ideas
and
strong
convictions are determined to make a difference. To nominate
yourself or someone you know, click
here.
YOUR NEWS
HERE... Members:
CLICK HERE for our easy-to-use 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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Dec
'05 meeting photos