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NAWBO
CALENDAR
May 1 Progressive Dinner Meeting
May 14 New Member Orientation
May 17 RW
Committee Meeting
May 31 NAWBO's 2007 Women's Business Conference
in Atlanta, Georgia more
info
June 5 Dinner Meeting: Tips
from one of America’s Finest Headhunters
DON'T
MISS OUR June 5th DINNER MEETING "Tips
from one of America’s
Finest Headhunters" with Patty DeDominic
 • Win
the war for top talent
• Develop skills to attract the right people
• Learn the latest techniques for pre-screening, evaluating and developing
your people
• Gain some guerilla recruiting techniques
more info & RSVP
NAWBO
EDUCATION CENTER (see
class descriptions on right)
May
31 (date changed) Managing
Business and Personal Funds for Maximum Returns
June
6 & 13 Magical Business Makeover
July
24 Hiring in the 21st
Century
Aug
15 Let Go to Grow:
Stop Doing and Start Leading
AFFILIATE
EVENTS
May 11 Girls
Inc Girls' Rights Celebration Luncheon
May 16 WBEC-West
The Importance of WBE Certification
May 19 WomanSage "Keys
to Successful Caregiving"
June 2 NLBWA
3rd Annual Honoring Latinas in Business Awards
June 2 WomanSage "Keys
to Successful Caregiving"
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Jennifer Anderson, Counsel Contracting,
A.P.L.C.
Michele Birket, Quay Financial
Karen Buist-Baker, Senior Life Management
Patricia D'Aloisio, Juice Plus
Pogey Henderson, Crown Pointe Properties
Julie Kelly, Quay Financial
Irene Mack, Irene MACK, C P A
Julia Nguyen, J K M Homes, L L C
Patricia Rivera, Gioventu Spa
Vicky Rivera, Gioventu Spa
Vanessa Rockafellow, Cachet Wedding Design
April Sampson, Permanent Makeovers
Bonnie Shea, Pixelloom, LLC
Megan Storey, CIGNA
Terri Stout, T. S. Investigations, Inc.
Jacquelyn Tran, Perfume Bay
Terri Turner, Signature Resources
Christine Walker, Farmers & Merchants Trust Company
KUDOS
 Lorrie Scott, of ConnectingCA.com and BeautySeminars.com,
was nominated for the May 1st Los Angeles Business Journal's "Women
Making a Difference, 2007" awards luncheon. Congrats, Lorrie!
 Cheryl Barrett is a recipient of the 2007
Spirit of Volunteerism Awards sponsored by the Volunteer Center
Orange County and the Orange County Register, for her work
with Goodwill Industries of Orange County, where she is Vice
Chair of the Board of Directors. Good work, Cheryl!
 Janet Cronick, co-founder
and past president of
our affiliated organization, National Latina Business Women
Association (NLBWA), was recently selected by the U.S. Small
Business Association, Santa Ana District, as the 2007 Women
in Business
Champion of the
Year. She will receive the award at the SBA's Small Business
Week "Dream BIG" 44th Annual Awards Luncheon on May
17th. Congratulations, Janet!
MEMBERS
IN THE NEWS
 Certified
Financial Planner™, Robin
Giles,
was recently consulted for and quoted in a story titled "Budget
Blunders." The article appears in the May 2007 issue
of Parents, America's number one family magazine. For
a copy of the article email
Robin.
 "Techno-fit" An
article about the latest trends in
fitness technology, written
by Zeena Dhalla,
owner/operator of the Athletic Club for Women & Pilates
Place, was recently featured on SqueezeOC.com. read
article
 Camille
Jayne, NAWBO-OC President, will be
featured on TV’s Cable News Journal on Cox and Time Warner
through May 25th. She was interviewed by Richard Riesman,
Publisher of the Orange County Business Journal, and talked
about our NAWBO-OC chapter in the 30-minute interview discussing
her corporate career, Matters at Hand, and NAWBO’s
community efforts. CLICK
HERE for airtime schedule in your city.
 Zov
Karamardian celebrated the
20th anniversary of Zov's Bistro with a benefit extravaganza
on May 6th. Coverage included such media outlets as OC
Business Journal, OC Register, Gayot.com, Greer's
OC, Chef Jamie Gwen/ KABC-AM, and Tustin News. Beneficiaries
included SPIN and UCI's Susan Samueli Center for Integrative
Medicine.
A record 26 NAWBO-OC members were
nominated for the 2007 Orange County Business Journal's Women
in Business Awards. All were included in the newspaper's May
7th profile
of nominees. There's too many to list here, but check the
NAWBO-OC ad in the May 7th issue for the complete list.
(this issue will be distributed at May 24 OCBJ WIB
luncheon).
 Sue
Parks, CEO of WalkStyles, recently launched the WeWhoWalkTour—50
states in 50 weeks—in
Boise, ID, and was featured on the Satellite Sisters syndicated
radio
program, plus local outlets such as the Idaho Statesman and
the local NBC affiliate.
Colleen Edwards,
president of PowerMark Group, was included
in the Media & Marketing column in
the April 9th OCBJ, in which the PR firm's new podcasts
with local technology leaders were described.
 Sondra
Ames,
founder of Wonderland Bakery, was included
in the Marketplace column of the May 7 OCBJ, describing
her company's Wonderland-Gund branded bears and Sondra's
winning the MOMS Business Mother of the Year Award, presented
on May 11th.
 Sandra
Robbie,
who is set to launch her national Mendez vs.
Westminster Magical History Tour in her VW Bus,
was most recently written about in the April 12th issue of OC
Metro.
More to come as the tour unfolds in May.
 Hilary
Kaye, president of HKA, Inc. and NAWBO-OC Board
Member, was featured in the April 26th OC Metro article: "Giving
Back." The corporate philanthropy article included Hilary's
comments about her MS Walk team Ruby's Raiders and a photo
in a ruby red team shirt.
 Wayne Pinnell, managing partner of Haskell & White
LLP and NAWBO-OC Corporate Member, also was included in the
April 26
OC Metro article "Giving Back." Pinnell
described the firm's longstanding commitment to the performing
arts and
also the firm's "casual Friday" donations.
MEMBER NEWS
Marie-Annick Courtier, owner of Chef Marie LLC, announces
that she has been tapped to be the Nutritionist/Fitness Chef
Board Member of the new American
Health
Media Company.
Chef Marie is the co-author of the book The Saint-Tropez
Diet.
 Kimberly
Gerber, president
of Excelerate, announces a national
deal signed
with Verizon. The third national
contract signed recently by Kim, this one follows deals with
Invensys and Clarient.
 Susan
VerBurg, CEO of Merlex Stucco and
Vero Venetian Plaster, reveals that her company's distinctive
Italian plaster
has been selected for a two-year project Irvine Company project
on the new Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Coast. Sounds gorgeous!
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THANK YOU!
 Thank
you to Farmers and Merchants Bank for sponsoring
our May dinner meeting. We are very excited
about the bank's "I know Henry" promotion
(see
details at right) and very appreciative!
From left to right: Karen Fernandez, Marty
Hartsock,
Marcia Evans, Richard Lange.
 
The
Progressive Dinner wouldn't have happened without the
help of Kelly
Oberle,
President,
Access Human Potential, and Lydia
Welton,
Owner of McKenzie Coaching, who orchestrated
and
facilitated the program. Everyone
we have talked to that was "IT" took
away valuable feedback as a result of the
round table discussion, and we know that
other participants did too.
Also, thank
you to the individual table
facilitators: Barri Carian, Susan
Hansted Kuntz, Rachel Owens, Michelle Beauchamp,
Zeena
Dhalla,
Joan Friedlander,
Hal Hendrix, Jodi Jones, Moty Koppes, Susan
Medwied, Kristin Menapace, Markell Steele,
Nahid Casazza, Linda Casso, Ellen Clark and Lucinda
Herdman. Remember to join
a SUCCESS Team if
you
want
to work with a group of
advisors to help you grow your businesses
and reach your goals!
Finally, thanks to these companies who generously
donated prizes for the opportunity drawing:
MEMBERS SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE
 Internet
Audio: Radio Advertising for the 21st Century by
Diana D’Itri — From
the time Alexander Graham Bell's little invention first allowed
man to speak to others across the miles,
it's been pretty much a given that nothing is as strong a tool
for communication as the sound of the human voice...not newspapers,
not magazines, not even the knowledge-stuffed texts on the
Internet. Seeing may be believing, but seeing AND hearing motivates
people to act... continued
 Dealing
with Disability: Must-Have Documents Prevent Chaos by
Darlynn C. Morgan, Esq. — The good news is that we are
living longer! The bad news is that, in any given year, we
are much
more likely
to become incapacitated than to die. This reality makes planning
for an incapacity a critical component of a good, comprehensive
estate plan. If you die without a formal estate plan in place,
California has a statutory scheme of who gets your estate... continued
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BOARD & COMMITTEE
NEWS
2007-08 Slate of Officers: The ballots for
the new executive board will be emailed to voting members in early
May. Please vote promptly when you receive your ballot.
Barri Carian — President (elected in
2006)
Cassie Hoag — President-Elect
Kimberly Gerber — VP Membership
Josie De La Cruz — Treasurer
Lydia Welton — Secretary
CLICK HERE for more information
about these wonderful ladies. To read about the nomination
process CLICK
HERE.
 Remarkable
Women: The next RW committee
meeting will be held May 17th from 11:30-1:00 at Farmers & Merchants
Bank, 24300 Paseo de
Valencia, Laguna Hills. For more information about our 12th
annual awards luncheon, click here.
In the upcoming months we will be profiling some 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.
 EVENT
CO-CHAIR
Brenda Buffalin
Bb's Creative LLC
Full service ad agency including advertising, marketing, internet and public
relations services.
 EVENT
CO-CHAIR
Michelle
Beauchamp
B.E.A. & Company,
LLC, Licensed Sandler Sales Institute Franchise
Training and coaching services targeted to business owners who are uncomfortable
in the selling process; sales professionals who have experienced success
and choose to soar to a higher level and eliminate the tiring game of chasing
prospects;
or companies who have a sales force who are not closing enough business or
are afraid to ask for referrals. Clients who work with Sandler learn to appreciate
the value of this no nonsense system, designed to get results. Recruiting and
assessments for hiring sales staff is also a service some companies choose.
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.
Education: Join
us in May and June 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.
 The
next round of SUCCESS Teams will begin in June 2007 and
the deadline to register is May 11th. Don’t
miss this opportunity to use the NAWBO Success Team program
to take your business to the next level. Orientation is
May 22nd and the first team meeting
is June 5th. If you’d
like to learn more about the program click
here. The support, accountability, and feedback
you get in these peer advisory groups is an invaluable benefit
to NAWBO members!
Upcoming Education
Center Courses
All classes
will take place at Excelerate, Inc., 9 Corporate Park, Suite
250, Irvine, CA.
 Managing
Business and Personal Funds for Maximum Returns (DATE
CHANGED to May 31) Instructor: Nanette
Macbeth, The Macbeth Group Wealth Management Services. Attendees
will
learn the life cycle of a business and the financial concerns
and solutions
that they will encounter as their business starts, grows
and passes on to employees or is sold. Good cash management,
insurances,
investments, retirement plans and estate planning will be discussed.
 Magical
Business Makeover (June
6 & 13) Instructor: Pete Nelson, Everywhere Marketing.
Instructor: Pete Nelson, Everywhere Marketing. For many women
business
owners frustration has mounted to an unbearable level as
they have had to settle for second-rate marketing design,
lifeless copywriting and over hyped, get-rich-quick Internet
marketing strategies that don’t work. Whether it's
getting your vision to emotionally connect with your audience,
re-igniting your entrepreneurial passion, validating your
intuition, or nurturing your business back to health, you'll
receive the answers you have been looking for to get your
customers chasing you, instead of you always chasing them.
 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
 "I
Know Henry" Offer
from Farmers & Merchant's Bank A wonderful financial
gifting opportunity has been presented to NAWBO-OC from
our Corporate
Partner, Farmers & Merchants Bank. They have generously
offered to provide a monetary gift to the NAWBO-OC’s
Women Business Institute Education Center when you choose to
use open an account at one of their many branch locations.
F&M anticipates running this program for years to come
as they work with us to build our education endowment. Many
of our members have accounts with F&M, and
they consistently give high marks for service and products.
details
 SBA
Launches Free Online Course & Assessment for budding
entrepreneurs to provide the fundamentals of starting a small
business. The
Small Business Primer Strategies for Success online training
is a free course designed to assist individuals who are thinking
about starting a small business or who are in the early stages
of running a business. The Primer is available
through the SBA’s
Small Business Training Network (see "new courses").
May
17, 2007 SBA
Small Business Week "Dream BIG" 44th
Annual Awards Luncheon will honor
small business owners and champions. 11:30am–1:30pm
at the Ontario Convention Center more
info. Cost: $75 per person.
If you would like to join other NAWBO-OC members at this event
please contact Andrea
Messina
 May
19, 2007 Women's Wellness Day Presented by UCI's
Susan Samueli Center for Integrative
Medicine: "Eat
Well, Live Well: The Science of Food as Medicine" 7:45am-3:45pm
at the Hyatt Regency, Irvine. $150. more info & RSVP
 May
29, 2007 Rev Up Your Returns: Simple Sales Strategies to
Boost Your Profitability 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.
 June
8, 2007 Women’s Breakfast for Champions NAWBO
member Tracey Downey-Racen, founder
of Downey’s Chocolates and the Artisan Chocolate Studio
and Café in Laguna Niguel, will be the featured guest
speaker about her transition from a 23-year career in real
estate management
to Chocolatier. El Adobe Restaurant,
31891 Camino Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano. $25-$30 more
info & RSVP
 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.
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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May
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