January 2010

Happy New Year!!

NAWBO's mission is to strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of its members and promote economic development; to create innovative and effective change in the business culture; to build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and to transform public policy and influence opinion makers worldwide.

In This Month's Issue:

Upcoming Meetings & Seminars

16th Annual EPIC Awards

PR for Your Business With NAWBO

Family Scholar House

NAWBO Sponsorship Packages

Masterminds Groups

Buy NAWBO 1st Program

Nominations for Media Advocate of the Year Open

NAWBO National Member Spotlight

NAWBO National Call for Presenters

NAWBO Louisville Member News

Louisville Small Business Development Center Events

Louisville Metro Office for Women

eNewsletter Promo Items & Articles

2009 Corporate & In-Kind Sponsors

Ads in NAWBO Louisville Print Newsletter

January 12, 2010 - NAWBO Board Meeting
Location: Allegra East - 2680 Technology Drive
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Members welcome.

January 13, 2010 - Minerva Meeting
Location: Central Bank - 9300 Shelbyville Road (flash cube building)
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Register: Email Helen Overfield at director@nawbolouisville.org

Topic: New Years Initiatives: How will your company thrive in 2010 and beyond?

This program will be a round table, facilitated by Tricia Burke, involving all Minerva participants.

Come prepared with your answers to these 3 questions regarding your company:

What is working?
What is not working?
What would you like to see?

Each NAWBO member will be given a brief opportunity to answer these questions...and seek input/ suggestions from other NAWBO Minerva members present. It promises to be a lively discussion. Our goal is for you to walk away with some actionable items that will help your company succeed in 2010.

January 19, 2010 - Monthly Meeting
Location: Masterson's - 1830 S. Third Street
New & Prospective Member Orientation - 11:00 a.m.
Meeting Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Denise Orwick - Owner, Precision Compounding Pharmacy
Cost: $25 Members/$35 Non-Members
Register NOW

January 28, 2010 - Branding "U" - Ignite Your Marketing - Tips From The Pros
Location: Central Bank - 9300 Shelbyville Road (flash cube building)
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 am
Cost: $15 members/$25 non-members

View Event Flyer (repeat from Sept. 09)

Space is limited. Register Now

Panelists:
Henrietta Pepper - The Pepper Group, Ltd.
Ingrid Bolton - Ingrid Design
Peggy Stevens - Peggy Noe Stevens & Associates
Denise Spalding - Allegra Print & Imaging East
Polly Moter - ProMoter Marketing Communications

16th Annual EPIC Awards

On March 25th, 2010, women from all over our community will gather to celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding women business owners in our region. Our message, "Power Your Dream" especially rings true when you consider that the estimated 93,233 privately held, majority women owned firms in Kentucky generate $9.3 billion in sales and employ 71,566 people.

Hosted by the Louisville Chapter of NAWBO, the 16th Annual EPIC Awards Luncheon honoring the Woman Business Owner of The Year will bring together a diverse audience from the business community, representing sole proprietorships to large corporations with hundreds of employees. It is by celebrating the economic development successes of women owned businesses that our entire city succeeds.

The finalists for the 2010 EPIC Awards are:

Denise Jerome - The Catering Company
Lisa Knight - Lisa Lynn Design Services
Amy Letke - Integrity HR
Mindy Munson - Munson Business Interiors
Elizabeth Niemann - Elizabeth Niemann & Assoc.
Julie O'Bryan - O'Bryan Law Offices
Stephanie Ringer - The WorkShop
Mary Schmidt - Schmit Insurance Agency
Denise Spalding & Jennifer Eberle - Allegra Print & Imaging East
Cynthia Torp - Solid Light, Inc.

The 500+ guests will see firsthand, through our NAWBO EPIC Awards finalists, how women are taking risks and building networks and strategic alliances. The EPIC Awards Luncheon is one of the longest running women's events in our community.

The 2010 EPIC Awards will be at Mellwood Arts Center located at 1860 Mellwood Avenue. Our Mistress of Ceremonies for the luncheon will be Dawne Gee from Wave 3 TV.

Multi-Media Sponsor:
UPS

Gold Sponsors:
PNC Bank
Ingrid Design

Silver Sponsors:
Commonwealth Bank & Trust
Norton Healthcare
Sam's Club

Bronze Sponsors:
Infinite Solutions
Mountjoy, Chilton & Medley

Woman of Distinction Sponsor:
Executive Communications

VIP Reception Sponsors:
Old National Bank
Greater Louisville, Inc.
Masterson's

In-Kind Sponsors:
Allegra Print & Imaging East
MP Videos
Xstreme Media, LLC

Registration and Silent Auction begin at 10:30 am and the Awards Luncheon begins at 11:30am and will conclude at 1:30pm. Reserve your seats now, as seating is limited.

Location: Mellwood Arts Center - 1860 Mellwood Avenue
Silent Auction - 10:30 a.m.
Awards Luncheon - 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Mistress of Ceremonies - Dawne Gee - Wave3 TV

REGISTER NOW

Silent Auction Donation Form

PR For Your Business With NAWBO

Kerry Stevenson of Kiely Hines & Associates and the NAWBO Programming committee are working on upcoming programs, seminars and luncheons. They are in need of people to donate gifts for the guest speakers (value approx $25) and a few smaller ($10) items for door prizes.

Your company will be recognized at the event from the podium as well as noted in the ENewsletter. It's a great way to advertise your business for very little cost. These gifts can be gift certificates or actual items.

Please contact Kerry at kstevenson@kiehlyhines.com or at 502-893-2020 if you would like to donate a gift item. Thank you for your support!

Family Scholar House

Share your holiday spirit through January by helping Family Scholar House change lives, families and communities through education.

NAWBO Louisville will continue to collect items for FSH through our January meeting. Bring in boxes of tissues for cold season, dry cookie mixes, cookie cutters, baking sheets, marshmallows and hot cocoa to donate.

(Side note: they always need feminine hygiene items, toilet paper, paper towels, soap, etc.)

Bring your items to the January NAWBO meeting.

Create Your Own NAWBO Sponsorship Package

NAWBO depends heavily on our partnerships with corporate sponsors. Without them we would not be able to support the programs we offer our members and the business community. In return, our sponsors enjoy visibility among women business owners and community leaders.

In addition to the EPIC sponsorships and chapter sponsorships at the levels of Visionary ($15,000), Leadership ($10,000), Champion ($5,000) and Supporting ($3,000), our chapter recently created a sponsorship program called Create Your Own Package. Any business can take advantage of the visibility offered by these options.

Create Your Own Package Sponsorships:
$1,500 Meeting and educational seminar sponsor
$1,500 Presenting sponsor of EPIC silent auction, includes booth
$1,000 E-newsletter sponsor, with linked ad and two company articles for 1 year.
$1,000 Printed newsletter sponsor, with �-page ad and article in each issue for one year/ 6

issues
$ 500 Educational material sponsor
$ 500 Company logo on website with link
$ 500 Postage sponsor
$ 500 Food & beverage sponsor for event, with visibility on promotional materials
$ 280 Table at annual signature event
$ 250 Half a corporate table (4 seats) at EPIC luncheon and awards ceremony
$ 250 Featured article in E-newsletter or printed newsletter
$ 200 One-year participation in Buy NAWBO 1st Program
$ 200 Promotional or information material at a NAWBO meeting
$ 150 Ad in E-newsletter

For more information, contact:
Corporate Sponsor Co-Chair, Rachel Butler 502-412-6502,
rachelbutler@rightangleresults.com or Co-Chair Wendy Darling at wendy@yourthumbprint.com or
Chapter Executive Director, Helen Overfield, 502-625-0248,
director@nawbolouisville.org

Masterminds Groups - Don't Miss Out

Masterminds is one of the many free programs that our Louisville chapter offers which supports women business owners. It is a group of 7-10 women business owners who form an informal board of advisors with members of the Louisville chapter. The vision is to create productive, interactive groups of women who are encouraged and enriched by participating in the Masterminds process.

This program enables mermbers to grow their businesses as they grow in their understanding of themselves and how they do business. Each person brings a unique perspective to the group and benefits from sharing insights into problems and solutions. All members of the group gain greater objectivity, value and a sense of their own power from peer support.

If you are a woman business owner, whether you have been in business six months or twenty years, you can benefit from Masterminds. Lean more from the Masterminds page on our web site.

If you are interested in joining a Masterminds group or forming a new group, please contact Masterminds Chair, Joe Vary at 491-9738 or Helen Overfield at the NAWBO office 625-0248.

Member Perks - Buy NAWBO 1st Program

In the Member's Area of the web site is the Buy NAWBO 1st program where NAWBO Members, Sponsors and Partners can offer discounts on goods and services to NAWBO Members. You can access it under Membership and Programs, but you must be logged in to see the discounts offered. There are already quite a few great deals available. To see information on this new program, visit the Buy NAWBO 1st page on the NAWBO Louisville web site.

Current offers include:

Corporate Sponsor Louisville Magazine offers these discounts to NAWBO members:10% discount on advertising and 50% discount on subscriptions - Regular one-year subscription price is $22. NAWBO members pay $11. Two-year is $36, $18 for NAWBO members.
Royal Fine Jewelers offers NAWBO members a 25% discount off of jewelry repair and appraisals
Corporate Sponsor Underwired Magazine offers a 10% discount on advertising to NAWBO members
Corporate Sponsor Kentuckiana Healthy Woman Magazine offers a 20% discount on advertising
Corporate Sponsor Today's Woman Magazine offers a 10% discount off rate card for ads placed in Today's Woman, Today's Transitions and Today's Family magazines
Corporate Sponsor Xstreme Media, LLC offers a 10% discount off any of their services
Moss Hill offers a 15% discount off all products
Bikinis and Bifocals offers a 10% advertising discount for ads placed on their web site
Evanston Publishing offers a Free book consultation and a Free Guidebook "Selling Your Book"
J Vary & Associates offers a 1 hour free session with Joe Vary
Signarama Downtown offers a 10% discount off services
TKT & Associates, Inc. offers NAWBO members a $200 discount off of their FastTrac GrowthVenture program
Utterly Organized offers your 1st hour of organizing Free
Home Cuisine offers a 10% discount off of meal plan prices
Sunny Daize Boutique is offering members a 10% discount off their purchase
Blooms in LaGrange and Betsye's Blooms in Simpsonville are offering a 15% discount to NAWBO members and sponsors on all products.
Event Photographers, Inc. is offering a 10% discount off any professional service, either in-house or on-location.
Jamie L. Wyman, Attorney at Law, is offering a discounted initial business consultation and 10% off all services. See full details in Buy NAWBO 1st member area.
Mojo Jewels is offering 20% off purchases on their web site.

To see additional details on these discounts and how to get them, LOG IN to the NAWBO Louisville web site and select Buy NAWBO 1st under Membership. (You MUST be logged in to see this page for the offers).

If you have special offers for NAWBO members and are interested in participating in the Buy NAWBO 1st program, send the details to Lesa Seibert, Xstreme Media, LLC at lesa@xstrememedia.com.

Nominations Open for Media Advocate of the Year

The Louisville Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is EPIC

seeking nominations for its annual Media Advocate of the Year Award. The winner will be honored at the annual EPIC Awards (formerly the Woman Business Owner of the Year) Luncheon, which will be held March 25, 2010, at the Mellwood Arts Center. The event draws approximately 400 community leaders each year and generates excellent public visibility and prestige for honorees.

NAWBO will honor a journalist or media outlet that has written, broadcast or otherwise produced stories during 2009 which increased public understanding of the influence of women-owned businesses in our community and state. Nominations should be examples of coverage that illuminates the breadth or scope of female business ownership within our community, and women business owners' political or economic impact in the Louisville/southern Indiana area and the immediate region.

Nominations for this award should be handled as follows:

1. By January 15, 2010, please provide three samples of stories illustrating how the standards listed above were met. You may mail, fax or deliver hard copies, e-mail electronic copies or provide links to an easily accessible online story archive. (Please do NOT send links to archives requiring subscriptions.) For broadcast samples, please send files in .wmv or .mp3. It is recommended, however, that you send hard copies (including standard CD-Rs or DVD-Rs) of your entry to ensure consideration.

2. Please include a short essay (limit 350 words) on why the coverage should be considered for this award.

The winner will be notified during February in order to make plans to attend the EPIC luncheon. While anyone may send in a nomination, journalists and media outlets are encouraged to nominate themselves.

If you have questions, please contact Alonna Bailey, (502) 681-5161, AlonnaB@MyAwardSolutions.com. Deadline for nominations: 5 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2010, to:

Helen Overfield
NAWBO Louisville
614 W. Main St., Suite 6000
Louisville, KY 40202
director@nawbolouisville.org / FAX: 502.625.0010

Member Spotlight - National NAWBO Member Bulletin Submission Guidelines

The National NAWBO Member Bulletin Member Spotlight features one NAWBO member per month highlighting her business success and community involvement and contributions. To be considered for future Member Spotlights, you must be a NAWBO member in good standing. NAWBO is also specifically seeking submissions that reflect excellence in any of these categories:

building sustainable businesses and environment
starting or growing an international business
developing competitive strategies during tough economic times
creating social entrepreneurship and community leadership

Submissions can be sent with the following guidelines:

� Include a brief bio about yourself, as well as information about your business' success,
involvement in the community, and a recent professional achievement.
� Submission text should be no longer than 350 words in length.
� Please include an appropriate headshot or photo that is at least 300 dpi.
� Members may nominate another member for Spotlight consideration, but they must provide
complete submission materials.

All materials should be sent to publications@nawbo.org. NAWBO reserves the right to edit biographical information for length and clarity. All submissions become the property of NAWBO. Members will be notified of their placement in the Spotlight.

NAWBO National Call for Presenters

NAWBO is soliciting speaker proposals for a limited number of panels, workshops and presentations at the Women's Business Conference 2010 scheduled June 10-11, 2010 in Washington, DC-where 35 years ago, a dozen like-minded businesswomen gathered to share information, create an atmosphere of professional community and further strengthen their entrepreneurial interests.

The Women's Business Conference is the only event of its kind focused on providing women entrepreneurs with personal and professional business development opportunities to take their businesses to the next level of success.

This year's conference theme "The Power of One" celebrates NAWBO's heritage and the many firsts women business owners have achieved to lay the groundwork for opportunities that exist today. It also celebrates the fact that we live in a world where one woman, one business and one collective NAWBO voice have the power to make a difference for women entrepreneurs in the U.S. and beyond. This year's WBC gives participants opportunities for high-level education, tangible takeaways and connections to help them power themselves and their business.

The Women's Business Conference program will combine keynote sessions, panel sessions, workshops and presentations featuring high-caliber thought leaders and experts in a variety of fields. All sessions are designed to educate members and provide practical information on topics related to owning and running a successful business. The WBC2010 Conference Team is currently soliciting proposals for a limited number of speakers to participate in panels, workshops and presentations.

CLICK HERE for Presenter Criteria & Guidelines

CLICK HERE for the Presenter Application Form

You will need a NAWBO profile username and password. If you don't already have one, you will need to create a NAWBO profile here. Once your profile is created, you can login, insert your bio, photo and upload files and documents that are requested below.

All proposals with supporting materials must be submitted electronically by 6:00 p.m. PST on Friday, January 29, 2010. We will only accept applications submitted electronically and by the deadline.