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Greetings!
 | | Angie Williams, WeMN Marketing Director |
Happy New Year! We hope that 2012 is a successful year for you and your business. At WeMN, we are excited about the many events and programs we have planned to help you achieve your business goals and network with like-minded women. Thanks to all who joined us for our Quarterly Event in December, presented by Dia Satori. It was a well-attended, engaging event. As one member commented, "...fantastic interactive, experiential event that increased my tool set for networking and growing my business. Dia did a great job and the location was fantastic." We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events, which are listed in this newsletter. If you have any questions about the events or WeMN membership, please feel free to contact us at info@wemn.org. Our best to you in 2012! Sincerely, Angie Williams WeMN Marketing Director |
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What are your favorite free tools that help you run your business?
We asked WeMN board members about their favorite free tools that help them run their businesses. Check out these great resources:
Angie Williams, WeMN Marketing Director
Google Docs - This is an excellent tool for managing projects with clients. You and your client can view and edit a shared document at any time without sending documents back and forth. And by stroring them in the "cloud," you are able to access your documents from any computer or internet-connected device.
Karen Emanuelson, WeMN Membership Director
Google Alerts - Google alerts is like having a personal assistant continually searching the Internet for mentions of my company name. I set my Google alerts to send me a daily email alerting me of mentions of "Reciprocate LLC" anywhere online.
Beth Backen, WeMN Technology Director
Bankrate.com - If you're thinking of taking a business loan, this tool can help clarify how much impact the loan will have. I've used it for goal setting as well. For example, I look at how much sooner will I finish my car loan if I pay $20 extra each month?
Oanda - For people who do business overseas, Oanda has a really good set of currency conversion tools. Great for filling out expense reports from a business trip, or for calculating the cost of a purchase made in another currency.
Amalia Moreno-Damgaard, WeMN President
MailChimp - User friendly, has stats to track success, interfaces with social media and others, and it's free (fees may apply in some instances).
Flickr - Great display, easy to use, a way to showcase your business regularly, another way people can link to your business.
Yelp - Free, yellow pages-like and beyond, ratings, great resource, another way people can find your business.
Manta - Free listing (some fees apply for some services), great quick business tips daily, another way people can find your business.
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Upcoming Events
1/26 Wine Etiquette and Tasting Tour: Members Only
2/7 Peer Advisory Group Luncheon: Members Only 3/8 First Quarterly Event - Stay tuned for more details! 4/10 Mentoring Program Kick-off - Stay tuned for more details! |
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SAVE THE DATE
11.29.12
for the Visionary Women Conference
More information coming soon!
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WeMN Board - Open Board Positions
WeMN Board of Directors is seeking candidates or nominations for two open positions on our board. These are three-year term positions for candidates with the following qualifications. We are seeking candidates who can commit 4+ hours per month attending 12 annual Board meetings (6 face to face; 6 conference) and networking events throughout the year.
In return, WeMN offers a great network to grow personally and professionally, the opportunity to promote your own business within the membership and beyond, and other perks. Interested parties, please contact Amalia@AmaliaLLC.com by January 31st.
WeMN Events Director
- Executive/self-starter/strong organizational and leadership skills
- Takes the lead in organizing and implementing events according to the Strategic Plan
- Sources venues and speakers in collaboration with the WeMN board
- Works in partnership with our board
- Experience planning, organizing and executing events is helpful, but not mandatory
WeMN Business Development Director
- Executive/self-starter/strong organizational and leadership skills
- Sponsorship/revenue/membership development
- Contribute toward implementation of Strategic Plan
- Non-profit background business development/fundraising skills preferred, but not mandatory
- Work within parameters established by WeMN and in partnership with our board
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| Special Announcement about Membership Billing
In an effort to serve our members more efficiently, WeMN will be converting to annual billings starting in March 2012. While we work on the implementation of this new procedure, we will be communicating with each of our members in the next few weeks to ensure a smooth transition.
Please email kschneibel@mncpapro.com with any questions.
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| Calling all WeMN Members - Conference Committee Volunteers Wanted
We are currently recruiting volunteers to help us implement our conference plan. In return, volunteers obtain free conference attendance and have the opportunity to join a group of other energetic, like-minded entrepreneurs. Interested parties please contact
Amalia@AmaliaLLC.com by January 31st.
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Welcome New Members
We would like to welcome new members who have joined in the past 2 months!
- Shannon Ballman, MainStreetChamber™ Mankato
- Kalli Matsuhashi, Executive Confidante
- Ann Wojcik, AnnMar Home Help
- Mary Machado, AnnMar Home Help
- Patricia McDowall, Designs by Patia
- Tara Craft, Seaton, Peters & Revnew, P.A.
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WeMN Board
Membership Director Treasurer and CFO Marketing Director |
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| WeMN Advisory Board
Former WeMN Founding Board Member and Secretary
Former WeMN Marketing Director
Former WeMN Technology Director
Former WeMN Founding Board Member and Treasurer
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