I'm on LinkedIn --  

Now What???

We are starting the new year with many ideas and plans. We are still focusing our meeting on Social Media. Social Media to me is a broad term when it comes to networking without actually being somewhere like our meetings. I am not one to extend the focus to technology.

Since I have been a web designer/developer and in the past a technical illustrator, the word technology scares girls more then wrestling. Even though the place of girls is moving up fast, they still shy away from the technology careers like engineering and programming. We girls now dominate the accounting area.

 Social Media it is and most girls do like to be sociable. I believe having speakers talk about the same subject can only bring a new perspective to the same thing.

We are also working on having a beer tasting in April. The date is set for Thursday April 7 and the theme is "Beer Tasting, Not Just For Girls." We are excited about it. It should be a great success.

See you at the next meeting,

Education Benefits of ABWA 

The following  are the Guidelines  and Eligibility Requirements for SBMEF Outright Grant that  we will be awarding this spring.

Guidelines: 

- The maximum grant amount awarded is $1,500.

- The award is for one year, although recipients

may reapply for subsequent years.

- Funds are to be used only for tuition, books and

fees.

- The SBMEF trustees (the current ABWA National

Board of Directors) serve as the selection board

for all grants.

- Outright grants are not to be repaid.

 Applicant Eligibility Requirements

 - The applicant must be female and a U.S. citizen.

- The applicant must be at least at the sophomore

level in college (completed 45 credit hours or

more) when applying for funds to be used the

following year, when she is at least at the junior

level or above (completed 60 credit hours or

more). For example, as a sophomore in college, a

student may apply for an outright grant to be

awarded when she is a junior in college.

- An applicant must be sponsored by an ABWA

group.

- Both ABWA members and nonmembers may apply

- the applicant may or may not be a member

either of the Association or of the sponsoring

group.

- The applicant must have achieved a cumulative

GPA of 2.5 or better on a 4.0 scale.

- The applicant must be seeking a baccalaureate

degree or higher.

Please contact me if you are or anyone you know are interested.

Donna Pontorno

VP of Education

480.285.8400

What's new... There are two new features in WIN courses designed to help job seekers.  One is "Resumes that Get Interviews" and the other "Interviews that Get Offers".  They are designed to support members jump start their career... and they are free of charge.

For this issue, I want to refer to an article from the District VI semi-annual communiqué called "Community of Aliveness" regarding the reasons you should recruit for ABWA:

·   To expand your group's network not just locally, but on the district and national level as well;

·   To enhance ABWA's reputation in your community;

·   To practice organizational leadership skills;

·   To achieve national recognition for yourself and for your group at district and national conferences;

·   To put into practice valuable team-building skills that will show tangible results;

·   And the number one reason is because any woman anywhere benefits by being part of a prestigious, dynamic, and innovative organization!

And with that, I urge you to invite a guest at the next meeting and encourage them to join this incredible group of women. ;)

Here's to a great 2011.