February 16, 2012

February ACE Breakfast  

February 23, 2012

El Paso WBCS Women, Wisdom & Wine 

February 27, 2012 

February Member Orientation  

February 28, 2012

Austin Council Connection Luncheon 

March 7, 2012

WBCS Tulsa Luncheon

March 21-22, 2012

WBENC Summit & Salute

March 27, 2012 

March Business Insights  

April 19, 2012

Southwest Women's businessWORKS!  

June 19-21, 2012

WBENC National Conference & Business Fair

July 17, 2012

July Business Insights  

November 6, 2012

President of Techway Services, Inc.  

A member of the Women's Business Council-Southwest Board of Directors, Cathi enjoys working with the WBCS, networking with other WBE's, and Corporate members. 

Feb. 16, 2012

7:30am - 9:30am  

Purdy McGuire   

17300 N.Dallas Parkway, Suite 3000,   

Dallas,  Texas 75248  

 (972) 239-5357    

 "What's Going on with OSHA with an Emphasis on Record Keeping and Updates to Your Industry"  

Are you committed to both your workers' safety and being in compliance to Federal Workplace Safety Regulations? Come hear from an OSHA trainer about 2012 changes and updates for your company's benefit.

Presented by John Cano, VP & Director of Safety Services - Essential Corporate Solutions, Inc. Every workplace in America must comply with occupational safety and health standards for the protection of workers, contractors, and customers from workplace hazards. The standards fall under the jurisdiction of OSHA, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.   

John's OSHA information can: 

• Improve your workplace safety & health
• Lower accident rates
• Reduce insurance costs
• Avoid costly OSHA inspections and fines
• Gain employee respect; increase morale

John Cano serves as Vice President/Director of Safety Services for Essential Corporate Solutions, Inc. John has over 25 years of experience in safety, loss control and human resource management and has been with ECS since 1999. His job provides safety education, inspection processes, loss control and human resource services to a wide range of ECS clients.

John is dual approved OSHA Outreach Trainer and can provide OSHA related training to clients in Construction (CFR-1926) and General Industry (CFR-1910).

Mr. Cano is past officer, and current member of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Council of Safety Professionals. He is also a long standing member of the National Safety Council.      

You must pre-register to attend  

 we will not be accepting on-site registration.    

This event is open to members only     

Ernst & Young 

Now in its 26th year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Award is recognized as one of the most prestigious business award programs in the country, and the only global program that annually identifies and assesses the best entrepreneurial talent in the world.  Since 1986, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards have honored the men and women who build the businesses and create the products, services and jobs that advance our economy. Celebrating the country's most innovative business leaders, awards are given to those entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.  Learn more about the Entrepreneur Of The Year Award program, about the awards, nomination process, past winners and the benefits of being an award winner.

Nominations are due March 9, 2012.

The Entrepreneurial Winning Women Award recognizes successful entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Winning Women is a separate program that is more than an award.  It's a customized leadership development program with year-round activities designed to help women entrepreneurs scale big, become market leaders and ultimately compete more effectively for Entrepreneur Of The Year. We're looking for dynamic women business owners who are the founding CEOs of privately held US companies that are less than 10 years old. Typical applicant annual company revenue ranges from $1 million to $20 million.  Learn more about the Entrepreneurial Winning Women program, its benefits and the application process.   

Applications are due April 30, 2012.

We had a fantastic luncheon on Tuesday January 31st.  Marny Lifshen, local author and marketing consultant spoke on "Promoting The BEST You" which gave us the two key components of successful promotion of our careers - a strong personal brand and a diverse and powerful network.    

We gave away copies of Marny's book, Some Assembly Required: A Networking Guide for Women,  to two lucky winners - Anne Harutunian from Harutunian Engineering, Inc. and Patti Winstanley from Aztec Promotional Group, both Austin members. 

Richard Moore from Southwest Airlines gave a presentation on how to do business with Southwest Airlines, which included information on registering in their database, some of the products and services they source, and gave everyone brochures on their Supplier Diversity program and how to get in touch with him for assistance. 

Debbie Hurst, WBCS President, was our special guest at the luncheon this month, and everyone really enjoyed getting the chance to meet her.  It was a great time for Debbie to be able to put a face to a name with our members, and to meet some of our wonderful Council supporters in the Austin area.   

We had a record number of attendees at our BookPeople location, and really great food from Emily's Catering.      

The next Austin Council Connection will be held on February 28th.

April Fossey, Business Relationship Manager at BBVA Compass Bank will be speaking on financial planning for small business.  It should be a very informative presentation that our members won't want to miss.  

 Register now!