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GET INVOLVED!
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Getting involved is the best way to get the most value from your membership!
A great way to get started is to attend our events, and look into serving on a committee. For information about on-going committees, their time commitments, and our special events committees, review the Volunteer Opportunities. |
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WBENC NATIONAL CONFERENCE
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will be in Orlando, Florida June 19-21, 2012 Attendees will have access to opportunities that connect WBENC-Certified WBEs, WBENC Corporate Members, Regional Partner Organization (RPO) leaders, RPO Corporate Members, government agency representatives and small business owners.
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AT&T OPERATION HAND SALUTE |
Apply through March 23rd. |
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2012 SAVE THE DATES! | |
March 21-22, 2012
WBENC Summit & Salute
March 26, 2012
Member Orientation Webinar
March 27, 2012
March Business Insights
March 27, 2012
Austin Council Connection
April 3, 2012
Table Topics Luncheon
April 19, 2012
Southwest Women's businessWORKS!
April 23, 2012
Member Orientation
April 24, 2012
Austin Council Connection
May 1, 2012
Table Topics Luncheon
May 1, 2012
Oklahoma City WBCS Event
May 7, 2012
Austin Insights
May 22, 2012
Austin Council Connection
May 24, 2012
Mindful Women Panel Discussion
May 29, 2012
Member Orientation
June 5, 2012
Table Topics Luncheon
June 19-21, 2012
WBENC National Conference & Business Fair
June 21, 2012
Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) Breakfast
June 25, 2012
Member Orientation
June 26, 2012
Austin Council Connection
July 10, 2012
Table Topics Luncheon
July 17, 2012
July Business Insights
July 23, 2012
Member Orientation
July 31, 2012
Austin Council Connection
August 7, 2012
Table Topics Luncheon
August 9, 2012
Mindful Women Panel Discussion
August 27, 2012
Member Orientation
August 28, 2012
Austin Council Connection
September 4, 2012
Table Topics Luncheon
September 6, 2012
September 24, 2012
Member Orientation
September 25, 2012
Austin Council Connection
October 2, 2012
Table Topics Luncheon
October 16, 2012
Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) Breakfast
October 22, 2012
Member Orientation
October 30, 2012
Austin Council Connection
November 6, 2012
November 13, 2012
Table Topics Luncheon
November 26, 2012
Member Orientation
November 27, 2012
Austin Council Connection
December 13, 2012
Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) Breakfast |
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BUSINESS INSIGHTS
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The last day to register for the March Business Insights, is tomorrow, March 20, 2012.
Join us for a presentation on Branding Yourself As a Leader by Colleen Affeldt of Colleen Affeldt Consulting. Gain clarity around your personal brand as a leader and begin to engineer and execute around staying out of your own way while implementing behaviors and choices of the most successful leaders. Company executives can go a long way towards eliminating workplace drama tied to unintentional or unclear leadership. Help your company make more money and gain more time with executive teams that function more effectively. The outcome is stronger, more collaborative teams that deliver sustainable results.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
3:30- 6:30 p.m
Addison Conference Center
15650 Addison Road
Addison, TX 75001
Register today!
Title Sponsor
Underwriter Sponsors
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businessWORKS! | |
Thursday, April 19, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Irving Convention Center
Irving, Texas 75039
The deadline to register is April 12, 2012.
Attention Exhibitors:
Booth space for the WBE Showcase is assigned on a first come; first serve basis. |
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businessWORKS! EXHIBITOR WORKSHOP | |
How to Have a Super businessWORKS! Tradeshow!
WBCS is offering a second exhibitor workshop to help
its WBE members prepare for it's largest tradeshow in April.
This workshop is FREE!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
9 to 11 a.m.
The Crowne Plaza Suites Hotel
Windsor 4 Room
7800 Alpha Road, Dallas, TX 75240
RSVP to Alma Garcia while space is still available!
This workshop is being hosted by
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businessWORKS! SILENT AUCTION |
We Need Cash Donations for the businessWORKS!
Silent Auction!
Make a cash donation to the Silent Auction, we will do the shopping for you, and you get the name recognition for it!
With the $$$ received, WBCS will purchase items for the Silent Auction, in areas of home, office or personal use.
Simply contact Flo Cox (WBCS accounting) to provide credit card information or send a check to be received by April 13, 2012, payable to:
WBCS
ATTN: Flo Cox
2201 N Collins Street, Suite 158
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| businessWORKS! CORPORATE SHOWCASE | The businessWORKS! Corporate Showcase is a great way to help WBEs learn how to do business with your company. By hosting a table (or two) you get the chance to coach WBEs through your procurement process. Whether entering their information into a database, becoming familiar with your business model or just knowing who to contact to get their foot in the door, this is invaluable information for WBEs to know.
Here's how it works:
There will be five (5) rotations offered beginning at 2 p.m. Table hosts (from your company) will be positioned at their tables and the WBEs then select which company they would like to learn more about. During the first five minutes of the rotation you provide a synopsis of your engagement process. The remaining 15 minutes will be addressing questions and answers. After the 15 minutes, there is a 3 minute window for WBE's to find their next table, then the second rotation begins with a different audience of WBEs. Then the third, fourth and final rotation. Before you know it, time will have passed and you will have significantly contributed to helping WBEs take that next step in doing business with your company.
Here's what previous participants are saying about the value of hosting a table:
"The Corporate Showcase is a great format to interact with WBEs. It's a small enough group to allow for candid interaction with the table attendees and makes the best use of everyone's time. It's a great first step to see which path the WBE should take with the Sustaining Member - immediate opportunity, longer term, or not a fit."
David Robinson, Brinker International
Sr. Manager, Supplier Diversity and Inclusion
"One of the first steps a WBE should take to becoming a supplier is educating themselves about the companies they wish to do business with. The Corporate Showcase event gives us a chance to help educate WBE's on what our mission is, how they start the vetting process, how to navigate our supplier website, and gives them tips on some of the common mistakes made during the submission process. We find that the Corporate Showcase event improves the overall process for the WBE's, and gives them a competitive advantage."
Ardis Charbonneau,
Walmart Market Asset Protection Manager
Next Steps?
- Is there is someone (other than you) that should be contacted about your company's participation? Please contact Alma Garcia
- Commitments to host a table must be received by April 13. Contact Alma Garcia to secure your table(s)
Tom Cowlishaw of ASAP Solutions Group, LLC and Chair of the Corporate Showcase will be calling you in the next few days to solicit your support.
Contact Tom Cowlishaw or Alma Garcia if you have any questions. |
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SUMMIT & SALUTE | |
WBENC's 2012 Summit & Salute will take place on March 21-22, 2012 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD.
The Summit provides networking environments conducive to business. The Salute honors WBENC's award-winning Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) Stars for their achievements and leadership, and also pays tribute to America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises.
Visit Summit & Salute to register, view Sponsorship opportunities and the event agenda.
On-site registration will be available. |
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SUMMIT & SALUTE SPEAKERS | |
Pattie Sellers
Editor at Large and Co-Chair
Most Powerful Women Summit
FORTUNE Magazine
WOMEN, POWER, AND LEADERSHIP
Kicking off the General Session on Thursday, March 22nd, is Pattie Sellers, who has overseen the development of the Fortune annual event for women that has changed the way that both media and society recognizes women's corporate leadership.
After 15 years of studying the top women in business, and leadership in general, Sellers will share insights on how the most ambitious women succeed and fail, and what is needed to change failing outcomes into more successes. She will also address leadership styles as they pertain to the 18 women who lead Fortune 500 companies, and how successful women perceive and practice power in ways very different from men. In addition, Sellers looks at "where is the female Mark Zuckerberg?"
Leonard Greenhalgh,Ph.D.,
Professor of Management; Director, Programs for Minority and
Women-Owned Businesses; and Director, Native American Business Programs
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
THE ESSENTIAL ECONOMIC ROLE OF WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
Thursday's luncheon keynote speaker is Leonard Greenhalgh, Ph.D. His innovative courses focus on the impact of minority and women-owned businesses as it pertains to supplier excellence and corporations' competitive advantage.
Discussing how women business owners are an essential component of U.S. economic success, Greenhalgh will speak to the unique abilities women possess in running businesses well, and why their success must be encouraged, nurtured, and celebrated. He also will address how the U.S. is encountering increasing competition from rival nations, and why it needs the economic contributions of all its businesses, especially from the entrepreneurial sector led by women. |
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APRIL TABLE TOPICS LUNCHEON | |
True Sales "More than a Wing and a Prayer"
When it comes to sales, many people "wing it," cross their fingers, and hope that they get the sale. During this interactive session, participants will learn a system that results in:
- four predictable outcomes
- duplicates success
- qualifies prospects instead of having them disqualify you
By having a true sales system you can confidently manage the sales process and go from being an order-taker to a sales professional.
Join us as Tom Niesen of Acuity Training Systems, guides you through this sales process.
Last day to register is March 29, 2012
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ERNST & YOUNG PROGRAM
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WBE Members please take note of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur opportunity below. This prestigious recognition program can really help to advance your business and your visibility.
Debbie Hurst, WBCS President
Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial
Winning Women 2012 Program
Entrepreneurial Winning Women program is 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 are looking for dynamic women business owners who are the founding CEOs of privately held U.S. companies that are less than 10 years old. Typical applicant annual company revenue ranges from $1 to $20 million.
Applications are due April 30, 2012. |
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TERRITORY NEWS
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We've been pretty busy outside of the DFW area the month of February and March!
EL PASO
Our Women, Wisdom & Wine event on February 23 had close to 30 in attendance. Aliana Apodaca, president of Positive Directions, showed us how to put a little "salsa" in our lives. She shared her personal experiences and how they empowered her to be the best she can be. Everyone left with a little "salsa" in their step! Thank you to Trans-Expedite for sponsoring the event!
Nancy Readel, WBCS vice president and Rosa Santana, CEO of Integrated Human Capital, presented at the Dynamic Women to Women luncheon on March 1. The topic was Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) Certification and how it can help grow your business. Nancy gave an overview of the certification process and benefits, while Rosa, a certified WBE and member of the WBCS since 2007, shared what the WBE certification has done for her business. We would like to thank the El Paso Women's Business Border Center for inviting us to speak, and also being an invaluable partnering organization with us in El Paso.
We were also honored to be a part of the El Paso Bi-Annual Women's Conference March 2 - 3, held at Biggs Airfield, Fort Bliss. "Empower Yourself! Make it Happen!" was this year's theme. Aliana Apodaca was the morning keynote speaker. Having over 500 people in attendance, it was quite a change from her WBCS presentation on February 23rd. She had the crowd energized and ready to enjoy the conference!
TULSA
On March 7th, Katie Johnson, president of Upshaw Johnson Company, had luncheon attendees visiting the land of Oz as she spoke on embracing risk at the WBCS Tulsa Luncheon. She shared how companies need to learn to live with a strategic view of risk and find innovative ways to adapt to it. She walked us through the upside and downside of risk, as well as providing a few insights from Oz, clues to your personal risk appetite and sharing five steps for successfully embracing risk. Thank you to American Airlines for sponsoring the event!
March 8th we participated in the City of Tulsa's Building Resources in Developing and Growing Enterprises (BRIDGE) conference. Held at the Tulsa Civic Center, the day was filled with informational speakers, small business exhibitors and partnering organizations. We are proud to be a third party certifier for the City of Tulsa's BRIDGE Program. |
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The Austin Council Connection luncheon for February was a wealth of information for small businesses that are in the process of growing and expanding.
April Fossey, Business Relationship Manager with BBVA Compass Bank, was our speaker and she brought years of banking experience dealing with small businesses. She talked about what it takes and what business owners need to consider when making a financial plan for coming years, and how to determine if an SBA loan is the right answer for your business. She covered cash flow assets vs. liabilities and the importance of having a financial "Plan B".
Austin Council Connection luncheons are sponsored this year by Aztec Promotional Group and Red Giant Oil and are held the last Tuesday of each month at BookPeople in Austin.
Catering is provided by Emily's Catering.
Please contact Debbie Barnard for more information on Austin events. |
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MARCH AUSTIN COUNCIL CONNECTION |
Join us for the Austin Council Connection
Tuesday, March 27th
We meet at BookPeople on 6th and Lamar
from 11:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m.
Leadership...it's changed. Are you prepared?
There is little that is remaining the same. Technology, Business, Environment, our People and their needs, Customers - all are changing - and with that, our leadership needs to change. The impact for not making the change is high. What are the variables and considerations that we need to consider in this new and always changing marketplace? What changes do we need to make in how we lead and make decisions?
Join us as we meet
Christina Randle, President and CEO of The Effective Edge
- Learn about the new landscape
- The criteria for new and relevant decisions
- How to make the change
We'll also be giving away two copies of Christina's book, Getting It Together: Gaining the Thriving Professional's Effective EDGE, so be sure to bring your business cards to enter the drawing!
Getting It Together: Gaining the Thriving Professional's Effective EDGE teaches you the EDGE process, a proven system to assist you and your organization in decreasing stress while becoming more productive and getting things done faster.
Follow four professionals through a journey to find work-life balance. Readers are inspired as they learn what it takes to go from surviving to thriving. |
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