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2015 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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Bundle Your 2015 Sponsorships Today! The 2015 sponsorship catalogs are now available! As you budget for next year, please consider taking advantage of this opportunity to support WBCS, while at the same time obtaining valuable recognition for your organization. With the help of our sponsors, WBCS can continue to host the events and programs that give our members the chance to grow their businesses. WBCS offers a variety of event sponsorship options for both Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) Members and Sustaining (Corporate) Members. WBCS is offering a special 20th anniversary sponsorship in 2015! To honor WBCS' birthday, we will be hosting a party at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Also new in 2015 - the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is traveling to Austin, Texas for the 2015 National Conference and Business Fair, June 23-25. To accommodate these unique and exciting events, WBCS will not be hosting the BusinessWORKS Expo in 2015. Keep these updates in mind! Become A Sponsor Today!
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Nominate today for the Done Deals™ Awards!
WBEs, here's your chance to nominate those
who have helped you along the way!
You have the opportunity to submit nominations for two different Done Deals™ Awards - the Sustaining Champion Award and the Women Working Together Award. Both will be presented at Power to Potential on November 13th. Each award nomination only requires you to answer a few questions.
Ready to nominate? Click here to nominate online.
Nominations are due September 26th!
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2013 Sustaining Champion Award Winner, Russ Damron, Sr. Director of Global Procurement for PepsiCo
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2013 Women Working Together Award Winners,
Rachel Sanchez, CEO of Prestige Maintenance USA &
Lee Ann Packard, CEO of Marfield Corporate Stationery
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AUSTIN INSIGHTS
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WBCS Austin Insights
October 9, 2014!
WBCS would like to invite you to Austin Insights on October 9, 2014 from 4-7 PM. In addition to the speaker presentation, the event offers attendees plenty of time to network with WBEs and procurement professionals. Whether you are a woman-owned business, corporation or partnering organization, come join us for a wonderful, informative afternoon and fun-filled happy hour of networking. Our speaker, Geri Stengel, (author of Forget the Glass Ceiling: Build Your Business Without One) will share her knowledge and research of women entrepreneurs, the barriers they face in business, and ways to work over, around, and through those barriers!
Come to mingle, create new business opportunities and discover relationships valuable to everyone's business development! Thursday, October 9, 2014
3:30 PM - 7:00 PM AT&T Conference Center
1900 University Avenue
Austin, Texas 78705
WBCS Members:
Online Registration - $30
On-Site Registration - $35
Non Members:
Online Registration - $40
On-Site Registration - $45 Register for Austin Insights today! |
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Hail Merry LLC Wins
Regional Entrepreneur of the Year Award 
The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
"It is such an honor to be recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year for the Southwest Region of the US," said Sarah Palisi Chapin. "We are grateful to EY for their program, which puts a spotlight on business and the role of entrepreneurs in growing our economy. The experience itself has drawn us into a precious EY community and introduced us to resources to help us grow Hail Merry. Our dramatic growth is the result of support from so many people whose lives are touched by the need to understand what they are eating in line with what might be allergies, food sensitivities or personal sourcing considerations. We thank them and our incredible team, especially our third partner Alison Brushaber, for helping us turn great products into a national brand that is purposeful." Congratulations to Hail Merry!
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ARKANSAS
Join the WBCS for an engaging, informative luncheon where attendees will network with other local business owners, learn from one another and discover potential procurement opportunities.
 The event's keynote speaker, Jay Amargós, is a business leader whose goal every day is to motivate those around her. She has a proven track record of success in helping people and organizations increase performance as well as advance organizational development and effectiveness. She has an extensive background that includes senior leadership positions in private, nonprofit organizations and start-up companies.We Are All Entrepreneurs Do you remember that first day in your career, or your start up when you felt nervous, excited, passionate and overcome with joy and wanting to take over the world? That is the attitude we want to maintain throughout our careers. During our session, we will discover how "we are all entrepreneurs" and discuss the B.A.S.I.C. model to help you keep an energized mindset using 1) Brand Story, 2) Assets and Dreams, 3) Student of Customers, 4) Intelligent Risk and 5) Competitive Edge.
Register today!Tuesday, October 14, 2014 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Northwest Arkansas Community College Peterson Auditorium
Registration Fee: $25 NEW MEXICO
Join WBCS on October 21, 2014 in Albuquerque to network with fellow women business owners and representatives from corporations and government entities who will share information on their engagement process, supplier expectations and upcoming contract opportunities.
You will have the chance to participate in multiple roundtable discussions and share information on your products/services throughout the morning.
The following Community Partners will be on hand to assist you with membership services and benefits:
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
- BNSF Railway Company
- City of Albuquerque
- Los Alamos National Laboratories
- National Association of Women Business Owners
- New Mexico Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP)
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Small Business Administration
- The Loan Fund
- Women's Business Council - Southwest
- Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST)
- Women of Influence
Don't miss your chance to meet face-to-face with procurement professionals and open the door to future business opportunities.
Register today!
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Albuquerque Marriott
2101 Louisiana Blvd NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110
Registration Fee: $25
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TABLE TOPICS LUNCHEON FALL SERIES
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Fall Series
It's All About You!
When was the last time you focused on yourself? As a professional, it's easy to neglect your needs and devote your energy and resources to advancing your career. But, your health and the health of your business go hand in hand.
At WBCS, we're taking a holistic approach this fall with the Table Topics theme "It's All About You!" On October 7, retrain your brain using positive psychology, and on November 11, discover ways to navigate through a major life shift and re-engineer your tomorrow.
Positive Psychology Principles to Improve Performance and Drive Business Success
Presented by
Patty Merritt
Mind the Gap LLC
New research from the field of positive psychology teaches us that happiness precedes success, not the other way around. Use this information to fuel your success and engage your employees by creating your own action plan to implement key positive psychology principles.
In this presentation, you'll learn:
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Why happiness often comes before success, and how to use this knowledge to improve your performance and maximize your potential
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Why it's important to know your signature strengths, and how to create a plan to use them
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Seven key positive psychology principles to help you flourish, both personally and professionally
- How to create a personalized plan to put your insights into action
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Online Registration Fee: $25
On-Site Registration Fee: $30
Brinker International
6700 LBJ Freeway
Bldg. C, CR Play Room
Dallas, Texas 75240
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POWER OF PARTNERING
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Parkland Health & Hospital System
"Let's Talk Business"
Join Parkland Health & Hospital System to meet their supply chain staff. The "Lets Talk Business" meeting will cover:
- Becoming a registered supplier
- Introduction of services/products to key purchasing & contracts staff
- Understanding Parkland's procurement process
- Upcoming procurement opportunities (6 month projections) in goods & services/construction
- Discuss hard to source opportunities
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
10 AM - 11 AM
Kessler Park Conference Room - Cityville Location
2222 Medical District Drive, Suite 210
Dallas, TX 75235
For more information, contact Shenita Cleveland at Shenita.Cleveland@phhs.org or (214) 590-4658. Due to limited space, you must RSVP by Monday, September 29, 2014 to attend.
Governor's Small Business Forum
Save the Date October 15, 2014!
The City of Dallas is pleased to announce the 2014 Dallas Governor's Small Business Forum scheduled for October 15, 2014 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas.
Forum topics include:
- Workforce and skills development programs
- Doing business with the relevant industries in your area
- Export opportunities and logistics
- Access to capital
- Start-up essentials
- Hiring and managing employees
- Social media/marketing training
- Networking and business-to-business connections
- Opportunities for minority and woman-owned businesses and veterans
- Providing contacts with federal, state and local government agencies
- State of Texas Small Business Awards
Registration coming soon!
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