Thursday, June 25, 2009

Day 2 NAWBO Powering Your Dream Conference

Day two of high energy, informative speakers, and great comraderie with other women business owners promises to be electric! The National NAWBO Convention here inChicago has opened my eyes even wider recognizing the challenges and celebrating the successes of other women as they lead their business forward. Each of us a business owners have dreams and the network NAWBO represents offers a foundation to lean upon as a pillar of support. Personally, I am attending as this year's president of the Central Illinois NAWBO Chapter, representing 75+ fine diverse businesses spread through out our region. Learning best practices on membership retention, public policy, and developing corporate partnership is just the short list of topics already discussed. I am looking forward to the program today gathering more tools to bring back to the chapter. Stay tuned!

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Friday, June 05, 2009

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN CHICAGO

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN CHICAGO
June 5, 2009
Join me to experience the power of women joining together to grow their businesses….
- The Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE Joins the National Association of Women Business Owners at the “Power Your Dream” Conference -
Chicago, IL– May, 2009 – Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence today announced that its Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE (M3 RACE) will host a live event on the first day of the NAWBO Power Your Dream conference. Over a thousand women business owners will converge at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers on June 24th for 3 exciting and information-packed days of inspiration, education and power networking, to help them grow their businesses to the million-dollar level and beyond.
Day 1 is the M3 RACE Day. Participants will hear from powerhouse presenters: Stacey Schieffelin, for Ford model, HSN TV retailing veteran and CEO of the $150 million YBF cosmetics and apparel line; Ellen Rohr, high-energy financial whiz, author and president of Bare Bones Biz, a business training and consulting company; and Nell Merlino, founder and president of Count Me In, author of the new book, Stepping Out of Line, and the creative genius behind the Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE and Take Our Daughters To Work Day. “The Count Me In experience has changed my life. I know I can make a million dollar business happen. Thank you for all you do to inspire women.” Maggie Weldon http://www.maggiescrochet.com/
Other confirmed conference presenters include organizational expert Peter Walsh, and noted journalist and author, Suzy Welch.The conference also features one-on-one business coaching and financial counseling hands-on workshops and expert panels, a business pitch competition, the chance to win valuable business-building prizes and the opportunity to network with other women business owners.
Participants can register for one or three days of the conference, and thanks to a generous grant from an anonymous donor, the one-day M3 RACE Day registration is now $199!
To register for the conference, visit www.makemineamillion.org/events.
The M3 RACE, a program of Count Me In, is a unique, year-long, online business growth marathon for women entrepreneurs. Participants register for the M3 RACE, and declare a business revenue target of Walker ($250,000), Jogger ($500,000), Runner $1million) or Sprinter (Multi-millions). They then receive a variety of business-building tools including a personal and financial assessment, a private dashboard to monitor their progress, a public Facebook-like page to profile their business, access to a top sponsors such as American Express OPEN, Reader’s Digest, Dell Fedex and Sam’s Club, participation in live events, a Business Resource library, coaching, webinars, promotions and publicity, peer meet-ups, and the opportunity to win valuable prizes including a grand prize of $100,000.
For More Information contact Stacey Straughter, Manager, Marketing and Communications, Count Me In. 212-245-1245, ext. 215. sstraughter@countmein.org
June 5, 2009
Join me to experience the power of women joining together to grow their businesses….
- The Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE Joins the National Association of Women Business Owners at the “Power Your Dream” Conference -
Chicago, IL– May, 2009 – Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence today announced that its Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE (M3 RACE) will host a live event on the first day of the NAWBO Power Your Dream conference. Over a thousand women business owners will converge at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers on June 24th for 3 exciting and information-packed days of inspiration, education and power networking, to help them grow their businesses to the million-dollar level and beyond.
Day 1 is the M3 RACE Day. Participants will hear from powerhouse presenters: Stacey Schieffelin, for Ford model, HSN TV retailing veteran and CEO of the $150 million YBF cosmetics and apparel line; Ellen Rohr, high-energy financial whiz, author and president of Bare Bones Biz, a business training and consulting company; and Nell Merlino, founder and president of Count Me In, author of the new book, Stepping Out of Line, and the creative genius behind the Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE and Take Our Daughters To Work Day. “The Count Me In experience has changed my life. I know I can make a million dollar business happen. Thank you for all you do to inspire women.” Maggie Weldon http://www.maggiescrochet.com/
Other confirmed conference presenters include organizational expert Peter Walsh, and noted journalist and author, Suzy Welch.The conference also features one-on-one business coaching and financial counseling hands-on workshops and expert panels, a business pitch competition, the chance to win valuable business-building prizes and the opportunity to network with other women business owners.
Participants can register for one or three days of the conference, and thanks to a generous grant from an anonymous donor, the one-day M3 RACE Day registration is now $199!
To register for the conference, visit www.makemineamillion.org/events.
The M3 RACE, a program of Count Me In, is a unique, year-long, online business growth marathon for women entrepreneurs. Participants register for the M3 RACE, and declare a business revenue target of Walker ($250,000), Jogger ($500,000), Runner $1million) or Sprinter (Multi-millions). They then receive a variety of business-building tools including a personal and financial assessment, a private dashboard to monitor their progress, a public Facebook-like page to profile their business, access to a top sponsors such as American Express OPEN, Reader’s Digest, Dell Fedex and Sam’s Club, participation in live events, a Business Resource library, coaching, webinars, promotions and publicity, peer meet-ups, and the opportunity to win valuable prizes including a grand prize of $100,000.
For More Information contact Stacey Straughter, Manager, Marketing and Communications, Count Me In. 212-245-1245, ext. 215. sstraughter@countmein.org