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What do football and networking have in common? Without a well-thought-out game plan, you’ll never score in the big game of life.
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Put the South Shore Women's Business Network to work for you. There are exceptional people and businesses waiting to meet you.
Our regionally located luncheon events are developed to give you lots of opportunity to get connected on the South Shore. Enjoy great food, introductions from everyone attending and facilitated networking. Increase your visibility to prospective clients and referral sources by participating in any of our events. All luncheons run from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Randolph Luncheon - April 3 , 2006Sponsored by Rosemarie Lanchester, Send Out Cards LaScala Meal: Baked Chicken layered w/eggplant, prosciutto & mozzarella; OR Sauteed Shrimp with marsala wine & mozzarella Hingham Luncheon - April 11, 2006Sponsored by Raquel Mullaney, Comfort Keepers & Rustic Kitchen Meal: Grilled Salmon on a salad of mixed greens OR Grilled Chicken Panini topped with roasted red peppers and mozzarella Self Defense for LifeApril 11, 7-10 p.m. Norwell High School Gym and Sponsored by the Friends of Norwell VNA and the SSWBN Educational Foundation - details Plymouth Luncheon - April 19 , 2006Sponsored by Jane Ford, Melaleuca & East Bay Grill Meal: Roast Pork Medallions w/mashed potatoes, vegetables & cabernet demi glace OR Sauteed Gulf Shrimp in white wine garlic sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes & scallions served over house pasta. Professional Development Workshop – April 20, 200612:00-1:30 p.m., Network Office There are a number of steps concerning intellectual property rights that should not be overlooked by any company regardless of size, from selecting and protecting a company name, trademark, or Internet domain name, to taking the steps necessary to avoid getting involved in expensive litigation or losing its rights altogether. Sign up and learn about some of the basic tenets of intellectual property law, specifically trademark law:
These are some of the questions for which you’ll get answers. Be sure to bring your own questions. Maria E. Recalde is a partner in the Boston office of the regional business law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green, P.A. She is a member of the firm's business litigation and intellectual property and technology practice groups. $15.00 for members, $20.00 for nonmembers. Bring Your own lunch and we'll provide beverages and dessert. Breakfast Meeting - April 27, 20067:30 - 9:30a.m. Your Own Personal Advisory Board!What’s In It For You?
A Professional Roundtable provides a non-selling, non-competitive forum that allows the members to share within a diverse resource-sharing group of individuals. Whether you are a brand new start up, a seasoned veteran, or work for a large or medium sized business, this is an information packed, must participate, invaluable opportunity to learn how to "Take Your Business to the Next Level"! Presentations From:
Hingham Symphony Orchestra – April 29,2006 Don't miss your opportunity to experience the Hingham Symphony Orchestra while helping us in supporting a woman in a career transition! We have joined with the Hingham Symphony Orchestra to offer tickets to the April 29, 2006 Pops Concert at a rate of $30.00 per person with a portion of the proceeds going to directly to the Educational Foundation scholarship. Don't miss this enchanting evening of music while supporting a great cause! Gather your friends and family to hear one of the best kept secrets on the South Shore, the Hingham Symphony Orchestra, and take great pride in helping us change someone's life! Tickets may be purchased at any of our SSWBN events, by contacting the office at 781-749-8883, or by Registering online. |
Vicki Donlan, Co-Founder of the South
Shore Women’s Business Network and Publisher of the Women’s
Business Boston, will share her insights on collaborative coaching.
Jim Della Volpe, Business Coach and Consultant of Growing
Tree Partners, Inc., will speak on finding success in a professional
roundtable.NOTE: The cost for Lunch and Breakfast is Pre-registration $25.00 members, $40.00 nonmembers. At the door $30.00 members, $45.00 nonmembers.
First Time Attendees are invited to take advantage of our member rate prior to joining the Network.
Keep in mind that each new member that joins the South Shore Women's Business Network earns someone a free lunch. It could be you. Here's your chance to help your network grow its membership. Bring a guest at the member rate! You can extend this offer to just about anyone: colleagues, friends, family and even clients. If your guest joins the network and gives you credit we will give you a coupon to attend one of our regularly scheduled events for free. We all know that SSWBN is a great place for coaching, contacts and collaboration, so why not share that with your acquaintances. We want to help grow their businesses. There is no limit to the number of guests you can introduce to the Network. So start spreading the word today.
NOTE: REGISTRATION POLICY |
Cancellation Policy: Must be received 2 business days prior to 5:00 p.m. for credit to alternate meetings.
These days, a business without a website is like a business without a telephone. Potential clients will check out a business on the Internet before they walk through the door or pick up the phone. Having a website makes you "legitimate". So the goal of this workshop was to steer business owners in the right direction. How do I get a domain name? What's FTP? Which hosting company should I use? What should a website look like? How do I get my site found on Google? Besides providing some specific resources, we talked about how to have a website that is a marketing tool, not just a lot of pretty pictures. Participants were encouraged to think about who is their target audience, and what is the "call to action". The biggest topic of the day was search engine optimization (SEO), or how to build a website that can be found in an online search. It is very difficult to summarize this information here, as there is so much to cover. I would encourage any business owner who has or is considering getting a website to make sure the Webmaster that you hire understands the marketing and SEO aspects of building the site. Beth Sobiloff |
How the Internet Helps Small Businesses
The goal of "Two Pros in a Pod" is to help business owners better manage their companies. Five minute weekly tips and solutions from professionals are presented in such areas as public relations, marketing, sales, motivation and management. The podcasts facilitate online networking by providing contact information during the broadcast for each guest pro. Many of the guests are current members of the SSWBN, including Beth Sobiloff, Laura Willis, Priscilla Chura, and our president-elect, Maria Recalde. Viewers can subscribe to "Two Pros in a Pod" through directories such as iTunes, podcastalley.com, and podcastinglist.org. Subscribers routinely receive the podcasts on Thursday. The podcast is also available for direct download at www.solutionpod.com or as streaming Windows video at www.superlativesolution.com. Janet McGlynn and Cinda Donovan are the innovators of "Two Pros in a Pod". McGlynn, a successful business owner for a number of years, manages superlativesolution.com, a multimedia production company. She is experienced in video production for multimedia applications as well as streaming video for the internet. Cinda Donovan has worked in the field of public relations and marketing for the past five years and has ten years experience in theater, TV commercials and film. Just because you are in business for yourself, does not mean you have
to do it all alone! If you are serious about making 2006 your
best year yet, then start now by subscribing to our weekly podcast,
Two Pros in a Pod. The more subscriptions we get, the better the chances
that it will make it to the top 100 featured videos in itunes." Janet LaBerge of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap let me know that she just scheduled a TV interview on her business for March 29th on the local cable network with the director of the Pembroke COA. She’ll let us know when it will air. After creating her company a year and a half ago, Janet has decided to focus on the cleanouts, house prep and small stuff for the elderly. She says that she finds them to be a great group to work with and she can usually do the work by herself, instead of having to hire a larger crew. --------------------------------------- Jayne Pelosi of Renaissance Interior Design is happy to announce that she will be having a book signing for her new book Interior Divine: Walking You through the Transformation of Your Home at the Hyannis Barnes & Noble on March 23rd. Stop by and say hi if you find yourself over the bridge! --------------------------------------- So that’s the news from some of the movers and shakers of SSWBN this month. Let’s hear from the rest of you...how are you doing? The Vernal Equinox is almost here, is your business about to "spring" into high gear? Let everyone know about your successes! Lois Wood |
Janet
McGlynn of Superlativesolution announces her new "Two
Pros in a Pod" Video Podcast program. She says: "Now
small business owners and entrepreneurs can automatically get business
tips and solutions downloaded to their computer, television or video
ipod for free and watch at their convenience!
Lois Wood of Lois Wood Communications www.loiswood.com who you see above and needs no introduction says, "As the editor of the other SSWBN column, can I set an example and say that it's never too late to show appreciation? In that vein, I'd like to thank the following folks for hiring me and entrusting me to work with them to create marketing materials for their businesses:
In a show of appreciation that highlights how people from similar industries work together in our network, Mary Buckley from MB Original Interiors wishes to acknowledge Marea Santos of Santos Organizational Stratagies and Jane Pelosi of Renaissance Interior Designs for referring a of a client to her. Mary says she loves helping her clients, "create a home that captures the spirit of the people living there." She appreciates Marea and Jayne’s confidence in her ability to do that. Beth Sobiloff of Birchwood Enterprises www.birchwoodenterprises.com who designs and maintains the SSWBN web site, wishes to thank Joan Collins of Joan Collins, Professional Coaching for introducing her to Art Keefe, Keefe and Company. Joan’s referral resulted in Beth creating his new website. It seems Beth has been receiving quite a few referrals. She is also is grateful to Steve Gilman of SPG Computer Services for referring Cadbury Commons, as well as Donna Erickson. Again this referral resulted in Beth creating another site. Beth credits Laura Willis of Willis-Works Communications for recommending Beth for a project that resulted in the two of them working together. Beth explains that Laura designed the site www.seniorservicenetwork.org and Beth made it "work". Finally Beth appreciates Barry Gordon of Gordon, Mond & Ott for hiring her to re-design the Gordon, Mond & Ott website, check out her work at www.gmo-law.com. It’s great to see so many members referring their peers and that it results in tangible business opportunities, as well as members using the services of other members we have grown to admire! If you know a member that deserves your praise for a job well done or for giving you a referral email me at jdonovan@jbcojewelry.com, with the names of those you would like to publicly thank in the next newsletter by the 10th of this month! Jennifer Barry Donovan |
I’m
sure many of you know by now that Debbie has had her baby and behind
the scenes holding everything together is someone to whom we are all
indebted. Our President, Jayne Pelosi of Renaissance Interior
Designs
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