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In this Issue:
LUNCHEON SCHEDULE
ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH
MOVIN' ON UP
CONNECTIONS
NEW MEMBERS

Business Boot Camp!!

Get concrete practical advice essential to tackle difficult business challenges!

The Professional Development Team presents "Business Boot Camp #2" at the Best Western Hotel in Rockland.

Sponsored by Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, P.A. and featuring presenters Jim Della Volpe of Growing Tree Partners, Inc., Priscilla Chura of Small Biz CFO, Maria Recalde of Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, P.A & Larry Rice of Rodman & Rodman P.C.

October 11, 2006: 8:30 AM - 12 Noon
Winning the Battle: Getting Through the Obstacle Course

Acquire the techniques necessary for functional business planning
Learn the tactics of financial planning and leveraging your $$$
Avoid legal and accounting landmines in the fields of tax planning, business formation, trademarks and electronic marketing.

Best Western Hotel, 909 Hingham Street, Rockland, MA 

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South Shore Expo 2006

November 2, 2006
Lantana
Randolph, MA

Showcase your business and Get Connected
at the
 South Shore Women’s Business Network Expo!

• Gain a competitive edge in this every changing technological business world with the displays of over 65 exhibitors
• Attend technology driven workshops and keynote sessions
• Innovative products and services to experience
• Network and make new connections

Details

LUNCHEON SCHEDULE:

Norwood Luncheon – October 2, 2006 

Bon Caldo
1381 Boston Providence Hwy.
Norwood, MA 02067
781-255-5800

Meal:  Buffet

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Hingham Luncheon - October 10, 2006

Rustic Kitchen
Derby Street Shoppes
94 Derby Street, Hingham, MA 02043
781-749-2700

Meal: Salmon over salad or Grilled Chicken Panini

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Plymouth Luncheon - October 18 , 2006

East Bay Grill
Town Wharf
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-746-9751

Meal: Baked Scrod or Chicken Pasta Broccoli

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Brown Bag Seminar – October 19, 2006

Lisa Rooney of LBR Direct will present “Biz to Biz Marketing Strategies” and new business development with direct and email marketing.  Learn to identify and reach your target audience with a WOW statement which takes you from your initial contact to the close.  Learn to stand out from the competition and open doors to companies’ top decision makers

$15.00 for members, $20.00 for nonmembers
Bring Your own lunch and we’ll provide beverages and dessert

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Breakfast – October 25, 2006 

7:30 - 9:30a.m.
Radisson Hotel/Rockland
929 Hingham Street
Rockland, MA 02370
781-871-0545

MINING FOR GOLD: DIG UP MORE BUSINESS THROUGH CUSTOMER CONNECTIONS

Effectively create and package new services based on client feedback Increase revenues by implementing client suggestions Prevent lost sales due to potentially poor references As business owners, we typically find out what our customers are thinking when it is too late. Frequently, we never know at all. But having this critical feedback and information offers a huge advantage. More than a customer satisfaction survey, customer perception interviews can be the single most important marketing activity a business completes this year. In this seminar you will learn valuable information about all aspects of a Client Perception Survey, including the survey process and follow-up procedures; how to leverage what you learn; why these surveys are so important; and some tips and ideas for ensuring a successful Client Perception Survey process. Find out now what your customers think - you need to know.

Susan LaPlante-Dube is the president and owner of Precision Marketing Group. She has served in senior corporate roles in training, product and service marketing and has been quoted as an expert in numerous publications, including U.S. News & World Report and The Boston Globe. She speaks regularly throughout the Boston area on various marketing topics.  She holds a BA in Organizational Communication, and a BS in Business Management. She is also president of the New England Women Business Owners organization.

Meal:  Buffet

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NOTE: REGISTRATION POLICY
To receive the Pre-registration price, reservations must be received no later than 2 business days prior to the event. This includes mail, e-mail, fax, and telephone calls. At the door, walk-in registrations are always welcome

Movin' On Up By Jayne Pelosi

Barbara Case of RBC Dain Rauscher is pleased to announce that she is the newly elected Treasurer for The Dianne DeVanna Center which prevents and eliminates child abuse and neglect. They can be found at http://devannacenter.org, 340 Wood Rd Suite 101, Braintree, MA 02184, (781) 843-7010. The Center is having a Gala on October 13th, 7pm-midnight at Indian Pond Country Club in Kingston.  It will be an evening of silent and live auctions, dancing and dinner.  The tickets are $100.

Bill Harris, CFP® of WH Cornerstone Investments has been elected president of the board of directors for Mayflower RSVP. The organization initiates volunteer programs and services in Plymouth County.

Paula Harris of WH Cornerstone Investments has been elected president of the board of directors for the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra. The Phil is a professional orchestra under the musical direction of Steven Karidoyanes. They have been serving Southeastern MA for 91 seasons.

Dr. Gerri L. Goodman, Cornea Specialist, of the Nielsen Eye Center, Quincy & Hingham will travel with a Medical Team to provide services at Hospital de la Familia in Nuevo Progreso, Guatemala.  Hospital de la Familia was founded by Jack Younger, who with the generosity of his fellow members of the San Francisco Bay area men’s club named “The Family”, raised $1,000,000.00 to construct a hospital in 1976. Hospital de la Familia is dedicated to the medical and surgical treatment of native Guatemalans.

The hospital relies on the generosity of surgical teams from the U.S. and Canada that provide highly skilled treatment and perform over 1500
surgeries every year.  Dr. Goodman will donate her time and skills for this
mission, a dream for her fulfilled, to help those who don’t have access to
medical care.

Ann Marie Williams of Atmosphere Consulting appeared on Channel 7's "Room for Improvement" with host Chikage Windler. Ann Marie transformed a cluttered, unfinished home office into an efficient workspace and retreat.  Chikage noted "It's our most dramatic 'Room for Improvement' yet."   The segment can be viewed online: www3.whdh.com/features/articles/room/BO28546/

Allison & Craig Guido from Almar Building & Remodeling along with Jennifer Moran of Home Instead Senior Care and Patricia Bloom-McDonald have joined with other senior advocates and will be hosting several Free Seminars about aging in place, and estate planning. For more information you can visit: http://almarbuilding.blogspot.com/

Tony Fontes and his company East Coast Printing was featured in the Patriot Ledger in the South Shore Entrepreneur column. The article ran on July 31st.

Donalee Lacasse of Reliv is proud to announce that she will be going to Bermuda for four days and three nights in October. This was her prize for growing her down line and advancing to a higher level within the Reliv organization.

Janet LaBerge of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is up to her usual charitable activity again! She cleaned out a Plympton basement last month and found 250 brand new piñatas.  True to form, Janet stopped at all the elementary schools in Pembroke to hand them out to the teachers for them to use for International Day.  Sarah Wolfgang, a reporter from the Pembroke Reporter happened by just as they were distributing them at Hobomock Elementary School. The photos made it into the Pembroke Reporter on 8/31 and Janet’s two sons, Brock and Yeltsin appeared on the front page holding the colorful piñatas. Free publicity and philanthropy in one day’s work - priceless!

Congrats to all of the members who are doing great things and getting recognized for it! Submit your good news by the 10th of every month. Would love to hear from you!

Jayne M. Pelosi
Renaissance Interior Design
From one time consultations to large project oversight, your space will reflect your personality, not mine!
Www.RenaissanceInteriorDesign.com
jayne@renaissanceinteriordesign.com
781-588-5259

Connections by Lois Wood

Happy Fall to everyone!  Aren’t the red leaves and purple fall asters and bright yellow goldenrod and crisp blue skies beautiful?  
 
People have been getting up and thanking lots of other SSWBN members at luncheons...now I just wish they’d submit them for this column!   I try to remember to take notes at the events, but get too wrapped up in talking to others at my table to write the many Connections down!
 
For example, at the East Bay Grille luncheon, the woman of the day was Ginny Walker of Embroid-Me Kingston www.embroidme-kingston.com   Jim Della Volpe of Growing Tree Partners www.growingtreepartners.com thanked Ginny for doing a great job on t-shirts and jackets for his skeet shooting club.  Then Cheryl Arlanson Russo of Arlanson Law Offices www.arlansonplan.com thanked Ginny for creating (I think?) a baby quilt for her niece.  Then I thanked Ginny for saving me, because I needed a last-minute anniversary present for my husband, and Embroid-Me did a great embroidery patch of our sailboat on a jacket for Doug!  Whew, saved the day!
 
Other folks HAVE sent me their recent Connections:
 
Jayne Pelosi of Renaissance Interior Design www.renaissanceinteriordesign.com would like to thank Janet LaBerge of Dirt Deeds Done Dirt Cheap www.dirtydeedscheap.com for her HUGE help and HUGE muscles! When Jayne finally sold her house, she wanted to donate about 15% of its contents to various charities and Janet was just the person to call.  “Janet came by, single-handedly loaded up her cool new black van and off she went with all sorts of useable items.  She lifted heavy furniture, took bric-a-brac to give to Council on Aging tag sales; Janet even took some toiletries that I had collected and gave these to a battered women's shelter.  What a resource! And it felt so good knowing these usable items weren't going to end up in a landfill.  I highly recommend Dirty Deeds!”

Jim Della Volpe would like to acknowledge Lisa Rooney of LBR Direct www.lbrdirect.com for “the fine work that she is doing for me and a few of our colleagues.”  Jim also thanks Mary McElroy of McElroy Associates www.mcelroyassoc.net for her help as a “Database wizard!”
 
Allison Quinn Guido of Almar Building & Remodeling Company www.almarbuilding.com  wants to thank Attorney Patricia Bloom-McDonald of Stoughton “for inviting us to participate in her Senior Advocate group.  The group will be hosting several Free Aging in Place Seminars this Fall. Information about these seminars can be found at: almarbuilding.blogspot.com/ .”
 
Barbara A. Case and Cheryle Brady of RBC Dain Rauscher www.rbcdain.com thank Pat Masters of The Tax Lady http://www.taxladyea.com for her steady flow of referrals.
 
Barry Gordon of Gordon, Mond & Ott, P.C. www.gmo-law.com  wants to thank Paula Killion of The Travel Center www.travelcenter.com.  “Not only did she work her way through frequent flyer miles for my wife and me (two different plans, and we come and go on the same flight)  but she booked us a terrific trip to Thailand.  Paula was very responsive and listened to our requests and fulfilled them. We'll let you know how our trip all turned out February, 2007.”
 
Paula Harris of WH Cornerstone Investments www.whcornerstone.com would like to thank Susan Hammond of CFO Strategies www.schammond.com for the tremendous job she did facilitating the recent Board Orientation for the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra. The kudos continue pouring in!
 
Paula Harris and Bill Harris, CFP® of WH Cornerstone Investments would also like to thank Steven Soby of Soby Electrical Services for the timely and professional electrical service that he and his team provided during their recent bathroom renovation.  In addition, they would like to thank Watch All www.watchall.com for their prompt and professional service for their lawn treatment.  “We got an estimate for services on a Wednesday.  Faxed back the agreement the same day and the very next morning the services were performed before 9:00 a.m.  Now that’s service! ”

So, keep on making those Connections, let me know about them… and remember to take time to enjoy this Autumn season!

Lois Wood
Lois Wood Communications
A full service graphic design company.  From print to web, solo entrepreneurs to large companies, I work hard to make your company look great!
www.loiswood.com
lw@loiswood.com
(781) 934-9070

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