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Profits Rising Women's Conference
In partnership with NAWBO Baltimore and Northern Virginia Chapters

NAWBO NCC, in partnership with the Northern Virginia Chapter and NAWBO Baltimore, are sponsoring this exhilarating conference, with internationally recognized speakers, inspirational and educational sessions and a facilitated networking experience like no other!

Join us on Monday, May 19, 2008 from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Maryland. NAWBO has been assisting women with propelling their businesses to greater levels of accomplishments since 1975. With more than 9,000 members and 80 chapters nationwide, NAWBO is the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries.

Our "Women and Profits Rising" conference has been planned to help women evolve their businesses by sharing resources with many of America's 10.4 million women-owned businesses.

Please join us for an exhilarating and inspiring event. Plan to interact and network with 300 women business owners, sponsors, and exhibitor attendees.

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Click here to download sponsor and exhibitor package

Conference participants will be better able to:

• Learn about data-driven information to advance the economic, social and political impact of your business
• Develop a concept brand that works with a product or a service that the public wants
• Identify and utilize strategies that have been proven to accelerate business growth.
• Leverage technology and Internet marketing strategies to grow a business: fundamentals to advanced.
• Create a celebrity marketing brand to attract business opportunities
• Employ innovative strategies and systems to hire and retain a diverse and high performing workforce.
• Utilize resources to establish, implement, and build Internet marketing strategies that attract new customers and increase sales.
• Utilize effective techniques to sell products and services to government, corporations, and non-profit organizations.
• Connect utilizing golf to achieve business success.

Martin's Crosswinds - 7400 Greenway Center Drive - Greenbelt, MD 20770

Members: $125 after April 30

Non Members: $175 After April 30

To register, click here.

WBENC National Conference & Business Fair
Women in Business: The Power of Progress
June 23-26, 2008, Atlanta, GA
Hyatt Regency Atlanta & Georgia World Congress Center
For more information and to register, click here.

Fashion Fusion Event - Saturday, June 28, 2008
TheFashion Fusion Event is about celebrating the unbridled styles of local independent designers and boutiques while raising money to improve the lives of underprivileged women and girls in the greater DC area. The Washington Area Women's Foundation is the nonprofit beneficiary. For more information, click here!

NAWBO NOVA AwardAssist – Open to NAWBO-NCC Members too!
Awards can serve as valuable tools in promoting your business, boosting employee morale and gaining more business. However, research and applying can be time consuming. AwardAssist is an innovative new program sponsored by NAWBO NOVA that will do the work for you in nominating you for honors important to your business. For more information, click here.

Calling all Reality TV stars-to-be!
Julie Lenzer Kirk, local entrepreneur and author featured in our CEO Insights series, announces an opportunity to apply for a ground-floor opportunity to have yourself and your business featured on a new reality TV show for and about women entrepreneurs. Simply fill out an application and send a video (or a link to a video) introduction of you and your business and you might be on your way! Please note: the objective of this show is NOT to embarrass anyone or make you look bad. We want to show mom business owners as the real, hard-working people that we are! If you have any specific business challenges or big goals you might need help with, make sure you mention them in your application or video.

Click here to download the application and directions on submission.

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If you would prefer to ship your submission you can do so at the following address:

Pure Media, Inc.
Attn: Angela Rivet
13636 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 400
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
(818) 906-3544 (for shipping use only)

Go for the Greens Conference
September 19-20, 2008
Disney's BoardWalk Inn & Villas
Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL.

Go for the Greens will be a 2-day event hosted by the Economic Development Forum of NAWBO along with UPS, Walt Disney World, WBENC (Women's Business Enterprise National Council) and others. The purpose is to bring together deal-makers to propel the growth of women-owned businesses. If you are interested in learning more about it, consider joining a conference call scheduled for next week.

Call Date & Time: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 10 a.m. EST
How to call in: 1-866-214-3172, Passcode 7854843

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