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Stephanie Williams, President
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Title: Networking Extravaganza
Company: Westpoint Financial
Website:
www.nowib.com
Presentation Date:
10/16/2008
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Stephanie Williams’ mission is to be a lifetime resource for her clients. She works with motivated people who realize that planning for the future is far too serious to handle alone and has helped many clients achieve financial security through a financial plan designed to meet their personal needs and goals. She begins by gathering information, addressing areas of concern, educating the client and finally, making recommendations based on their needs and desires. She can do this for you too. As a client, you will know that she is committed to helping you achieve your dreams.
Since November of 2005, Stephanie has dedicated her time and resources to providing educational financial seminars in a series titled “Never Kissed a Frog. Never Had To.ä” She has presented these seminars to both the public and specific groups. Her love for speaking and educating has been a testament to her mission and a foundation for her practice.
In an ongoing effort to better herself and help those around her grow their business, she is a member of and serves on the board of the Network of Women in Business and the Carmel Advisory Board of Rainmakers. She was named the 2006 “Networker of the Year” for the Network of Women in Business and is the 2008 President. She is the founder of [alpha Chicks] and also a member of the Women in Insurance and Financial Services (WIFS) where she receives ongoing education in the industry.
Stephanie Williams graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a degree in both Marketing and Entrepreneurship. She resides in Westfield, Indiana with her husband and two children.
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Title: Monthly Leadership Series
Company: Cantaloupe.tv
Website:
www.cantaloupe.tv
Presentation Date:
11/20/2008
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Stacy Billanti is the president of Cantaloupe.tv, an online video marketing company. Over the past 12 years Stacy has challenged the status quo, initiating change and growth to positively impact organizations and deliver results. Stacy is passionate about building a great organization that serves clients, employees, and the community. Cantaloupe has been a proud member of the Fishers business community for 3 years. Cantaloupe produces authentic online video stories by using everyday people to deliver your organization’s message.
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Past Speakers
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Title: Annual Gala
Company: Susan RoAne
Website:
www.susanroane.com
Presentation Date:
9/18/2008
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Susan RoAne leads a double life as a bestselling author and a sought-after professional keynote speaker. Known as The Mingling Maven®, she gives her multi-generational audiences the required tools, techniques and strategies they need to connect and communicate in today’s global business world. Her practical, informative, and interactive presentations are known for what The San Francisco Chronicle calls her “dynamite sense of humor”.
She received her Master’s Degree from San Francisco State University and her Bachelor's from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, where she was recently honored at “Authors Come Home”. (She still considers herself a Fighting Ilini!) A former teacher, Susan also lectures at major universities such as Yale, Wharton, University of Chicago and NYU.
As a professional keynote speaker, some of the organizations that have hired Susan to bring her message to their people are: AT&T, Apple, Coca-Cola, Time Warner, Office Depot, Boeing, Citigroup, Ernst and Young, Oracle, Procter and Gamble, National Association of Television Producers and Executives, National Football League and, her personal favorite, Hershey's Chocolate.
Because of her groundbreaking best-seller, How to Work a Room®, Susan is considered the undisputed and original networking and communication expert. She has sold over a million books worldwide, and has launched an industry that she continues to create and shape in the 21st Century.
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Title: Owner
Company: The Whale Hunters
Website:
www.thewhalehunters.com
Presentation Date:
8/21/2008
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Barbara Weaver Smith has an exceptional leadership background beginning in higher education and transitioning to entrepreneurship. With partner Larry Smith, she built the consulting firm Smith Weaver Smith, Inc., now celebrating more than a decade of success in the education and economic sectors. Career highlights include serving as a dean at Ball State University, president of the Indiana Humanities Council, and founder of two thriving companies. She is known for inspiring, initiating, and managing accelerated change through an uncanny ability to understand “how things work” in diverse organizations and a proprietary process known as ACT-Five™, Accelerated Cultural Transformation. Through this process, Barbara has led more than 50 complex collaborations involving business, higher education, government, and not-for-profits, resulting in new approaches to education, economic development, and regional planning and garnering millions in private and public investment. The late Governor Frank O’Bannon named her Sagamore of the Wabash, the state of Indiana's highest civilian honor, for service to the state of Indiana.
Barbara founded The Whale Hunters to bring this proven change-management process to fast-growth companies. Her Whale Hunting specialties are implementing the process, coaching the village, training RFP teams to win their hunts, and deal coaching for an RFP hunt. Barbara is leading Whale Hunting Women, the network of women who do big deals.
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Title: Managing Partner
Company: Ki ThoughtBridge
Website:
www.kithoughtbridge.com
Presentation Date:
7/17/2008
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Katherine Tyler Scott is the managing partner of Ki ThoughtBridge. Katherine is the founder and former President of Trustee Leadership Development, Inc., a resource center for governance leaders and not-for-profit organizations, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has more than 30 years of experience in leadership education and development, consultation, coaching and facilitation. Katherine is a nationally recognized speaker and has written extensively on the topics of leadership, trusteeship, organizational development, and change work.
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Title: Monthly Women's Forum
Company: Coaching Momentum
Website:
www.coachingmomentum.com
Presentation Date:
5/15/2008
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Caroline Dowd-Higgins co-founded Coaching Momentum with a desire to empower and energize people to achieve their personal goals. Her training style is engaging, high energy and positive with a focus on unlocking the self-advocate within each of us.
Caroline focuses on career coaching utilizing creative techniques to help clients achieve results. Fully qualified to interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® and the Strong Interest Inventory® she also employs many of the tried-and-true industry assessments to help clients gain better self awareness. Her formal education includes Bachelors and Masters degrees in Music from Indiana University and her many years singing on the professional stage have helped her hone the fine art of self promotion and communication. She has a decade of experience working with college students helping them transition into the real world. Coaching career development and job search strategies, she also enjoys working with a diverse clientele of all ages and backgrounds in her private practice.
An accomplished public speaker and presenter, Caroline is adept at helping individuals fine tune their communication skills and improve their professional public image. A frequent workshop facilitator in the corporate and non-profit arena, Caroline enjoys personal coaching and group sessions to help maximize on-the-job satisfaction.
Professional affiliations include: Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT), American Counseling Association (ACA), National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), and National Association of Legal Professions (NALP).
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Title: Monthly Women's Forum
Company: Indiana Fever
Website:
http://www.wnba.com/fever
Presentation Date:
4/17/2008
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Regarded as one of the most successful women’s basketball coaches in history, Lin Dunn is currently the head coach at the Indiana Fever. She is well-chronicled as one of the nation’s foremost pioneers of women’s basketball, and one of its most prominent coaches and leaders.
Dunn’s coaching resume includes four decades of coaching at the highest levels – the past 10 years in the professional ranks, between stints in Portland, Seattle and Indiana.
She is perhaps best known as the architect of the Purdue University women’s basketball program, guiding the Boilermakers for nine seasons (1988-96) and collecting three Big Ten conference titles.
On the national level, she served on USA Basketball staffs for the 1992 Olympics and 1990 gold medal-winning World Championship and Goodwill Games teams. She was head coach of the 1995 bronze medal-winning USA Jones Cup team, and served for eight years on the USA Basketball Team selection committee.
A native of Nashville, Tenn., Dunn has earned induction into the athletic halls of fame at both Miami and Austin Peay. She served as chair of the Kodak All-America Selection Committee from 1982-88 and was president of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association in 1984-85. Dunn earned a B.S. degree in health, physical education and English from Tennessee-Martin and also has an M.S. degree in physical education from Tennessee-Knoxville.
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Title: The Five Keys for Success
Company: Ambassadors for Children
Website:
www.ambassadorsforchildren.org
Presentation Date:
3/20/2008
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Dr. Sally Brown is the President and Founder of Ambassadors for Children, a non-profit charitable organization established in 1998 that offers global volunteer opportunities to individuals and families. In the past year, Ambassadors for Children has been featured in Time Magazine, USA Today, Yoga Journal, Family Circle, CNN.com, New York Times, and many others. Prior to her position with Ambassadors for Children, she served as President and CEO of Ambassadair Travel Club and has traveled to over 130 countries. Dr. Brown is a powerful motivational speaker and author of "Where Journeys Begin - Tips for the Novice and Seasoned Traveler" as well as the children's book "Alexandra's Travel Adventures." Dr. Brown received both her B.S. and M.S. from Indiana University - Purdue University of Indianapolis. She went on to receive her PhD from the Purdue University Hotel and Tourism Management program in 2005.
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Title: The State of the Network
Company:
Website:
www.nowib.com
Presentation Date:
2/21/2008
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2008 Board of Directors
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Title: Women's Monthly Forum
Company: MAK Mortgage
Website:
www.makmortgage.net
Presentation Date:
1/17/2008
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Rhonda Kuchik experiences joy through inspiring people. Her true life purpose is to help others sort things out, get back on track or get on track! She helps people to achieve or improve whatever is important to them. As co-owner of MAK Mortgage Consultants in Carmel, Rhonda has worked with her husband, Mark, for nine years. She also has her own consulting business that provides focus, inspiration and accountability to realtors and other business professionals. Her goal is to help them live an inspired life. Rhonda's current focus is creating a retreat center in Brown County Indiana. The Relaxation Retreat will cater to business planning as well as spiritual rejuvenation and is slated to open fall of 2009.
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Title: December Women's Forum
Company: Energizing Life
Website:
www.lynnshaw.com
Presentation Date:
12/14/2007
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Lynn Shaw is president of Energizing Life, Inc., and her vision is to transform lives one laugh at a time. She works with organizations and individuals to create positive energy for professional and personal development. With a rich 20+ year history in healthcare, mental health, business, and community service, Lynn’s life applications refresh and renew from the inside out for lasting impact.
Lynn holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is certified in holistic stress management, Gestalt therapy, and therapeutic laughter. She is the author of an e-course, Laughter for the Healing Heart, and a contributing author to the book, A Healthier You. She is past-president of the Indiana Chapter of the National Speaker’s Association; a past club president of Zonta International, and a member of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor.
Currently, Lynn works with students at Ivy Tech Community College as an adjunct professor teaching stress management and as a career advisor and employment specialist. Described as “wacky and wise”, she has been dubbed the “Laughter Therapist.”
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Title: November Women's Forum
Company: Focus Forward
Website:
www.focusforwardorganizers.com
Presentation Date:
11/16/2007
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Chris Frazier is owner and founder of Focus Forward, a professional organizing and productivity consulting service. She helps business and residential clients create lasting change in their lives by helping them organize, reduce clutter, and create a physical environment that supports their professional and personal goals. She helps attorneys and other professionals learn how to manage paper, workflow, and time so that they are more productive and able to regain control of their work days. Her clients include homeowners, entrepreneurs, and attorneys in small to large law firms.
Chris’s philosophy on organizing is this: organizing is about helping clients move forward towards their goals. When clients simplify and organize, they are able to create environments that reflect the way they live now and that support their goals for the future. Clearing away old objects and organizing for now has the freeing psychological effect of removing old obligations, guilt, and unmade decisions from the past; it allows clients to focus on what is truly important to them and helps them move forward into a future of their own design.
Chris is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and the Network of Women in Business. She is a volunteer for the Humane Society of Indianapolis and the creator of a local Quantum Leap program designed to teach basic organizing skills to low-income residents of transitional housing. Chris is also an attorney licensed in Indiana and Arizona and a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association.
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Title: October Women's Forum
Company: Fletcher Communications
Website:
www.fletchercomm.com/
Presentation Date:
10/19/2007
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Theresia Whitfield graduated at the top of her class at Carolina School of Broadcasting in Charlotte, North Carolina. She went on to work for in this top-28 market as the Consumer/Investigative Producer for WCNC. While there, she received two Best Consumer Report Awards, one from the Associated Press and another from the Radio and Television News Directors Association and was twice Emmy nominated
Two years later, Theresia relocated to Washington, DC where she worked as a freelance producer and correspondent for organizations such as CNN, Reuters Television, CBN News and others. Theresia covered historic events including the end of the Clinton Administration, The Chandra Levy – Congressman Condit scandal, and the Bush/Gore election vote of 2000. She was also witness to the devastation of the attacks on America from across the street from the Pentagon. She went on to cover the events of 9/11 from both Washington, DC and New York.
Since relocating to Indianapolis five years ago, Theresia has focused her efforts on print writing and communications. To date, she has written for more than 2-dozen national and international publications including NASCAR Nextel Cup Scene, National Speed Sport News, Performance Racing Industry, and others.
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Title: 4th Annual Gala - Ignite Your Spark
Company: The Center For Innovative Leadership
Website:
www.cfil.com
Presentation Date:
9/21/2007
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Deborah Collins Stephens has spent nearly 30 years working with leaders in corporations, government, and politics. She co-founded The Center For Innovative Leadership www.cfil.com in 1987; a company that has worked with some of the world’s leading corporations such as General Electric, Federal Express, Google, Yahoo, American Honda, Toyota, Medtronic, Virgin Airlines and others. Deborah is the co-author of 6 books, with 4 reaching the best sellers list: Maslow on Management, One Size Fits One, Revisiting The Human Side of Enterprise, and This Is Not The Life I Ordered.
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Peterson - Stephens - Risley
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Title: 4th Annual Gala - Ignite Your Spark!
Company: Community Event! Everyone Welcome! Must See Event!
Website:
www.ThisIsNotTheLifeIOrdered.com
Presentation Date:
9/21/2007
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Four women facing extraordinary life circumstances joined forces around a kitchen table nearly a decade ago. Supporting and encouraging one another through the challenges of life, they learned to reinvent themselves in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
They turned their kitchen table conversations into a best selling book entitled This Is Not The Life I Ordered: 50 Ways To Keep Your Head Above Water When Life Keeps Dragging You Down.
Two of the authors, Michealene Cristini Risley and Deborah C. Stephens will share the tools, wisdom and inspiration for igniting your spark and reinventing yourself!
Our 4th Annual Gala, Ignite Your Spark, is sure to be a memorable and life impacting event.
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Michealene Cristini Risley
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Title: 4th Annual Gala - Ignite Your Spark!
Company: Fresh Water Spigot
Website:
www.freshwaterspigot.com
Presentation Date:
9/21/2007
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Michealene Cristini Risley is the founder of Fresh Water Spigot. As an entrepreneur she has created some of the largest deals in consumer products and the entertainment industry. Michealene launched the first-ever branded maternity line in conjunction with Adidas. As Vice President of Licensing and Character Development for Sega of America, she championed the Sega Girls Task Force and produced over 100 episodes in animation. She also wrote, produced, and directed a short film called “Flashcards,” which won Best Cinematography at the California Independent Film Festival, Best Short film at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, and the film screened in the Cannes Film Festival “Shorts Du Jour” program.
Michealene Christini Risley also co-authored "This is Not The Life I Orderded", which has reached the best sellers list.
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Title: 4th Annual Gala - Ignite Your Spark
Company: First Lady of Indianapolis
Website:
www.indygov.org
Presentation Date:
9/21/2007
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Amy Minick Peterson, the wife of Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, is an advertising executive and mother, committed to embracing diversity and addressing the health care issues facing Indianapolis today.
With her health care background, Amy is using her role as First Lady of Indianapolis to draw attention to health care issues facing our city, as well as to celebrate Indianapolis' racial, cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity.
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Title: August Women's Forum
Company: Ice Miller
Website:
http://www.icemiller.com/
Presentation Date:
8/17/2007
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Melissa Proffitt Reese is a Managing Partner of the Firm. She concentrates in employee benefits and labor relations with a focus on welfare benefit plan and qualified plan matters. She provides counsel to regional and international clients on benefit issues, including the design and formation of benefit plans.
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Title: July Women's Forum
Company: Accent on Business
Website:
www.accentonbusiness.net
Presentation Date:
7/20/2007
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Accent On Business founder and CEO Ellen Dunnigan is a nationally-recognized and proven coach with specialized training in voice, speech, and English improvement. She holds a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology and has been certified as clinically competent by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
In addition, she has spent several years in corporate settings as an operations leader and strategist. Ms. Dunnigan has devoted 17 years to helping people improve their personal and professional voice and speaking skills.
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Title: June Women's Forum
Company: Creative Performance Solutions
Website:
www.CPSolutions.net
Presentation Date:
6/15/2007
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Debra Taylor is Managing Principle with Creative Performance Solutions. Benefits for the client: With 20 years of professional experience in training and development, Debra utilizes effective learning tools that offer a practical application for everyone. Whenever Debra presents you can expect to walk away with at least 3 concrete action steps to further enhance your professional or personal development. Debra’s dynamic and inspirational style captivates her audience from the very beginning. Her high energy and passion keeps the audience engaged, enthused, and inspired.
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Title: August Women's Forum
Company: Indiana's 103rd Supreme Court Justice & Partner at Ice Miller LLP
Website:
www.icemiller.com
Presentation Date:
5/18/2007
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Myra Selby has a broad-based practice with a focus in the areas of appellate law, compliance counseling, business planning, complex litigation, risk management, strategic and other legal advice, based upon an understanding of the related business objectives, across various industry sectors including health care, insurance, and public administration. She serves in the role of advisor for large institutional clients as well as individuals.
Ms. Selby served as a Justice on the Indiana Supreme Court from January, 1995 through 1999. While on the Court, Ms. Selby participated in several landmark decisions involving state property taxes, insurance, and tort law reform and she authored more than 100 majority opinions receiving national recognition. Ms. Selby spearheaded efforts to increase the Court's accessibility to the general public by expanding education and outreach activities. In 1999, Ms. Selby was appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court to chair the Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Race and Gender Fairness. The Commission is charged with ensuring fairness and diversity in the legal system.
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Dress For Success & Coburn Place
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Title: Networking For Success
Company: Benefit for Dress For Success & Coburn Place Safe Haven
Website:
www.dressforsuccess.org & www.coburnplace.org
Presentation Date:
4/26/2007
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Purpose: Raise funds and develop partnerships with not-for-profit organizations that help women in the community settle into new lives and gain skills to find and hold jobs. NOWIB is partnering with Dress for Success (DFS) and Coburn Place to reach this goal.
DATE: April 26, 2007
TIME: 6:00 to 8:00 PM
PLACE: The Marott, 2625 N Meridian St, Indianapolis IN (317) 926-3700
Networking for Success is an exciting philanthropic and networking event sponsored by the Network of Women in Business which helps support Dress For Success and Coburn Place Safe Haven here in Indianapolis.
For more information contact:
- Janet Klochko, Event Chair - jklochko@aol.com
- Denise Meyer, Logistics/Communications - meyer.denise@yahoo.com
-Randie Bonwell, Event Sponsors, Table Top Sponsors & Auction Items - rlbonwell@sbcglobal.net
Mark your calendars for this exiting and noteworthy event!
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Panel Specializing in HR & Work Life Issues
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Title: April Women's Forum
Company: Indiana Commission for Women, Spherion, Eli Lilly
Website:
See Below
Presentation Date:
4/20/2007
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Sharon Langlotz: Executive Director for the Indiana Commission for Women (http://www.in.gov/icw/)
Patti Daniels: PHR, Managing Principle of Spherion
(http://www.spherion.com/corporate/home.jsp)
Rosemary G. Joran, M.S., PHR, Senior HR Associate/Career Consultant for Eli Lilly and Company (http://www.elililly.com/index.html)
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Title: March Women's Forum
Company: Indianapolis Power & Light
Website:
http://www.iplpower.com/ipl/index?page=IPLHome
Presentation Date:
3/16/2007
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Ann Murtlow, IPL’s President and CEO, has a wealth of experience in the electric industry. She joined IPL’s parent company, AES Corporation, in 1987 and has held numerous positions within the company with responsibilities ranging from siting and environmental permitting of electric generating stations to the management of operations and generating capacity in Northern and Central Europe. Immediately before assuming her current role in 2002, Murtlow was responsible for operations and new business development in the Eastern United States.
Murtlow is extensively involved in the community, serving as Co-Chair of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, and on the executive committees for the Indianapolis Zoological Society and Women’s Fund of Central Indiana. In addition, she serves on the boards of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indiana Energy Association, the Indianapolis Center of Educational Entrepreneurship and the Central Indiana Community Foundation, among others.
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Network Board of Directors
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Title: The POWER of the Network
Company: The Network of Women in Business
Website:
www.nowib.com
Presentation Date:
2/16/2007
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DON'T MISS THIS EVENT! Explore the POWER of being a member in The Network. Be inspired! Witness Success! Experience first hand, POWER Networking at its best!
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Title: The Story Within
Company: Burkhart Network LLC
Website:
n/a
Presentation Date:
1/19/2007
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Lorene McCormick Burkhart, accomplished businesswoman and author of “An Accidental Pioneer: A Farm Girl’s Drive to the Finish” will be our featured speaker for the January Women’s Forum.
Lorene Burkhart was born on a farm near Vincennes, Indiana in the mid 1930s. She graduated from Decker High School (the area where Decker melons originated) and Purdue University with a degree in Home Economics.
In her early career, she was the original “Martha Stewart” of Indianapolis, appearing on television and radio as Home Economist Lorene Shunk. Later, she was the first Director of Consumer Services at Jenn Air Corporation in Indianapolis, and then moved to Houston, Texas to be the first Director of New Product Development of the Dairy Division of Borden, Inc. She used to laugh and say that she and Elsie the Cow were the two female executives in the company!
Find out the keys to Lorene’s success and why it is important to tap into and draw strength from the story within. We are all comprised of intricately woven stories, which we gather, treasure and share in order to uplift and strengthen each other.
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Title: Helping Hands - Finding Ways to Share With Others
Company: Sponsored by Network of Women In Business
Website:
To Be Announced
Presentation Date:
12/15/2006
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December is a very special month for us. It is a time when we gather with friends, family, and co-workers to celebrate each other and our many blessings.
To that end, the Network of Women In Business invites you to attend Helping Hands. At this Women's Forum, we provide area Not-For-Profits an opportunity to share with us their many needs as well as volunteer opportunities. In addition, they can share their fabulous stories of how they have positively impacted our communities. This is an event you do not want to miss!
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Title: Co-President & Co-Founder
Company: Vera Bradley
Website:
www.verabradley.com
Presentation Date:
11/17/2006
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Guided by its founders, Patricia Miller and Barbara Bradley Baekgaard, Vera Bradley has earned a reputation as a leader in the gift industry. Creating stylish quilted cotton luggage, handbags and accessories, the company combines smart product designs with distinctive and colorful fabrics and trims.
The Vera Bradley story is a testimony to the American Dream: While on vacation in March of 1982, Patricia and Barbara were awaiting a flight in Atlanta when they noticed a definite lack of feminine-looking luggage. The longtime friends wasted no time in correcting this situation. Within weeks, these dynamic women had created a company, named after Barbara’s mother, capable of marketing and manufacturing their cleverly designed products. The demand for these unique handbags and luggage items has grown and so has Vera Bradley, which is now nationally and internationally recognized.
For over twenty years, Vera Bradley has had a loyal following of customers who not only look forward to our lovely new fabrics and styles that are introduced each season, but who also appreciate the function and quality that is synonymous with our name.
Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Vera Bradley continues to remain steadfast in our commitment to excellent quality, exclusive designs and dependable customer service.
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Title: President/CEO
Company: The American Pianists Association, Inc
Website:
http://www.americanpianists.org/
Presentation Date:
10/20/2006
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Rain or shine, Helen Huff Small, Executive Director of the American Pianists Association, Inc. (APA) and 500+ volunteers, tirelessly makes her passion for music a reality for the whole family, through Indy Jazz Fest presented by Kroger.
How did the APA acquire Indy Jazz Fest? What has this meant for her career? How does she keep it all in perspective? How does she manage and coordinate such a large resource of volunteers?
Come find out the many notes of wisdom Ms. Small will share - helping each person attending become more successful!
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Title: 2006 Gala - Creating Your Success Story
Company: Renowned Author
Website:
N/A
Presentation Date:
9/15/2006
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Mary Cantando, author of The Woman’s Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What It Takes to Grow Your Business. Her presentation on The Woman’s Advantage is unique, powerful and life-changing. Mary travels around the country sharing the advantages each woman brings to the table and how to use these advantages to propel her business into the prosperous top 5 percent.
Mary has much to say to corporate women about using the resources of women owned businesses. Want to tap into the $3 trillion in revenue generated annually by women-owned businesses? Searching for ways to capture the attention—and loyalty—of the fastest growing B2B sector of the U.S. economy? Need to grow sales by expanding into new markets? You’ve come to the right place!
Success is a tough concept to define. Who do you want to be? What do your want your life to show? And where are the tools to get there?
We hope to provide you with the some of the tools at our 2006 Annual Gala—a copy of Mary’s book and the resources of our community. The Resource Center will be made up of professionals—from personal coaching to software management to writing a business plan (or life plan)—who will each provide you with a free “tip” and an overview of their expertise. There is much to see! Please join us!
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Title: A Woman of Firsts
Company: University of Indianapolis
Website:
http://www.uindy.edu/
Presentation Date:
8/18/2006
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Dr. Beverley J. Pitts was welcomed as the eighth president of the University of Indianapolis on July 5, 2005. Dr. Pitts is the first female president in the University's 103-year history. She is widely regarded as an inspiring educator, even-handed administrator, successful fund-raiser, and highly skilled communicator.
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Title: CEO, Motivational Speaker & Published Author
Company: Sisterpreneur, Inc.
Website:
www.bargaindiva.com
Presentation Date:
7/21/2006
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Sisterpreneur®, Inc. is an international business mentoring organization dedicated to empowering women economically and professionally through entrepreneurship and networking. The mission of Sisterpreneur® is to encourage and support women as entrepreneurs to be leaders in their communities. Women are encouraged think globally and to be active locally. Based on the concept that strategic relationships are the backbone of business success, Sisterpreneur® offers various networking opportunities to connect and promote women of diverse backgrounds and business interests worldwide. Sisterpreneur® works proactively for women by offering coaching series; financial support and guidance; and mentorship programs.
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Title: Motivational Speaker
Company: Ari-West
Website:
www.ari-west.com
Presentation Date:
6/16/2006
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Patti Thornberry is president or vice-president of 7 successful businesses. She sings in a band she formed, she serves on several boards and she runs marathons for organizations close to her heart.
Learn how and where she finds balance...find out what keeps her going. What is in store for Patti? another entrepreneurial venture?
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Title: President & Principals
Company: Mezzetta Construction & Lumenociti
Website:
mezzcon.com and lumenociti.com
Presentation Date:
5/19/2006
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Be with us May 19th as we explore the challenges and accomplishments of women in the local construction/commercial building industry.
Our speakers, Darlene Mezzetta, President of Mezzetta Construction, Sarena McComas and Diane Soper, Principals of Lumenociti will share with us their experiences competing and succeeding in a mans world. Certified WBEs (Women Owned Enterprises), they offer their perspectives on the process and the benefits of the program.
Darlene Mezzetta - President, Mezzetta Construction
Sarena McComas - Principal, Lumenociti
Diane Soper - Principal - Lumenociti
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Title: Joyce Rogers, Esq . President/CEO
Company: Indiana Black Expo
Website:
www.indianablackexpo.com
Presentation Date:
4/21/2006
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Joyce Rogers, Esq. President/CEO of Indiana Black Expo will speak to us about her first year in position with the organization.Joyce will discuss the ups and downs of leading an organization that annually brings $35 million into the Central Indiana economy. Hear too, how she brought President George W. Bush to a Summer Celebration! Learn what advice her mentor and founder of the Indiana Black Expo gave her. Does she have the same advice for women in business?
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Title: President & Owner
Company: Bedel Financial Consulting, Inc.
Website:
www.bedelfinancial.com
Presentation Date:
3/17/2006
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Elaine Bedel, CFP, President and Owner, Bedel Financial Consulting, Inc. will be our featured guest speaker this month. Elaine is very active in the Indianapolis financial community and has been instrumental in the formation of the new Symphony Bank.
Elaine established her business in 1989. Since then, Elaine and her team have been working with clients by establishing and accomplishing short and long-term financial goals. And, congratulations to Elaine! She has been named 2006 chairperson of Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB).
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