National
Event: Flex in the City
Date: 5/13/2008
Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Description: This event will provide information ot local governments on the benefits of implementing a similar program in their cities. Many cities have made tremendous progress in this area and many have been faced with a multitude of challenges. Selected panelists will share best practices and challenges and engage attendees in meaningful dialogue regarding creating/enhancing "Flex in the City" programs in their local communities. Workplace flexibility can improve commuting, engagement and productivity as well as provide innovative ways to address commuting, environmental, and transportation infrastructure issues affecting cities across the U.S.
Location: Houston Convention Center, Houston, TX
Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau and the City of Houston's Mayor's Office
Contact: Frances Jefferson, Women's Bureau Denver Regional Administrator, (303) 844-1286
Region 1
Event: Artists’ Learning Circle Women in the Arts Sharing Business Ideas
Date: 5/7/2008
Time: 9:30am to 11:30am
Description: Are you a weaver, sculptor, painter, jeweler, or maybe a musician, dancer or song writer? Artists of all types are invited to the Artists’ Learning Circle, Women in the Arts Sharing Business Ideas. This event is an opportunity to meet with and share business ideas and challenges with other artists. Free and open to all - just show up! Please contact the Center for more information.
Location: Woodbury College, 660 Elm St. in Montpelier, VT (Route 12N)
Sponsor: Vermont Women’s Business Center
Contact: Vermont Women’s Business Center Telephone: 802-229-2181
Region 2
Event: YWCA-Queens 3rd Wi$eUp Financial Education Workshop in Korean Language
Date: 5/9/2008
Time: 10:30am to 12:00pm
Description: A Wi$eUp classroom will be held and Wi$eUp Chapter 5 will be completed. This class will be conducted in the Korean language.
Location: Flushing, Queens NY
Sponsor: Katie Hyojung Kim, ESOL Program Director & Center for Adult Program Coordinator YWCA Flushing Queens
Contact: Call (718) 353-4553 x 18
Event: NJ Small Business Development Centers Present Free Procurement Program Workshop "Expanding Horizons in Federal Government Contracting"
Date: 5/9/2008
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm
Description: Learn how the New Jersey Small Business Development Centers at Brookdale Community College can provide information to expand your small business and secure govenment contracts. Register for this free conference.
Location: Brookdale CC 765 Newman Springs, Lincroft, NJ
Sponsor: NJ Small Business Development Centers
Contact: Email: mosbdc@brookdalecc.edu Call: 732-842-8685
Event: Chapter of Professional Women In Construction Presents Redeveloping NJ: The Changing Face of the Garden State
Date: 5/13/2008
Time: 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Description: Network with other NJ-based construction industry professionals to forge profitable business relationships. Members will be able to participate in the activities of all PWC chapters. Today, more than 600 members turn to PWC for seminars and networking events that facilitate business interactions. PWC’s members include general construction and specialty contractors, A&D firms, environmental services companies and suppliers. PWC is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization.
Location: Palace at Somerset Park 333 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ 08873
Sponsor: The New Jersey Chapter of Professional Women in Construction New Jersey Chapter
Contact: Call: Mary Ellen Gervasini at 732-578-0700.
Event: Manhattan Networking Group "Grow Your Business & Make New "
Date: 5/13/2008
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Description: This alternative to other networking groups for business owners will be held at the Roger Smith Hotel 501 Lexington Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets, NY, NY 10017. Make new business to business contacts and grow your business.
Location: 501 Lexington Ave. (bet 47 & 48 Streets) NY, NY
Sponsor: Manhattan Chamber of Commerce & Sterling National Bank
Contact: Call: 212-473-7805
Event: Small Business Administration, SCORE Buffalo Niagara, and Business First present 3rd Annual Western NY SBA Matchmaker & Expo
Date: 5/14/2008
Time: 11:30am to 1:30PM
Description: A full day of learning, discussion and networking. Matchmaker session fee is $50 additional and provides opportunities to meet buyers from federal, state, and local government agencies, and national businesses. Prime contractors, government agencies and national businesses are looking for qualified, quality firms to buy the products and services they need to fulfill government procurements. Luncheon is $40 per person. Call for information about exhibiting your product.
Location: Buffalo Niagara Convention Center
Sponsor: U.S. Small Business Administration SCORE Business First
Contact: Call: 716-551-4301 Ext. 309 Email: kelly.lotempio@sba.gov
Event: Asian Women In Business (AWIB)Annual M/WBE Procurement Conference
Date: 5/15/2008
Time: 8:00am to 3:00pm
Description: AWIB's annual conference for minority/women-owned businesses brings over 400 area M/WBE's for a day of learning, networking and business building. Pre-qualified business owners get one-on-one meetings with corporations and get to meet with buyers. Corporate and govenrment officials will speak to attendees and network with them. There will be exhibits from federal, state and city governments and corporations. The conference is open to all minority and women-owned businessses.
Location: Bank of NY Mellon 101 Barclay St. NY, NY
Sponsor: AWIB
Contact: 212-868-1368
Event: Latina Style Business Series 10th Anniversary Tour
Date: 5/15/2008
Time: 8:00am to 4:00pm
Description: LATINA Style Magazine presents the 10th Anniversary Tour of the Latina Style Business Series; a 1-day informative business development program for Latina business owners. Women's Bureau Grace Protos, Regional Administrator Region 2 will be one of many distinguished panelists. Learn how to run a multimillion dollar enterprise. Attend dynamic workshops that empower you to take your business communications and network to the next level; gain knowledge about using tools and benefits to succeed; learn how to succeed in today's supply chain; balance business and personal life; and improve branding and image for future success. Registration includes breakfast, lunch, sponsor gift bag and a 2-yr subscription to LATINA Style Magazine.
Location: Crown Plaza Hotel 1605 Broadway, NY, NY 10019
Sponsor: Latina Style Magazine / Business Series Macy's
Contact: Call: Randy Ramat 800-651-8083 for more information.
Event: Women's Foundation Celebrating Women Awards
Date: 5/15/2008
Time: 7:30am to 9:00am
Description: HONORING: Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent, CNN THE CELEBRATING WOMEN® AWARD Christiane Amanpour is one of the most respected and honored journalists in the United States. Over her 25-year career, her name has become synonymous with hard-hitting coverage of many of the world’s crises, including Hurricane Katrina, war in the Middle East, the tsunami in Sri Lanka, and 2005 bombing of the London tube. HONORING: Marie C. Wilson, President and Founder, The White House Project THE CELEBRATING WOMEN® AWARD An advocate for women's rights for over 30 years, Marie C. Wilson is founder and President of The White House Project, co-creator of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work ® Day and author of Closing the Leadership Gap: Add Women, Change Everything (Penguin 2008). HONORING: The Women of Meeting Point International of Uganda THE VISION AWARD The women of Meeting Point International live in Kireka, an impoverished community of Kampala, Uganda where they are employed in strip quarries, breaking rocks for building material. They responded to Hurricane Katrina’s victims by coming together and raising almost $1,000 dollars to support their sisters in New Orleans. Fierce and undeterred by their own limited $1.20 per day earnings, the women of Kireka exemplify the power of connection and social change philanthropy. HONORING: Our 2008 Grantee Partners
Location: NY Hilton Hotel @ 53rd St. NY, NY
Sponsor: 434 West 33rd Street, 8th floor New York, NY 10001 Tel (212) 261-4586 Fax (212) 564-7386
Contact: Call (212) 261-4398. To purchase tickets by phone, contact the Benefit Office at (212) 763-8594
Event: CUNY AAARI Conference on Asian Women "Celebrating Successes, Meeting Challenges"
Date: 5/16/2008
Time: 8:30am to 5:00pm
Description: The Asian American Asian Research Institute and CUNY Conference on Asian American women will investigate the landscape of Asian American women's historical and contemporary experiences, examining and evaluating past accomplishments while maintaining a critical and pragmatic eye to future goals. The conference seeks to explore the mainifold realms of Asian American women's lives from the diverse vantage points of scholars, researchers, business professionals, educators, activists, artists, legislators, writers, and students.
Location: Cuny Graduate Center 365 5th Ave. bet 34 & 35 Sts.
Sponsor: Asian American/Asian Research Institute Citi State Farm Verizon
Contact: 212-869-0181
Event: International Coach Federation (ICF-NYC) presents "The Top 10 Sales Mistakes Professional Coaches make and How to Avoid Them"
Date: 5/21/2008
Time: 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Description: This event is for entrepreneurs who are in the professional coaching business. There is an old saying in business, "Nothing happens until someone sells something." Sales is a natural part of business that should be easy and enjoyable. Professional coaches will discover if you are losing potential clients by the way you are offering your free/sample sessions; and what you should and shouldn't focus on during a free/sample session. Learn the thing that most coaches neglect, and that you absolutely need to do, in order for someone to feel great about hiring you. Discover the #1 reason why a prospect doesn't become a client (it's not what you think) and what you can do to change that. In this interactive and content-rich presentation Coaches will discover that "selling your coaching" is something you can learn, be good at and enjoy. Build a thriving, rewarding and profitable Coaching business. Visit www.coachandgrowrich.com for free practice-building tools and other resources.
Location: 305 7th Ave. NY, NY
Sponsor: ICF-NYC Hosted at The Support Center for Non-Profit Management 305 7th Ave, 11th Floor between 27th & 28th Streets, Manhattan
Contact: N/A
Event: Count Me In Make Mine A Million $ Business Program presents a Tri-State Event
Date: 6/3/2008
Time: 8:15am to 4:10pm
Description: You should have received email confirmation within 15 minutes of completing your registration. Bring it with you. If you think you did not receive this email please check your Junk Folder or Spam Folder. If there is a problem we can verify your registration with that email, bring it with you. You may also find it helpful to bring your business cards and a pen and paper to take notes. If you plan on entering to be one of the three women selected to pitch your business on stage, you may want to bring talking points or notes you’ve prepared. At the registration tables you’ll see a sign directing you to drop your business card in a bowl. On stage, three business cards will be drawn from the bowl. You must be in the audience when your name is called in order to participate.This Tri-State Event for Women Business Owners will be held at the NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ. This conference provides opportunities to network and learn from other women entrepreneurs who are on the road to or beyond the Million $ milestone. Meet experts in financing, marketing, technology, business software and insurance. Witness women entrepreneurs present their businesses to an audience for a chance to win a package of money, marketing, mentoring and technology tools. A continental breakfast and a boxed lunch are included in your registration fee. There will be a vegetarian option.
Location: 1 Center St., Newark, NJ (NJ PAC)
Sponsor: Count Me In OPEN AIG; Dell; Cisco; Jet Blue; Marriott & more
Contact: Call: 212.245.1245 Register On-Site $75 accepted registration fee by cash, checks, American Express, Visa, and MasterCard. Provide a valid state ID if you plan on paying by check or credit card.
Event: Wi$eUp Financial Education Classroom Presented by Jewish Family & Vocational Service-Edison NJ
Date: 6/4/2008
Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Description: Classes on Credit and Savings will be offered to Women Center clients; JFVS staff; participants of the Visiting Nurse Program through United Way; referrals from Women Aware; and to the general public.
Location: 200 Metroplex Drive, Edison, NJ
Sponsor: Jewish Family & Vocational Service-Edison, NJ
Contact: 732-777-1940 x 1124
Event: National Council for Research on Women Presents "Breaking New Ground - Hitting the Ground Running: Research, Activism and Leadership for a New Era"
Date: 6/5/2008
Time: 4:00pm on 6-5 to for General Public
Description: Join leading scholars, researchers, advocates and policy makers at the Kimmel Center at New York University to explore the latest studies, findings and strategies. The event begins with a NCRW closed meeting from 9:00am on Thursday 6-5-2008 until 3:45pm. Doors open to the General Public at 4:00pm through 7:00PM. Although registration on Fridaybegins at 8:00am through 12:00pm, conference events begin at 9:30am and end at 6:15pm with a lunch plenary included. Saturday, June 7th is Member Center Day. Featured Speakers include Charlotte Bunch, Kimberle Crenshaw, Beverly Guy Sheftall, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Rosalind Petchesky, Anne Runyon, Ellie Smeal, Kathy Spillar, Deborah Thomas.
Location: Kimmel Ctr-NY University NY, NY
Sponsor: National Council for Research on Women Center Study of Gender & Sexualityat NYU Center for Research on Women at Barnard Shirley Chisholm Center for Research on Women at Brooklyn College Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men at Hobart and William Smith CollegesCenter for the Study of Women and Society at CUNY
Contact: Call: 212-785-7335 Fax: 212-785-7350
Event: Non-Traditional Employment for Women (NEW) Equity Leadership Awards
Date: 6/5/2008
Time: 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Description: NEW is working to create a stronger New York City. In greater numbers than ever before, women are building schools, hospitals, stadiums and housing, impacting every community. Even more importantly, NEW is providing women with the pride of economic self-sufficiency, allowing women access to long-term financial stability that had previously not been possible. Join NEW's 30th Anniversay celebration. providing women and minorities with the skills and opportunity to build their communities and improve their lives.”
Location: Sheraton 811 7th Ave. at 53rd St. NY, NY
Sponsor: NEW Nontraditional Employment for Women
Contact: Call 646-291-2374.
Event: NY Enterprise Report presents "Maximizing Value from Your Business"
Date: 6/11/2008
Time: 8:00am to 10:00am
Description: This special event will be held at the Harvard Club. Network with panelists and attendees. Breakfast will be served. Business owners will share insights on such topics as: taking out cash from you business through tax advantaged vehicles; unique incentive programs for key employees that drive your business; preparing your businees for transition/sale and learning how to make your business work for you.
Location: 35 W. 44th St., 3rd Fl. NY, NY Harvard Club
Sponsor: New York Enterprise Report
Contact: N/A
Event: Wi$eUp Classroom on Investment presented by the Jewish Family and Vocational Services
Date: 7/23/2008
Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Description: Classes on Credit and Savings will be offered to Women Center clients; JFVS staff; participants of the Visiting Nurse Program through United Way; referrals from Women Aware; and to the general public.
Location: 200 Metroplex Drive, Edison, NJ
Sponsor: Jewish Family and Vocational Services
Contact: Contact: L. Fiore 732-777-1940 Ext. 1124
Region 3
For more information on regional events please call: 1-800-827-5335
Region 4
Event: YWCA 25th Annual Salute to Women
Date: 5/14/2008
Time: 11:00am to 2:30pm
Description: Achievement Awards Dinner and Benefit
Location: Georgia World Congress Center
Sponsor: Airtran, UPS, and others
Contact: 404-835-1621
Event: Southeastern Time for Our Power Conference
Date: 6/20/2008
Time: 8:30am to 5:30pm
Description: Women Bringing Change to the World Conference. The purpose of this 3-day event is to provide a forum for women of all ages, and ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds to gather, learn, grow and become inspired to personally and collectively bring powerful, positive and much needed change to their own lives and to the world.
Location: Asheville, NC
Sponsor: Mountain Xpress, Clear Channel, SheVille.org, WNC Magazine
Contact: N/A
Region 5
For more information on regional events please call: 1-800-827-5335
Region
6
Event: Keeping the Circle Strong: Celebrating Native Women's Health and Well Being
Date: 6/9/2008
Time: N/A
Description: NIWHRC invites Native women across the country to attend a two and a half day conference celebrating health and well-being. Topics will address mental, social, physical, and spiritual health of all Native women.
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Sponsor: National Indian Women's Health Resource Center
Contact: NIWHRC 1-866-464-9472
Event: "Getting it Right: Solutions for Safer Communities"
Date: 6/18/2008
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Description: This is a three-day conference that is beneficial for any person or organization that works closely with or who has contact with the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. National and local presenters conduct training workshops such as coordinated community response, legal issues, prevention topics, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, etc.
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
Sponsor: The Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
Contact: Sunshine Gross, Domestic Viollence Coordinator, or Kimberly Stephens, Office Manager - 405-524-0700
Event: 2008 Financial Management Association International Annual Meeting
Date: 10/8/2008
Time: TBD
Description: FMA's Annual Meeting brings together academicians and practitioners with interests in financial decisionmaking. The meeting provides a forum for presenting new research and discussing current issues in financial management and related topics.
Location: Gaylord Texas Resort, Grapevine, TX
Sponsor: Financial Management Association International Annual Meeting
Contact: 813-974-2084 or fma@coba.usf.edu
Region 7
Event: The Kansas Black Expo
Date: 8/27/2008
Time: 8am to 5pm
Description: The Kansas Black Expo is a statewide event to enlighten all the citizens of Kansas and surronding states to enjoy educational, economic, social and cultural events.
Location: Ramada Inn, 215 SE Madison, Topeka, Kansas
Sponsor: The Kansas Black Expo
Contact: The Kansas Black Expo, P.O. Box 755, Topeka, Kansas 66601. Telephone: 785-357-5024
Region 8
Event: Women's Conference Bucket of Hope - A Life Changing Experience
Date: 5/16/2008
Time: 7:30 am to 3:30 pm
Description: N/A
Location: Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom, Denver Performing Arts Center
Sponsor: The Olteta Crain Enrichment Academy The Crawford Williams Group, LLC
Contact: Fran Jefferson (303) 844-1285 Cindra Thompson (303) 844-1288
Region 9
Event: Flex in the City
Date: 5/13/2008
Time: N/A
Description: N/A
Location: Houston, Texas
Sponsor: Women's Bureau, City of Houston's Mayor's Office
Contact: Fran Jefferson - 303-844-1286
Event: Women Building California: Seventh Annual Statewide Conference for Women in the Trades
Date: 5/17/2008
Time: N/A
Description: N/A
Location: Marriott Oakland City Center
Sponsor: Tradeswomen, Inc.
Contact: 916-443-3302
Region 10
Event: Grant County, WA Aviation Festival 6-27 thru 29,08
Date: 6/27/2008
Time: N/A
Description: A two day gathering for veterans and the public with a focus on education, history and an aviation festival
Location: Moses Lake, WA
Sponsor: Mothers of Military Support Inc. and WA Women Veterans Advisory Committee-WA Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Contact: Elizabeth Johnston: 360 430 3597
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