July 2013 NEWSLETTER
 Welcome to the monthly newsletter for the National Association of Women Business Owners® (NAWBO®) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. This is the newsletter for July 2013. Member News
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NAWBO SFBA Events NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - San Francisco: Julu 17 (third Wednesday of each month) NEW LOCATION at SBA! NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Wine & Cheese EVENT - Oakland: Thursday, July 18 SPECIAL DATE & TIME NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - Marin: July 23 (fourth Tuesday of each month) NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - Oakland: September 9 Note Special Date & Time This Month NAWBO SFBA Networking Breakfast Forum Walnut Creek -Become a facilitator for the Walnut Creek Breakfast Contact Us.
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Corporate Partner NewsAffiliates NewsWelcome to New and Renewing Members of NAWBO®-SFBA!New Members Lisa Hannah, with 360 Three in Greenbrae, joined our chapter as an Emerging Business Owner. Jennifer Ann Hawkins, with Luma Optics in Sebastapool, joined our chapter as an Established Business Owner. Beverly Yip, with Especially Yours Corporation in San Francisco, joined our chapter as an Emerging Business Owner. Camilla Gray Nelson, owner of Dairydell in Petaluma, renewed her membership as an Established Business Owner. Camilla has been a NAWBO SFBA member since 2011. Maxine Hickman, with National Coalition of 100 Black Women in San Francisco, has renewed her membership as an Established Business Owner. Maxine has been a NAWBO SFBA member since 2012. Carolyn Pistone, Managing Director of Green Key Commercial in Petaluma, has renewed her membership as an Established Business Owner. Carolyn has been a NAWBO SFBA member since 2011. Laura Russell-Jones, Financial Advisor with the Hitchcock Rosenfield Investment Group at Wells Fargo Advisors in San Francisco, has renewed her membership as an Established Business Owner. Laura has been a NAWBO SFBA member since 2010. June Message from the President
Others are continuing for another term, Kathleen Thurmond, May Pon, Syndi Seid, Laura Russell-Jones, Shannon Presson, Julie Craft and Debra Lardie. The new board members are Emily Wirowek, Julie Gordon White, Rebecca Doubledee, Melody Brumis, Edie Lopez and Liz Davidoff. Welcome to all of you. These are important times for women and especially women business owners. We are driving the economy with the rate we are creating our businesses and as a result have levels of influence not seen before. With influence comes the opportunity to provide leadership, to be heard and to make a difference. To benefit from these opportunities we have to get involved. It goes without saying that we are busy running a successful business but success is so much more. With success comes the ability to make a difference. Our lives are more than our business. This richer fuller life begins with knowing what is important to us and what we value. Those values are reflected in our business and our lives but we get so busy that we forget why we are doing what we do. It is my hope that NAWBO SF Bay Area will continue to remind us that we are bigger than our business. The mission of NAWBO SF Bay Area: We are women business owners working on behalf of women business owners. In that capacity, we strive to:
Involvement makes all the difference. There is a place for you to become involved in small and big ways. Help with a one-time project, an ongoing project, a committee or in a leadership role. There is a place that suits your time and talents besides it is fun. If you are not someone who likes to get involved then simply support NAWBO by sharing your thoughts, attending events while you benefit from the relationships you create and the information you gather. Join us July 11 for the installation of the new board by SF City Administrator, Naomi Kelly and hear from our guest speaker, Kikanza Nuri-Robins on Making Room at the Table, a discussion on inclusion and diversity in the workplace. I look forward to meeting you and having you part of NAWBO SF Bay Area as we work to support our members. Best wishes on your success, Kay Robinson Members in the News & Member Spotlights
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NAWBO SF Bay Area has become a partner with Constant Contact to provide a benefit to our members. A discount on Constant Contact products is available to members who sign-up for Constant Contact products through our partner portal and pre-pay for 6 months (20% discount) or 12 months (25% discount). To sign-up and receive this member discount click on our partner portal. If you are already a Constant Contact user just give us your username and you will be eligible for the discount as well. If you have a question or would like to provide your username contact, Wendi a info@nawbo-sfba.org
Get Involved!The best way to benefit from your membership in NAWBO®-SFBA is to get involved! You'll also continue to enhance your leadership skills and gain increased visibility for your business.
Contact info@nawbo-sfba.org to share your interest in being an active volunteer member of NAWBO SFBA! 
NAWBO ® SF Bay Area Monthly Educational Speaker Series & DinnerSecond Thursday Installation Dinner for the 2013-2014 Board of DirectorsSpecial Speaker: Dr. Kikanza Nuri Robins on Making Room at the TableOnce a year we recognize the women who give of their time and talents to support our organization. Please join us in the celebration as we thank all of our volunteers and install our new 2013-2014 NAWBO-SFBA Officers and Board of Directors. Plus!
As women business owners, we are acutely aware of how important it is that there’s room for us “at the table”. But have we ever considered the bigger “why” of why it makes good business sense? Or why it’s so difficult to achieve? Perhaps it is because the real issue is diversity and inclusion. Getting people to the table is easy. It’s keeping people at the table where the real work begins. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins shares her insights and observations with clarity and candor, while gently encouraging women to face the difficult situations that challenge their values. She leads people to this growing edge with unswerving focus, an understanding heart, and laughter that rises from the seat of her soul. Read more. Naomi M. Kelly, City Administrator for the City and County of San Francisco, will be our special guest this evening to install the 2013- 2014 NAWBO BOARD. Ms. Kelly oversees the City’s General Services Agency consisting of 20 departments, divisions, and programs. The General Services Agency has an annual budget of over $450 million and approximately 2,100 employees. Ms. Kelly is the first woman and African American to serve as City Administrator of the City and County of San Francisco. Come for networking, excellent content and lasting friendships over wine and dinner with like-minded women business owners! Click here for more details or Download Flyer NEW NAWBO COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITYNAWBO is proud to announce a new monthly community service prize drawing opportunity to benefit one organization annually. This year the board has chosen Girls, Inc. Calling all donations: Mark a donation. Win a great prize. Each month we invite NAWBO members to donate a prize (minimum value of $25) for members or guests to win at our monthly Educational Speaker Series & Dinner. Tickets are sold each month at $5 for one chance and $20 for five chances to win. Tax deductible cash donations to benefit Girls, Inc., are also accepted through contributions to NAWBO-SF Entrepreneurs Economic Institute, which is our non-profit 501c(3) entity. More information. 
NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - Walnut CreekWalnut Creek Networking Breakfast Forum is looking for two facilitators. If you or a woman you know would like to co-facilitate this group of women business owners please contact us. Kathleen Thurmond president@nawbo-sfba.org NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast Forum- San Francisco
Third Wednesday 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM NEW LOCATION: Small Business Administration SFDO 455 Market Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 744-6777 July 17 - Mindset: Your Personal Competitive Advantage Did you know that your mindset can either keep you from attaining your goals or propel you to achieving them? Your mindset formed around your life experience, and that means that it can be changed and improved for higher success, achievement and satisfaction. We often take our mindset for granted, thinking it is just who we are. We might even become frustrated by external events, feeling that we have no control over them. Those who have mastered their mindset see these frustrating events in a totally different light, which drives them towards growth and success even faster. They are able to master their reaction to these events and take much more control over the success of their work and relationships. In this session, we will review the two types of mindsets and a few tactics you can use to ensure yours is not holding you back, but propelling you to business and relationship success. Jessica Weatherford, Managing Partner of Marble Arch Consultants, Inc. works side-by-side with executive teams of organizations. She helps to not only increase the effectiveness and financial results of the organization, but to also reconnect the employees to the business. Jessica was previously a CFO and has an MBA and MS.
Our morning breakfast forums provide a comfortable place for businesswomen and entrepreneurs to gather monthly, exchange ideas and discuss business challenges. The Networking Breakfast Forums are a dynamic, informative and productive way to start your day! NAWBO®-SFBA Networking Breakfast - Marin
Our morning breakfast meetings provide a comfortable forum for business women and entrepreneurs to meet monthly, exchange ideas and discuss business challenges. The Networking Breakfasts are a dynamic, informative and productive way to start your day!
NAWBO®-SFBA Special Event - Oakland101 Broadway at Jack London Square 5:30 PM - 7 PMIn July instead of a Networking Breakfast Forum, Oakland is having an early evening event. Thursday, July 18 - Oakland Wine & Cheese EventIt is the 3rd annual Oakland Wine and Cheese Event Thursday, July 18th, 3rd floor Atrium of the newly remodeled 101 Broadway building located at the corner of Broadway and Embarcadero in Jack London Square Are you ready to leave work a bit early this summer? Then come join the NAWBO in Oakland, Thursday, July 18th from 5:30-7pm for summer schmoozing and networking. Summer is the perfect time to enjoy a cool chardonnay, some delectable appetizers and a change to get to know your fellow NAWBO-ites better. We'll have plenty of time and activities to facilitate the fun, helpful connections, and discussions. We can't wait to see you there! We will be back on September 9th (note date change) with our networking breakfast forum. Our morning networking breakfast forums provide a comfortable place for businesswomen and entrepreneurs to gather monthly, exchange ideas and discuss business challenges. The Networking Breakfast Forums are a dynamic, informative and productive way to start your day!
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NAWBO National & NAWBO CANAWBO National - CEO Update NAWBO CEO, Diane Tomb, interviewed by Forbes Magazine - Why 2013 is the year of the woman business owner. Read. Affiliates and Partners
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Public PolicyTake your seat at the table and help us work on solutions to the issues facing our nation's women business owners by joining NAWBO® National-the voice of America's more than 10 million women business owners. The event format includes a group meeting in the morning and individual meetings with elected officials who attend in the afternoon. Kay: I'm not sure what event you are referring to-sounds like the Calif. NAWBO Conference Description.
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A new Board of Directors begins July 2013. As we transition I would like to thank those who are leaving the board for their enthusiasm and work on behalf of NAWBO SF Bay Area including Norma La Rosa, Kathy Canfield Shepard, Mia Victoriazza, Stephanie Murphy, Manzar Aziri and Alexandra McFarland many who have been on the board for two years or more. Thank you all!
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Our featured speaker this evening will be Dr. Kikanza Nuri Robins who will inspire us as she presents Making Room at the Table. 
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