Gorge Women in Business - upd Nov 16, 2004

by Luise Langheinrich

Gorge Women in Business is a networking organization with two goals. The
first one is to increase sales and referrals for women in business;
secondly, to educate ourselves on business topics. This organization
started in January of 2004 and has already seen numerous successes for its
members. For example, the simple word of mouth, learning what we each have
to offer, has increased business for many of the women. Also there have
been many "light-bulb" moments of seeing and developing new opportunities
from basic ideas conveyed from a guest speaker and applying these ideas in
new ways.

The guest speaker forums are open to the public, men and women. The monthly networking meetings are for women only.

1. Guest speaker schedules.

These are on the second Wednesday of the month, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. We have a new location generously donated by Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD). We will meet at their conference room at 515 2nd Street, next to the Art Box, across from Stone Sports. Bring along a new friend!

11/10 Sales roundtable, Denise Bookum will be the leader of a roundtable where a few volunteers will share their sales experiences. And the audience is also invited to participate. Also we should all bring a list of books or other references that were helpful in completing sales.

12/8 Taxes and Records, Mary Linebarger will share the importance of year end preparation for taxes and which records to keep and for how long.

Future topics include: time management, filing systems/record
management, contact and customer management software, marketing, computers in business, promotion, website/Internet.

2. Regular networking meetings.

Uusually the last Thursday of the month, 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. New location at MCEDD, 515 2nd Street. We changed some of the dates since we have holidays that conflict with our meeting times. Bring along a new friend! 10/28 11/18 12/30

Any questions or comments may be made to Crystal Davis 298-8533 or Luise
Langheinrich 980-3258.

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