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| Intro to GROW Orientation
Intro to GROW is the required first step for anyone interested in in additional classes at GROW. Get an overview of programs and services, meet the staff, and watch our graduates describe their experiences in our inspirational video. | |
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
6 - 7 pm
FREE
GROW Office
25 Sheldon Blvd SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503 | | | Click here to register |
| CEED - Webinar - Making the Most of Your WBE Certification
Women's Business Enterprise Council - Great Lakes
Making the Most of Your WBE Certification
Online Webinar
Listen to the experts!
Pam Smith & Michelle House WBEC-Great Lakes Certification Program Managers, Floriza Genautis, of Management Business Solutions, a long time successful user of Women's Certification, and Helen Ford, AAA of Michigan, long time supporter of WBE's, will be imparting their wisdom on our next webinar August 4, from noon to 1:00 pm.
This is a great chance to find out if you are doing all you can to promote yourself as a WBE and get new ideas to use your certification to grow your business. If you are not currently certified, this may be a golden opportunity for you to determine if this is the best path for you. | |
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Noon - 1pm
Approx $6 for Phone Call
Online
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| Creating Successful Connections with Everything from Social Media to Face-to-Face Marketing
Creating Successful Connections with Everything from Social Media to Face-to-Face Marketing
Don't panic if the social media frenzy has you feeling very antisocial! Your business marketing mix (and your personal marketing mix as you climb that corporate ladder!) needs the RIGHT way to connect at the right time. Often that is face-to-face or more traditional avenues. But, sometimes that is social media like Twitter, Facebook, or Linked In! Join other WISE Women for incredible face-to-face networking, hors d'oeuvres, and cash bar. Learn from businesswoman, professional speaker and National Speakers Association member, Lynne Jarman-Johnson, about how she successfully integrates the right balance of social media marketing with more traditional avenues of communication in order to get connected in a professional yet vibrant way. This is one session you'll want to tweet home about! $25, includes one drink ticket. | |
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
5:00-7:30
$25.00
EVE at The BOB
20 Monroe Ave NW
Grand Rapids, MI | | |
| Dance on the Street!
Inforum is proud to be a sponsor of a Detroit street festival that promises to be one of the most talked-about events of the summer.
On Aug. 14, the world-famous Heidelberg Project presents Dancin' on the Street, a free, family-friendly celebration of Detroit's diversity in music and dance. The event will feature all kinds of music: Motown, jazz, classical, hip-hop, techno, rhythm & bues and anything else that represents the rich sound of our diverse culture.
Main stage performers will include a Detroit Symphony Orchestra quartet, the Sun Messengers, Compas, Nadir and Market Flash. The festival also will include street performers, children's activities a variety of food vendors and more.
We think this will be a great opportunity for Inforum members to mingle and have fun, while supporting one of Detroit's most important arts organizations. Hope to see you all there!
Parking: Half-price parking for festival-goers is provided by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, available at the Max M. Fisher Music Center with shuttle service to and from the event. Check the Heidelberg Project website end of July for times and the festival schedule: www.heidelberg.org. | |
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Noon - 8pm, rain or shine
$8 Parking
3600 block of Heidelberg and Elba Streets
Detroit, MI | | | Click here for more information |
| AWAF 15th Annual Golf Outing: Swinging FORE Scholarships
Proceeds from Automotive Women's Alliance Foundation golf outing goes toward scholarships to support women who want to work in or advance their career in the automotive industry. 7 a.m. Breakfast, 8 a.m. shotgun start and 1:30 p.m. lunch with keynote speaker Cynthia Pasky, president & CEO of Strategic Staffing Solutions. Lunch only tickets also available. | |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
7am - 2pm
Individual (includes golf, breakfast & lunch) Member rate $150; Non-Member rate: $175 Foursome (includes golf, breakfast & lunch): Member rate $560; Non-Member rate: $660 Lunch Only: Member rate: $25; Non-Member rate: $3
Forest Lake Country Club
1401 Club Drive
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 | | | Click here to register |
| ABWA Maia Chapter Meeting - Writing to Win!
Program: “Winning with WIN” Presented by Diane Nixon, Sarah Hillard & Betty DuRocher
The Women's Instructional Network (WIN) is a sophisticated interactive online community and learning tool customized exclusively for ABWA members. ABWA is the first association anywhere to offer this unique benefit to its members. Whether you're a seasoned ABWA member, new this year or a prospective member, you'll want to join us for our walk through WIN to see all it has to offer you for personal and professional development.
$19.00 Registration Fee
Dinner choices: Grilled Chicken Salad with Soup OR Lemon Whitefish
For reservations contact Renee Raymond at 734-763-9631 or rayrr@umich.edu. | |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
6:00 - 8:00pm
$19
Weber's Inn
3050 Jackson Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103 | | | Click here for more information |
| Discover Inforum
Discover Inforum
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 7:30am - 8:30am
Are you a new Inforum member or interested in learning more about Inforum?
Discover Inforum is a free event to learn more about Inforum and Inforum's Center for Leadership and meet other new members. You can also learn how to get more involved with Affinity Groups and Inforum events.
Discover Inforum will be held each month, check the calendar for upcoming dates, locations and times. Guests are welcome. | |
Thursday, August 19, 2010
7:30 - 8:30 am
FREE
, MI | | | Click here for more information |
| MWM - CEED - Webinar - Bigger Sales to Bigger Customers
Michigan Women's Marketplace: Bigger Sales to Bigger Customers
Presented by Jan McDermott, Founding Facilitator, Women's Presidents Organization
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Noon - 1pm
Approx $6 for Phone Call
Online
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| GROW Start Smart
Start Smart - 2-part course
Part 1 will take place on Tuesday, August 31. Part 2 will take place on Thursday, September 2. Both sessions are from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
A two-part course that focuses on business readiness. You must pay for both sessions at once. Part 1 is a pre-requisite to Part 2, but they can be taken in different months. Contact Nicole at GROW if you'd like to take Part 2 in a different month. 616.458.3404.
Start Smart 1 helps participants understand what it takes to run their own business and will identify personal attributes, obstacles, and support systems that help/hinder them as they start their own business.
Start Smart II helps the participant determine profit margins, start-up costs, monthly expenses, and how to apply it to their business idea.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2010-09-02
6:00 – 8:30pm
$50 for 2-part class
GROW Office
25 Sheldon Blvd SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503 | | | Click here to register |
| MWM - Troy Chamber of Commerce - "Questions That Increase Sales"
Roll up your sleeves and be ready to practice and learn sales techniques that set you apart from your competition.
Presenter Dennis Deveja of The Talent Development Group will address the question "How do we outshine our competition and differentiate ourselves?"
This seminar will cover:
The road map to needs and wants.
The biggest mistake sales reps make in the interview.
How to have potential clients see you as the expert in your field.
How to save a sale that seems to be slipping away.
How to ask probing questions your competition does not.
How to have your prospect think solutions, not price.
How to sell to the people you cannot reach.
To register, call 248-641-8151, e-mail: theteam@troychamber.com | |
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
8 - 9:30 am
$15 Troy Chamber members/$25 Non-members (cancel by 9/07 for refund)
Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union lower level training room
4555 Investment Dr
Troy, MI 48098 | | | Click here for more information |
| WISE Holiday Giving
Come and join WISE women for a structured networking evening and learn how Women's Resource Center supports women in transition in the Grand Rapids area. For each attendee that brings a donation(s) for the WRC Clothing Closet, WISE will gift another $5 to WRC. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks included. | |
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
5:00pm - 7:30pm
$25
Women
678 Front Ave. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504 | | | wiseconnections.org/events.php |
| Inforum - The Body Language of Confidence- West Michigan
Calling all women looking to enhance their professional presence for career or business success! Learn how to master the art of confident body language by attending this special workshop. When you enter a room, do you... Command respect? Engage others? Leave a lasting impression? Demonstrate confidence and power?
If you answered "no" to any of these, this workshop is for you.
Learn to master the art of confident body language by attending this special workshop where you will learn how to:
Assess your current skill level,
Make a powerful first impression,
Use various types of communication, techniques effectively,
Leverage power moves,
Avoid common nonverbal communication pitfalls.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00- 10:30 a.m. Seminar
$50 Members / $75 Non-Members
The Eberhard Center- GVSU
301 W Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49504 | | | Click here for more information |
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