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NAWBO-OC Chapter Members
Honored
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Loreen Gilbert and Cynthia Hackler Flynn were recognized by
NAWBO-OC at its
20th annual gala for the "Remarkable Women Awards" for their business acumen and ability to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Learn more abot these amazing women and about lifetime
achievement award winner Debbie Dickson
here.
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San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
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Join NAWBO SFBA for their Board Installation Dinner on
June 8th at 5:30pm in San Francisco
and hear from guest speaker Fiona Ma,
Chairwoman of the State Board of Equalization.
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Sacramento Valley Chapter
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NAWBO Sacramento will hold a Business Builder Mixer and Board instillation on
June 16th at 5:30 in Sacramento.
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Bring your business questions to
San Diego on June 15th at 4:30 as Bravo! Award winners from NAWBO San Diego share the "Secret to My Success."
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Learn how to "Protect Your Business from Cyber Attacks" with NAWBO-OC on
June 15th at 5:30 in Irvine.
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Laura Neubauer
President, NAWBO California
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The theme for the 2015-2016 NAWBO California Board was "FOCUS ON THE FUTURE".
From the Propel Conference,
to our discussions and decisions,
they were all aligned with this
theme.
The NAWBO CA Board
and Leadership worked to support
the local chapters. We launched the new website that is driven by the
local chapter's content. We consolidated the monthly board and chapter
leadership calls to collaborate on monthly topics. And our three hour board meeting in Sacramento reinforced that NAWBO CA with their collective ideas will continue to advance the NAWBO organization.
To have a vision of the future, is to have a vision of improvement or change. We get busy in our own lives and businesses and tend to live more of our time in the moment, than in the future. If we look at the future of what we want to accomplish, or dream the dream we may have, we can navigate the path to get there. Our time and efforts can then be prioritized to reaching our destination.
As most of us will enter the last 30 days of our term, it is not a time to slow down, it is a time to speed up. A time to prep the new leadership for their future. As leaders we are obligated to support and ease the path for those who follow.
We are fortunate to be participating in an organization with a depth of history. And now, NAWBO CA is fortunate to have members and leaders with the knowledge, talent and innovation to continue moving forward to the future.
I appreciate the NAWBO CA board members, chapter leaders and every volunteer in California for the work that you have done. It takes quite a team of volunteers to make it happen.
I sincerely thank all of you. It has been a pleasure to serve as your NAWBO CA president this year. Remember to always GO BIG!
Thank you,
Laura Neubauer
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Who wants to be a Womanaire?
The progress of women-owned businesses (WOBs) is
strong and growing faster than male-owned businesses.
The US has 9,932,434 WOBs, making up 36.2% of all businesses.
[1]
WOBs have grown 68% since 2007, compared with 47%
for all businesses.
[2] Receipts generated by WOBs total
$1.6 trillion, an increase of 35% since 2007.
By comparison, male-owned receipts grew just 33.8%.
According to American Express Open, "The only bright spot in recent years with respect to privately-held company job growth has been among women-owned firms...adding an estimated 340,000 jobs since 2007. Among men-owned
and equally-owned firms,employment has declined over
the past eight years."
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Yet - while the number of WOBs is rising-the financial value and wealth for women business owners being created is
not. Only 1.8% of women's businesses successfully scale past the one million dollar revenue mark (versus 6.3% for men)
[4]
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Most are simply creating their own jobs, and many are significantly underpaid. The Institute of Women's Policy Research's Jessica Milli explains, "...women-owned businesses make only about 25 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn."
[5]
NAWBO California President, Laura Neubauer, put it this way, at PROPEL 2016: "We need to create companies and not just create our own income. Companies that scale support many families. We need to think bigger than our
own satisfaction. We need more Womanaires. That will
make the difference!"
Read full article here.
[1]
National Women's Business Council 2015.
[2] The Atlantic, April 2015
[3] American Express Open: The 2015 State of Women Owned Businesses
[4] National Women's Business Council
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Joan Stanford Selected as a Constant Contact Authorized Local Expert
Joan Stanford, owner of Jazzy Pen Communications, has been selected as an Authorized Local Expert by Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to more than 650,000 small organizations worldwide.
As an Authorized Local Expert, Joan will offer training seminars on best practices in online marketing in the Inland Empire area.
Palbinder Badesha Achieved "Circle of Excellence" Honor
Palbinder Badesha, owner of Express Employment Professionals in Corona, has earned a prestigious 2015 Circle of Excellence award.
Circle of Excellence is an awards program designed to inspire and challenge Express franchisees to achieve greater sales success and be the total employment solution in their community.
Meghan Kennedy - Woman of the Year
Meghan Kennedy, Inland Empire Chapter, was awarded the Woman of the Year (District 5) 2016 from the County of Riverside Commission for Women. The award recognizes ladies who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to their community by working to improve the status of women, young ladies and families within Riverside County.
Learn more
about Meghan and the award.
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