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Women's Business Center Open House
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NAWBO-KC Monthly Meeting 
Tuesday, Aug. 11
5:30-8:00pm
Brio Tuscan Grille, 502 Nichols Road, Kansas City, MO
Join NAWBO for a panel discussion on how to use the tools you have to ignite your sales and marketing strategies.
For more information visit NAWBO-KC. Cost is $35 for members and $45 for guests.
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Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Lightning strikes--you've got a great idea! But protecting your idea to ensure your company profits from your work can be a long and confusing process.
Join Amy Brozenic of Lathrop and Gage for an overview of the basics of protecting your intellectual property and guidance on how and where to start.
Date: Thurs., Aug. 13
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location: Enterprise Center in Johnson County, 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 350B, Fairway, KS
Cost to attend is $15. Click to register online.
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Diverse Business Best Practices
Thursday, August 13
8:30am - 12:00pm
Deluxe Corporation, 16505 W. 115th St., Lenexa, KS
Most businesses fall short of achieving their growth objectives for revenue and profitability. Hear from Ruby McCleary, Director of Supplier Diversity from United Airlines as she presents her unique insights to diverse business owners on hos to implement "Best Practices" strategies to successfully meet corporate client supplier diversity business objectives.
This session is being hosted as a pre-conference workshop for the Women's Business Development Center, a certifying agent for the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), and hosted in partnership with the Midwest Women's Business Enterprise National Council.
Cost to attend is free. Click to
register online.
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The Importance of Bonding and Rapport
Participants will learn the importance of understanding how people communicate with the different behavioral styles so that the salesperson can adapt to the prospect's preferred styles.This will allow the participant to focus on the prospect and build a more trusting relationship.
Date: Thurs., Aug. 20
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location: Enterprise Center in Johnson County, 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 350B, Fairway, KS
Cost to attend is $15. Click to register online.
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Financing Your Small Business
Wednesday, August 26
4:00-5:00pm
KCMO CDE, 3200 Wayne, Kansas City, MO
Join us for an information session on credit building and learn more about alternative sources of lending such as microloan funding.
The session is free. To register email the
KCMO CDE.
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Brand Positioning
Brand Positioning is a psychological phenomenon that exposes the singular idea or concept that a company owns inside the mind of a prospect. A company's brand position dictates every functional characteristic of a company including its culture, target market, messaging and all business decisions. This presentation discusses the critical elements of a brand position, its impact on business decision making and how to create a powerful brand position.
Date: Thurs., Aug. 27
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location: Enterprise Center in Johnson County, 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 350B, Fairway, KS
$15 registration fee - register online.
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 Christine Murray, Director of Policy and Programs for the KC Chamber, was announced as one of the Business Journal's 2015 class of NextGen Leaders.
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ScaleUP Participants Selected
Seventeen companies were selected to participate in second round of the ScaleUP! program, a collaboration between the U.S. Small Business Administration and UMKC. Congratulations to the WBC clients selected:
- Sharon Auck, Fresh Approach Cleaning Professionals
- Sharon Kwon, Korean Restaurant Sobahn
- Patrice Manuel, P/Strada
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Patients Voices Receives Key Funding
Mary Kay O'Connor, founder of PatientsVoices, recently received key funding to help develop a working prototype of her software. She received $150,000 NSF grant and $100,000 credit from Google. PatientsVoices' software helps hospitals use data from patient feedback to better improve client experience.
Kansas City Business Journal
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