If you missed NAWBO Day you missed how magnificently our Chicago Area Chapter members – YOU! – represented women’s business leadership and success at NAWBO DAY!
If you were among the 200+ attendees at NAWBO DAY on Thursday, at the Metropolitan Club on the 66th floor of the Sears/Willis Tower in conjunction with Crain’s Small Business Week, you know that the energy was high, the networking was powerful, the speakers and panelists were top-of-class, and the entire day was one of high-caliber education, inspiration, and celebration!
Highlights included:
the incredible Mind/Body/Business panel at breakfast, organized by NAWBO Chicago Past President Gillian Schultz and moderated by TV personality Mary Ann Childers, with NAWBO member Karyn Pettigrew among the outstanding panelists
lunchtime remarks by IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan
lunchtime entertainment by NAWBO Chicago charity partner Harmony Hope and Healing
a brilliant afternoon panel on How Charity Boosts Your Business, organized and moderated by NAWBO Chicago Board Director Mary Kay Slowikowski, with panelists including NAWBO members Christine Hutchinson and Erica Miller-Mahin, with a visit from Carol Moseley Braun, the first female US Senator
presenting Mayor Daley’s official NAWBO DAY proclamation
strong sessions on health care reform with NAWBO member Rebecca Busch, 30 marketing tips in 30 minutes with NAWBO member Mary Bahr, a financing keynote and one-on-ones with Sue Malone who is the largest SBA lender in the country, and more
having an interview about your business taped by Nology and being handed the flash drive of your video immediately afterward
a valuable next-generation mentor/mentee session coordinated by Committee Chair Elaine Quinn
a fun wine reception coordinated by NAWBO member Melissa Lagowski, with enticing raffle prizes galore, and yet more networking
goody bags with substantial goods
13 new members who joined NAWBO on the spot at NAWBO DAY – 2,000 members and 200 corporate partners, here we come! – meaning that more people are finding more ways that NAWBO is relevant to them
turning points, which happen when you think a new thought, and take action on that thought. Here’s to your turning point!
Thank you to our amazingly hard working and organized NAWBO DAY Task Force led by our President Elect Gail Zelitzky who kept us all moving in the same direction; our Key Sponsors Crain’s and WinTrust Financial; our Event Sponsors American Family Insurance, Aramark, Medical Business Associates, Mesirow Financial, Shred Station Express, and Sam’s Club; our esteemed NAWBO Chicago Area Committees, coordinated by Board Director Emily Smith, who presented booth displays and showed the range and diversity of NAWBO; our Event Exhibitors; our Raffle Prize Donors; Michael Chan and Kristin Dube and our Association Management Company, and all who attended all or part of the day, brought guests, and added your sparkle to NAWBO DAY!
See for yourself – and in some cases see yourself! – in these NAWBO DAY photos:
NAWBO member Kristi Sanford of Light on Life Images took amazing photos at NAWBO DAY
Crain’s featured photos of NAWBO DAY online as part of their Small Business Week roundup
The first NAWBO DAY was phenomenal. Please mark your calendar for the second NAWBO DAY, Thursday, October 13, 2011!
NAWBO is #1 for a reason, and our Chicago Area Chapter is #1 for a reason, and those reasons are you. It is a deep honor to represent you, as we fulfill the NAWBO mission of economic, social, and political empowerment for women business owners, and let NAWBO help power our dreams!
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