Important Events

Women’s Business Forum "Bucks I.D.E.A.S. Expo"

 

You and the members of your networks are invited to attend and/or showcase your businesses at the 2nd Annual Women’s Business Forum "Bucks I.D.E.A.S. Expo" featuring Lynn Doyle of Comcast CN-8’s “It’s Your Call with Lynn Doyle” as the evening’s keynote. The Women’s Business Forum will deliver the Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year Award, and there will be a FREE wine tasting sponsored by Crossings Vineyard and Winery.

 

Thursday April 17, 4-8 pm

 

Pre-show Networking hour 3-4 pm – all entrepreneurs welcome!

 

Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pa.

 

The Bucks I.D.E.A.S. Expo is sponsored by LifeTime Expos & Events, the Women’s Business Forum (www.womensbusinessforum.org), Bucks County Woman Magazine, the Bucks County Women’s Journal and Bucks-Lehigh Magazine.

 

Please share this information with your members.  Space is limited. To reserve space, go to www.bucksideasexpo.com for details.

 

*Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year Award nominations will be accepted until April 1! Go to www.womensbusinessforum.org/mostinspiring

 

For additional information, contact:

 

Dana Baedke, WBF Expo Committee Chair, dana@keymarketing.biz, 267-263-2513

Chanin Walsh, Founder, Women’s Business Forum, chanin@brown-dog-design.com, 215-230-7650

 

Dale Blair, LifeTime Expos & Events, dblair@lifetimeexpos.com, 215-968-4593

 

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Kidney Disease Fashion Event on May 1

On Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6 pm, women from across the Delaware Valley and South Jersey will converge on Neiman Marcus in King of Prussia for the 2nd Annual High Heels Kick Out Kidney Disease Fashion Event. Once again this year, the Foundation is offering Women in Business Partnerships to area networks. 

 

Several hundred professionals will enjoy an evening of networking, browsing clothing and accessory designs, sampling the area's best cuisine & cocktails, learning about kidney disease and previewing "The Art of Fashion," by Neiman Marcus. Each organization that serves as a “Women in Business Partner” will receive the following exposure opportunities and individual benefits for members:

- Partnership acknowledgment in program book with logo exposure
- Discounted event tickets for all members attending

- Website exposure offering event/partnership affiliation
- Verbal recognition (thank you) from the podium

In return, The National Kidney Foundation serving the Delaware Valley requests the following:

-Promotion of the event to members via your website, direct email by you to your members, inclusion in your newsletters and mention at your meetings
-Opportunity for NKF staff member to promote event to members at March/April meeting
-Goal of selling 10 discounted tickets to members

 

This partnership was a great success last year and we hope to double our number of participants this year. Several organizations have already signed on – so please don’t miss your opportunity to have a fun night out networking with other business women while supporting a great cause.

 

To serve as a “Women in Business Partner,” please contact Jennifer Wolf, Development Director, National Kidney Foundation, (215) 923-8611, Jenniferw@kidney.org

The National Kidney Foundation of the Delaware Valley is a major voluntary health organization that seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. Tickets to High Heels Kick Out Kidney Disease Fashion Event are fully tax-deductible and include fashion festivities, a key with a chance at unlocking boxes filled with Neiman Marcus gift baskets and a Neiman Marcus gift bag overflowing with goodies! Reserve your tickets today by visiting www.nkfdv.org or calling (215) 923-8611.

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New Media Women Entrepreneurs

Initiative to Fund Journalism Start-Ups

J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism is seeking to fund three
women-led start-ups that will generate new ideas in the world of news
and information and model a spirit of journalistic entrepreneurship.

Funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation, the New Media Women
Entrepreneurs initiative will provide $10,000 in funding to each of the
three winners to launch their ideas and blog about the process over the
next year. The funding is part of a unique initiative to address issues
of opportunity and innovation, recruitment, and retention for women in
journalism.

The initiative will fund and reward new Web sites, mobile news services,
or other ideas that offer interactive opportunities to engage, inspire,
and improve news and information locally, nationally, or among a
community of interest. These can be solo ideas or team projects headed
by women.

Funding guidelines and further information are available at the
program's Web site.

Deadline: May 8, 2008
Contact: http://www.newmediawomen.org/

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Tools for Balancing Your Life  

Hosted by the Women's MBA Network and the National Association of Asian Professionals   Monday, March 17, 2008 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm Cost: $25 on or before March 10, 2008, $30 after March 10 RSVP: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=152691  

Location: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2001 Market Street, Suite 1700, Philadelphia   Join us at this event and help find balance in your life.
Explore your professional identity and personal goals in a large group discussion and work in small breakout groups to build confidence in managing aspects of your life. Work-life balance, often the most challenging of life tasks, can be achieved when you understand your personal and professional self. This event is designed to reach out to women of all ages and professional levels who face any challenges of the working woman including the Mommy War issues, balancing caring for elderly parents, being single and other pressing concerns.
 

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Dialogue across Race for Women: Bridging the Divide

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm

Cost: $25 on or before September 30, $30 after September 30
RSVP: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=140606
Wolf Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia

Female executives from diverse backgrounds constantly face the challenge of successfully navigating their way into the upper echelons of the professional world. They must traverse age, experience, and cultural differences between themselves and other women professionals to insure the upward mobility for all women in the business arena.

In this follow up to our previous event "Diversity in Leadership," attendees will further explore the impact that culture and background have on the way women across all races are perceived by other women within, and outside of, their own race.

                                                    

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Past League Networking Series