Do you struggle with productivity and its impact on your professional performance? Do you ever wonder if you are really cut out to be a business owner because you can’t quite seem to manage the basics? Do you create business goals year after year, but always seem to struggle to hit your target? You are not alone. During this short program, you will learn how to: eliminate “overwhelm” in your personal and professional life use your calendar/schedule effectively to deal with distractions and interruptions accurately see the actions to take to fulfill your business goals have the basics for balance in your life Leslie Williams of LRW Consulting is a professionally trained speaker, instructor and consultant who specializes in management training, conflict resolution, leadership development, productivity and time management coaching. Leslie pulls from her 15+ years of experience with leadership development and management training to provide sound business consulting and programs that have clients look at their management styles and leadership to impact the productivity and organizational focus in the workplace. Check out her website: https://lrwbusinessconsulting.com/ See you at 6 pm or so for complimentary appetizers and cash bar!   Did you know that as a member of AIWN, you have access to these professional development events for FREE? Not a member yet?  Click here!

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Druid Hills Golf Club | 740 Clifton Rd. | Atlanta, GA 30307 Tickets: $25 for Non-Members (early bird) and $30 at the door | $20 for NAWBO members | FREE for AIWN members   Being a leader and an entrepreneur can be gratifying but also highly stressful. Stress has a powerful link to physical illness, psychological disorders and poor performance in business. Sound familiar? Want to make a change? Join us!  Tiffiny J. Fambro, MPH, is a women's empowerment confidence coach and inspirational speaker. Tiffiny guides clients in understanding how to achieve their best lives through the use of personal development tools, manifestation techniques, self-awareness methods, and mindset shifting systems. She will give us some quick daily techniques to decrease stress, naturally boost energy levels and increase cognitive ability to focus on our work. She will show us that being healthy can help us excel in our professional lives.  

  Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Druid Hills Golf Club | 740 Clifton Rd. | Atlanta, GA 3030   Come early for free appetizers and cash bar | Shop for holiday gifts at our silent auction (details below)!   Our discussion panel includes financial planning, tax and business law professionals who will lead an interactive session, focusing on the ABCs of protecting and prospering your business in every phase.    No matter in what phase of the business lifecycle - Start Up, Growth, or Succession - savvy businesswomen understand and act on key success requirements. Let's discuss!   Hamida Jackson-Little Dolly Evans Debra Scott   Tickets: $25 for Non-Members (early bird) and $30 at the door | $20 for NAWBO members | FREE for AIWN members   Event Sponsored By KA Green Consulting   Silent Auction Join us for our Annual Silent Auction! Bid for fabulous items including a mountain getaway weekend, Atlanta event tickets, lovely high-end gifts, and business services.  Thank you to our generous 2019 donors! Ready Trading Law Office of Paige Arden Stanley, LLC Synchronicity Theater True You Southeast Align Health Coaching Holland Fine Art Portraits Kardon Compliance KA Green Consulting Small Business Services Nothing Bundt Cakes Idleman & Associates  

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Join us as we start our year with new energy and new contacts! Registration Deadline: Saturday, Jan 18 at 6 pm! 

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Announcement: We have moved this meeting to an ONLINE event on the evening of April 21st at 7pm. Please follow the link to register, in order to receive an email with the link to the Zoom meeting on the morning of April 21st. Join Kricket Harrison of Smart Success, Inc. Do you ever find yourself wondering how experts get on TV or get quoted in magazines and online? Or, HOW they even became an expert in the first place?  Have you ever seen an 'expert' on the news and said to yourself, "that should be me!" Well, it should be you! Speaking is THE fastest way to grow your expert status, build your client base and increase profits.  The good news is that you don't have to be a professional speaker or even speak on a stage to do it! Yes, introverts, this is for you, too. We all speak about our businesses/work every day, and we all have a platform--but not everyone can recognize it. Join me to learn how to SPEAK Your Mind so that you stand out as an expert in a crowded marketplace and GROW Your Business. Learn the importance of your "SIG" and how to stand out in a crowded marketplace. Learn the 3 crucial components to any good presentation or media share. Learn why you should Ditch the Pitch. Discover the top way to get noticed by the media and become the go-to expert! Kricket Harrison works with individuals and teams to improve their performance and increase their bottom line. One way she helps her clients is through teaching them to give more effective presentations. Other ways include improving time management, prioritization and communication. She has been coaching clients for over 17 years, and has trained over 300 speakers in the past 3 years.

Announcement: We have moved this meeting to an ONLINE event on the evening of May 19th at 7pm. Please follow the link to register, in order to receive an email with the link to the Zoom meeting on the morning of April 21st. Join Lauren Gall of VaVa Virtual Assistants More and more businesses large and small rely on virtual workers to operate their business. Lauren will teach us how to master working in a virtual business environment while building a successful virtual team. Whether you’re an established enterprise or a dynamic startup, we will be learning how to build and lead highly effective virtual teams in a remote work environment.

After this hour with Tiffiny Fambro, you'll have actionable steps you can take to begin making change from where you are right now. If you have been asking yourself, "What can I do?" to support racial equity, join Tiffiny Fambro as she leads us through a discussion on seeking understanding and taking action. We are limiting the event to 10 attendees, in order to foster a better virtual environment for conversation. Tiffiny Fambro is the creator of Clarity, Confidence, Courage, Women's Empowerment. Tiffiny has a Masters in Public Health, with a focus on Community Health, from UNC Greensboro and a Bachelor's in Psychology from UNC Charlotte. She has previously spoken at AIWN events, and we are excited to have her join us for this important conversation. Important Event Details This is an online event. In order to attend, you will need to: 1) Follow the "Register" link to sign up on Eventbrite. 2) On the day before the event, look out for a Zoom meeting link in your email inbox, OR visit the event page on EventBrite (while logged in) to find the link. For security reasons, we cannot post the link in the public event description. If you don’t see an email, please check your junk or other email filters. We will send the email to whatever address you registered for the event with. 3) Attend! We encourage you to join via computer for best experience, although phones work too. We recommend keeping your video turned on, to better connect with the other attendees.

Join us with  Lib Aubuchon of story + strategy LinkedIn is your professional profile of record. And while some people still treat it as a place to store their resumés, it can be so much more. A well-crafted LinkedIn profile can grow your network, put you in front of companies you're "flirting" with, drive sales, showcase your company's culture, create opportunities for speaking, collaborating and more. When you understand how the LinkedIn algorithm works, how to find the right connections and what kinds of content to share, your profile can become a powerhouse for leveling up your business. Lib Aubuchon is a brand storyteller, creative strategist and writer. You can read more about her work at https://www.libaubuchon.com/ Important Event Details This is an online event. In order to attend, you will need to: 1) Follow the link to register on Eventbrite. 2) On the day before the event, look out for a Zoom meeting link in your email inbox. For security reasons, we cannot post the link in the public event description. If you don't see an email, please check your junk or other email filters. We will send the email to whatever address you registered for the event with. 3) Attend! We encourage you to join via computer for best experience, although phones work too. We recommend keeping your video turned on, to better connect with the other attendees. Format and What to Expect Our meeting will start with a short 15 minute period to chat with others and ensure that your connection is working. Next, we jump into introductions of all attendees. We keep these introductions to under 30 seconds in length so that we have time for everyone to take a turn. Then, our presenter will launch into their presentation. Depending on the presenter, you may be encouraged...

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Join us for (virtual) coffee hour Miss chatting casually at AIWN meetings? Or want to get to know some new people? Join us for virtual coffee on Thursday! We will keep the group small to make chatting a bit easier. Important Event Details This is an online event. In order to attend, you will need to: 1) Follow the "register" link to register on Eventbrite. The event is free, but we need your registration to send you the Zoom meeting link. 2) Once you have registered, you will get access to the "event page" with the link to the meeting. For security purposes, this content will not be visible to you until a couple days before the event. You will receive an email reminder from Eventbrite with the link to this page. In addition, On the day before the event, look out for a Zoom meeting link in your email inbox. For security reasons, we cannot post the link in the public event description. If you don't see an email, please check your junk or other email filters. We will send the email to whatever address you registered for the event with. 3) Attend! We encourage you to join via computer for best experience, although phones work too. We recommend keeping your video turned on, to better connect with the other attendees. Format and What to Expect This will be an informal meeting where you can chat with other professional women. You'll have a chance to introduce yourself and meet new people. We can't wait to see you there!

Join us for (virtual) coffee hour Miss chatting casually at AIWN meetings? Or want to get to know some new people? Join us for virtual coffee on Thursday! We will keep the group small to make chatting a bit easier. Important Event Details This is an online event. In order to attend, you will need to: 1) Follow the "register" link to register on Eventbrite. The event is free, but we need your registration to send you the Zoom meeting link. 2) Once you have registered, you will get access to the "event page" with the link to the meeting. For security purposes, this content will not be visible to you until a couple days before the event. You will receive an email reminder from Eventbrite with the link to this page. In addition, On the day before the event, look out for a Zoom meeting link in your email inbox. For security reasons, we cannot post the link in the public event description. If you don't see an email, please check your junk or other email filters. We will send the email to whatever address you registered for the event with. 3) Attend! We encourage you to join via computer for best experience, although phones work too. We recommend keeping your video turned on, to better connect with the other attendees. Format and What to Expect This will be an informal meeting where you can chat with other professional women. You'll have a chance to introduce yourself and meet new people. We can't wait to see you there!

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Take Action Genie McGee joins us to discuss racial equity in America and how you can begin the journey toward becoming anti-racist and working toward justice in this country. She invites you to commit to ongoing conversations, seeking rigorous learning opportunities and to a long-term process of growth and advocacy to help to begin to dismantle both individual and systemic racism. She hopes to guide you in beginning down that path. Prior to the Event Genie invites you to view the following video on Jane Elliot's training on racism: A Class Divided - FRONTLINE And to read the following article by Kamau Bobb White Lives Matter These will help set the stage for our conversation. Important Event Details This is an online event. In order to attend, you will need to: 1) Follow the "Register" link to register on EventBrite. We use your registration information to send you the link to the meeting. 2) On the day before the event, look out for a Zoom meeting link in your email inbox, OR visit the event page on EventBrite (while logged in) to find the link. For security reasons, we cannot post the link in the public event description. If you don’t see an email, please check your junk or other email filters. We will send the email to whatever address you registered for the event with. 3) Attend! We encourage you to join via computer for best experience, although phones work too. We recommend keeping your video turned on, to better connect with the other attendees.

Join us for (virtual) coffee hour Miss chatting casually at AIWN meetings? Or want to get to know some new people? Join us for virtual coffee! We will keep the group small to make chatting a bit easier. Important Event Details This is an online event. In order to attend, you will need to: 1) Follow the "register" link to register on Eventbrite. The event is free, but we need your registration to send you the Zoom meeting link. 2) Once you have registered, you will get access to the "event page" with the link to the meeting. For security purposes, this content will not be visible to you until a couple days before the event. You will receive an email reminder from Eventbrite with the link to this page. In addition, On the day before the event, look out for a Zoom meeting link in your email inbox. For security reasons, we cannot post the link in the public event description. If you don't see an email, please check your junk or other email filters. We will send the email to whatever address you registered for the event with. 3) Attend! We encourage you to join via computer for best experience, although phones work too. We recommend keeping your video turned on, to better connect with the other attendees. Format and What to Expect This will be an informal meeting where you can chat with other professional women. You'll have a chance to introduce yourself and meet new people. We can't wait to see you there!