Speaker Luncheon: You Have a Voice and Mad Skills! Ever thought about running for office but not sure how to start? Join us for lunch at Apres Diem in Midtown from 11:30am to 1:30pm! $30 Advanced Ticket. $40 at the Door. Together, we'll learn the skills necessary to get appointed to boards or run for office from Anna Foote, from NewPower Education! NewPower Education is a non-partisan nonprofit focused on educating and encouraging women to engage in all areas of public service in Georgia. Learn More about this inspiring organization: http://newpowereducation.org/about.html Women, if we are not at the table then we will surely be on the menu. 2018 was the year of the woman: more women ran for public office and won than ever in our country's history. Our voices and our experiences matter and we must step up and be heard in our own communities. There are literally thousands of neighborhood and homeowners associations, local and statewide boards and commissions and other policy boards that need your voice, talent and experience. Some boards require you run for a seat while other board seats are appointed by local elected commissioners, council members or other elected officials. If this is something you are interested in exploring, you need to know how to position yourself and who to contact. Think you might run for office one day? This is where to start. Anna Foote Empowered Women Empowering Women. Now that's a slogan we can get behind!  

Success Habits: Repeatable Routines for Work-Life Balance We all know how challenging it is to balance home life and our careers in this fast-paced environment. You want to be present & give your all both at work and at home and it's easy to get overwhelmed or feel like you're losing something in the chaos. But it doesn't have to be that hard! Knowing what Success Habits are and which ones are most beneficial to flourishing is a competitive advantage. Integrating these supportive habits into your routine is the foundation for sustainable achievement. We are thrilled to have Wendy Watkins, author, speaker, and joy strategist share her secrets to success with our AIWN community. Wendy will teach you how to start building the right habits to enhance your business and your life.   Wendy Watkins, CPCC, PCC, speaks about The Mind-Body-Business Approach to building a juicy, fulfilling and successful life. This inclusive strategy focuses on a strong optimistic mindset, the all-important planning process, and fabulous self-care. Participants enjoy all the benefits of success including joy, fulfillment, and balance. Wendy was one of the first million-dollar saleswomen for Aveda (and that’s a lot of shampoo) and the author of The Joy Factor Recipe Book – A Common Sense Approach to a Delicious Life. Wendy has coached hundreds of people to create successful, succulent lives and flourishing businesses aligned with their purpose and passions. Check out her website here: www.wendywatkins.com

Join us for our most popular roundtable event! Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Druid Hills Golf Club | 740 Clifton Rd. | Atlanta, GA 30307 Women spend so much time and effort caring for everybody else that there isn’t much time left for caring for ourselves. We need to balance the stress and activity of daily life with self-care activities that bring a sense of peace and well being to our minds and bodies. Self-Care is given to you, by you! You deserve it! Networking starts at 6 pm | Discussion at 6:45 pm Come early for free appetizers and cash bar & stay for the prize raffle! We have three dynamic self-care experts for this interactive roundtable event, who will lead lively discussion on 3 key self-care strategies: Katie Leikam The Mentally Healthy Workplace www.trueyousoutheast.com Mitsuko Ito Busting Self-Sabotage with EFT Tapping www.mindbodyatlanta.com Corinne Chaves Presence in the Workplace www.corinnechaves.com Tickets: $25 for Non-Members (early bird) and $30 at the door | $20 for NAWBO members | FREE for AIWN members Did you know that as an AIWN member, you have access to our monthly professional development events for FREE!? Not a member yet? Click https://tinyurl.com/y8mu236q to join!

You are invited to attend our June Speaker Series! with Heather Herrig of Every Last Detail Events, a Strategic Event Management Company in Atlanta Tuesday, June 18, 2019 from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Druid Hills Golf Club | 740 Clifton Rd. | Atlanta, GA 30307 Tickets: $25 for Non-Members  | $20 for NAWBO members | FREE for AIWN members We all know that a picture is worth a thousand words and a video even more than that. So how much is it worth to be with a client, or prospective client, in person? How about 100 of them at once? Hosting events and meetings that offer your audience real value can have more impact on your business than social media, marketing emails, and newsletters combined - if planned and executed strategically. Join us for this presentation, where Heather will offer several key tactics and tips to help you develop a strategic event plan for your business. Heather has recently been Named among the Top 25 Event Management Professionals within The Top 500 People in Events.  You can read more about that here! Check out her website: http://eldevents.net/ Event Sponsor

You're invited! Summer Happy Hour Wednesday, July 17, 2019  from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Apres Diem Midtown Promenade 931 Monroe Drive Suite C-103 Atlanta, GA 30308 Raise a glass, nibble delicious apps, and network with the creative, interesting, professional women of AIWN Cash bar | Complimentary appetizers | Free parking Early bird tickets for non-members are $25/$30 at the door | $20 for NAWBO members | Free for AIWN members. Click here for tickets! Did you know that as a member of AIWN, you have access to our monthly professional development events for FREE?! Not a member yet? Join today!

YOU’RE INVITED! Rise and Shine Breakfast!  Wednesday, August 21, 2019  from 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Highland Bakery Decatur  319 W. Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur, GA 30030 You are cordially invited to join Atlanta's best women's business group for a breakfast networking event ************************************* Enjoy coffee or tea on us! Highland Bakery's YUMMY breakfast menu will be available. Tickets are limited, so get yours NOW Free for Members | Non-Members $25 in advance/$30 at the door | NAWBO Members $20 Click here for tickets! Not a member yet? Get in on the best-kept secret in women's business building. Become a member today!

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.