Past Events Archive: 2004

December 2004: ’Tis the Season to Network, Network, Network

Presented by: “Networking Queen” Kathleen Ronald

Join Kathleen Ronald for an evening of power networking. Bring lots of business cards and positive energy for a fun evening of connecting with other dynamic NAWBO women.

Tuesday, December 7, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

November 2004: Ten Ways E-mail Can Sabotage Your Business Negotiations

Presented by: Helen Leah Conroy

Helen Leah Conroy, a lawyer in private practice who specializes in structuring, negotiating and drafting contracts that involve copyrighted works and patented technologies.

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

October 2004: An Evening with Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire

Presented by: Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, immediate Past President of NAWBO-California and a nationally recognized authority in the communications industry, will speak at the October NAWBO-SV meeting.

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

September 2004: Celebrating Women at the Top

Presented by: NAWBO-SV and the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal

A luncheon honoring the top women-owned businesses in Silicon Valley and NAWBO’s Enterprising Woman of the Year, with special emcee Kathleen Ronald.

Thursday, September 30, 2004

Location: Wyndham Hotel, San Jose, CA

September 2004: Leadership

Presented by: Arlene Blum

Thursday, September 9, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

August 2004: How To Sell What Your Customers Are Buying

Presented by: Mary Lea Balsley

Thursday, August 12, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

July 2004: Selling to the Old Brain

Presented by: Patrick Renvoise and Christophe Morin

Thursday, July 8, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

June 2004: Getting Off the Energy Up and Down Roller Coaster

Presented by: Dr. Shoshana Zimmerman, Author, Radio Personality, Doctor of Naturopathy, and Speaker

Does your energy go up and down all day long? The effects can be exhausting and very hard on your health as well. The up and down roller coaster ride results from the way your body handles sugar, and learning how to get off the roller coaster can help you avoid common problems, such as hypoglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance and adult onset diabetes.

Thursday, June 10, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

May 2004: Smart Women Finish Rich

Based on the best-selling book by David Bach, Broadway Books, 1999

Presented by: Rita Rothstein, Associate Vice President, Morgan Stanley

“Smart Women Finish Rich” is an educational seminar that provides you with seven steps to help you achieve financial security and fund your dreams. If you act upon these simple steps to improve the quality of your financial life, you will be well on your way to a fuller, richer life! You’ll learn how to:

  Put your money where your values are
  Figure out where you stand financially
  Discover the power of the Latte Factor
  Build financial “Baskets” for your retirement, your security and your dreams
  Plus much more!!!

Each attendee will receive a 23-page “Smart Women Finish Rich” workbook.

Complimentary retirement planning analysis for all who attend.

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

April 2004: Life Balance: Creating the Life You Want

Presented by: Rick Giardina, Author, Business Owner, President of the National Speakers Association

Thursday, April 8, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

March 2004: Get to Know our Corporate Partners

Presented by: NAWBO-SV Corporate Partners

Thursday, March 11, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

February 2004: Member Appreciation: The Secret Strategies of a Networking Queen

Presented by: Kathleen Ronald, president and founder of SPEAKtacular

Thursday, February 12, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

January 2004: Beyond Superwoman: Top 25 CEOs

Presented by: Peggy Downes Baskin and Karin Strasser Kauffman

For the past three decades, women have been told that if we just plan carefully and organize our time well enough, we can have it all: a high-powered professional career, a loving family, and a satisfying personal relationship. For their new book Beyond Superwoman, Peggy and Karin interviewed 25 top women executives in Silicon Valley and discovered that the lives of successful women executives contradict this advice. Without exception, the women CEOs they studied didn't attempt to balance their personal and professional lives, but instead sequenced them, focusing on doing one thing at a time and doing it well. Peggy and Karin will share what they learned, including:

  how trying to do it all can be dangerous to physical and mental well-being and ultimately counterproductive
  compelling glimpses into the lifestyles of women who have risen to the top of previously male-dominated professions and the strategies they used to .sequence. their lives
  practical advice for women business owners trying to juggle priorities

Thursday, January 8, 2004

Registration and networking: 6:00pm
Dinner and Presentation: 6:45pm to 8:30pm

Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

Speaker Bios
Peggy Downes Baskin is a senior lecturer in women.s studies at UCSC. She serves on the boards of three college and university foundations and also taught politics at Santa Clara University for 18 years.

Karin Strasser Kauffman is a former Monterey County supervisor, university professor and founding chair of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Council.