NetworkWomen.org
PO Box 1640
Bend, OR 97709
(541) 388-9787 |
Enewsletter Volume 3, Issue 5- May 7, 2009
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| Our Upcoming Meeting |
Program:
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Intentional Joy with Lynn Telford-Sahl
How to do a 180° on Fear and Stress
Author, woman business coach and professional speaker, Telford-Sahl comes from California to share with us ways to turn stress and fear into freedom.
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Wednesday, May 20th, 5pm
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St. Charles Medical Center - Bend
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Networking: 5pm - 6pm
Dinner & Program: 6pm - 8pm
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Tamarind and hoi sin glazed St. Louis pork ribs, Asian slaw and jasmine rice ~ Vegetarians may add to their plate from the buffet, in addition to their vegetarian order.
~ Vegetarian Meals Are Available ONLY If Ordered In Advance
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Please make your dinner reservation no later than Thursday, May 14th, online at www.networkwomen.org.
Member price is $22 and non-members price is $27. A an additional $5 charge is automatically added to late registrations. Indicate regular or vegetarian meal.
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| Ready... Set ....Go |
Practical Legal Basics for the Business Owner
 Presented by
Heather Hepburn of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Topics will include:
1. Do I have the right form of entity for my business?
2. Do I need a lawyer?
3. What can I do to protect my goodwill?
4. How do I improve my chances of getting paid?
Please join us for this complimentary seminar ~ Continental breakfast will be provided
 Date: May 27, 2009
Time: 7:30 am to 9:00 am
Location: AmeriTel Inn – 425 SW Bluff Dr., Bend, OR
RSVP: Michelle Martin at 541-749-4076 or
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| President's Message |
 Dear Network Ladies,
As we are nearing the end of our membership drive, I would like to encourage all of you to invite your business associates to come and learn more about our group. We have had some very dynamic speakers this year and have received great feedback on our meetings and networking that occurs during these. Also, I should mention that the food has been highly rated as well ? Unlike leads group, we do not track the actual amount of dollars exchanged due to this networking opportunity, but I can assure you that those numbers are in thousands every month. Being part of this group will increase your business and exposing your business associates to it will also help increase your business, as you will be bringing more women entrepreneurs who can empower, mentor and continue the mission of our organization. Networking is the key to success, so let’s network in bigger numbers together.
Thank you.
Anesa Moyer
Cascade TecHome & Office, LLC
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Membership Drive
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We welcome you to join us in growing our membership! More members means more networking opportunities with new people and increased visibility for your business. The membership drive will run from the March to June general meeting (March 18 – June 17). What’s in it for you?
- if a member signs up one new member, they get a free announcement
- if a member signs up 3 new members, they get $50 off membership
- if a member signs up 5 or more new members, they get membership for a year
- We will announce results at each meeting to keep you informed.
Thank you for your interest and support.
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| Discover Yourself through Your Words |
 By Linden Gross
If writing a book tops your list of resolutions or regrets, you could be missing out on more than you know.
I was barely a teenager when I figured out that writing could help me sort out my emotions, which were on a rampage that would last longer than I would have liked. Much later, I would learn that writing could also help me identify thoughts and feelings I didn’t even know I had. I had been assigned a piece about how we are powerless to effect transformation in those around us. When I reread my essay, I had written “I am powerful to change others.”
Perhaps because of my work as a writing coach and author, my introspective writing has ebbed. Handmade blank journals sit on my bookshelf as display pieces rather than tools for self-discovery. And that’s too bad. The people I know who journal regularly seem to ride out their storms with more equanimity, and generally cruise through calmer waters than I. By putting pen to paper, they’ve found the “write balance” for themselves.
Writing for self-discovery, however, is not limited to private journals. These days, more and more people are finding a sense of fulfillment through penning their memoirs. Whether for public or family consumption, the process can be just as illuminating when it comes to self-discovery.
Most my writing coach clients are working on memoirs or barely fictionalized novels. One woman wrote about growing up as the daughter of a CIA agent stationed in Greece during the 1967 coup. Her memoir started out as a way to obviate the guilt-by-association she carried regarding U.S. involvement in the Greek government’s overthrow, and subsequent torture of dissidents. Along the way, she figured that she would sort out the troubled relationship with her father, which had so scarred her. She has come to realize that her beautifully written book is really about her. Her exploration into what happened in Greece, into the role her father played in the coup, and into their relationship has evolved into self-exploration. In the process, she has been made whole again.
Even books geared towards the promotion of one’s business can prove revealing. When I worked with locals Sarah Whipple and Fred Swisher on their book 55 Myths, Tips and Secrets: Bend’s Essential Guide to Landscaping, each had to examine not only the services they actually provided, but why they feel their work is so meaningful. That evaluation of professional achievement and personal calling, along with a book that illustrates both, has helped promote their business and made them realize that “the sky is the limit.”
Whether you want to promote a business or a cause, write the great American novel or simply sum up a lifetime for your friends and family like Bend resident Nancy McLeod did in her memoir Ninety Years of Living, you don’t have to miss out any longer.
Start with a brain dump, also known by my clients as The Big Sloppy Letter to Linden. Write as fast as you can. Don’t worry about spelling, grammar, how it sounds, if you’ve said it before or the order. Don’t worry about anything but getting everything inside that brain of yours on paper. There will be plenty of time for refining. There will be plenty of time to bring a critical eye to the project. But for now, let ‘er rip.
Once you’re ready to start organizing your thoughts, you might try my Cut and Pile method. Print out (one-sided) what you’ve written. Read through the pages with scissors or a ruler at hand, and cut up your pages thought by thought and topic by topic. Some of the sections may run on for pages. Others may just be a paragraph or a sentence that’s buried in a paragraph where it doesn’t belong. No matter. Just plunk each into the appropriate pile of like-minded material.
Once you’ve cut everything up and are surrounded by piles, figure out a logical order for your piles. Eventually, you’ll do the same with the material in each pile.
And voila! You’ll have the better part of a rough draft. Yes, you’ll still have plenty of writing, editing and polishing to do, but it all gets easier from there.
Linden Gross is a national magazine journalist, bestselling writer and successful writing coach, who draws on her editing and writing background, as well as her experience with and love for teaching, when working with others. Linden not only empowers writers…she publishes them through Incubation Press—her on demand publishing company. For more information, please visit www.lindengross.com and www.incubationpress.com.
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