October 2011 Meeting
Monday October 17, 2011 – Monday October 17, 2011
120 Holiday Drive, Azalea Room
Description:
Harriet McLeod to speak to Business Women
Topic:“What do I know and who is my audience?: Steps in the process of writing a book.”
Summerville, SC—Shirlie Taylor, President of The Jessamine Chapter of the ABWA (American Business Women’s Association), announces the next monthly meeting of the group.
The ABWA invites all interested area businesswomen to attend. Meetings are approximately two hours long and include a guest speaker. There is no cost for this meeting, and refreshments will be served with our compliments.
Date: Monday, October 17, at 6:00
Location: Holiday Inn Express, Summerville, SC
120 Holiday Drive, Azalea Room
Time: 6:00 p.m. Networking prior to the official start of the meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Speaker:Harriet McLeod is our featured speaker. Harriet McLeod grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, enjoying all of the things that make living in the Lowcountry great! Harriet graduated from Winthrop University and spent part of her 20s hitchhiking across Europe and teaching
English before heading to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication to earn a master’s degree.
After a stint in Virginia at a daily newspaper and crewing racing sailboats on the Chesapeake Bay on the weekends, she came home to Charleston to work as a
columnist and an editor at The Post and Courier. McLeod has won state press association awards for feature writing and a national writing award for
music criticism. She now is a full-time freelance journalist and covers South Carolina for many national news agencies.
October 2011 Meeting
Monday October 17, 2011 – Monday October 17, 2011
120 Holiday Drive
Description:
Join the professional women of Summerville for the monthly meeting of American Business Women’s Association. Each month features a presentation from a notable person in our community.
Our attendance goal for October is to exceed our September meeting of 30. How many can you invite?
August 15 Meeting
Monday August 15, 2011 – Monday August 15, 2011
5264 International Blvd
Description:
You are invited to attend the monthly meeting of the Jessamine Chapter of the American Business Women’ s Association for networking, and professional development.
Our guest speaker is Jennet Alterman who will talk with us about “Women and Power.”
2011-12 Officers and Committee Chairs Elected
Officers for ABWA Jessamine Chapter have been elected and new Committee Chairs have also been appointed.
- Lana Musti, M&M Staffing: President
- Donna Vellon, Devine Desserts: Vice President
- Dr. Kelly E. O’Neill, Active Life Chiropractic: Secretary
- Cheryl Graham, Dorchester Co. Clerk of Court: Treasurer
- Shirlie Taylor of Business Success Dynamics and Suzanne Greene, of Millie Lewis Models and Talent will continue as PR and program development Chairs.
- Karen Norris of Any Body’s Pilates is taking over the Membership Chair.
- Janet Collins will remain the Newsletter Chair.
July 2011 Meeting
Monday July 18, 2011 – Monday July 18, 2011
5264 INTERNATIONAL BLVD
Description:
Monthly meeting of the ABWA membership. Guests welcome.
Our meeting includes networking and dinner and a presentation. Our presentation will focus on professional development that can be used in your business operations.
June 2011 Meeting
Monday June 20, 2011 – Monday June 20, 2011
5264 International Blvd.
Description:
Join us for the monthly meeting of the ABWA Jessamine Chapter.
Our speaker this month is Carla Jimenez whose topic is “Women, Money and Power: Facing your Financial Future with Confidence”.
Women Helping Women Succeed
At our May meeting we’ll be joined by Gail Montgomery from East Cooper Community Outreach well known to locals in Charleston as “ECCO” to accept our donations of professional women’s clothing and tell us a little bit about ECCO and what they do to help women re-train and/or enter the workforce.
Please remember to bring your donations for ECCO to help women have quality professional wear to enter the job market.
2011 May Monthly Meeting
Monday May 16, 2011 – Monday May 16, 2011
5264 International Blvd.
Description:
Join us for an active meeting with Mimi Scharf from SCORE who will present a program on Starting a Small Business
This will include discussion on acquiring business loans, and handouts from SBA & SBDA.
April 2011 ABWA Meeting
Monday April 18, 2011 – Monday April 18, 2011
5264 INTERNATIONAL BLVD
Description:
Attend the ABWA Jessamine Chapter Meeting on Monday, April 18, 2011 at the Holiday Inn North Charleston Convention Center. Our speaker will be Christine Beddia, Director of Marketing & Communications, Coastal Community Foundation. Come join us and learn how this agency has improved the lives of countless Lowcountry citizens and organizations.
Our meeting begins at 6:00 p.m. and includes a dinner presentation and networking.
Business owners, entrepreneurs, senior staff members and executives are all welcome. Dinner is included.
Meeting Reminder
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