American
Business Women’s Association

 ABWA
December 19, 2011 Holiday Business Event

“Summerville Location”

6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. – Azalea Room

Holiday Food & Wine, Entertainment,
Networking, Door Prizes

 Holiday Inn Express I-26 & N. Main Street

Summerville, South Charleston

Guests Invited

Great Holiday Business Evening!

You will enjoy yourself, make new connections,

and
learn about upcoming 2012 ABWA events schedule.

 Reservations Requested:

Contact:  Molly Kister-843-696-5047

molly@southerncosmeticlaser.com

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120 Holiday Drive, Azalea Room

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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.

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We hope you will join us on Monday, June 21 to hear JK Harris.

Is your business ready to come roaring out of the recession? Get acquainted with JK Harris, our June speaker. JK Harris is an entrepreneur and the author of Flashpoint: Seven Core Strategies for Rapid Fire Business Growth. Join us as he discusses two key strategies from his book: “knowing your market, and marketing constantly” and “preparing for growth”. CEO and founder of the nation’s largest tax resolution firm, Harris will share strategies that trigger rapid-fire business growth, regardless of company or industry. In addition, if you subscribe to the Flashpoints newsletter (for free) you can get a free copy of his e-book.  Visit www.theflashpoints.com for more information and to subscribe to the free Flashpoints newsletter and get your free copy of JK Harris’ ebook, The Mindset of High Achievers.

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RENI Publishing, in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration, has launched a new, comprehensive online tool for small business owners.

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In addition, special sections provide relevant information for minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned small businesses. The site also features motivational success stories and contact information for award-winning small businesses.

You may find this to be a good source of information.