Empowering Women for Small Business Success

Attention women! Are you a small business owner? Have you always wanted to start one but are not sure how to balance your business and your family or how to network yourself effectively? Then you will not want to miss this. Watch these recordings from our recent conference and hear successful women share their stories about how to overcome some of the obstacles we all face as we build up our small businesses.

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Building Your Network of Support view video

Liz Corey - Harris Corporation

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Balancing Business with Family view video
Family and professional leadership can coexist! Female CEOs with a family face significantly different challenges than those faced by family men in similar leadership positions. There is nothing sexist or prejudiced about this statement. Our maternal instincts simply direct us differently than men. We have an inherent desire and need to play a more active role in our family life. Doctor’s appointments, school events, sports, and keeping the household running smoothly are just a few of the tasks that don’t go away even though you may be running your own business.

The traits that led us to start our own companies or rise to leadership positions are the same traits that will not let us step away from the everyday involvement in our family’s lives. This is a great thing! Understanding and cultivating those feelings can only result in our business success and ensure a comfortable

Carol Craig - Craig Technologies

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SBA’s Programs and Services view video
The U.S. Small Business Administration has many programs and services to help small businesses get started, grow and succeed. Come hear from a SBA representative what programs are available to assist small business owners.

Tom Gallman - U.S. Small Business Administration

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Image is Everything: Marketing Yourself, Not Just Your Business view video
You know that it is imperative to market your business in order to be successful, but what about marketing yourself? Learn what "marketing yourself" really is and how it will benefit your business.

Darlene Hardister-Heumann and her cookbook which have been featured in Southern Living, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Miami Herald and many other publications. She has also been featured as a 2006 Success Story by the Florida Small Business Development Center. With a Bachelors degree in Business Marketing and numerous years experience in marketing, advertising and managing an advertising agency, she can provide you with valuable information to successfully market yourself and your business.

Darlene Hardister-Heumann - Southern Sass

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5 Quick Tips for Successful Networking view video
Rosalind Lanthorne, Founder, eWomenNetwork Space Coast, FL – Local Networking Expert will give us “5 Quick Tips for Successful Networking”.

Simple, effective tips to give you an edge on networking! Ms. Lanthorne will also lead the networking of the attendees for this workshop.

Rosalind Lanthorne - eWomenNetwork

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How to Keep Your Focus When the Walls Come Tumbling Down view video
No matter how meticulously you have designed and executed your plan; there may be problems, delays, failed commitments and unanticipated expenses. It is never pretty. The emotional toll can be heavy; filling you and your team with doubts, fear, and uncertainty. Deciding, in advance, how you will react when those miserable problems occur will help you move quickly, through the valley of despair, back to being in control. You will learn:

* How to refocus your energy
* How to break the fear cycle
* How to change the questions you ask
* How to keep your focus

Kathleen Rich-New - Clarity Works
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Women's Business Center, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 W. University Blvd, Melbourne, Florida 32901 (321) 674-7007