February 2015 Events
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February 2015 Events
Business Exchange Networking Lunch
* Give a 1-2 minute commercial for your business.
* Bring business cards, brochures, and samples.
* Make new business contacts.
Dates and Locations:
Feb. 4 - Wexford, Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North,
910 Sheraton Drive, Mars/Wexford, PA 16046
RSVP: email Carol Briney at
Carol@CarolBrineyWorkFromHome.com
Feb. 11- Mount Lebanon, The Devonshire of Mount Lebanon,
1050 McNeilly Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15226
RSVP: email Carol Briney at Carol@CarolBriney.com
Feb. 25- Fox Chapel, Comfort Inn (Old Holiday Inn) in RIDC Park,
Ohara Twp
RSVP: email Carol Briney at
Carol@CarolBrineyWorkFromHome.com
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $18 (Bring cash; No-shows will be billed for the lunch)
RSVP: By Monday prior to the event
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What Does It Mean to Have a Million-Dollar Voice?
Presented by Lynda Stucky of Clearly Speaking
Learn techniques that will propel your career to new heights
and make your more understandable, more trustworthy, and more
influential.
What can you expect?
* Learn speech tools to establish credibility.
* Develop a unique voice.
* Recognize vocal traits that can be improved.
* Be inspired.
* Be the dynamic leader you were meant to be.
Date: February 11, 2015
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 a.m:
Place: Cambria Suites Pittsburgh at Consol Energy Center
1717 Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Host: Clearly Speaking
Cost: Complimentary Briefing (includes breakfast)
RSVP: Required (Suggested by February 6)
Register online at
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Further info or to request a voice makeover:
Call 412-264-1717 or email lynda@clearly-speaking.com.
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Use Podcasting to Establish Yourself as a Celebrity Expert
Speaker:
Joanne-Quinn-Smith, Partner JJ Media Group
This presentation will cover JoAnn’s eight year journery in
podcasting with anecdotes of successes and failures at a time
when there were no mentors for podcasting and it was not COOL!
The presentation will also highlight the resurgence in popularity
of podcasting and how it can help you build credibility and grow
your business.
Learning Objectives:
- Podcasting/internet radio creates excellent internet visibility
and SEO results.
- Associate yourself with Celebrity Experts using Podcast/Internet
Radio Interviews.
- Branded podcast/internet radio show increases your brand
visibility, speaking engagements, fees and consulting projects
- Create your own celebrity persona.
- Learn the simple steps to start your own podcast/internet
radio show.
Date: February 11, 2015
Place: Sheraton Hotel at Station Square,
300 West Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Time: 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Registration/Networking
11:30 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. Luncheon and Announcements
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Featured Program
Host: International Coach Federation, Pittsburgh Chapter
Cost: By 5 p.m., Feb. 6: Members -$39, Nonmembers-$55.
After 5 p.m., Feb. 6: Members-$55, Nonmembers-$55
Register online at
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=4gu7_&m=IiuIkiIk4eZhGz&b=feE.ZGneTUrmNQjj6c38vA
Further info: contact Roberta Rollings at Pghcoachesassoc@aol.com.
BRENTWOOD BALDWIN WHITEHALL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WOMEN’S NETWORKING LUNCHEON
February 13, 2015
Noon
South Hills Country Club
The monthly luncheon meeting of the Women’s Networking of the Brentwood Baldwin Whitehall Chamber of Commerce will meet on Friday, February 13, noon, at South Hills Country Club. . Please plan on attending and bring a friend. We welcome members and non-members. Everyone will pass out cards and brochures and present a one-minute “commercial.”
Guest Speaker
Jenni Hulburt
Inspiring You to Revolutionize Your Health through Nature
Jenni Hulburt is a fitness and lifestyle coach whose mission is to inspire people in health and movement – in their body and life. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, a Master’s in Kinesiology, and is an educated researcher in body image, chronic pain, exercise psychology, and motivation. Jenni is a doTERRA wellness advocate, essential oil educator, and leader in wellness entrepreneurship as a health and business mentor to a growing team of doTERRA wellness advocates. She is a movement maven, the creator of the Inspire Workouts, as well as the author of two e-books, The Dirt Detox and Essential Juices and Smoothies. Her work has been featured online in Trail Runner Magazine, Runner’s World, Women’s Adventure Magazine, and Mind Body Green.
Her mantra? Move your body – change your life.
Lunch for Chamber Members - $20 - Bring a friend
Lunch for Non-Members - $25
Display Table $1
Please make a reservation by contacting our secretary:
Mary Dilla - secretary@bbwchamber.com
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Unlikely Entrepreneur: the Intersection of Life Experiences,
Food, and a Drive to Succeed
Speaker:Regina Koetters, Founder/CEO of Marty’s Market, LLC
Not every entrepreneur has a childhood dream of starting a
business; some don’t discover until midway through their first
career that they’re driven to be their own boss. Still others
who know they want to own a company are unsure what business
to start.
With no background in food or experience running a company,
Regina launched Marty’s Market in July 2012. The company
continues to evolve and challenges Regina and her team in
new ways every day. Through the lens of her experiences,
Regina will share what being an officer in the Navy has
taught her about building a business, what starting a
company has taught her about commanding a ship, and what
they both have to teach all of us about entrepreneurship.
Date: February 13, 2015
Time: 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM (Breakfast served at 7:30 AM)
Place: James Laughlin Music Hall, Chatham University, Shadyside
Host: The Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Chatham University
Cost: $25 (includes continental breakfast)
Students- $12.50 with valid ID (Email pdecker@chatham.edu)
RSVP: Suggested by February 10
Questions? Contact 412-365-1253
Register online at:
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Focus Pathways to Achieving Results
Led by Bonnie Artman Fox, Mindfulness Speaker and Coach
You are good at what you do and yet there are certain patterns
that get in your way of obtaining the results you want. You
have good intentions, but daily distractions from technology,
social media, and responsibilities create roadblocks in taking
(and maintaining) empowered action.
When your mental mindset is calm and grounded, you are more likely
to see possibilities that elude you when caught up in distraction.
Training your brain to focus optimizes your ability to make choices
that align with your goals.
The brain has tendency to focus on limitations instead of
strengths. Learn life-altering skills to convert negative
words into positive action for 2015.
Date: February 17, 2015
Time: 11:30 - 1pm
Place: The River’s Club, 301 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Host: The Rivers Club
Cost: $20/session - pay at the door
RSVP: Suggested by February 13
Questions: Call Bonnie Artman Fox @ 412.877.8331 or
email Bonnie@AConscious.com
Register online at:
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Proposal Writing
Presented by Al Borowski, MEd, CSP, PP
Discover the secrets of successful Proposal Writing. Successful
proposals sell for you when you are not in front of your clients.
That statement is important because we all pride ourselves on our
oral presentations. But writing is a challenge for most business
professionals.
This highly interactive presentation will cover:
- 17 Qualities Of A Successful Proposal
- 5 Qualities Of A Well-Written Executive Summary
- 20 Skills Required To Create A Successful Proposal
- 3 Biggest Mistakes In Proposal Writing
- 10 Things a Proposal Is NOT
If you are one of the first 15 participants to register for
the event, Al will review, edit, and return one of your proposals
before your client sees it. That alone is at least a $100.00 gift.
Date: February 17, 2015
Time: Noon until 1:30 p.m. (Bring your own lunch.)
Place: Peak Performance Management, 790 Holiday Drive Foster Plaza,
Bldg. XI, Pittsburgh, PA 15220
Hosts: Peak Performance Management and NSA Pittsburgh
Cost: No charge but RSVP required
RSVP: Suggested by February 13th
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Getting Your Customers to YES!
Speaker: Scot Teachout, Sandler Training
Learn how to deal with the folks who say no or the masses who say
“maybe” before they even hear what we have to offer. Join us to
learn how to shorten your sales cycle and how to increase your
revenue by understand the truth about the sales process.
Date: February 18, 2015
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Place: Volunteers of America, 1650 Main Street, Sharpsburg, PA
Host: Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania
Cost: Free (Bring a brown bag lunch)
To register, call 412.782.5344 (x209) or email
volunteersofamerica@voapa.org
Disability Resource Breakfast
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2015
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Topic: How To Make The Most Of ACCESS
Speaker: Judy McCormick, ACCESS
Volunteers of America
Working Order program
1650 Main Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
412.782.5344, ext. 209
volunteersofamerica@voapa.org
www.voapa.org
Learn how to make the most of this shared-ride, advanced reservation, door-to-door, open to the public transportation service that helps you be as independent as possible. Find out how ACCESS can save you money and what other options are available to get you there!
Annual Consulting Survey Summit
Join the Pittsburgh Consulting Community to peruse, ponder and
get the low-down onthe results of the 3rd Annual Challenges and
Trends Survey.
You will discover:
- How was the consulting/freelancing business in 2014?
- What is the outlook and projection for 2015?
- What challenges are consultants and freelancers facing?
- What does the consulting landscape look like in our region?
- How do our local trends compare to national trends?
We also plan to do some Speed Peer Consulting to address
some of the issues that arise from the survey.
For those of you that are interested, we will also be discussing
the 2015 Consulting Mastermind Groups and how you can use them
to start or grow your practice.
Date: February 19, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Place: Sigmas Conference and Event Center, 1717 Babcock Blvd.,
Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Host: Pittsburgh Consulting Community
Cost: $30 for survey participants; $35 for all others
(includes continental breakfast)
RSVP: Suggested by February 16
Questions: contact Michael Couch at
michael@mcassociatesinc.com or 412-952-9036.
Register online at:
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Stepping Into The Next Best Version of Yourself
Presented by Coach Monique
Date: February 19, 2015
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Place: The DoubleTree Pittsburgh Green Tree
Host: Pittsburgh Professional Women
Cost: PPW Memers - $36.00; Non-members- $49 (includes lunch)
RSVP: Early registration encouraged (Limited Space)
Register online at:
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How Personality Type Determines Your Success as a Speaker
Presented by Joe Mull, M.Ed., Certified MBTI Practitioner,
President of Ally Training & Development
Psychology tells us that humans have innate preferences for the
ways we perceive and interact with the world. However most people
fail to recognize these differences in others or understand how
their own preferences influence their style and approach.
In this program, uniquely for public speakers, participants use
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to identify and understand their
own psychological preferences for communicating, learning, and
teaching, then explore how to reach ALL audiences in their
programs and business. Specific strategies to improve program
delivery, marketing, prospecting and selling will be discussed
as part of this interactive, compelling program.
Each participant gets to take the MBTI assessment (online prior
to the event), receives a personalized profile packet, and gets
a copy of the book: Introduction to Type.
Date: February 19, 2015
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Place: City Theater (South Side), 300 Bingham St.,
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Host: National Speakers Association, Pittsburgh Chapter
Cost: Members-$40 Non-members-$50
RSVP: Suggested by February 16th
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Women’s Power Lunch
Come be a part of the longest running networking luncheon in the
Pittsburgh area. Bring 50 business cards or brochures to hand
out and be prepared to give a short presentation on your business
to introduce yourself to other business women and professionals.
Date: February 20, 2015
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Place: To be announced
Cost: $22.00 (Prepayment required)
RSVP: By February 18th
Questions: Contact Suzanne at Suzanne@womenspowerlunch.com
or 724-452-5152.
Register online at: http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=4gu7_&m=IiuIkiIk4eZhGz&b=Rrum6gDWKYADRc0d8.Lj0A
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Unleashing Your Inner Comedian: Using Improv Comedy Techniques
to Add Humor to Your Program — Without Telling Jokes!
Presented by Avish Parashar
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Guess what? You (yes you) are funny! You just may not know it yet.
In this interactive, fun program, you will learn the fundamentals
of great improvisation and then use the ideas of improv comedy to
access, develop, and incorporate your own natural humor into your
presentations.
This program is NOT an improv comedy class. It is an interactive
session where you will play improv games designed to help you
discover your natural humor and allow you to practice ways of
quickly adding humor to your programs that is authentic and
natural for you.
If adding humor to your programs is important to you (as it
should be) then be sure to attend this highly entertaining,
highly interactive, very fun, and content-packed program!
By the end of this program, you will be able to:
- Use three techniques to quickly add humor to your presentations
without writing “jokes.”
- Access your quick-thinking and creative skills to flow with
the unexpected with humor and speed.
- Quickly generate humorous content that is authentic to you,
even if speak on a “dry” or “serious” topic.
Add this Bonus Afternoon Session! 1:00 - 4:00 pm
In the afternoon session, Avish will follow up the morning
content with a hands-on workshop where you get to apply the
humor concepts to your material in real time. You will develop
new humorous material and also practice “punching” up old
stories by simply adjusting your delivery. Avish will also
run a few “hot seat presentations” where he will work on
participants’ stories and content in real time.
Bring along some content to “freshen up.” Attendees of this
hands-on afternoon session will walk out the door with new
and improved material they can incorporate into their
presentations right away - so don’t miss it!
Date: February 21, 2015
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12 noon; Bonus Session: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Sheraton Station Square, 300 W Station Square Dr,
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Host: National Speakers Association, Pittsburgh Chapter
Cost: NSA Members & Affiliates-$45 for AM Session; $99-Full Day;
Nonmembers-$55 for AM Session; $109-Full Day
(Includes networking lunch.)
RSVP: Suggested by February 18th
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How to Create Trust, Confidence, & Content Faster Than
Your Competition Can Fathom
Speakers:
Becky Auer & Weston Lyon
Becky Auer & Weston Lyon will show you how to create trust and
confidence with your prospects by producing more content than
your competition can comprehend!
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Time: 3:00 - 5:30 PM
Place: Sigma’s Conference & Event Center,
1717 Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Sponsor: No BS Marketing Meeting
Cost: FREE for First Time Guests; $20 for Returning Guests
RSVP Date: February 20
Registration Web Address:
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Jazz Happy Hour Networking
A casual twice-a month networking event for those interested in
business innovation in Pittsburgh. A jazz, soul and blues
happy hour show plus open-mike interviews with local executives.
Created by Jessica Lee, a successful entrepreneur and musician,
Jessica Lee’s Jazz Happy Hour promotes live music in downtown
Pittsburgh and assists the entrepreneurial networking of the
region with funding and partnering opportunities.
Date: February 25, 2015
Time: 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Place: Rivers Club, 301 Grant Street, Level Four,
One Oxford Centre, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Host: Jessica Lee
Cost: $5 (hors d’ouevres included)
Jazz Networking events are held on the second and final
Wednesdays of each month. For information on upcoming events,
visit http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=4gu7_&m=IiuIkiIk4eZhGz&b=SUsCxkC4TyxWMbuTcovuAQ
To RSVP, call 412-391-5227 or email erin.sustar@ourclub.com.
