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It’s a Woman’s Day

Mark your calendar now for the July 15 Women's Entrepreneurship Day at Glendale’s Main Library

Encouraging women to start a business or help others grow their current businesses is the goal of Saturday’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Day at Glendale’s Main Library. The free event is from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and will be held at the library at 5959 W. Brown St.

The day features 12 seminars and one-on-one counseling sessions. Small business owners will pick up valuable information as well as make contacts with other entrepreneurs and agencies that assist small businesses.

The library is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Maricopa Community Colleges Small Business Development Center (SBDC), SCORE, Self-Employment Loan Fund (SELF), the Glendale Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce  (USWCC) for the project.

A Look at the Schedule:

• 8:30-9 a.m. – Coffee and treat, provided by Johnny Carino’s Italian Restaurant, and informal networking
  
  
• 9-9:15 a.m. – Welcome and recognition (in auditorium) by event coordinators Kathy Hamel and Diane Nevill, both with Glendale Main Library
  
  
• 9:15 a.m.-3 p.m. – One-on-one small business counseling in the small meeting room. Sign up at the event for this service, which is provided by SBA, SBDC and SCORE.

During the rest of the day, simultaneous programming will be occurring in the auditorium and the large meeting room. Attendees will choose between the dual offerings.

• 9:15-9:45 a.m. (Auditorium) -  “How Women Lead” with Linda Herold, President of Herold Enterprises
  
  
• 9:15-9:45 a.m. (Large meeting room) - “Certification – Do You Need It? How to Get It?” with Laura Plimpton, SCORE
  
  
• 10-10:45 a.m. (Auditorium) -  “Inspirational Speaker Eileen Proctor” with the owner of It’s a Ruff Life doggy daycare business.
  
  
• 10-10:45 a.m. (Large meeting room) -  “Policy and How It Affects Your Business” with Margot Dorfman, CEO of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce
  
  
• 11-11:45 a.m. (Auditorium) -  “Your Small Business and the Media” with facilitator Julia-Isabel Davenport of Maximize Your Publicity. The panel includes Carolyn Dryer, Glendale Star; Claire Bush, The Arizona Republic; Sherry Anne Rubiano, The Arizona Republic; Randi Weinstein, The Business Journal; and Helen Gibson, a producer/filmmaker and account executive with AZ-TV and KKNT/KPXQ.
  
  
• 12-12:45 p.m. (Auditorium) -  “Expanding Your Business Through Procurement Opportunities” with Margot Dorfman of the USWCC
  
  
• 12-12:45 p.m. (Large meeting room) - “Understanding the Bottom Line” with Anne Steele, SBDC, and Debi Kuehn, Kuehn Financial Services
  
  
• 1-1:45 p.m. (Auditorium) -  “Secrets of Success: One Woman’s Tale,” an interview with Terry Williams, USWCC, and Kim Babjak, KimCo
  
  
• 1-1:45 p.m. (Large meeting room) -  “Networking Groups: Finding the Right Fit for You” with representatives from the following organizations – American Business Women’s Association, Entrepreneurial Mothers Association, eWomen Network, Impact for Enterprising Women, National Association of Women Business Owners, Northwest Women’s Network, West Valley Women and Women of Scottsdale, and Women I Should Know (W.I.S.K.)
  
  
• 2-2:45 p.m. (Auditorium) -  “Marketing and PR” with Anne Steele, SBDC
  
  
• 2-2:45 p.m. (Large meeting room) - “Utilizing Chambers and Other Organizations” with Don Rinehart, Glendale Chamber of Commerce

About Women’s Entrepreneurship

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day is the final event in an almost yearlong project, Women Business Builders Online: Resources, Information and Connections Just a Click Away! The project was funded, in part, with monies granted by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Agency, under the Library Services and Technology Act, which is administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Women Business Builders is a library-sponsored free educational networking group open to women in business or those thinking of starting one. The group, established in 1995, meets monthly at 2 p.m. on the second Saturday at the Glendale Main Library.

Registration is not necessary, and everyone is welcome. For more information, call Kathy Hamel at 623-930-3572 or e-mail khamel@glendaleaz.com. For more details, check out www.womenbusinessbuilders.org.