Posts Tagged ‘Small Business’

 

Featured Corporate Partner: The Pediatric Connection

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

The Pediatric Connection was established as a private corporation in September 1998. Founders Beth Bailey and Bruce Green have spent every day since then dedicated to improving the quality of life, as well as the quality of care, for children and families.  As past coworkers at a previous company serving children, the duo both had the same vision and heart for taking care of children and made it their mission to be advocates for children with medical needs and promote the greatest quality of life for children, and their families, as they support, and care for them in their homes.  With passion, knowledge, and commitment The Pediatric Connection provides the best children’s home health care services through community partnerships, leadership, education, innovation, and technology.

Since its founding, the company has grown from five employees wearing multiple hats, to a well-organized, nearly 170-staffed company, serving families that have very unique needs across Virginia (Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Charlottesville) and in Augusta, GA.  This requires a very dedicated group of individuals, as well as a distinctive level of care and compassion. Employees of The Pediatric Connection share in the passion for caring for children and their families, as well as the desire to make an impact in the lives of those they serve – a niche that sets them apart from any other homecare service provider.  The Pediatric Connection works hard to grow with the medical industry, keeping up to speed with advancements in technology and policy, making sure that patients are able to receive the same care and equipment offered in hospitals, but in the comfort of their own homes.

With a dedication to superior service, The Pediatric Connection is focused on providing the highest level of service to their patients and friends.  They have perfected this service over the years, providing families little to no additional stress.  With every service The Pediatric Connection provides, there is always a strong investment in people, constantly tending to their emotions, questions, and concerns.

Learn more about The Pediatric Connection and their amazing staff by visiting their website.

 

Featured Corporate Partner: Care Advantage, Inc.

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Deborah Johnston wanted to be a secretary like her mom, but found herself in nursing. It was in 1975, at Henrico Doctor’s Hospital, that she found a desire to help people. It was that desire, and recognizing the need to help people after direct medical care, that led her to found Care Advantage in 1988.

Care Advantage has grown to 14 offices across Virginia, employing over 3,000 workers who provide services to an ever-changing list of more than 1,200 clients. In addition to home health care, she is able to provide staff for nursing homes, hospitals and prisons.

Deborah has found other ways to help as well. Her professional success has allowed her to provide generous financial support to many charities like the YMCA and American Cancer Society. She was also recently chosen to participate in ABC’s reality show “Secret Millionaire.” She not only filmed an episode (where she volunteered in impoverished neighborhoods and then revealed her identity with financial contributions), she made deep connections with the people that she had met. She’s since returned to those neighborhoods, offering advice and helping with initiatives to break the cycle of poverty and violence in a city nowhere near her home.

Deborah Johnston and Care Advantage provide more than health care. Whether it’s medical services or through their philanthropic work, they provide human beings who really care.

To learn more about Care Advantage, visit the site here.

 

M & M’s: Balancing Money and Meaning in Your Work

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

November Luncheon Program

Balancing Money and Meaning in Your Work 

Have you sacrificed money in order to have meaning in your work? Have you set aside meaning so you’ll have enough money? Is that necessary? As women business owners, we know that one without the other won’t do; we want both. This session will enable you to:

  • Learn about the importance of both money and meaning to the sustainability of your business
  • Understand how some business owners have found a powerful balance between doing meaningful work and having financial abundance
  • See how balancing money and meaning is critical to your success
  • Discover two key questions to ask yourself to create balance in your M & M’s
  • Walk away with an action you can take to restore your own balance between making money and having meaning in your work

Event Details

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Willow Oaks Country Club

NAWBO Members: $25
Non-members: $30
Walk-ins: Add $5

(Buffet luncheon & program included)

Program Speaker

Ann Deaton img Ann Deaton

Ann earned her PhD in Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin and her coaching certification through the Newfield Network. After working as a clinical psychologist in her first career, Ann began her first business, DaVinci Resources, in 2003 to provide leadership and team development. In 2009, she partnered in co-creating The Bounce Collective leadership development company (Bounce). Ann’s work focuses on developing leaders and teams to bring their best to work and life every day.

Ann was honored in 2009 as the NAWBO Richmond Member of the Year for her work with Plum Cluverius in NAWBO’s signature Executive Dialogue (now MasterMind) program. She is a co-creator of the Extraordinary Women Leaders Program at the Center for Corporate Education at VCU, and the leadership development for Space of Her Own (SOHO), a partnership between Bounce and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond that connects ten women leaders with ten at-risk girls.

Program Sponsor

CommonWealth Concierge

  • Concierge Wealth Management
  • Creating Peace of Mind for Individuals
  • Helping Couples Talk about Money
  • Bringing Financial Harmony to Families

We are not your typical financial advisory practice. We are a couple with backgrounds in finance, law, and psychology who use that combined professional experience to work with you to Discover, Define, and Design your desired financial future. We then help you put your plan into action by harnessing cutting-edge portfolio management. Our goal is for you to live the life that you want to live now and achieve the goals you want to achieve (whether living in a tent and eating canned goods or buying a small island to keep for your own) without undue risk or sacrifice.

Social Media: I Need to Know What I Need to Know!

Monday, October 1st, 2012

OCTOBER LUNCHEON PROGRAM:

Social Media: I Need to Know What I Need to Know!

 

 

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and blogging are all important and valuable marketing outlets.  Social Media has completely changed the way we communicate.
Come learn how to use social media to do what you do at cocktail parties – meet people and build relationships.

Local virtual marketing expert and coach Jeanne Willson, of Markbeech Marketing & Check Your Marketing, will offer tips on how to effectively utilize the top social media marketing outlets to advance your business without spending ALL of your valuable time doing it!

 

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Willow Oaks Country Club


NAWBO Members: $25
Non-members: $30
Walk-ins: Add $5

(Buffet luncheon & program included)

 

 

 

Interested in sponsoring this program?  Click here for more information.

 

WPEO Invites You to a Night of Networking!

Sunday, September 30th, 2012

Join Women Presidents’ Educational Organization (WPEO) for a complimentary informal after-hours gathering!  They will introduce business resources and corporate executives who help women owned businesses grow to the next level. You will meet other business owners who have the capacity to supply services or products to corporate buyers locally, nationally and across the globe.

Wednesday, October 17th
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
200 South 10th Street, Suite 1600 – Richmond, VA, 23219

To register, click here.

Questions can be sent to Sandra Eberhard, Executive Director WPEO DC, at Sandra@womenpresidentsorg.com.

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Feeling entrepreneurial angst? Join a Mastermind Group.

Saturday, September 29th, 2012

When I was working on my MBA, we always did projects in groups – to learn the benefits of collaboration and team work.

For 14 years, I’ve been a solopreneur, forgetting the benefits of teamwork until I joined the NAWBO Richmond Masterminds group. Our mastermind group is made up of ten non-competing women business-owners, united in the purpose of helping each other succeed.

In the four months we have been meeting, I have come to look forward to the two hours each month, during which we help each other deal with and solve our challenges. We had a meeting on Friday that really left me with the conviction that this type of collaboration is invaluable.

The concept of the mastermind group originated in 1937 with Napoleon Hill’s book, Think and Grow Rich.

In her blog, Feel Good Girl, Stephanie Brail offers Hill’s definition of a mastermind as a “coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose.”

She also outlines the benefits:

“1.You have a group of people available to help you succeed.
2. You get the benefit of differing perspectives, input and feedback.
3. Your mastermind team can bring resources and connections to the table you might not have had on
your own.
4. You receive accountability and inspiration from the group, thus enabling you to maintain focus in
achieving your goals.”

Power-PR Point: If you are losing your creativity, feeling all alone against the world, if you need some feedback to determine if your idea or your business plan has merit… get out and find a mastermind group or create one of your own. Some organizations, such as NAWBO Richmond, offer this benefit to members. Some entrepreneurs create their own advisory boards. Usually people are flattered when you ask them for advice.

Take a tip from Stephanie Brail: “However you create a mastermind support system for yourself, consider it an essential part of your success plan.”

Written by NAWBO Richmond Board Member, Polly Elmore, PR Works, LLC
Read this blog post on Polly’s site here.

NAWBO’s Women’s Business Conference 2012

Monday, August 6th, 2012

Business leaders from across the United States and around the world are joining together to START SOMETHING on their own and together at:

NAWBO Women’s Business Conference 2012
October 4 – 5, 2012
Kentucky’s Louisville Marriott Downtown

The power-packed agents and speaker line-up at this public event are designed to help you START SOMETHING to innovate, advocate and accelerate, including:

  • Build  a Strong Personal Brand
  • Work On Your Business, Not In It
  • Use Social Media to Your Advantage
  • Make Public Policy Work for You
  • Take Your Business Global
  • Benefit From a Great Company Culture
  • … and much more!

To learn more and register, follow this link.

Big break for small business!

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

From upgraded equipment to a second location, whatever your dreams are, American Express OPEN and Facebook are teaming up help you make them a reality with a Big Break: $25,000 to grow your business and drive customers to your door, plus a visit from American Express OPEN and Facebook to put it all into action.

You’ll get:

$25,000 to grow your business and drive customers to your door, plus a visit from American Express OPEN and Face for a one-on-one strategy session to put it all into action.

The community will get:

An event for local businesses to meet and learn from American Express OPEN and Facebook.  In addition, American Express Cardmembers will receive a statement credit for shopping at local small businesses one weekend in September.  Details to be announced.

How the Big Break works:

  1. Eligible small business owners are encouraged to enter.
  2. 10 finalists will be selected by a panel of expert judges.
  3. 5 winners will get a Big Break through a community vote.

Submissions:

Submissions will be accepted from 6/19/12–7/13/12. All you have to do is answer three questions and upload a few pictures. Read the submission tips below to ensure you put your best foot forward.

Submission tips:

Want to shine in the judges’ eyes?

  • Show you are committed to growing your small business and giving back to the valuable customers and communities you serve.
  • Be enthusiastic. The judges love to see passion.
  • Go ahead, show off. Let the judges know what a superstar you are.
  • Be clear, concise and honest.
  • After you enter, engage your fans online – the judges are looking for a passionate community.

Prizes:

10 finalists, as determined by judging, will get:

  • A custom video created by American Express OPEN for their use during voting·
  • $2,500 in Facebook ad credits
  • A digital toolkit to help engage their community

5 Big Break Winners, as determined by community voting, will each receive:

  • $25,000 to grow their business and drive customers to your door, plus a visit from American Express OPEN and Facebook for a one-on-one strategy session to put it all into action.

The Big Break Winners’ communities will get:

  • An event for local businesses to meet and learn from American Express OPEN and Facebook. In addition, American Express® Cardmembers will receive a statement credit for shopping at local small businesses one weekend in September. Details to be announced.

Read the official rules here.

This is a Facebook competition, so make sure you log in and follow this link to enter.  Remember to “like” the page first!

Women Who Mean Business Summit

Thursday, June 14th, 2012

Women business owners are thriving, not simply surviving!

Women play a vital role in driving Virginia’s economy. The 2012 Women Who Mean Business Summit will support women’s economic opportunities and foster their success by reducing barriers, providing skill building training and establishing beneficial business networks. Virginia’s leading business women will assemble to learn, engage and thrive.

Join the hundreds of corporate and entrepreneurial women at the 2012 Women Who Mean Business Summit on Thursday, June 28, at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa.

- To register, follow the steps through this link.
- Learn more by watching their video.

SWaMFest VIII

Thursday, June 14th, 2012

Mark your calendars now for SWaMFest VIII!

Join Virginia Association of State College and University Purchasing Professionals (VASCUPP) for the Commonwealth’s premier small business networking and educational event.

SWaMFest features engaging, higher-level workshops, and enables SWaM businesses to interact with and learn from representatives from the nine VASCUPP institutions and VASCUPP’s prime contractors seeking SWaM subcontractors. VASCUPP is comitted to helping Virginia’s small businesses remain strong, vibrant and successful.

Registration opens soon.  Create, or update, your free profile here to receive an e-mail as soon as SWaMFest registration opens.

Event details:
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 – Thursday, October 11, 2012
Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa / Short Pump

*More details to come.