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UPCOMING SPEAKERS AND EVENTS

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July 6, 2005 Luncheon

Eve Abbott
People Productivity Expert

Overcoming Information Overload

Since 1988, Eve Abbott has taught thousands of clients—corporations, non-profits, government agencies, small businesses, and countless individuals— how to work at least twenty-five percent more effectively through her programs and consultations.

Ms. Abbott is the author of How to Do Space Age Work with a Stone Age Brain™ (2005).
She took her degree in Sociology and Psychology from the University of California
and holds a Lifetime Adult Teaching Credential.

The Organizer Extraordinaire appears in New York Times, Working Woman and Home Office Computing articles. Her clients range from Hewlett Packard to S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and Alameda County as well as countless business owners.

"My personal mission is saving every working person in America an hour a day so they have more time for life.

"My professional objective is returning the 12% of productivity wasted from information overload to your enterprise's' profit margin. Please call on me when you are ready to increase your personal and professional profit margin."
Eve

Eve Abbott has been a member of the Board of the Institute for Management Consultants, Northern California chapter for four years. She coordinates the IMC-NorCal Speakers Bureau.

September 7, 2005

Annual Business Expo

SWN's HOLLYWOOD EXPO!
Starring the Best in the Biz!

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October 5, 2005 Luncheon

Francine Ward, JD

Back By Popular Demand!
At the age of 18, Francine was a high school drop-out attleing drug and alcohol addiction. A few years later, she was struck by a car and told she would never walk again. Flash forward two decades and meet a very different Francine Ward: Georgetown Law School graduate, author, marathon runner, successful businessworman, tireless community leader.

Francine Ward is an attorney and author of Esteemable Acts: 10 Actions for Building Real Self-Esteem. She is president and CEO of Compliance, Inc., a training and consulting firm specializing in copyrights, trademarks, and employment law issues. She also serves on the board of several non-profits.

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November 2, 2005 Luncheon Julius Henderson Information Pending Julius Henderson's information is on the way! (back to top)

December 7, 2005 Passion for Fashion SWN's Annual Fashion Show (back to top)

2006

January 4, 2006 Annual Business Meeting and Biz Bucks Boutique On January 4 SWN elects directors and takes care of business at the annual business meeting. SWN will also present the most fabulous Biz Bucks Boutique in our history! What is the Biz Bucks Boutique? It's another fun and effective member benefit that encourages members to do business with one another. All year long members who do business with participating members collect "Biz Bucks" - SWN script. This script is saved and spent in January at the Boutique. We gather merchandise throughout the year. We set up the BB Boutique right in the Radisson ballroom (where our monthly meetings are held) and members shop before and after the luncheon meeting. The Biz Bucks committee has assembled an amazing array of merchandise this year. It's going to be something to see! (back to top)

What would you do?

Have you ever daydreamed about taking a risk but felt paralyzed by fear? Can you imagine finding your dream home, embracing a career you love, or simply taking time off to travel the world? In What Would You Do If Had No Fear, Diane presents stories of men and women who break through their fears to fulfill their lifelong dreams. Humorous, touching, and real, this moving collection will help you turn "if only" and "I wish" into "I can" and "I will," and inspire you to take a leap of faith and truly live.

Diane Conway is a self-described "do over" queen and survivor, riddled with fears who lives her dreams anyway. A speaker, author, and popular stand-up comic, she lives on a houseboat with her husband in Sausalito, California.

Diane is available for workshops, retreats, and as a keynote speaker. Audiences love her witty and inspiring programs, and in addition to speaking at conventions and conferences, Diane's one-woman show had 'em rolling in the aisles in comedy clubs from Vegas to Nashville.


Keynotes and classes to-date have included:

What Would You Do If You Had No Fear?
Living your dreams while quakin’ in your boots

Life Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously

The Fairy Godmother’s Guide to Dating and Mating at Any Age

Write That Book Now!



Dynamic speaker and funny lady Diane Conway is the author of two books:


What Would You Do If You Had No Fear?
Living your dreams while quakin’ in your boots!

The Fairy Godmother’s Guide to Dating and Mating


Raves

"Funny, positive, upbeat."
San Francisco Chronicle

"You are an absolute delight! It is always wonderful to have guests that know how to talk."
Joan Rivers

"Conway is one of today’s funny women."
The Tennessean

"By far the most entertaining thing on TV all week."
The Sunday Express, London

"You were absolutely outstanding!"
City Clerks of California

"You are truly a great speaker and entertainer!"
California Women’s Conference

"Your wisdom and humor are entertaining and enlightening."
UCLA School of Medicine

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Peggy Klaus

author of

"For most people being a self-advocate is about as comfortable as having a root canal," notes Peggy Klaus, author of a new book called BRAG! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It. (available in hardcover and paperback from Warner Books). A top Fortune 500 communication and leadership coach, Klaus has taught thousands of professionals the art of bragging with style and grace. Now, through her book and popular BRAG! workshops and parties, she is teaching anyone how to brag—and get away with it.

President of Klaus & Associates in Berkeley, CA, Klaus is a much in-demand consultant who has spent nearly a decade advising some of America's top Fortune 500 executives in the art of self-presentation and promotion. She reaches thousands of professionals a year through speaking, coaching, and workshops for leading organizations including Levi Strauss, Disney, JP Morgan Chase, General Mills, NAFE, Count Me In, 100 Women in Hedge Funds, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Association, among others. Her colorful and frank advice is frequently sought out by journalists, and she has been featured and quoted extensively in a wide range of media including ABC's 20/20, NBC's Today, CNN, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Glamour, Working Mother, and Family Circle, among others.

Also well regarded in higher education, Klaus has lectured on communication to students and educators at the University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business and School of Public Health & Sciences. Most recently, she has served as a lecturer at Wharton’s Executive MBA Program. She has also mentored and presented to teens on communication, self-promotion and leadership issues through the prominent Young Women’s Leadership School and Foundation in Manhattan, Professional Business Women of California (PBWC) and The CrossRoads Foundation/Backyard Project.

BRAG! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It By Peggy Klaus

The truth is, brag is not a "four letter" word. In fact, in today's competitive business world, bragging is a necessity - not a choice. Remaining quiet about yourself or, worse, downplaying your successes leads to being underappreciated, or even allowing others to take credit for your achievements. Peggy Klaus, a top Fortune 500 communication and leadership coach, has taught thousands of business executives the art of bragging with style and grace. Now, she's developed a program to teach anyone how to brag - and to get away with it.

In BRAG! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It (Warner Business Books), Peggy Klaus, a top communication and leadership coach, introduces the most effective ways to sell our best asset - ourselves - without turning off those we're trying to impress. Klaus' proven techniques help readers overcome the common misperceptions of bragging to sell themselves without feeling or sounding like a walking billboard. "People either avoid bragging at all costs because they don't know how to do it gracefully, or they attempt to sell themselves like a PowerPoint presentation, making those on the receiving end want to hide," Klaus writes. Filled with personal and professional self-promotion dilemmas and solutions, BRAG! teaches readers how to put their best foot forward - while keeping it out of their mouths!

We've all met them - those shameless self-promoters. A boss, a co-worker, a neighbor, a guy at a cocktail party, or the kid at the playground everyone remembers. The ones who elbow their way in, reminding us that they're working harder, they're more accomplished, and downright better than us. To add insult to injury, they are the people who get ahead. In BRAG!, Klaus instructs readers how to shape and tell their own life stories in a way that ingratiates instead of grates. Based on years of experience showing Fortune 500 executives how to toot their own horns, these strategies are designed to work for everyone from CEOs to interns, from writers pitching their latest masterpiece to job interviewees pitching themselves. The result: better jobs, more pay, and, best of all, a genuine sense of self-worth.

* Bragging Myths: Including "A job well-done speaks for itself," "Good girls don't brag," "Humility gets you noticed," and "I don't have to brag; others will do it for me."

* The "Take 12" Questionnaire: A self-evaluation tool keyed to helping readers unearth their personal and professional history, identify their strengths, and zero in on what makes them who they really are
* Techno Brag: How to use the latest technology to further one's cause, e.g., harnessing voice mail and e-mail for bragging to clients and colleagues

* Bragging Outside the Office: Tips for those without "real" jobs - those taking time off to care for children, the semi-retired, and laid off workers

* Interview Bragging: The art of turning job interviews into job offers * "Brag Nags": Key communication techniques that make for more dynamic bragging in any situation

The advice in BRAG! comes from Klaus' personal and professional experiences. When she first went to Hollywood to interview for jobs in the entertainment industry, she quickly discovered she was lousy at talking about herself and her accomplishments. Like many, after years of being told by her parents, 'Don't talk about yourself, people won't like you,' she was self-deprecating with little confidence or bravado. Eventually, she figured out how to overcome her self-doubt: she put together a "bragologue," a litany of her own accomplishments that evolved into the Peggy Klaus Story, to be delivered with the kind of enthusiasm reserved for the telling of some grand adventure.

As Klaus explains, bragging is an art, an individual form of self-expression and communication that, once mastered, is the key to opening doors. By learning and applying the techniques in BRAG!,readers will see bragging in an entirely new light, and discover new ways to sell themselves that won't set them back, but set them free.

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Date to be Assigned

Fran Zone,
Creator of the Zone Method™

Fran Zone is CEO of San Francisco-based Zone Communication and the creator of The Zone
Method™, a proven process for getting desired outcomes, developing leadership style, and leveraging what is assumed of you. A nationally recognized keynote speaker, leadership communication expert, and executive coach, Fran addresses more than 30,000 professionals annually via business conferences, communication workshops leadership seminars and message-strategy sessions. She is also an invitee of Fortune Magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in Business Summit.” Zone clients include White House staff; Dolby; Genentech; Merrill Lynch; NASCAR; NBC Olympics; and Time Inc.

Fran’s talent for applying strategic communication has been utilized in award-winning Broadway promotions, Emmy-winning television and radio production, television casting, magazine launches and promotion, international events, and national public information campaigns. Her passion for ‘media that makes a difference’ caught the attention of ABC-TV, who recruited her to orchestrate a national, multi-medium, information campaign on sexual harassment. As executive director, Fran secured alliances with sponsors that included Chrysler Corp., the American Assn. of Advertising Agencies and Hearst Magazines.

Fran has taught at UC Berkeley and created a media scholarship at the University of Texas. The John Mack Carter Scholarship, named in honor of the magazine icon, is a graduate-level award for women committed to creating ‘media that makes a difference.’ Fran is a recipient of the Headliner of the Year Award, a national honor for lifetime achievement in the field of communication. Other winners include John Quinn, editor-in-chief of USA Today, and legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas.
All Zone Method™ programs, seminars, products and tools are produced and distributed by Zone Communication (www.zoneme.com).

CLIENTS INCLUDE:

AAAA (American Association of Advertising Agencies)	NBC Olympics	PBS
Penguin Putnam Publishing	AT&T	ABC Inc./Capital Cities
Boeing	PeopleSoft	Saatchi & Saatchi
CourtTV	ChevronTexaco	SBC
Del Monte Foods	Sony Style, Sony Pictures	Southern California Edison
Dolby Laboratories	State Farm Insurance Co.	Frederick’s of Hollywood
Time Inc.	Genentech Inc.	Business 2.0 Magazine
Greater Bay Bancorp	Fortune/Money Group	GSD&M Advertising
InStyle Magazine	Hearst Magazines Enterprises	People Magazine
Johnson & Johnson Companies	Universal Television	Adv. Sterilization Products
Vatican Representatives	BioSense Webster	The Pope’s 1987 U.S. Visit
DePuy AcroMed	Venture Strategy Partners	Kaiser Permanente
White House Staff	Los Angeles Police Dept.	W.R. Hambrecht + Co.
Merrill Lynch	Young & Rubicam	NASCAR

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