Zions Bank Annual Trade & Business Conference – May 23rd

Great Salt Lake Business Expo – May 16-17, 2012

The Great Salt Lake Business Expo, sponsored by the Salt Lake Chamber and other business partners, will be held May 16-17, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, UT.   A Social Media 2.0 Conference will be held on May 16th as part of the Expo.  More information is available at www.slbizexpo.com.

Woman Business Owner of the Year and Rising Star Award Call for Nominations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Woman Business Owner of the Year and Rising Star Award
Call for Nominations

Salt Lake City, Utah – April 13, 2012 – The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Salt Lake City Chapter is soliciting nominations for the 2012 Woman Business Owner of the Year and 2012 Rising Star Awards.

The NAWBO Woman Business Owner of the Year Award is presented annually to a woman who has demonstrated strong leadership skills in growing and managing a successful business that is more than three years old, while also demonstrating those skills in volunteer and civic activities. The NAWBO Rising Star Award is presented annually to a woman business owner who has demonstrated entrepreneurial creativity and determination in successfully managing a business that is less than three years old. Nomination forms are available online, or from the NAWBO office at 801-487-4600. The deadline for nominations is May 5, 2012.

On Wednesday, June 20, NAWBO will host its annual Awards Banquet to celebrate the accomplishments of the award winners and all the talented women business owners in Salt Lake City and surrounding communities. The banquet will be held at Pierpont Place, 163 Pierpont Avenue, Salt Lake City. Additional details regarding the event are available at www.nawboslc.org/events.

About NAWBO
Founded in 1975, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide by strengthening the wealth-creating capacity of our members; promoting economic development within the entrepreneurial community; creating innovative and effective change in the business culture; building strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; transforming public policy and influencing opinion makers.

The Salt Lake City Chapter of NAWBO – one of 80 chapters nationwide – has been providing a strong voice and vision for women entrepreneurs and business owners since 1992, and previously to 1980, when the organization was known as UAWBO.

For more information, please contact:
MaryPat Kavanagh
President, NAWBO/SLC
Email: nawbomarypat@gmail.com
Phone: (877) 716-1469

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Educational Workshop & Mastermind: You Said What?

Understanding Nuances of Body Language, First Impressions & more…
by Lorie Gonzales of Mursener & Associates

Negative first impressions are very difficult to overcome. An individual’s manners and “social skills” are always on display. People do business with individuals they like and companies that meet their needs and don’t offend them.

This presentation will:

· Increase awareness of the importance of professionalism

· Review what it takes to make a great first impression.

· Provide an understanding of body language.

· Discover the importance of your voice and conversation.

· Share the three “power tools” for professionals.

About Lorie Gonzales:Lorie Mursener-Gonzales is the founder of Mursener & Associates, Inc., a training, consulting and coaching firm that focuses on business etiquette, professional presence and communications skills. She has over twenty years of experience working in the communications industry with companies such as AT&T, Lucent Technologies and AVAYA and is a certified communications consultant and etiquette professional. She has helped thousands of individuals and businesses improve their professional image through keynote presentations, customized trainings and individual coaching.

Ready to go paperless – try the Clear & SIMPLE way!

As a business owner, you are inundated with paper and communications. The piles can easily get in the way of being focused and productive. If you have been thinking of going paperless or digital but don’t know where to start, what to do or how to keep it up, help is on the way.

Whether you just want information, are ready to take one step in that direction, or go all the way, Marla Dee will give you the guidance you most need.

1. A simple system to follow
2. The best tools for scanning quickly and effectively
3. How to easily save (and retrieve) the information you need to keep electronically

Marla Dee, President
Clear & SIMPLE, LLC.
Organizing your home, office, paper, space and time frees you to be available for the things
that mean the most in your life. Providing the support, training and tools for this transformative
process is Marla’s passion. Marla strongly believes that focusing on the gifts of clutter clearing
and organizing can be empowering to the individual or business and positively motivate
change.

Marla is a well known speaker and trainer. She has incredible enthusiasm for organizing and is
passionate about making it FUN & Simple! Marla believes organizing is a skill that many people
have never been taught. Therefore, she teaches the Clear & Simple™ Systems that identify
where to start, what to do and how to keep it up.

Marla is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, NAWBO, and the
International Feng Shui Guild. She is past president of the Utah Association of Professional
Organizers. Marla has appeared on KIQ and KSL talk radio, KUTV Channel 2, KSL Channel 5,
Channel $ “Good Things Utah”, Salt Lake Tribune “Fall” and “Spring” Home Shows, Barnes &
Noble, Wild Oats and others. She is a popular key note speaker, trainer and consultant. Marla is
the creator of The Professional Organizer Training Program and is the author of “Get Organized,
The Clear & SIMPLE Way” and “The Simple Life.

March Membership Drive Mixer

Our special mixer will be held on March 28th, rather than the 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Please come and bring your friends who might be interested in learning more about NAWBO. The mixer offers valuable networking opportunities, a chance to win great prizes and a fun time.

Location: Market Street Oyster Bar – Cottonwood Heights

Cost: No charge for members or guests.

Incentive: Members who bring guests receive a $5 credit per guest to use on any upcoming NAWBO event. New Members (who sign-up by April 30) receive $25 the off membership price PLUS a $10 credit to use on any upcoming NAWBO event.

SBA Regional Advocacy for Small Business Roundtable

Small Business Administration
Regional Advocacy for Small Business Roundtable

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
10:00 am— 11:00 am
SBA Office
125 South State Street
Large Conference Room 2222
Salt Lake City, UT 84138

John W. Hart, Regional Advocate, Region VIII

*Advocacy and regulatory reform

*State profile release

*Business surveys

*RFA update—$11 billion in regulatory savings for small business

For additional information, please contact
SBA’s Utah District Office
Georgia Yoshida at (801) 524-3217 or
Steve Price at (801) 524-3215
Please RSVP by
Thursday, February February 23, 2012
(801) 524-3217 or (801) 524-3215

February 2012 SBA News

Click HERE to view the February 2012 SBA Newsletter

Girl Scouts of Utah Presents International Women’s Day 2012 Celebration

Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Complex Event Center

536 West 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah

from six to nine o’clock in the evening

Join us for hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, signature Girl Scout cookie desserts, entertainment and a fantastic
silent auction as we celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouting, and honor the achievements of women in Utah
and around the world.

2012 Distinguished Alumnae Award
Mary Nickles, of KUTV 2

Proceeds benefit Girl Scouts of Utah

Click HERE to register online or for more information.

Please respond by March 2, 2012

Cocktail Attire

Sabina Zunguze-Member Spotlight

Sabina Zunguze is the owner of Beautiful Options USA (dba A Gift To Africa), a company that promotes and markets fine art and crafts handmade by poor and rural women of Africa. Sabina, who is originally from Zimbabwe, was brought up by a single mother who sacrificed everything to get her through school. The memories of her up-bringing and experiences she attained through her residences in Africa, Asia and Europe, have inspired her to play a part in addressing the plight of poor African women and to promote fair-trade with artisans in African countries. She’s traveled to South Africa since 2006 at the invitation of the South African Government, as an international business/consultant, to meet with numerous rural women’s groups and advise them on how to promote their crafts in the USA. At the invitation of the South Africa Embassy in Washington DC, she has been one of the distinguished exhibitors at the 2008 Celebration of the Centennial of Washington National Cathedral and the Republic of South Africa. Sabina is a recipient of the 2006 Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce Pathfinder Award and was recognized as a Woman of Global Change in November 2011.

Sabina also manages Basa Body LLC, a local company that manufactures coconut based natural skin care products made with organic ingredients, with raw coconut from farms that are operated by Kenyan women. Basa Body, named after the women of Mombasa, Kenya where the coconut oil is produced, is a social for-profit company created to help the women grow their business,  tell their story and create economic opportunities for them so they can pull themselves out of poverty.

Sabina is passionate about moving women out of poverty. In addition to her business endeavors, she also operates Art Forms, a program that helps refugee women in the Salt Lake City area gain skills so that they can attain better jobs or start their own enterprises. Sabina takes on leadership volunteer roles in which she can advocate for women and children. She has been a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah, American Cancer Society Legislative Board, Utah Coalition Against Sexual       Abuse (UCASA), Harm Reduction Project and the YWCA. She’s presently a board member of the Whale Center International and Salt Lake City’s Human Rights Council.

Sabina has a Bachelors degree in Business and Statistics from the University of Poona in India (and University of Singapore) and a Masters degree in Economic and Social Statistics from George Washington University, Washington DC. She has worked as an economic statistician in Africa and the USA and in a leadership position in Ohio, Georgia and Utah in Behavioral Health research and information systems. She has also consulted with the Federal government on Substance Abuse information systems. Sabina is married with 2 adult boys and a miracle set of 15 year old twins who are two-weeks apart.

What Sabina claims sets her businesses apart, is that her relationship with the women artisans remains purely a business relationship. She explained, “We do not compromise our quality, deadlines, product offerings, etc. for any reason, though at the same time we respect each others’ differences in cultures and environments.”

When asked what she intends to get from NAWBO membership, Sabina replied, “I wish to connect with other women business owners, learn as much as I can about what keeps them going and also what challenges and opportunities they have encountered. I also joined to gain friendships and great networking. I wish to offer my hand to the organization as much as I can – to eventually serve on a committee.”

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