We will honor the nominees and winners for the following awards.
HEW Award Nominees
2013 Best Business Woman of Pittsburgh
Community Service Award presented by WSBA
2013 WSBA Business Woman of the Year
In an effort to support small and start-up businesses in the Greater Pittsburgh area, the WSBA extends opportunities to local professionals for direct participation in its annual conference.
General and sponsorship questions, and queries about speaker and panelist engagements can be directed to WSBAfounder@gmail.com
We look forward to another successful event in 2013!
This event is sponsored by Pittsburgh Business Times
Supporting Sponsors
Join us for a day full of education, professional development and networking opportunities for local entrepreneurs. This year's event is specially formatted to provide something for everyone in business!
This event also hosts our signature Extraordinary Women Awards Luncheon.
SPECIAL OFFER TO ALL THAT ATTEND!
Did you know Google owns You Tube? Hint: Google loves Video. Are you considering online video to brand and market your image, products or services?
Fran Treloar from Wild West Online Productions and a professional videographer will be offering a 1-minute or longer high-quality video for your business. This video can be placed on your website, social media platforms or in emails/newsletters. Scripting help will be available, but come prepared to talk about your business: Your Name, company name & location, services you provide, a call to action and a big SMILE.
Pricing: For conference attendees only - $97 ($297 value) – included in price will be creation of a You Tube channel, placement of the video file on You Tube, description of your business & key words.
Here is a sample recording:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_xGJyNeco4
9:00 - 9:50 am: Registration/Networking
10:00 - 10:35 am: "Share Valuable Content Quickly & Easily"
presented by Cindy Rack, Social Voice Marketing, LLC.
Some of us blog. Some of us don't. Regardless, we still need to improve our On-Line Exposure in a way that helps us be known as an expert in field without consuming all our time. Mindmapping is a great tool to plan any type of business strategy. It is a graphical representation of your thoughts that can be created using pencil and paper or computer app's. While Mindmapping is great fro many types of strategies, we will be focusing on Creating a Strategy to share Valuable Content On-Line whether you blog or not in just a few minutes a day.
10:45 - 11:20 am: "Alternative Sources for Funding"
Presented by Vernard Alexander, The Minority Networking Exchange
We’re all familiar with tradition lending (Banks/S.B.A.) for Small Businesses. You will learn about the local and national organizations that provide funding and technical assistance for non profits, start ups and existing businesses. In addition, we will spend time discussing bootstrapping methods and how to obtain funding through your existing network. Everyone will receive a copy of the presentation with the links to all the resources.
11:30 - 12:45 pm: Honoring Extraordinary Women Awards Luncheon
Nomination form. Deadline is March 21, 2013
We will honor the nominees and winners for the following awards.
12:55 - 1:30 pm: Keynote Speaker:
JJ DiGeronimo
Executive, Author,
Entrepreneur, Wife & Mother
A Successful Woman's Guide: Work, Life, Schedules & Joy
Are you one of the 92%* of working women who say they feel overwhelmed by their professional and personal responsibilities?
Sound familiar? Join the hundreds of women that rediscovered their purpose compass after reading The Working Woman’s GPS.This easy-to-use guide will help you define your own roadmap to getting from where you are now to where you need to go!.
The Working Woman’s GPS will teach you:
1:40 - 2:15 pm: "Creating Your Life/Work Balance"
Presented by Laura Cooks, Your Bloom Wellness
This interactive presentation will encourage participants to use a worksheet to cleary describe their ideal work/life balance, and compare it to their current state. The content includes information and research on stress management, gratitude, benefits of living in balance and logistics of making lifestyle changes. Concrete steps for applying the info will be discussed.
2:25 - 3:00 pm: Panel Discussion with Q & A
"Obtaining and retaining customers with good customer service"
Our panel of experts will make themselves available for your questions, and offer valuable information on the benefits of good customer service. They will also offer tips for providing good customer service for the purpose of customer retention.
Event Registration and Payment
Be sure to complete payment during registration to secure the WSBA Premier Member and Non-Member discounted rates. Register Now!