The Matrix

“Connections -- Catching Fire”

The Matrix is where ideas, possibilities and new relationships intersect to create winning connections. Please join us for a day of exponential opportunity, education and enlightenment.

The National Women’s In Network is growing and we want to solidify our values and connection to one another by bringing together our chapters, members and women of the tri-state area to share and grow professionally and personally.

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Event Agenda and Workshop Schedule

Matrix Workshop Synopses & Instructor Bios

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is the Matrix?
The Matrix is where ideas, possibilities and new relationships intersect to create winning connections.  Our agenda aims to offer a day of exponential opportunity, education and enlightenment.
The National Women’s In Network is growing and we want to solidify our values and connection to one another by bringing together our chapters, members and women of the tri-state area to share and grow professionally and personally.

Who can come?
Any professional or entrepreneurial woman - age18 to 100 plus - who wishes to connect with like minds for balance, professional and personal growth.

Why should I go?
To be part of The National Women’s In Network, an organization that fosters winning connections and a sense of well being through professional and personal balance.  By providing an environment that is supportive and where women can be themselves, new relationships and connections emerge, offering exponential professional and personal growth opportunities. 

How do I register?
Click on the following link The Matrix Registration Form , print the form and mail it with your registration payment to the address indicated.

How much is it?
The registration fee for the full day event, including lunch is $149 for non-members and $74.50 (half price) for current NWIN members.
The registration fee is half price for NWIN members and NWIN is currently offering half price memberships for a limited time. 
Half price membership + half price registration = $187 Savings!

Is this meeting only for women who are in business?
No, if you are a professional, such as an attorney, insurance broker, accountant, etc., this is an ideal way for you to network with women who may use your services.

 I have a job, but am unsure what I would like to do.  Is this the right group and event for me?
Absolutely!  We aim to provide a balanced content framework, which considers women who are in the early stages of their career journey.  By meeting and connecting with different women, you automatically increase your potential success by meeting someone who may either inspire you or hire you!

If I want to split the cost of a room, can NWIN facilitate a room share for me?
We can address requests, such as this, on a case-by-case basis.  Please reach out to Tara Diefenbach with inquiries: tara@nationalwomensinnetwork.com

How do I get there?
The Thayer Hotel is located at 674 Thayer Road, West Point, New York 10996.   Directions can be found on www.mapquest.com. 

What is the dress code?
The preferred dress code is business casual – we trust your judgement.
 

Event Agenda and Workshop Schedule

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Matrix Workshop Synopses & Instructor Bios

Your Business -- Kicking it up a notch!

Presented by Lisa Kaslyn, Kashen Communications

OK, you’ve done it, you’re in business – now what!?!  Lisa will share advice and strategies to help you generate awareness for yourself and your business.  Using marketing and PR, you can kick your business up a notch and start thinking and positioning yourself as an expert!

 

Successfully Self Employed

Presented by Lisa Montanaro, Certified Professional Organizer, Business & Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, owner of LM Organizing Solutions, LLCSM

Learn how to start a business from the ground-up.  This workshop covers setting goals for a new business, choosing a business entity, drafting a business plan, and creating a marketing and networking strategy.  If you have always wanted to be an entrepreneur, this workshop is for you!  Learn how to join the ranks of the successfully self-employed.

Lisa created LM Organizing Solutions, LLC in 2002 to share her skills by assisting individuals and businesses in achieving their goals, and improving their home and work environments.  Due to Lisa’s varied background, she is able to offer creative solutions with nuts-and-bolts practicality.  Professional organizing, coaching, and speaking allow Lisa to combine her lifelong passion for creating order with her skills gained as a lawyer, educator, and performer.  With a BA in Psychology, Speech, and Political Science from Hofstra University, and a JD magna cum laude from Pace University School of Law, Lisa is skillful at asking questions in a non-judgmental manner that help people find the answers to create a system tailored to their individual needs.

Lisa is an inaugural Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®), having achieved this distinction by completing a rigorous course of study of organizing and related topics, and taking and passing the inaugural CPO® exam in 2007.  Lisa is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and its Golden Circle, reserved for organizers that have been in business for 5 years or more.  Lisa is also a member of the National Speakers Association, the premiere organization for professional speakers.  At the local level, LM Organizing Solutions, LLC is an active member of the Greater Hudson Valley NAPO Neighborhood, the National Women’s In Network, and the Orange County and Warwick Valley Chambers of Commerce.  She had the honor of receiving the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award for Orange County in 2007.

 

Simple Steps to Transform Fear to Power

Presented by Sheila Pearl, NWIN Educational Director

Whether in our personal or professional arenas, we all have fears that stop us! Using some of the action steps and attitude shifts outlined in her new book, BEING GODDESS POWER, Sheila shares simple tools for replacing our fears with our power.  By shifting our thoughts, the way we often talk to ourselves, and our attitudes about what is possible, Sheila offers hands-on guidance for accessing our inner power to transform those fears which often stop us from pursuing our dreams and living the life we love.

 

Six Steps to a Secure Retirement

Presented by Shebna Olsen, Wachovia Securities

We all have goals in life-providing for our families, educating our children or grandchildren, retiring comfortably or leaving a legacy for future generations… But there are always nagging questions: Will I have enough money to do the things I want? How can I tell whether I’m making a progress toward my goals? And if I’m not, what can I do? Am I compromising my current lifestyle? Am I taking on too much risk? Shebna Olsen, will walk you step by step through these questions and more-suggesting ideas to help you create a truly successful and secure retirement.

Shebna Olsen is a financial advisor, Vice President-Investments with Wachovia Securities and has been advising clients on their financial decisions for over 12 years. She has her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Columbia University and will be attaining her Master degree concentrating on International Finance and Management in May of 2008 from Columbia University. She is the District Leader for National Women’s In Network Westchester County Chapter. She has worked as Region Treasurer and as President of Westchester/Rockland Association of National Association of Professional Mortgage Women. She will be presenting Six Steps to a Secure Retirement at the National Educational Conference of National Association of Professional Mortgage Women in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 22nd. In December of 2007, she has presented the findings of her team from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University on the Sub-prime and Real Estate Crisis, Effects on Bankruptcy to key members of Congressional Research Service in Washington, D.C. in December of 2007. She helps her clients achieve their financial goals by advocating a disciplined, long-term investment outlook. She regularly speaks on setting and working towards goals such as sending children to college, saving on taxes, retiring in comfort and providing for long term care.

 

Improving Sales and Enjoying the Process

Presented by Danielle Gowen, Weather To Succeed, Inc.

If you own a business or work in a business that generates revenue, you are either directly or indirectly a catalyst in the sales process. Most people are uncomfortable selling – discover why, so you can recognize and overcome obstacles. In this workshop you will be briefly introduced to a formal six step selling process. We will discuss prospecting and follow-up in more detail. One aspect of the sales process called the “sales funnel” will be a focal point. Learn and realize the simplicity and yet the power of your sales funnel. The workshop will be delivered in an interactive hands-on style.

Danielle Gowen has over 20 years experience in bookkeeping, office services, and office management for various industries. She then worked in the Information Technology (IT) industry for 16 years doing everything from building and maintaining computers, designing business solutions, developing and implementing help desks / support centers, and spent 9 years as an IT Service and Support Manager. Her emphasis during the IT years was in efficiency and effectiveness through process improvement. Since 1993, she delivered instruction for computer software/technology and soft skills areas such as; communications, teamwork, problem solving, and process improvement. Since 2005 to the present, she travels the U.S. extensively delivering IT industry best practice certification training. She holds the prestigious expert certification in this discipline, ITSM/ITIL Manager’s Certificate (Information Technology Service Management / Infrastructure Library).

Danielle remains highly pro-active about her own professional development. Her passion for moving organizations and people to higher levels of productivity/performance and meeting a challenge head on were the inspiration for establishing her training and development company, Weather To Succeed, Inc. She is confident, dynamic, energetic, and insightful which fosters a working relationship with her clients, conducive to meeting their expectations and delivering positive results. Her diversified life and career experiences have afforded her a sound understanding of the many challenges facing people in life, career, and business today. Her reward is founded in the empowerment she transfers to her clients that contributes to their personal and professional success.

 

 

Energy 24/7- 10 Ways to Boost Your Energy Everyday

Presented by Andrea Ramirez, Soulterra Holistic

Andrea presents a great introductory workshop that gives a general understanding of how to use food and other nourishment to increase your energy, increase your well-being and motivate you to live a fuller life.

Andrea Ramirez of Soulterra Holistic is a Holistic Health Counselor certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and Columbia University, Teachers College. After moving from Columbia to the US in 1999, Andrea developed chronic fatigue as well as digestive and allergy issues that made her question her newly adopted Standard American Diet (SAD). She returned to her mother’s teachings of using food as medicine and began taking responsibility for her own health to regain balance and energy. Later, she attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition where she studied numerous Eastern and Western approaches to nutrition and learned to implement holistic pathways to health. Andrea uses her knowledge to inspire others to lead healthier lives through education and counseling.

Andrea helps women create highly effective nutrition and health programs. Her counseling style is fresh and funny with a deep respect for her client’s intelligence, with whom she “teams up” to find real, effective, lifelong solutions. Her clients especially enjoy Andrea’s spiritual and compassionate approach to counseling and her cooking lessons- simple and time saving. She is a founding member of the Beacon Healing Collective, where her private practice is based and lectures frequently around the Hudson Valley.

 

NWIN Winner’s Circles: The Power of Intimate Connections

Presented by Ruth Landstrom, PhD

NWIN Winners Circle: an intimate group of NWIN members with complementary strengths who meet regularly to support each other in personal and business growth. In this workshop, we will discuss what Winners Circles are and how to set them up in your chapter.  For part of the time, participants will split up into Winners Circles, so that everybody can get a first-hand experience of the power of these small groups.

Ruth Landstrom, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and life coach, with offices in New York City and Warwick, New York.   For more about Ruth, go to her website, www.hereandnowcoaching.com. 

 

Organizing 101- Superwoman is a Myth

Presented by Cynthia Marsh Croll, Professional Organizer

Come join us for a discussion about practical organizing techniques that will help reduce your stress, increase your productivity and get you on the path to balance.  We examine where you are going, how you get there and being effective along the way.  Join Cynthia Marsh-Croll at her workshop and improve your quality of life today.

Professional organizer Cynthia Marsh-Croll relocated from central New Jersey to Orange County ten years ago.  She is a mother, step-mother, wife and business owner of Croll Organizing, LLC located in Westtown, New York.  Ms. Marsh-Croll has sixteen years experience in multiple business settings including operating her own business.  Ms. Marsh-Croll is also a Magna Cum Lauda graduate of Kean College in Union, New Jersey.  She has worked with professionals from the mortgage, insurance, legal and financial industries to name a few.  Ms. Marsh-Croll is passionate about educating fellow business owners and employees on how they can be more efficient, effective and productive at work through private consultations and seminars.  “I love what I do.  There is nothing more rewarding than having a client get the “AHA” moment and use what I have taught them to improve their work environment and their lives.”  Ms. Marsh-Croll is district leader of the National Women’s In Network Orange Evening Chapter and a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, Orange County Chamber of Commerce and the Broome Street Band.  Come join Cynthia at her seminar and see how Ms. Marsh-Croll can help you today.  For more information about Croll Organizing, LLC please visit the website at www.crollorganizing.com.

DETER, DETECT & DEFEND! Identity Theft workshop

Presented by Jacklyn Osborne, UBS Security Specialist

Every year millions of Americans become victims of identity theft, suffering losses that total tens of billions of dollars.  This workshop is presented by Jacklyn Osborne, UBS Security Specialist.  Jacklyn has her Masters in Engineering Management, specializing in Emergency/Crisis and Risk Management.  She has presented this workshop to several corporations and organizations including Eastern Planning, Inc. and RBWN (Rockland Business Women’s’ Network) Learn from an expert how to “Deter, Detect, and Defend” your identity.

 MAKE IT HAPPEN: A Roadmap to Your Financial Goals

Presented by Beth Blecker, CEO Eastern Planning, Inc.

The "Make It Happen" Workshop is about financial goals-- setting them, planning for them and most importantly, realizing them.  When you complete this workshop you will have the tools to develop a detailed financial roadmap of where you are now, where you are going, and how you will get there.

As the CEO of Eastern Planning, Inc., Beth Blecker has been assisting senior investors for the last 13 years. Ms. Blecker started her career as an accountant for a local CPA firm 26 years ago and became Vice President in 1995. In 2000, she moved into her current role implementing the practice of providing a superior level of face-to-face customer service, coupled with honest and practical advice.  Beth is a credentialed Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) specializing in educating near retirees on the importance of proper and proactive financial management.
Beth has lectured widely on financial topics at Rockland Community College, Ramapo College and Marymount College.  She currently hosts the weekly internet radio show, “Taking Control: Financial Independence for Women” and is actively involved in educating women in finances.  Her goal is to promote Financial Literacy for Women and offers "For Women Only Investment Workshop".   For more information call 845-627-8300 or 1-877-914-1212.

 

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