Women’s Exchange of Washtenaw

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This year our second annual conference is called “WXW Forum 2009 – Now We’re Talking.” After feedback at last year’s May conference, WXW attendees told us they wanted “more, more, more!” So this year we’re offering an all-day event. In the morning, we’ll host intensive and interactive 2-hour morning workshops facilitated by amazing local business leaders, who are prepared for your burning business questions. After lunch, we’ll hear from a panel of the region’s leading business women. Then attendees will choose from eight different breakout sessions. And finally we’ll wrap up with a happy hour that includes wine, food, music, and the best networking opportunities in the state.We expect 300 attendees from the Ann Arbor area, Southeast Michigan, and Northeast Ohio.

The full agenda follows. (Oh gals, this is gonna be good!)

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Agenda – Morning Session

9:30 AM – Morning Registration

9:45 AM – Welcome & Intro to Workshops

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM - Workshops

Choose one of the following workshops:

• “Creating & Executing Your Vision” – Eleni Kelakos (Kelakos Enterprises) & Carrie Hensel (Inner Circle Media)

• “Online Social Networking – How to Use Facebook, LinkedIn, and Other Web Tools for Your Business” – Catherine Juon (Pure Visibility) & Marisa Smith (Whole Brain Group)

• “Developing Your Marketing Plan” – Debra Power (Power Marketing) & Rhonda Foxworth (Bank of Ann Arbor)

• “Financial Strategies & Cash Flow Management” – Diane Gilson (Info Plus Accounting)& Mary Hayes (Michigan Commerce Bank)

• “Tactics for Time Management & Productivity” – Beth Stoner (Delta Possibilities) &Tracey Roy Williams (Reinhart Realtors)

• “Leading from the Middle – Learning To Be a Better Leader” – Dolly Bond (Madonna University) & Lynette Cable (Key Bank)

> Click here for descriptions of each workshop

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Light Lunch: Munch & Mingle

Agenda – Afternoon Session

12:30 PM  – Afternoon Registration Begins

1:00 PM – Afternoon Welcome & Intro

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM – Panel of Local Business Leaders

• Debi Scroggins, CEO, Bearclaw Coffee
• Maria Thompson, President of the Government Solutions Group of A123Systems, Inc (formerly T/J Technologies, Inc.)
• Kimberli Cumming, Executive Director, The Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan
• Moderator – Mary Morgan, Publisher of the Ann Arbor Chronicle

> Click here for panel bios

2:15 PM – Break

2:25 PM – 4:15 PM – Breakout Sessions

Choose one of the following sessions:

• Entrepreneurial Leadership – How to work ON the company vs. IN the company
• Team Building – Employee Recruitment and Retention
• Marketing Tactics
• Sales Strategies
• Customer Service & Retention
• Extreme Networking
• Strategic Opportunities For Growing Your Company
• Creating and Communicating a Vision for Your Company

4:30 PM – Wrap Up from Breakouts

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Happy Hour (technically, it’s 2 hours!)

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WXW Background

WXW hosts monthly events for women business owners, entrepreneurs, managers, and aspiring leaders. Each May we host a gigantic conference.  In the first year over 200 people attended this event. They came from the Ann Arbor area, as well as Detroit, southeast Michigan, and Toledo. Through dynamic break out discussions, these attendees really talked about their companies, careers, successes and struggles.

When you attend a WXW event, two things are certain – you will learn a lot and you will make lasting connections. WXW attendees are often surprised at their first event because our format is so unique. Upon occassion, they ask, “But where’s the speaker or panel of experts? ” When we tell them that we rarely have scheduled speakers and instead we have round table discussions where our attendees can really talk about their own experiences in business, they are surprised and intrigued. By the end of their first meeting, most WXW attendees become big fans of the unique format and they understand our tagline first hand – “Now we’re talking…”