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Pow.wow: Running your business = productivity tools

When: Tuesday, May 14th

Time: 5:30-8pm

Where: Noise 13, 1616 16th street, 3rd floor, San Francisco

Tickets: Free for Premium Members, $10 for Basic members, $15 for guests

We are all busy people so the more time we can save with a few tool or tips is always helpful. We’ll review a few of the top apps and online tools as well as discuss what all of you use to save time. Time to run your business more efficently ladies!

If you have a few pain points that you’d like to be sure are covered please let us know in advance so we have time to find the answers.

Refreshments will be provided, including the new Luna Fiber bars (vanila blueberry) yum.

A few things to check out before the event:
www.box.com
www.mint.com
www.dropbox.com
evernote.com
www.webex.com
squareup.com
Zirtual.com

Pow.wow: June Networking Night

Join the ladies of Pow.wow for a few hours of networking. We will be confirming our location and topic of discussion shortly but save the date and we’ll see you there.

Pow.wow: Finance & Investing

When: Tuesday, April 9th

Time: 6-8pm

Where: Noise 13, 1616 16th street, 3rd floor, San Francisco

Tickets: Free for Premium Members, $10 for Basic members, $20 for guests

Join Pow.wow with Kristin Bartlow, CFP, CLU and Terra Lee with Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, who will be presenting on the “Keys to Building a Disciplined Investment Strategy”. They will be talking through the following topics: investing basics, setting goals, risk management, diversification & asset allocation, risk tolerance and taxes.

You will walk away from this session with a basic understanding of investments and some strategies to help you make sound financial decisions for yourselves and your businesses.

Please feel free to email any questions or topics that you want Kristin and Terra to include in their presentation to kristin.bartlow@nmfn.com

Pow.wow networking night at Alibi

When: Tuesday, March 12

Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

Where: Alibi, 142 Minna St. SF

RSVP HERE

Join the ladies of Pow.wow for a happy hour & networking at Alibi, an upscale new lounge nested on Minna off New Montgomery and 3rd. Brick and cement loft highlights and a Taco Tuesday happy hour with delicious shrimp tacos set the scene for great networking! Come by for a drink or just to mingle and make connections.

Free for all members. $10 for guests. Everyone is welcome.

Cash Bar.

RSVP required.

Pow.wow: Leadership & Management = Being the Expert

Date: Tuesday Feb. 12

Time: 5:30-8:00 pm

Location: Noise 13′s office, 1616 16th st., 3rd floor, SF

Cost: Free for Premium Members, $10 for Basic members, $20 for guests

Join Pow.wow and writer Kathleen Gunthire Woods, for a discussion on having, writing, and promoting your blog (and other outlets for your expertise).  Each of you are experts in something that you do. It might already be part of your business, or it might about pursuing a passion in your free time. Do your clients know what you are an expert in? How do you tell them? If you have a blog or write for another site, does anyone read your articlces other than you and you mom?

This is a roundtable chat lead by Katheleen. Bring your ideas, questions, and the url of your blog!

Refreshments will be avaialble while we network from 5:30-6:00. Chat begins at 6:00 pm

Pow.wow: Double networking with NAPWSF

Wednesday, Jan. 16th
6:00-8:30 pm
Free for premium members
$10 for Basic members
$20 for guests

Noise 13 Design office
1616 16th Street, Suite 370
San Francisco

Double networking event with the SF Chapter of NAPW. We will also be hosting a discussion on marketing for 2013.

• Who has new products or services they need to market
• New ideas for marketing in 2013
• How can we all help market for each other

Be sure to sign up today as this event will be double our regular size.

Bring extra business cards or samples of your existing marking materials and ideas.

Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Pow.wow Disucssion: Getting Prepped for the Holidays!

Tuesday, Sept. 18th
5:30-8:00 pm

Noise 13 Design office
1616 16th Street, Suite 370
San Francisco

Getting your busines prepped for the holidays

What we will discuss:

• Ideas for client/employee gifts and general apprecitaion
• Ways to hightlight your products/services as gifts
• Showcasing your online stores for advanced gift buying
• Charity options for you and your customers

Be sure to sign up today as there is limited seating available and our previous workshops have sold out!

If you have products or services that make great holiday gifts please bring samples or info for the rest of the group. We are going to discuss and brainstorm how to make all of our businesses a hit for the holidays and memorable into the new year.

Register now and grab your seat at the Pow.wow Network Getting your business prepped for the Holidays and let’s help each other make the end of the year a great one for business!

Pow.wow: Networking at RN 74

Tuesday, August, 14th
6:00-8:00pm
RN 74 lounge
301 Mission, SF

Join us for networking and a fine glass of wine at RN 74 this month. If you missed our last round table on trends, we’ll be sure to have some of our notes available. We’d love to hear what business, retail or marketing trends anyone has emplimented from last month’s discussion as well. Or if you have any new ideas we should all be looking into.

Cash bar. Open networking event so please pass this one along.

Free for members. $10 for Guests.

RSVP required.

Pow.wow: Trends panel discussion

Date: Tuesday, July 17
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
Location: Noise 13, 1616 16th street, #370, San Francisco

Join Pow.wow for a business round table. We’ll be discussing business trends for new products, marketing and promotions.

Do you have ideas that you’d like to get feedback on before you implement?
Have you heard of a trend you like but unsure it will fit into your business goals?
Just looking to get informed about your industry?
Join us for this discussion and let’s make some trend decisons together.

Free for Premium Pow.wow members.
$10 for Basic members / $20 for guests

RSVP required.
Drinks and light snacks provided.

Pow.wow: the power of having a second self

Tuesday, May 15th
5:30-8:30pm

Location: Noise 13, 645 7th street, SF

Join Pow.wow for a chat with Maren Kate Donovan – Founder of the virtual assistant company, Zirtual, a start-up geared at helping entrepreneurs delegate more and do busy work less.

The power of having a second self.

• Harnessing the power of delegation: why delegate, how to delegate, who to delegate to.
• The beauty of having a dedicated, PA: relationships matter, someone to know your preferences/needs
• How highly-specialized services (like TaskRabbit, Exec) are making it seamless to go completely “virtual”
• 80/20 principle and how it relates to delegation: how to find the 20% of your time that contributes to 80% of your productivity, maximizing that 20% by delegating the rest.
• How to find a second-self: offshore versus US-based, price ranges, dedicated versus on-demand
• Best practices: tools, tricks and tips on how to best use your own personal assistant

Free for Premium Pow.wow members.
$20 for guests and basic members.
RSVP required.

Networking before and after. Light refreshments will be provided.