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• August 20, 2008- Chantilly VA- Women Building & Investing in Success is pleased to host a Special Networking Night event featuring author and bodacious speaker Mary Foley.
  
  Wednesday, September 10, 2008 from 6:30-9:00PM, Mary shares what she learned after 10 years at AOL where she started as an $8 an hour customer service rep and worked her way up to be the company's first head of corporate training. She shares what she's learned from building her own business. And, she shares from her life. Mary Foley is bold, courageous, audacious . . . BODACIOUS! And she believes others can be too.
  
  Author of Bodacious! Career: Outrageous Success for Working Women and Bodacious! Woman: Outrageously In Charge of Your Life & Lovin' It! Mary's a sharp, contemporary business speaker who is nationally recognized as a thought leader for women in business. She's an inspirational speaker who draws on her world experience as she weaves her story about being bodacious. Mary will inspire NOVA professional business women to “Live Like Your Nail Color”.
  
  After attending this Special WBIS Networking Night Event, you will never look at your nails or yourself the same way again. Co-hosted by Dulles Women’s Business Network. Sponsors, Hillary Bradley- Owner Chocolate Chick, Cinnamon Bowser-Owner Nail Taxi , Sheila Dixon- S&E Marketing Concepts. Visit www.wbis.biz for further information or contact us at (703)327.7624.
   
• THRIVE DURING 4TH QUARTER
  Chantilly, VA- August 1, 2008- Sheila Dixon, Women Building & Investing in Success announces that the next business luncheon: Thrive as Your Business Comes Alive is scheduled for Thursday, August 7th at 12:30PM EST.
  
  4th quarter success does not have to be an overwhelming time for business owners. If you are looking for business and personal development strategies to ease through the busiest time of the year, you will want to Join Sheila and members of WBIS for lunch where we help business owners, Collaborate…Cultivate and Celebrate Success
  
  • WBIS Member and Life Coach, Erin Curran leads a discussion to gain an awareness of how the stages of transition impact your sense of well-being. Learn strategies for thriving during the process of developing your business and leave feeling uplifted, empowered and energized to coast through 4th quarter business strategies.
   
• The Department of Minority Business Enterprise ("DMBE") has added WBIS as a certified SWaM vendor.  WBIS will be listed in a directory of all certified small, women and minority-owned firms currently on file with DMBE. April 2008

• Collaborate ... Cultivate ... Connect

  The first WBIS (Women Building & Investing In Success) Special Event of 2008 was an absolute winner. It was held April 9th at the Waterford in Springfield, VA, and featured special guest speaker Sarah Michel, author of Perfecting Connecting: A Personal Guide to Mastering Networking in the Workplace. The event took the WBIS motto "Collaborate ... Cultivate ... Celebrate" to a new level.

  About 50 people filled the room, mostly women, all entrepreneurs who soaked up the great information Michel shared about things like effectively introducing yourself to others, tapping the power of your database and understanding our differences so we can better connect.

  That's right. Sarah Michel insists that we "connect," not network. No more collecting business cards like a mad woman (or man) thinking that if you don't do business you've wasted your time. She even shared her own inspiring story about how "connections" helped her beat back cancer. Being present and of service to others is never a waste of time. And who knows? You might make money. You might even save a life -- your own or that of someone you care about.

  Bravo to WBIS leader Sheila Dixon of S&E Marketing Concepts for connecting with Sarah Michel and other adventurous women over the years, and enjoying the heck out of keeping the connections going!-Theresa Caldwell-'Say it by Heart'

• WBIS members donate products and services for American Red Cross Ball. Spring 2007
  
  
• Springfield VA’s Chamber of Commerce recognizes WBIS for enhancing quality business development programs and strong business relationships in the Springfield VA area. Spring 2007
  
  
• WBIS contributes complimentary membership to CBP winners of the Business Plan Contest, 2006.
  
  
• WBIS contributes complimentary WBIS membership to Community Business Partnership Women’s Expo, 2006
  
  
• WBIS members coordinate clothing and monetary funds for families displaced during the tragedies of Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina,2005
  
  
• WBIS  collects old cellular phones for Pricilla's House, an organization to assist women of domestic violence, October 2004