Past Events

Join us as Dana Samardzich presents time and energy-saving practices that will help bring some peace to your day-to-day life. We will explore the importance of developing your self-awareness and how it directly affects your ability to work and live at an optimum level. This event is sponsored by Nancy Robinson, independent Norwex consultant.

Join us for lunch and education with Kelly Duggan, AICI CIC. Kelly will be sharing how to create a personal brand as a strategy to growing an influential impression, creating the opportunity to attract more prospects, gain rapport and achieve more professionally and personally.

Did you know there are 917 non-profit organizations in La Porte County? Join us for "Winning grants among 917 competitors"to learn how to stand out among other applicants. Patricia Doyle, Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Government at St. Mary's College will teach you all you need to know to successfully wins grants for your organization.

As a filmmaker, teacher, coach and speaker, working with corporate thought leaders, spiritual masters, Nobel Laureates, former gang members and future leaders, Valerie Mrak has learned that the key to understanding is to keep listening. The key to agreement is to keep talking. Add some humor and a bit of empathy and you have a winning strategy!

Please join the community's best and brightest businesswomen for a wonderful evening of networking and FUNraising! We will have wine tasting, a presentation on perfect pairings, and door prizes/give-aways. There is a special gift for the first 30 women who attend!

Join us as a panel of powerful women share how to effectively assert your power as a woman in a male dominated environment.

Please join us at our annual tech seminar, "Claiming your online presence for yourself and your business!" This year's topic is one of increasing importance in today's work world. Learn how to use online tools and social media to position yourself and your business for success.

International Speaker & Author Henriette Nyirarukundo Ngenga Her book "Carrying Divine" is the real-life story of this survivor of the Rwanda Genocide. In her words: "I carried new life in my womb through 100 days of death. I am a survivor of horrific atrocities, but I am also a walking miracle." The awe-inspiring story of this strong, faith-filled woman is something you don't want to miss! Register For Event

For some women Breaking the Glass Ceiling is succeeding in a male dominated industry, thriving in an unfamiliar culture, or ascending above her accepted role.  For Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia- it is all of these things. Of the 103 high budget orchestras in the US, only 12 are female.  Of the 22 highest budget orchestras in the US, only 1 is a female. Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia is a professional conductor who holds degrees in conducting and in both oboe and piano.  An experienced conductor with appearances throughout Europe and the Americas, she is a dynamic, passionate performer with a broad [...]