Think Ginormous, Big Business Branding for Small Business

CONTACT:
Joanne Quinn-Smith  
Jqsdreamweaver@aol.com
412-444-5197

6th Annual NAWBO Day  “Think Ginormous™”
Big Business Branding for Small Business

Pittsburgh’s Home Town Girls Use Big Business Branding

PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2013 – The sixth, annual NAWBO Day Pittsburgh will celebrate the achievements of Pittsburgh’s home-town girls who use big-business branding to move their businesses and the Pittsburgh-area economy. The event will take place on March 22, 2013 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh/Greentree, from 8:00 a.m.to 3:30 p.m.

This year’s NAWBO Day, themed “Think GINORMOUS™-- Big Business Branding for Small Business,” will feature these local, national, and international speakers who will address the key aspects of business branding. Local speakers include:

From l to r, Donna Baxter, Ruth Byrd-Smith, Joanne Quinn-Smith, Ola Jackson

• Debbie Hickman, owner of the Giant Eagle store in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, whose morning keynote is titled “The Power of Linking Your Business to a Big Brand.

• Donna Baxter, The Soul Pitt, Web, Radio/TV/Mag, Winner of the 2008 Black Awards.com Best Local/Community Site East USA.

• Ruth Byrd Smith, Director of  the Allegheny County Department of Minority, Women & Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (MWDBE), host of the radio show, “Taking Care of Business”; 2006 awarded the Minority Business Champion for SBA Region 3; 2007 winner of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Minority Business Champion and the Civic and Community Award from the YWCA; 2012 selected as a winner of the Women in Business Award by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

• Ola Jackson, Founder of Onyx Woman Magazine, Onyx Woman TV and Onyx Woman Network and winner of the 2010 SBA Minority Business Champion of Western Pennsylvania

• Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny, Publisher of PositivelyPittsburghLive Radio TV and Mag., and 2009 National SBA Journalist of the Year;

• JoAnn R.  Forrester, Host of Empress of Biz Radio, Founder of Blue Ribbon Profiles and Price It Perfect, SBA Women Business Advocate 1989, 2000, and 2010 YWCA Tribute to Women, Entrepreneur Category.

International and national speakers will include:

Runa Magnusdottir

• Runa Magnusdottir, a lifetime entrepreneur born, raised and living in Iceland. That is, when she is not traveling, speaking and facilitating personal branding trainings worldwide.

Susan Newm

• Susan Newman, Founder of Broadcast Louder™ Workshops. Since 1994, Susan Newman Design, Inc. has built a reputation for developing creative, quality, successful brand identity design and web solutions throughout the United States and abroad.

The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide by: Strengthening the wealth creating capacity of our members and promoting economic development within the entrepreneurial community; creating innovative and effective change in the business culture; building strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and transforming public policy and influencing opinion makers
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Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates.  Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping.  Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work 'on' their business rather than 'in' their business.  www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh

WSBA Annual Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT:

Wadria Taylor
(412) 208-0249

E-mail: events@styleandsteel.net

HANDS ON TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION FOCUS OF CONFERENCE

Pittsburgh, PA, March 12….Online Marketing Tool Kit for Small Businesses, The Mobile Entrepreneur and "35 Winning Strategies from Today's Leading Entrepreneurs" are just a few topics and highlights scheduled for the Women’s Small Business Association’s annual event.

The WSBAs’ most significant networking outlet, will take place Wednesday, April 4 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Greentree. Themed, “Hands-On Technology,” the Pittsburgh Entrepreneur Conference and Trade show will provide a day filled with educational, professional development and networking opportunities.

“As a way to assure that participants leave the event with usable knowledge, this year's activities will offer "Hands On" interaction with the presenters. Attendees that bring their laptop or mobile devices will be able to try the techniques that are being presented,” explained Susan Miller, the WSBA founder and president.

Speakers and workshop leaders will include local tech gurus Donna Baxter of Soul Pitt Media and Cassandra Brown of Jireh Mobile. The keynote speaker is Dr. Summer Knight of Tallahassee, Florida.

As the owner of her 12 year old company, Baxter’s mission is to educate minority and women business owners on the power of the Internet. The former rap artist turned internet Tech Diva has gone from “Rhymer to Digital Designer.” The “Cool Nerd” explains technology in ways participanats never heard making it easy to understand, funny, and entertaining while leaving audiences motivated to “Get Online or Get Left Behind!”

Within the last seven years Jireh Mobile has evolved into a mobile marketing solutions company that has established itself as a leader in interactive mobile campaigns and database management. Brown, a nurse turned entrepreneur has been spreading her expertise on using mobile technology to enhance ones marking strategies while outlining the basic principles for launching a successful mobile campaign for close to a decade.

Knight is an entrepreneur doctor turned businesswoman. She is a founder and leads Springboard Partners, a consulting group of CEOs and powerful entrepreneurs who facilitate the rapid growth of scalable businesses. Dr. Knight also leads the DSK brand that focuses on empowering people to live their GREATest lives. She utilizes the 3E’s – to Encourage, Empower, and Embolden people and organizations to reach for their GREATest potential.

Virtually 1000 small business women throughout the region utilizes the resources and services of the Women’s Small Business Association. Founded by Miller, the group is designed to function as a valuable resource, by assisting and stimulating small and startup businesses. Its goal is to foster women's economic independence by helping them develop skills needed for entrepreneurial success through networking and education.

Miller, who considers herself a serial entrepreneur, established the WSBA in 2007 from her passion to help women in small business. With over 15 years of experience in starting and developing small businesses, she is very familiar with the constant struggles that today's business women will encounter. She believes that the face of the economy will be changed by the growth of small businesses and the resilience of the entrepreneur. “It is her mission to develop a business resource that will encourage, support, and provide the tools needed by women in small business.”

For more information on the WSBA 4th Annual Conference and Awards Luncheon contact the event director Wadria Taylor of Style and Steel Event Planning, 412-208-0249 events@styleandsteel.net.

Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work 'on' their business rather than 'in' their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh

Technology and Television Panel Discussion

National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications

(Western PA Chapter) presents

Technology and Television:

The Evolution of Today and the Impact on Our Future

Friday, October 14, 2011 from 6 - 8 PM

Best Western, Parkway Center Inn