A Chapter of American Business Women’s Association The Link Cedar Rapids Charter Chapter #4067, Cedar Rapids, IA Volume 54, Issue 9 February 2010 WIN Women’s Instructional Network Inside this issue: President’s Letter 2 Nutrition Resources 3 February Meeting 3 Spring Conference 4 February Birthdays 6 Meeting Minutes 7 Future programs 8 The mission of the American Business Women’s Association is to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support, and national recognition. Printing of newsletter contributed by Rockwell Collins. ―Position yourself to bring leadership and change to your workplace while enhancing both your personal and professional skills.‖ This headline on the WIN introductory page at abwa.org grabs our attention to focus on this great resource, both convenient and free. The website goes on to describe the many tools available to members to access at your leisure (in your pajamas) while learning and improving skills in so many valuable areas, both personal and professlional. Among the courses available to take at home, at your own pace are: Planning for Action; Giving and Receiving Feedback; Making Group Decisions; Managing Team Conflict; Team Problem Solving; and Using Principles and Boundaries. These are only a few of the titles available on the WIN website. Also found on the site are ―knowledge objects‖ made up of briefs and videos posted by mentors and other subscribers. These are continually being updated and increased as a growing resource for current information on selfimprovement to manage your life and your business. Be sure you‘re subscribed @ abwa.org. Misty Frank Organizes Career Fair Cedar Rapids Charter Chapter is proud to announce that our own Misty Frank has volunteered and been selected to chair the Career Fair at the District III Spring Conference. This will be the first career fair to be held at any of the ABWA District Conferences. Misty has been working with District III officers to determine how the Career Fair will be organized. (Continued on page 5.) Page 2 From The President ABWA is a wonderful way to connect with women. of many backgrounds. What exactly is networking and why is it important? Networking means reaching out to diverse groups of people to gain helpful information or advice. Professional networking means to develop contacts and exchange information with other people for purposes of developing business opportunities or expanding your career. Networking is a great way to expand the world we live in. It means more than just meeting new people; it also means accepting the challenge to step out of our comfort zone and actively seeking out new relationships. Sometimes it‗s difficult to fight the temptation to ―hang out‖ with the people we already know, but remember that that ―stranger‖ across the room may actually be a ―friend‖ just waiting to be discovered. Seeking out new ideas and new friends can enhance our lives both personally and professionally. ABWA offers many opportunities for members to expand their networks. Our local chapter sets aside 30 minutes each month specifically for networking. ABWA also offers networking opportunities at District and National Leadership Conferences. Business contacts and friendships can be developed across the country. Lifelong friendships can be ignited or rekindled at these conferences. WIN (Women‘s Instructional Network) also offers a great way to use the ABWA intranet for online networking between National, District and Local Chapters. This month my challenge to you is to seek out someone new whether this is inviting a guest to our meeting or sitting with someone you‘d like to get know better. I feel so fortunate to have met so many talented, capable and interesting women and I look forward to getting to know each of you better as I reach out and work on my personal networking skills. See you Feb 3rd! Dawn Waller Board Meeting Minutes, Jan. 13th continued. . . Spring Conference: Misty Frank Points system – District will give credit for people who volunteer for District 3 conference. The Chapter Cup Challenge – District would like chapters to donate a min of $30 value basket with a cup and other items. We are going to donate 1 basket. ABW Day: Diana Hallberg has volunteered for the committee chair. Woman of the Year: Marilyn Tucker – Need to get together and discuss so they can be ready to announce in February. Old business: Menu issue – Call hospitality if you need to know the menu for the month. New business: Did mid year review of the best practices scorecard. DAIRY QUEEN OF LINN COUNTY CEDAR RAPIDS, FAIRFAX, HIAWATHA, MARION, MT. VERNON Page 3 Good Nutrition To Help Prevent Cancer February is Business Associates Night. Bring a co-worker, friend or spouse. January‘s speaker, Dr. Lori Shah, Nutrition Physician at St. Luke‘s Medical Plaza presented information on nutrition and it‘s effectiveness at preventing diseases, such as cancer. Nutrition plays an extremely important role in good health. Many other resources related to this topic are available, including the two books shown here. Tell Me What To Eat by Elaine Magee, gives you all the information you can never seem to understand when the doctor rattles it off, and she answers all those questions you keep forgetting to ask. She gives a host of specific recommendations— what to eat and what to avoid. Beating Cancer With Nutrition by Patrick Quillin includes information about common vegetables, herbs and seasonings that have powerful anti-cancer activity; section of delicious recipes that can be made with foods from you store; sugar feeds cancer, a section including a glycemic index of foods. Find these and many others online or at the local bookstore. ABWA February Meeting Wednesday, Feb. 3rd Charter Chapter February Meeting Feb. 3rd, 2010 Location: Clarion Hotel Cost: $15.00 Cancel by noon on Monday, Feb 1st to Becky Tranter (360-1060) or you will be billed for the cost of the meal. 5:45 Networking 6:15 Dinner Business Associates Night Invite an associate from work, friend or spouse. 7:00 Program: ―Improving Effectiveness from the Inside Out; Exploring Personality Types‖ Dennis VanAukenPositive Solutions, LLC Business performance mentors . . .propelling people, processes and profits forward. Bring a business associate and enjoy this informative program. Page 4 Begin the New Year With Better Nutrition Dr. Lori Shah, Nutrition Physician with St. Luke‘s Medical Plaza presented valuable information regarding good nutrition and its effect on our good health, as well as the actual prevention of disease. Dr. Shah specializes in cancer and blood disorders. She has abcckground in pathology and attended Johns Hopkins. Barbara Waterhouse Miller presented Dr. Lori Shah with our certificate of recognition and appreciation as a presenter to Cedar Rapids Charter Chapter. Members enjoyed a luau in January in Iowa! The tropics in Iowa in January made for a fun break from the wintry weather outside to the colorful, tropical theme for the January meeting. The Hospitality committee made sure everyone had a lei and the tables as well. Page 5 Misty Frank Organizes Career Fair Cont . . . Just this week Misty recieved the final paperwork to begin making contacts to businesses that may be interested in having a booth at the Career Fair. 2,000 copies of an invitation to participate needed to be printed. There is no budget for these types of projects, so Misty sent out an SOS and soon she had 2,000 color copies printed, 1,000 from Rockwell Collins and 1,000 from Aegon. Charter Chapter members gathered on Monday evening to stuff envelopes and get the invitations in the mail. A sponsor for the postage is still needed. Volunteers will be needed to help Misty with the volume of details that are part of this project. We congratulate Misty on her perseverance, creativity and willingness to pioneer this effort. There could not be a more vital year for making such a service available to members of District III ABWA. Thanks, Misty! District III 2010 Spring Conference ABWA District III 2010 Spring Conference When: April 16-17 Where: Itasca, IL. Contact Misty Frank if you would like to know more or help with the career fair at Spring Conference. Agenda: Friday 7:00 Conference Registration 8:00 First Timer‘s Orientation 9:00—12:30 Review of District III progress and performance in key areas of Assoc. Management. Discussion of issues and challenges facing today‘s team leaders. 2:00—4:00 Continuation of morning 6:00 Opening session/ Banquet negative work environments and employees. Topic: The Big Burp and Change Saturday Professional Development Seminars Keynote Speaker: Haydn Shaw, leading expert on generations, turning around Invocation Lord, in the quiet of this evening hour, we come to Thee for wisdom, and for power, to view Thy world through only love-filled eyes: to grow in understanding, to be wise and sure to see Thy guiding light, and thus to know each other as Thou knowest us. Benediction O, Guiding Spirit, Guardian of our days, be with us as we go our separate ways, help us to feel those thoughts that lift and bless; to know a closer bond of friendliness; to see Thy beauty always — every day, translated into living, this we pray. Amen. Page 6 ABWA’s Proud Code of Conduct 1. All members will serve as goodwill ambassadors for the American Business Women‘s Association. 2. Members will not allow their personal beliefs to interfere with the representation of ABWA‘s mission. 3. Members will always treat their member col- leagues, guests, vendors and sponsors with honesty, respect, fairness, integrity, responsibility, kindness and in good faith. 4. Members will maintain compliance with ABWA National, Chapter and Express Network Bylaws. 5. Members will not use their personal Level 1 Best Practices trophy awarded to Charter Chapter. Logo at right designates Charter Chapter Newsletter award winner in 2009. Important Dates for Members February Birthdays Mary Ellen Dill 01 Pauline Bielow 12 Pam Dircks 25 Laurene Case 26 Lana Lohr Scholbrock 26 ABWA Anniversaries Ferzan Jaeger Venda Jasa Kersten Shepard Rebecca Tranter Misty Frank 1 yr 15 yrs 7 yrs 4 yrs 2 yrs Remember to pay your dues! Diana Hallberg (319) 929-6398 [email protected] https://dianah.uppercaseliving.net power to advance their personal interests. 6. Members will strive for excellence in their professions by maintaining and enhancing their own business knowledge and skills, and by encouraging the professsional development of members. Page 7 Member Meeting Minutes, January 6th, 2010 February Board Meeting is held Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 at Ruby Tuesdays. Dinner at 5:00 pm. Meeting at 6:00 pm. 6:15 Welcome –Dawn Waller-President Invocation & Pledge – Karen Madsen-V Pres. 6:45-Program: Introductions Nutrition in 2010 : Healthy employees: An Employers Most Valuable Asset: Dr Lori Shah, Nutrition Physician 7:30-Bus Meeting: Reports: Meeting Minutes: Misty Frank – Filed and posted on WIN Treasurer: Diana Hallberg – File for audit Corr. Secretary: Dawn Waller – Greeting card from Amana Society Woman of the Year – Fill out the form and return to Becky Tranter Education- Out Right Grant: Dorothy Anson – Jan 17th applications due. $2000 grant available from SBMEF. Membership Recruitment Campaign: If you bring a new member in we will pay your $15 WIN fee or your next monthly meeting fees. Spring Conference: Misty Frank Cajun Fest – We will be taking tickets and serving pies May 29th and 30th. We need volunteers. Nancy McQuaid-Nitsche makes a motion to participate in this event and Shirley Twiselton 2nd the motion. Announcements/ Member Recognition: Karen Madsen-V Pres. January birthdays: Dorothy Anson , Margaret Horsfield, Jen Lewis, Lissa Novitch, Doris Spieker January ABWA Anniv: Rose Slaymaker 3yrs, Jen Lewis 1yr Board meeting: Jan 13th Ruby Tuesday NE 5pm dinner, business 6pm Door Prize: Nancy McQuaid-Nitsche/ Martha Lawrence Winners: Becky Tranter, Dorothy Anson, Barbara Waterhouse Miller, Jaya Aswani, Becky Tranter, Diana Hallberg Motion to adjourn: Jaya Aswani 2nd by: Becky Tranter Benediction: Marian Zupke 8:15 Adjournment: Attendance: Members: 25 Guests: 4 Speaker: 1 Respectfully submitted, Misty Frank Board Meeting Minutes, January 13th, 2010 Attendance: 11 Treasurer’s report/ Bills to be presented – Checking account and savings account were switched in the last report. $1 goes to Hospitality, from the increase in meeting fee, from $14$15. $117 from the holiday breakfast -get to Becky Tranter. Committee Reports: Educ: Dorothy Anson Outright Grant – We have one applicant, Lilly. Scholarship distribution – to all four colleges. We don‘t know the dollar amount yet. SBMEF contribution – Need a plan for when to send it in. Fund Raising: Cajun Fest – Becky will contact them in April about doing this event. Membership: Roster is updated. Roster review at bd. meetings every mo. New Member Initiation – Molly Friedman Newsletter: Dawn Glass Will have forms to complete for member spotlight articles. Program: Rose Slaymaker – Planned through Aug. PR: Amana Winterfest – Sat Jan 23rd is beard contest. They want a judge from ABWA. New Pamphlets are done. Website: Ferzan Jaeger/Misty Frank Webpage was down. Ferzan fixed it. Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter – New. Join these social networking groups . New ―friends‖ are already interested in ABWA! (Board minutes continued on page 2.) Cedar Rapids Charter Chapter Officers We’re on the Web! Visit www.abwacr.org. President: Dawn Waller Vice President: Karen Madsen Recording Sec.: Misty Frank Corresponding Sec.: Marian Zupke Treasurer: Diana Hallberg 2010 Programs Feb. 3rd: Personality Types—Clarion/Bus Assoc Night Mar. 3rd: Grow Into Retirement—Longbranch/St. Patrick‘s April 7th: Life Transitions—Longbranch/Hat Night May 5th: Love Others & Be True To Yourself — Clarion/Baby Pics June 2nd: Mentoring –Lessons Learned From Our Past Clarion/55th Anniversary July 7th: Membership Recognition—Longbranch August 4th: Creative Marketing & Media Relations— Clarion The Link ABWA Cedar Rapids Charter Chapter P.O. Box 10901 Cedar Rapids, IA 52410-0901 Website: http://abwacr.org Dawn Glass, Editor (319)-231-3350 [email protected]