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2023 Connecting Women in Business Schedule
Registration & networking 11:30am-noon and program and lunch noon – 1pm unless noted otherwise.January 24 - North Central Michigan College Library Conference Room - featuring Tiffany Lenau of Yoga Roots Healing Arts
February 28 - Stafford's Perry Hotel - The Sweet Smell of Success - hear from JoJo's Cookies and Tootsie Bluffins about their businesses.
March 21 - Talcott Center, Walloon Village - Sharing the Kindness -Be Nice Sticker Company celebrated its second anniversary in January this year. This business was created by nine-year-old Natalie and her mother, Becky Babcock, as a way to spread kindness to others through stickers.
April 26 -Go Grants Fundraiser – Sage, Odawa Casino 11:30am-1:30pm, $50 admission - $20 goes directly to GO GRANTS
May 23 - Stafford's Bay View - "Control Your Destiny... Six Powerful Steps" with Patti Tomczak.
June 22 - Inn at Bay Harbor - "Heavy Hitters of Michigan Hospitality"
September 26 - North Central Michigan College Library Conference Room - "Show Up For You" Jasmine Turner Register Today
November 2 -Showcase of women businesses – Grand Unity Event Center
November 28 - Native American Heritage Month – Odawa Hotel
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Summer 2023 GO Grants Program now accepting applications, deadline March 31, 2023
Download APPLICATION FORM HERE in PDF format
Download APPLICATION FORM HERE in Microsoft Word format
February 21, 2023 - Connecting Women in Business (CWIB), a Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce group, announces the launch of its Summer 2023 series GO Grants for Girls.
Formed in 2007, Connecting Women in Business provides opportunities for area women business leaders and business owners to learn, form connections, share ideas, and find personal and professional growth. The key purposes of CWIB include:
• Provide professional development and leadership training;
• Strengthen and market area businesses;
• Offer networking toward strategic alliances, affiliations and business opportunities;
• Mentoring and support; and
• Provide opportunities for girls to dream big, thereby improving self-esteem and leadership.
It is through the last goal listed above that CWIB created GO Grants for Girls in 2007. GO Grants, or Girls Outreach Grants, will reach out to young girls in our area who have an idea and passion to try something new. Grants will range from $100 to $600, and can be used as resources in any field of endeavor.
The purpose of the grants is to provide small grants to girls in grades 5 to 10 in the Char-Em ISD service area of Charlevoix, Emmet and northern Antrim counties. These grants will allow the applicant to pursue a special interest gain or improve a skill, participate in an outdoor experience and more. We encourage applications that will be challenging to the applicant. Since 2010, 217 girls have received more than $81,000 in GO Grants!!.
Girls will be required to work with an adult mentor – a relative outside of the immediate family, teacher, youth pastor, social worker, etc. – who will help them fill out and submit the application, and will work with the girl to help her achieve her dream. Each girl who receives a Go Grant is required to either submit a one to two-minute video about her completed activity and what it meant to her or submit a written report.
The ideal applicants are girls who have not received awards for outstanding achievements. CWIB is seeking girls who do not ordinarily apply for awards. We are looking for under-represented girls who need more support to realize their potential. Girls need to clearly state their financial need, as well as describe a special interest that will spark their imagination, creativity, or follow a dream that they may not imagine possible.
It is important that the girls and their mentor fill out the application completely, answering questions on a separate sheet of paper. Incomplete applications will be rejected. Please read the rules and guidelines on the application carefully. Together we can help girls fulfill their dreams, and reinforce their importance to our community. -
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Connecting Women in Business Sponsorship Opportunities
Looking for an opportunity for your business or organization to have exposure to a large group of women? The average attendance at the programs is over 100 women. Sponsorship not only gives you pre-event publicity, but the ability to interact with attendees, video time and the list of attendees for marketing efforts. Please see sponsor options below.
Call Lisa Hoyt to learn more 347-4150 or email lisa@petoskeychamber.com.
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Connecting Women in Business Memberships – it is time to rejoin.
CWIB is an additional membership that runs October 2022 – September 2023.
Cost for individual is $25.
Corporate rate is $125 and you can sign up to 10 staff.
Remember, if you are a member of CWIB, you pay the member registration fee.
If you are not a member of CWIB, you pay non-member registration fee.
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2023 Marquee Sponsors
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About Connecting Women in Business Memberships
Formed in 2007, Connecting Women in Business provides opportunities for area women business leaders and business owners to learn, form connections, share ideas, and find personal and professional growth. The key purposes of CWIB include:
• Provide professional development and leadership training;
• Strengthen and market area businesses;
• Offer networking toward strategic alliances, affiliations and business opportunities;
• Mentoring and support; and
• Provide opportunities for girls to dream big, thereby improving self-esteem and leadership.