Power Connection 2008

Experience the Power of Connection!

9:00 am	Morning Keynote Motivational Speaker and Viral Networking - high energy, fast, and infectious! Debra Poneman, Founder, Yes to Success Author, Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul Inner Networking – Connecting You with You Emily Anderson Greene, Chief Creative Director, VIVA Creative Author, Screenwriter, Performer Creating a Powerful Personal Network Meet other business owners and professionals! Connect, network, and discover opportunity. Get Charged-up with our PowerBrokers! Experience the Power of Connection.
11:15 am	Book Signings with Mary Foley, Author Bodacious! Woman Debra Poneman, Author Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul Julie Lenzer Kirk, Author Parentpreneur
12 Noon	Keynote Luncheon Program featuring Inspirational StartRight! Business Plan Award Winners Lunch at a PowerBroker's table! Experience the Power of Connection.
1:30 pm	Close Encounters Business Matchmaking Session E-mail Marketing Workshop New Retirement/ Savings 401(k) Plans Workshop Resource Tables Montgomery County Micro Loan Program Ladies Who Launch Women Business Owners Commission for Women Rockville Chamber of Commerce Intellectual Property Protections Government Contracting Marketing Workplace Wellness Professional Speaking and Publishing One on One Networking One on One with the PowerBrokers Women in Technology Exhibitors Shulman Rogers Law Firm AARP Montgomery County Economic Development Rockville Economic Development Intelligent Office Maryland Women's Heritage Center Washington Woman Magazine Find who and what your business needs right here, right now! Be Intense, be focused, discuss what matters to you and your business with the right people, companies and resources. Experience the Power of Connection.

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POINTS OF POWER 2008

Our PowerBrokers

Lunch with a PowerBroker at the PowerBroker's reserved table at the Keynote Luncheon is available to attendees on a first registered basis. Register early!

Pauline Lewis, President and CEO of oovoo Designs, Ex-corporate international market researcher turned dynamic entrepreneur in the fashion accessories industry, grew sales for her start-up company from $0 to half a million in less than 3 years, generated 500+ wholesale customers, and developed oovoo into a nationally-recognized brand within the competitive retail industry. Pauline partnered with Intuit to launch nationwide the JustStart campaign. She created successful PR campaigns including placements of oovoo products in TIME magazine, Washington Post magazine and Redbook. A 2006 winner of the Make Mine a Million Award from American Express OPEN.

www.oovoodesigns.com

 

Julie Lenzer Kirk, President of Path Forward, harnesses her experience as a successful and award-winning IT entrepreneur to assist others in realizing their dream of entrepreneurship and taking their already-established entrepreneurial companies to the next level. She is an in-demand professional speaker and the author of "The ParentPreneur Edge: What Parenting Teaches About Building a Successful Business". She works with the NSF-funded ACTiVATE program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Through this program, she helps experienced women start businesses by licensing technologies from universities and government labs. As the Lead Instructor, she develops the curriculum for the program as well as mentors several of the teams.

www.JulielenzerKirk.com

 

Katie Knowlin, Assistant Director of the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and Head of the Division of Business Empowerment, is dedicated to empowering small, minority and women owned businesses in Montgomery County. The Business Empowerment Division includes Small Business Services, Women and Minority Business Services, the Local Small Business Reserve Program, Outreach Services, the Business Innovation Network and the Microenterprise Program. Montgomery County is a major economic powerhouse within the state and region, and Katie Knowlin works to assure that business owners of diverse backgrounds share in the expanding economy of Montgomery County as a top priority.

www.montgomerymd.gov/ded

 

Mary Foley is a keynote speaker, consultant, and author. A bodacious entrepreneur with a reputation for spunk and experience, Mary is the "Woman in Charge" of Bodacious! Ventures, a company dedicated to inspiring women to find the inner courage, knowledge, and tools to create the lives and careers they love! A former AOL Executive during its period of hyper growth and now a successful entrepreneur, Mary shows women how to be bodacious in life, career, and business. She is the author of two books, Bodacious! Woman: Outrageously in Charge of Your Life and Lovin' It and Bodacious! Career: Outrageous Success for Working Women and contributor to 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life. Hitting both ends of the media spectrum, Mary has been featured on the cover of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and been spoofed on the E! Entertainment TV Show "The Soup." Appearing on numerous radio and TV programs - spoofed or not - Mary continues to show women how to be bodacious and live like their nail color!

www.gobodacious.com

 

Frances Crespo, Founder — The Full Cup, and Ladies Who Launch Regional Director — Metro DC (VA/DC/MD)

After two decades in the Navy and Navy Reserve as a Navy lieutenant commander, Frances Crespo is the Owner of The Full Cup, a European bra-fitting salon with two locations in Virginia Beach and Alexandria, Va. Frances grew up in Puerto Rico, joined the military in 1987, raised a son and daughter as a single parent, and earned a BS in Business Administration and a Masters in Education. Frances, believing that she had a winning idea for a business, risked it all, including selling her house to use the funds to open up The Full Cup. Making a difference in women's lives is important to Frances. In addition to her Full Cup responsibilities, she mentors other businesswomen through an organization called Ladies Who Launch. Ladies Who Launch provides content and community to help women start and expand their businesses and creative ventures. Through events, e-mail newsletter, Website, and in-person Incubator programs, the organization provides a venue for women to exchange products and services, ideas, and strategic relationships. Frances Crespo is the Regional Director for the Metro DC Incubator for Ladies Who Launch.

www.TheFullCup.com

www.LadiesWhoLaunch.com

 

Christine Copple, Ph.D., is President and CEO of Starise Ventures, Inc. Starise provides team-based services to entrepreneurs and investors designed to mitigate the intrinsic risks of translating biomedical discoveries from bench to bedside. Previously she was President and CEO of ASM Resources, Inc. the venture arm of the American Society for Microbiology. With over twenty years as a senior executive in biotechnology growth companies, Dr. Copple has experience in early-stage investing, public offerings, private/venture investments, joint ventures, licensing and partnering, public corporate reporting, public relations, investor relations, international marketing, product development, regulatory affairs, legislative affairs, facilities design/build-out and training entrepreneurs.

Chris was the Chief Operating Officer at Neuralstem, Inc., an emerging company commercializing a central nervous system stem cell technology platform. Before joining Neuralstem she ran the Office of Industry Liaison for the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute where she provided entrepreneurial guidance and services for faculty and start-up companies. For ten years prior to relocating to Maryland, Dr. Copple was VP of Marketing & Investor relations for the Boston public company Microfluidics International.