Announcements

• Thanks to Holly Trump (holly.trump@gallerycafe.biz) of Gallery Café for contributing the delicious appetizers and sweet treats to the NJAWBO Mercer Open House held in January, 2006.
  
  
• NJAWBO State, in conjunction with the WBC (Women's Business Center) is offering the following classes, locally taught, to the Mercer Chapter members, associates and employees, etc:
  
  Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Business Law, Building a Marketing Plan, The Art of Selling (tentative), Public Speaking with Confidence, Introduction to Quickbooks, Advanced Quickbooks, Building a Business Website & Internet Marketing, Advanced Word, Advanced Excel.
  
  At this time, we are only looking to find out IF and WHICH courses you are interested in attending. So in your reply email, please tell me:
  1. Your contact information (email, phone, address, Company)
  2. Name all the classes you're interested in
  3. Which are the best days of the week you can make the classes
  Once I recieve your replies, I will compile the courses with the most interest, and then send another email to get a more accurate count as to interest. We need at least 10 attendees. Please note: These classes won't begin till the New Year.
  
  Thanks for your interest.
  
  To reply, please contact Amanda Puppo, VP of Programming, Mercer Chapter at 609-448-6364 or by email at amanda@MarketReach.biz
  
  
• NJAWBO Mercer Board Members for 2005-2006 - Click here for a pdf file containing all of the new board members.



• Once again our Chapter will contract for 15 women to a business card size ads in three issues of the US1. The first issue will be the Survivor's Guide which comes out around January 1st and then the Women in Business Issue and the Small Business issue. It is a great opportunity since we are on the back page of a free newspaper that has more than 50,000 readers. Click here for more details.



• New Mercer Chapter Member Benefit: Chapter Members in good standing can submit articles for publication in the Mercer Vision Online newsletter. Review the guidelines here.



• Mentoring Program: All participants in the NJAWBO Mercer Chapter member mentoring program should review the NJAWBO Mercer Chapter Mentoring Guide, which is available by clicking here



• Reminder for Dinner Meeting Events:
  
  NJAWBO dinner sponsor & speaker literature & official chapter communications are permitted to be displayed at attendee place settings on dinner tables.
  
  Each NJAWBO member that is attending the dinner meeting event may display literature or a business card in the separate display area provided in the dinner meeting room.
  
• Mercer NJAWBO Dinner Meeting Cancellation Policy Reminder:
  
  If you are unable to attend for any reason, contact the chapter by email at rsvpmercerdinner@yahoo.com or by fax at 609-924-9311. Cancellations received within 24 hours of the event will be billed the full dinner registration fee. Dinner substitutions may be made by email any time prior to the event.

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