Announcements and Opportunities

Women of Excellence Breakfast
On December 4th, NAFE will honor this year’s Women of Excellence at an Awards Breakfast from 8:00-10:30 AM in New York City. The event will be hosted by The Times Company at their Manhattan site, with sponsorship provided by IBM and Wellpoint.

We will honor our awardees and hear speakers Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning correspondents and authors of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

Kristof has also served as bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo, and as associate managing editor. At the Times, WuDunn worked as a business editor and as a foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Beijing. Together, Kristof and WuDunn have written three books, including: China Wakes, Thunder from the East and Half the Sky.

Read more about this exciting event – and the NAFE Women of Excellence program – on nafe.com. Register to attend by clicking here. All NAFE events feature an abundance of networking opportunities, and this breakfast will be no exception.

Join NafeCafé today! Now - social networking with a purpose! We’re proud to announce the launch of NafeCafé, a secure online community for our members. Come enter your profile and connect through nafe.com.

New Benefit: CareCircle
Has your family or someone at work been through a major life change or crisis and needs a way to communicate or accept help in a wonderful non-invasive way? That’s where CareCircle comes in.

Whatever the situation, whatever the need, a CareCircle program will help you ensure that you, your friend, or your loved one receives the help they need. Whether someone is welcoming a new baby, facing a cancer treatment or another medical challenge, or keeping in touch with a military person on assignment, CareCircle is an easy and exciting new way to meet a wide range of needs.

It’s an online service that uses an easy-to-customize private website to reach friends and family around the globe, through photo shares, private blogs, to-do-lists with calendars to schedule help, and most of all a Guest Book to take the burden of individual communications off those closest to the need.

You can use a program to help a loved one, or your friends or family members can use a CareCircle program to help you. NAFE members receive a special 50% member discount. For more information, click here.

NAFE Discount on Whirlpool Products. Through a special arrangement with Whirlpool, NAFE members can reap big savings on Whirlpool appliances, accessories and other items. You and your family can purchase up to 12 products a year under the VIPLINK program. Sign up for the discount program – just click on the Whirlpool banner at the top of nafe.com.

Want to promote your business? For NAFE members – for a limited time only – an ad in one issue of NAFE News & Notes will cost you just $75.00. (Regular rate is $150.00.) Ad dimensions are 120 x 120 pixels. Contact newsletter editor Paula Damiano to place your ad. Larger display ads and website banners are also available – ask for prices.

Congratulations to author, speaker and coach Dr. Madeline Ann Lewis. Madeline shared this good news with us: “I found out this week that I am an honoree in the WE Magazine ‘Women's Hall of Fame 2009’ and also a finalist for the Stevie Awards ‘Women in Business’ category – ‘Women Helping Women Award’."

5 Myths
…about Boomers and Technology
By Dr. Kathleen King

Dr. Kathleen (Kathy) P. King, MEd, EdD, CPC, is a keynote speaker, author, certified professional coach (faculty coach) and Fordham University professor. Kathy says, “Someone recently told me he believed every computer gadget should come accompanied by an 11 year old child. If you’re not a technology specialist, I bet you’re nodding your head in agreement.”

High-powered professionals crumble in tears, and mature adults run screaming down the office hall. It’s time to break down several critical myths about boomers learning technology.

1. Technology is only for kids; there is no way I can learn it. But Baby Boomers are dominating Facebook. This, and other, social media sites were wrestled from the keyboards of youngsters and are now a major domain for connecting with our old friends, and promoting business endeavors.

2. I don’t need technology for anything. If you want a professional reputation of being incapable of change and flexibility, continue ignoring technology. Solution: make the effort, seek training, and adopt new technology: these strategies can protect or change your image from has been to mover and shaker.

3. It’s way too technical. Users don’t need to know technical lingo; you just point and click. As a starting point, remember your computer is really an electronic filing cabinet. You will gradually discover how to use technology more to streamline your effort and make your workspace efficient.

4. I just learn by myself: the “peck and poke” method. Some adults believe they can learn technology on their own. Others don’t want to be clueless in a class of technophiles. You can quickly gain confidence and excel without public embarrassment with personal professional coach or trainer who specializes in helping adults learn technology. Everyone makes great strides with one-on-one support, and good coaches build your confidence in the learning process.

5. I’m too busy to learn. Once you start learning technology, you’ll realize you save a lot of time. You can streamline and reorganize your work flow.

And with the time you save, you can address your continuing learning needs!

For a complete list of events, see our online Calendar!

Philadelphia, PA
November 11, 2009
Join the local NAFE affiliate in The City of Brotherly Love for a program titled “More Power to You: Igniting Energy for Success by Dana Lightman. Click here for more information on the evening event.

Macon, GA
November 20, 2009
Learn twelve keys to making more sales at Women on the Go Network’s next gathering. The speaker will be Antonio Smith, author of The Sellionaire.

New York, NY
December 4, 2009
Join us to honor NAFE’s Women of Excellence at an awards breakfast, hosted by the Women’s Network of The New York Times Company and sponsored by IBM and WellPoint. Click here for further information and a link to the registration page. See you there!


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• Use the Event Submission Form online to let us know about events in your area. Events submitted for the website will also be considered for the NAFE News & Notes– twice the exposure for one listing!

Check the NAFE Calendar of Events for network meetings, workshops and other happenings around the country.

WORDS TO WORK BY

“I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess in order to have a few rights.”

-Inez Milholland, Suffragist (1909)