Announcements and Opportunities

New Year, New You: Free Teleclasses. Shel Horowitz, author of the business classic Guerilla Marketing, now offers a series of virtual learning opportunities on health, sales and marketing, and personal development. Consider the February 10th presentation by Gina Mollicone-Long titled “Think or Sink: The ONE Choice That Changes Everything” or “The One-Deal-a-Week Success System” by Ed Dacey on February 11. Click here for more details and free registration.

Free PR For Your Business. Ever wonder where those “industry experts” come from that writers are always quoting? Now YOU can be one of those authorities. Just go to HelpaReporter.com and sign up for free email calls from journalists looking for sources to mention in their articles. It works in reverse, too, if you’re an author looking for a source. Go here to sign up.

NAFE Awards Luncheon. On March 25th, NAFE will honor 2010’s Top Companies for Executive Women at a Gala Awards Luncheon. The event will be held at Cipriani in New York City. The luncheon is open to everyone. A Roundtable (by invitation only) for senior-level women from the winning companies will be held in the morning, preceding the awards event. Click here for more details.

Award Program for NAFE Members. Interested in nominating an incredible NAFE woman for recognition? Click here for more information on the 2010 Women of Excellence program. And be inspired by the 2009 winners 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? A square display ad (120x120 pixels) in one issue of NAFE News & Notes is just $75.00. Larger skyscraper ads (600x120 pix) are a bargain at $175. Contact newsletter editor Paula Damiano to place your ad.

Member News

NAFE member – and former NAFE intern -- Lisa Tanzosh has finished college and found a fulltime job, despite the challenging economic climate for new grads. Her new position is assistant media planner on the Maxus team for GroupM. Congratulations and good luck, Lisa!

Joyce Luhrs, President/CEO of Luhrs & Associates in Leonia, NJ, has been installed as a charter member and appointed to the board of trustees of the newly formed Rotary Club of The Palisades, NJ. She was named Public Relations Chair of the new organization. Joyce and her company spearheaded In the Community, an annual service initiative that assists nonprofit organizations working with populations in need. She is also a contributing writer to American Dancer, a publication of USA Dance.

5 Tips... From Women Who've Already Made It

It’s not too late to benefit from the wisdom of Mary Cantando’s newest Woman’s Advantage Page-A-Day Calendar for 2010. The calendar provides thought-provoking advice from hundreds of successful businesswomen, including many NAFE members!

1. You can make excuses or you can make money. But you can’t make both. – There are generally two types of people: those who make the world spin and those who justify why it’s not spinning. The spinners are the ones with the fat bank accounts.

2. In hiring, remember that an empty house is better than a bad tenant. – It’s far better to be short handed than to be dealing with disgruntled, uncreative, lazy employees. Take your time and make good hires.

3. No woman ever changed the world by losing five pounds. Put your energy into what really matters. – Focus on your real value to the world. You were put on this earth to do great things…how dare you not live up to that.

4. As women, we are always juggling. Your job is to recognize which balls in the air are rubber and which are glass. As you ramp up every morning, think about the items on your “to do” list. Which of them are glass…important and urgent…and which can be delegated or delayed? Focus on what really matters.

5. In pole vaulting and in business, your goal is to get over the bar...not to set it so high that you always fail. Although it’s great to have lofty goals, don’t set yourself up for failure. Give yourself some stretch goals and others you know are attainable.

Nafe.com. Have you checked out the new Member Profile? Janice Gallick lost her job in the 9/11 disaster – followed almost immediately by the losses of her mother, mother-in-law, and stepfather – two of them on the same day. But instead of wallowing in sorrow, she founded CareCircle.

Know another outstanding NAFE member you’d like to see profiled on nafe.com? Send details to NAFE News & Notes editor Paula Damiano.

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WORDS TO WORK BY

“Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.”

-US First Lady Michelle Obama