Happy New Year!

Cheers to 2010! After meeting many attendees at the Mass. Conference for Women in December, our chapter is excited to welcome new faces, our dedicated members and guests back for our Calendar of Events. Now more than ever, we need to be each other's resources as we begin a new year of business. I urge all of you to keep our chapter strong - you have an amazing "rolodex" in the NAWBO Chapter. Let's make a commitment to the coming year to help each other expand and grow our businesses.

Join the NAWBO Boston Chapter on Wednesday, January 27 at the Doubletree Guest Suites from 6-8pm to hear our panel of experts discuss the Mass. Data Privacy Law and how it will affect your business.

Wishing you joy, health and a prosperous new year!

Tutti i migliori, (all the best)
Deborah J. Carducci

Happy Holidays!

Thank you to all of the NAWBO Boston Board Members, Advisory Board Members, Chapter Members and Guests! We could not have had such a successful year without you.

I personally wish all of you wonderful holidays with family and friends and all of the best of 2010!

Cheers. Deborah J. Carducci

Thank you Ellen Kaplan!

The NAWBO Boston Chapter spent an evening at the Boston Design Center in the beautiful Ailanthus, Ltd. showroom. Thank you Toni and Maria!

Our special guest, Ellen Kaplan, engaged us in a wonderful discussion around changing your business GPS. Ellen encouraged us to stay informed. 1. Knowledge is a valuable resource: stay connected, attend programs, carefully watch your industry and be aware. 2. Differentiate yourself: find a niche - something that you can specialize in to make yourself different from your competition. 3. Make sure your products and services are all of high value. 4. Have a strategic plan (always) and continually re-adjust your plan. 5. Become proactive rather than reactive.

If you are interested in learning more about Ellen Kaplan, please contact her at www.linkedin.com/in/possibilitesatwork

Thank you Ellen for joining us for this lively discussion.

Holiday Networking Event

We recently sent out an invitation that had the wrong day, but the right date. I'm so glad so many of you were paying attention! Our corrected invitation reads - Tuesday, December 1 at the DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel at 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston. The event will take place from 6-8pm. Our Programming Elves have come up with a wonderful menu and a cash bar will also be available. There will be no guest speaker for this event. We wanted to make sure you had plenty of time to network with each other and have some holiday fun.

Please join us as we celebrate the holidays! We scheduled this early in the month so you wouldn't have any conflicts with other holiday events.

Wishing you all the best,

Debbi Carducci
President - NAWBO Boston Chapter