Awesome Women Will Become Part of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce
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Arlington Chamber Will Add Women-Only Networking Events in Fall 2020 We are thrilled to announce that Awesome Women (AWE) will become a program of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce later this year. The Arlington Chamber will offer women-only networking events beginning in the fall, and will call the new program the Arlington Chamber Chapter of AWE. “We are thrilled to take what feels like a natural step in AWE’s evolution,” said AWE co-founders Karen Bate and Evelyn Powers. “Women-only networking events have grown and flourished since we began AWE six years ago, and we believe the Chambe ..read more
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What Is the Value of AWE Membership? Survey Results Say...
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Thanks to all who responded to the AWE Survey in August with your valuable feedback. Now that it's Fall when many member renewals are due, and as we hit the networking circuit again following a nice summer break, we've gotten a few questions about AWE membership, about what we do with dues and meeting fees -- in short, about what is the value of AWE membership? And we are so very glad you asked! Based on our recent survey, previous surveys and regular member feedback, a top benefit of being a member of AWE is the incredible network of fellow local women business owners you meet who truly want ..read more
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What Would You Do If You Were Being Brave?
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Guest Post by Margie WarrellWhat would you do if you were being brave? Have you ever looked back and wished you’d been braver? I certainly have. What we often don’t realize is the profound toll that fear can take when we let it call the shots in our lives. In fact research shows that the number one regret of the dying is that they lived too safe and risked too little, living the life others wanted them to live but not the one they wanted for themselves. Overcoming our innate fear requires courage. But not one big bold act of courage, lots of smaller ones, every day. The good news is that coura ..read more
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Women Making History
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Happy International Women's Day and Women's History Month! By any measure, women lead the pack in diving into entrepreneurship and starting businesses all over the world, including 2,000 every day in the U.S. alone! Even more awesome, 64% of those are women of color! Clearly women decided to take the reins and forge their own paths to success in our persistently unequal world. If you look at the annals of business history you’ll find a lot of names, and most of them will be of men. That’s because for centuries, women couldn’t truly be masters of their fate. They couldn’t get credit, or own a b ..read more
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AWE Hosts Inaugural AWE Summit
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AWE Summit We are super excited to hold our first conference for awesome women entrepreneurs – the AWE Summit – on Wednesday, March 13! This jam-packed half-day event will feature some of our region's top entrepreneurial leaders and influencers such as Marissa Levin, Angelica Talan and WUSA9's Ellen Bryan covering a variety of important topics, with panel discussions, presentations and the opportunity to connect with the most awesome women business owners in the DC area! As women business owners and female founders, we all face common challenges. At the AWE Summit, you'll discover ..read more
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Why I Lead
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Central Prince Georges AWE This post by AWE Central Prince Georges Chapter Leader Pamela Hart Vines, Founder & CEO of Troop PR and Vines Film, appeared first on Linked In on January 24, 2019. I’m a community leader. Although I have yet to organize social cause demonstrations or run for public office, my important contribution to my community is to lead the local chapter of a women’s networking group called Awesome Women Entrepreneurs. My chapter, among seven AWE chapters in the region, is based in Central Prince George’s County. The challenge is, a woman can barely take twenty steps witho ..read more
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Here’s to an AWEsome 2019!
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Best Business Award While our country continues to experience unprecedented national turbulence and an uncertain financial outlook, we remain truly grateful for all the wonderful milestones and events that made 2018 a banner year for AWE – and look to the year ahead full of optimism and excitement. From our selection as an Arlington, VA Chamber of Commerce Best Business Award winner to being recognized for our efforts on behalf of women and diversity with a James B. Hunter Human Rights Award, we were honored and proud to accept these accolades on behalf of all the incredible women busine ..read more
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Top 5 Reasons Women Love Female-Only Networking Groups
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This article by AWE co-founder Karen Bate originally appeared in Entrepreneur.com.For many women business owners, the term networking evokes a superficial, soulless exchange of cards that rarely leads to genuine new connections -- or business. Yet, being an entrepreneur can be lonely, and we all know getting out there is crucial to your company's growth and success.This may explain why women-only networking is an increasingly appealing option and a growing trend. From The Wing, a high-end coworking space in New York and D.C., to the home-based Quilt  ..read more
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Lynne Bacaj shares her insights as a Cannabis Coach
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This past Friday evening our Arlington AWE chapter meeting was held at Gossip on 23rd owned by Katherine Glorioso. Our speaker, Lynne Bacaj, who hails from the San Diego area is a cannabis coach, and shared information and resources about the varied uses of cannabis. She counsels clients who are seeking relief for a variety of conditions when mainstream medicine hasn't helped: post-surgical and other pain, menopausal symptoms, depression and anxiety, she even has four dogs as clients. Bacaj shared examples of clients she works with including one in chronic pain following four back surgeries, o ..read more
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AWE DC: Joy Kingsley-Ibeh
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AWE DC is heading into the summer with yet another amazing meeting under it’s belt. We had the pleasure of having Joy Kingsley-Ibeh, owner of Kingsley Model + Talent Management, join us as guest speaker. Joy shared her amazing success story with us; the highs and the lows. She talk about not being afraid to use and accept the help of your community and resources around us. Her story of family death, insecurities, failures and accomplishments opened up the room for an intimate, supportive and inspirational discussion. Not only did we have an amazing guest speaker this month, AWE DC collaborated ..read more
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