ABWA Beachwood Ohio

Our team has been formed!  We are the ABWA-WOW Chapter team!!  If you click on this link, http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=2700&team_id=94890, you can join the team by clicking one of two “join ABWA-WOW Chaper” links.  By joining the team, you will be able to create your own page and monitor your progress as you set a fundraising goal. 

I have set our team goal to $500.  I think this is a very attainable goal.  You will be able to send emails to everyone you know to collect donations (through the site).  There is no minimum that a person can raise, but every dollar raised is a dollar closer to helping eradicate this illness that affects so many men and women.

If you would like to participate, please email Niki Kramarz at nkramarz@hotmail.com or follow the above instructions.  There has been great interest to date, so don’t be left out.  Come join us!!!

I want us to make a different in someone’s life and this would be a great way to do so.  
 
Please pass this along to any friend, sister, mother, cousin…anyone that you think would be interested in participating.

If you are new to this page, the WOW chapter is taking the initiative to help eradicate breast cancer.  This is the first philanthropic event we are doing as a chapter and we want to get everyone involved!  We will be making strides against breast cancer!  On May 19th, the American Cancer Society is sponsoring this uplifting event.  It will be filled with emotion, as people walk in honor of loved ones and praise the many survivors.   

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is a noncompetitive walk to help fight breast cancer and provide hope to people facing the disease. Your participation will support the American Cancer Society’s lifesaving research, prevention, early detection, and support programs for thousands of patients and their families.  

This is not a race.  This walk is done at your own pace with your team. This walk will be taking place around the Jacob’s Field/Gateway complex.  Rain or shine, let us show our support to the brave men and women who deal with challenges facing this disease.  

Come and join us!!

  

With over 20 years of progressive Marketing, Direct Mail and Product Management experience gained through both non-profit and private industry sectors, Jim Cermak opened the doors on Cermak Marketing in 2005. Cermak Marketing has helped small to mid-sized businesses in consumer products, manufacturing, distribution and health & wellness grow through strategy and the utilization of multiple marketing tools.

Prior to starting Cermak Marketing, Jim was with non-profit consulting group CAMP for five years, first as the Direct Marketing Manager, and later moving into the position of Product Development Marketing Manager. While with the product development group, Cermak worked with Cuyahoga County Department of Development to develop, market and manage the $1 million Cuyahoga County Product Innovation Loan Fund.

In 2004, he was personally trained by “American Inventor” judge Doug Hall, founder of the Eureka! Ranch, to facilitate Innovation and Marketing Coaching workshops.

He is the author of Shift Into Drive: Get Your Life in Gear with Prayer (2004, Lulu Publishing). Shift Into Drive is being used in various churches and ministries, and many plans are underway for further group use.

Jim currently lives in Parma with Mary Ann, his wife of 17 years, and with his children Brittany (13) and Jake (8).

Jim Cermak  Marketing & Direct Mail Professional  President - Cermak Marketing

The turn out wasn’t huge, but the meeting was a hit. If you were ever curious about what franchising was all about and how to get into it, tonight was the night to come.

Joel Labava explains that looking at franchising is a lot like deciding how you want to bake your cake: Do you want to go to the supermarket and go through each isle picking out each ingredient, or do you want to pick up a cake mix box? Franchising is like that cake mix box.

As described in his handouts, “The franchising business is a licensing system by which the owner (franchisor) of a product or a service licenses others (franchisees) to market and sell the product or service within a defined territory, following the guidelines established by the franchisor.”

Joel explained about the three ways to acquire a business: 1.) From scratch - doing all the hard work, with no support, trying to figure out everything on your own, 2.) Purchase and existing Business - could be risky and cumbersome, you have to negotiate with the current owner, and it is hard to tell what you are getting, or 3.) Invest in a Franchise - if done correctly, it can be the easiest and fastest way to build wealth.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Franchises can start at $100,000 to $150,000, and figure that you won’t make money in the first year. If you are lucky, you will have a working spouse to get through the slim times. Financing is more forgiving when you consider franchising - no venture capitalists to consult, and the banks are more willing to lend. Of your sales, 4% to 12% will go to the franchisor.

Joel suggests doing your homework - and lots of it! If you are interested in a franchise, call franchise owners not in your intended area. How do they like it? What were their struggles? How long did it take to break even? Questions like these can help uncover if this is an investment you are willing to take on.

If you would like more information, please contact him at 216-831-2610, franpro@sbcglobal.net, or check out his website at http://www.theohiofranchisecenter.com/.

Hey! Check out the slide show at the bottom right of this page. See the new pics that I took at today’s meeting: February 20th, 2007!

-Tracy

Click here for a 3 minute interview on NewsChannel 5, Ohio. And DON’T MISS the real deal this Tuesday, February 13th at 6:00pm at BW East!

I have taken advantage of what this web site has to offer, and have provided a list of books (see the right side of this site) that I have read and helped me through major changes in my life. I hope you receive the same fulfillment in reading (or listening to thanks to Audible.com) these books as I have.

DON’T BE FRUSTRATED AND DO IT ALONE, GET HELP 

Would you like to make a difference in the success of Women of Wisdom, the Chapter of ABWA that gives YOU so much?  Do you have just a few hours every month to help us be the best we can be?  Join a Committee and learn about the committee that you signed up for.

This afternoon’s training session will provide you with the tools ready to help you make a difference.  It will also will give you the opportunity to learn, to teach and be an active part of a team – teamwork is fun and ever so rewarding.  Please join us as we grow.

WHERE:  Lucille Wingard’s House   903 Tollis Parkway, Broadview Heights
 WHEN:  Sunday, February 11th, 2007
 WHAT:  “COMMITTES AND HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER”
   TIME:  1:00  -  ? ? ? ?   LUNCH WILL BE SERVED     

RSVP:  Lucille Wingard  /  440-237-1150 
              OR  lucillemarie@cox.net

In addition to learning how to work with each other, you will get to know each other better.  It will be a FUN afternoon.

ARE YOU?  MOTIVATED?    TALENTED?  GENEROUS?  AN ACHEIVER? CARING?  PLEASE JOIN US.  YOU WILL BE SO GLAD YOU DID!
(Written by Lucille Wingard)