May Monthly Dinner Meeting
Monday, May 20, 2024
5:30-6:00 pm Check-in & Networking
6:00-8:00 pm Dinner & Program
Maggiano's Little Italy
10367 Midtown Parkway (Town Center)
Jacksonville, Florida 32246
Member: $40
Guest: $45
Visitor: $50
Our dinners are family style dining where an assortment of dishes will be offered including salads, vegetarian & non-vegetarian entrees, pasta, vegetables, rolls and dessert. Water/Tea/Coffee also included.
Cash Bar until 7:15 pm * No special orders
TOPIC:
How An Assistant Can Be a Game-Changer
in Business & in Life
PROGRAM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Bonnie Low-Kramen
Bonnie Low-Kramen, based in Ponte Vedra, is a globally respected thought leader on workplace dynamics, leveraging her extensive experience as the former Personal Assistant to Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis for 25 years. With a reach spanning 13 countries, Bonnie's insights are invaluable. Her TEDx talk, "The Real Reasons People Quit," and the acclaimed workshop "Be the Ultimate Assistant" (co-taught with Vickie Sokol Evans), featured in Forbes, highlight her expertise. As a bestselling author of "Be the Ultimate Assistant" and "Staff Matters," Bonnie contributes to Executive Support Magazine and Harvard Business Review, and her clientele includes prestigious institutions like the Wharton School and the British Parliament, as well as corporate giants like Starbucks and Amazon. A dedicated advocate for women's issues, she champions causes such as closing the wage gap and combating workplace bullying, striving to foster healthy, respectful, and productive partnerships globally.
SPOTLIGHT SPEAKER
Jeanne Maron
The Gifted Cork
Jeanne Maron has been a retailer since she was 12. She went into the family business immediately following college, and learned the business as owner, salesperson, buyer, advertiser, customer service, and janitor. She did that for 23 years, then followed her passion to event planning and nonprofit leadership. She worked as the Jacksonville Director for American Cancer Society, event planner for JEA, then after being laid off in October 2008, she decided to start a new venture in retail…a wine shop in downtown St. Augustine.
The Gifted Cork has been in business 15 years, with a stock of over 500 different wines, cheeses, and fun/wine-related gifts. She pours wine everyday with a monthly wine theme and makes gourmet baskets and custom charcuterie boards. She hosts in-house and outside tastings, as well as leads wine tours around the country. Jeanne is married to Howard, and has three sons, two daughter-in-laws, a granddaughter, 11, and an adorable Black-Mouth Cur.
Don't forget to bring your Door Prize!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 15, 2024
