About Women Business Owners of North FL
WBO is recognized as the premier women's entrepreneurial organization in North Florida, increasing recognition of women business owners and their successes and encouraging ownership by women in business. Our Mission is to inspire women business owners to grow through networking, education, and support. |
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Upcoming Events
5/12 Happy Hour 5/23 Dinner Meeting 6/2 Area Roundtable |
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WBO May 2022 Insight Newsletter
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President's Message From Bonnie Vande Velde |
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Greetings and happy May! This is arriving to you late due to my overwhelming business activity. I am so thankful for that! I sincerely hope that all of you are in the same uncomfortable spot. It causes us to stop and think about how to be more efficient and effective at what we do and the process surrounding our business activities. I have made some highly effective changes in my business to make it more efficient and consequently that has generated more profit in difficult financial times. I would encourage all of you to make time to have a look at your business process this month and try to find places where you can trim the excess. With inflation rising, a war in a country blessed with rare natural resources, and people still learning to live with Covid, we need to remain flexible, scalable and fundable. We all have a business to protect and grow. That business provides for our families and our life needs. We must take care of the businesses we own so that life can go on and we can all prosper. It is a challenge at times but persistence, patience and perseverance will be most effective at growing our businesses in these trying financial times.
May you all be blessed beyond your wildest imagination with business that prospers and grows you!
Bonnie
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Dinner Program
2022-2023 Board Slate Elections
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Mark Your Calendars!
5:30 - 6:00 pm Networking
6:00 - 8:00 pm Dinner and Program
WBO Members - $35
WBO Guests - $40
Visitors - $45
Maggiano's Little Italy (Town Center)
10367 Midtown Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32246
The dinner registration deadline is Wednesday, May 18th
so REGISTER HERE TODAY
Ceasar Salad
Protein (Chicken Florentine served over Creamed Spinach and Spaghetti Aglio Olio)
--or--
Vegetarian (Eggplant Parmesan over Spaghetti Marinara Sauce)
Dessert (Chef's Choice)
Rolls & Butter
Water/Tea/Coffee Included
Individually plated meals * Cash Bar until 7:15 pm * No special orders
Don't forget to bring a Door Prize!
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Leslie Welsh
Leslie Welsh, CPA, Inc. |
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As a CPA, Leslie has over 20 years of public accounting experience. Her focus is on small businesses and individual clients. She has represented numerous clients before the Internal Revenue Service and enjoys helping clients with tax planning. Services provided include QuickBooks support, bookkeeping, tax preparation, and financial statements. In Leslie’s free time she enjoys exploring the outdoors with her husband and their 3 kids. |
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Elizabeth G. Bagan, APRN
Precision Medicine & Wellness |
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Elizabeth Bagan,
APRN is a Family & Emergency Nurse Practitioner. She is well regarded
in the Jacksonville community earning numerous accolades for her quality and
patient centered care. Elizabeth is the founder of Precision Medicine &
Wellness by Elizabeth Bagan, APRN which serves the Northeast Florida and South
Georgia Communities by providing direct primary care services, bio identical
hormone replacement therapy, and wellness programs. |
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Area Roundtable Meetings Mark Your Calendars for the First Thursday of the Month! |
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 11:45 am - 1:00 pm |
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TOPIC: Taking Care of Yourself with Health Experts
Lori Day will speak about good nutrition and Elizabeth Bagan will talk about hormones and exercise. You don't want to miss this!
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Bring Business Cards!
Deadline to Register
Sunday, May 29th by 12Noon. Must pay online.
(Distanced and Masks Encouraged)
NO WALK UPS!
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Thursday, May 12, 2022
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Ida Claire
(St. Johns Town Center)
10209 Rivercoast Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32246 |
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Happy Hours Mark Your Calendars for the Second Thursday of the Month! |
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WBO Happy Hours are every second Thursday, 5:00-7:00 p.m., at different areas of Jacksonville every month!
Our next WBO Happy Hour will be on Thursday, May 12th at the Ida Claire (St. Johns Town Center). The agenda is simple - MAKE CONNECTIONS and get to know one another. There is no cost to register.
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BRING YOUR BUSINESS CARDS AND A SMILE!
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Speakers Series WBO 2022 Spring Speaker Series was a Huge Success! |
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Dawn Wilson Bluefin Technology Group
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Bluefin Technology Group works with small to mid-size business to handle all their technology needs. We define our success by deeply integrating our team with your business to operate seamlessly as an extension of your company, leaving you and your staff to feel like we only work with you. Cybersecurity threats are the number one thing that all businesses are concerned about right now and we can help alleviate those concerns by being your technology partner. |
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Instructions for printing WBO Member Directory
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1. Login to wbonfl.org with your username and password
2. Navigate to the member directory
3. Once you are on the directory page hold down Ctrl key & press the letter P
4. This will give you printing options
5. I would suggest you choose to print to a .pdf file which will allow you to save the .pdf file to your computer.
6. Then click the down arrow on the show field to choose the next group of members (The first group is 1-50, second is 51-100, third is 101-………)
7. When you save the files make sure you differentiate for each group of members you are saving/printing. That way you will be sure to get all of them. If you don’t, you will overwrite the previous group when saving a file.
8. Once you have saved the .pdf files you can print them out as many times as you want to.
1. Login to wbonfl.org with your username and password
2. Navigate to the member directory
3. Once you are on the directory page hold down Ctrl key & press the letter P
4. This will give you printing options
5. I would suggest you choose to print to a .pdf file which will allow you to save the .pdf file to your computer.
6. Then click the down arrow on the show field to choose the next group of members (The first group is 1-50, second is 51-100, third is 101-………)
7. When you save the files make sure you differentiate for each group of members you are saving/printing. That way you will be sure to get all of them. If you don’t, you will overwrite the previous group when saving a file.
8. Once you have saved the .pdf files you can print them out as many times as you want to.
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30th Annual Small Business Week Awards Celebration is May 25th!
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Honoring North Florida’s Small Business Leaders, Champions and Top Lenders! Network with North Florida’s small business leaders, lenders and supporters as the U.S. Small Business Administration presents the Small Business Week Awards and Top Lender Awards!
In recognition of the small business community’s contribution to the economy and society, the President of the United States designates one week each year as National Small Business Week. The U.S. SBA, in conjunction with the FSBDC at UNF, will host this special event at the local level to honor and present awards to local entrepreneurs and those who support and advocate for small businesses
Keynote Presentation: “From Surviving to Thriving: A Time to Reimagine Your Small Business” presented by Regina Phelps, founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions. She will be sharing her unique perspective on taking these tough lessons from the pandemic to reimagine your business and go from surviving to thriving!
Sponsored by:
121 Financial Credit Union
Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship
Date/Time/Location:
May 25th, 2022 - 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
UNF Herbert University Center
12000 Alumni Drive
Jacksonville FL 32224
Cost:
Individual Seat $40
Table Sponsor (seats 8 and includes company name in program) $350
Contact Ali Stephens at ali.stephens@unf.edu call 904-620-2441 for more information or CLICK HERE to register! |
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Grant Funded Free Training |
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Public Consulting Group, under the auspices of Tech Quest Apprenticeship with Clark University has exciting news to share with WBO members regarding a Grant-funded (therefore FREE) training for new and existing Entrepreneurs, and those who have considered entrepreneurship as an opportunity for new business development, realization of a long-term dream, or perhaps as a necessity.
Tech Quest Apprenticeship is a Department of Labor funded resource which is underwriting the cost of the Program titled, “CE-Oh!”; please review: TQAClark.com.
For more information contact Michelle Sims at misims@pcgus.com. To register CLICK HERE. |
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Fall Retreat and 2023 Speaker Series Planning |
The planning committee for the Fall Retreat will be holding its first planning meeting on May 23, at 4pm at Maggiano's. Anyone interested in joining a committee or checking out the process is welcome. Love to see some of our newer members join in.
The Spring Speaker Series for 2023 will also be gearing up for brainstorming sessions via Zoom for the first few meetings. Anyone interested in volunteering for this event & setting the tone/theme for next year, please contact Pixie Larizza at SpecialEventsChair@wbonfl.org |
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Distinguished Member Award |
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Since 1992, WBO has recognized a member with this
prestigious award. The objective is to show our appreciation to a member
(not a board member of that year) who’s gone above and beyond by providing an
exemplary example of membership involvement by giving time, talent or treasure
to support WBO events, and by helping further the mission of WBO both
internally and externally. Submissions will be requested soon! |
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Volunteer Photographer Needed |
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Do you like taking photos? WBO is in need of someone to take photos at our dinner meetings. All you need is a good camera or an iPhone 11 version or newer. Please contact admin@wbonfl.org |
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Happy Birthday to You!
5/5 Stacey Mayo 5/10 Jeannie Fredrick 5/16 Haley Daugherty 5/20 Catherine Swingle Dana Heisler 5/23 Lynn Spears 5/30 Zelda Greenberg Donna Ribeiro 5/31 Heather Johnson |
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