NAWBO Silicon Valley Connections

The NAWBO-SV Board wanted to pass along the recent speech by President Obama, which offers hope for job creation and boosting the economy. The information below was taken from the White House website. Click Here for the full speech.

AMERICAN JOBS ACT

To create more jobs now, the President is sending Congress the American Jobs Act - a set of ideas supported by both Democrats and Republicans that Congress must pass right away. The purpose of the American Jobs Act is simple: put more people back to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans. Here's how:

• First, it provides a tax cut for small businesses, not big corporations, to help them hire and expand now, and provides an additional tax cut to any business that hires or increases wages.
• Second, it puts more people back to work, including up to 280,000 teachers laid off by state-budget cuts, first responders and veterans coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan, and construction workers repairing crumbling bridges, roads and more than 35,000 public schools, with projects chosen by need and impact, not earmarks and politics. And, it expands job opportunities for hundreds of thousands of low-income youth and adults through a new Pathways Back to Work Fund that supports summer and year round jobs for youth; innovative new job training programs to connect low-income workers to jobs quickly; and successful programs to encourage employers to bring on disadvantaged workers.
• Third, it helps out-of-work Americans by extending unemployment benefits to help them support their families while looking for work and reforming the system with training programs that build real skills, connect to real jobs and help the long-term unemployed. It bans employers from discriminating against the unemployed when hiring, and provides a new tax credit to employers hiring workers who have been out of a job for over 6 months.
• Fourth, it puts more money in the pockets of working and middle class Americans by cutting in half the payroll tax that comes out of every worker's paycheck, saving families an average of $1,500 a year' and taking executive action to remove the barriers that exist in the current federal refinancing program (HARP) to help more Americans refinance their mortgages at historically low rates, save money and stay in their homes.
• Last, the plan won't add a dime to the deficit and is fully paid for through a balanced deficit reduction plan that includes closing corporate tax loopholes and asking the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share.

REAL WOMEN. REAL CONVERSATIONS.
Save the Date! October 20th 12:30-5pm
NAWBO-SV and Ameriprise Financial present this exiting afternoon about creating priorities and managing day-to-day relationships. Keynote speaker and bestselling author Suzy Welch will share strategies to help you balance priorities. The Historic Del Monte Building 100 S. Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Register Today!

Stop Selling and Start Closing: Why Selling Never Works in Today's Business
Oct 25 Dinner Event 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Biltmore Hotel
1251 Laurelwood Road
Santa Clara, CA 95054

EXPO Networking Reception and Dinner Event - "Rev Up Your Revenue Game"
Nov 15 Dinner Event 5:00pm-8:00pm

The September Mixer at Debbie Lynn's Costumes was a lot of fun and gave members and guests an opportunity to dress up in hats and all manners of garb while networking and noshing!

Members Beatrice Schultz, Jan Robertson and Theresa Oatman dressed for the
festivities at Debbie Lynn's Costumes!

BREAKING NEWS

Congratulations to NAWBO Silicon Valley International Affairs for signing their first Affiliate Agreement and Co-Promotional Partnership with the Northern California World Trade Center Gateway California, BayBrazil, and the Monterey Bay International Trade Association.

As an added commitment to Diversity, NAWBO Silicon Valley has recently become an Affiliate Member with the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce: www.cahcc.com

This is the first official commitment between these organizations and a NAWBO California chapter.


Congratulations indeed to NAWBO Silicon Valley.

HISTORY

NAWBO Silicon Valley International Affairs was created in May 2010. This was the first out of 9 chapters in NAWBO California and among a few others nationally to create a specific department dedicated to bringing forth international business opportunities.

UPDATE

At the recent NAWBO® National Women Business Conference held in beautiful San Diego, NAWBO Silicon Valley had the privilege of escorting the President and Vice President of the Mexican Association of Business Women (AMMJE); Alia Lorena Ibarra and Ana Maria Sanchez. In a further commitment to emphasize the importance of global associations and opportunities, NAWBO has a new Global Chair.

Left to right: Griselda Quezada-Chavez, International Affairs Director NAWBO-SV - Lisa Hickey, Incoming President TIAW - Sherry Fotheringham-Gysler, President TIAW - Evelyn Strange, Chair NAWBO, Alia Lorena Ibarra, President AMMJE - Maxine Goulding, President NAWBO-SV, Ana Maria Sanchez, Vice President AMMJE.

NAWBO® National makes strategic changes to evolve to the next level by returning their office to Washington, DC and with their new President and CEO, Diane Lenegham Tomb. Diane is an accomplished leader with a proven track record of creating well-targeted strategies that achieve business objectives. Most recently, Diane ran a successful public affairs and strategic communications firm since 2003, served in senior roles in the federal government, non-profit and private sectors. Congratulations and welcome Diane. To our past President and CEO, Helen Han, thank you for commitment to NAWBO® and we wish you continuous success in your new endeavors.

COMING SOON

International Affairs web presence at www.nawbo-sv.org Stay tuned for a local and global calendar of events, International Intelligence news and additional affiliations. For more information on how to advertise with NAWBO-SV International Affairs, please contact: internationalaffairs@nawbo-sv.org

EVENTS

On September 26th-27th, 2011 Northern California World Trade Center invites NAWBO Silicon Valley members to participate with an international woman's group from Africa who have been nominated by U.S Embassy's in their home countries and are being invited to the U.S. through the Department of States International Visitors Leadership Program.

This 6 member group will focus on consultant and training work for women and are all currently involved in business management for woman in Africa. The emphasis of the professional program in each of the cities they will visit will be on opportunities for the visitors to interact with business women, particularly those that work in consulting and training organizations.

We would like each visitor to have the opportunity to engage in conversations with women entrepreneurs who occupy similar roles and are engaged in a similar activity, of comparable size, a common mission and are in the same sector as the visitors' businesses. Meetings to be held in Sacramento, CA, www.norcalwtc.org For more information contact: internationalaffairs@nawbo-sv.org

NAWBO Silicon Valley and their new Affiliated Partner BayBrazil at their “Doing Business with Brazil” event on October 13, 2011. This workshop will focus on the economic outlook and case studies of U.S. companies that are expanding to Brazil. Time 3pm-7pm in Santa Clara, CA. For more details and registration use the (baybrazilNAWBOSV) code: www.baybrazilworkshop2.eventbrite.com

NAWBO Silicon Valley in partnership with the Northern California World Trade Center invite NAWBO members to the Gateway California event on October 26, 2011 to be held in So. San Francisco. Gateway California is a marquee fly-in program that is the leading export/import forum on North America's west coast. This one-day event includes a dynamic trade show and focused curriculum of export and import related training workshops in addition to the International Export/Import Executive Luncheon featuring industry experts presenting the latest policy directions and trends.

For a limited time, two table options are available to NAWBO-SV members:

• All-Access Luncheon Table Purchase $700 ($1192 value) includes 1 Executive Luncheon Table & 8 trade show/workshop tickets.
• Executive Luncheon Table/Trade Show Package - $950 (a $1600 value), Executive Luncheon table (1), Exhibit booth space (8' x 10') and 8 trade show/workshop tickets.

To register use the (NAWBOSV) code: www.gatewayca.org

The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) invites NAWBO Silicon Valley members to the TIAW Global Forum and World Difference Awards where women leaders and thoughtful strategists from around the world gather at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on October 26th-28th, 2011. For more information: www.tiaw.org/global_forum_2011/Global-Forum_Washington.asp

In Working for continuous global opportunities, the Mexican Association of Businesswomen (AMMJE) and the World Association of Businesswomen (FCEM, Les Femmes Chefs d´Entreprises Mondiales), invite NAWBO Silicon Valley members to participate in the 59th Annual Congress-Latin America Summit Meeting on November 1-4, 2011. This grand event is to be held in beautiful and historic Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Enjoy the Mayan culture and participate in their off sites events, family is welcome... To register use the (NAWBOSV) code: www.59congresofcem2011.com

Save the Date

NAWBO Silicon Valley in partnership with TradePort and MBITA will conduct a seminar-conference and mixer-dinner on November 15, 2011. The event will highlight how to use online technologies to sell your services, expertise, products and technologies to the global marketplace. The World-Wide-Web allows us not only to facilitate and consummate online global trade transactions with products and technologies, but also creates an environment for our knowledge based professionals to 'export their expertise' and specialized services to markets throughout the world who are in need of such advice and knowledge, especially developing countries as they 'leap-frog' their societies into a 21st Century infrastructure.

There are untapped markets throughout the world seeking opportunities to import American products, technologies and expertise in all industry sectors and this NAWBO Silicon Valley/TradePort/MBITA seminar-conference and mixer-dinner will feature presentations and demonstrations on the latest online sources and service providers providing services in all aspects of the global trade community to help successfully support and consummate bilateral trade and investment opportunities, and as a result create new, good paying jobs. More details on registration, exhibitor and sponsor opportunities to follow.

For more information email: internationalaffairs@nawbo-sv.org

Griselda Quezada Chavez
International Affairs Director

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