Goal Setting for Financial Prosperity and Success

Guest Speaker: Michele Corey, Advanced Approach

Michele has a decade of experience in Fortune 500 and 1000 companies whose well-known products include many household names such as: Pillsbury, Green Giant, Clorox, Brita Water Filters, and Dial Soap. For close to a decade she's been partnering with women in business that feel like they've run into their own glass ceiling, are tired of running circles, and want more from their business and life. Michele has a gift of helping you cut through the stuff that's weighing you down, get reconnected to what's most important, and make it happen.

Eliminating Credit Card Debt

Emily Peters, Credit.com

A former TransUnion credit bureau insider and a nationally recognized expert on credit scores, loans, debt, credit cards and money management. Ms. Davidson has appeared on Fox Business News and has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, USA Today and Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine.

Organizing Your Financial Records

Jessica Chapman, Room to Breathe

Jessica Chapman, owner and principle organizer of Room to Breathe (TM) has been focused on improving productivity through effective organization, systems and processes for more than 10 years. Her business background includes experience in corporate and small business management, marketing, process improvement and customer service in the U.S. and the U.K.

Building a Strong Financial Foundation

Debbie Whitlock, President of Sound Financial Partners

As a female financial professional working with women Debbie uses a solid relationship based approach to a sometimes intimidating process. Debbie's process allows her clients to build personal strategies around asset protection, accumulation and distribution. Debbie frequently sponsors and speaks at Money Wi$e Women Conference in Seattle.

Earn at Your Potential: Embracing the Seven Challenges

Mikelann Valterra, Director of the Women's Earning Institute

Founding director of the Women's Earning Institute and passionately devoted to helping women earn at their potential. Mikelann is the author of Why Women Earn Less: How to Make What You're Really Worth. She's a nationally sought after expert on women's work, money and earning issues. For over a decade, she has empowered women to overcome self-sabotaging beliefs about wealth, transform their relationship to money, and unlock their earning potential.

Understanding Your Credit Score and Report

Gerri Detweiler, President of Ultimate Credit

Helping consumers find reliable answers to their credit questions has been the theme of Gerri Detweiler's work for the past twenty years. As a consumer advocate, Gerri has been interviewed for more than 3000 news interviews including The Today Show, Dateline NBC, The New York Times, USA Today and REader's Digest. She is also an international speaker and has testified before Congress on consumer credit topics. Currently Gerri is the President of Ultimate Credit Solutions, Inc. She is also Credit Advisor for Credit.com, one of the web's leading personal finance websites. Gerri is the author or co-author of four books inlcuding Stop Debt Collectors: How to Protect Your Rights and Resolve Your Debts with Mary Reed; The Ultimate Creidt Handbook. She co-authored Invest In Yourself: Six Secrets to a Rich Life and Slash Your Debt: Save Money & Secure Your Future.

Caring for Your Soul in Matters of Money

Karen Ramsey, Ramsey and Associates

Karen Ramsey, author of Think Again: New Money Choices, Old Money Myths and Caring for Your Soul in Matters of Money is passionately dedicated to her clients well being. . Karen has been featured in the New York Times, Glamour Magazine, Family Circle and The Seattle Times.

Attitude: How It's Affecting Your Bottom Line! (Especially in economic downturns!)

Johnna Johnson, Founder & President of Johnna Johnson & Co

Johhna Johnson, author of Just Jump! How to Build the Confidence and Courage You Need to Just Jump Out of Your Comfort Zone and Into Your True Potential is an international speaker, author and success coach. Johnna Johnson & Co., is a Boise, Idaho based company who inspires organziations, teams and individuals to Just Jump: from Ordinary to Outstanding! Throughout our keynotes, workshops and coaching, you will experience not only our energetic and interactive methods, but most importantly, our essential elements of excellence: Ambition, Attitude & Action!

Tame Your Money Fears

Debbie Lacy, MoneyMindful Coach

Debbie Lacy has been helping people envision and create better lives for more than 16 years. She has a Masters of Social Work degree and launched her full-time coaching practice in 2003. Debbie is the founder and creator of the Money Mindful Way, a series of courses designed to help people overcome money fears, identify what they want, and move forward in tangible ways.

Investing 101

Lynda Livingston, Professor of Finance, University of Puget Sound

Wills and Estate Planning

Julianne Kocer, Attorney at Law

Julianne Kocer is a Life Care Planning/Elder Law/Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Wasington State. She practices in the legal areas of Life Care Planning, Wills, Trusts, Medicaid, disability programs and probate. Julianne is an active member of the Washington State Bar Association and is also licensed to practice law in Minnesota. Julianne was named a "Rising Star" in Washington Law and Politics for five consecutive years (2004 - 2008) by the 'SuperLawyers' of Washington state, an award granted to only 2.3 percent of attorneys annually statewide. Julianne is a popular speaker st Money Wi$e Women Conferences.

Teaching Your Kids About Money

Variny Paladino, co-author of The Teen Girls Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money

The 5-Keys to Unlocking Passion, Purpose and Prosperity: A Transformational Approach to Goal Setting

Shannon Bruce, Certified Professional Coach, Speaker and Author of Direct Selling Power: Expert Advice to Accelerate your Business

Shannon Bruce, PCC is a Mompreneur Success Coach and catalyst for life change who empowers self-employed women to break through barriers, reconnect with what’s important and achieve thriving personal lives and prosperous careers. Using her skills as a Professional Certified Coach, Shannon’s greatest gift is her ability to connect women to their heart to gain clarity, find purpose and determine action steps so they can achieve exceptional lives and generate extraordinary business results. Her clients are done striving and are committed to discovering what they’re here for while boldly going after their inspired life vision with courage, confidence and authenticity.

Managing Your Time and Multiple Commitments

Sherri Edwards, Resource Maximizer

Sherri Edwards offers human resource consulting, training and outplacement services to businesses, public agencies and nonprofit organizations, in addition to coaching for individuals pursuing a career change. She also provides custom designed workshops covering effective communication, customer service, conflict resolution, strategic networking, managing multiple commitments, goal setting, in addition to communications and supervisory training classes for a nationally known government training organization.

Tax Tips for the Self-Employed

Robin Clark, CPA, Clark Accounting Services

Robin Clark, is a highly diverse auditing/accounting professional with over 20 years experience auditing Fortune 500 and smaller companies. She has been a member of the State of Washington Board of Accountancy since 2001 and owns Clark Accounting.

Dean Heyl, Attorney, Direct Selling Association

Dean Heyl is DSA’s Attorney and Director of Government Relations. He is responsible for lobbying, legal analysis, position papers and serving as a liaison to political organizations. Prior to joining DSA, Mr. Heyl managed the Coalition for Affordable Accounting, which represented more than 124,000 accountants and tax preparers. He was recently appointed to the Internal Revenue Service’s Advisory Council. His government service includes working in the Idaho Governor and Attorney General’s Offices.

Reduce Debt, Reduce Stress

Gerri Detweiler, President of Ultimate Credit

Helping consumers find reliable answers to their credit questions has been the theme of Gerri Detweiler's work for the past twenty years. As a consumer advocate, Gerri has been interviewed for more than 3000 news interviews including The Today Show, Dateline NBC, The New York Times, USA Today and REader's Digest. She is also an international speaker and has testified before Congress on consumer credit topics. Currently Gerri is the President of Ultimate Credit Solutions, Inc. She is also Credit Advisor for Credit.com, one of the web's leading personal finance websites. Gerri is the author or co-author of four books inlcuding Stop Debt Collectors: How to Protect Your Rights and Resolve Your Debts with Mary Reed; The Ultimate Creidt Handbook. She co-authored Invest In Yourself: Six Secrets to a Rich Life and Slash Your Debt: Save Money & Secure Your Future.

www.ultimatecredit.com

Your Money Personality and Self-Employment

Mikelann Valterra, Women's Earning Institute

Mikelann Valterra is the founding director of the Women's Earning Institute and is passionately devoted to helping women earn at their potential. She is also the author of Why Women Earn Less: How to Make What You're Really Worth. She's a nationally sought after expert on women's work, money and earning issues. For over a decade, Mikelann has empowered women to overcome self-sabotaging beliefs about wealth, transform their relationship to money, and unlock their earning potential.

Power of Vision Using Dream Boards

Melissa Wadsworth, Creator of Dream Board Magic! How to Create and Use Dream Boards for the Life of Your Dreams

Melissa Wadsworth is a self-help author, inspirational speaker, and personal potential coach specializing in intuitive dream boards. Melissa teaches creative personal-growth processes that help people go from blocked to brilliant, and to transform from a feeling of being “less than” to feeling radiantly renewed and free.

So You Want to be an Entrepreneur

Sunny Kobe Cook, author of Common Things, Uncommon Ways and Founder of Sleep Country USA

Sunny Kobe Cook began her career as a secretary and gained popularity with the company she founded in 1991, Sleep Country USA. She served both as CEO and Company spokesperson in both radio and television advertisements for many years. During that time, she was named Inc.Magazine's Northwest Woman Entrepreneur of the Year along with numerous other business and corporate good citizen awards. She was featured on the cover of Washington CEO magazine when her company was the first retailer to ever be recognized as "Best Place to Work."

Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift

Lorraine Howell, Media Skills Training

Lorraine Howell started Media Skills Training in 1998 after 12 years as a television news and talk show producer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She coaches top executives and professionals on how to be more effective speakers for speeches, presentations, and media interviews. Lorraine is a specialist in message development, presentation skills, and media interview preparation. Her book Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift! is a step-by-step guide through her proven process for creating a winning elevator speech. As the Senior Segment Producer on the top rated news show “Mornings on 2" at KTVU, the Fox affiliate in Oakland, she specialized in booking exclusive, live interviews with top names in the news, public figures and celebrities.

Developing a Spending & Debt Reduction Plan

The key to developing financial stability is creating a budget and sticking to it. Becky House will share the various methods you can use to create a personalized spending plan to help you reduce your debt and help you to feel financially stable.

Becky House, American Financial Solutions

Becky House is the Quality Assurance and Education Manager for North Seattle Community College Foundation dba American Financial Solutions. She has over fifteen years of experience in training and education development with non-profit organizations. Within the last ten years, Becky has specialized in developing and presenting financial education throughout the greater Puget Sound area. She presents classes for community resource agencies, for private employers at local colleges and universities such as the University ff Washington Law School and the University of Puget Sound. She currently serves as the vice chair of the Asset Building Coalition of Kitsap County and is the secretary for the Kitsap Housing Coalition. In June of this year she was honored by Governor Gregoire for her work on financial education.

www.myfinancialgoals.org

Creating a Healthy Financial Life

Marcia Brixey will share tips and ideas on how to get in touch with your spending; get out of credit card debt and get clear about your credit report and score.

Marcia Brixey, Money Wise Women

Marcia Brixey is the author of The Money Therapist: A Woman’s Guide to Creating a Healthy Financial Life. She’s also the Founder and President of Money Wise Women, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and empowering women to live financially healthy. The organization hosts Money Wi$e Women Conferences and the Money Wi$e Women Get Smart Teleseminar Series. Ms. Brixey has been a speaker at numerous women’s conferences throughout the United States. She’s a former columnist for The Kitsap Sun newspaper. Marcia has been a guest on Northwest Afternoon, View from the Bay, Good Day Sacramento and About the Money. Her print media appearances include Quick and Simple, Woman’s World, Redbook, Reader’s Digest, Seattle Woman Magazine, and US News and World Report.

How to Build Strong Business and Personal Credit

If you are small business owner, then you know your credit is critically important to getting the financing you need. Learn how to build - or rebuild - strong personal and business credit with Gerri Detweiler, coauthor of Business Credit Success: Get on the Financing Fast Track.

Gerri Detweiler, Ultimate Credit

Helping consumers find reliable answers to their credit questions has been the theme of Gerri Detweiler’s work for the past twenty years. As a consumer advocate, Gerri has been interviewed for more than 3000 news interviews including The Today Show, Dateline NBC, The New York Times, USA Today and Reader's Digest. She is also an international speaker and has testified before Congress on consumer credit topics. Gerri currently is the president of Ultimate Credit Solutions Inc. She is also Credit Advisor for Credit.com, one of the web's leading personal finance websites. Gerri is the author or co-author of four books including Stop Debt Collectors: How to Protect Your Rights and Resolve Your Debts with Mary Reed; The Ultimate Credit Handbook. She co-authored Invest In Yourself: Six Secrets to a Rich Life and Slash Your Debt: Save Money & Secure Your Future. www.ultimatecredit.com

An Extraordinary Connection with your Business’ Finances

Do you know exactly how many more clients you need before you can give yourself a raise? Or how much you should be putting in business reserves each month? If your answer is no, then learn how to create a financially healthy business with Stacey Powell. She will teach you easy methods to simplify your business finances, create your own salary structure, and project your cash flow, providing you financial clarity about how your business is performing.

Stacey Powell, Creating Answers

Stacey Powell’s experience began as an auditor at a big four accounting firm, but it has been the past twelve years of working with small businesses and not-for-profits that has truly taught her how to help business owners understand and use their financial information. As Chief Creative Officer of Creating Answers, she has developed a model that provides their clients financial clarity. To achieve this, they look, see and tell the truth about their clients’ finances emphasizing both simple financials and forward focused analytics including cash flow projections, cost analysis, pricing structures and budget management. Financial clarity is the tool used to motivate individuals to define, plan and accomplish their financial goals. www.creatinganswers.com

Using Social Media to Build Your Business

Do you understand social media and how to use it? Jennifer Fong will discuss the differences between social media for personal and business use, how to get started with social media, and social media tools to consider using for your business.

Jennifer Fong

Jennifer Fong is a social media speaker and consultant who teaches direct selling companies and individual direct sellers how to use social media effectively as a business building tool. A former direct sales company CEO, Jennifer built her company from the ground up, and understands what it takes to build, lead, and train a team, as well as the underlying principles of any direct selling business: network, sell, and recruit. She combines her expertise in direct sales with her passion for social media marketing to provide direct sellers with the knowledge they need to put social media to work for their businesses in a strategic and profitable way.

http://jenfongspeaks.com

The Practical Aspects of Divorce

• Gain insight and learn answers to the “how, what, where, when, why” questions of divorce.
• Decrease legal expenses while increasing your knowledge of the divorce process and how it will affect you - today and years down the road.
• Get an accurate picture of not only your divorce but your life after divorce.
• Address your financial issues and accept the importance of knowing about the money in your life.
• Deal with all the issues and create a realistic settlement that is fair to all parties but will not lessen your quality of life.

Jamie Thomas, Divorce Network

Jamie Thomas learned the process of “divorce recovery” first hand by not only living through it but by recognizing that merely surviving divorce is not enough. She found when going through her own (second) divorce after a twelve year marriage that many aspects of the process were left unexplained. Although she worked with a good attorney, information she had expected to get from her lawyer was not forthcoming. The reason, she discovered, is that many problems and situations which have to be dealt with during the process of a divorce do not fall into the realm of legal help. Therein lies the reason for establishing a business which “fills in the gaps”. Jamie teaches women what they will need to know during their divorce on a general, elementary though very broad level - a kind of Divorce 101. Jamie founded the Divorce Network in 1996.

www.divorce-network.com

Email Writing That Counts

Do you stare at the screen trying to get organized and get writing? Do you write emails that you later cringe at? Do you waste too much time responding to emails? Dr. Julie Miller will provide invaluable tips and techniques that save organization and writing time both on the sending and receiving end of this essential business communication tool.

Dr. Julie Miller, Business Writing That Counts!

Dr. Julie Miller is a business writing expert, author, speaker, and trainer. She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership at Seattle University and her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Southern California. Dr. Miller regularly gives keynote speeches to organizations and associations nationally. She was awarded the 2008 Women Business Owners (WBO)Excellence Award and the Helen Thayer, Woman of the Year Award in 2001. Julie was also voted Volunteer of the Year Award twice for her work with the YMCA.

www.businesswritingthatcounts.com