Dec 15 Meeting Speaker Bio

Catherine Jeffries

Mary Kay Consultant since 2007

A mother to a 4 year old and a 7 year old, not to mention a cat and a dog, Catherine Jeffries has learned to negotiate the precarious balance of motherhood and career. After a career in Early Childhood Education as both a preschool teacher and speech language pathologist, including several years as a working mother in the field, Catherine decided to switch her focus to adults. She turned her ability to mix fun and education into a career as a Mary Kay consultant. She loves the flexibility of the schedule and the time it allows her to spend with her own children. However, Catherine most enjoys the satisfaction that comes with helping women find their own beauty and sense of empowerment that brings.

The Mary Kay Company was founded by Mary Kay Ash in the 1960’s after she had retired from a full career in sales. A visionary leader, Mary Kay created her company to give women an opportunity to enrich their lives by providing an opportunity for financial success while balancing their lives around their personal priorities.

With scientifically proven skincare, such as the popular Timewise collection, and a full line of mineral cosmetics, the Mary Kay Company continues to be the best selling cosmetics brand in the US and has over a million consultants worldwide.

Through her website www.marykay.com/cjeffries5, customers can learn about Mary Kay products. Features such as the “Virtual Makeover” and “Make-up Artist Looks” allow customers to try out new looks from the comfort of their own home. Catherine’s favorite part of the job, however, is providing one on one and small group skincare and makeover sessions where she can offer information and suggestions while allowing the customers to try the Mary Kay line, and of course, she always keeps it fun! Catherine’s philosophy is that you should walk away from every interaction with a smile.

Let me help you find your most beautiful you.

For more information, you can reach Catherine through her website www.marykay.com/cjeffries5 or email her at cjeffries5@marykay.com

December 16th Meeting - Goal Sharing

This is the last meeting of the year! Before you know it, it will be 2010. To help us hit the ground running, let's use this opportunity to work on our goal setting.

If you attended the first Annual Moms Inc conference on the 18th, or any other work shops and conferences, we want to hear your take-aways.

If you want to maximize your membership with Moms Inc for cross promotions, we want to make the connections with you.

If you are working on innovative strategic marketing, we want to hear your ideas.

Let's visualize what 2010 will be like for us, and charge forward with full confidence and support! See you on the 18th!

November 18th is Moms Inc's First Annual Conference!

Celebrate and Prosper!

Join us on November 18th, Wednesday, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Lutheran Church of St. Andrew located at 15300 New Hampshire Ave.Silver Spring Md, 20905.

Enjoy four incredible speakers:

Renessa Boley - Founder of The BIG! Life Network LLC

Goal Setting

Che Brown - Founder of Partners in Learning

Sales Mastery

Rick Dillon - Founder of Dillon & Associates

Marketing Strategies

Mia Redrick - Author of Time for Mom-Me

Work Life Balance

There will be plenty of time to network with dozens of other women entrepreneurs.

Breakfast and lunch are included. Bring a prize for raffle and display your business material. Childcare available for a fee.

Visit http://momsinc.eventbrite.com/ for online registration.

Sponsored by the Howard County, Silver Spring and Bethesda chapters of Moms, Inc.

Member Speaker Bio - 10/21 Meeting

Jessica Flavell is the owner of FLAVELL HOME STAGING SERVICES. Flavell Staging is a full-service, residential staging and design firm located in Rockville, Maryland. Staging helps highlight the best features of a seller’s home. The home is evaluated and recommendations are made to neutralize, organize, and ensure that the decor is showcasing the assets of each room.

Jessica also owns Flavell Consulting, providing strategic marketing planning, analysis and implementation for her clients. Jessica started her career in direct marketing, working for such companies as Banana Republic, Williams Sonoma, and Boudin Sourdough French Bread Co. in San Francisco, CA. At Boudin, she directed operations for the food catalog. In 1996, she started Flavell Consulting. Since her family moved to Maryland in 2000, Jessica's main emphasis has been to providing marketing consulting to mortgage and real estate professionals.

Jessica and her husband love home renovation projects; Jessica also manages 2 rental properties that they own in Montgomery County.

Flavell Staging is the perfect combination of Jessica’s 20+ years of marketing experience, her interest in real estate and her love of decorating. Jessica has a BA from Ballarat University in Australia, and has recently received her Home Staging accreditation. She lives in Rockville with her husband and 2 sons.

Guest Speaker Bio - 10/21 Meeting

Dana Sanders is the President and Founder of eMarketing Video - an Online Video Marketing services company which assists businesses of all sizes in marketing to consumers primarily through web video. She also assists clients with their online marketing strategies through her consulting business at eMarketing Reach. Her websites are www.eMarketingVideo.com and www.eMarketingReach.com

Dana started in online marketing in 2001 and continues to oversee a network of website properties she has built. Prior to founding her own businesses, Dana worked as Director of Marketing for a multi-million dollar e-commerce company; as well as in Human Resource Management.

Dana is a graduate of Howard University, where she earned her degree in Marketing. Her passion is to help small and mid-sized businesses build their brands, promote their services and attract new clients more effectively over the internet.

Dana will present on the topic of "Search Engine Strategies for Website Profits" which will cover the basics of Search Engine Optimization as well as offer some free and low-cost methods to generate traffic to your website.

FREE Seminar: The ABC's of Starting a Business

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
FREE Seminar: The ABC's of Starting a Business
Hosted by Rockville Economic Development Inc.

What does it take to be an entrepreneur? How do I get started? How do I select the right legal form for the business? Where can I get money for start up? What is a business plan and why do I need one? Get the tools to start and grow your small business successfully!

Rockville Regional Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville. Register here.

For more resources, check out the list on the bottom left of the blog.

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9/16 Speaker Bio

Rick Dillon is the owner and president of DILLON & ASSOCIATES, a boutique consulting practice which provides strategic marketing and management advice to small and medium size companies doing business with the government, or aspiring to enter the federal market space. He also provides corporate training and career coaching and served on the board of advisors of an information technology company and a marketing communications company.

Rick retired in 2006 from the General Services Administration as a Program Director where he managed several fee-for-service nationwide information technology programs with annual portfolios of over $200 million dollars. Earlier in his federal career he held executive positions in marketing and administration.

A native Washingtonian, Rick started his career with the Potomac Electric Power Company as a Customer Services Representative and later served as Assistant Manager of Consumer Services and Manager of Consumer Records.

Rick later served in executive positions with several small businesses, marketing information technology and facilities management services to federal, state, and local governments. During this time he was also a partner in a physical security company and a safety inspection company.

A graduate of the University of Maryland and Norwich University, Rick has a Master’s Degree in Management and Organizational Behavior. He served on the adjunct faculty of Prince George’s Community College for twenty-two years and for the past eleven years has been an adjunct professor at Strayer University. Rick also delivers seminars at Montgomery College and does corporate training for Frederick Community College. He is also a retired volunteer Deputy Fire Chief having served over 30 years in the fire service.

Rick and his wife reside in Olney, Maryland. They have three children and eight grandchildren.