Meeting Location & Time

MOM'S INC. is now WOMEN BALANCING BUSINESS! New name, same great group! Please visit our new web page to see what's happening starting in June 2015:


Thanks for your interest...we look forward to meeting you!

PLEASE NOTE NEW MEETING DAY AND LOCATION:
Mom's Inc. Silver Spring Chapter meets the 3rd TUESDAY of every month from 10:00 AM until Noon at:

The Olney Library, 3500 Olney-Laytonsville Road (Rte.108), Olney, MD 20832 in the Small Meeting Room.

Mark Your Calendar (topics and speakers are subject to change)

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT in honor of Mother's Day:
Baby Shower - we will collect baby items at our May and June meetings to donate locally for new mothers needing a little help to bring baby home! Please bring your unwrapped contributions for baby boy and girl layettes - onesies, receiving blankets, pacifiers, crib sheets, etc. Mom's Inc. will provide the diaper bags to fill with your donations.

Speakers List

  • 5/19/15 - Guest Speaker - Sheila Martel, Producer, Writer & Mentor and Member Spotlight - Annette M. Bergmann, Realtor - Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, PenFed Realty

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Speaker Bio - Laura Rhode - Febuary 15, 2012

Laura Rhode, owner of What a Party Promotions, Events & Apparel, LLC has been involved in the event and promotions industry for over twenty years. Starting out as a wedding and event planner, Laura worked with clients in a variety of settings, bringing impeccable customer service and an eye for detail.

As business grew, clients began requesting promotional services for their businesses and corporate events. It wasn’t long before What a Party added a promotional and apparel division, assisting business clients with marketing plans, logo branding, customer targeting, development and retention, and employee incentive and recognition programs. What a Party, LLC, a full-service marketing company, has been serving clients for 12 years.

What a Party clients include Lombardi Cancer Center, Relay for Life, school athletic, spirit and incentive programs and many small businesses and corporations. Laura takes personal interest and gratification working with Foundations and fundraisers, offering her expertise to groups looking to raise money and secure services for worthy causes and those in need.

In this challenging economy, businesses more than ever are now looking for cost effective ways to stay in the public eye. Laura will be speaking on how to develop a marketing plan for your small (or large) business - without breaking the bank!

Speaker Bio - Terri Holley - Febuary 15, 2012

A tech-savvy, insightful, and highly creative new media "maverick" who is always operating outside the box, Terri understands the nuances of interactive marketing, emerging technology and how both are used to build deeper relationships with prospects and customers.

Along with serving as CEO of Holley Creative, Terri has been a contributor to Women Grow Business, recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the best marketing and social media blogs written by women.

A sought-after speaker, Terri regularly presents at national conferences to engage in robust conversation about social media and interactive marketing. She is known for skillfully taking on emerging technology skeptics and enjoys sharing the story about her 80-something mother learning how to text.

Literally walking her talk, Terri is an active user of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. She also authors two popular blogs and is the producer and host of Social Media Voices, a podcast that features small business social media success stories. Many podcast guests are clients.

Leading a strong team of marketing, public relations and technical professionals, Terri is passionate about helping businesses grow. She is always willing to go the extra mile, ensuring interactive marketing benefits the bottom line. Her methodologies and perspective are strongly influenced by her professional training as a co-active coach. Terri adamantly believes that businesses that exercise co-activity will be the winners in the post-recession economy.

Social Media Marketing: Driving Business Value With 69% of the US population using Facebook, reading blogs, listening to podcasts, and watching online videos, social media is a wonderful way to connect with your target market, generate more leads, and increase your revenue. Have you jumped in? Are you still waiting by the shore?

Either way, it’s important to understand how to use social media to drive business value. Join us as we welcome longtime veteran and early adopter of social technologies, Terri Holley, as she speaks about interactive marketing, emerging technology and how both can be used to drive business value.

Ms. Holley will speak about her successes with social media, lessons she has learned along the way, and pitfalls you can avoid after you jump in. Topics will include:

* Must-do tasks before you begin marketing your business on the social web
* How you can tweak an existing social media strategy to achieve better results
* The most promising social technologies for 2012