News: Chicago Is My Kind Of Town and Now It Will Be Yours!

See you at the WPO conference Thursday, April 27th at 1:00 p.m. CDT at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago Hotel.

Can't wait!


All the best,
Laurel

News: Mary Cantando's Book Launch!

The Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) and Kaplan Publishing invite you to the book launch event for:

"The Woman's Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What It Takes To Grow Your Business" by Mary Cantando, WPO Board Member and Facilitator at the Women Presidents' Organization Annual Conference, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Versailles Room

Wednesday, April 26, 2006
"Using The Woman's Advantage to Grow Your Business"

• Panel discussion featuring Mary Cantando, Taryn Rose, and Marnie Walker
4:00-5:00 p.m. CDT in the Versailles Room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Chicago

• Cocktail reception
5:00-7:00 p.m. CDT in the Versailles Room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Chicago

BY SPECIAL INVITATION ONLY. Further information can be found at:
www.WomansAdvantage.biz

News: Last Day to Register For the Conference!

Register here by close of business CDT today, April 19th!

News: 2006 WPO Annual Conference Workshops

We have six incredible workshops that will be conducted at our conference held at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago April 27-29, 2006. Here they are:

1. Building Bridges to Financial Freedom - Don't Lose It Once You've Made It
2. The Seven P's - A Bridge to High Workplace Performance
3. Building Bridges to the World - Global Opportunities and Challenges
4. Growing with Gusto
5. Pump Up Your Sales Pipeline
6. Savvy Tax Strategies

You can choose to attend one workshop for A.M. and one for P.M. on Friday, April 28th. Don't miss it!

Register here!

Registration officially closes Wednesday, April 19th at 4:00 p.m. CDT.

News: We Interrupt Our Conference Update ...

to feature our very own founder, Dr. Marsha Firestone!

5 Growth Tips For Women In Business

Breaking the $1 Million Ceiling

More News: WPO Conference Keynote Speaker Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera – is a co-anchor anchor of “Worldwide Exchange," CNBC’s first global daily business news program utilizing the resources of CNBC, CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia. Prior to “Worldwide Exchange," Caruso-Cabrera anchored CNBC’s “Wake Up Call."

Caruso-Cabrera reported for NBC News from Baghdad, covering the recent elections and its impact on Iraq's post-war economy and has also traveled to Cuba, Brazil and Venezuela to report on and produce groundbreaking stories about the economies of those countries.

Caruso-Cabrera joined CNBC in 1998 from WTSP-TV in St. Petersburg, Fl., where she spent four years as a general assignment reporter. Prior to joining WTSP-TV, she was a special projects producer for Univision, where she won an Emmy Award for a five-part series on children with AIDS, as well as an Emmy nomination for a report on sexual abuse by clergymen. At Univision, she gained extensive experience covering Latin America. She began her career in 1991 as a stringer for The New York Times, reporting on education issues.

Caruso-Cabrera writes a personal finance column for Shape en Espanol focusing on issues of particular importance to Latinas. Previously, she was a monthly contributor to People en Espanol.

No one personifies anchoring better than Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. Read her bio here. Read more news about her here.

Not registered for the conference yet? Do it here -- now! Again, the dates are April 27-29, 2006 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Chicago.