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Women-owned firms account for 40% of all privately held businesses in the US, according to the National Association of Women Business Owners. Yet how many small and start-up business owners are taking advntage of government-backed financing and funding and programs to finance their business? What options are the best fit for your business? Join Melissa Fischer of the Small Business Adminstration and Julie Lenzer Kirk, co-founder of the Path Forward Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, home of the ACTiVATE programfor this soup to nuts webinar on Demystifying Government Funding for Business on April 30th at 2:00 PM EDT .

You’ll learn:

* various options for government funding;
* tips for further exploration of SBA-backed loans;
* state and federal government grants;
* and more.

When: April 30th at 2:00 PM EDT.

Cost: $10

Sponsored By: National Center for Women in Technology, ACTiVATE Program, Path Forward International, Women Who Tech, Small Business Adminstration and NTEN.
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World Wide Launch Meeting for Elite Women Around the World®

The MISSION of Elite Women Around The World is to Enhance The Economic Position of Women Globally.

The Elite Women Around The World project is a regional effort with a global reach to create collaboration and alliances among individuals, companies and organizations for the economic advancement and empowerment of women.

Starts: Wednesday March 31, 2010, 11:30AM
Ends: Wednesday March 31, 2010, 01:30PM
Event Type: Networking/Meetup
Location: Cleveland, OH 44124 US

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United Nations announces Ivanka Trump as the spokeswoman for the international program “Girl Up”

Celebrating and supporting women during Women’s History Month, the United Nations announced on March 1 that Ivanka Trump, business woman and daughter of Donald Trump, will be the spokeswoman for the international program “Girl Up.”
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International Women’s Day Web Seminar
March 8, 2010 TIME: 11-12:30 pm EST

In honor of International Women’s Day, we will explore how some top companies are changing the world by empowering women, learn more about their innovative programs, and how they are having a global impact on women by engaging in conscious commerce.
The seminar will be moderated by an early pioneer in corporate social responsibility, Samantha Taylor, Founder of Reputation Dynamics, and will feature presenters Josefine van Zanten, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion from Royal Dutch Shell; Ellen Goldberg Luger, Executive Director General Mills Foundation and Vice President, General Mills and Sabin Rahman, Internal Communications Manager, Unilever Bangladesh Limited.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Attend The Daily Beast’s Women in the World Summit – MARCH 12, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend the March 12th opening night in New York of a three-day summit, Women in the World: Stories and Solutions, co-hosted by The Daily Beast, Vital Voices Global Partnership, Diane von Furstenburg, and the UN Foundation.
Secretary Clinton will introduce an exclusive one-night reading at the Hudson Theatre of SEVEN, the documentary play created for Vital Voices Global Partnership to honor the courage of brave female activists from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Guatemala, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, and Russia.

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Women for Hire Career Expo – Schedule 2010

Awards

ANITA BORG INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2010 WOMEN OF VISION AWARD WINNERS

Leading Technical Women to Be Honored for Outstanding Achievements at May 12, 2010 Awards Dinner in Santa Clara

PALO ALTO, Calif. — March 1, 2010 —The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) announced today the winners of this year’s Anita Borg Women of Vision Awards. Three leaders in technology – Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary for Energy, Department of Energy, Kathleen R. McKeown, Henry and Gertrude Rothschild Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, and Lila Ibrahim, General Manager, Emerging Markets Platform Group, Intel Corporation will be honored for their accomplishments and contributions as women in technology at ABI’s fifth annual Women of Vision Awards Banquet at the Mission City Ballroom, Santa Clara, California on May 12, 2010. The event will feature keynote speaker Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief, the Huffington Post and Sal Pizarro, Around Town columnist for the San Jose Mercury News as Master of Ceremonies.
The Women of Vision (WOV) Awards honor women making significant contributions to technology in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact. The three winners were selected from a field of highly qualified women all of whom are engaged in technology professions in industry, academia, non profits or government. Candidates for the awards are considered based on their records of (1) consistent, significant contributions to technology invention and application; (2) effecting positive changes in the ways in which technology impacts society; and (3) demonstrated leadership in the technology industry that extends beyond their place of work.

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PROJECT WORKING MOM

Between your kids’ needs and your work headaches, the last thing you need is another time commitment, right? Wrong! Education is the first thing you need. A college degree is the clearest route to self-fulfillment and financial security. Learn how online education can fit in to your busy schedule, and see how other working moms have achieved their educational goals.

Apply for scholarships to get back to college here…