(l-r): FWA member Julia Hollander Campbell with Entrepreneur Committee Co-chair
Janice Carapellucci share their success story
with the audience. |
On October 17th, at the fabulous meeting held at the Greene Space at WNYC, was a lesson in how to get your net-working! Janice Carapellucci kept the meeting moving at a fast and interesting pace.
After a warm welcome from Laura Walker, CEO and President of WNYC, New York Public Radio®, FWA President Anne Izzillo, Financial Planning Specialist—Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and FWA members Janice Carapellucci, Carapellucci Design, graphic design for financial communications, Julia Hollander Campbell, Director of Professional Relations at SeniorBridge, a national health care company that provides care management and homecare, Michele Maybaum, CPA, Profitability Consultant, a Partner at Graf Repetti & Co. LLP, and Mary Ann Grossman, CFRE, Principal, MDA Resources, strategic marketing, fundraising and board development for not for profit organizations, discussed how networking with each other had resulted in new business, new friendships and lasting relationships.
(l-r): Fran Reimer networking with
FWA Member Susan Kintner |
Entrepreneurs Committee member Fran Reimer, President of Riemer Consulting Inc., Leadership Coaching and Organizational Change, warmed up the crowd with a stirring talk on the new nature of power. She asked, "What IS power" and explained that there are five sources of power—expert, position, reward, coercive and personal. Becoming comfortable with power helps drive our success.
Guest Speaker Gloria Feldt
inspires the audience |
The evening's keynote speaker Gloria Feldt, author of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, took this excellent introduction and moved the audience to a better understanding of power and how women can change the way they think of power and how best to embrace it. Many of us have an old, outdated idea of power. It's not about having power over someone, which makes one feel powerless, but the ability to solve problems that makes one feel powerful. Gloria explained the importance of having a cache of power tools to make your own future—and she didn't mean drills and circular saws! Some of her secrets? Embrace technology, carpe chaos, define your own terms and use what you've got. Members thoroughly enjoyed and were inspired by Gloria and Fran's talks.
 (l-r): FWA Members Michele Wiemer and
Christelle Molloy Networking |
Throughout the evening, attendees spent time with each other, learning about each other's businesses and how they could help each other to get the most out of their FWA membership.
As Mary Oliver wrote, "What are you going to do with your one wild and precious life?" If you haven't included becoming a member of the Entrepreneurs Committee, it's time to reconsider!
Special thanks to many people who worked more than a year planning and producing this event: Lisa Buddenhagen, FWA.org–Director of Operations, who worked patiently with Entrepreneur Committee members to enhance the online database for improved functionality for members. Entrepreneur Committee Members Julia Hollander Campbell, a Director of Professional Relations at SeniorBridge, a national health care company that provides care management and homecare; Janice Carapellucci, Principal, Carapellucci Design, graphic design of communications for financial businesses; Libby Dubick, Dubick & Associates, Ltd., Marketing and Distribution Planning for Financial Services Firms; Jenevra Georgini, Associate General Counsel, American International Group, Inc. who shot photographs on site; Maribeth Martorana, Vice President, Market Strategist, FactSet Research Systems; Michele Maybaum, CPA, Profitability Consultant, Partner, Graf Repetti & Co. LLP, Fran Riemer, President of Riemer Consulting Inc., Leadership Coaching and Organizational Change; Michele Weimer and Antoinette Geyelin Hoar who worked the registration desk. Also Joyce M. Sullivan, SocMediaFin, Inc., of the FWA's Communications committee who helped with promotions and Anne Izzillo, Financial Planning Specialist—Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, FWA President.
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