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• Network Monthly Luncheon - August 17, 2022

  • When
    08/17/2022
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    11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Filomena's Restaurant, 262 BostonPost Road, Waterford, CT 06385

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  Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, Women and Girls Fund – Stephanye Clarke and Dr. Carol J. Williams    
  

  Be sure to join Us Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 11:30 am for our monthly luncheon for a special presentation at Filomena's, $20 for all, includes gratuity and tax.   
       Stephanye Clarke and Dr. Carol J. Williams will speak about the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut's Women and Girls Fund. The SECT Women's Network invested in this fund several years ago; we will learn more about this program, what it does and how it works.
  
  Sheree Wujtewicz will offer her professional photography headshot service for just $25 (cash) at our August luncheon. You can use the pics for your biz cards, publicity, social media, whatever!

       *50/50 lunch fun is back! Your fun ticket purchase at lunch on Wednesday, funds our Network operations, community and charitable engagement activities, and our scholarships! $1 each ticket, no limit, please bring cash!
       * Member Benefit: Members (only) may place their business info on the Members Showcase Table.

      Carol J. Williams served as Associate Dean of the School of Continuing Education at Eastern Connecticut State University for 35 years. During those years, hundreds of working adults completed their bachelor's degrees through the School, attending Eastern part time.
      Carol earned her PhD degree in Educational Leadership with a specialty in Adult and Human Resource Education from the University of Connecticut.  Her dissertation examined the role of “self-efficacy” in the motivation of adult students. In 2012, Carol received a grant from the American Council on Education (ACE) to develop a “reverse internship” program for working adult students which allowed them to earn college credits for their learning through life experience.
       Carol has long been involved in community service in Eastern Connecticut. She has served the following organizations over the years: the United Way, the Willimantic Rotary Club, the American Association of University Women, Windham Hospital and the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut. 
      Currently, Carol serves as Secretary of the Windham Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees. She is a Trustee of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut and serves as Co-Chair of the Women and Girls Funds Task Force on Public Policy. Carol also serves on the Advisory Committee of the Jeffrey P. Ossen Family Foundation which annually distributes approximate $1 million in grants to the Windham region.
      Carol lives in Willimantic with her husband and two cats.

  
  

  
  

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• Advertising and Marketing Options During the 2023-2023 Year

  • Start
    08/18/2022
  • End
    07/01/2023
  • Location
    Advertising and Marketing Options

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  Three Free Months! New This Year Only! 
  All Ads Purchased for One Year Will Be Active for 15 Full Months!

  For website and newsletter ads and info click here.
  

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• Network Special Team Event - September 24, 2022

  • Start
    08/18/2022
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    11:00 AM
  • End
    09/24/2022
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    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Ocean Beach Park | 98 Neptune Ave New London, CT 06320

  Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's® – SECT Women's Network Team – September 24, 2022
  

       Be sure to Join Us, Saturday, September 24, 2022, at Ocean Beach Park in New London. You can walk with us in person, virtually, and/or donate anytime.
        Support our team for the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's®, the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.
       We will be walking in person on September 24, 2022. Please support us.
       You MUST click the link below to join our team, register or donate:
  https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2022/General?team_id=734531&pg=team&fr_id=15452&fbclid=IwAR0g14l1fV8Mr40R8QNSH7-YIx2qaA59Belvrl8OfiiUWRUA7Li1cKfpHwM

  Thank you for your generosity!
  

  
  

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• Mastermind Group Meeting - on Break till September 12, 2022

  • When
    09/12/2022
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    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Virtual Zoom Event

  Mastermind Group Meeting – Mentor and Be Mentored – Free
  

        Join Us!...For a Virtual Mastermind Group Meeting, Monday, September 12, 2022 at 1:00-2:30 pm. The purpose of the Network sponsored Mastermind Groups is to mentor others and be mentored in a small group setting. Grow your business, business relationships and friendships, give and get help in both business and personal areas. 
      Mastermind principles are based on Napoleon Hill's classic book "Think and Grow Rich." These principles are time-tested, having been used since the early 1900s. Mastermind Groups also employ the principles explained in "Law of Attraction" and "The Secret."
       This is a Zoom event, please register, you will receive the link in your confirmation email after you register. Contact Judy Ricketts-White at jwhite5506@sbcglobal.net for more information.

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• Network Monthly Luncheon - September 21, 2022

  • When
    09/21/2022
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    11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Filomena's Restaurant, 262 BostonPost Road, Waterford, CT 06385

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  Networking is Like Mining for Gold Only More Valuable – Anne Garland   
  

  Be sure to join Us Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 11:30 am for our monthly luncheon for "Networking is Like Mining for Gold Only More Valuable" with Anne Garland at Filomena's, $20 for all, includes gratuity and tax.
  In this fun interactive presentation, you will learn:
       Knowing how to strategically build a network is one of the most important skills you can develop in business. Everyone who makes it has a network. Every dream and every strategy is best accomplished with and through people. Learning how to trade in “happenstance” for purposeful connections is the business skill that will serve you for a lifetime. Networking doesn't have to be scary and doesn't have to be complicated.   
  • The most common yet deadly #1 and #2 mistakes we all make when it comes to networking
  • A simple yet masterful approach anyone at any networking event can use to make quality connections
  • Three proven strategies to instantly become a master networker and build your sales funnel
  Benefits:
  • Increased confidence
  • Stronger credibility and leadership
  

       *50/50 lunch fun is back! Your fun ticket purchase at lunch on Wednesday, funds our Network operations, community and charitable engagement activities, and our scholarships! $1 each ticket, no limit, please bring cash!
       * Member Benefit: Members (only) may place their business info on the Members Showcase Table.
  
       Anne (pronounced Annie) spent the early 70s as one of the first few women road warriors in sales, pounding the pavement along the East Coast in a world full of men. She needed to learn quickly how to take her career from what
  was NOT working to networking success.
       Although she learned these skills in a man’s world, she has expanded her mission to teach women in all industries how to network effectively in person and virtually to gain more confidence and create the success they desire.
       Anne taps into an extensive resume that includes working with top international brands like Yardley of London, Hanes Knitwear, Honeywell, BASF, and others. Her keen marketing and sales skills, coupled with her interior design
  creativeness she honed when working in Architecture, deliver a one-two combination of punches that knocks out the competition by bringing the best out of people and teams.
       As an award-winning presenter and event producer, Anne makes it her mission to inspire others. Passionate about empowering women entrepreneurs, her goal is to motivate women, from playing roles behind the scenes to taking
  center stage.
  
  Her book. "Secrets of a Serial Networker: Connect, Serve and Attract More Clients," was released in April 2022.
  

  
  

  
  

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• N@N - Network@Night - September 29, 2022

  • When
    09/29/2022
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    5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    11 Blinman St., New London, CT, Next to Bank St. firehouse

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  N@N — Shaw Mansion, New London – Pat Schaefer and the New London County Historical Society
  

       Network @ Night, Thursday, September 29 from 5:30-7:00 pm, $10 cash, at Shaw Mansion, 11 Blinman St., New London, CT. Next to Bank St. firehouse. This event is hosted by our member, Pat Schaefer and New London County Historical Society. Please register online and pay cash only at the door. Bring a friend! Register Today!

       Join us for light hors d'oeuvres and beverages (beer, wine and soft drinks). We will tour the ground floor. Wander on your own and ask questions. Enjoy networking in the atmosphere of this beautiful mansion built in 1756 for Nathaniel Shaw Sr. It is a well-preserved example of a wealthy merchant's house, made further notable as the location of the state's naval offices during the American Revolutionary War. You can view rooms on the ground floor that are available for a fee and have questions answered.
       50% of the proceeds will go to New London County Historical Society and 50% to the Network.
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Network Monthly Luncheon - October 19, 2022

  • When
    10/19/2022
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    11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Filomena's Restaurant, 262 BostonPost Road, Waterford, CT 06385

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  Feeling Stuck  & Can't Get Out of Your Own Way? Here's How to Identify the Most Common Barriers to Get You Moving Forward! – Heidi Gruss, Psychotherapist   
  

  Be sure to join Us Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 11:30 am for our monthly luncheon for Heidi Gruss, Psychotherapist at Filomena's, $20 for all, includes gratuity and tax.
       Have you made several attempts to break through to the next level of success, only to find yourself in the exact same spot? Are you starting to question if you’ve reached your peak of success even though you feel like you have so much more to offer?
       Human beings pattern everything, our thoughts, feelings and actions. We are creatures of habit, even when our habits do not serve the success we seek to achieve.
       This presentation teaches you how to identify negative behavior patterns and emotional blocks sabotaging opportunities for future success.

       *50/50 lunch fun is back! Your fun ticket purchase at lunch on Wednesday, funds our Network operations, community and charitable engagement activities, and our scholarships! $1 each ticket, no limit, please bring cash!
       * Member Benefit: Members (only) may place their business info on the Members Showcase Table.

       Heidi Gruss is a licensed psychotherapist and transformation strategist who specializes in working with burned out women seeking a change in their lives. She brings to her clients two decades of clinical and administrative experience in both private and corporate behavioral health settings. Four of those years were spent running a multi-million-dollar behavioral health program for the state of Connecticut that became a model for the rest of the United States.
       Through her multi-six figure coaching business, she helps women rapidly identify and overcome negative patterns of behavior that hold them back from success in business, health and life. Her clients have been able to obtain much-deserved promotions, transition into different careers, create greater work-life balance and improve their well-being.
       Heidi’s expertise has been featured in media outlets such as Master Your Mindset With Coach Marc, The Bigger Braver Show, Grow Your Path to Wellness and Victim to Victory. She has also presented to audiences of thousands on virtual and live stages across the United States. She lives in Waterford, Connecticut, with her husband and three children.

  
  

  
  

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• Network Monthly Luncheon - November 16, 2022

  • When
    11/16/2022
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    11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Filomena's Restaurant, 262 BostonPost Road, Waterford, CT 06385

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  Military Appreciation Luncheon – Installation Navy Gold Star Program Coordinator, April Tischler    
  

  Be sure to join Us Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 11:30 am for our monthly luncheon for our Military Appreciation Luncheon at Filomena's, $20 for all, includes gratuity and tax. 
       April will speak on, "Grief Talks - leveraging your own natural love languages to help others in grief."  
  

  April Renee Tischler
  Installation Navy Gold Star Program Coordinator,
  Mid-Atlantic Region (Located at Naval Submarine Base New London, CT)
       April Tischler is the Installation Navy Gold Star Program Coordinator at the Fleet and Family Support Center onboard Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut. April is a Grief Recovery Specialist and since 2019 has been working with Gold Star Families. She provides support for Gold Star families in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Ontario and eastern Canada. April received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Valdosta State University. A strong advocate of empowering families to thrive through challenges in the military culture, April joined government service in 2012 and has a passion fueled by 20 years of varied experience with Military family programs. In January 2022 April was awarded the Navy Gold Star Program Coordinator of the Year. 
  

        *50/50 lunch fun is back! Your fun ticket purchase at lunch on Wednesday, funds our Network operations, community and charitable engagement activities, and our scholarships! $1 each ticket, no limit, please bring cash!
       * Member Benefit: Members (only) may place their business info on the Members Showcase Table.

  
  

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