The new logo projects quality design services offered to future and present clients by Kristine Sheehan, TheMerryBird.

Logo creation, Ad Design, Book Cover Art and custom motifs for stationery are a few services provided by TheMerryBird. All work is secured by contract and deposit. Paypal, Check or Money Order accepted.

You will still find a flying bird when you visit www.themerrybird.com, but this bird will fly into the sunset along “Your Stationery in Flight”.

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About TheMerryBird.com: The Merry Bird Designs company of Connecticut has officially been in business since March 2006. Kristine Sheehan, the owner, began working in the design/art industry because her passion is drawing with pen and ink, painting and photography and computer graphics. Her company offers Logo Development, Book Cover Creation, Ad Design and a line of pen and ink motifs on note cards, holiday tags and invitations. The Merry Bird Designs is ever changing and adding more beautiful ideas to choose from, come take a peek, Fly in! http://www.themerrybird.com

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Scratchboard is a unique art medium which produces pictures of amazing realism, incredible detail, or fascinating contrast. It is “The art of taking away” as you start with a black surface and scratch off to show the white underneath.

Local artist, Lisa Wald Guarino is a nationally known artist through the Women Business Owners organization and her website. http://www.lisasart.com/scratchboard.html

As a Virtual Assistant (VA), Cindy’s clients felt at ease talking to Cindy about their business concerns, feeling as though their concerns were really being heard and taken seriously. As a Systems and Strategies expert, Cindy would advise her VA clients in how to implement successful systems and strategies for maximum business success.

As time went on, Cindy began working more and more in collaboration with her VA clients on marketing and business plans, creating collaborating teams as well as assisting some clients in changing their business model. Cindy’s clients found growing success through Cindy’s strategies, systems and effective communication strategies.

Cindy is also an avid volunteer within her community and as the National President for Women Business Owners (WBO), a national 501c3 non-profit organization serving women business leaders through local business coffee clubs, a national conference, teleconferences and online connections.

Now YOU Too Can Benefit from Cindy’s Strategies and Systems Business Coaching!

Cindy Clark is available throug her website http://www.cindyclarkbizcoaching.com/ and phone (860) 967-4050.

WBO’s mission is to empower, educate, and enrich the lives of women business leaders throughout the world. WBO connects women from around the world through their online social networks, teleconferences, local coffee clubs, and annual national conference. http://www.womenbizowners.org

Three hotels were selected as their primary locations to visit and gather information from for their presentation to the WBO board at their February 2010 board meeting. Marriott Napa Valley Hotel & Spa, Embassy Suites Napa Valley, and Hilton Garden Inn Napa were selected due to their meeting space and guestroom accommodation availability.

Marriott Napa Valley Hotel & Spa located at 3425 Solano Avenue Napa, CA, 94558 features an elegant entrance, easy access off of Highway 29 and is conveniently located near local restaurants and shopping.  They also boast a convenient and private stop for scheduled group reservations on the Napa Valley Wine Train immediately across from their hotel entrance. Their hotel includes onsite resort style spa treatments, wine sampling, comfortable sleeping rooms, and gourmet style restaurants. All of their guest rooms and several banquet rooms are going through renovations and the transformation is breath taking. http://www.napavalleymarriott.com/

Embassy Suites Napa Valley located at 1075 California Boulevard, Napa, CA, 94559 features a beautiful duck pond and elegant entrance off of Highway 29 and is conveniently located near local shops and restaurants. Their onsite restaurants boast a world winning chef and a complimentary made to order breakfast for all guests. http://embassysuites1.hilton.com

Hilton Garden Inn Napa located at 3585 Solano Avenue, Napa, CA, 94558 features a welcoming entrance with a warm fire, open dining area, and friendly hotel staff.  Their guestrooms have recently been renovated and their meeting space perfectly accommodates up to 75 people. They also provide complimentary high-speed wired and wireless internet access to all guestrooms.  Their guestrooms also include a refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, and large work desks with adjustable lighting and ergonomic chairs. http://hiltongardeninn1.hilton.com

The accommodations in Napa, Ca are elegant, comfortable, and convenient to local wineries, outlet shopping, and restaurants.  The service from local shops and wineries was impeccable. Visiting this area was a reawakening of our souls to the basic luxuries of life in the hills and valleys of Northern California and the exquisite wine country.

Author Diane Tegarden Appearing on The Vicki Wagner Show

January 3, 2010, Los Angeles, CA: Author Diane Tegarden will be interviewed on The Vicki Wagner Show, West Hollywood, CA (cable channel WEHO 36) on Tuesday January 12, 2010 at 6:30pm.

The episode will be airing “live” and the topic will be Tegarden’s first book “Getting OUT of Limbo – A Self Help Divorce Book for Women.” Tegarden states, “This book is a tool for empowerment, it provides you with tools to begin to understand your finances and how they affect your relationship. The rest of the book deals with the other areas of a divorce, like: child custody, dividing up the bills and belongings, and the emotional aspects. Being in Limbo is a time to take inventory of yourself, and your situation. It is a time to seek help from others and invest in your future by educating yourself. Maybe you’ll make a decision, maybe you won’t. Only you can determine what’s right for you, but at least you’ll make an informed, well thought out choice.”

Tegarden’s latest book is a science fiction novel, with its grips deep in renewable energy and how it will affect the earth in the future. According to Tegarden, “A preventable vision of the future is one wherein you are shown what the future will be like if we don’t change our way of “doing business as usual”. We can make many choices today to affect the future and make it a bright and beautiful world filled with life!”

Tegarden’s radio show airs on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 10am PST/ 11am MST/ 12 noon CST/ 1pm EST for a half-hour. Tegarden hosts interviews on environmental problems and their solutions through Renewable Energy technologies.

To read Tegarden’s environmental articles, visit:
http://www.examiner.com/x-14744-LA-Renewable-Energy-Examiner

For more details on all of Tegarden’s books, or to schedule her for your event, please visit her website at www.firewalkerpublications.com.

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WBO has reached new levels during her time with us and while she has decided to step down as our Education Director, we would like for her to know how highly we think of her, her skill level, and her dedication.

It has been a real pleasure working with her, finally meeting her in person at the convention in October, and getting to know her as a friend over the years.

Michelle Suman is the president of JamSum Limited. http://www.jamsum.com

I would like to welcome you to another edition of the WBO News. One of my goals for the upcoming year is to send this newsletter out to you on a much more consistent basis.

I am very honored to become National President of WBO. Having been a member of this organization for more than 2 years, volunteered in many positions, and being inspired by our former National President, Anna Campbell, I am humbled to be following in her shoes, and hope to do her justice.

Please join me in welcoming our new National Vice President and Marketing Director, Wendy VanHatten, from Vacaville California. We would also like to say Thank You to Susanne Mariga for her dedication as our Treasurer over the last 2 years and her dedication to women business owners; Thank You to Kathy Allen for her time and talents as our Volunteer Director and Thank You to Diane Tegarden as our devoted Member at Large.

Visit our website to see all of our current board members and volunteers.

Our 2009 National Convention was a resounding success! Many connections were made among the amazing women that attended, some I’m sure will last a lifetime. Much was learned and shared. We are looking forward to an even better 2010 National Conference in the fall, being held in Napa Valley, California. Please watch for details and registration coming soon on our website. Our volunteers have already been hard at work to make the 2010 Conference your business event of the year!

Being women business owners, I’m sure (or at least I hope) that you are making plans for changes in
your business in the new year, enabling your business to grow. Well, it’s no different here at WBO. I want to make you aware of some changes that will be implemented beginning in January.

• All new volunteers will be required to be paying members of WBO
• Only WBO members will be allowed to submit articles to this Newsletter, our Magazine and our
Article Library
• Only WBO members will be allowed on the Panel of Experts
• Only WBO members will be allowed to be Teleseminar Speakers

In the past we have allowed anyone these opportunities. These are now benefits of being a member of WBO.

If you haven’t been to the website in a while, I encourage you to check it out. We have been working very hard to make some changes to it. For example, we now offer 3 membership levels. Please see which membership level is right for you. We now have WBO Business Coffee Clubs. If having a WBO Business Coffee Club in your area is of interest to you, please contact me.

What a wonderful way to give back to your community, donate some of your precious time! We have several volunteer positions open and would love to have you join us! If you are interested, please contact our Volunteer Director, Kathy Allen at: Kathy@womenbizowners.org (before December 31st) or myself, cindy@womenbizowners.org.

Open Positions:

• 2 Board Positions: Treasurer and Member at Large. Please be aware that the Treasurer’s position is one that requires the person to be a CPA and requires us to perform a background check on you.
• Assistant for the Membership Department
• Teleseminar Organizer
• Social Networking Administrator
• Department Administrator
• Assistant for the Volunteer Organizer
• Event Organizer

I would also like to encourage you, our valued members, to contact us with your thoughts, suggestions, ideas or comments. I would love to hear from you and I would love to have our members be more involved.

I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season and a very Happy New Year! If there is anything you need or you’re looking for, please feel free to contact me at anytime. We are here to Empower, Educate and Enrich the lives of women business leaders everywhere!

Thank you,

Cindy Clark
South Windsor, Connecticut
National President-Elect
www.womenbizowners.org

Cindy Clark Business Coaching
www.cindyclarkbizcoaching.com

Businesses keep coming back to “Ultimate Design” due to the professionalism of Ulmer and her services.
December 2009: Leaving a corporate career behind, Ulmer started “Ultimate Design” to stay at home. Five years later “Ultimate Design” provides custom design services for all marketing materials, books and eBooks covers and interiors, workbooks, informational product flyers, CD’s, DVD’s, postcards, newsletters, catalogs and more.

According to Ulmer and her customers these are graphic designs that can get your business noticed. From start up businesses to established ones, Ulmer has worked with business coaches, speakers, authors, event coordinators, real estate professionals, accountants and more. If your business has a vision Ulmer can turn it into a reality.

Vice President of Marketing for Event Management LLC has this to say. “Delaine has a rare gift that most artists seem to lack. Her work ethic is impeccable and she is a talented designer. I have worked with many designers in the past but no one ever delivered quality products like Delaine. She has a rare and much appreciated gift and one that I will not hesitate to rely on for all future projects.”

Founder and President of Success Connections says “Delaine has probably saved me over $1400 on just one project. Most importantly my clients are getting more value out of our programs with these tools. Thanks Delaine.”

Total Image Consultants states “Delaine’s work is impeccable. She is a master at creating an organized, clean design. Her sense of esthetics, balance and beauty is spot-on.”
Ulmer says this about “Ultimate Design” with 95% of my business coming from referrals I pride myself on excellent customer service.

To learn more about “Ultimate Design” go to www.ultimatedesignva.com.

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The episode will be airing “live” and they will be discussing Diane’s first book “Getting OUT of Limbo- A Self Help Div…orce Book for Women”. For more details visit Diane’s website at www.firewalkerpublications.com.

On December 8th my guest will be Shel Horowitz of Frugal Marketing, to discuss the ins and outs of green marketing.

Callers and Guests should call: 646-721-9960
Visit the show’s home page at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Diane-Tegarden