February 4Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Registration required
$25 C4W Members
$35 Non Members

Snacks provided by Costco Wholesale

Women Writers Forum

AuthorPreneur Lecture
This talk by an experienced author and publisher takes authors through the process of becoming savvy entrepreneurs, learning how to successfully navigate the ever-changing publishing industry for successful branding and maximum profit.

The number one frustration publishers face is authors not treating the industry like the business it is. Many authors see signing on the dotted line as the end and it's really only the beginning of a very long journey. There are many elements involved that come as a surprise to authors. Learn about the real commitment authors are expected to make after the publishing deal is made.  Lily Herndon Weaks, President, The Fig & The Vine Publishing

February 7
Tuesday
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

$10 fee

Job Search Assistance
Get prepared for today's tough job market

Job Help Drop In
Drop by the Center for Women and have volunteer job coaches critique your resume or answer any questions you may have about job hunting. Get great professional advice and meet other job-seeking women. Facilitated by Stephanie McDonald, Recruiting Manager for MWV and Pat Eardley, HR Advisor

February 9
Thursday at Noon
FREE

Registration required:
Call (843) 763-7333 or email to register

Brown Bag Lunch Series at Noon

Get Organized and Simplify Your Life
Learn how to create time and space for the things you’ve been dreaming about doing but haven’t yet found the time. Organizing is a process that can be mastered through the utilization of the GOPACK® Method, created by Stacey Crew. She will teach you how to get started and the key component to achieving success. Start the new year off right and make it your best year yet! Stacey Crew, Organizing Expert.

Business Sponsor: Sandpiper
Media Sponsor: The Little Black Book for every busy woman
Refreshment Sponsor: Costco

February 10Friday
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Registration required (includes lunch)
$25 C4W Members
$35 Non Members

Location: Holiday Inn Express, Summerville

Summerville Women in Business
For women building and managing business

Work Life Balance
As a woman, you fill many roles on a daily basis – wife, mother, community leader, employee or employer. Jennet Robinson Alterman, Executive Director of the Center for Women, will discuss the importance of managing these roles and finding a true balance in life. A panel discussion will follow. Hear how these women approach finding Work Life Balance: Stephanie Hall, Ruth’s House Rentals & Design, Debbie Williams, Signet Human Resources Mgt + others.

Luncheon & Networking 12:00-12:30 p.m.
Program & Panel Discussion 12:30-1:30 p.m  

Sponsor: MWV
Location Sponsor: Holiday Inn Express
Refreshment Sponsor: Dish and Design Catering and Events

February 11Saturday
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Registration required
$25 C4W Members
$35 Non Members

Women's Leadership Institute
Develop the skills and strategies of an effective leader

Behind Every Great Woman are More Great Women
Women supporting one another must be part of every woman’s leadership repertoire, both for one’s personal development and to pay it forward for others. Successful women proactively network and build support circles for guidance, inspiration, mentoring, sponsorship, and the occasional kick in the pants. Doretha Walker.

Sponsor: Care for Life, Mary Peters, President
Experts in Eldercare
Refreshment Sponsor: Fork Fine Gourmet
Media Sponsor: Skirt! Magazine

February 16Thursday
6-8 p.m.

Registration required
$25 C4W Members
$35 Non Members

Refreshments will be served.

French Quarter Inn, 166 Church Street ~ FREE valet parking

Women and Power Series
For women who want to inspire, lead and succeed

An Interview with Linda Ketner
Most recently, Linda was the 2008 Democratic nominee for United States Congress, District 1, South Carolina.  She took 48% of the vote, narrowly losing to a 4-term incumbent in a District which had been Republican for the past 28 years .

Linda is President of KSILeadership and Management Development.   Prior to co-founding KSI, she was Director of Organization Development for Food Lion Stores and, Manager of Organization Development for Smith Kline Corporation.  She has been adjunct professor at UNC-G and the College of Charleston, teaching Complex Organizations and Leadership. 

Active in her community, Linda currently serves on the College of Charleston’s President’s Community Advisory Board and has served in the past as President of The Coastal Community Foundation, President of Charleston Crisis Ministry, Chair of the Mayor's Council On Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Chair of the S.C. Housing Trust Fund, Co-founder of South Carolina Citizens for Housing and served on the boards of the Hollings Cancer Center, Health Sciences Foundation, and the YWCA of the USA.  She is co-founder and past President of Alliance for Full Acceptance and S.C. Equality Coalition and on the advisory boards of the Riley Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Studies, the College of Charleston Women & Gender Studies program, and a trustee of the Free Enterprise Foundation.  Having established the Women’s Fund, Ketner Fund and Fund for Social Justice at the Coastal Community Foundation, she oversees grants to community organizations working for solutions to social problems.

She holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A. from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; and completed work toward her unfinished Ph.D. at both Duke and Emory Universities.

Sponsors: Morgan Stanley, Weight Watchers and SunTrust
Media Sponsor: Charleston Regional Business Journal
Hospitality Sponsor: French Quarter Inn
Refreshment Sponsor: Tristan

February 16
Thursday
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Registration required: $20

Job Search Assistance
Get prepared for today's tough job market

Resume Writing Workshop
Your resume is your first impression opportunity with potential employers.  Are you making a good one? Think of your resume as a marketing piece with you as the product.  If you’re sending out resume after resume and aren’t getting scheduled into interviews, your resume probably needs a makeover.  Join us for “Power Resume,” an intensive, interactive three-hour workshop in which you'll create the first draft of your resume.  You’ll leave the session armed with the tools and knowledge to make your resume makeover a reality. Jan Moorman, Vice President, Career Management Partners

February 18
Saturday
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Registration required: $20

Holiday Inn Express,
Summerville

Job Search Assistance
Get prepared for today's tough job market

Job Search Workshop in Summerville
A powerful workshop to help you land a great job! Experienced job coach, Jacqueline Cooney, MWV HR Director, will cover:

• Dealing with the emotion of change and transition
• Developing your job hunting strategy
• How to use the internet to look for and apply for jobs
• Creating a great resume and cover letter
• Interview preparation and professional appearance

Sponsor: MWV
Location Sponsor: Holiday Inn Express

February 24
Friday
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Registration required $75 for C4W & Chamber Members | $100 for Non Members

Omar Shrine Temple, Mt Pleasant

7th Annual Women in Business Conference

The Center for Women and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce will team up once again to present the 7th annual premier business event of the spring. Like its predecessors, this collaborative conference will assist hundreds of local business women—like you—advance professionally by providing networking opportunities and timely topics. You'll leave inspired with tools to take your business to the next level during this economically challenging time. KNOW MORE>

Title Sponsor: Charleston Regional Business Journal

February 25
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Registration required: $20 C4W Members
$30 Non Members

Her book will be available for purchase, with 10% going back to the C4W.

Empowerment Workshop
Discover and unleash your personal best

New Year, New Successes
2012 is a year that promises important changes. Having a vision of where you'd like to be is  way to anchor yourself and make your dreams become reality. By exploring values, vision and creative urges, it's possible to align ourselves, set a direction and create some self-determined guidelines for making decisions that help you move in the direction of your desired success. This highly interactive workshop will explore what's important to you, what you want more of, what you hope to eliminate and ways to make the changes to manifest your life dreams and live with deeper meaning.

Debra Moffitt is author of Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life which received special mention in Martha Stewart's Whole Living and on GMA/ABC News websites. Debra lived the corporate life as an international business executive until she left the business world to write full time. She currently leads workshops at the Sophia Institute and other venues in the U.S. and Europe. Her mind/body/spirit articles, essays and stories appear in publications around the globe and were broadcast by BBC World Services Radio.