Welcome to the latest issue of e-Connections Newsletter.

In this Issue

	NETWORK LUNCHEON
	COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
	NETWORK AT NIGHT 2009
	SCHOLARSHIPS
	FACEBOOK AND LINKEDIN - FIND US THERE!

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NETWORK LUNCHEON

DATE: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
DEADLINE To Register: Thursday, March 5, 2009
Beat the registration deadline and save time and money by making your luncheon reservation online with a credit card at our secured website: Click here to register for the luncheon. You can also call Karen at the Network office at 450-2102 with your credit card information.
TIME: 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
LOCATION: Love & Garlic @ Diana Court
LUNCHEON: "Women's Health Issues"
SPEAKER: Amanda Reeve MD, Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Liaison
LUNCHEON SPONSOR:  Kaiser Permanente
COST: $16 for current members & their first-time guest. $20 for non-members.

Note: All of our monthly luncheons are by prepaid reservation only, and the deadline for this luncheon is Thursday, March 5th.  The price is $16 for members and their 1st time guests, and $20 for Non-Members. Reservations and payments received after Thursday, March 5th, if accepted, will incur an additional $3 late charge. Any reservations and payments received on the day of the luncheon (if accepted) will incur a $5 late charge.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

The Network will recognize our Community Connection partners each month. Donations to each organization can be brought to luncheons or the organization may be contacted directly. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Dippel at 243-3665 or Visit our Community Connections page on our website.

This Months Connections
Hinds Hospice Angel Babies - Needs: Disposable cameras, Journals and Raffle prizes for Silent Auction for the Angel Baby Walk.
Grandmothers of the Light - Needs: Writing materials and Postage stamps so that children and inmate parents may correspond. 

NETWORK AT NIGHT 2009

17th Annual Business Trade Show
"Networking Around the World"
DATE: March 26th
TIME: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
LOCATION: Fresno Convention Center - Valdez Hall, Downtown Fresno
FIND OUT MORE

You can purchase your ticket (or tickets for friends) for the Business Trade Show online when you book your luncheon reservation.  This will only be available until March 10.

SCHOLARSHIPS

The scholarship program is a major part of the Fresno Women’s Network purpose to promote the professional and personal development of women in the community. Each year, the Network awards scholarships to women throughout the Central Valley who demonstrate scholastic merit and financial need with stated goals and objectives. If you know of a anyone who may be eligible for this program, please send them here. The Scholarship Committee will review all applications postmarked on or before March 31, 2009.

FACEBOOK AND LINKEDIN - FIND US THERE!

We have set up social networking groups at Facebook and LinkedIn for our members.

Social Networks can be a great home on the web, can help you connect with people or reconnect with long-lost friends, and can even help your career by making business contacts.
Social Networking in business goes back long before the Internet when use of the 'buddy system' could be the best way to find a job. Business social networks bring that buddy system into the digital age by allowing you to quickly and easily maintain a list of business contacts and make new business connections.
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