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SMART WOMEN BUSINESS NETWORK * FOR WOMEN & THEIR FRIENDS


TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th
DOMAIN HOTEL * SUNNYVALE

Domain Hotel
1085 East El Camino Real
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
(Free Parking)

5:30 PM Networking Reception

6:30 PM Welcome to the South Bay
Optional Dinner: 7:30 PM

Featured Guest: 



Kim Powell, Owner & Guide
Blue Water Ventures

Interviewed by Cari Hays, MSPM
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* About our Featured Guest –

Kim Powell is Owner, Operator & Head Naturalist, Blue Water Ventures.

She has been organizing single and multiple day excursions to places with extraordinary beauty since 1985. With a Masters Degree in Environmental Interpretation, she is dedicated to educating people using the natural world as a classroom.

Kim has led expeditions from the blue glaciers of Alaska to the tropical greenery of the Amazon Basin. As a naturalist, her area of expertise is the ecology of coral reefs. Of equal interest to her is sharing the cultural diversity of the countries visited. Kim is a certified sea kayaking instructor through the American Canoe Association. Each excursion is led by competent and talented naturalist educators who share a passion for the outdoors.

Customized programs are available in Coastal California, The Sierras, Central America, the Caribbean and Micronesia. Activities include sea kayaking, sailing, hiking, snorkeling, tidepooling, backpacking, kayak camping and classroom visits.

Additional Bio Information: www.bluewaterventures.org


* PLEASE RSVP: SmartWomenEvents@aol.com or 415-503-1375

- Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, great door prizes, networking and more!
- Visit the "Betty's List" Directory Information Table . . .
- "Shout Out!" and tell everyone attending who you are and what your business or favorite project is about
- Music by Mary Spalding of Steel Jam
- South Bay Ambassadors: Cari Hays, MSPM, Executor Consulting


* Cost to Attend -
- Betty's List Directory Members:  Free
- Non-members:  $10


LINK TO PAY PAL OPTION

Stay for Dinner: We invite you to stay for the optional informal dinner starting at 7:30 PM at The Seafood Market. Please let us know to include you in our reservation for seating!

Note: Use the PayPal option to pre-pay. Special Offer: You can enjoy $50 off the cost to join the Betty's List Directory by joining at the event. Please inquire to Kate Laws, Business Manager:  kate.laws@yahoo.com



 Please RSVP, come join us and stay for dinner if you wish!


* More Items to Note -

Meet the joie de vivre hotels -
Stay at gay owned and operated joie de vivre hotels throughout the Bay Area and beyond in California. JDV hotels are a new sponsor for “Betty’s List” and you can make a reservation for our special rate using the code: BETTY: http://bettyslist.com/blpage.php?id=3932


Your "Stuff" for Our Table -
Everyone enjoys picking up business cards and small brochures at our Information Table. If you are a Directory member, please be sure that we have a good supply of your materials! If you haven't sent them to us, please do: Kate Laws, Sullivan Communications, Inc / Betty's List, 2261 Market St #309, SF, CA 94114. Don't know? Send an e-mail to Kate.Laws@yahoo.com


Co-Founder by Dr. Betty L. Sulilvan / Betty's List &
Catherine I. Pinkas, SAGE Financial Network

* About The Smart Women Business Network -
The Smart Women Business Network is an informal network of women and their friends who are subscribers and contacts of “Betty’s List,” the popular online and e-mail information service for the San Francisco Bay Area’s LGBT community.

Since it’s inception and first networking event in June of 2006, the Smart Women Business Network has welcomed thousands of women in business and their friends. At each event, participants gather to meet, greet and share business ideas; enjoy scrumptious Hors d’oeuvres contributed by the hosting restaurant; and hear updates from community leaders.

Members of the Betty’s List LGBT Community Business Directory attend free of charge. Non-members pay an entry fee of $10 to help offset the administrative costs of maintaining the network.


Smart Women / Key Contact E-Mail List -
Do you want to join this list? Members of the “Betty’s List” LGBT Community Business Directory, key contacts and attendees are on a special e-mail list for the Smart Women Business Network. If you would like to be on this list, just send a reply to this message with “Smart Women E-mail List” in the subject line. You are welcome and we will add you! Send a note to SmartWomen

Do You Have to Be A Woman?
No, all are welcome. The Smart Women Business Network exists to meet the needs of women in our community, but anyone who wants to join us, regardless of gender or any other demographic factor, is welcome. Lots of women are always with us and sometimes they bring friends. We have a big tent . . .


About the Smart Women Business Network -
The Smart Women Business Network is an informal network of women and their friends who are subscribers and contacts of “Betty's List,” the popular online and e-mail information service for the San Francisco Bay Area's LGBT community.

Since it's inception and first networking event in June of 2006, the Smart Women Business Network has welcomed thousands of women in business and their friends. At each event, participants gather to meet, greet and share business ideas; enjoy scrumptious Hors d'oeuvres contributed by the hosting restaurant; win door prizes contributed by participants and hear updates from community leaders.

Would you like to sponsor a Smart Women Business Network event? Call us and inquire: 415-503-1375.


Appreciations -

Special thanks to Smart Women Business Network co-founder Catherine I. Pinkas of SAGE Financial Network (www.sagefinancialnetwork.com). Also, meet Catherine in the Betty's List Directory.

Thanks also to the Bay Area restaurants that have hosted the Smart Women Business Network: 2223, SF; 71 Saint Peter, San Jose; Azure Restaurant, San Carlos; Cafe Maritime, SF; Hilton SF Financial District; Kingfish Restaurant, San Mateo; Maria Manso World Cuisine, San Rafael; MECCA SF; Paragon Restaurant, San Jose; The Townhouse Bar & Grill, Emeryville; Z Cafe & Bar, Oakland.


* Smart Women Events Previous Featured Guests -




Linda Hulberg,
Founder, The Hulberg Group, Real Estate





Featured Guest: Stefanie Harvey, PhD
Scientist & Community Leader