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ANNUAL EVENT SNEAK PREVIEW Schedule of Events: 1:45 pm – 4:15 pm Registration 2:15 – 3:45 pm IT’S A CELEBRATION OF AMAZING WOMEN! Panel “Aspiring and Accomplishing: Taking Your Business to the Next Level” 2012 ANNUAL Shannon Kinney, DreamLocal Digital Kurk Lalemand, Next Level MEETING & EVENT, Business Coaching Becky McKinnell, iBec Creative Jane Dagley, Camden National Bank, sponsor and moderator WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 4:00 – 5:00 pm Silent Auction/Raffle, WHITEHALL INN, CAMDEN, ME Networking & Social Hour We’ll also be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Meet and interact with fellow world-renowned poet Edna St. Vincent Millay at the Whitehall Inn. It’s businesswomen from throughout going to be a great evening to Celebrate Amazing Women! the state. Our 2010 and 2011 “Networker of All Networkers” Award Winners Mary Bumiller of Tess Gerritsen, Keynote Speaker Bangor Savings Bank and Linda Beaulieu of The Masiello Group Tess Gerritsen knows all about transitions and will lead a fun networking following inspiration. She’s an internationally exercise. Plus—you’ll have the bestselling author who followed an unusual path to a opportunity to meet Tess writing career. A graduate of Stanford University and Gerritsen and buy signed copies the University of California, Tess transitioned from of her books. physician into fiction writer while on maternity leave. 5:15 – 5:30 pm In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Welcome Address Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight MWN President Vicki Worden, more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a Worden Associates, Inc. screenplay, "Adrift," which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson. 5:30 – 6:15 pm Her first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in Dinner & Annual Meeting hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her most recent 6:15 – 7:00 pm suspense novels have included: The Mephisto Club Keynote Speaker Internationally bestselling author (2006), The Keepsake (2008), Ice Cold (2010; and The Silent Girl (2011). Her series of Tess Gerritsen novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles Premier Sponsor: Judy Brogden, inspired the hit TNT television series "Rizzoli & Isles," starring Angie Harmon and Machias Savings Bank Sasha Alexander. Now retired from medicine, she writes full time and lives in Camden. 7:00 pm Awards Ceremony & Silent We are pleased to recognize and Auction/Raffle Winners thank our Premier Sponsor for the 7:30 pm 2012 MWN Annual Event Meet Tess/Booksigning & Farewell Business Card Machias Savings Bank. Exchange Visit www.mainewomensnetwork.com for more information on the 2012 Celebration of Amazing Women! Who better to inspire your next great business idea than one of these accomplished workshop panelists? “Aspiring and Accomplishing: Taking Your Business to the Next Level” Sponsored by: Camden National Bank Shannon Kinney, DreamLocal Digital Shannon has over 15 years of experience in product development, sales and marketing strategies. She has worked on the teams developing successful Internet brands such as cars.com, careerbuilder.com, and over 60 online media properties for newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada. Prior to that, she spent over 10 years in media sales and sales management in Maine. She is an experienced speaker, trainer, and consultant, and has worked with small and large companies alike. Shannon is an expert in online marketing and social media, and serves as an advisor to many companies and local charitable groups. As founder of Dream Local Digital, she’s creating exciting opportunities for companies in Maine, and recently signed an agreement with Bangor Daily News to provide digital media and marketing support to businesses statewide. It’s no wonder she was recently awarded the Penobscot Bay Chamber’s Innovation in Business Award! Kurk Lalemand, Next Level Business Coaching Kurk Lalemand is a Licensed Professional Business Coach, member of the executive board of the national Professional Business Coaches Alliance, and an experienced business owner. Kurk opened his first business in 1972 and his second company in 1977, successfully exiting 25 years later. Kurk now uses his experience to help other Maine business owners manage and grow their companies. In the past six years, Kurk has worked with over 160 business owners in a wide variety of industries, including professional services, construction, fashion and beauty, subcontracting, manufacturing, IT sales and service, financial services, healthcare, automotive, and non-profit education. NEXT Level Business Coaching works with a variety of business owners, whether start- ups, family owned, or established businesses. Kurk helps owners with issues including growth, ownership transfer, marketing, sales, day-to-day management, profit planning, money management, hiring/training/firing, or implementing systems, as well as owner education. From his time in the military as a Vietnamese linguist and martial arts instructor, to his marriage and family, to his struggles and triumphs as a businessman, Kurk has been continually growing into the trusted advisor he is today. Becky McKinnell, iBec Creative Becky McKinnell is a leader of the next generation of Internet marketers. She was recently named by BusinessWeek as one of the country's Top 25 Entrepreneurs 25 and Under as well as the SBA's Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Maine, MaineToday's Top 40 Under 40, and 2011 recipient of Portland’s PROPEL Entreverge award. Formally trained in the arts and entrepreneurial studies, she brings a technically-savvy and fresh sense to marketing design and the application of multi-media. Becky's clients benefit from her depth of knowledge and common-sense drive for results. She focuses her resources on raising her clients' online profiles while promoting their unique brands. Today she is the President of iBec Creative, located in Portland, Maine. The company offers fresh insight for today's businesses, designing integrated marketing programs that work. Table Sponsors: Premier Sponsor: Workshop Sponsor: Annual Event Sponsor: Ballou & Associates Community Credit Union Cornerstone Financial Planning Annual Event Sponsor: Erica Harriman CPA Luanne Cameron State Farm Worden Associates, Inc. 1 Registration: Coming soon at www.mainewomensnetwork.com. Ticket Price: $55 members, $68 non-members . Purchase a table for six (6) or eight (8) and you’ll get an extra raffle ticket for each person at your table! Note: One person must make the purchase on behalf of the group and should be prepared to register each additional person. .