National Association of Women Business Owners Renews Its Relationship With Principal Financial Group
March 9, 2006 (McLean, Va.) — The National Association of Women Business Owners® (NAWBO®) is pleased to announce that the Principal Financial Group® will serve as a 2006 corporate partner. This marks the eighth year NAWBO and the Principal Financial Group continue their relationship to provide financial products and services to women entrepreneurs including retirement and investment services, individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits and online banking. The Principal Financial Group is also co-sponsoring SmartBrief, a twice-weekly e-news summary for women entrepreneurs.
NAWBO SmartBrief delivers the latest need-to-know news for business owners directly to their desktop. Each e-newsletter contains news important to running a business, links to relevant stories, and insider information on NAWBO and its initiatives.
"NAWBO is delighted that the Principal Financial Group has chosen to continue its support of women entrepreneurship through this partnership, including providing funding support for SmartBrief, an innovative and informative online business resource," said Gayle Watson, NAWBO president and president of Dallas, Texas-based Performance Solutions. "Women business owners benefit from the quality resources, products and services provided by The Principal."
The NAWBO Corporate Partner program offers organizations the opportunity to cultivate a relationship with the fastest growing segment of the business community-women business owners. In addition, partnerships, such as this, help NAWBO fund important initiatives that allow the association to deliver greater benefits to its members, including resources to help them grow their businesses.
"We choose organizations with which to partner that share our common interest of providing women entrepreneurs an edge to grow their business, making NAWBO an obvious choice," said Michelle Swanda, corporate marketing manager, The Principal®. "The NAWBO SmartBrief is the perfect vehicle for us to share news, because it is widely received by leading business owners due to its timely and compelling content. We plan to regularly include information of interest to NAWBO members, including information about the Principal Women in Business Teleclass Series - monthly free teleclasses that assist women business owners in growing their business and networking with other women business owners, while learning from a variety of extraordinary speakers."
About The Principal Financial Group
The Principal Financial Group®
(The Principal®)1
is a leader in offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement and investment services, life and health insurance and banking through its diverse family of financial services companies. A member of the Fortune 500, the Principal Financial Group has $195.2 billion in assets under management2 and serves some 15.6 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PFG. For more information, visit www.principal.com.
About NAWBO
Founded in 1975, NAWBO propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide. Thirty years later, NAWBO is still the only organization that solely represents the interest of women entrepreneurs in all industries. The organization's mission is to strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of its members and promote economic development; to create innovative and effective change in the business culture; to build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and to transform public policy and influence opinion makers. Visit www.nawbo.org for more information.
1) "The Principal Financial Group" and "The Principal" are registered service marks of Principal Financial Services, Inc., a member of the Principal Financial Group.
2) As of December 31, 2005.
