Women Business Owners: Get Inspired, Grow your Business and Plan Ahead.
With the current economic climate on the minds of every business owner, The Principal Women in Business Teleclass Series is committed to serving as a partner to you. Over the last several years, The Principal has strived to provide key resources to help you grow your business.
We offer complimentary programs squarely focused on bringing you leaders, ideas and tools to help you navigate the recession. From Suzy Welch, to Jean Chatzky and Katrina Markoff, we've got resources to give you tips on finances, human resources and marketing.
For more information or questions about the Women in Business Teleclass Series, send an e-mail to teleclass@principal.com.
Teleclasses
Success Stories
- How I Grew My Business in a Down Market: One Business Owner's Inspiring Success Story
Mary Ellen Trevino, CEO and Founder of P3S Corporation - A Discussion with the Author of The Girls' Guide to Building a Million-Dollar Business
Susan Wilson Solovic, CEO of SBTV - A Woman Business Owner's Multi-Million Dollar Success Story: Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow
Kim Kleeman, President and CEO of Shakespeare Squared - Make Your Million Dollar Idea a Reality: Advice From an Entrepreneur Who Aimed High and Succeeded
Elaine Brodsky, Owner and Co-founder, CitiStorage LLC - Good to Great: Secrets of Success from a Savvy Business Woman
Katrina Markoff, Owner and Creator of Vosges Haut-Chocolat - A $1 Million Tale: One Woman's Business Building Triumph
Cordia Harrington, Founder, CEO, and President of Tennessee Bun Company
Finance/Money
- Plan Ahead to Get Ahead: Seven Myths that Can Wreck Your Retirement
Karen Starr, Financial Services Representative, Princor Registered Representative - Today's Environment: Expert Advice on How Your Business Can Thrive in Uncertain Times
Rhonda Abrams, USA Today's Small Business Columnist - Plan Your Future - Make Money, Not Excuses
Jean Chatzky, NBC Today Show Financial Editor - Money Matters: Five Questions Every Woman Should Ask Their Financial Advisor
Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments - Boost Your Business Cents: Three Foolproof Ways to Master Your Company's Finances
Ken Little, Author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance for Small Business
Marketing/Sales
- Marketing Your Business: Five Strategies to Position Your Company in a Challenging Market
Carolyn Sawyer, Founder and Chief Strategist of the Tom Sawyer Company - Make Your Brand a Household Name: Buzz Tactics Money Can't Buy
Lisa Kable, Founder of Artemis Woman, LLC - Marketing on a Dime: Six Creative Tactics to Get Your Company Noticed
Trish Karter, CEO and President of Dancing Deer Baking Co. - Rev Up Your Returns: Simple Sales Strategies to Boost Your Profitability
Debi Lilly, Owner of A Perfect Event - Gain the Marketing Edge: Three Innovative Ideas to Upstage Your Competition
Mary Cantando, Nationally Recognized Author and Speaker - Get Ahead in '07: The Women of Inc. Magazine Share Insight on Five "Can't Miss" Business Trends
Jane Berentson, Bobbie Gossage, Stephanie Clifford and Leigh Buchanan, Inc. Magazine - Feeling the Love: Five Best Client Service Techniques
Paul Levesque, CEO of Customer Focus Breakthroughs Inc. - Small Budget, Big Impact: Do-It-Yourself Marketing
Barbara Findlay Schenck, Author of Small Business Marketing for Dummies
Technology
- Get Wired into Social Networking: How to Use Sources from LinkedIn to Facebook to Grow Your Business
Lena West, CEO of xynoMedia Technology - Blogging to Boost Your Bottom Line: Four Approaches to Make Money through Blogs
Donna Fenn, Author of The Entrepreneurial Generation blog on Inc.com - Get Connected: The Latest and Greatest Technology for Growing Businesses
Hillary Bressler, CEO and Founder of .Com Marketing
Business Growth
- Are You Prepared? How Every Business Owner Can Plan for the Unexpected.
Victoria Colligan, Founder of Ladies Who Launch - The Five Secrets of Millionaire Women Business Owners
Mary Cantando, Author of The Woman's Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What is Takes to Grow Your Business - Ready, Set, Goal! How to Get Real and Get Goaling
Gary Ryan Blair, President of The GoalsGuy - Now Hear This! Lessons on Effective Listening
Judith E. Glaser, Founder of Benchmark Communications - Getting Unstuck: Five Ways to Rejuvenate Mid-Year
Suzy Welch, Author, Commentator and Business Journalist - Cut Through the Clutter: Getting to What Really Matters
Julie Morgenstern, President of Julie Morgenstern Enterprises - The Art of the Deal: Negotiating What You Want
Barbara Jackson, Executive Vice President and Founder of the Makau Corporation - Get Balanced: Simple Strides for Work-Life Harmony
Laura Berman Fortgang, Author of Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction
Human Resources/Benefits
- Why It's So Hard to Find Good Employees - And Just As Hard to Keep Them
Erin Condren, Founder of Erin Condren Design - One Company's Award-Winning Equation: Employee Financial Fitness + Physical Fitness = Fiscal Fitness
D. Holly Lifke, Vice President of Human Resources, Society Insurance and Renee Schaaf, Vice President - National Accounts - Build a Rapport: How to Attract and Keep Your Most Valuable Customers and Employees
Jill Blashack Strahan, Founder and CEO of Tastefully Simple Inc. - Employee Benefit Makeover: How Growing Companies Can Become More Attractive
Dianna Podmoroff, Founder of Arete Business Solutions
