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Breakfast Speakers

Each month at the WBE Breakfast we have an inspirational speaker. Thank you to all of our speakers! Our speaker for April 2009 was:

Lorraine Howell

Getting to the Meet of the Matter:

How to Stand Out in a Downturn Economy

With each passing day, the news headlines are a somber reminder of the fact that we are in the midst of a recession. No one is immune from the impacts. How does this economy impact the way we conduct business? Should we adjust gears and do things differently than before? The answer according to Lorraine Howell, owner of Media Skills Training, is both yes and no. For her, this year’s strategy can be summed up as “back to basics, with a twist.”
After a successful, 12-year career as a television news and talk show producer, Lorraine launched Media Skills Training with the belief that the best communicators are those who’ve mastered the ability to deliver a message that is honest, short, and relevant to the audience. Today’s weak economy may have changed your audience’s urgency and needs, but it shouldn’t change your strategy to meet your customers where they are. What are your customer’s problems this year? More importantly, how does what you have to offer help them solve them?

We invite you to join us on April 9th as Lorraine Howell arms us with new strategies and new words to make a lasting impression on those we meet!

Biographical Information about Lorraine Howell:

Lorraine Howell started Media Skills Training in 1998 after 12 years as a television news and talk show producer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She coaches top executives and professionals on how to be more effective when speaking to the media or making public presentations.

Lorraine is a specialist in message development, presentation skills, media interview skills, and crisis communications. Some of her clients include Starbucks, Microsoft, REI, Group Health Cooperative, Children’s Hospital, Vulcan, and the U.S. Small Business Administration. In October, 2008 Lorraine returned for the second year to coach the five finalists in the Forbes.com national Boost Your Business Contest in New York City.

The author of Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift! (Book Publishers Network, June 2006). Lorraine is also a Cum Laude graduate from the University of Washington, Phi Beta Kappa.

August Breakfast

Our August breakfast is an annual, invitation only special event dedicated to recognizing and celebrating our volunteers. We will be back to our regular breakfast schedule on September 9th with Janis Avery, CEO of Treehouse, who will speak on the topic of: Challenge, Change and Creativity - How To Turn Life's Obstacles into Business Opportunities (or Opportunities for Growth). Online registration for our September event will begin on August 13th. We hope you will join us then.

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Click here to hear an excerpt of one of WBE’s recent breakfast speakers, Leta Hamilton, speaking about "The Energy of Transaction: Giving and Receiving in Business and in Life”.