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Women Business Owners (WBO) is having monthly business networking meetings on the 2nd Friday of each month at 9:00am. They meet at Cyber Smoothies, a local Internet Cafe, located at 12215 Grant Road, Cypress, TX 77429.

On Friday, September 12th, Guest Speaker Heather King with Gabbard & Company will be speaking on the topic of "Power Networking."

Heather King holds a Master

of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Her focus areas at Gabbard & Company are change management, strategy implementation, training design and organizational development projects. Before joining the team at Gabbard & Company, Heather was the owner and operator of Oklahoma Data Services based in Norman, Oklahoma and served the southwest region of the U.S. She is certified as a Professional Balanced Scorecard Practitioner and is the Managing Director of Gabbard's Houston location.

Gabbard & Company is a business consulting firm founded in Oklahoma. Their focus is helping clients improve their organizations, their teams, their lives. Gabbard was founded in 1998 on the principle that clients deserve bottom-line improvement results from work - not just reports or theories. They are located at 2425 West Loop South, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77027. Phone number is 713-335-0768.

"Power Networking": Do you ever feel that you're going to all the right places and just not getting the results you expected? The key is Power networking - truly maximizing the contact you make with the people you meet no matter where you are. At this meeting on September 12th, we will discuss where to go, how to meet the right people and how to make them a customer.

Contact group leader, Anna Campbell at 713-516-1524 for more information.
Or visit their group website www.womenbizowners.org

There is no charge for guests to attend this meeting and only a few rules apply. Arrive with business cards and marketing material in hand to distribute to the group.

After the speaker, each attendee will have 30 seconds to introduce herself and her business. We will then open up for small group networking.

Door prizes are welcome. Feel free to bring an item or gift certificate with you to be given away towards the end of the meeting.

All women are encouraged to join the Women Business Owners (WBO) organization through their online website or by contacting your local chapter leader: Anna Campbell at 713-516-1524 or anna@womenbizowners.org. We invite all women to become members of Women Business Owners (WBO). Membership is either $10 monthly or $100 for Annual Premier.