Instead of an article this week I wanted to run a series of guest biographies of some of the many brilliant people like you who have already signed up for Smart Women Programs for 2011.  My hope is that you will be inspired and empowered by their entrepreneurial journeys and you will step up and step in to the journey with them next year!

Rachelle Anslyn

Rachelle Anslyn is known for thinking big and living an extraordinary life.  Her passion for being authentic, creative, and vibrant has taken her to explore the depths of what is possible.  She has traveled over 30 countries to work with clients, for volunteer aide, to study with yoga masters, and for the delight of cultural wisdom.  Rachelle has studied over 100 different dietary theories and learned straight from leading health experts and doctors such as Deepak Chopra, Andrew Weil, Sally Fallon, Mark Hyman, David Wolfe and many, many more.  Rachelle graduated in 2009 from The Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York City.  Her mindset mastery came from attending The School for The Work of Byron Katie in New York City in 2001. The following year, Rachelle staffed The School working directly with Byron Katie in Los Angeles. Rachelle has also studied with yoga masters around the globe in several traditions including Kundalini, Iyengar, Jivamukti, Ashtanga, Vibrant Living Yoga and Yoga Synergy.  Through her experience with self inquiry, yoga, nutrition and the healing arts, Rachelle has cultivated a full spectrum mastery of living a vibrant purposeful life.

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Meredith Hill

In July 2000, Meredith Hill decided to marry her passion for travel and for Africa and created Hills of Africa Travel, Inc. Married to a Zimbabwean, Meredith has traveled extensively throughout southern Africa. Hills of Africa Travel specializes in customized African safari tours. We offer spectacular adventures with personalized and customized service, guaranteed to provide you with the experience of a lifetime. Hills of Africa Travel is a team of extraordinary travel agents and tour operators who are passionate about sharing the magic of Africa through first-hand knowledge and exemplary customer service. Our expert knowledge, experience, and passion for our customers allow us to create a personalized safari adventure of a lifetime for all travelers.

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Carrie Jacobs

Carrie Strathman Jacobs is fast becoming the champion of Visionary Executives in every stage of growth and transition. Her association, the Global Institute of Visionary Executives guides exceptional clients to the success they seek, while supporting them to think differently and take strides in creating their own brand of success and fulfillment. In order to do more, we need to be more. With the wealth of knowledge, resources and community, housed within this association, members can expect to shorten their learning curve and transition time by months, even years.

As an Executive Coach and Personal Development Consultant, Carrie brings to the table her 30 years experience in personal and organizational development, training and coaching. She specializes in reconnecting individuals with their unique spirit to create new, strategic ways of building and sustaining an individuals own unique brand of success.  Carrie has consulted with multiple government organizations, national corporations and small business owners, guiding their leaders to create strong business practices for sustainable growth.  She is excited to have supported multiple executives to create smooth and elegant growth and transformation for themselves and their teams.

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Constance DeWitt

Constance  DeWitt is a New Age Woman who has combined  her B.Sc. from Syracuse University, her experience as a VISTA Volunteer in Guam, a certificate from the Eiseman Center for Color information and Training, a Master’s  from the  New York School of Feng Shui, and her Study Tour of China to become proficient in the energetics of sustainable living.  She has attended countless seminars relating to sustainability, the environment and the study of how people live and work in their spaces. Constance has been an Allied Member of The American Society of Interior Designers for nearly thirty years and has held numerous community positions including Assistant Town Clerk, Secretary for the Vermont Association of Listers and Assessors, Trustee for the Woodstock, Vermont, Historical Society and The East Barnard Church.  Connie’s business experience ranges widely as well:  she has served as Business Manager for an 18^th and 19^th Century Antiques Emporium, as Treasurers for a food cooperative and a landscaping business, owned and managed a restaurant, and operated her own Real Estate Agency.  Her long-term interest in the environment and sustainability, extensive exposure to cutting-edge technology through professional venues, self-education and exploration has made her a true renaissance woman equally at home in Xi’an, China, the Maasai Mara in Kenya or the hills of Vermont where she has lived most of her life. Constance sees her life’s mission as sharing her passion and knowledge about the dynamic of life- sustaining energy and how it is the foundation for health, industry, and the survival of the planet.  Her ideas about the application of simple steps to transform stagnation into the vibrant, joyful, creative life we could all be experiencing are uplifting, motivational and productive.  Anyone who hears Constance speak cannot be left unchanged by the experience. Ms. DeWitt is currently working on a business venture to provide sustainable products for the environmentally conscious.  She wants to do for the environment what Martha Stewart has done for the home.  Constance may be contacted at CDesignVT@gmail.com.

Kiva Leatherman

Kiva is the Founder and President of Wise Workshops, which develops curriculum for women to learn about their health, wealth and time. As a speaker, she encourages women to know themselves, to know about their money and to stop living vicariously through others – to achieve success and happiness on their terms.

Kiva was formerly a Sales Vice President with a major investment firm managing a territory that generated over $100 million in sales annually. Although the investment business was definitely a boys club, Kiva found a way to succeed with grace, humor and feminine strength. Her presentations on women and investing laid the groundwork for what eventually became Wise Workshops and her personal mission to ensure that women are in charge of their own money, their own time and the decisions that they make regarding their nutrition and health. She teaches women to create a framework for success which gives them the power and freedom to live well. Kiva graduated with degrees in Psychology and Performing Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. She loves teaching women to get their groove on through dance and is a certified fitness trainer. Kiva lives on the beautiful Seacoast of New Hampshire with her husband, Michael and her young children, Myles and Charlotte.

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Linda Rivero

Linda’s interests and professional activities have been diverse, ranging from corporate training and language instruction to international travel consulting, bilingual counseling, and professional photography. Yet all her activities share two common threads: Linda’s passion for communication and connection through culture, language and travel, paired with her dedication to helping those in need of support. Linda’s love for personal expression through business combined with her passion for culture and caring for women in need has led her to found the Global Action Network of Entrepreneurial Women, a membership-based network serving women entrepreneurs in both the industrialized and developing worlds.

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Camille Gaines

Camille’s passion for investing began when she saw her father successfully time the purchase of municipal bonds in the early 1980’s when interest rates on the bonds were as high as 20%, and municipal bonds were selling at deep discounts. Her father’s theory was that “the last thing to go out would be the lights.” He was right. Those same municipal bonds appreciated in value and paid tax free interest up to 20% over the next decade, allowing her father to take an early retirement and enhanced her parent’s lifestyle. Isn’t that what investing wisely is all about? His success came from doing research by reading a few financial publications regularly, looking at the big picture, and not following the crowd.

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Sherry Borsheim

She is also the author of Conquer Your Chaos, fast forward to office efficiency and Conquer Your Email Chaos for Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003.

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Sarah David

Hello! My name is Sarah David and I am the Chief Empowerment Officer and Founder of the Empowered Women’s Institute for Entrepreneurship™. We are very excited as we count down the launch of a global community for the professional development of women to unlock their unique gifts and talents. Through this global association set for pre-launch activities fall 2010, I use my passion for connecting with others, drive, “go-getter” attitude and over 13 years experience in professional development to help others understand they are powerful and equipped beyond measure and get inspired, get focused and get connected in business, career and life! Within this network I am able to provide a platform to inspire the development of others in their entrepreneurial learning, leadership development and career advancement. Whether you are a small business owner, executive, individual trying to advance in your current careers or re-inventing yourself for new careers or business opportunities, EWI has something for you!

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Karen Dodd

After going into public relations at the age of 19, teaching sales and marketing for two of the largest vocational institutes in the country, and consulting to numerous companies in the private sector, Karen started her own private mentoring practice, specializing in working with small business owners and solo-professionals. In just 8 months, she doubled her client base, around the country and internationally. Starting with helping clients to identify their niche in the marketplace and then teaching them to create marketing systems to attract their ideal clients, Karen has become known as “The Intuitive Marketing Mentor.” By using her New Clients By Design Blueprint Formula®, Karen is able to help solo-entrepreneurs build their businesses in record time, enjoy more income and have more time off.

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Catherine Rocheleau

I started my career as a Registered Dietitian with a key focus on management.  I quickly rose through the ranks until I was a Food and Nutrition Services Director.  Although I loved my job, I struggled with internal conflicts and external obstacles which resulted in frustrations. I began exploring options including new career paths.  I mentioned to a colleague that contract work was one option for me in the future.  Soon she approached me about a 6 month contract which I could complete around my full-time position. I submitted a proposal and won the contract.(sidebar:  This contract lasted 16 years).

I soon came to realize that I loved this type of work and I could better utilize my skills as a consultant, helping other organizations to make changes and achieve results.  A diagnosis with an autoimmune disease and extended time away from work soon solidified my decision to jump off the employment diving board into the unknowns of entrepreneurship.  I quickly connected with my network and gained contracts teaching food service management courses at Langara College (formerly Vancouver Community College – Langara) and as an Interim Manager for an outsourcing company.  Other clients gradually came on board and I knew I had made the right decision for me.

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Donna Duffy

As a business owner, marketer, coach and consultant-I love to build community and help others realize their potential especially in the areas of education and business.  I love to read, learn and teach. Speaking and writing, coaching and consulting, and helping other long in their journey are among my favorite things. After years of living in the Middle East, in a great neighborhood in Nazareth, I returned to the US and am on a mission to build community where ever I can–mostly in the areas of business and education. I’m grateful for the great sense of purpose and gifts I’v been given and feel that one of my greatest contributions in to cheer and inspire.

Visit Donna Online

PLUS MANY MORE!

Dear Creator and Big Thinker,

Ready to become part of one of the most important movements in 2010?

Join myself and hundreds of beautiful souls on November 2 – 4, 2010 in Los Angeles, California

(Make sure you check out the PS in this email to see who is already committed to becoming part of the Smart Women Change the World Movement this Fall!)

Why Us and Why Now?

I am sure by now, you have heard the Dalai Lama’s quote about the western woman and our mission. No? He said, “The world will be saved by the western woman.”

And I personally believe  it will be the “entrepreneurial” western woman that saves the world!

I know, it is a bold statement for sure.  But bold statements lead to bold action and to much needed positive change.

To make sure you are ready to do your part in saving the world, I am hosting what will be a life-changing magical 3 day event this Fall!

The Smart Women’s Business Conference and Expo is designed to empower and encourage growth from within—which is exactly what our world needs right now.

Join me and over 300 other women and men as we reconstruct what it means to live on purpose, live in passion, and live profitably.

Hurry and Register today before we are sold out: http://www.smartwomenevent.com

The Agenda

PreConference VIP Party
Starting at 6 pm on November 1 (night before event starts), over 100 VIP guests will network and enjoy cocktails!  Not sure if you are a VIP guest, email us info@smartwomeninstitute.com

During Day 1 you will learn about the Most Powerful Business Models that exist in the world today!

•Learn the most important biz models for the fastest growth of your business online and offline
•Learn key strategies that position you and your company for the highest payoff
•Learn how to structure your biz so you can make more and work less
•Learn how to create boundaries and structure your company processes for more balance and freedom
•Learn how to brand your company website so that your visitors want to stay and play

Smart Women of the Year Award Ceremony

At the end of Day One: Enjoy a beautiful awards ceremony where we will honor three sensational and successful women with a Smart Women of the Year Award.   All three women (Rhonda Britten, Kris Carr, and Amyilya Antonetti) created companies that are of service to the world and create positive change in the world each day!

All three have previously been featured on Oprah for their life-changing work and we are excited to have them each come and inspire you with their acceptance speeches!

During Day 2 you will learn about the Most Powerful Mindsets you should have on your Entrepreneurial journey!

•Learn how to think like and act like a CEO so you can leverage the highest ROI on all of your future joint venture partnerships
•Learn the core behaviors of visionaries and why and how these behaviors allow you to adapt to A New Way of Being that invites even more high-level success
•Learn how to structure your Product and Service Funnel for strategic long-term growth
•Learn multiple marketing strategies and completely map out your core marketing campaigns for 2011 before you leave event
•Learn how to plan the “Big Picture” and understand the micro processes
•Arm yourself with knowledge on “Equity” and future “Exit Strategies”

During Day 3 you will learn about the Most Powerful Behaviors you should have to Attract Health and Wealth Into Your Life and Business!

•Learn how to use the powerful “why” question in your business and in your life
•Learn how to tame the high-energy entrepreneur into a focused and graceful leader
•Learn how to leverage a top notch business image that allows you to graciously lead with purpose
•Learn how to build and empower a virtual and local teams that allow you to run your global company from your home office or an outside office
•Learn how to integrate Marketing 2.0 with traditional marketing methods that increase your profits faster!

PLUS, you will enjoy these amazing breakin sessions from our faculty, some of the most inspiring and successful speakers in the world!

Hurry and Register today before we are sold out: http://www.smartwomenevent.com

The BreakIn Sessions

Illuminating Beauty™ – Become the Best You Can
and Live a Beautiful Life Inside and Out with Tamara Gold

Real transformation and success starts with knowing who you are, right now in the moment.  Beauty starts on the inside and it affects all areas of your life. If you truly desire to become the best you can and live a beautiful life, you’ll want to start here. Learn beauty and style secrets that create superstars and how they grab your attention and become magnetic. You’ll walk away with insider tips and inspirational insights to help you look at yourself, your life and your business in a whole new…  beautiful way.  It’s not just about the makeup. Illuminating your beauty is key to your success.

You will learn:

•How makeup relates to your life on every level as Tamara shares her “Makeup Metaphor”™
•How we’ve been conditioned by the media and what that means to the entrepreneur or leader stepping into a new or existing business.
•The key essential steps that will make you look like a superstar in your industry
•A new understanding about your style expression in everything you do.

Million Dollar PR Secrets for Every Budget: How to Leverage Strategic Public Relations for Business Growth with Stacey Johnes and Regina Novickis

Every business has a story worth telling. The media will gladly cover that story when you frame it in the right context.  PR is still the best free vehicle to market your business to a large audience…  up to millions of people at one time once you are seen in national media.  And it’s not just about fame for fame’s sake. Once you get that story, you’ll gain valuable attention for your business, driving more clients, deals and ultimately, profits! We’ll teach you what you can do immediately to get media attention (including radio, television, print and online); and how to leverage your media coverage to skyrocket your profits.

You will learn:

•Three easy steps on how to secure television, radio, print and online media coverage immediately
•Strategies implemented by million dollar business owners to leverage their PR coverage for business growth
•How even the smallest budget can begin to generate coverage for big profits

How to Say ‘No!’ to Info-crap, Embrace the Cutting Edge and Leap to the Head of the Pack with Andrea J. Lee, CEO of The Wealthy Thought Leader

Are you tired of putting all your effort into marketing something you sweated to create, and producing nothing but a tiny little output like 5 sales? Add insult to injury you get 2 returns and less than nothing to show? Join Andrea J. Lee and discover how to cut through the noise in an overwhelmed market and dominate your category with ideas that turn into real cash quickly.

You will learn:

•How to innovative in a profitable way, simply.
•Ways to expand your reach and impact by building a following that comes to you, instead of pushy, in-your-face tactics to build your list.
•How implementing a 10% innovation to something you already have can create 6-figure results with almost no cost.
•The secret to being seen as the go-to innovator and leader in your market, un-catchable by your competition.
•And, most important, how to get the confidence to put your stake in the ground, bypass the traffic jam in your market and reap wealth from your thought leadership.
•In a world where there’s too much information, you must ensure your content is the best it can be. Your market thirsts for you to lead them in the way only you can! Let’s make sure we give you exactly that.

The Money Map to Freedom: Building a Sustainable
Business Around Who You Really Are With Grace,
Ease and Harmony with Alexis Martin Neely

A 6-step Money Map framework for choosing the right business model for you based on who you are, how you serve, the people you serve and the lifestyle you want to have and how to build this business on a solid foundation that ensures grace, ease and harmony in your life.

You will learn:

•How to Build Your Own Authentic Business Model Based Around Who You Really Are, the People You Serve and the Life You Want to Have (So You Can Finally Stop Following the Leader and Become the Leader You Know You Are)
•The Three Principles of Powerful Feminine Leadership That Will Allow Us to Make the Choice to Stop Doing Business Like Men and Begin to Experience Grace, Ease and Harmony in Our Businesses
•Why the Open-Hearted Agreement Documentation Process Is the Secret Key to Happiness In Your Business Life (and How You Can Save Buckets of Money, Grief and Heartache by Learning to Create Your Own Agreements Instead of Hiring a Lawyer)

Get Empowered To Become Financially Free!
with Linda Jones

How to improve your financial situation, take control of your money, have more confidence, and get on the path to financial freedom.
You will learn:

•The steps she followed to become a millionaire at age 38
•The best money engine right to grow money now
•How most millionaires and billionaires on the Forbes 400 Richest made their money
•What to look for in a mentor
•What’s Good Debt and Bad Debt
•The one thing that is the foundation of all wealth
•How to have a wealthy mindset
•How to turn your inner wealth picture into reality
•How to bridge the gap from where you are to where you want to be in business
•Why using debt for education is ok

PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

The Location

The Smart Women’s Business Conference and Expo will be held in Los Angeles, California at the beautiful Sheraton Gateway. The Sheraton Gateway offers complimentary shuttle service to and from the Los Angeles International Airport.  And as a benefit of being a registered attendee of our conference, we have secured a special room rate of $109 (plus taxes).

***Special Bring A Big Thinking Friend Offer***

We wouldn’t be creating a movement if we didn’t make it easy for you to spread the word about this amazing event and truly create more positive change for those people you know and love and want to help uplevel too.

So during the month of September, you can bring a BIG THINKING friend completely free on two conditions:

1) This friend should also be an entrepreneur or have an interest in entrepreneurship so they can truly understand and support you.

2) They are able to hold space for you to think bigger for yourself and for the world… “No negative energy allowed”

If your friend passes *the test*, then you can invite them to accompany you to this life changing event.

All you need to do is write their name and email in the comments section at checkout when you register at http://www.smartwomenevent.com/register-now

That’s All You Need To Do…

Our team will take care of everything else and contact them to fill in a online registration form to officially register.

Hurry and Register today before we are sold out: http://www.smartwomenevent.com

See you in a few months!

Love Sheri
CEO of Smart Women’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Learning

PS

By the way, want to see the names of the amazing women and men already registerd for this event and committed to being part of this amazing movement? All of whom you will meet during November 2 – 4!

Sheri McConnell, Rhonda Britten, Kris Carr, Amyilya Antonetti, Alexis Martin Neely, Tamara Gold, Stacey Johnes & Regina Novickis, Andrea J. Lee, Linda P. Jones, Daria Boissonnas, Carrie Jacobs, Linda Rivero, Kiva Leatherman, Patricia Selmo, Ruth Reiner, Karen Wilson, Mark Satterfield, Beth Schneider, Linda Sivertson, Elaine & Phil McConnell, Chelsea Moser, Ciara Daykin, Simon Daykin, Lindsay Miller, Melanie Benson Strick, Nisha Jackson, Ivy Singletary, Kirin Christianson, Elenie Tsarhopoulous, Shelley Riutta, Kate Karans, Lisa Smith, Teresa Roebuck, Kelly Emmerson, Wendy Dahl, Bennett Cohen, Diane Cunningham, Lora Sasiela, Beverly Bergman, Blair Wagner, Rebecca Reese, Barbara Saunders, Sandra Baptist, Julia McCutchen, Larissa Parks, Sherry Borsheim, Laurie Knight, Consuelo Meux, Tammy Kniffin, Carla Stokes, Karen Hilgefort, Camille Gaines, Daphne Houston, Brenda Rivas, Maria Cornelio, Katherine C.H.E., Michelle Nightengale, Tina Forsyth, Cindy Greenway, Michelle Hanisch, Kim Morris, Donna Duffy, Maureen Wielansky, Rebecca Franklin, Ana Mercedes Kranzlin, Shauna Harper, Angela Khouth, Laura Cross, Sandra Parker, Cheryl Heller, Amanda Graybill, Terri Park, Michelle Norman, Alyette Keldie, Alison Rothwell, Karen Knowler, Laynita Ward-Cichy, Denise Haney, Carmen Coker, Geanine Thompson, Sholon La Bar, Camille Gaines, Jeanna Lynch, Maria Packwood, Mariah Allen, Denise Haney, Lisa Goodwin, Mae Robertson, Karen Ritchie, and many many more registering each and every day!

Hurry and Register today before we are sold out: http://www.smartwomenevent.com

PSS
Do you want to feature your biz in front of these amazing women and men?

Make sure you check out our Sponsors and Exhibitors page at http://www.smartwomenevent.com/sponsors-exhibitors

Here are just some of the exhibitors that have already signed on to network with you!

- Vervante
- Audio Acrobat
- Women’s Radio
- International Assn of Online Business Managers
- Global Institute of Awakening
- BooJee Beads
- Wise Workshops
- Global Action Network of Entrepreneurial Women
- Global Institute of Wealth for Women
- Thought Partners International
- Global Institute of Visionary Executives
- And many more!

Hi Creators and Big Thinkers!

I want to personally invite you to join me on a special, complimentary call to discover how to make 2010 a truly magical year!

A few months ago at our annual event, I pulled back the curtains on our brand new programs for 2010!

The Smart Women Success Programs offer entrepreneurial training and support and they also allow you to choose an emphasis on creating a “membership business” if you want. Nothing else like this exists anywhere else right now!

Our three levels are Membership, Mastermind, and Inner Circle.

And no matter which level you choose, you will receive insider business tips, exclusive networking opportunities, structured training, and access to personally ask me questions each and every month!

If you want to grow a business fast, yet gracefully–I am your “coachsultant”.

If you want to surround yourself with genuine, authentic, caring women–my masterminds are a perfect choice because the women I attract each year are just that!

2009 has been a phenomenal year for all of my clients, many of whom share their successes here: http://vimeo.com/7806109

And here is a picture we took during their mastermind photo shoot in LA earlier this year…

As I said, during my October Annual Event a few months ago, I debuted next year’s programs, and the majority of our 2010 Mastermind and Inner Circle spots have been filled. Here are the beautiful women I have accepted so far:

• Daria Boissonnas
• Karen Wilson
• Linda Jones
• Kiva Leatherman
• Carrie Jacobs
• Morna McEver Golletz
• Ruth Reiner
• Patricia Selmo

So only a few spaces remain – is one of them yours?

Because our office has received many inquiries I am hosting a special, complimentary call explaining all the details of all three levels of support.

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A Complimentary One-Time Informational Teleseminar:

“Make 2010 a Magical Year!”

LIVE with Sheri McConnell

Monday, December 14, 2009, at 1 pm Central

(11 am Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, 2 pm Eastern)

Call in number: 1-800-662-6992

Code: 1020261

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On this one-time call, I will be sharing:

* all the details on exactly what is included in my 2010 Smart Women Success Programs

* how to know if you are ready to take the leap and invest in your own ability to succeed

* some tips on how to let your brilliance emerge and hit the ground running in January

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Even if you’re just curious, come join us and listen…

And if you are ready to learn more now and try to grab one of the last few slots, visit us now at http://www.smartwomenprograms.com

Hope to “hear” you on the call!

Supporting you,

Sheri McConnell-CEO