The Straight Scoop on Marcellus Shale Drilling
We invite you to join with us to learn more about the Extraction of Natural Gas from Marcellus Shale, its impact on our water and communities and how government is involved through permitting, taxation and regulation. come out to the 6th Annual Beaver County Women’s Conference – 2012
Congratulations to all of the 2012 Beaver County Stars.
STARS/ Honorees:
Amber Liggett
Catie Sofranko
Connie Fields
Donna Hubbard
Emma Thornton
Fanny Farmer
Kathy Blanarik
Lynell Scaff
Marlene McClain
Norma Kehr
Hear their stories at the 2012 Beaver County Women’s Conference
One of our session speakers, Chris Dilla owner of Bocktown Beer and Grill was featured in The Beaver County Times check out this article about use of social media and how it helped her market her new restaurant at the Beaver Valley Mall. Come out to the 6th Annual Beaver County Women’s Conference to hear Chris talk on Social media
Local restaurants find new ways to reach out
Armed with a Blackberry and a working knowledge of mobile and social technology, Bocktown Beer and Grill owner Chris Dilla set out to open her second restaurant last year in Monaca using only social media to get the word out. Continue reading »
Please join me in congratulating our 2012 Star Amber Liggett, she will featured on the the national TV Show PBS’s “BizKid$”. Meet Amber and hear her story at our6th Annual Beaver County Women’s Conference on April 5th held at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School
Chris Posti is a seasoned executive coach, job search expert, human resources consultant, newspaper columnist, and author. (She’s also a vegan, which explains how she has the energy to do all that!) Her driving passion is enabling people to realize their full potential in both their careers and their lives, and that’s why we invited her here to speak to us today.
Chris writes a monthly “Career Coach” column for the Sunday Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and she has written two books: Marriage On and Off the Rocks, which is about behavior change in relationships, and The Shortest Distance between You and your New Job, which just came out this year. (By the way, both of these books will be available for purchase right after we hear from Chris.)
Chris founded her company, Posti & Associates, 21 years ago. Before that, she held positions in technology, banking, manufacturing, and academia. She has lived and worked not only in Pittsburgh, but also Carmel, California; and Lausanne, Switzerland.
Her clients are primarily in Western Pennsylvania and include employers of all sizes and industries, for example: Eat ‘n Park, Heinz, Glaxo Smith Kline, PPG, Community College of Beaver County, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Holy Family Institute, CVS/Caremark, Staples, and Dick’s Sporting Goods.
Check out her new book 
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Do you know someone that should be recognized as a STAR in Beaver County? Is she a woman that is a wonderful role model? Has she achieved success and made significant contributions to our community? If the answers are yes to any of these questions, we want to meet her Please click here to open the nomination form.
Beaver County STAR – Nomination form 2012 Submission Deadline : February 4, 2012
Save the date, Thursday – April 5, 2012!
It’s the day of the 2012 Beaver County Women’s Conference.
This year’s event will take place at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland PA.
Stay tuned, there is more information to come.
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Take Time to Ask The Questions
Debbie Tawney Newsom
This presentation will help you answers some very important and sometimes difficult questions concerning your financial health. Are your cheeks rosy and full of life that reflects freedom from financial stress? Or are you on life support? Who is in control of your paycheck, you or your creditors? Do you plan on how you will spend your money or do you just wake up and it is gone? Is the word budget synonymous to deprivation? This presentation will share some simple and straight forward strategies to help you plan for your success and obtain your financial goals.
The New Community, Getting in Touch With Social Media
Chris Dilla, Holly Maust and Susan Smith
This session is for you! Chris Dilla, Holly Maust and Susan Smith will be on hand to share their experience on using tools like Facebook and Twitter to stay connected, meet new friends, increase business and expand their circle of influence. Each of the ladies will share a little about their personal experience and then we will open the floor for your questions and comments. Our hope is that you will leave with a better understand of how these platforms can be used effectively and be a bit more comfortable with diving into social media and having fun!
Healthy Living
Dr. Michael Bummer
Dr. Bummer will be leading a discussion on healthy living and discuss steps and concepts to help women lead a healthier lifestyle. Topics will include diet, exercise, preventative medicine, and common gynecologic conditions. Discussion will be casual and questions are welcome.
Personality Compass: A New Tool to Improve Interaction with Others
Rebecca Fishel Bright
A powerful new personality typing tool, used successfully over the past 15 years in Europe, Australia and Great Britain by companies such as IBM, Merck, Volkswagen, DeBeers, is now being introduced to the US. The powerful difference between the Compass and others like DiSC and Myers-Briggs, is that this system is simple, accurate and easily retained. While it gives each individual invaluable, accurate information about themselves, it is especially useful in understanding others. The information garnered helps vastly improve how you interact and communicate with others around you. As one engineer commented: This should be required before anyone gets a marriage license!
Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Gynecologic Problems
Dr. Michael Bummer
Dr. Michael Bummer will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of the most common gynecologic problems. Disorders of heavy menstrual bleeding, fibroid tumors, contraception, and urinary incontinence are very common and may have life changing consequences. Dr. Bummer will discuss important warning signs and therapeutic options, with particular attention focused on minimally-invasive techniques, such as robotic surgery and other forms of minimally-invasive therapies. Discussion will be casual and questions are welcome.
Caregiver Survival
Mary Lou Harju, Beverly Sullivan and Mary Ann Bolland
Are you struggling to care for your parents, spouse, or another elderly loved one? You may be feeling like you are bearing the weight of the caregiving all on your own, but you don’t have to! Help is available! This session will provide you with valuable information about services and care options that are available to help you and your loved one, sometimes at no cost to you. These panelists will specifically be sharing information about services provided through the Beaver County Office on Aging, Homemaker-Home Health Aide Service of Beaver County, Inc., and the LIFE Beaver County program.
Finding Power and Presence: Women in the Workplace
Rebecca Fishel Bright
Many professional women spend their work lives wondering why no one seems to hear them, notice them, act on their suggestions. This experiential workshop, led by former a professional actress and university professor, an expert in interpersonal communication, will take participants through a series of easy exercises. This work, while easy and fun will have serious results by providing each woman with tools to improve their power and presence….. and leave stress out in the parking lot.
No Topic Off Limits About your Feet and Legs.
Dr. Christina Teimouri DPM
Do your legs ache or do you have spider veins?
Does someone you care about have Diabetes?
Do you suffer with heel pain in the morning?
If you do, Dr Christina Teimouri DPM of Beaver Valley Foot Clinic has the answers to all your foot ailments. Bunions, hammertoes, ingrown nails, Laser fungus nail treatment, stress fractures and osteoporosis… no topic is off limits about your feet and legs. She will finish with all the latest technological secrets Body Beautiful Laser Medi-Spa has to overcome your beauty flaws; from sunspots and age spots to upper lip hair, to varicose veins and the “skinny” on body contouring.
The Beaver County Women’s Conference committee is busy planning an amazing event for women in Beaver County and the surrounding area. It’s a day that is designed to Empower, Edify, Educate, Encourage, Enlighten and Excite YOU.
We thought you might enjoy following the progress as the day takes form. So, we will be using this platform to do just that, keep you informed.
Save the Date
Mark your calendars! We will be looking forward to spending the day with you on March 26th.
Keynote Speaker
Our keynote speaker is Charlotte Latvala!
Charlotte is a free-lance writer who specializes in parenting, lifestyle, and humor. Her work has appeared in many national and regional magazines, including
- Good Housekeeping
- Redbook
- Ladies’ Home Journal
- Quick and Simple
- Reader’s Digest
- Fitness
- Parents
- Real Simple
- Family Life
- Parenting
- BabyTalk,
- KIWI
- Cosmopolitan
- American Baby
- Child
- Nick Jr.
- Playgirl
- Pittsburgh Magazine
- All You,
- Woman’s Own
as well as in many newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Buffalo News, Baltimore Sun, and the Pittsburgh Press. She is the author of The Expectant Mother’s Workbook and Baby’s First Year Workbook. (Friedman/Fairfax Publishing, 2001.)
Charlotte also writes a weekly humor column on family life for the Beaver County Times, a 50,000-circulation newspaper in western Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of several Golden Quill awards for magazine features, and Keystone Press Awards for newspaper columns.
Charlotte received a BA degree from Otterbein College and an MFA degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She is married to Tony Savocchia and mom to Mathilda, 15 A.J., 13, and Mary Elena, 7.
There is so much more to come. So, please register for e-mail updates so you can follow the progress.
