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SSWW Welcomes Susan Ratliff, Award-winning Entrepreneur, Trade Show Expert, Author and Speaker

November 3, 2019 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Susan Ratliff, Author, Speaker

Award-winning Entrepreneur, Trade Show Expert

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: Wed NOV 20^th 5:30 pm – See PayPal info below*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club, 11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

WHY: Mission: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with professionals relating to writing, publishing, and marketing of books, and camaraderie and support.

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SPEAKER – Susan Ratliff author, speaker, award-winning entrepreneur Known in the trade show industry as The Exhibit Expert, Susan has unique insight into how to generate leads and maximize profits from a booth.

Susan has written five books filled with exhibit marketing strategies, sales techniques and design concepts interspersed with her personal experiences from show floors around the country. Here most popular book titles are Exhibit Like an Expert and How to Be a Weekend Entrepreneur. Her articles on trade show marketing, attracting free publicity and networking have been published in numerous local and national magazines, newspapers and industry publications.

Thirty years ago she started her career in the trade show trenches selling personalized children’s books at craft fairs and family expos. She’s produced sports related consumer shows and women’s business conferences.

In addition to being a published author, Susan is an engaging speaker and an award-winning entrepreneur that founded the reputable trade show display company, Exhibit Experts, where for 16 years she helped thousands of businesses polish their presence and produce profits at trade shows and consumer expos.

Susan will talk about how she unexpectantly became a published author and will share useful tips on how to maximize your profits, professionalism and presence when selling your books from a tabletop display.

Susan Ratliff The Exhibit Expert Speaker, Author, Tradeshow Consultant, Event Producer Susan Ratliff Presents 602-828-1177 Susan@susanratliff.com www.susanratliffpresents.com

NOTE:

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food a week in advance, and must receive a guaranteed number at that time, the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Thank you for appreciating our contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com NOTE upper right corner for the link. Please fill out the form and pay with your credit card before NOON the FRIDAY before the meeting! Meeting information on the left of the main page. Thank you!

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. We no longer take checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 pm. The buffet is available by 5:45 Themeeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a membership signup sheet too.

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table with a lot of wonderful announcements for you, including the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers. Remember, the announcements are reviewed at 6:00 with dinner. The member introductions follow at 30 seconds each.

DIRECTIONS: From the 101 Freeway, exit Shea Blvd and go West to Hayden Road and then North a quarter mile, the club is on the West side (Left) of the street. From the South, cross Shea Blvd going north on Hayden Road, again, it is on the West side (Left) of the street. 11500 North Hayden Road, Scottsdale.

Goals of the Group

Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
Encourage participation by members as mentors, and volunteers
Support and challenge each other to always be writing
Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

SSWW Welcomes Sheila Grinell, Novelist/Creator

October 2, 2018 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Sheila Grinell

Museum Creator and Novelist

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED October 31^st, 2018, 5:30 pm

See PayPal info below*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club, 11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

SPEAKER 6:45: Sheila Grinell, author, museum creator

Toward the end of her forty-year career as a creator of science museums, Sheila Grinell turned to fiction. Her debut novel, Appetite, was published in 2016, and a second novel, The Contract, will be released in the fall of 2019. Born in a taxi in Manhattan, she studied at The Bronx High School of Science, Harvard University, and the University of California at Berkeley. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and dog.

Sheila Grinell moved to Phoenix in 1993 to build the Arizona Science Center. She hit the ground running and opened the museum in record time. A dozen years later, in her sixties, she took on a different challenge—to begin a second career as a novelist. What was it like for Sheila to start all over again? How did her two careers compare? And what lessons has she learned about getting word about your book out into the world?

www.sheilagrinell.com

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting – Oct 26th The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food, and I must give a guarantee to them at that time. That is the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. Thank you for appreciating our contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. We no longer take checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available by 5:45 The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a membership signup sheet too.

Goals of the Group

Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
Encourage participation by members as mentors, and volunteers
Support and challenge each other to always be writing
Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

SSWW WELCOMES Marylee MacDonald, Award-winning Author

September 4, 2018 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Marylee MacDonald

Award-winning Author in Multiple Genres

To our 13^th Anniversary Meeting!

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED September 26^th, 2018 – 5:30 -7:30 pm

See PayPal info below*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club, 11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

SPEAKER 6:45: MARYLEE MACDONALD

“The 80/20 Rule: A Personal Road Trip Through the Baffling, Odious, and Time-Consuming Tasks of Finding Readers for Our Books”

In this presentation she will talk about what she has discovered about building an author platform, working with PR people, and protecting precious writing time. Marylee MacDonald is a writer, blogger, and caregiving advocate. She’s the author of the novel, Montpelier Tomorrow, about a caregiver who’s trying to win her daughter’s love, and a short story collection, Bonds of Love & Blood, a Finalist for Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Awards. Her writing has won the Barry Hannah Prize, the ALR Fiction Prize, the Ron Rash Award, a Gold Medal for Drama from Readers’ Favorites, and many other awards. Locally, she has been Writer-in-Residence for the City of Mesa Public Library and taught for the Desert Nights, Rising Stars conference.

Marylee MacDonald, Author of Montpelier Tomorrow and Bonds of Love & Blood

Website: maryleemacdonaldauthor.com

Connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Goodreads

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting – Sept 21^st The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food, and I must give a guarantee to them at that time. That is the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. Thank you for appreciating our contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

NOTE upper right corner for the link on this website. Please fill out the form and pay with your credit card before NOON FRIDAY! Thank you!

PRICING: $30 for members and guests.

We no longer take checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available by 5:45 The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a brochure and a membership signup sheet too.

Goals of the Group

Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
Encourage participation by members as mentors, and volunteers
Support and challenge each other to always be writing
Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

SSWW welcomes Betty Webb, Nationally known Mystery Writer

July 6, 2018 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Betty Webb, Nationally Best-Selling Mystery Writer

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED July25th, 2018 5:30 -7:30 pm

See PayPal info below*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club

11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

SPEAKER 6:45: In Betty Webb’s talk, “Living the Writer’s Life,” she discusses the ups and downs of authors who write for a living, whether that be advertising copy, journalism, or novels. For such writers, she says, waiting for “inspiration” is a luxury they can’t afford, because if they don’t write — and sell what they write — they don’t eat. And yet in today’s tightening literary market, sales are becoming more and more iffy. So that’s a lot of pressure. And yet they still write. So why? What is it in the writing profession (besides hunger) that keeps them glued to the keyboard? Betty shares the answer, and the answer may surprise you.

Betty Webb is the author of the nationally best-selling Lena Jones mystery series (DESERT VENGEANCE, etc.) and the humorous Gunn Zoo mysteries (THE OTTER OF DEATH, etc.). Before beginning to write full time, Betty worked as a journalist, interviewing everyone from U.S. presidents, astronauts who walked on the moon, Nobel Prize-winners, and polygamy runaways. She has taught creative writing classes and workshops at Arizona State University and Phoenix College and has been a nationally-syndicated literary critic for more than 20 years and is currently reviewing for Mystery Scene Magazine.

Betty Webb

Author of DESERT VENGEANCE

www.bettywebb-mystery.com

& THE OTTER OF DEATH May 2018
www.bettywebb-zoomystery.com

RSVP before NOON the Friday morning before the meeting – July 20th. The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food, and I must give a guarantee to them at that time. That is the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. Thank you for appreciating our contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

NOTE upper right corner for the link on this website. Please fill out the form and pay with your credit card before NOON FRIDAY! Thank you!

PRICING: $30 for members and guests.

We are no longer taking checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available by 5:45 The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a brochure and a membership signup sheet too.

Goals of the Group

Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
Encourage participation by members as mentors, and volunteers
Support and challenge each other to always be writing
Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

SSWW Welcomes Valerie Foster, Award-winning Author/Memoirist/Educator

February 4, 2018 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Valarie Foster, Memoirist, Educator

Award-winning Author

Happy Valentine’s Month!

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED February 28^th, 2018 5:30 -7:30 pm*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club – see new PAYPAL info below*

11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

SPEAKER 6:45: Valarie Foster, Memoirist, Educator, Award-winning Author

Valerie Foster is an award-winning educator and memoirist who taught high school and college for over thirty years. Her first book, The Risk of Sorrow: Conversations with Holocaust Survivor, Helen Handler, is now archived in five countries.

Her second book, Dancing with a Demon, released August 2017, was named Best Non-Fiction Narrative by the American Book Fest.

Presentation: “Nevertheless She Persisted”

When Valerie, the writing teacher, turned into Valerie the author, she quickly learned that the most important first step in the writing process is to know both your personal truth and a universal truth. No matter the genre, giving voice to both of these is where our power lies.

Valerie will share how she harnessed the grit to use this power.

www.valeriebfoster.com

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

NOTE upper right corner for the link on this website. Please fill out the form and pay with your credit card before NOON FRIDAY THE 23^RD – Thank you!

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. SEE PAYPAL INFO ABOVE. We are no longer taking checks or cash at the door, except for payment of Annual Dues. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

RSVP before 10:30am the Friday morning before the meeting. The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food, and I must give a guarantee to them at that time. That is the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Please do not use the PayPal after that time. Thank you for appreciating my contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available by 5:45 The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a brochure and a membership signup sheet too.

Goals of the Group

Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
Encourage participation by members as mentors, and volunteers
Support and challenge each other to always be writing
Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

SSWW Welcomes Helen Goldman, Owner, Primo Promos

October 20, 2017 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes SSWW Helen Goldman, Owner
Primo Promos
A Plethora of Promo Products to Promote
You and Your Book!

*Special Early Date due to Thanksgiving!

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: *SPECIAL DATE: WED November 15th, 2017 5:30 -7:30 pm*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club – see new PAYPAL info below*
11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

WHY: Mission: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with professionals relating to writing, publishing, and marketing of books, and camaraderie and support.

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com
NOTE upper right corner for link on this website, fill out the form and pay with your credit card before 10:30 am Friday Nov 10th, thank you!

SPEAKER 6;45 pm: HELEN GOLDMAN, Owner PRIMO PROMOS
www.primopromos.biz A Plethora of Promo Products to Promote You and Your Book

Helen Goldman’s business expertise ranges from Fortune 500 companies to ownership of several small businesses. Her Current business, Primo Promos, is certified as a Women Owned Enterprise (WBE), a Small Business Enterprise (SBE), and as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). She was a certified vendor for the 2015 Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee.

Goldman received her B.A. from Simmons College with a double major in Economics and Mathematics. She earned an M.B.A. from Western International University with an emphasis in Management. Goldman is a member of Impact for Enterprising Women, W.I.S.K. (Women I Should Know), Human Services Professionals (HSP), RAIN Networking (Resource Awareness Information Network), CPR (Connecting Professional Resources), Greater Phoenix Mensa, as well as several local networking groups.

Goldman’s point of view is that business and fun are not incompatible concepts.
PRICING: $30 for members and guests. SEE PAYPAL INFO ABOVE. We are no longer taking checks or cash at the door. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

RSVP before 10:30am the Friday morning before the meeting. The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food, and I must give a guarantee to them at that time. That is the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Thank you for appreciating my contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available at 5:45 The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!
Guests pick up a brochure and a membership signup sheet too.

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table with a lot of wonderful announcements for you. They also include the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers. Remember, the announcements are now done with dinner. The member introductions are 30 seconds, and follow the announcements.

DIRECTIONS: From the 101 Freeway, exit Shea Blvd and go West to Hayden Road and then North a short distance, the club is on the West side of the street. From the South, cross Shea Blvd going north on Hayden Road, again, it is on the West side of the street. 11500 North Hayden Road.

Goals of the Group

• Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
• Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
• Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
• Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
• Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
• Encourage participation by members as mentors, and volunteers
• Support and challenge each other to always be writing
• Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
• Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

SSWW welcomes Danielle Hampson, Executive Director of The Authors Show

September 7, 2017 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Danielle Hampson, Executive Director

The Author Show

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED September 27^th, 2017 5:30 -7:30 pm*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club – see new PAYPAL info below*

11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL on this website only – see home page www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

NOTE upper right corner for link on this website, fill out the form and pay with your credit card before 10:30 am Friday the 22nd, thank you!

SPEAKER: Danielle Hampson, Executive Director, The Author Show

www.theauthorsshow.com danielle@theauthorsshow.com

Danielle Hampson created The Authors Show, a professional online author interview program many years before internet stream radio and TV became popular. In 12 years of production, more than 4,000 authors from around the world were processed through the show, and she is leveraging the show’s following to promote “Give a Book, Give a Smile,” a children’s literacy initiative she developed to benefit local communities in the USA and Canada.

Being an author is a business where writing is the easy part. Marketing is the true challenge and most authors recognize needing help promoting their work.

The constantly evolving new technologies also make it difficult to understand how online tools can be utilized to enhance the exposure of the authors’ work to the book buying public.

This talk provides authors a clear understanding of the value of incorporating audio/video in a book marketing strategy; it teaches authors to present their work to traditional and online media show producers in a professional manner, and it reviews the common interview mistakes to avoid.

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. SEE PAYPAL INFO ABOVE. We are no longer taking checks or cash at the door. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

RSVP before 10:30am the Friday morning before the meeting. The Starfire Golf Club needs to order food, and I must give a guarantee to them at that time. That is the confirmed deadline for an RSVP! Thank you for appreciating my contract with the Starfire Golf Club.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available at 5:45 The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.

All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker. The cost is noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

Guests pick up a brochure and a membership signup sheet too.

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table with a lot of wonderful announcements for you. They also include the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers. Remember, the announcements are now done with dinner. The member introductions are 30 seconds, and follow the announcements.

DIRECTIONS: From the 101Freeway, exit Shea Blvd and go West to Hayden Road and then North a short distance, the club is on the West side of the street. From the South, cross Shea Blvd going north on Hayden Road, again, it is on the West side of the street. 11500 North Hayden Road.

Goals of the Group

Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
Encourage participation by members as mentors, and volunteers
Support and challenge each other to always be writing
Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

SSWW Welcomes Lea Haben Woodford, Media Personality, Author, Speaker

July 31, 2017 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Lea Woodford
Media Personality, Best-selling Author, Professional Speaker

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

WHEN: WED August 30th, 2017 5:30 -7:30 pm*

WHERE: Starfire Golf Club – see new PAYPAL info below*
11500 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260

*Please PAY IN ADVANCE with PAYPAL by 10:30 am the Friday before the meeting, no later! See PAYPAL on www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com upper right corner for link on this website, fill out the form and pay with your credit card, thank you!

SPEAKER: Lea Woodford, CEO, Author and Professional Speaker for
SmartFem Media Group. Lea is a media personality and has been featured in hundreds of shows for years. She started SmartFem.com in 2011, an award-winning on-line magazine for women. Most recently, Lea’s TV show SmartFem TV is being featured in all the major airports and luxury hotels across the world. She is a headliner for the C-Suite Network out of New York City.

TOPIC: Social Media is the New Cold Call
Lea will share her strategies for creating a memorable online persona and how to leverage it to create value for potential Influencers. Ever notice how some people have massive appeal and have a loyal following? She will be discussing how people such as Oprah, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and Lady Gaga have such a massive following. She will show how she managed to leverage her online persona to build her local magazine into a national show featuring people such as Alice Cooper and Erin Brockovich.

Lea Woodford, CEO
Media Personality, Professional Speaker, Best Selling Author
C-Suite Advisor (TM)
Smartfem Media Group

Email: lea@smartfem.com Mobile: 480-269-6636 www.smartfem.com www.smartfemmediagroup.com
Reserve your copy of my best-selling book!
https://www.amazon.com/Lead-Share-Empower-Strategies-Business/dp/0998063703

PRICING: $30 for members and guests. SEE PAYPAL INFO ABOVE. We are no longer taking checks or cash at the door. This is a workable and good system for all of us. Thank you for moving forward with SSWW.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:15 and 5:45 to begin the buffet that is available at 5:45 The meeting starts promptly at 6:00.

DIRECTIONS: From the 101Freeway, exit Shea Blvd and go West to Hayden Road and then North a short distance, the club is on the West side of the street. From the South, cross Shea Blvd going north on Hayden Road, again, it is on the West side of the street. 11500 North Hayden Road.

Goals of the Group

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Hayley Rose, award winning children’s author as speaker

June 8, 2016 by pbrooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

Welcomes Hayley Rose

Award Winning Children’s Book Author

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHEN: WED June 29^th at 5:30-7:30 pm

WHERE: Franciscan Renewal Center

5802 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale

Piper Hall, Serra Room (see directions below)

HOW: Please – RSVP now to Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder

Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com

WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing, and camaraderie and support.

SPEAKER: Hayley Rose – award winning children’s book author

Hayley Rose is a #1 best-selling, award-winning author, dedicated to bringing fun, educational and inspiring books to kids through her brand Books by Hayley Rose.

In 2012 Hayley was selected as one of “The Top 50 Writers You Should Be Reading” by the AuthorsShow.com. Hayley’s children’s books have won numerous literary awards, including the prestigious Mom’s Choice Awards®, KART Kids Book List Award®, Creative Child Magazine’s Preferred Choice® and five Reader’s Favorite International Book Awards®, an honor she shares alongside actor Jim Carrey and author Sheri Fink.

Expand your presence and get noticed! Are you about to publish your book? Join Hayley as she shares her secrets to becoming a #1 best-selling, award-winning author, discussing everything from Amazon category listings, Goodreads giveaways to school visits and more. “It’s not a competition, it’s a community.”

Website: www.hayleyrose.com Hayley Rose

Multi-Award-Winning & Best-Selling Amazon Author

Fifo the Bear book series and The Do’s and Don’ts have been honored by:

Readers Favorite Awards, Mom’s Choice Awards,

Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, USA Best Book Awards

National Indie Excellence Awards, Kids Kart Foundation Selection

International Book Awards & Creative Child Magazine’s Creative Child Awards

Visit my website: www.booksbyhayleyrose.com * www.facebook.com/booksbyhayleyrose

See notes below for dinner fees, meeting format and location directions. Thank you.

BUFFET MENU: Deli Tray (meats), Cheeses, Bread/Butter, Garden Salad, Pasta Salad, Vegetable Salad, Fruit Display, Dessert, Coffee, Tea, Tax and Gratuity. Self Service.

PRICES: $25 for members and $30 guests. Cash or check at the door.

RSVP Please RSVP by Friday, prior to the meeting. The FRC needs to order food and I must give an estimate to the FRC at that time, and a guarantee by Sunday! That is the deadline for an RSVP – Sunday morning at the latest!

CANCELLATION: If you do not attend the meeting, and do not cancel before noon on Sunday, you will be billed for the dinner. Thank you for your understanding of the situation with the new host and my contract with the FRC

CHECKS or cash: Please make your check payable to (SSWW) Scottsdale Society of Women Writers prior to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in. Thank you.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:30 to begin the buffet that is available at 5:15. The meeting starts promptly at 6:00. All those attending the meeting must pay for the dinner/room/speaker – cost noted above. Pick up your name badge up at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table – always a lot of wonderful information for you – including the schedule of upcoming meeting speakers.

DIRECTIONS: From the 101 freeway exit McDonald to Scottsdale Road (go north to Lincoln) or exit from the 101 on Indian Bend to Scottsdale Road (go south to Lincoln) then west to the FCR. There is construction at the FCR, take a LEFT follow the arrows and circle around to the back right. Piper Hall is straight to the back, to the left or west of the church. You can also enter to the right and park to the east of the church, a longer walk. Note – additional lighting has been added, along with more signage. We are in the Serra Room/Piper Hall.

Goals of the Group

Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise
Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
Encourage participation by members as presenters, mentors, judges and volunteers
Support and challenge each other to always be writing
Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers welcomes Dr. Lois Zachary

March 5, 2015 by Patricia Brooks

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

WHO: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

WHAT: Monthly Speaker/Dinner Meeting

Camaraderie for writers and speaker/member book signings

WHEN: WED March 25^th 2015 at 5:30-7:30 pm

WHERE: Chaparral Suites Resort, 5001 N, Scottsdale Rd. NE corner

Enter off Chaparral Rd – 4^th Floor Grill entrance

HOW: Please – RSVP now to Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder

Cell 480-250-5556 or patricia@plbrooks.com

WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women writers and authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing, publishing, camaraderie and support.

SPEAKER: Dr. Lois Zachary

Mentoring: Sharing and Developing Ourselves as Writers

Do you want to learn more about honing our craft? Are you eager to improve and develop yourself? Or, are you at the point in your journey where you are thinking about how to give back? If these are your questions, then you will want to attend our March meeting. Dr. Lois Zachary, a local and international mentoring expert and author, will be joining us to talk about how you can make mentoring work for you. Whether you are a new, experienced or veteran writer you will walk away will practical tips, tools and strategies for mentoring success.

Lois Zachary’s first book on mentoring, The Mentor’s Guide has become the primary resource for organizations interested in mentoring and for mentors seeking to deepen their mentoring practice. With her other best-selling books Creating a Mentoring Culture (2005), The Mentee’s Guide (2009), and the 2012 revision of The Mentor’s Guide, five Mentoring Excellence Pocket Toolkits, and most recently published book, Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable and over 100 published articles, Dr. Zachary has created a comprehensive set of resources for promoting mentoring excellence for individuals and organizations. In addition, Dr. Zachary published her collection of poetry and reflection, My Mother Has the Finest Eyes.

Dr. Zachary is president of Leadership Development Services, LLC, a Phoenix-based consulting firm that specializes in leadership and mentoring, and director of its Center for Mentoring Excellence

Dr. Lois Zachary

See notes below for dinner fees, meeting format and location directions. Thank you.

MENU: A light dinner – salad or sandwich and soup, dessert, beverage and roll with tax and gratuity included – make your choice the night of the meeting.

COST: Members $28 (effective Feb, 2015) and Guests $30

RSVP Please RSVP by noon Monday – prior to the meeting. Thank you.

CHECKS or cash: Please make your check payable to (SSWW) Scottsdale Society of Women Writers prior to coming to the meeting to save time at the check-in. Thank you.

CHECK-IN: Please check-in between 5:00 and 5:45. The meeting starts promptly at 6:00. All those attending the meeting must pay to attend the dinner/room/speaker – cost noted above. Pick up your name badge at the front table and ENJOY a wonderful night!

CANCELLATION: If you are unable to attend the meeting, please cancel by the Monday prior to the meeting – and by noon. Thank you.

AGENDA: The agendas will be on the dinner table – always a lot of good information for you and the schedule of the upcoming speakers.

DIRECTIONS: Located in Scottsdale Rd at Chaparral Rd just north of Old Town. Chaparral Rd has a light. Parking is to the rear – two large lots. Note: Best to enter from the side elevator at the 4^th Floor Grille – not the main lobby.

From the 101 freeway exit Chaparral Rd and go west. Just prior to Scottsdale Rd enter the side drive at the 4^th Floor Grille – take that elevator. Note awning marked 4^th Floor Grille on the Chaparral side. This is the easiest way – Not through the main lobby. Welcome!

Goals of the Group

Value all the professional women writers seeking to share their expertise

Honor all genres and all forms of professional writing
Attend monthly meetings to move the group and its members forward
Learn and share in the experiences of monthly professional speakers
Grow the group to a membership of active and contributing women
Encourage participation by members as presenters, mentors, judges and volunteers
Support and challenge each other to always be writing
Help members to stretch as writers and reach lofty personal goals
Have fun, meet trustworthy women writers, share dreams

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