Fall Gathering November 13th (7-9 pm)
It is already time to talk about our upcoming Fall Gathering! Our guest speaker, Lupe Valdez , was not able to join us in person in August, so she has graciously accepted our invitation to join us in person at our Fall Gathering on November 13, (7 – 9 pm). Go ahead and register ! If you’ve been wanting to check out GGN, this is your chance!
Member Highlight
If you’ve met Toni Portmann, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t have guessed that she grew up on a dude ranch, but it’s true! Toni’s family owned a ranch in West Yellowstone, Montana and Toni spent her childhood breaking horses and milking cows.
She made her way to Texas, thanks to IBM. They recruited her right out of college, moved her to Dallas and she had a remarkable 17 year career there. “I believe I owe my career to IBM’s Affirmative Action Program”, Toni says. “That initiative began to level the playing field for women”.
Since leaving IBM, Toni has had C-level executive positions in a variety of industries and companies, and along the way honed her entrepreneurial skills.
She is the CEO and co-founder of Walkabout Workplace ; a PaaS (platform as a service) start-up that provides their clients with a digital office and a unified communication system; and they just launched Walkabout Classroom, where they incorporated a previously owned company, Memory Science, into a digital classroom to help students “remember what matters.”
Clearly Toni has a full life, but she still makes time for skiing, hiking and spending time with her 6 grandchildren!
Toni is also a sought after panelist, keynote and motivational speaker and a champion of women. “I am a member of the Great Girls Network because it is not just another networking organization; it is a place where we connect and we get real and we learn and grow from one another while amplifying the power of women”.
Toni Portmann is a Great Girl! Thanks to Lynne Sipiora for this profile!
Member News
Workshops, information, and opportunities to share from our members to you!
GGN Member Susan J. Mecca, invites you to join her at an October Meetup! Pitch Perfect: Secrets of a Great Elevator Pitch
Pitch Perfect: Secrets of a great elevator pitch
Date: Oct 22nd
Time: 7-9 PM
You have expertise in one or more areas.
You are thinking about writing a book or have already written one.
You have a message to share that will help others.
But how do you let a distracted world know who you are and what you can do?
You need a plan. And you need a pitch.
Whether you are trying to get a book published, gain speaking appearances, land new coaching clients, or simply grow your network, you need to quickly and clearly communicate what you do and how it helps others.
Every person needs a clear, strong pitch. Every project does too.
This month we will help you create/strengthen your short presentations for who you are, what you do, and how your work helps others.
We will also teach you how to create the same kind of high-level pitch for a book, website, podcast, presentation, or anything else you create.
Click here to register.
Congratulations to GGN member and author, Laura Kopec!
Laura has recently released her new book, Hold Still No More available on Amazon and Kindle .
Bridget Boland, author of The Doula, calls it “A gripping memoir of one woman’s decision to overcome and transform trauma. Keys details with vivid and compelling clarity what it looks like to go from surviving to thriving.”
Click here for more information about the book.
It's Fall!
Become a Member!
Great Girls Network is our way of being the opposite of the Good Ol’ Boys Network (which is still very much alive and well!). Even if you don’t participate in Track meetings, your membership gives you a way to support our existence and be a part of a growing group of women who really appreciate each other. And the Trii-Annual Gatherings are unlike any other “networking” event! We know women don’t network like men. We want to build relationships, we want deeper, more meaningful connections. That is exactly what GGN provides.
Our membership fee of $50 per year gives you access to our Track Meetings and also contributions to our Newsletter. The fee helps sustain our website, but it also ensures that when you participate in a Track meeting, you will honor the sacredness of the conversations because you are a member.
We created a digital card that helps people understand what they can get from joining GGN so click here to see the card.
Your membership helps give us that foundation, the strength to grow and have an impact on the lives of so many more women.
