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Member Spotlight: Rene Hackney of Parenting Playgroups

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Learn more about the mom behind Parenting Playgroups … Where Parents Learn and Children Play … Dedicated to helping parents raise happy, successful children from birth through 10 years of age, and to help make their families stronger.

parenting playgroups Member Spotlight: Rene Hackney of Parenting Playgroups

Dr. Rene Hackney

Name: Rene Hackney, PhD.

Title: Founder

Business: Parenting Playgroups

Industry: Parent Education, Psychology, Children’s Play

Product/Service: Parent and Teacher Workshops, Preschool Play, Social Skills Groups

Years in Business: Six

Ideal Customers/Best Referrals: Parents of children birth to ten years old

Personally speaking …

Home life: Married 17 years with two daughters: Alicen 11, Claire 8

Childcare situation: They are home with a sitter summer mornings. They are with me after school and with dad when I lecture.

Motivation for starting your business: I wanted to work for myself, make decisions as I go. I enjoy teaching preschool and wanted to marry that with my education.

Greatest benefit of running your own business: Can take my children with me as needed.

Greatest success you had in the past month (personal or biz) and how you celebrated it: We opened our second office. No celebration yet, too early.

On your nightstand: Why Gender Matters, The Friendship Factor, The E Myth

The one tool, resource, or toy you just can’t do without: A toy – Facebook – love being in touch with so many friends.

Last purchase for self: Old Navy Flip Flops

Favorite way to unwind: Hot bath

Be advise or tip you ever received (personal or biz): If there is trouble, speak directly.

Best thing about being an Enterprising Mom: Meeting others who overlap efforts. I need to reach out more!

Connect and learn more:
Web Site: Parenting Playgroups
Blog: Working on this
LinkedIn: Rene Hackney
Facebook: Rene Giese Hackney but we are starting a page for work
Twitter: working on this too

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EVENT: Coffee and Connections: Networking 1-2-3

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

What: Coffee and Connections – Networking 1-2-3
Where: Bus Boys and Poets – Arlington, VA
Date: Tuesday, June 9th
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Networking events, social networking tools, one-on-one networking … What kind of networking makes the most sense for your business? What’s the most effective way to network? How can you leverage your network? What’s the best way to keep track of your contacts?

For Jennifer Folsom, the DC Metropolitan area Director of Momentum Resources, a boutique staffing firm specializing in placing professionals in flexible and reduced hours positions, forming meaningful connections is critical to her business success. Jennifer, a dedicated and highly effective networker, will share her strategies and tools for building and sustaining a powerful network in a fun and interactive format.

At this event you’ll learn how to:

Select the appropriate type of networking events for your business and your goals
Get the most out of social networking tools
Make the most of one-on-one interactions and develop meaningful connections

Jennifer will also share tips and tools for managing your contacts and related information and will demonstrate the system that works for her.

Join us! Registration and details.

Tags: Events, group networking, Networking, one-on-one networking, Social Networking, the enterprising moms
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Small Business Survival Skills

Monday, February 9th, 2009

How are small businesses fairing during this economic downturn? What are the biggest challenges they’re facing and what are they doing about them? Listen to a recording of today’s Kojo Namdi Show to find out.

The program features two local business owners, one of whom is the owner of the ever-popular St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, a personal favorite! Also present were representatives of the American Small Business League, which fights for the “removal of Fortune 500 firms, their subsidiaries and other clearly large corporations from federal small business contracting programs,” and the Latino Economic Development Corporation, who’s mission is “to improve the wealth-building capacity of low- and moderate-income Latinos and other underserved communities in the Washington area.” The panel and callers to the show shared their experiences about how they and those they know are being impacted, what they think the government response should be (given that small businesses make up more than 80% of businesses) and shared tips and lessons learned.

What are you doing as an Enterprising Mom to survive these though economic times?

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