Passion, Purpose, Perseverance:
Celebrating 10 Years of Powerful Women in Consulting

It’s been 10 years since a few women started meeting in the back room at Vic’s in San Carlos to support each other in their consulting businesses. Today, WIC has grown into a dynamic organization of more than 500 members and affiliates who are seasoned professional consultants across a range of specialties. In October, we're honoring our individual and collective success over the past 10 years—as well as setting our sights on the next 10. We invite you to join us in this celebration!

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Microsoft Conference Center at 1065 La Avenida St. in Mountain View
6:00 – 8:30 pm

	Cisco Systems, Inc. Marija Vidal Photography
Check out all the details of the event... Special offers for attending Agenda Keynote Presentation Silent auction and fine art sale Sponsors Directions to the Microsoft Conference Center Please note the venue is not one of our usual ones. See directions for more details.

Special Offers for Attending

• Invite a friend to join you at the event, and they can attend for the member price of $35/ticket
• Anyone who's been a member of WIC or an affiliate at any time during the last 10 years is invited to celebrate with us at the member rate of $35/ticket
• Partners of WIC attend for $45/ticket and non-members for $50/ticket (but make a friend with a WIC member and come at the reduced price!)

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Keynote Presentation

Three Keys for Entrepreneurial Success: Passion, Strengths, and Purpose
Kim Fulcher, Compass Life and Business Designs

Ever wonder what it takes to become an entrepreneur? Question whether solo practitioners are entrepreneurs? Doubt the possibility of being an entrepreneur and still having a family?

These are but a few of the questions that Kim Fulcher, founder, president, and CEO of Compass Life and Business Design, will address in her keynote presentation at WIC’s Passion, Purpose, and Perseverance 10th Anniversary event.

Kim will share per personal experience building and selling a $40M business and how tapping her passion and strengths gave her a clear vision. Whether you’re a solo practitioner—yes, solo practitioners are entrepreneurs, too—or a manager of many, you’ll walk away with valuable insight, reinvigorated about your life and work.

Discover how to infuse your day-to-day activities with passion and purpose and to have that energy drive your business decisions. Learn about the typical roadblocks to building a business and how to overcome these obstacles. And find out how to use these ideas to build your business and define success in the next 10 years.

About Kim Fulcher

Life and business coaching expert, Kim Fulcher is the founder, president and CEO of Compass Life and Business Designs, a personal development company and on-line community for women. Her work as an entrepreneur, executive, author, speaker, and coach has resulted in her national recognition as an expert in personal and professional success.

Kim speaks around the world on subjects ranging from self mastery and leadership to life balance. She's the author of ‘Remodel Your Reality; Seven Steps to Rebalance Your Life and Reclaim Your Passion’, along with dozens of eBooks, audio books, and advice columns.

In addition to founding Compass, Kim’s professional experience includes the co-founding of SkillsVillage in 1999, a human resources software company, which was acquired for nearly $40 million dollars, as well as leadership of a highly profitable Silicon Valley consulting firm with $60M in annual revenues. Kim has held a wide variety of positions as board member and advisor for numerous coaching organizations, including The Silicon Valley Coach Federation and Coachville.com.

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Silent Auction and Fine Art Sale

Our annual silent auction will take place in the first hour with many exciting items both for business and pleasure up for bid.

We'll also be offering a fine art exhibit and sale by Canvasations Gallery featuring artists from around the world.

Visit www.canvasations.com for a preview of the art.

A portion of the silent auction and fine art sale proceeds will be donated to Girls For A Change.

IMAGINE if girls are told they can change the world.
IMAGINE they're told this by powerful women.
IMAGINE that you're one of those women.

Girls For A Change (GFC) is a national organization that empowers girls to create social change. GFC invites young women to design,lead, fund and implement social change projects that tackle issues girls face in their own neighborhoods. GFC provides the tools, resources, partnerships and support girls need to gain the voice, ability, and problem-solving capacity to realize their full potential. GFC welcomes and serves all girls, and focuses their efforts on girls who live in low-income communities.

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Sponsors

WIC thanks our sponsors for helping us celebrate 10 years of excellence. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please visit our sponsorship page.

A2Q2 LLC is a consulting firm specializing in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, internal audit, special accounting projects, and business process design and optimization.

Huron Consulting Group works globally to help clients effectively address complex challenges that arise in litigation, disputes, investigations, regulatory compliance, procurement, financial distress, and other sources of significant conflict or change.

The Mahoney Company develops and executes comprehensive 1:1 marketing programs, and augments existing programs for companies of all sizes. Clients include: Intel, HP, Lenovo, IBM, JDA, Trump University, and Zurich

Additional Sponsors:

• Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Marija Vidal Photography

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Directions to the Microsoft Conference Center

Please note the venue is not one of our usual ones for this event.

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Directions from north of Mountain View
From San Francisco, San Francisco Airport, Highway 92 in San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Highway 84 in Menlo Park and from Palo Alto

1. Travel south on U.S. 101.
2. Exit (to the right) onto the Shoreline Boulevard off-ramp.
3. Follow the ramp and stay in the left lane for a left turn at the traffic signal.
4. Take the left turn at the signal onto North Shoreline Boulevard (traveling north) which crosses over U.S. 101.
5. Turn right at the second traffic signal which is Pear Avenue.
6. Turn right on Inigo Way.
7. Turn left on La Avenida.
8. The Microsoft buildings are on your right. Park in front of Microsoft Building 1. The event is in Building 1.

Directions from south of Mountain View
From San Jose, San Jose Airport, Santa Clara, or Highway 237

1. Travel north on U.S. 101.
2. Exit onto the Shoreline Boulevard off-ramp.
3. Get into one of the two right lanes of the Shoreline Boulevard off-ramp in order to be able to turn right at the upcoming traffic signal.
4. Make a right turn onto North Shoreline Boulevard at the traffic signal.
5. Turn right at the second traffic signal which is Pear Avenue.
6. Turn right on Inigo Way.
7. Turn left on La Avenida.
8. The Microsoft buildings are on your right. Park in front of Microsoft Building 1. The event is in Building 1.

Directions from west of Mountain View
From Highway 85, Cupertino and Sunnyvale

1. Travel north on Highway 85.
2. Stay in the far right hand lane to exit to Shoreline Boulevard.
3. Make a right turn onto North Shoreline Boulevard at the traffic signal.
4. Turn right at the second traffic signal which is Pear Avenue.
5. Turn right on Inigo Way.
6. Turn left on La Avenida.
7. The Microsoft buildings are on your right. Park in front of Microsoft Building 1. The event is in Building 1.

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