Events

New Events Coming Soon!

AWC Toledo & Business of Communication are teaming up to bring fresh new events for the upcoming 2009/2010 season. Stay tuned for our schedule of events.

Meetings/Events

We are diligently working on new events for communications professionals - which will include networking, career building, key speakers & professional development. The 2009/2010 Calender of meetings will be announced soon.

2009-2010 Meetings

• Cancelled - September 10th, 2009 - Members Only - Rebecca Booth, Imagine That & Angie Gall, Healthways Topic: Our Organization & Future Plans
• Up coming meetings to be advised

Following were meetings from 2008-2009:

• September 11th, 2008 - Mike Dockins, Associate Attorney for Fraser, Clemens, Martin & Miller LLC, Topic: Intellectual Property
• October 9th, 2008 - Sally Perz, Former State Representative, Topic: Campaign Preparation.
• November 13th, 2008 - Steve Timofeev, Director of WebArt, Topic: CMS Websites and SEO
• December - No Meeting
• January 8th, 2009 - Mark Frasco, President of COACT Associates Ltd. and Vista Group, Topic: The integration of Sales and Marketing
• February 12th, 2009 - Tasha Hussein-Black from the Regional Growth Partnership, Topic: Launching Small Businesses
• March 12th, 2009 - Jennifer Alford and Rob Davis from Creative Financial Partners Topic: The Purses are Still Open (Their presentation is about how people are still spending money, even in the state of the economy. They will go over what you should do as a company to get some of that business and attract customers despite the state of the economy.)
• April 9th, 2009 - Leesa Maxx from Maxx Graphix, Topic: Mastering Linked-In
• May 14th, 2009 - Allen Mireles is the principal of Allen Mireles Marketing PR, Topic: Twitter

Following were meetings from 2007-08: 

• September 13, 2007 - Shenikwa Stratford, NBC 24 Weekday Anchor
• October 11, 2007 - Roundtable Topics: Time Management, Organizational Skills, Balancing Your Life, Stress Management, Anger Management in the Workplace
• November 8, 2007- Judy Ennis, Owens Community College, Executive Dean of the Findlay-area Campus.  Topic:  Body Language - What Are You Communicating? 
• December 13, 2007 - Nancy Zychowicz,  Lt. Governor of Marketing, Toastmasters, Topic: Public Speaking 
• January 10, 2008 - Marcia Sloan Latta, BGSU Alumni Relations.  Topic: Making the Ask
• February 14, 2008 - Joan Washburn, Washburn Endeavours, President. Topic: Developing Skills and Principles to Bring Clarity, Focus, Ease and Grace to All Aspects of Your Life.
• March 13, 2008 - Kandace York, Owens Community College, Workforce & Community Services Record Specialist. Topic: Targeted Marketing
• April 11,  2008 - Barbara Sears, City of Sylvania, President of Council. Topic: Women in Leadership Roles
• May 8, 2008 Roundtables #2

Reservations can be made by email to be paid at the door - contact melanie@mfallen.com.

Crystals 2009

Regional Award Ceremony for Excellence in Communications

This year's Crystal Awards, Entry Drop Offs were Friday, September 25th, from 1 -6:30 p.m. at at the AWC/BoC desk - Healthways, 6629 West Central Ave., Toledo.

Event Celebration was Tuesday, November 17, Time:tbd. at McMaster Center, Toledo Lucas County Public Library Main Branch, 325 Michigan St., Toledo

Crystals 2010 information will be posted during the summer of 2010.

Visit the Crystals page for more information.