ABWA Imperial River March 11 General Meeting
Schedule
Wed Mar 11 2026 at 05:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Villages At Country Creek | Estero, FL
About this Event
NOTE our new National Logo rolled out at the conference in Portland, Maine. The tag line is ACTIVATE YOUR AMBITION!
Join us for our March 11, 2026 meeting. 5:30 Networking
6pm General Meeting begins.
Our Business Meeting will begin at 7:30
Introductions at 6pm and then our Speed Networking program,
Bring your elevator pitch to practice while getting to know your Imperial River Sisters & guests!
Plus you will be reinforcing your networking skills which is important for creating connections.Bring your business cards to exchange.You will have 30 seconds to deliver your elevator pitch to your partner.Then you will switch & your partner will give their elevator pitch.In 1 minute intervals we have a system where one side of the table will move to the right, to rotate around the room.
President, Debra Lee Nashed will be the time keeper! Board Member at Large, Sam Black will assist with the rotation process. Bring your elevator pitch that Sue Kisiday of SmartWays Marketing Group helped us with at the February meeting. If you were not there for it, we'll give you the template.
Our Annual Meeting Sponsor presenting at this meeting is Amy Turner, Sally J. Pimentel Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center
And we acknowledge our other Annual Sponsor Deb Lee Nashed, Debonair Concierge Travel Services, LLC
Our March Monthly Meeting Sponsor is Rita Angelini- Founder of Leap Into Literacy and Author of An Unexpected Normal: Raising a Child with Special Needs.
For requests to be a Monthly or Annual Meeting Sponsor please contact Sam Black, [email protected]. We can have more than one annual sponsor, so let Sam know if you want to be one. Also, we only need Meeting Sponsors now for May, and July! Don’t delay if you want one of those spots to give your business visibility!!!
We'll adjourn the dinner meeting at 7:30 for a brief business meeting from 7:30 to 8:00 pm
NOTE: If you are registering guests; who we welcome, a form has been added to your Eventbrite ticket so you can register them separately, tickets for each one, so we have their names at the check-in table. Reminder, we have a new Student rate of only $25. Students need to be taking 12 credit hours to qualify. Please invite any students you know who would benefit from participating in a group of dynamic business women! Thank you.
Invite your colleagues, and join us for a very interesting and educational meeting.
AND, we did it again! We earned the National Best Practices Level 1 for a second year!
Purchase your tickets by end of day
Friday March 6 at 5 PM
Annual Sponsor - Amy Turner, Sally J. Pimentel Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center
Annual Sponsor - Deb Lee Nashed, Debonair Concierge Travel Services, LLC
Where is it happening?
Villages At Country Creek, 21180 Country Creek Drive, Estero, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 28.52 to USD 39.19
















