Sisters In Business eNewsletter August 2008   

MLK Renaissance Square:  Affordable Luxury in Downtown Chattanooga, TN

Girls Inc. Honors Unbought And Unbossed Women 2008

BIZ Member eDirectory

SIB at Tennessee Economic Mini Summit for Women

AYES YIB Class Starts May 17

Art Celebrating Mothers and Fathers by Synthia St. James

Small & Minority Owned Business Assistance Program

Chattanooga Opportunity Business Support Fund

Business Fashions Showcase:

The SIB “Proverbs 31” Business Woman Model

Taking Care of Business:

Like Mothers, Like Daughters

Miss USA: The New Black, Bold, and Beautiful

Barack Obama's Rock: Michelle Obama

Pastor Billy E. and Sister Sharron Church Celebration 

Community News

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Sisters In Business eNewsletter February 2008

SIB 2nd Year Anniversary Editorial
You Make Us Blush!  In the News with Blush Magazine
What's A Teen/Young Adult To Do This Summer?
Employers and Students Interface Through AYES Youth In Busienss Training Program at Chattanooga State Tech
Rollout of SIB's New Business & Information Technology (IT) Support Services
Founder Ruby Claytor -Woman of Hope, LLC in Bloomfiled, CT Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Convenant Keypers "Marriage Recognition Sunday" February 10
Happy Valentines!  Special Gifts from Inner Glow & Baskets by Cheryl
Free Business Coupon Ads  Offer to  Business for Customers
Black History Songstress & Storyteller Maelene Crutcher & Other  Black History Music Highlights!
MYTD 2008 Youth Cotillion Banquet
Community News: Black Male Teachers Wanted, Engineers Week

Sisters In Business eNewsletter November-December 2007 

"Can-Do Kids" of 28th CDC Show You Can Work and Live Downtown in MLK Renaissance District In the News: Women in Business Women build network to tackle business, social issues SIB 2nd Annual Holiday Showcase: Great Gifts, Great Guests, & Goodwill that Goes Around! Amanda Branscum Youth in Business Debuts Scrapbooks Galore! "How Blessings Flow " Editorial by Tekelia Kelly Sisters Stories for the Mind Body and Spirit! Featuring Cheryl McCray, Joyce Holt, and Dorothea Johnson 2007 SIBay Online Holiday Shopping Vendor Showcase Welcome to the Network: Tennessee Multicultural Chamber of Commerce, and Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce   Community News & Events : Black Nativity, Praise Choir Christmas Concert, Urban League 25th Anniversary Advertise With Us!

Sisters In Business eNewsletter October 2007 

Shop Early for the Holidays and Help The Community Special Meals for Churches, Group Gatherings, and Holiday Events by Aquarium Foods Welcome New & Returning SIB Network Members New Brainerd Business Spotlight: Networking at "Belvoir Plaza" After-Hours Networking with Sisters at the Tea Cottage Covenant Keypers 3rd Annual Fundraising Banquet  & Program New Brainerd Business Spotlight: Herman's Diner Opens in New Location Beverly Inman-Ebel Awarded and Honored Open House at The Health Nut With Inner Glow Skin Care Services Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute Leadership Luncheon Advertise With Us!

Sisters In Business eNewsletter September 2007

Power 94 Radio Talks with Tekelia Kelly
Networking at Dr. Thomas Rumph's New Belvoir Plaza
City Wide Church Credit Seminar with Mose Whitfield
After Hours Networking at The Tea Cottage in October
Community News, Events, SIB eNewsletters, & Ads
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Sisters In Business eNewsletter August 2007

Taking Care of Business, And The Community; Shannon Servin's Helping Hands Wins Erlanger Contract; Dr.Thomas Rumph Markets New Belvoir Plaza; Mose Whitfield Customer Testimonial; Ferlencia's Floral Design's New Business Product; Be Business Smart; We Got This: SIB Empowerment Solutions; Ready for the Next Step?; Advertise With Us; Community News, Events, SIB eNewsletters, & Ads

Women build network to tackle business, social issues Monday, November 19, 2007 By Mary Fortune Staff Writer Sitting with her sister at their mother's house last year, Tekelia Kelly had a revelation while discussing how she and her sister and other women entrepreneurs they knew were trying to succeed with their businesses. "It hit me how we were making our efforts independently, like operating on a island," Mrs. Kelly said. She went home and built a Web site to help women connect and support each other. Dubbing her fledgling idea "Sisters in Business," Mrs. Kelly saw it grow to include more than 100 businesses and a roster of almost 30 corporate sponsors who have been members since the site's February 2006 debut. "My Web developer told me, 'You are growing like a snowball rolling down a hill,' " Mrs. Kelly said. "It has just really taken off." As women gained more power in the world of work, they learned to use advocacy and support networks to help themselves and their peers succeed. In recent years, they have helped launch efforts that aim to accomplish everything from sending underprivileged women to college to promoting each other's businesses and mentoring younger women. "Unique Approach" Having a forum where everyone understands the challenges of being female in the work force makes for a special environment, said Julie Bestry, a member of the Chattanooga chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, which came together in 1990. "Women have a unique approach to business," said Ms. Bestry, the owner of Best Results Organizing. "Men are not eager to talk about their failings or their challenges, but women I find are comfortable with opening up and saying, 'These are the skills and talents I have; these other areas are my areas of weakness; can I seek your experience, your guidance,' " she said. "That's an amazing thing." The Chattanooga chapter of Executive Women International formed 20 years ago with a mission of advancing women's education, said chapter President Tanya English, a paralegal at the Miller & Martin firm. The chapter has 64 member firms, she said, and it grew about 40 percent in its last fiscal year. "There are so many more professional women out there today, and a lot of single professional women," Ms. English said. But in a male-dominated business world, women typically haven't been invited onto the golf course or to the ball game where many professional relationships are built, said Kristi Haulsee, vice president for member-investor services at the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. These groups give women a way to build their own networks and feed their professional goals, she said. "We are each other's best advocates," she said. Last year, the Chamber created three local awards to honor women in business and leadership. The Nautilus Awards were an outgrowth of the national Athena Award, which has been given in Chattanooga since 1997, Ms. Haulsee said. The Nautilus Awards recognize three people: one who has worked in grass-roots efforts to improve the lives of women, a female entrepreneur and a high school junior or senior with strong science and math aptitude. Next year, the Nautilus Awards will include a fourth recipient -- a woman who is over 25 who will receive money for college. Lifting each other up The growth of recognition and support for women in work and education is a natural result of generations of women pushing their way into the workplace, Ms. Haulsee said. In 1960, about 43 percent of women ages 25 to 54 were in the work force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By 2005, more than 75 percent of women in that age range were part of the labor force. "Women before us did a whole lot," Ms. Haulsee said. "These groups are really trying to help women understand that we need to help each other and lift each other up." Mrs. Kelly said she could have used such an organization when she was an engineering student, entering a "man's world" and struggling to find her way. "I felt very vulnerable, especially when I started having children," said Mrs. Kelly, the mother of three children who range in age from 21 to 12. "What has happened is that I've come through the ages, and I see this new paradigm of women saying, 'My family is important; my career is important; I better look out for myself.' " Carol Berz, the head of Private Dispute Resolution in Chattanooga and the chairwoman of the Tennessee Economic Council on Women, said there is still much to be done to make women successful in Tennessee, which ranks 49th nationally in women's political participation. "It's important for women to network and get to know each other so that they can help each other gain financial and personal success," she said. Encouraging women to seek leadership roles is one of the missions of the Women's Leadership Institute, said Marj Flemming, managing director. The local organization began 11 years ago as informal meetings of seven friends who got together every couple of weeks to talk about "the state of things for women in Tennessee, for women in Chattanooga, how much progress women had made and how much we needed to make," she said. "Finally we decided, 'We can sit and talk about this forever, but we'd better do something about it,' " she said. The group's annual leadership address has grown by 150 people a year, and this year's event featuring Gloria Steinem in January already has 510 people booked, Ms. Flemming said. "We offer programs that hopefully introduce people to new ideas about their own development," she said. E-mail Mary Fortune at mfortune@timesfreepress.com Add your content here.

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Sisters In Business eNewsletter 05/16/07

2-In-1 Great Empowerment Event for Youth & Adults This Summer!; Virginia Yarbrough of Massage Plus Challenges 'Sisters' In Business; Frenise Mann of SOE Inc. Joins the SIB Network; Tricia Robinson of NuLife Laser Institute Joins the SIB Network; Sadie Smith of Skin Balm, Inc Rejoins the SIB Network; Santha Bone of Wayne Roach Associates Rejoins the SIB  Network; Rosetta Russell of The Essence of Travel Joins the SIB Network; Latrice Currie of Greek Style Joins the SIB  Network; Velma Wilson of Cleaning Solutions Joins the SIB  Network; Chattanooga African American Chamber of Commerce Sherrie Gilchrist Joins the SIB Network; Eastdale Family Dentistry Dr. Thomas Rumph Joins the SIB Network; JD Richards of The Beauty Industry Suites; Sherry Casteel of TraVerus Travel; Synthia SAINT JAMES Empowers SIB '2nd Annual' Expo with Fine Art; How Do You Know You Are Understood? by Beverly Inman-Ebel, Talk Listen; Communicate; Watch Sisters In Business Tekelia C. Kelly on THIS & THAT  on TV Station Channel 9.

Sisters In Business eNewsletter 04/09/07-* Congratulations SIB New Members! * Girl's Inc Awards Women Leaders! SIB Leads Business Women Online * Why Getting In Google & Other Search Engines Good for Business, With Zsa Zsa Perryman * SAVE THE DATE JUNE 8, 2007-- SIB 2nd Annual Business Women Empowerment Luncheon & Business/Jr. Biz Expo" * What Sisters In Business Say! Dr. Cassandra Whitaker * Cheryl McCray of "Baskets by Cheryl" Joins SIB * Yolanda Davis of "Gypsy Beads & Things" Joins SIB * Sherry Casteel of "TraVerus Travel" Joins SIB * Jacqueline "JD" Richards of "The Beauty Industry Suites, LLC/Expozure" Joins SIB * Feature Business: Mary Williams of The Floral Gallery * Lisa Fontana of Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough's Praises The Floral Gallery * Feature Business: Forestine Watson-Haynes of 28th CDC * Feature Business: Ferlencia Tuggle of Ferlencia's Floral Design * Expectation And The Bottom Line by Beverly Inman-Ebel, TLC * A Time for Renewal by Dr. Tanya Horne MD * Advertisement: Aquarium Food, Owners Walter Johnson and Lew Goss Advertisement * Advertisement: "Empower Your Life" Carolyn Miller, Warm Spirit * Advertisement: "Prom Special" by Dorothea Johnson's Inner Glow Skin Care * * Advertisement: MYTD Presents the Play "Changed" by LaFrederick Thirkill

Sisters In Business eNewsletter 03/07/07-Sisters in Business Empowers Legacy of African-American & Women History with Business Success!;  Client Testimonial by Stephanie Sinkfield Owner/Agent State Farm Insurance;      Girl's Inc Awards Sisters In Business "Unbought Unbossed" Award for  Women's History Month; Sit At Our Table!  Join Us!; Evette Dupree of Prudential Realty Center Joins Sisters In Business; Expectation And The Bottom Line by Beverly Inman-Ebel, TLC; A Time for Renewal by Dr. Tanya Horne MD; Marriage God' Style by Rosalyn Hickman, Covenant Keypers; Save the Date:  June 8, 2007  SIB 2nd Annual Business Women's Empowerment Luncheon & Expo; SIB Company Presentation Online; Community News, Events, SIB eNewsletters, & Ads

Sisters In Business eNewsletter 02/05/07-WRCB-TV 3 Trends Features SIB Clients & Owner, Chattanooga Chamber Officiates SIB Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, SIB 2nd Annual Business Women’s Empowerment Expo,  New Members Joyce B. Holt, Owner/RN The Health Nut , Rosalyn Hickman, Exec. Dir. Covenant Keypers, Stephanie Sinkfield, Owner/Agent State Farm Insurance,, Let Your Voice Be Heard by Beverly Inman-Ebel, TLC CEO, Choose a Healthy Lifestyles by Dr. Tanya Horne, MD ,Youth In Business for Ministry Special Feature, Valentine Day Special by Dorothea Johnson's Inner Glow Skin Care , Classifieds, Community News & Events

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 01/15/07-"A Good Problem To Have", Evelyn Bakers' Business Debut, Beverly Iman-Ebel's TLC Services, What People Are Saying, SIB Celebrates Anniversary, and Website, Aquarium Food Co-Sponsors, Woman of Hope's 4th Year Anniversary, GoodSearch for 28th District CDC, Madelene Miller Speaks at SCWN Luncheon

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 01/08/07-CEO Beverly Inman-Ebel, TLC Talk Listen Communicate, LLC Joins Sisters In Business, Feedback Fuels Business, Class In Session, GoodSearch Good for 28th District CDC, Member Packages

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 01/01/07-Happy New Year; Ruby Claytor of Bloomfield, Connecticut Joins SIB, Grand Opening Celebration in February, SIB Year 2006 In Review, Articles, New Member Packages

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 12/25/06:Sisters In Business 2006: The Year In Review; New Agenda for 2007

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 1218/06: Happy Holidays! Company's wish to clients, partners, vendors, associates, and friends for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 121106: Evelyn Baker of Elegant Handkerchiefs Joins SIB, Certificate Awarded to Business Pioneers, Darlene Houston's Post-Debut Success Story, Netwokring Meeting December 14 with Treasa Newton as SME

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 120406: Darlene Houston's Purse-Sonal Collection Joins Sisters In Business, Santha Bone of Wayne Roach Sister of the Month, Wish Chattanooga Merry Christmas @ Fox 61, SIB Network Meeting

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 11/27/06: Holiday Eating & Health, Business News, School Bus Drive Tribute, Holiday Shopping Ads

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 11/22/06:  Special Sales Ads for the Holidays from the Stores, Specialty Shops, and Service Providers of the Sisters In Business Network.

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 11/20/06: Happy Thanksgiving to Business Community, SIB Declares "Bus Driver Appreciation" In December, Youth & Mayor's Business Scholarships, Holiday Shop With Sisters in Business. Woman's Way Treasa Newton SIB SME

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 11/13/06: Youth & Mayor's Business Scholarships, Business  Partnership Sparks PR for Network, Sister of Month Sadie Smith, Woman's Way Treasa Newton Sisters In Business SME (Subject Matter Expert)

Sisters In Business "Sweet Success" Showcase 

Nov. 4 Fundraiser/Show Help Community Kitchen and Small Business, Pattie Harris Lunch & Learn

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 11/3/06: Special Edition Breaking News in Chattanooga Times Free Press about Sisters In Business Showcase

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 10/30/06:From Blessing the Homeless to Building the Home & Business, Aladdin Printing Sponsors Showcase, Voting Criteria,

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 10/23/06:Help The Community Kitchen-Shop Early for the Holidays, New Sponsor Fire Eye Productions & Aladdin Printing

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 10/16/06: New Sisters In Business Client Tanya Horne, Sisters In Business Solutions Propel Sisters, Camille Platt, Early Holiday Shopping Helps The Community Kitchen

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 10/2/06: Client Zeknovia Charles, SCWN Patti Harris, Katye Jones SME, Deborah Grimes Catering, Showcase Preview

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 9/25/06: Darlene Houston Purse-sonals, Woman's Way Treasa Newton, Katye Jones Lunch & Learn, Showcase Sneak Preview, Jack and Jill Tip,

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 9/18/06: Ferlencia Floral Designs Joins Sisters In Business, SOM Cheri Hudgins, Faithful Fitness, Sisters In Business Award

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 9/11/06: September 11, Felicia Wilson Fitness Column, Youth In Business Wanted 

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 8/28:ATHENA Award Nominee Mary Williams, SME Lunch & Lear Dr. Whitaker, Statistics

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 8/21:Woman's Way, Scenic City Women, Prepaid Legal, Community Kitchen, "Crowns"

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 8/14:Tamara Long, Minority Health Fair, Girls Inc Job Openings, GO DBE Marketplace

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 8/7:ETBP Jackie Payne, Blue Cross Women Town Meeting, Lunch & Learn Mtg.

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 7/31: OB/GYN Dr. Whitaker, CPA Terri Jeter-McAvoy Katye Jones, Bizzy Bee, Client Ads

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 7/24: Mary Williams, Dorothea Johnson, Virginia Yarbrough, Deborah Grimes honored

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 7/15: Sisters In Business "1st Annual Business Women's Empowerment Luncheon"

Sisters In Business Online Newsletter 7/4: Girls Inc at Sisters In Business Luncheon, Mini-trade show, & Youth Fundraiser, GirlVenture Acdy.

SIB Quarterly Oct-Dec. 2006-Whitaker, Houston, Tuggle, Horne, Charles Join Sisters In Business, New Business Tool Sisters In Business Award Nomination, Network News

Sisters In Business  Times Free Press Article March 22, 2006 on Inaugural Opening of Sisters In Business

Sisters In Business  Quarterly Mar 2006  First Membership Drive Meeting

Sisters In Business  Quarterly April 2006 Launching of Website and First "Pioneer" Members

Sisters In Business  Quarterly May 2006-SIB helps move women forward as Exhibitor at 1st Tennessee Economic Council on Women Summit.  SIB helps to pass the "Choices For Care Bill".

Sisters In Business  Quarterly July-Sept. 2006: 1st Annual Business Women's Empowerment Luncheon, Mini-Tradeshow, and Youth Fundraiser, Fantastic Four Women in SIB, New Partners Join

Sisters In Business Quarterly Oct-Dec. 2006-Whitaker, Houston, Tuggle, Horne, Charles Join Sisters In Business, New Business Tool Sisters In Business Award Nomination, Network News