Our Mission	History	Scholarships	Networking
Women's FOCUS, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide a networking opportunity to support its members and their businesses. The goal and responsibility of the organization is to educate, provide connections, and different avenues for personal growth of its members.	An Idea Emerges On a fall day in 1978, in the Ozaukee County community of Grafton, Wisconsin, at SEEK, Incorporated (then known as CEEK Office Services, Inc.) a discussion of the need for a business women’s group was taking place. At that time, women’s participation in organizations traditionally reserved for businessmen was not in vogue...More	Awarded Annually Each year a scholarship of up to $1,000.00 per semester is awarded to an outstanding, female student seeking a degree at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC). The scholarship is renewable each semester, and is dependant upon specific criteria being met. Interested individuals are encouraged to apply...More	Women's FOCUS, Inc. is a rather unusual networking group in that our membership is capped at 100 members. Other organizations subscribe to the theory that more is better. While philosophy has its benefits, our founding mothers had a different concept in mind: quality over quantity. Check our Calendar and plan to visit us soon.
Next meeting: June 19, 2013	Membership	June Newsletter
Speaker: Dr. Flip Troiano, Are you healthy? Are you healthy inside? Dr. Flip is a fellow in the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), a member of the Institute of Functional Medicine and a board certified Emergency Medicine physician. He is one of the founding members of the Wisconsin Institute of Integrative Medicine. "Dr. Flip' is presently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine. In the field of functional and integrative medicine he discovered that we already have the science and the ability to diagnose and reverse or significantly alter the course of many of the chronic diseases that are plaguing our society today. Following a thorough evaluation of history, genetic factors, environmental exposures, nutritional status, sleep patterns, stress levels, support systems, exercise habits and laboratory testing an individualized plan of care is developed. These plans integrate lifestyle modifications and relevant, evidence-based science from both traditional and alternative medicine in order to restore and maintain health. Dr. Flip’s goal is to help his patients lead healthy, happy lives filled with boundless energy, restful sleep, increased mobility, less pain and great vitality. Make Your Reservations Here! To make your reservations,click on the Add to Cart button below. When you click the button, a new page opens which shows the total due for each luncheon. If you are making reservations for more than 1 person, enter the number of luncheons in the Quantity box and click the Update button to recalculate the total due. When you are satisfied with your order, click the Check Out or Check Out with PayPal button to complete your transaction. Click Add to Cart to make Reservations and Pay thru PayPal: The deadline for reservation and payment for the monthly luncheons is the Friday before the scheduled date. Cancellations on or after the Monday immediately before the Wednesday luncheon are non-refundable. Prepaid reservations are required. PREPAID MEMBERS: If you took advantage of the prepayment option at the beginning of the year, please confirm that you will be attending the luncheon this month. Click Here to Confirm Attendance: Prepaid Reservations Only Prepaid 2013 Reservations: Click Here Click to View Full Monthly Calendar: Last Year \| Current Year	Prospective members must be currently engaged in a business, in a position of management and/or ownership or in a profession. All applicants must be recommended to the membership committee chairperson by a current member. We invite qualified women to contact us and to attend one of our meetings...More	A Note From Our President Dear "Women with Focus" Our May meeting featured Doris Appelbaum as ... believe it or not ... our five-minute member presenter. Doris has had such an interesting life, it’s hard to imagine her putting it all into five minutes. Well, she actually spoke for six minutes and said, when finished, that she could have spoken all afternoon. We believe that, Doris! Thank you so much for sharing your interesting background. We then learned about LinkedIn through our speaker, Sue Gresham. Sue gave us the basics of using LinkedIn ... asserting that, if a person is in business and not on LinkedIn, that person is “missing the boat!” Thank you, Sue, for sharing your knowledge. Again, there was much more to grasp than time allotted, but some of us stayed during the networking time to learn more. Success as a person and in our business is always on our minds. We can look to the comments found in the book, Seven Choices for Success and Significance, by Dr. Nido R. Qubein. He states that .........More

Our Mission

History

Scholarships

Networking

Women's FOCUS, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide a networking opportunity to support its members and their businesses.

The goal and responsibility of the organization is to educate, provide connections, and different avenues for personal growth of its members.

An Idea Emerges
On a fall day in 1978, in the Ozaukee County community of Grafton, Wisconsin, at SEEK, Incorporated (then known as CEEK Office Services, Inc.) a discussion of the need for a business women’s group was taking place.

At that time, women’s participation in organizations traditionally reserved for businessmen was not in vogue...More

Awarded Annually
Each year a scholarship of up to $1,000.00 per semester is awarded to an outstanding, female student seeking a degree at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC). The scholarship is renewable each semester, and is dependant upon specific criteria being met.

Interested individuals are encouraged to apply...More

Women's FOCUS, Inc. is a rather unusual networking group in that our membership is capped at 100 members.

Other organizations subscribe to the theory that more is better. While philosophy has its benefits, our founding mothers had a different concept in mind: quality over quantity.

Check our Calendar and plan to visit us soon.

Next meeting: June 19, 2013

Membership

June Newsletter

Speaker: Dr. Flip Troiano, Are you healthy? Are you healthy inside?

Dr. Flip is a fellow in the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), a member of the Institute of Functional Medicine and a board certified Emergency Medicine physician. He is one of the founding members of the Wisconsin Institute of Integrative Medicine.

"Dr. Flip' is presently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine. In the field of functional and integrative medicine he discovered that we already have the science and the ability to diagnose and reverse or significantly alter the course of many of the chronic diseases that are plaguing our society today. Following a thorough evaluation of history, genetic factors, environmental exposures, nutritional status, sleep patterns, stress levels, support systems, exercise habits and laboratory testing an individualized plan of care is developed. These plans integrate lifestyle modifications and relevant, evidence-based science from both traditional and alternative medicine in order to restore and maintain health. Dr. Flip’s goal is to help his patients lead healthy, happy lives filled with boundless energy, restful sleep, increased mobility, less pain and great vitality.

Make Your Reservations Here!

To make your reservations,click on the Add to Cart button below. When you click the button, a new page opens which shows the total due for each luncheon. If you are making reservations for more than 1 person, enter the number of luncheons in the Quantity box and click the Update button to recalculate the total due. When you are satisfied with your order, click the Check Out or Check Out with PayPal button to complete your transaction.

The deadline for reservation and payment for the monthly luncheons is the Friday before the scheduled date. Cancellations on or after the Monday immediately before the Wednesday luncheon are non-refundable. Prepaid reservations are required.

PREPAID MEMBERS: If you took advantage of the prepayment option at the beginning of the year, please confirm that you will be attending the luncheon this month. Click Here to Confirm Attendance: Prepaid Reservations Only

Click to View Full Monthly Calendar: Last Year | Current Year

Prospective members must be currently engaged in a business, in a position of management and/or ownership or in a profession.

All applicants must be recommended to the membership committee chairperson by a current member.

We invite qualified women to contact us and to attend one of our meetings...More

A Note From Our President
Dear "Women with Focus"

Barb Dickmann

Our May meeting featured Doris Appelbaum as ... believe it or not ... our five-minute member presenter. Doris has had such an interesting life, it’s hard to imagine her putting it all into five minutes. Well, she actually spoke for six minutes and said, when finished, that she could have spoken all afternoon. We believe that, Doris! Thank you so much for sharing your interesting background.

We then learned about LinkedIn through our speaker, Sue Gresham. Sue gave us the basics of using LinkedIn ... asserting that, if a person is in business and not on LinkedIn, that person is “missing the boat!” Thank you, Sue, for sharing your knowledge. Again, there was much more to grasp than time allotted, but some of us stayed during the networking time to learn more.

Success as a person and in our business is always on our minds. We can look to the comments found in the book, Seven Choices for Success and Significance, by Dr. Nido R. Qubein. He states that .........More

FOCUS 2013 MONTHLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January	February	March	April
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, January 3, 12:00 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon January 16, 11:30 am Speaker: Wesley Manko of Defenceworks	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon February 20, 11:30 am Speaker: Joan Stewart, Using Pinterest for Business Girls Night Out, February 19 Sister Act at the Marcus Center	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, March 6, 8:30 am FOCUS Monthly Luncheon March 20, 11:30 am Speaker: Mark J. Goldstein, Affordable Care Act	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon April 17, 11:30 am Speaker: Tamara Leigh, Engaging Your Audience and Being Visible as a Business in Today’s New Mobile & Social Marketplace Girls Night Out, April 4 Toute Sweet, intriguing stories about Paris with Paige Engle
May	June	July	August
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, May 1, 8:30 am FOCUS Monthly Luncheon May 15, 11:30 am Speaker: Sue Gresham, Not on LinkedIn? You need to be.	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon June 19, 11:30 am Speaker: Dr. Flip Troiano, Are you healthy? Are you healthy inside?	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, July 10, 8:30 am FOCUS Monthly Luncheon July 17, 11:30 am Speaker: Scott Lesnik	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon August 21, 11:30 am
September	October	November	December
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, September 4, 8:30 am FOCUS Monthly Luncheon September 18, 11:30 am	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon October 16, 11:30 am	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, November 6, 8:30 am FOCUS Monthly Luncheon November 20, 11:30 am No Speaker, General Meeting Professional Showcase! Holiday Gift Boutique after Monthly Luncheon	FOCUS Holiday Party December 11, 11:30 am

FOCUS 2011 MONTHLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January	February	March	April
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, January 17th, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon January 19th, 11:30 am Speaker: Debra J. Schmidt Building Customer Loyalty from the Inside Out	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon February 16th, 11:30 am Speaker: Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound Publicity via Social Media	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, March 7th, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon March 16th, 11:30 am Speaker: Jeff Percival, Goal Achievement vs Goal Setting	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon April 20, 11:30 am Speaker: Carole Blaney, C-Management Solutions, The FOCUS Website
May	June	July	August
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, May 2nd, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon May 18, 11:30 am Speaker: Patti Genko, Communication for your Business	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon June 15, 11:30 am Speaker: Doris Appelbaum, Interpersonal Networking	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, July 11th, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon July 20, 11:30 am Speaker: Rebecca Ryan, Intergenerational Workplaces	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon August 17, 11:30 am Speaker: Patricia Clason, Emotional Intelligence
September	October	November	December
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, Sept 12th, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon September 21, 11:30 am Speaker: Kimberly Kane, TV Personality, President of The Novo Group and Tempo	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon October 19, 11:30 am Speaker: Scott Shully, Shully's Fine Cuisine	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, Nov 7th, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon November 16, 11:30 am No Speaker, General Meeting Professional Showcase! Holiday Gift Boutique after Monthly Luncheon	FOCUS Holiday Party December 14, 2011 Program: Out of the Costume Closet — A Grand Tour of The Milwaukee Rep's Costume Closet

FOCUS 2012 MONTHLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January	February	March	April
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, January 9th, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon January 18, 11:30 am Speaker: Leonard Peace, FBI Goals, Dreams and Unique Careers	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon February 15, 11:30 am Speaker: Gigi Pomerantz Youth Haiti	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, March 7, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon March 21, 11:30 am Speaker: Paul Burstein Hormones and Osteoporosis	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon April 18, 11:30 am Speaker: Windy Lindy, Professional Clown, Clown College Convention
May	June	July	August
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, May 2, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon May 16, 11:30 am Speaker: Donna "Kinza" Christensen, Light Up Your Life with Laughter	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon June 20, 11:30 am Speaker: Alamelu Vairavan Healthy Spices from India	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, July 11, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon July 18, 11:30 am Speaker: Edie Schafer Shanghai Ghetto Survivor	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon August 15, 11:30 am Speaker: Cynthia Wollershiem How to Succeed as a Woman in the ‘Old Boys Club’
September	October	November	December
FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, Sept 5, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon September 19, 11:30 am Speaker: Adele Lund The Art of Active Listening	FOCUS Monthly Luncheon October 17, 11:30 am Speaker: Jackie Mortenson Why Go Red?	FOCUS Board of Directors Meeting, Nov 7, 5:30 pm FOCUS Monthly Luncheon November 14, 11:30 am No Speaker, General Meeting Professional Showcase! Holiday Gift Boutique after Monthly Luncheon	FOCUS Holiday Party Date: Wednesday, December 12, 11:30 am