ZWIN Kicks Off New Year
At the January 10, 2019 meeting, Debbi Kuller and Kathy Wood greeted everyone and recapped highlights of 2018, from our service projects to our programs. They also displayed Christmas gifts and spiritwear that members may still pick up or buy.
ZWIN welcomed many guests today! It’s great to see these women show interest in our group:
- Lorene Wright, Simon Property Group
- Jen Morris, Signed and Stated
- Vickie Hall, ZWorks
- Deborah Riedwig, Ambassadors Inspiring Hope, Inc.
- Nannerl Wright, Skin Care by Nannerl
- Laura Cain, Keepsakes by Design
- Angie McCloskey, Zionsville Olive Oil on Tap
- Tammy Kelly, Re/Max Commercial
- Kim Minnick, Yearbook Sales, Herff Jones
- Kristen Gilkison, Timbar protein bars
- Katie Reasoner, Boys and Girls Club Boone
Shout-Outs to Our Members
- Kimbra praised Nytarsha at Visionelle Eye Care for the great eye care she is providing.
- Lori also thanked Nytarsha for excellent eye care.
- Jane thanked Debbi and Kathy for their exceptional leadership of our group, and she presented them with beautiful, customized blankets. She thanked Carol for creating the personalized gifts embroidered with the ZWIN logo.
- Nytarsha gave a shout-out to Dawn for the class on shopping for healthy food at the grocery store.
- Becki appreciated Erica E.‘s fashion eye and cabi designs.
- Susan F. thanked all the ladies who bought gifts from her for the holidays.
- Kimbra gave a shout-out to Kristina for the CBD oil.
- Evona praised Jennifer at Meridian Title for her awesome real estate work. She also gave shout-outs to Kathy and Janai for referrals, and to Lyle for using her property management service.
- Erica E. praised Ingrid for her success with Instagram program.
- Jennifer thanked Erica for her cabi wardrobe.
- Kristine appreciated Kim’s tax and accounting advice, as did Dawn and Elaine.
- Debbi wrapped up the shout-outs with one to Connie at Orange Theory.
New ZWIN Theme for 2019: Building Blocks for Business
Debbi and Kathy unveiled the ZWIN theme of “Building Blocks for Business.” They created a tower of blocks to illustrate their idea. The top of the tower is GOALS. The next block? Time & Self. Then it’s Branding, followed by Sharing, all supported by Customer Focus.
To begin thinking about the theme, they encouraged members to share some of their goals for the coming year. Members mentioned administrative support, point-of-sale tracking, CRM (customer relationship management), social media improvement, developing a website, and getting childcare as examples of needs they would focus on in 2019. We will look forward to learning more about how to care for ourselves and grow our businesses using these building blocks throughout the coming year.
Spotlight Speakers
Dawn opened by asking members to volunteer to sign-up for these opportunities to share about their businesses for three minutes. She wants everyone to participate and have a turn. This month, we shine the spotlight on Carla and Evona.
Carla Merrill is with Hasco Paving and Concrete. Carla’s business is located off Whitestown Parkway near the Golf Club of Indiana. Their services include concrete and asphalt paving; assessing, repairing, removing, and re-doing parking lots; and maintenance for these, such as filling and sealing. They work with property managers and commercial owners. She is happy to help members keep their paved property and parking lots in top shape.
Evona Watson is with Triple E Residential Property Management. She owns this business with her husband. They serve the Indianapolis area with full property management services, including identifying properties, assessing them, repairing, screening tenants, and evicting tenants when required. They are the only property managers with an A+ rating on Angie’s List. They manage everything from low to high end, and they include most services in one monthly fee. She says if you want to invest in property, they will manage it for you. They started the business as investors and will take care of your property as if they owned it.
Officer Reports
Cindy, Recording Secretary, asked members to complete a 2-minute survey about how they use the blog and website. She will analyze the results and report on it at the next meeting.
Nikole, Website, is taking over for Erica C. Together, they showed features of the site to the group, including the member directory and blog of monthly meetings and events. They also asked members to brainstorm about new areas of business that are open for membership in our group. This list includes:
- senior care
- commercial real estate
- midwife
- retail
- hair, aesthetics, nails
- photography
- IT and tech
- certain categories of attorneys
- more NPO’s
- restaurant
- orthodontist/dentist
- NP
- pet care
- funeral services
Connie, Corresponding Secretary, reminded the group about text messaging prior to events and asked everyone to opt-in to the 2019 group by sending a message then.
Kim, Treasurer, explained that dues are due now and that members should have received their invoices. She explained that they will prorate them for those joining later in the year.
Evona, Membership, gave an update on membership.
Jane, Programming, passed around a calendar of proposed meeting dates and topics. Next month, we will reprise our “Share Your Favorite App and Podcast” day. Everyone can share their favorites and why they like them.
Debbi, President, sent a sheet around requesting volunteers for a few functions within the group, such as photography, greeter coordinator, media promotion (telling the newspapers to run notices of meetings), and philanthropy coordinator.
Announcements
Kim Storen will be talking about tax tips Tuesday, Jan. 15 at the Brownsburg Town Hall.
Ingrid asked people to contact her if they are interested in growing their Instagram following. She has tips on how to do that!
The Chamber of Commerce annual banquet will be Friday, Jan. 25 at the Golf Club of Indiana. ZWIN will have some members attend.
