In an effort to improve the professionalism of our organization, listed below are guidelines governing our meetings.  These guidelines are meant to help us be more productive in the one hour we have each week.  And as our group continues to grow, these guidelines will help us manage our time together and allow the PWN organization to better serve all its members.

Attendance:

Consistent attendance is necessary in order to remain an active member.  Only one missed meeting per month is allowed.  If you must miss more than one meeting per month, please email the membership director to give your reason.

Start time and networking:

Our meetings will begin promptly at 8:00 am.  Please arrive by 7:45 am for your networking opportunities.  This will also allow time to help yourself to coffee and be in place around our meeting tables before the 8:00 start time.

Presenters:

Please limit your presentation to 15 minutes and allow an additional 5 minutes for Q & A.  We will begin using a timer for all presenters and commercials.

Printed materials:

Avoid passing out any printed materials before or during our meetings or presentations.
We will have a table set up for your flyers so that you can direct the members to your information during your commercial.  Announcements concerning your business should be emailed to Nishaka Proctor nproctor@eventswithexcellence.com.   You need to submit by Tuesday 6:00 PM so she can post themm on the Upcoming Events page.

Commercials:

Commercials will be limited to 30 seconds.  Now is the time to practice what you want to say so that your words will have the most impact in this short time frame.  This should include your name, company name and the service or product of your company.

What Hat Do You Wear for PWN?  Please try to stick to the business you had when you joined PWN.  Many of you have switched businesses and some have several businesses.  But you will be more effective if you promote only one business, so decide which business that will be.  And before promoting a new business, it must first be approved by the board to insure it does not compete with another PWN business.

Meeting Agenda

7:45 am  – arrive – networking opportunity – 15 minutes
8:00 am – call to order by President and reciting of our mission statement
8:02 am – welcoming of guests and announcements by President concerning our PWN meetings
8:05 am – introduction of presenter
8:20 am – presenter concludes their presentation and opens up for Q &A
8:25 am – presenter returns to her seat and applauded for her presentation
8:30 am – commercials begin
8:45 am – meeting adjourned – networking opportunity time