Here are the networking events for the week of July 15-19 in the Kansas City area. If you know about other career fairs, meetings or events that would benefit job seekers, please send a note to markvanbaale@gmail.com. Thank you.
There is also a Marketing/Social Media Job Leads page where new marketing/social media jobs are posted every day or every other day.
In addition, there are Internships, Web/Graphic Designer Jobs, and IT/Developer Jobs posted.
You can also follow @kcjobseekers or @markvanbaale on Twitter to get the latest updates.
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Monday, July 15
Six Figure Networking Event
Location:
Doc’s Tavern
511 SE Melody Lane
Lee’s Summit, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Free to attend (includes your first drink ticket)
JOB SEEKERS: If you are searching for a six figure position, and you have been frustrated by the lack of quality networking opportunities in the KC area, this is an event where you can build your network with individuals that can actually help you in your career search.
EMPLOYERS & DECISION MAKERS: If you are in a position of hiring, now or in the future, and are looking to build relationships with top talent, please consider attending this event. Registering ahead of time ensures you get a free drink ticket with no registration fee.
Everyone will also receive special instructional tips on how best to network for a high level position from Tammy Kabell, one of the region’s foremost authorities on executive searching and CEO of Career Resume Consulting.
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Monday Geek Night
Location:
Snow & Company
1815 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
We are returning to Snow & Company this week as they roll out a new – very geeky! – happy hour system. Join us to learn more about the new specials which are based on metrics that involve who’s ordering which drink and how many.
Bring a laptop, bring a friend or co-worker, and by all means bring whatever you’re working on. We all come from different development backgrounds but historically this group plays well together. We help solve challenges (code and otherwise) and often wander into the latest tech news conversations as well.
What is Monday Geek Night? It is a weekly Monday night gathering of geeks who enjoy topics including, but not limited to, application and web development (code of all kinds), entrepreneurship, gaming, marketing, design, movies, the current state of all things tech, and usually beer and other cocktails.
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#JobHuntChat on Twitter
Time: 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm CDT
Job Hunt Chat is a community where job seekers, recruiters, human resource professionals, career coaches, and hiring managers can connect. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #JobHuntChat.
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Search for hashtag #JobHuntChat on Twitter when the chat starts at 9 pm CDT.
2. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
3. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate.
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Tuesday, July 16
OMNI Employment Job Seeker Roundtable Meeting
Location:
OMNI Employment Management Services
7201 W. 110th St. (Suite 225)
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Free to attend.
This is a very informal meeting and offers a great chance to network with other professionals and meet with Mike Tracy, Principal of OMNI Employment Management Services, LLC. This group is ideally geared to middle to upper management level candidates. Mike has been involved in the recruitment field for a number of years and has a multitude of helpful tips and suggestions to offer.
Please call us at 913.653.8078 or email Casey Jones to register.
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We’re Talkin’ Tuesday” Networking Group Meeting
Location:
Mainstreet Credit Union
6025 Lamar Ave.
Mission, KS
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Time: 8:00 am – 9:30 am
Free to attend.
This week’s presenter: Rick Sheahan, Taxes Plus
“We’re Talkin” Tuesday” is a fun, interactive networking experience and a great place to connect with other business owners and professionals.
This event is free and open to NEJC Chamber members, guests and those interested in the northeast or NEJC Chamber of Commerce.
Bring lots of business cards and meet business owners from the Johnson County and Kansas City metro area.
Contact Lauren Vaughan at lvaughan@nejcchamber.com or 913-262-2141 for more information.
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Tuesday Meeting
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
10610 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Shawnee, KS
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Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
More Information about the Group
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KC Express Network Luncheon with American Business Women’s Association
Location:
St. Andrew’s Golf Club
11099 West 135th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Please arrive by 11:20 am
Cost for Guests: $20.00
Topic: Authentic Leadership by Neeli Bendapudi
Neeli is the H.D. Price Dean at the KU School of Business and professor of marketing. She holds a doctorate from the University of Kansas, and she has taught at Texas A & M and the Ohio State University. Her research has appeared in Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Retailing and Harvard Business Review, among others.
The American Business Women’s Association’s mission is to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others, grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking, support and national recognition.
Meet Kansas City professionals representing a wide range of occupations and entrepreneurial endeavors in this small business networking group.
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Three Secrets to Getting Hired with LinkedIn Webinar
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CDT
Learn:
- How to avoid the #1 mistake most people make when filling out their LinkedIn Profile
- How to position yourself as a “job magnet”… and it’s not what you think!
- Exactly what you need to do to be found FASTER by recruiters and hiring managers.
- Ways to overcome (and even remove) some of the deadliest biases out there: age discrimination, unemployment, changing industries and more… and even leverage them into strengths!
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CPI-KC (Career Partners International) Third Tuesday Connections
Location:
Barley’s Brewhaus
11924 W. 119th Street,
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Free to attend. CPI-KC will provide the appetizers. Drink specials (cash bar).
- Make new connections to expand your network
- Talk about ways of growing your existing business
- Learn more about dynamic enterprises in metro Kansas City
- Practice your networking skills in a safe and informal environment
- Discuss the latest in cutting-edge management techniques
- Find advocates who are willing to open doors and make introductions to key decision makers
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Kansas Feet Up Network Meeting
Location:
Johnny Brusco’s New York Style Pizza
8909 W 95th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Feet-Up Network is a group of business professionals who like to get together, kick their feet-up and have a drink together.
There usually is around 15-25 people at these meetings. Members say that it helps them build relationships. Come on out and have a drink, meet some new friends and forge some greatpartnerships.
RSVP’s not required, but if you wish to register, you can.
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Wednesday, July 17
AAF-KC Wednesday Acceleration: The Rules of Engagement for Marketers in Civic Organizations
AAF-KC promotes the future of advertising, marketing and communications in the greater Kansas City area.
Location:
The Culinary Center of Kansas City
7920 Sante Fe Drive
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Cost:
$10 for AAF-KC/ad2/Art+Copy Club members
$15 pre-registration for non-members & students
$20 walk-up registration for non-members & students
Panelists:
- Danny Rotert, Communications Director, City of Kansas City, MO
- Kim Nakahodo, Communications Manager, City of Blue Springs, MO
- Amanda Graor, Air Quality Program Manager, MARC
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PeopleKC – Professionals Enriching Other People’s Lives Weekly Meeting
Location:
Platte Valley Bank
8401 Missouri 45
Parkville, MO
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Time: 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Free to attend.
We are Business Professionals, enriching other people’s lives everyday.
We are united to support each other’s business through personal referrals and to work diligently to support the many needs of our community.
We meet every Wednesday morning from 8:30-9:30 in the lower level of Platte Valley Bank (rear entrance).
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1 Million Cups Program for Entrepreneurs
Location:
Kauffman Labs
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation created 1 Million Cups (1MC) as a simple way to engage entrepreneurs in the Kansas City community. Each week, the 1MC program offers two local upstarts an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors, and entrepreneurs.
The program takes place every Wednesday morning from 9:00-10:00am in Kauffman Labs. So if you’re interested in being involved with the 1 Million Cups program sign up, show up, help someone startup by offering your thoughts, questions, and advice.
Watch Program Live starting at 8:50 am CDT.
Register to Attend and Who is Presenting
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JobNewsKC.com Career Fair
Location:
Overland Park Convention Center
6000 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Free admission.
Workforce Partnership will also be on hand offering Resume Review and Career Coaching services.
More Information and to Register
List of Companies Participating and Jobs They Have
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Wednesday Meeting
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
11106 Antioch Road
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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Business Marketing Association Lunch and Learn: Using Video, Content, and Employees to Drive Your Social Media Strategy
Location:
Lidia’s
101 W. 22nd St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Agenda:
11:30am to 11:45am – Networking
11:45am to 12:00pm – BMA Board Housekeeping
12:00pm – Introduction of Speaker
12:05pm to 12:50pm – Terracon Presentation
12:50 pm to 1:00 pm – Presentation Q&A
1:00 pm – Closing
Cost: Members – $30.00, Non-members – $45.00
This event serves as a great chance to network and socialize with local marketers in a laid back and relaxed atmosphere. We’re bringing in Vanessa Zambo, Vice President/Principal and Director of Marketing Communications at Terracon to present “Using Video, Content, and Employees to Drive Your Social Media Strategy.”
In this presentation Vanessa will discuss how Terracon has not only structured their social media strategy, but their entire online strategy and how all of their sites (YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Terracon.com, and Terracon App) work together.
Vanessa will also discuss how Terracon uses their nationwide network of employees to market for them by providing content that they can promote through their own social media channels (specifically LinkedIn) and how Terracon tracks that activity to improve results. Vanessa will highlight how Terracon uses LinkedIn as a tool to help drive revenue generation much more so than recruiting.
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Lawrence June Lunch Tweetup
Location:
Johnny’s West
721 Wakarusa Drive
Lawrence, KS
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Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Free to attend.
Join at Johnny’s West for a lunch tweetup. Hang out with old friends, meet new ones! Non Twitter users are welcome to join us!
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How to Research and Impress Hiring Companies Webinar
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT
Join Kathy Bernard for this free training session to learn surprisingly effective ways to discover useful information about hiring companies so that you can impress them in your application materials and interviews.
In this FREE 60 minute training, you will discover:
- Whether a hiring company is thriving or dying
- What’s on the minds’ of its top executives
- How to reach the hiring manager
- What kind of people the company tends to hire
- Who you know who could influence your hiring there
- The salary ranges for key positions
- How to learn about recent departures and the very latest job postings
- What current employees have to say about the place
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Christian Business Connections Network Meeting
Location:
Gusto! Coffee
3390 SW Fascination Drive
Lee’s Summit, MO
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Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Join us! It is an all-inclusive and non-denominational group and our focus is networking/friendship/outreach.
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Power Chics & Power Guys Anniversary Party
Location:
Freedom Bank
6640 W. 143rd St.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Free to attend.
Come join us for fun, food and cocktails to celebrate the Third Anniversary of the Power Chics and the First Anniversary of the Power Guys Communities!!
Please register your planned attendance.
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She++ Film/Panel Discussion on Women in Tech Event
Location:
UMKC
Flarsheim Hall 310
5110 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Nerdery is hosting a screening of short film She++: Inspiring women to empower computer science, with a panel discussion to follow. This short documentary collects research and inspirational pieces of Silicon Valley’s unsung heroes to galvanize women to explore our potential as “femgineers.”
The panel:
Sarah Hebert: CEO and Creative Director of Curious Pixel, Digital Communications Manager at Sprint, co-founder of Hack of the Sexes
Melanie Haas: Technical DIrector at VML, organizer of KC Geek Night
Jennifer Wadella: Interactive Web Developer at VML, Founder of KC Women in Technology
Sarah Withee: CS student, Software Engineering Intern at Perceptive Software, Binary Girls blogger
Josepha Haden Chomphosy: Digital Analyst at MMGY Global, co-founder of WordPressKC
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Thursday, July 18
KC Roundtable Breakfast Meeting
Location:
First Watch
1022 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
This breakfast we do not have a speaker but come meet and mingle with other Roundtable members.
Our mission is to:
- Focus on relationship building; not lead generating.
- Facilitate collaboration, openness, transparency, learning and teaching.
- Establish an entrepreneurial network.
- Fill the void of not having the water cooler.
We meet on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month at our favorite location at First Watch in Westport. In addition to our morning meetings, KC Roundtable provides other opportunities to network with young entrepreneurs such as events like Just For Starters & After Hour events. Prospective members are self-motivated, curious, and open to learning and teaching.
More Information about KC Roundtable
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Olathe Chamber Coffee meeting
Location this week:
OMB Guns
15765 South Keeler St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Open to job seekers to attend free of charge.
Opportunity to mingle with Olathe area business owners and network to your next job. Expect to meet 150-250 people. There is a special sign-up area so job hunters and employers can meet.
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Thursday Meeting
Location:
Fig Tree Cafe
817 NE Rice Rd.
Lee’s Summit, MO
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(East outer Rd of 291 Hwy between 50 Hwy & I-470 across from Office Max & next to the BP gas station)
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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KC/IABC (Kansas City International Association of Business Communicators) July Luncheon: Building Internal Partnerships for Strategic Communications
Location:
Brio Tuscan Grille on the Plaza
502 Nichols Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time:
11:30 to 11:45 a.m. – registration and networking
11:45 a.m. – announcements and introductions
noon to 1 p.m. – luncheon program
Cost: $35.00 for guests
David Seifert, ABC, principal of Seifert Communication and former strategic communication manager at Hallmark Cards, will speak on Building Internal Partnerships for Strategic Communications.
Whether or not you’re part of the employee communication staff, if you work in an organization you have key internal audiences you have to connect with if you’re going to be effective. Building those bridges isn’t as simple as creating a project plan and sending messages. Learn more about ways to build effective connections up, down and across an organization — without needing a lot of money.
David Seifert, ABC, principal of Seifert Communication and former strategic communication manager at Hallmark Cards, has practiced these methods and counseled others on how to put similar approaches in place. Dave is a former international chairman of IABC and former president of Kansas City/IABC and Yankee/IABC.
Registration is Closed
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The Resume Reboot Workshop
Location:
Central Resource Library
Carmack Community Room
9875 W. 87th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Free to attend.
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
In the current job market, it is absolutely essential that your resume make you irresistible to hiring managers. Tammy Kabell, the founder/CEO of Career Resume Consulting, will teach you step-by-step how to put together an effective professional resume, one that truly communicates your strengths and achievements and shows your next employer what you are capable of. This program is presented on behalf of New Landings and the Johnson County Library.
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Coping with Change and Powerfully Dealing with Your Emotions So You can Get Back to Work Faster Webinar
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm CDT
We are going to be dealing with the angst you may be feeling about your job search, lay-off, the economy, the news, the people in your life and anything else that you may be thinking about in a way that limits what is possible.
In this results-oriented presentation, you will have the opportunity to:
- Learn how to use your own challenges to decide and commit to what you want.
- Shift from focusing on “what is wrong” to focusing on “what works”.
- Your thoughts influence your job search. Discover how to rise above the circumstances in the news and take powerful action.
- Begin to reach out, connect, empower and support one another in order to move through these waves of change with ease and grace.
- Learn how to powerfully use your time and energy starting today.
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Social Media Club of Kansas City July Happy Hour
Location:
Remedy
500 W. 75th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
No cost to attend.
- $3.00 Well Drinks
- $2.00 OFF Select Wines
- $2.00 OFF all Draft Beers
- 1/2 price on Select Appetizers
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genKC Trivia Night
Location:
the Berg Event Space
1525 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City, MO
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PARKING: Free parking will be available in the 2 lots on 16th (look for the parking attendant/sandwich boards) or on the street.
NOTE: You’ll need to enter on the BACK of the building, on the little street between Grand & McGee
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Cost: Members – $10.00, Non-members: $15.00 (includes 2 drink tickets, parking and light appetizers and a whole night of trivia fun)
Prepare to meet lots of new faces, laugh a lot, and maybe even take home the title of “genKC Trivia Champion!”
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Network After Work Kansas City
Location:
Mosiac
1331 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cost: $10 with pre-pay / $15 with RSVP at the door / $20 without RSVP
Admission Includes:
- Access to 250 Professionals
- Color-Coded Name Tags by Industry
- Featured Cocktails from 6-7pm
- Light appetizers from 6-7pm
Network After Work is comprised of 250,000 like minded professionals from around the country. Events are for professionals of all industries and career levels interested in expanding their professional network and creating new business opportunities. Events take place bi-monthly which allow guests a chance to foster new professional connections in a relaxed atmosphere conducive to business and social networking. Upon entering, guests will receive a name tag color-coded by industry which allows for easy navigation. Network After Work events allow guests a chance to get their name and brand in front of some of Kansas City’s top business professionals while visiting the city’s best After Work destinations. .
Event is Sold Out
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#OMCChat on Twitter
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm CDT
Open Mic Career Chat is an unfiltered & upfront discussion about job search, interviewing, resume construction & bad interviewers. Great chat where job seekers, recruiters, human resource professionals, career coaches, and hiring managers can connect. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #OMCChat.
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Search for hashtag #OMCChat on Twitter when the chat starts at 6 pm CDT.
2. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
3. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate.
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Friday, July 19
Job Club Support Group Meeting
Location:
Church of the Resurrection
West Building, Room 2202
13720 Roe Ave.
Leawood, KS
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Time: 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Please join other job seekers for networking, accountability and group support for those who are unemployed and underemployed.
Questions? Please contact Cheryl Greenough at 913-544-0238.
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Wise Women Connect Luncheon
Location:
Hereford House
5001 Town Center Drive
Leawood, KS
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Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: $21.00 (includes lunch)
Who is Wise Women Connect? We are a professional organization of women with the established purpose of support and encouragement of women in business. If you know a lady who wants to be CONNECTED to other women in a certain profession, Wise Women Connect could be just what she needs.
We meet on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month from 11:00am-1pm with open networking and registration to begin at 11am.
You may attend 2 events before joining the organization.
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