Wow - what a night last night!  I as in the city for the launch of a new group called SWWAN which stands for the Single Working Women Affiliates Network.  Now as many of you know, I am a single working woman, I am on the Affiliates committee for NAWBO, and I love to network - so this was a perfect group for me to speak in front of.  The interesting part of this story has to do with how I met the founder, Barbara Payne.

I was given Barbara’s name by Ben Wollitz at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.  As the Chair of the Ambassador Committee, I called Barbara to talk to her about the great benefits I have received from being a member of the Chamber.  Of course I asked a lot of questions about her business.  When she told me about SWWAN I told her that I was a single working women and a professional speaker.  She offered to have me speak for her inaugural event in Chicago and I agreed.  Now I have a new set of women and men in my cadre of contacts, and I met some amazing people last night.

Here is the link to see the blog entry on the SWWAN website.  If you are a single working woman, or you support the cause, please sign up for their blog and keep in touch.

http://www.swwan.org/blog/2007/08/single-women-reach-out-and-give-without.html