Seattle, WA / February 11, 2009 – Girl Power Hour, Seattle’s premier woman’s professional networking experience, hosts the second installment of a special 4-part series called The Power Of Focused Intention with guest speaker and media maven Whitney Keyes who will provide Goal Setting strategy in her talk How to Get What You Want.
The charitable connection for this month’s event will be The Ruby Room. The innovative, local nonprofit organization provides formal gowns to Seattle area high school girls who are unable to purchase their own dance attire. Girl Power Hour will host an accessories drive and request that attendees bring jewelry, purses and/or any unused makeup including makeup samples to donate.
Girl Power Hour occurs the third Thursday of every month for young professional women to connect and share ideas at stylish venues across town. Each event explores an empowerment theme, boasts an inspirational guest speaker and includes a charity tie-in. Girl Power Hour also offers a fun, friendly environment, swag bags, door prizes and cocktail specials.
When: Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Where: See Sound Lounge
115 Blanchard
Seattle, WA 98121
Tickets are $10.00 online at www.girlpowerhour.com or $15.00 at the door.
About Girl Power Hour
Darnell Sue and Samantha Lawton founded Girl Power Hour in September 2007. Darnell Sue has worked in both TV and Radio and is currently the Circulation and Special Events Manager at WHERE Magazine Seattle. Additionally she writes a blog for the Seattle PI, she’s a DJ, A Glambassador for Glamour Magazine and she is featured in the CRAVE book. Samantha Lawton worked in the advertising industry in Minneapolis before working for a Music and Sound Design Firm where she got to be the voice over for the 2000 Grammy Awards. She currently works for a “Green” company called the Sustainable Group in Ballard.
“We aim to get like-minded and aspiring women together in a comfortable and fun environment that’s conducive to positive networking and relationship building,” explains Lawton. “We also want people to bring their friends, have fun and to keep an open mind; everyone knows someone you want to know, you just don’t know it yet,” adds Sue.
Girl Power Hour has appeared in Seattle Woman Magazine, Puget Sound Business Journal, Northwest Meetings & Events Magazine, Culturemob.com, MyCityChic.com, NW Source, Seattle Picks, The Seattle Weekly and SeattleSpin.com
Jennifer Dwyer a professional organizer and owner of A Logical Mess echoes the sentiment of many Girl Power Hour attendees “I was very impressed with the group of women who were represented - and the content of the event. It was fun, casual and still very informative!"
Learn more at www.girlpowerhour.com
See 2009 Event Calendar at http://www.girlpowerhour.com/index.php?pr=2009_Event_Calendar
About Whitney Keyes
Whitney Keyes s the author of Seattle PI Blog The Biz Bite: A Blog to Boost Business and creator and host of the web TV talk show www.WhitneyandWyatt.com. Whitney coaches entrepreneurs with big goals, tight deadlines and limited resources on how to get the results they need - fast. For over 15 years, she's worked in business management, media relations, marketing and communications.
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