Salon Forum™...Women Gathering for Connection, Personal Growth and Fun!

“Speed Networking: How to Impress
In 30 Seconds or Less”

with Marion Claire

Thursday, July 17th

Can you describe what’s great about you in a 30-second elevator ride? When you have less than a minute to impress new business or social contacts, are you calm, polished and confident? Can you define your most significant assets on a moment’s notice without mumbling, stuttering, hesitating or blushing?

Marion Claire will give you the tools and skills to present yourself in the most positive light in the shortest time. You’ll skyrocket your networking effectiveness, double your confidence, and increase your memorability factor before you offer your business card.

Come and hear time-tested formulas for creating a compelling 30-second networking introduction that will spark instant interest in you from people you’ve never met before. See how to customize your approach for different opportunities and situations, i.e. client or personal interviews, business luncheons, cocktail parties, professional conferences and chance meetings. You’ll have the opportunity to create your own new ’30-second elevator speech’ and receive feedback from Marion Claire and fellow participants.

MARION CLAIRE’s specialty is improving & enhancing presentation skills. A motivational speaker, speech writer and executive coach, she has trained and entertained clients from California to Israel. Originally a TV comedy writer, she was a co-creator of “The Love Boat”.

A former Board member of Professional Coaches and Mentors Association, Marion currently coaches management executives, entrepreneurs, artists, and other professional women and men who want to end their fear of public speaking and improve their platform poise, technique and comfort level in front of large and small groups. She can also help you write your speech for weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, eulogies, birthday celebrations and other important occasions.

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Salon Forum Presents...
"How to Spend Less Freely
& Live More Fully:
Finding Enjoyment in our Everyday Lives"

Saturday, August 9th
10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
$50 (including lunch)

The economy has everyone concerned, but we don’t have to spend a lot of money to live richly. By living in the moment and transforming our consciousness from one of consumerism to one of true creativity we can discover our innate treasure troves of inner resources and the wealth of pleasures that come when we learn to fully invest ourselves in even the most ordinary of everyday experiences. Join us for a very special workshop that will include practical tips on how to stretch your entertainment dollars with experiential exercises such as mindfulness activities, small group sharing, journaling and more. Live lavishly by learning the four C’s of a luxurious life. What are the four C’s? Come find out!

Jan Zahler Lebow is a woman’s workshop/retreat facilitator, religiously unaffiliated spiritual director and writer. All of her occupations center on encouraging women to discover the richness of their inner lives. Currently, she is writing a book of essays entitled, “Insights from the Ordinary: Enlightenment Through Everyday Life.”

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"A Face Lift or Fillers:  Which Will Work For You?"
Thursday, August 21st

with B.S. Chandrasekar, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery, USC,
Board Certified Plastic Surgery & General Surgery

This will be an opportunity to learn more about all the new fillers that have been introduced in the last several years, what they can do and not do, and which may be right for you.

Dr. Chandrasekar will also take photos of women in attendance at their request and analyze their face in terms of what would most enhance their appearance.  It will be an opportunity to ask questions, to explore this issue with other women too.

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"Unraveling the Mystery in Mystery-Writing"
with Joan Blacher, Ph.D.

Wednesday, September 24th

Mystery writer, Joan Blacher will give us a behind the scenes glimpse into how she finds her chilling ideas, develops her compelling characters and chooses dark settings for her books. As she points out: “Mystery writers are illusionists, doing lots of sleight of hand as they lay out their tales of intrigue, riddled with clues, red herrings, twists and turns and unexpected zigs and zags. Their goal, of course, is to mystify the reader until the shocking end.” This will be an entertaining and stimulating evening so please join us!

Award winning author of “Murder Canyon,” Joan Blacher, Ph.D., is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice for the past nineteen years, and a former university professor. Her works have been published in counseling and educational journals, mystery publications, magazines, newspapers. She has lectured and given workshops on writing, psychological and educational topics throughout the country. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, the American Psychological Association and the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists. Visit her at: www.joanblacher.com