The Western Wake Leads Group will have its regular meeting on Thursday morning at 8:30AM at the BNC in Cary. This group is quickly growing into a premier leads group with new faces, including some people new to networking. Don?t miss this exciting new group! Come make new contacts and work to grow your business. Weekly dues are $3 with the optional drawing for the cash $1 and a business card. First time attendees are free and get an additional opportunity to stand up and tell us who they are and what they do. Don?t forget to bring something to give away as a door prize (1 item per week) as it give you another chance to mention your business. Also bring cards to put in the card books.

*** We are online at www.westernwakesleads.com. If you have attended at least three times you are eligible to be listed on the website. Go to www.westernwakeleads.com/signup to enter your listing. This is an exciting benefit for all regular members with listings for your business, links to your website, the ability to post announcements, and much more. It really pays to be a member of the Western Wake Leads Group.

*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.

The group is an offshoot of the Chapel Hill Leads Group, www.chaplehillleads.com. Please note that the Chapel Hill Leads group is now meeting at a new location this week Wednesday 8:00AM. The new location is just a few blocks away at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 South Elliott Rd., across from Whole Foods.

Don?t forget the other leads groups:

APEX Leads Group meets on Tuesdays at 10:30 at Carrabba?s on Rt.55 in Apex. **New Location ** www.networkinginapex.com . Contact Christine Rhyne Johnson at 919-386-0567 mkchristine@nc.rr.com.

APEX ? Women meets the 2nd Monday afternoon of each month at 4pm ? La Rancherita Salem Street in downtown Apex. This is for women business owners who live or work in Apex. Contact Bonnie Kunath 341-1777 or Bonnie-Clare.Kunath@Axa-Advisors.com for more information.

Pittsboro Business Women's Group meets the first and third Tuesday morning of each month. Janet Wyatt (542-4222 or pittsborobwg@hotmail.com) is the facilitator. The PBWG meets at Chatham Mortgage (76 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312 ) from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

North Raleigh Leads Group www.northraleighleads.com meets every Monday morning at the Percolator Coffee, 5039 Falls of the Neuse Road, Raleigh 27609. David Stoner of EnviroFix (919-847-5355) and Charlie Edinger of Second Chance Solutions (919-219-5264) are the facilitators. They meet from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Holly Springs Leads Group meets Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30am at Java Divine (128 Bass Lake Rd, Holly Springs 27540) in Bass Lake Shopping Center (www.javadivine.com). Contact Barbara Petty for more information 919-662-5418 www.hollyspringsleadsgroup.com

Hillsborough Leads Group meets the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month. Ned Parson (493-0985) is the facilitator. They meet at the (Occoneechee Steak House) from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

The Cary Leads Group creates a warm, inviting and casual atmosphere where business owners and professionals can meet to build trusted relations, which could lead to business building opportunities between members as well as the generation or sharing of business leads.

If you want to connect with other friendly and motivated business owners and professionals who understand the power of business networking, we invite you to visit one of our weekly meetings

*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.

“Tweet Up” Business Networking Event sponsored by Carolina Web Consultants, Inc. www.internetpeople.net . Food is provided with a cash bar. Come out and do some quality casual networking with local business professionals. Meet some of the contributors to Brossman's Social Networking for Business book: http://bit.ly/brossmansocial

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The BNC will be hosting the Dancing Elephants Achievement Group Final Friday Forum on the last Friday of every month. The Forum is for everyone who wants to connect with others and stay focused. "Our goal at the Final Friday Forum is to provide the busines community with an enriched networking environment and offer the opportunity to learn new business strategies and techniques from our guest speakers who present at each event," says Tim Moore, Dancing Elephants Achievement Group.

Dancing Elephants Achievement Group in partnership with inSide919.com along with our Platinum Sponsor Home Video Studio™

Presents

Gary Davis; Gary Davis Presents:
http://www.garydavispresents.com/

TOPIC: What's this I hear about China?

"...our relationship with China will be the most important bilateral relationship in the world in this century." Hilary Clinton

So what about business, could it be the most important relationship to business success in this century.

Come hear Gary Davis, author of Networking in the South, as he shares his experience of the sleeping giant from his recent visit to Raleigh's sister city of Xiangfan, Hubei, China. Learn why you should be thinking of how this 1.6 billion person market could impact your life and business over the coming years.

Toastmasters International named Gary NC Speaker of the Year for 1998 and 1999. Now, Gary is committed to helping others create more interesting lives. His work on the topic of networking makes him a sought after speaker for corporate retreats, association meetings and other events where personal interaction and meaningful actionable topics are addressed.

www.finalfridayforum.wordpress.com/

Here's the schedule

11:30 – 12:00 Open Networking

12:00 – 12:15 Eat and Greet!

12:20 – 1:30 Presentation & Introductions

Participants are not required to R.S.V.P. $10 charge (at the door) to attend and lunch will be served.

Satisfaction Guaranteed If you don't agree this was a valuable use of your lunchtime, we will give you –absolutely FREE – a big jar of pickles!

Sponsorship opportunities available, please contact Tim Moore for more information.

Next Month:* Marilou Seavey; MindBridge International NLP Trainings Institute:

Only a small $10 charge to attend and a light lunch will be served.

*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.

Once Final Friday Forum is completed on Friday afternoon at 1:30 all our guests are invited to linger at the "Final Friday Afternoon Club" for more networking, relationship building, socializing and a FREE WINE TASTING complements of the BNC discount wine shop and cafe.

Everyone is invited to spend as little or as much time as they want to celebrate with friends the end of another great month!

The Western Wake Leads Group will have its regular meeting on Thursday morning at 8:30AM at the BNC in Cary. This group is quickly growing into a premier leads group with new faces, including some people new to networking. Don?t miss this exciting new group! Come make new contacts and work to grow your business. Weekly dues are $3 with the optional drawing for the cash $1 and a business card. First time attendees are free and get an additional opportunity to stand up and tell us who they are and what they do. Don?t forget to bring something to give away as a door prize (1 item per week) as it give you another chance to mention your business. Also bring cards to put in the card books.

*** We are online at www.westernwakesleads.com. If you have attended at least three times you are eligible to be listed on the website. Go to www.westernwakeleads.com/signup to enter your listing. This is an exciting benefit for all regular members with listings for your business, links to your website, the ability to post announcements, and much more. It really pays to be a member of the Western Wake Leads Group.

*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.

The group is an offshoot of the Chapel Hill Leads Group, www.chaplehillleads.com. Please note that the Chapel Hill Leads group is now meeting at a new location this week Wednesday 8:00AM. The new location is just a few blocks away at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 South Elliott Rd., across from Whole Foods.

Don?t forget the other leads groups:

APEX Leads Group meets on Tuesdays at 10:30 at Carrabba?s on Rt.55 in Apex. **New Location ** www.networkinginapex.com . Contact Christine Rhyne Johnson at 919-386-0567 mkchristine@nc.rr.com.

APEX ? Women meets the 2nd Monday afternoon of each month at 4pm ? La Rancherita Salem Street in downtown Apex. This is for women business owners who live or work in Apex. Contact Bonnie Kunath 341-1777 or Bonnie-Clare.Kunath@Axa-Advisors.com for more information.

Pittsboro Business Women's Group meets the first and third Tuesday morning of each month. Janet Wyatt (542-4222 or pittsborobwg@hotmail.com) is the facilitator. The PBWG meets at Chatham Mortgage (76 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312 ) from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

North Raleigh Leads Group www.northraleighleads.com meets every Monday morning at the Percolator Coffee, 5039 Falls of the Neuse Road, Raleigh 27609. David Stoner of EnviroFix (919-847-5355) and Charlie Edinger of Second Chance Solutions (919-219-5264) are the facilitators. They meet from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Holly Springs Leads Group meets Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30am at Java Divine (128 Bass Lake Rd, Holly Springs 27540) in Bass Lake Shopping Center (www.javadivine.com). Contact Barbara Petty for more information 919-662-5418 www.hollyspringsleadsgroup.com

Hillsborough Leads Group meets the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month. Ned Parson (493-0985) is the facilitator. They meet at the (Occoneechee Steak House) from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.