Strategic Partners
Wind Enterprises is proud to announce the formation of its 2008-2009 Strategic Alliances and Partnerships with these leading organizations. The purpose of these alliance is to provide win-win partnerships for all concerned with the intention of giving back to the community financially and helping to provide on-going leadership development programs to the participating organizations and their members.
Atlanta Women’s Network
AWN is an organization committed to promoting and empowering professional women and to further their achievement and to significantly impact women’s issues in our community. Our focus is on four areas: networking, community outreach, professional development, and business generation.
Atlanta Women in Business
Atlanta Women in Business, established in 1992, is an organization with a diverse membership of business, career, and professional women. Its mission is to provide networking and educational opportunities, in adherence to these three principles: (1) always tell the truth [no hype!], (2) never promise more than can be delivered, and (3) always try to deliver more than has been promised. “If women don’t support women in the workplace, who will . . . . .?”
Atlanta Women’s Foundation
The Atlanta Women’s Foundation is Georgia’s only public foundation focused solely on women and girls. Our vision is for all women and girls to live lives of dignity, hope and possibility. We do this through strategic grant making, leadership development, advocacy, and public education.
Commercial Real Estate Women of Atlanta
Commercial Real Estate Women of Atlanta enhances the success and fosters the development of women in commercial real estate by offering resources and business opportunities. Read more at www.crewatlanta.org.
Georgia Commission on Women
Georgia Commission on Women is a statutory commission created by the Georgia Legislature in 1992 to look at the laws of Georgia and their impact on women; to make recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Congress; to do research, hold conferences and public hearings; and to publish, inform, and encourage women in Georgia. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House each appoint five commissioners to four-year terms on the fifteen member board, the mission of which is “to advance the health, educational, economic, social and legal status of women in Georgia.”
Healthy Living and Balance
Healthy Living and Balance, a Work-Life Balance, and Health Coaching and Wellness Company that provides a full-range of coaching, health, stress reduction, lifestyle programs, products, and retreats in Costa Rica that promote healthy living and a balanced lifestyle.
National Association of Women Business Owners
NAWBO-Atlanta is “About Women…About Success.” We are the voice of the 240,000 Women Business Owners in Georgia, who employed over 1 million people and generated more than $180 billion in revenue in 2001. Georgia leads the nation in the growth of women-owned businesses. Our mission is to foster and promote the success of women business owners. NAWBO-Atlanta embraces a diverse and inclusive membership as the only organization focused on the issues and concerns unique to Women Business Owners. Through presentation of the WE Awards, NAWBO-Atlanta recognizes outstanding Women Entrepreneurs and their achievements annually. Membership is open to sole proprietors, partners, and corporate owners with day-to-day management responsibility.
The Joy of Connecting
The Joy of Connecting® is more than a women’s network. It offers a unique opportunity for women to share an evening together, expand resources, strengthen relationships, and foster business. Locations are nationwide.
Pathbuilders
PATHBUILDERS™ develops high-potential female talent in Atlanta’s most recognizable corporations. Innovative programs to address the challenges of women at every point in their careers combined with an extensive knowledge base about high-potential women allow us to help companies shape their futures with high-performing women. In our ten-year history, we have worked with over 300 organizations and have personally impacted the career success of more than 2,000 Atlanta-area women.
Professional Women’s Information Network
ProWIN is a community of influential businesswomen in the metro-Atlanta area. We are a diverse and accomplished membership organization. We are a valuable information resource. ProWIN has created a dynamic forum for the exchange of ideas. Enhance your career; build beneficial relationships; share the experience. ProWIN enthusiastically supports the empowerment of professional women. We celebrate the success of each member. Explore our web site www.prowin.com to learn more.
Raising the Bar
Raising the Bar provides individual business development coaching for the professional service industry. While our primary clients are attorneys and CPAs, we also assist a wide variety of executives and entrepreneurs in numerous industries. We specialize in assisting these individuals build their practices and maximize their rainmaking effectiveness.
Turknett Leadership Group
Turknett Leadership Group is one of the oldest consulting firms in the Southeast experienced in character-based leadership and organization development. The Turknett staff – licensed psychologists, organizational development consultants, and seasoned business leaders – enables client companies to improve performance and results through their selection, development, engagement, and retention of top leadership talent. Turknett is known for its Leadership Character Model – a transformational model impacting individual executives, high potential managers, whole teams, departments, and entire companies.
Warm Spirit Independent Consultant
Warm Spirit is a self care and wellness company, but not your average beauty-and-wellness company. Our mission is “to empower people to care for themselves and to nurture their potential within”. Founded in 1999 by Nadine Thompson and Daniel Wolf, Warm Spirit produces a comprehensive collection of nature-based, spa-quality beauty and healthcare products. Supplies are sold through a diverse nationwide network of more than 25,000 independent consultants, who earn income from personal direct sales and sales of consultants they partner with in the company. Standing out from the crowd, Warm Spirit and its co-founders have gained media attention and a celebrity following unlike any other direct-selling, multi-level, network marketing company. For an empowering partnering opportunity and for pampering and wellness products, please visit www.warmspirit.org/lindagiles.
Women in Technology (WIT)
Women in Technology (WIT) is the leading association devoted to the development of Georgia’s businesswomen in the technology industry. An all-volunteer, not-for-profit association that promotes the advancement of women in the field, WIT hosts bimonthly meetings featuring nationally recognized speakers who address business issues relevant to both men and women. WIT sponsors a number of initiatives such as WIT Executive Coaching, Executive Roundtable, WIT Mentor, and WIT’s Executive Speakers Bureau. WIT presents premier annual events including The Women of the Year in Technology Award, WIT’s Best Employer Award, and WIT Connect, which is WIT’s annual fundraiser. Through its philanthropic arm, the WIT Foundation, WIT organizes and funds programs like Girls-Get-IT and WIT on Track. For more information on WIT, visit www.witinc.org.
Women’s Leadership Network
Women’s Leadership Network is one of seven Alcatel-Lucent Employee Business Partners (EBPs). The EBPs are voluntary groups of employees who come together in support of common goals and interests aligned with Alcatel-Lucent’s diversity vision, policies, values, business objectives, and diversity/inclusion standards. Women’s Leadership Network is a 501C3 not-for-profit organization. The mission of Women’s Leadership Network is: (1) to provide an avenue for all women in Alcatel-Lucent to demonstrate their leadership abilities: (2) to provide an environment for women to mentor and be mentored; and (3) to be a positive presence within the business and throughout the communities in which we work.
Women’s Leadership Network supports the professional and personal growth of all employees, as well as mutual alliances. The corporate board for Women’s Leadership Network oversees chapters and members at large worldwide. Membership is open to all employees who support the Women’s Leadership Network mission, vision and objectives.
