5. Community Spirit Challenge
YES!Circle ISO New Home

As entrepreneurs, we pride ourselves on our ingenuity, resourcefulness and creativity, not to mention great networking skills! So here is this month's opportunity to use your talents and contacts for a greater good.

As the YES!Circle continues to grow, we are actively looking for a new home, starting the New Year. Since all of us have access to tremendous resources, once we start digging, this challenge should be a cinch once we start brainstorming together!

We are all about win-win, so what do you get for finding a new home for the YES!Circle (in addition to the satisfaction of solving the Great Community Spirit Challenge and our undying gratitude?) As our thanks for your efforts and good will, the winner of the Community Spirit Challenge will:

• Win a FREE YES!Circle membership or a certificate for $100 YES!Circle dollars, per your preference.
• Be highlighted in the next Newsletter
• Receive an honorable mention at YES!Circle holiday event on December 18th
• ALL viable leads will be entered in a raffle for a FREE YES!Circle membership or a certificate for $100 YES!Circle dollars, per your preference.

* The following are important factors to consider in looking for space:

• Location: preferably in the city or centrally located, metro accessible.
• Environment: private, quiet, learning and connection conducive (restaurants, bars and libraries are not appropriate for most YES!Circle events)
• Size: to comfortably accommodate 20-35 participants (or more for special events)
• Cost: we are interested in win-win relationships with our facility provider. Therefore, an ideal “host” is someone who will benefit from allying with the YES!Circle.
• Potential lead ideas: local universities with entrepreneurship programs (particularly GWU); banks; professional firms, such as law or accounting; relevant NGOs and trade associations; fill in the blanks.

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6. YES!Circle Holiday Gift to You

As our holiday gift to you and a thanks for supporting us over the past year, YES!Circle is offering a special-price $100 annual membership through the entire month of December!

Please note that this is a special offer to our Newsletter subscribers and is not available to the general public, except by your referral. If you, or someone you know, would like to take advantage of this special offer, please email register@yescircle.org with "Special Membership" in the subject line and your name and payment preference in the body of the email (check or credit card via PayPal). You will be emailed an official application form and an invoice for your tax records.

Furthermore, every membership referral in December will receive a free certificate to a future YES!Circle event, one of the many YES!Circle membership benefits (please view all membership benefits at http://www.yescircle.org/membership.asp)

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7. Member Spotlight
Lazy Smart Consulting, LLC provides consulting services to small and medium businesses in the area of technology management. The company is dedicated to the measurable improvement of client's current and long-term profitable growth. Technology is used to maximize value to the stakeholders. This objective is accomplished by helping clients work smarter, not harder through the use of latest technologies available to facilitate efficiency in operational business processes.

Lazy Smart Consulting, LLC offers services to enhance client's current web operations through search engine marketing, online partnerships, online advertising, and web site design and development. Lazy Smart aims to transform your organization's web site into a vital and strategic asset to meet your business objectives.

Interview with Glennette Clark, Owner, Lazy Smart Consulting, LLC

Q: What does it mean to be Lazy Smart?

A: Lazy Smart a state of mind - it's a way of working smarter, not harder. Our Lazy Smart clients take the time to plan and strategize, to find the most efficient way to achieve their business goals. Being Lazy Smart means delegating-either to a person or a machine.

Q: What is your company's goal?

A: Our goal is to make clients aware of the benefits of integrating technology into an organization's overall business strategy. IT strategy and marketing strategy are not opposites; they complement one another. A business should put as much thought into its technology management strategy as it does its business strategy.

Q: How did you come up with such a clever name for your company?

A: I got the idea at a conference when I heard Bran Ferren, a former Disney Imagineer, talk about the type of people they should look for to work for their organizations. According to a study Ferren sited, there are four types of individuals: lazy dumb, busy dumb, lazy smart, and busy smart. Obviously, no one wants employees from the "dumb" category but which type of "smart" person is best for your organization? Business leaders and managers come from the "lazy smart" category because they have the ability to think, plan, strategize, and delegate, to accomplish more in a shorter amount of time without the need to do it themselves.

Bio: Glennette Clark started her professional life in public relations and marketing and has been working in the High Tech field since 1994. She contributed to bringing the first non-profit charity to the web. As the web producer, she brought the BBBOnLine Privacy Seal program on line. Glennette is a graduate of Howard University with a degree in Print Journalism and is an MBA candidate with a concentration in Technology Management.

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8. Survey Says
Tell us about YOU and see the results from the previous poll.

Principal challenge I am currently experiencing as an entrepreneur:

• Focus/organization - 26%
• Time management - 13%
• Isolation/insufficient support - 9%
• Marketing - 22%
• Finances - 30%

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9. Sponsorship Opportunities
There are many avenues of sponsorship at the YES!Circle. We are currently accepting door prizes for the Holiday Networking Event. All contributions will be publicly acknowledged at the event - great visibility opportunity for your products and services! Email or call Margarita for details: margarita@yescircle.org or 703-989-8016.

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10. Visibility Opportunities
Get noticed, get published, get known - write an article for our newsletter! OR
Share what you know and love best with the world - facilitate a Success Lab! Go to Success Lab

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