BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200813T160000Z DTEND:20200813T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Women In Business Committee Meeting DESCRIPTION:Topic: Creating Business Ideas that Work\n\n How to take your idea and start a business\n free marketing and advertising\n keep it low risk\n\nEntrepreneur\, educator\, CEO\, author\, and proud mother of four\, Lisa Collum has dedicated her life to inspiring and educating others. Through Top Score Writing\, Inc. and Coastal Middle and High School\, she helps students at all levels nationwide achieve academic goals. Lisa regularly presents at conferences and events on topics related to business development\, work/life balance\, overcoming obstacles\, female empowerment and childhood education.\n\n \n\nWhile working in a Title I school system\, Lisa identified a need for better instruction. So\, with $100 and almost no business experience\, she founded and grew Top Score Writing into a million-dollar venture. Today\, the company specializes in writing-specific curriculum for grades 2-12. Top Score Writing is the one and only program specifically designed to prepare students for various state assessments. The curriculum has been adopted nationally by hundreds of public\, private\, and charter schools\, as well as several homeschool organizations - positively impacting tens of thousands of students. \n\n \n\nLisa Collum holds a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and a master's degree in Education. She purchased Coastal Middle and High School in 2015 and turned it into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2019.\n\n\n\nThe Women in Business Committee meets the second Thursday of every month in the Chamber Board Room at 12:00 pm. Their mission is to recognize women as valued leaders of the community through the ATHENA Award program. For more information\,contact Kirby Davis at kdavis@palmbeaches.org\n\n\n\nVisit the Women in Business webpage for more information about the group here. \n\n\n\n*Photos and/or videos will be taken at this event for publications and promotions. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Topic: Creating Business Ideas that Work\n\nEntrepreneur\, educator\, CEO\, author\, and proud mother of four\, Lisa Collum has dedicated her life to inspiring and educating others. Through Top Score Writing\, Inc. and Coastal Middle and High School\, she helps students at all levels nationwide achieve academic goals. Lisa regularly presents at conferences and events on topics related to business development\, work/life balance\, overcoming obstacles\, female empowerment and childhood education.
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\nWhile working in a Title I school system\, Lisa identified a need for better instruction. So\, with $100 and almost no business experience\, she founded and grew Top Score Writing into a million-dollar venture. Today\, the company specializes in writing-specific curriculum for grades 2-12. Top Score Writing is the one and only program specifically designed to prepare students for various state assessments. The curriculum has been adopted nationally by hundreds of public\, private\, and charter schools\, as well as several homeschool organizations - positively impacting tens of thousands of students. \;
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\nLisa Collum holds a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in Elementary Education and a master&rsquo\;s degree in Education. She purchased Coastal Middle and High School in 2015 and turned it into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2019.
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\nThe Women in Business Committee meets the second Thursday of every month in the Chamber Board Room at 12:00 pm. Their mission is to recognize women as valued leaders of the community through the ATHENA Award program. For more information\,contact Kirby Davis at kdavis@palmbeaches.org
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\nVisit the Women in Business webpage for more information about the group here. \;
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\n*Photos and/or videos will be taken at this event for publications and promotions.
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