Connect Club - Connecting Women in Business - Colorado » google http://www.connectclub.net Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:13:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Web Design/Massage Therapy – Colorado http://www.connectclub.net/web-designmassage-therapy-colorado/ http://www.connectclub.net/web-designmassage-therapy-colorado/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 20:41:39 +0000 connectclub http://www.connectclub.net/?p=659 Our first speaker today was Mary Waleski from Educyber, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Mary was standing for Maki DeLaet who had an unexpected obligation today. Mary started of her talk with the very important question-”Have you surveyed your customers about what their needs are?” If not Mary from Educyber shared a way to find out what your customer needs. She suggested that having a poll questionnaire on your website about services you offer and those services offered by your competitors and she suggested offering an incentive program for those that complete the poll. Once you get a few of these polls answered you can direct your services specifically for your clients needs. Polling has become a very effective way for companies to keep in touch with their client base as so many of us use computers everyday in our job. Educyber is the place to go with any computer questions – for dealing with the simple Window 7 question to the vast world of online media, from facebook to linkedin or any other social media marketing – Maki will help you navigate he online world. A question was brought up by a member – “How should you respond to a person who requested to be your friend that you don’t know – by clicking ignore or I don’t know this person?” If this person is a client you just don’t recognize, you may hurt their feelings by hitting “I don’t know this person”, so Mary suggested hitting “ignore” or “hide” that way they are not notified and you have not offended a client. Mary wanted to touch on blogs, for those of us who are interested in getting information online. She recommends Google Reader to look at and search out blogs in your area of interest. You can also sign up for all the blogs you want to read right in one place rather than having to sign up for each one that you come across. The last item Mary wanted to mention is Educyber is having another seminar called “Be Findable! The Small Business Guide to Location Social Media”. What you can learn in this seminar is the concrete steps you can take to enhance your local presence on the Internet. Educyber is holding this seminar on Thursday, May 27, 2010 from 11:30-1:00 and the cost is $19.95. If you need a website to attract the attention of your clients or to add a poll to your existing site, Educyber and Maki DeLaet are your technology partner!

Maki DeLaet * Educyber * 303.268.2245 * www.educyber .com

Today’s second speaker was Dottie J. Johnson – our massage therapist, located in Massage Haven in Lakewood, Colorado. Dottie spoke about how aging affects your body and bone joints. She started us off with three questions: 1) Can you bend over to tie your shoes without sitting down?  2) Can you put your pants without sitting down? 3) Can you stand on one foot with your eyes closed? If all three of these items are difficult for you need to strengthen your balance reflex, which comes through stretching and some simple basic yoga moves. Pick an exercise and just do it – it really doesn’t matter how same you start as long as it gets your heart going. If you start small, it will motivate you to do more and more over time. Dottie also spoke to us about our skeleton and what it does for us, providing structure and support allowing us free and easy movement. Our bones do get thinner as we lose calcium as we age. We need to eat more fruits and vegetables – reducing our meat intake. Calcium is in more than just milk and it is best to get your calcium from different sources. Dottie gave us a list of other sources of calcium and those highest in calcium were sea vegetables, such as Hijiki, Kombu, Agar-Agar and Nori – all which are available in whole food stores. Other places to look for calcium are dried wheat grass or barley grass which have high values – also nuts, such as almonds and hazelnuts. The items on the that surprised me were, black and pinto beans, sardines (which have almost as much as the grasses), Chinese cabbage and brown rice (pretty low on the list). Definitely some items to keep in mind when looking for alternative ways to get your daily calcium! So when looking for a Massage Therapist who cares for your whole body – trust Dottie!

Dottie J. Johnson, CMT * Massage Haven* 303.229.7220

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Maki DeLaet * EduCyber * www.educyber.com * 303.268.2245 

Today, Juli Parrott, from Table Mountain Travel spoke about a destination trip – France. France has a bad name in America, but just as you can go to Paris and run into some obnoxious French people, you can go to New York City and run into some obnoxious Americans. Juli has traveled to France a number of times and loves visiting there. France is basically the size of Texas and roughly shaped like an octagon, and broken up in to 7 regions – South Coastal-the Bordeaux area where wineries are plentiful, Southern Central-where the Lascaux Caves are located, although when touring the caves realize they are not the “real” caves – but a recreation to protect the originals, the Mediterranean region-Marseilles and Montpelier are two of the main cities to visit here, the Alps Region-you will find a lot of German influence here, along with the Alps that separate France from Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany and the North Central-along the English Channel, Paris in this region and along the coast it is cooler than most other regions.  Ways to experience France are through their train system, the TGV – high speed rail system that travels at speeds up to 200 miles per hour, any location in France is just a couple hours away from Paris, and allows you to see the countryside. The TGV also connects France with many of it’s neighboring countrys allowing you to buy one train pass and get on and off when and where you wish allowing you to visit a wide variety of small towns and major cities depending on the length of your visit. Another option that truely allows you to experience the country is river cruises – there are two ways to go with the river cruises – one is the Hotel Barge-50-100 people on a barge, much like an ocean cruise all your meals and tours are included in the 2000.00 price tag. The other option is Rent A Barge-you drive it yourself, there are rooms for sleeping and tiolets, with a small kitchen. But you get to make your own itinerary and stay as long as you like if you find a town you really want to spend more time in. This option with 4 adults and 2 children will run about 1800.00 – but you have to buy your own food. I get it from good authority that the bakeries in the small towns sreve amazing croissants!! So if you are planning a trip to France or anywhere in the world – contact Juli Parrott at Table Mountain Travel for all your travel needs.

Juli Parrott * Table Mountian Travel * 303.277.1580 * juliattablemountaintraveldotcom  (juliattablemountaintraveldotcom)  

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