Top Conferences

The following are lists of annual women’s conferences which share a common theme of women doing business. The organizations represent women businesses doing over 10 million in total annual revenues and come from every corner of the United States America.

Before attending these conferences, it would be ideal to know what would be going on and who would be presenting. Check the website beforehand, if you can’t find their number, you could also try calling their toll free number to get more information. Also, a useful way to learn more about the speakers is to use a service like social media to find out more about their past accomplishments. This way, you get a good idea of what type of person and how knowledgeable they are. Depending on the conference speaker, the topics can differ from new ideas on how to generate more business from using social media to how to get the most out of their website. Once they have the extra time to fill out all the forms, life becomes a little less stressful.  Once you’re at the conference, don’t forget to network and always take a promotional item such as custom keychains, notepads, pens, or any other items because you never know how the person who gives you them can help you.  Here is the list of the top conferences for women:

1. The Women’s Conference (also known as the California Governor & First Lady’s Conference on Women) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization and annual forum for women. The Women’s Conference has reportedly become the “largest meeting of women in the country.

2. National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is an organization of Women entrepreneurs across the country and around the world. They will gather in San Diego on September 29 and 30 next year for the 2011 Women’s Business Conference (WBC). The conference’s “home” will be the Manchester Grand Hyatt in downtown San Diego.

3. U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s annual event—America’s Small Business Summit—unites small business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs from across the country to learn, network, and discuss common legislative and management concerns.

4. Annual Hispanic Women’s Institutes for the Executive, Professional, Mis Negocios en Español and Youth Leadership Institutes in Phoenix, Arizona. The largest gathering of Latinas in the nation, to motivate, educate and celebrating 25 years.

5. Annual Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference, offers an opportunity present your business and company skills at the fair for women in business in the USA. It is an annual event for women business owners in the Midwest.

6. National Minority Business Council, Inc. (NMBC) ANNUAL AWARDS Times Square, New York City has been helping small, minority- and women-owned businesses succeed for over a quarter century. Founded in 1972, dedicated to providing business assistance, educational opportunities throughout the tri-state area and across the nation.

7. Women’s Business Enterprise National Council’s (WBENC) National Conference and Business Fair. More than 3,200 registrants and 325 exhibitors in Baltimore, MD with an 11-year history of the annual event. Future conference dates: 2011 South Las Vegas, NV. Founded in 1997 WBENC is the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America’s corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the USA.

8. ITEXPO – a convention for all things IP Communications and VOIP. This is also a very popular conference where many women speakers attend.

9. Professional Business Women of California Announcing the 2011 Conference, San Francisco Moscone Center. PBWC inspires supports and connects over 25,000 California business women in the relentless pursuit of success with educational and networking opportunities designed to advance both personal and professional lives.

10. Texas Conference for Women offers the community and connection, the information and inspiration, the motivation and momentum to help you discover what you want—and go get it! The Conference features nationally recognized speakers who share their wisdom and expertise on a wide range of personal and professional development topics, helping you find clarity on your goals and what you need to accomplish them.

11. Central California Women’s Conference is the largest conference of its kind in the Valley and the fifth largest in the state. How-to topics range from: creating healthy financial strategies, mastering time management, health-care decisions, innovating management styles, mastering social media, decorating and fashion tips.

Collectively these organizations have been providing resources to assist women business owners in how to do business for over 100 years.