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Susan Grantham , CEO of Saguaro Business Associates,  LLC and founder of the Saguaro Buisness Conference had 2 speaking engagements at the FFCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America ) Spring Leadership Conference at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, Arizona. Susan talked about “The Leader in You” to over 100 high school students from Arizona. Susan has several years of experience as a leader in many levels in numerous associations, industries and groups. From Girl Scouts to an Elected Official;Board President to PTSO President;Vice President of Communications to Vice President of Business Development; non-profit work to business owner.

Would you like Susan to speak to your group, organizations, business or event?    Please email ceo@saguarobusinessassociatesllc.com TODAY!

 

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Crisis’s come up in life.

It’s how you react that dictates your future!

Would you like to learn more about handling crisis’s, managing stress

improving your business skills and increasing your bank account??

………Would you?

Register NOW for the 2012 Saguaro Business Conference May 18th- 20th at

the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona.

Come and “Take Your Business to New Heights!”

 

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I am super excited about the Saguaro Business Conference!

How excited am I? I can barely contain myself each day as

new ideas flow to make the ultimate business conference come into existence.

Did you know the 3 primary reasons why businesses fail are: • Lack of education • Lack of motivation • Lack of invigoration

Do you have the education aka the business skills to improve your life, health and bank account?

Do you know that health is the largest component challenging business owners today?

Do you REALLY have what is takes to “Take Your Business to New Heights?”

Why not attend the Saguaro Business Conference May 18th -20th at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa, Tucson, Arizona. Saguaro Business Conference is the first comprehensive business conference for all small to medium business owners to have the resources and tools to be profitable and successful. Yes, artist to manufacturers, doctors and dentists, plumbers to electricians,etc. All businesses welcomed!

Have a service that helps businesses? Become a vendor for the unique opportunites to build new clients and relationshsips.Over 600+ business owners from around the world will be here in Tucson, Arizona.

HELP yourself -HELP your business -HELP your life

Why? Stable and successful businesses have growth,profitability and job creation which stimulates our economy.

It is NOT rocket science!!

What is in it for you?

Learn the customer service skills to strengthen and maintain relationships

Be innovative with your business with The Innovator’s Lab founder Dale Dauten, past consultant with General Dynamics, Caterpillar and NASA and author of “The Gifted Boss” and the “Laughing Warrior :Killing the Status Quo”

Communicate effectively with “Face to Face Communications”™ in a technologically advancing world

Learn how to get “edge” to excel personally and professionally with using Body Language

Develop Million Dollar Products and Services from your Ideas

Realize your true success and become the person you want to be

Release Stress and Sabotages from your life

Develop strong business ethics and how to strategically grow your business

Find out where the money is in financing in today’s economy

Learn to Live a Purposeful life Purposely

Market your business the “NINJA” way

Be proactive and learn about mobile devices, QR codes and attend the exclusive MS office suite class for the computer illiterate (Your secret is safe with us)

Discover how stable and successful businesses have growth, profitability and job creation which stimulates the economy

Create a way to balance the stress in your life and manage crises

Educate yourself on up and coming markets like BRIC ( Brazil Russia, India and China)!!

Oh and did I mention, you would get to meet me, Susan Grantham. :)

I am a renaissance woman who saw a solution to the needs and problems of small and medium business owners.

1) No one was paying any attention to them as many were closing or hanging on by thin threads

2) No one cared- Not Washington,D.C ,Not the Politicans ,Not the President

3) No one cares about the unemployed and underemployed

I am simply trying to help make the world a better more economic prosperous place, helping business owners and their businesses reach their fullest potential.

WHY?

Because I care and we all need to. Check out this statistic from SBA :

Small firms: •    Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms. •    Employ half of all private sector employees. •    Pay 44 percent of total U.S. private payroll. •    Generated 65 percent of net new jobs over the past 17 years. •    Create more than half of the nonfarm private GDP. •    Hire 43 percent of high tech workers ( scientists, engineers, computer programmers, and others). •    Are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises. •    Made up 97.5 percent of all identified exporters and produced 31 percent of export value in FY 2008. •    Produce 13 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Census Bureau and Intl. Trade Admin.; Advocacy-funded research by Kathryn Kobe, 2007 (www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs299.pdf) and CHI Research, 2003 (www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs225.pdf);U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

If you don’t think your small to medium business matters or should not grow and create jobs-look at this!

Small firms accounted for 65 percent (or 9.8 million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009.
Much of the job growth is from fast-growing high-impact firms, which represents about 5-6 percent of all firms and are on average 25 years old. Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics; Advocacy-funded research by Zoltan Acs, William Parsons and Spencer Tracy, 2008 (www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs328.pdf

HELP yourself -HELP your business -HELP your life

Let’s take back our economy. Build stronger businesses.Gain the edge to have a better way of life.

Ok/ I am off my soapbox now…..SIGN UP TODAY!

 

 

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Weather

Isn’t it funny how a bright ,sunny, warm day makes your day better?

How do you feel when the weather is rainny and cold? What about snow and ice?

One thing about living in the desert is you have a lot of variety in weather.

With 5 seasons- Winter, Spring, Summer , Monsoon and Fall, it sure can make things interesting.

Lots of rainfall during Monsoon produces an abundance of wild flowers to enjoy in the spring.

Theatrical lightning displays too!

A dry winter and you may see tons of snow in the mountains and none to enjoy below.

Monsoon yields many critters who are buried under the earth- frogs,insects and WATER!

Most of our weather is an average of 70 degrees with delicious warm blue skies and sunny.

Check out these links on temperatures and weather year long in Tucson, Arizona: http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USAZ0247

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/

http://www.wunderground.com/US/AZ/Tucson.html

 

Enjoy the sunshine and Have a great day!

 

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Gabrielle M. Luoma CPA PLLC

Our newest Bronze Sponsor is Gabby Luoma of Gabrielle M. Luoma CPA LLC!

What will you get when you enlist this firm for your tax and accounting needs?

  • A personal touch.  They take the time to get to know each of our clients as people—not just a bunch of numbers and calculations. Qualified accountants are courteous, patient, and accessible.
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Happy New Year 2012 !

I really enjoyed Chris Brogan’s Goodbye 2011 post.

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/goodbye-2011/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+chrisbrogandotcom+%28%5Bchrisbrogan.com%5D%29

He ended the piece with “Goodbye, 2011. Thanks for all the fish.” If you didn’t know, “Thanks for all the fish”- is in reference to the fourth book of “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” trilogy. This is the message left by the dolphins as they departed Earth just before it was destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
Just remember the answer is 42 and DON’T leave home without your towel ! Happy New 2012!
Now I have the song in my head…..thanks Chris !

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Saguaro Business Conference names location

Susan “Suzi” Grantham , CEO of Saguaro Business Associates, LLC and Founder of the Saguaro Business Conference has announced the location of the 2012 Saguaro Business Conference.

Saguaro Business Conference has selected the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa as the location,for the first comprehensive business conference for business owners.

Dates for the Saguaro Business Conference are May 18th- 20th, 2012.

Saguaro Business Conference is the FIRST” one day comprehensive business conference with on time/on trend workshops, motivational guest speaker luncheon, International Expo, Networking Reception and a little Rest and Relaxation. Saguaro Business Conference – We Are “Taking Business To New Heights!”

Register for the Saguaro Business Conference here :http://saguarobusinessconference.eventbrite.com

JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa  http://www.jwmarriottstarrpass.com/

Saguaro Business Associates,LLC www.saguarobusinessassociatesllc.com

 

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Speaking Engagement at PMI-Tucson Chapter

On November 8th, 2011 , Susan Grantham, CEO ,Saguaro Business Associates, LLC , spoke to a packed room for the PMI-Tucson Chapter on Keeping a project team on track with consensus and effective conflict resolution”.

Need a presentation? Call us today!

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Business Partnership Announced!

Saguaro Business Associates, LLC/ Saguaro Business Conference announces that it has joined the Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau as an MTCVB Partner organization.
Susan Grantham,CEO of Saguaro Business Associates, LLC /Saguaro Business Conference said “We are excited about this partnership with The Metropolitan Tucson Visitors & Convention Bureau and the ability to work together to highlight and attract more people to come visit Tucson and Southern Arizona. Tucson has a lot to offer.”
The Saguaro Business Conference is a one day comprehensive business conference for business owners.
It features: On time/On Trend Workshops, Motivational Guest Speaker, International Expo and A little Rest&Relaxation. The conference will be held in the Spring of 2012.When business owners have the resources and tools needed to be stable and successful they can create growth, profitability and job creation, thereby stimulating the economy! Saguaro Business Conference is “Taking Business to New Heights!”
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Please welcome Saguaro Business Associates, LLC and Saguaro Business Conference.

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