If you missed our August meeting, here’s a quick recap that features our new board installation.

This months Ice Breaker was: In your opinion, what are two things that make a good leader. Our Meal Sponsor this month was Ashly Wynkoop with the Indiana Family Care Center. The featured presenter this month was Tracy McMenimen.

This months ice breaker question was "What is your favorite Summer Activity?" Some Responses were:

November’s featured speaker was Lauren Caggiano who gave us some great ideas on how to incorporate fitness into our daily lives. Lauren offered stretching tips, easy strength exercises and movements anyone with any skill level could begin doing. She even had the group get up on their feet and do a few.

October’s featured speaker was unable to join us…so a huge thanks to Jeff Basche and team from Basche's Martial Arts for giving us an interactive self defense program and extended guest passes for ABWA and families.

Our July meeting featured Ashlyn Kippert who spoke on how to craft a vision board and why vision boards are so important to helping us reach our goals. She suggested that our vision boards not just be for work, but all major areas of life.

Our June meeting featured a fun speed networking activity where those who attended got to take time to network with others. Separated by different candy bars, those that had the same candy bar got to meet up and get to know each other more.

At our June meeting, those in attendance were asked to share an item on their bucket list. After attending another event where the speaker shared his bucket list ideals, President Dianne Rybicki was inspired to ask June meeting attendees to share theirs. Here are a few of the responses:

Everything was flowers and spring blooms at our recent flower arranging event held In April at Ruby Moon Flower Farm.

Our May meeting featured our very own Jamie Nau of Grow Nau Consulting who shared some great tips to better our personal results based off of our thoughts, feelings and actions.

Our April meeting featured a panel-led discussion surrounding social media practices for business. Sarah Arnold, owner of Socially Seasoned (pictured right); Britney Breidenstein, from UpLinked (pictured center); and Christie Browning, owner of Content By Request (pictured left) offered tips and how-tos to make the most of social media to grow and market businesses.

The March meeting featured Emily Lahr, Director of Events and Donor Engagement at The Rescue Mission (pictured right) who spoke about following your passion and how to incorporate that into volunteering. Emily shared about an upcoming event being held for The Rescue Mission. The Spring Gala is slated for May 6.

The February meeting featured long-term members Michelle Crone and Shirley New (pictured far right) who shared information about how to get more involved in ABWA, how ABWA was founded, and how our league got started.

January's meeting featured a roundtable discussion from the current Board Members who were able to share details about their positions and what tasks they oversee.

Our December meeting featured some fun and celebration as we brought the Merry to the meeting in the form of a gift exchange.

Our November meeting featured Vicki Thompson who shared her story and breast cancer fight. Our meal sponsor was Michelle Crone with the Indiana Dream Center. Be sure to visit our website to access more information about our presenters.

For a second year, Fort Wayne’s Parkview Field was the location for a fundraiser hosted by the Women of Magnitude Express Network and Raintree Chapter. Make, Bake & Buy was held Saturday, October 16th featured live and silent auctions, festive drinks, lunch buffet and a lot of fun.

Recently, Leigh Roberson was presented with an Amazon Gift Card for her participation in our league's membership campaign. Leigh is responsible for introducing and bringing into our league Mary Partee with Pampered Chef.