Networking Groups

The Weekly Morning Coffee Networking Groups All meet at 8:00 a.m. to roughly 9:00 a.m. unless noted otherwise

Monday (8:15 a.m.), Pontiac Coffee House, 515 South Thompson in Springdale, Arkansas. Contact Ray Latham, Latham’s Tabletop Advertising at 479.502.2900 or  lathams_tabletop_ads@yahoo.com  or Buster Brown, St. Bernard Financial Services, Inc. at 479.601.6080 or  busterbrown2004@gmail.com.

Tuesday , Iron Horse Coffee Company (upstairs) in Downtown Rogers, Arkansas at 220 South 1st Street. Contact Donna Sallee at Shelter Insurance at 479.621.0555 or dsallee@agent.shelterinsurance.com.

Tuesday (7:45 a.m.), City Coffee Co., 1270 Highway 412 West, Suite H&I, Spring Creek Center (next to Holiday Inn Express) in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Contact Pam Griggs, Valley Bank , 479-524-0280  pamgriggs@cox.net

Tuesday , IBC Bank, 5302 East Skelly Drive (I-44 and Yale by the new Best Buy, Bath & Body Works, etc.), Tulsa, Oklahoma. Contact Peter Biadasz, NII Communications of Tulsa, peter.biadasz@niicommunications.com or Carrie Smith, Soar with Eagles, carrie@soarhigher.com

Wednesday , Panera Bread Company (in their meeting room in the north end of the restaurant), Bentonville, Arkansas. Contact Kendra Carlson, Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce, kcarlson@bbvchamber.com or Blair Cromwell, Bentonville Advertising & Promotion Commission, Blair@BentonvilleUSA.org

Multicultural Committee hosts “Cafecito” networking coffee in Spanish – Structured like the Creative Referral Network coffees, the Multicultural Committee of the Chamber hosts a networking coffee in Spanish each 2^nd and 4^th Thursday from 8-9 a.m. at Panaderia Vega, 115 N. Dixieland Road in Rogers.  To learn more, contact Vilma Dominguez at the Chamber at 479-619-3186 or vilma@rogerslowell.com.

Thursday , Sunset Grill Cafe, 3418 West Sunset, Springdale, Arkansas (just east of I-540). Contact Buster Brown, St. Bernard Financial Services, Inc., busterbrown2004@gmail.com, or Marilyn McKim, Mindbenders, MarilynMcKim@aol.com

Friday (8:15 a.m.) , A Fare To Remember (Beside Liquor World across street from Fiesta Square), 3290 N. Lee Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Contact Donna Hamilton, Image Builders, donnahamilton@cox-internet.com.

Friday , Embassy Suites’ Arkansas Room (behind Cedar Creek Bistro), Rogers, Arkansas. We meet in Cedar Creek Bistro if the Arkansas Room is booked. Contact Carrie Smith, Soar with Eagles, carrie@soarhigher.com or  Kerry Jensen, First Western Bank, kjensen@fwbank.com.

Women’s Networking Groups

Professional Women’s Network Washington County , Fayetteville, Arkansas, 11:30 to 1:00 on third Tuesday each month. A Fare To Remember (Beside Liquor World across street from Fiesta Square), 3290 N. Lee Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Contact Jeannette Balleza, Scribe Marketing, Inc., jeannette@scribemarketing.com. Check out their blog at http://professionalwomen.blogspot.com/.

Professional Women’s Network Benton County , Rogers, Arkansas. 11:30 to 1:00 on first Tuesday each month, Copeland’s of New Orleans in Rogers (north of Lowe’s in Scottsdale Center). Contact Donna Sallee at Shelter Insurance at 479.621.0555 or dsallee@agent.shelterinsurance.com.

Women in Networking , Embassy Suites, Rogers, Arkansas , 11:30 to 1:00, last Wednesday each month. Contact Michelle Webb, Beall Barclay and Company, at michelle_webb@beall-cpa.com or Heather Tandy at heathertandy@gmail.com.

ArkWIT, a local chapter of Women.Insights.Technology, offers Arkansas women a great way to network and connect! They plan fun networking and educational events plus they have an active message board — a great way to network from your computer desktop. To find out how you can get involved with this vibrant group, email ArkWIT Executive Director Amy Robinson at amyr@worldwit.org. Visit the website at http://www.worldwit.org/ChapterDetails.aspx?C=12 for more information.

Ladies’ Supplier Network. This group serves the women who work for companies who support Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club. Contact Marcia Wright, GE Consumer and Industrial, 479.254.6101 or Marcia.Wright@ge.com or Niki Nickell, SAM'S CLUB Credit, GE Consumer Finance-Americas, 479.254.6091 or niki.nickell@ge.com

Special Interest Networking Groups

Northwest Arkansas Young Professionals (NWAYP) offers professional development of members (age 21 and up) through networking events, volunteerism, social events and fund-raisers. Go to www.nwayp.org for more information.

NWA Professional Speakers Network . Contact Carrie Smith, Soar with Eagles, carrie@soarhigher.com

P’NOSH is fresh, multicultural networking group that provides fun activities to help Northwest Arkansas professionals further their career, build new relationships, and contribute to their community. Go to www.pnoshonline.com for more information.

NWABiker.com. This is becoming Northwest Arkansas’ comprehensive list of motorcycle events. Contact Tom Smith at 1bubba@sbcglobal.net. Check out the website at www.NWABiker.com.