For some this is a lightbulb moment, and others it might be a good refresher. We are 35+ years into the digital age, yet for some online marketing is still a mystery. I was at a meet and greet and while navigating the room I was reminded a common mistake made when...
This is part 2 of Barb’s certification series. Click here to read part 1: “You Must Use Me, I’m a Certified Business”.Did you know that in Minnesota there are 6 women owned business certifications applicable to our industry? Just because you...
I feel like I am the squeakiest wheel in town on this issue and quite frankly it would be too expensive to oil this wheel right now due to fuel escalation! Last year when I started advocating for the pandemic supply chain issues, I envisioned that we would lose some...
“You must use me — I’m a certified business!”I have heard this phrase way too often in the past 13 years. I work hard to train Association of Women Contractors (AWC) members about what certification means and what it doesn’t mean. I cringe when I...
Cyber Security: Boring – Yep. Confusing – Yep. Costly – Yep, Yep. What Cyber Security is not: someone else’s concern. I am coming off a 6-week process of renewing the AWC cyber insurance. We take Cyber Security extremely important and work hard to protect our...
In honor of Women in Construction Week I want to recognize how a handful of women started the AWC. The founding members were trail blazers at a time when women owned business in this industry was rare and females in the workforce nearly none. Now there is an entire...
