Since my first job as a secretary and data tech back in the 1980’s, I have been working on computers.  When your computer freezes up – you call IT. Inevitably the first thing you hear – “Did you try turning …

This is part 3 of Barb’s certification series. Click here to read part 1: “You Must Use Me, I’m a Certified Business” and here to read part 2: “Which Certifications Do I Need to Get?”. The term “Good Faith Efforts” …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

It Starts with Us! The Movement and Challenge. Two years ago, a movement was started but the world took away our focus on the roll out. The roll out is starting with a challenge.  It all started in 2019 when …