OnTrack WNC’s Women’s
Financial Empowerment Center (WFEC) will host its second Women and
Money Conference on Saturday,
October 5, 2013 at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St., Asheville,
NC from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM. The event will feature financial literacy
presentations and workshops tailored specifically for women. The presenting
sponsor is Starks Financial Group.
The Women and
Money Conference, with the theme “Activate Your Financial Super Powers,” is designed for women interested in
improving their personal finances or small businesses strategies. It will provide knowledge, tools and support
to women in Western North Carolina, empowering them to take control of their
financial lives, achieve economic self-sufficiency and take a step towards
realizing their short-and long-term financial goals.
Workshop topics include
investing, developing a spending plan, stopping overspending, avoiding
predatory loans, assessing insurance needs, creating a small business marketing
plan, and financing a business, just to name a few. Cheri Britton, a high-energy motivational speaker and author of the
book BOOM Thinking: The Gutsy Guide to
Breaking Out of Old Mindsets, is this year’s keynote speaker.
Conference preregistration is required. To
register and view the full schedule for the Women and Money Conference please use
the following link http://www.ontrackwnc.org/women.html
or call OnTrack WNC at 828-255-5166. There
is $15 registration fee that covers lunch and all workshop materials.
Celeste Collins, Executive Director of
OnTrack WNC stated, “The need for women-centered financial education and
counseling programs is evidenced time and again through statistical data. This
is an opportune time to teach women how to be financially savvy and improve the
quality of life for themselves and their families.”
A
2012-2013 research study by Prudential, "Financial Experience & Behaviors Among
Women,"
reveals that while women are more in control of their finances than ever, they
face significant challenges with financial decision making. For instance:
- 53% of the more than 1,400 women surveyed were primary earners, as a result of partners losing jobs during the financial crisis, divorce, and deciding to marry later.
- Only 23% of these women feel “well prepared” to make financial decisions compared with 45% of men.
- Only 10% of female breadwinners feel very knowledgeable about financial products and services, and are only half as likely to feel well prepared to make wise financial decisions as men.
- Baby Boomer and younger women are “not prepared” for retirement, but women under 35 show more interest in both financial empowerment and the value of financial advice.
Furthermore, according to the
latest findings from the 2013 “Women, Money, and Power Study” from Allianz Life
Insurance Company of North America, women feel more responsible for financial
decisions than ever since the financial crisis. Yet, more than 40 % of the women
surveyed by Allianz said they don’t feel any smarter about how to manage their
money than they did before the crisis.
The Women and
Money Conference and offerings through OnTrack WNC’s WFEC are part of the
Women’s Financial Empowerment Initiative which helps low and moderate income
women increase long-term savings and create a plan to reach their financial
goals using the skills and expertise of financial professionals.
For more
information about OnTrack WNC’s Women’s Empowerment Center visit www.ontrackwnc.org.
For a listing of all
OnTrack WNC’s classes, see our education schedule online at http://ontrackwnc.org/education_schedule.htm.
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