Guest speakers for woman's group, ideas

[funhouse8]

Hi, This year for my Homemakers club I'm in charge of planning our meetings. I have most months filled up.
I have one of our members giving a demo on ReiKi (Japanese technigue for stress reduction & relaxation) for one of our meetings and a few game nights (Night at the races, Maj-on and dinners planned. I need to fill two more spots. The speakers usually last about 1 hour. Does anyone have any ideas for me. We would love to get free speakers but will pay the guest up to $100. Our groups age range from 45 to 70. Thanks,

 

[Shutterbug]

Maybe you should contact IdesOMarch, I think he would make a "lively" speaker for a women's group

 

[PatsMom]

Find a female financial planner to come talk to the group. I've done sessions with women's groups before that I got some good feedback from. Make sure the person is qualified and in the business of giving advice, not selling product.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

What about having someone from a charity come and talk about their program and ways you could help them? Then do some sort of project for them?

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I like the charity idea (maybe someone from the food bank, red cross, blood bank, etc). Maybe a local politician (state representative)?

 

[flamingglobessigmund]

Home mani-pedis (with a bring a nail polish to swap)
Organizing coupons with savings (but not extreme--eek!)
Refashion (turning bigger clothing items into children's clothing, sweaters into pillow cases, etc)

 

[mjantz]

How about a clothing swap? Or, if you need a speaker, some larger thrift store chains have a fashion writer or stylist. Maybe see if someone like that could talk about discount shopping or refashioning home or clothing items.

 

[antmaril]

You could have someone speak about women's heart health. This could be very important information for women in that age group.

 

[Traveliz]

Find a female financial planner to come talk to the group. I've done sessions with women's groups before that I got some good feedback from. Make sure the person is qualified and in the business of giving advice, not selling product.

i agree - we had one come to our girls group and she was very informative - even if you know a lot on the subject she had more to add. It was very worthwhile. The person we had was someone we knew who worked in the trust department of a bank.

Liz

 

[marcyinPA]

I used to go to a mom's group at our church...we had speakers all the time. We had someone come and do a self-defense demonstration. That was pretty good. I know recently they had a Zumba instructor come and do an hour of Zumba. We had someone from a local Italian restaurant come and cook some easy recipes. That was FUN and yummy!!!!

 

[funhouse8]

Oh theses are all great ideas! Keep them coming thanks

 

[KGlo]

OAMC cooking
Basic car maintenance
Will/ estate planning