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“You two are awesome —love what you are doing to activate cross-generations. You are passion in action with Passion into Action a great title. I had a marvelous time.”~ Jean Shinoda Bolen

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“I thought LAST year was over the top....but it felt we flew higher this year! Authenticity and Action was the take away message of the day. Thank you See Jane Do. You did it again! I hope to see this program spread far and wide, you are ready to go beyond our wee county.” ~Marilyn Nyborg

“The conference was so wonderful I know it was the passionate energy from which you two created it. Thank you for allow me to be apart of your passion.”~Patt Lind-Kyle SO WORTH the drive up from mammoth! Thanks for passion into action and all you do. ~Km Stravers

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“Walking into a room of awesome inspirational women lifted my spirits. Reinette's talk was amazing. I am consistently in awe of what you ladies can accomplish. See Jane do, Indeed!”~ Julie Gerngross Baker

“My Mother and I attended, it was a wonderful time! Very inspiring, and helpful to know that we are not the only woman who think like this.”~June Anderson

How To Turn Your Passion Into A Real Business

Session #2: 1:30-2:40 pm

Track: Leading Your Life- Entrepreneurship

Workshop Description: Brenda Horton will teach specific tips and strategies on creating revenue generating campaigns for your passion or idea as she takes you from launching your passion into a product or service, to building your tribe, to paying customers who then become referring raving fans.

About Brenda:

Brenda Horton is on a mission to empower women in becoming successful entrepreneurs. She is a serial and social entrepreneur. She sold her first internet-based business for a profit in the late 90s. She is a community activist. She fundraised over $300,000.00 for Sierra Forever Families, a Nevada County non-profit for children. Her fundraiser garnered regional attention with her signature event, Festival in the Foothills, a gourmet food and wine tasting culinary extravaganza and live & silent auction, which attracted over eight hundred attendees, forty restaurants and wineries, and seventy-five local volunteers.

Brenda Horton is an environmental activist. In 2003 she built a straw bale home in Nevada County using reclaimed and recycled materials. She has hosted thousands of visitors and students through the International Solar and Eco tour over a ten year period. In 2010 she founded the largest Meetup group in Nevada County called Nevada County Online (NCO). With almost 200 local non-profit and business members, NCO is the only professional organization in Nevada County that focuses exclusively on online marketing strategies for the local business community. She has inspired other women to launch their own Meetup groups, most notably the very popular Garden Goddesses of Nevada County.

Brenda Horton is the president of Hware LLC., (Humanityware) a software company that designs and develops productivity software tools for entrepreneurs, small businesses and nonprofits. As of this writing, she is preparing to launch actionplanr, a goal-setting software tool designed specifically for female entrepreneurs. She has over 16,000 followers on Twitter and blogs about work-life balance on Hware’s website. Today she spends her time between Austin, Texas and Nevada City, California.

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