The Money Conference

The Money Conference for Women & Families
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Reggie Lewis Athletic Center
Roxbury Community College
1350 Tremont Street
Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120

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Morning Break-Out Sessions
Budgeting Basics: Family Inc. (Track I)

The goal of this workshop is to make you comfortable with using money management tools in your daily life. There is no right or wrong when it comes to budgeting, but you will be more successful in reaching your goals by approaching your finances with helpful tips on how to track your income and expenses. Using a technique called Family Inc., you will learn to take the emotions out of the situation, leaving just the numbers to focus on the facts with your family’s budget.

Planning for Retirement (Track I)

Women live longer than men and often marry older men, and we face some unique challenges in planning for a financially secure retirement. This seminar will help women of all ages and in all stages of retirement planning to understand and prepare for retirement by looking, from a female perspective, at investments, elder care, asset allocation, taxes, insurance and IRA rollovers.

Identity Theft: The Fastest Growing Crime in America! (Track II)

This workshop provides guidance on steps you can take to protect yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft and covers the critical steps to take if you are already a victim. Prepare yourself with the knowledge you need to minimize your risk and learn what to do if your personal information has already been compromised. If left unchecked, identity theft will impact your credit rating, damage your credit score, seriously reduce your ability to get a loan, have expensive tax penalties and even have in collectors calling on you for repayment of debts that you don't owe!

Presenting Yourself Powerfully (Track II)

The image that we create tells others who we are and what we can achieve. The language that we use creates that image, both verbal and physical: the clothes that we wear, the words that we use, and the physical signals we project. In today’s workplace, first impressions can be crucial and be the difference in whether or not you get that new job or promotion. In this workshop, we will define that language and outline ways in which to present ourselves more powerfully to the world.

Do you use Caution with Credit? (Track II)

Your credit history can affect more than your ability to get a low interest rate on a mortgage or car loan. It also affects your ability to get a job, an apartment and car insurance. This seminar will teach you how take control of your credit situation. You will learn how to: get your free credit report, understand the best steps to improving your credit score, and most importantly how to manage your overall debt load most effectively.

Lucrative Working-Lunch

Bravo!You’ve learned quite a bit already and may have worked up quite an appetite! All attendees are welcomed back to the field house to visit with exhibitors, enjoy a complimentary lunch, and hear our expert from the Social Security Administration address specific issues that uniquely affect many women and their families.

Afternoon Break-Out Sessions
Budgeting Basics for Financial Freedom Track I

Do you feel like the only way you’ll ever be able to save is to make more money? Do you feel like with direct deposit, debit cards, and credit cards, there is a disconnect between what you make and what you spend? This workshop can help you manage your money by creating a personal budget and living comfortably within this budget by adopting money management techniques that you use every day. You will leave today with a plan pay your bills, get cash conveniently, and save money for the future.

Planning for Retirement Track I

Financial Planning for College or Graduate School Track II

This workshop will help parents and students learn how to best plan for college and graduate school. PARENTS: Managing your money to send a child to college can be a challenge. Learn tips and tricks to get the most of your money for tuition! It’s never too early (or late!) to start! GRADUATE STUDENTS and COLLEGE STUDENTS: If money is tight and free time is limited, come receive information on how to make informed decisions about borrowing and repaying your student loans. Learn about borrowing, budgeting, using credit, and more!

Single Sophistication Track II

Whether you are finding yourself suddenly single or are preparing for other major life transitions, then chances are that your financial well-being will be affected. Financial well-being is not linked solely to your marital status or your current ability to earn an income. True financial independence and well being have much more to do with taking control of the finances you have, setting financial goals, and learning to use strategies that will help you meet your goals. It is important to plan for the unexpected twists and turns that life can take! Planning today for tomorrow’s surprises will save you both heartache and time! Every woman, whether single, married, divorced, or widowed, can take control of the money she has, make it grow, and plan for financial security.

Home Ownership: How to be a Careful Consumer in a Complicated Market Track II

Do you dream of owning your own home but wonder if it will ever be possible? Do you wonder if it is wiser for you to rent or buy in the current real estate market? Do you worry about your credit or doubt that you could ever save enough money for a down payment? Register for this workshop to hear an expert speaker from the U.S. Office of Housing and Urban Development shed light on these questions and others. Discover resources available in Massachusetts including the latest in foreclosure prevention, income eligibility programs, and opportunities available for veterans.

Time will be allotted for audience engagement. Q & A during these presentations is encouraged.