Upcoming Events

Remain Calm, Create Wealth

Led by Galia Gichon and MP Dunleavey
Monday, June 30th, 2008; 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: In Good Company, 16 W 23rd Street 4th Floor, New York City

Fee: $85. Space is limited.

"Getting a handle on your money issues can be one of the biggest challenges of your adult life, Galia and MP share concrete steps you can take toward gaining financial control."
—Janine Sarna-Jones, 2008 participant

Need a low-cost way to get a handle on your money issues once and for all? Want to get your spending under control? Want to afford your summer vacation, buy a home or eliminate your debt for good? There is a solution!

This one night seminar provides a fast and fun way to:

Set up a smart, doable financial plan for the year—or revive the one you have.
Take control of your spending.
Boost your retirement now and learn super simple secrets about mutual funds!
Get answers to your most persistent money questions.

MP Dunleavey is a personal finance journalist who writes the Cost of Living column for The New York Times, as well as the Uncommon Sense column for MSN Money. Her first book, "Money Can Buy Happiness: How to Spend to Get the Life You Want", came out last year from Broadway Books. Ms. Dunleavey's work appears regularly in Good Housekeeping, and she has been featured in SELF, Glamour, Body & Soul and other magazines.

Galia Gichon is a nationally known personal finance expert and founder of Down to Earth Finance, an advisory and financial education firm based in New York. She is the author of the My Money Matters kit, just published by Plain White Press. Ms. Gichon is quoted regularly in the New York Times, Newsweek, Yahoo Finance, Real Simple and other publications. She is a frequent speaker, has over 14 years financial experience, and an MBA in Finance.

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Find More Money Just by Getting Organized

This is a teleclass recording. Upon purchase, you will get the WAV file to download immediately.

$25.00

Overwhelmed by piles of bank statements, brokerage reports, utility bills, credit card statements and receipts? Then this teleclass is for you. In just one hour, you will leave this teleclass knowing:

Which financial papers to keep or toss,
How to organize your papers for an easy tax season,
How to find more money in your bills,
How to physically set up an easy-to-use system,
How to take your finances electronic,
Which papers to save for a mortgage, refinancing and selling your home.

Join Galia Gichon and Erica Ecker, Founder of The Spacialist Professional Organizing (www.TheSpacialist.com) and learn easy and painless techniques for organizing your finances. Plus, there is an opportunity for questions with Galia Gichon and Erica Ecker. You cannot afford not to attend!

Why Our Seminars and Teleclasses

Independent Financial Education. Galia Gichon, an Independent Financial Expert (no sales pitch!) will be teaching the seminar. No sales pitch to sell investment products or manage your money.
Spend Smarter. Learn many practical tips and ideas to buy the things you love and still save money. Leave our seminars with a realistic budget that you can live with.
Simplify Your Financial Life. Get tips and ideas for financial habits that will make your life much easier. Plus learn what other women are doing to move forward with their financial fitness.
Learn About Mutual Funds. In a very thorough but easy to understand manner, you will learn everything you need to know about mutual funds. How to pick them, which ones are right for your IRAs and 401(k) and truly understand the ones you have. Get your hand-held on picking new ones. It sounds simple because it is!
Rollover That 401k. This is one of the top questions at my seminars. We will figure out your best option for dealing with that old lingering 401k.
Learn About Your Credit! We will go over the important parts of your credit report and how to clean it up.
Deal with your Debt. We give you a kick-in-the pants plan to deal with your credit card debt head-on!
Leave With an Action Plan. Isn't this enough? Guaranteed—you will leave with an action plan that meets your specific needs or your money back.
Feel more confident About Your Finances. One of the biggest advantages of attending this seminar is being in a room full of other women. You feel that you are not alone in your financial journey and that you get the confidence in moving forward. I hear this over and over from attendees.

Galia's workshop is for any woman—from the hard-charging corporate executive, the self-employed freelancer, to the stay-at-home mom—who understands that her financial future is well within her competencies but just needs a little education to enlighten her of her opportunities."

—Amelia Blanquera

I think the most important thing I learned yesterday was about spending smarter (budgeting). Your seminar helped me realize that I can have control of my finances and my future."

—Nilda Nales

Helped me to start thinking about my financial goals again, rather than feeling overwhelmed and just ignoring it all."

—Meghan Marty

There is something for everyone in this workshop, from debt and investments to budgeting and retirement. Very motivational!"

—Susan Silberman