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Ivy Hartman: We are continuing our coverage here at 2008 NAWBO in Phoenix Arizona at the lovely Biltmore Hotel. I'm Ivy Hartman and with me is Shana Prichard of Realign LLC. Sheena, Realign sounds like you are dentistry kind of business but that’s not at all you're rearranging people’s lives. Shana Prichard: Absolutely. Ivy Hartman: Talk about Realign. Shana Prichard: Well I work for people who can't find their desk. What I do is I work with business owners and with their key staff to help them get more results for their efforts. Ivy Hartman: Okay. So they're not just turning their wheels or losing the paper, things like that. Talk about your background a little bit because I think you must have had—have you always been an organized person? Shana Prichard: I'm a detail nerd that’s just who I am but my background has really helped me develop that and get to it to a point I can help business owners and their staff with organizing. I have an MBA in finance so I can inter phase with their CPA. I can help them with their financial organizing and also I have the unique advantage of being able to talk to business owners, businesses of all sizes in all industries. I've worked in government, I've worked in businesses with half a million employees and I've worked in businesses with two employees. And I've really gotten to see it at all angles. Ivy Hartman: And being a business owner yourself and we mentioned also with your finance background you are able to empathize and understand in the workings of that business because I would imagine working with different clients not one size but all, being organize is being organize but if it doesn’t work for you then it doesn’t work for you. Shana Prichard: We develop customize systems that the office shelf assistance only works for you if you're a conventional organizer they work great. If you're not you have to have your own system that only works for you. Ivy Hartman: It sounds like its right up my alley. I mean it’s not just on my desk that needs organizing but it sounds like that’s what Realign focuses on. So it’s all base on the business and the desk area and maybe in house communications. Shana Prichard: We work with paper flow, processes, the overall work flows within your office and we do a lot of time management training with individuals and we also do group trainings. Ivy Hartman: If I got a client for you—talk about NAWBO, this is your first time attending the national conference and it’s not too far from you. You're located in San Antonio, talk about what you are walking away from this conference with. Shana Prichard: You have an hour. NAWBO is great. I've been a member of the organization for a little bit over a year and this is my first national conference to get to attend. All NAWBO events are great. I benefit from every single activity I do with NAWBO but this has been especially good because I've got to meet really fun women business owners from all over the country and I'm walking away with several new strategic alliances that are going to help me deliver a much better service to my clients and I'm always excited about that. Ivy Hartman: Now we talk a little bit about this off camera that you're base in San Antonio so lot of your clients are pretty much in the San Antonio area, talk about how this conference is changing your outlook for your business and your clients. Shana Prichard: I have met several businesses while I've been here who are going to be using my services remotely where I will meet with people by telephone, by email and support their organizing efforts and that’s something exciting to me this thing I wanted to make happen in my business for a long time. Ivy Hartman: Congratulation. Shana Prichard: Thank you. Ivy Hartman: Now you're also taking on a leadership role within the NAWBO local chapter in San Antonia, talk about that. Shana Prichard: I am the incoming secretary for NAWBO San Antonio and I'm so excited about that being relatively new to the organization one I count an amazing honor. And the board members they had all became mentors to me through my experience with NAWBO already and now I have so many chances over the next year to learn from them and spend time with them and develop my own leadership skills. Ivy Hartman: I'm so glad you said that. Being here I always feel like—it can be intimidating when you're thinking about hundreds, almost thousands of women business owner veterans being in a place like this. It’s almost intimidating but these women are very down to earth and very helpful. Shana Prichard: They have been so welcoming and they want to bring in new women business owners. These are people who fought hard to have their businesses and fought hard to carve out a place for women. They don’t want to see our generation lose that. Ivy Hartman: Sheena well said. Good luck with your new role on the board there in San Antonio. They were smart to have chosen somebody who is organize to be the secretary of the local chapter there. I'm going to continue my conversation here with Sheena, why don’t you check out continued coverage of the conference 2007 NAWBO in Phoenix Arizona only right here on sbtv.com.

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Ivy Hartman: We are continuing our coverage here at 2008 NAWBO in Phoenix Arizona at the lovely Biltmore Hotel. I'm Ivy Hartman and with me is Shana Prichard of Realign LLC. Sheena, Realign sounds like you are dentistry kind of business but that’s not at all you're rearranging people’s lives.

Shana Prichard: Absolutely.

Ivy Hartman: Talk about Realign.

Shana Prichard: Well I work for people who can't find their desk. What I do is I work with business owners and with their key staff to help them get more results for their efforts.

Ivy Hartman: Okay. So they're not just turning their wheels or losing the paper, things like that. Talk about your background a little bit because I think you must have had—have you always been an organized person?

Shana Prichard: I'm a detail nerd that’s just who I am but my background has really helped me develop that and get to it to a point I can help business owners and their staff with organizing. I have an MBA in finance so I can inter phase with their CPA. I can help them with their financial organizing and also I have the unique advantage of being able to talk to business owners, businesses of all sizes in all industries. I've worked in government, I've worked in businesses with half a million employees and I've worked in businesses with two employees. And I've really gotten to see it at all angles.

Ivy Hartman: And being a business owner yourself and we mentioned also with your finance background you are able to empathize and understand in the workings of that business because I would imagine working with different clients not one size but all, being organize is being organize but if it doesn’t work for you then it doesn’t work for you.

Shana Prichard: We develop customize systems that the office shelf assistance only works for you if you're a conventional organizer they work great. If you're not you have to have your own system that only works for you.

Ivy Hartman: It sounds like its right up my alley. I mean it’s not just on my desk that needs organizing but it sounds like that’s what Realign focuses on. So it’s all base on the business and the desk area and maybe in house communications.

Shana Prichard: We work with paper flow, processes, the overall work flows within your office and we do a lot of time management training with individuals and we also do group trainings.

Ivy Hartman: If I got a client for you—talk about NAWBO, this is your first time attending the national conference and it’s not too far from you. You're located in San Antonio, talk about what you are walking away from this conference with.

Shana Prichard: You have an hour. NAWBO is great. I've been a member of the organization for a little bit over a year and this is my first national conference to get to attend. All NAWBO events are great. I benefit from every single activity I do with NAWBO but this has been especially good because I've got to meet really fun women business owners from all over the country and I'm walking away with several new strategic alliances that are going to help me deliver a much better service to my clients and I'm always excited about that.

Ivy Hartman: Now we talk a little bit about this off camera that you're base in San Antonio so lot of your clients are pretty much in the San Antonio area, talk about how this conference is changing your outlook for your business and your clients.

Shana Prichard: I have met several businesses while I've been here who are going to be using my services remotely where I will meet with people by telephone, by email and support their organizing efforts and that’s something exciting to me this thing I wanted to make happen in my business for a long time.

Ivy Hartman: Congratulation.

Shana Prichard: Thank you.

Ivy Hartman: Now you're also taking on a leadership role within the NAWBO local chapter in San Antonia, talk about that.

Shana Prichard: I am the incoming secretary for NAWBO San Antonio and I'm so excited about that being relatively new to the organization one I count an amazing honor. And the board members they had all became mentors to me through my experience with NAWBO already and now I have so many chances over the next year to learn from them and spend time with them and develop my own leadership skills.

Ivy Hartman: I'm so glad you said that. Being here I always feel like—it can be intimidating when you're thinking about hundreds, almost thousands of women business owner veterans being in a place like this. It’s almost intimidating but these women are very down to earth and very helpful.

Shana Prichard: They have been so welcoming and they want to bring in new women business owners. These are people who fought hard to have their businesses and fought hard to carve out a place for women. They don’t want to see our generation lose that.

Ivy Hartman: Sheena well said. Good luck with your new role on the board there in San Antonio. They were smart to have chosen somebody who is organize to be the secretary of the local chapter there.

I'm going to continue my conversation here with Sheena, why don’t you check out continued coverage of the conference 2007 NAWBO in Phoenix Arizona only right here on sbtv.com.

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