Welcome from Francine Allaire, Founder of The Daring™
Hello and welcome to The International Community of Daring Women (‘The Daring™’) - for short, a Global Community Where Women Connect, Soar, Share and Succeed Together!
As women we do business differently. We turn to other like-minded women for support and inspiration. Once we find the right support system, we have the confidence to see and seize the opportunities before us. We yearn to be in the company of strong, energetic, supportive women who confidently embrace win-win situations and delight in others’ achievements.
The Daring is that community. It’s where women connect, soar and share together globally. Women from across the United States, India, Australia, the U.K, and Canada are among the founding members of The Daring.
A woman’s handbag for success, The Daring brings together everything a woman needs to live her full personal and professional potential and embrace her magnificence: exposure, connections, collaboration, support, inspiration, information, empowerment, rewards, fun and celebration. Above all, members draw strength and inspiration from their most powerful asset, each other
You can do anything, but you can’t do it alone. It takes a community. It takes a network of spunky, sassy, savvy and spirited Daring women. Women who color outside the lines and envision the unthinkable.
I do not know about you, but I realize that my life is way more exciting if I work out my daring muscle each day no matter how difficult it might be at times. And here is what I know for sure: “Life begins at the end of our comfort zone.” Join me on a Daring Journey and help me create the organization that is ideal for you!
Dare Yourself to get started today! Activate your FREE membership and get access to your “Daring Success Kit” from our Success Experts or take advantage of our Pre-Launch Membership Special. You will be glad you did!
Francine Allaire
Chief Daring Officer
Meet Your Daring Team
Meet our Daring Founder
Francine Allaire
 Francine is the Chief Daring Officer and Founder of The International Community of Daring Women ‘The Daring’ for short. A professionally recognized, respected and award-winning sales and marketing executive for twenty years, Francine has worked with a list of industry leaders: Oracle, Sun, KPMG, IBM, American Express, Dun & Bradstreet Software, Cisco, Ariba, Bank of America and Employers Group of California. Though a native of Quebec, Canada, she has spent her career working with a diverse set of senior executives and international teams in Western Europe and across the United States from Washington, D.C. to Orange County, California.
Compelled by the desire to bring together like-minded women, from around the world to collaborate, grow their businesses, enjoy their lives and fulfill their dreams, she embarked on a life-changing journey that culminated in the creation of The International Community of Daring Women. It’s where women connect, soar and share together globally. Women from across the United States, India, Australia, the U.K, and Canada are among the founding members of The Daring
Francine enjoys daring, coaching and consulting individuals and companies to experience exponential growth. To that end, Francine is a Mentor with Women-Unlimited (a nationally recognized organization for cultivating leadership excellence) and a Founding Member of the Keiretsu forum, Long Beach Chapter (for starts-ups and emerging companies seeking capital and expertise).
She is a certified Best Year Yet®! Program Leader, a NLP Practitioner and soon to be a certified Dream Coach®. She is also a former Board Member of Nawbo-OC, where she served as the Chair of Affiliates and Diversity, former Chair of Fund Raising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and a participant in Leadership California. She was named in International Who’s Who of Professional Women and in International Who’s Who of IT Professionals
She is now living her soul dream – Building a Global Community Where Women Connect, Soar, Share and Succeed Together!
Meet Stephanie Graziano
President of Women in Animation
Founder of Building Your Own Business
 Stephanie Graziano has been coaching, consulting, and supervising all levels of business owners for more than thirty years, with an emphasis on Business Planning and Management skills. She has participated in the launching of several multimillion dollar Entertainment companies in North America as well as in Europe and Asia. Her greatest skills are in working with individuals who are looking to increase their personal confidence and potential by becoming focused on creating clarity in their vision, goal development, and business planning. She works with many independent and home based business owners who are looking for accountability and support. With a strong foundation of owning several small businesses herself, she has been featured in Business Start Ups Magazine, The LA Business Journal, The LA Times Calendar section, and has been interviewed on CNN. Her current company, BYOB, Building Your Own Business, is located in Santa Clarita, CA. Please visit Stephanie at: www.buildingyourownbusiness.com
Meet Linda Hollander
Founder, Wealthy Bag Lady
Author and Speaker
 Linda is known as the “Wealthy Bag Lady”. She is the author of the #1 best-selling book, Bags to Riches: 7 Success Secrets for Women in Business. A popular international speaker, she is the industry leader in teaching entrepreneurial women about small business success. She is the founder of the Women’s Small Business Expo and was nominated for the best women-owned business award by the National Association of Female Executives. Linda has over 20 years of experience in business, sales, marketing, design, promotion and creating lifetime customers. Her upcoming book, Women Hold the Purse Strings, will give companies powerful strategies for marketing to women entrepreneurs. She has consulted with many large and small businesses to help them profit from the awesome power of corporate sponsors. Her corporate sponsors have included Citibank, Fed Ex, Health Net, Southwest Airlines, Bank of America, Staples, Wal Mart / Sam's Club, Omega World Travel and IBM. Please visit Linda at www.WealthBagLady.com
Meet Pat Lynch
Founder and CEO
Women’s Radio, Women’s Calendar and Audio Acrobat
 At the age of 25, Pat having already served as the Press Secretary for a U.S. Senator and Congressman, founded her first advertising agency in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, Pat was the first woman to begin an advertising agency single-handedly in the South. In 1996, she founded Women’s Online Media and Education Network. Pat is the Founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of Women’s Radio, a rich streaming content site for women leaders, Women’s Calendar, the largest listing of events for women in the world and the Women's Weekly News eNewsletter. She is also the host of "Speak Up" Internet Radio and Podcasting program, and designer of AudioAcrobat®, the premier tool to create, produce and publish digital audio, video and podcasting. Please visit Pat at: www.womensradio.com, www.womenscalendar.org
Meet Michele McDonough
Executive Consultant, Direct Selling Industry
 Michele has achieved over 30 years of management and executive level positions throughout her career. Owning her own business at the age of 22, started Michele off to a successful career in cosmetics and fashion. She is currently CEO and Founder of a company that develops startups from zero to doors open and ready to do business at a Fortune 1000 capacity. She devotes a large portion of her time as a 5 year board member of her favorite non-profit Project Cuddle located in Costa Mesa, California supporting alternatives to baby abandonment. She is also cofounder of Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) Southern California Chapter supporting high level executives in transition. She is active in mentoring and job shadowing with young adults and believes in giving back to her community because of her wonderful successes!
Meet Robbie Motter
Serial Entrepreneur, Compassionate Leader
 Robbie Motter wears many hats -- marketing, public relations, radio and TV host, travel agent, life and business coach, speaker, and more. After spending 25 years in a variety of corporate positions in corporate, state and federal government areas across the country, she left Corporate America to become a Marketing, PR Consultant and Certified National Speaker, Certified Business Coach, Television Talk Show Co-Host and Radio Show Co-Host. In her work, she helps entrepreneurs and businesses expand their markets. She also assists small business and nonprofit firms to help them gain publicity and learn strategies to boost their business and gain market share. Robbie has so many professional accomplishments to her credit, not the least of which is being awarded the: President’s Call to Service Award for her over 4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime).
 Please visit Robbie and one of many ventures at: www.rmotter.com, www.diva-registry.com www.ytbtravel.com/thedivas and www.integrisdream.com/targetyourhealth
Meet Dory Willer
Founder, Beacon Quest Coaching
 Dory is a Certified Individual & Organizational Coach and the founder of Beacon Quest Coaching. A passionate champion for your spirit, Dory is a nationally recognized expert on aligning individuals with their passions. Named the 2003 International Coach of the Year, Dory coaches individuals, business owners, and management teams to new levels of personal and business success, and is a prominent international speaker and has co-authored four books. Her coach training was received at The Hudson Institute, along with advance coaching certifications from Life on Purpose Institute, LifeGuides™, Best Year Yet!®, The One Page Business Plan®, Dream Coach®, and Coaching From Spirit™. Dory is a former Fortune 100 Vice President of Human Resources, and a seasoned veteran of life. Please visit Dory at: www.BeaconQuest.com
Meet Our Charities
True to our desire to contribute, The Daring™ promotes social responsibility by giving back 3% of your membership investments to select charities and non profit organizations.
 Project Cuddle® is the result of one woman's crusade to help prevent infants from being abandoned. Debbe Magnusen and her husband Dave fostered over 30 drug-exposed babies, and yet were never handed the abandoned babies that she had hoped on helping. In 1996 after hearing of a baby suffocated in a trash bag just miles from her home, Debbe created the Project Cuddle's® crisis line from her living room. To date, Project Cuddle has rescued almost 550 babies from the fate of abandonment. To learn more and get involved with Project Cuddle please visit: www.projectcuddle.org
 Healing Odyssey is a nonprofit organization providing recovery and cancer support programs for cancer survivors. Their programs offer the practical tools, skills-building and support needed to cope effectively with the life-altering effects of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. For information about their cancer recovery programs, three-day retreats for women cancer survivors or to donate/volunteer please visit www.healingodyssey.org
Profile of a Daring Woman
According to Webster’s dictionary, daring means: Willing to take or seek out risks, audacious, bravery, boldness, adventurous, courageous or fearless.
But that’s Webster’s and last time we checked, Webster’s isn’t a woman. So let me ask you: how do you define a Daring woman? Do you have a frame of reference that comes to mind, or are you guessing at what it takes? Like you, we were curious and we wanted to find out.
For the past 18 months, we have embarked on a life-changing journey. To find out what constitute a daring woman and what are the traits and characteristics that she exemplifies in her everyday life, my team and I conducted focus groups and countless individual interviews with successful women entrepreneurs, business owners and corporate leaders. Curious about what we found out? For more details, get your copy of the free mini-guide: How to Soar in Business and Life – The 7 Principles of Successful Daring Women, revealed!
A Daring Woman is many things. She is venturesome, active and enterprising. While she certainly can be a woman under the age of 35, and I personally know a few women who are, we have found that no matter how successful one is prior to that age, the insight and wisdom, not to mention the level of inner confidence, doesn’t show up as consistently as it does once a Daring Woman advances beyond 35. There are a myriad of other elements that embody a Daring Woman. Here are a few:
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She looks to enrich her life through the addition of meaningful relationships, connections and knowledge.
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She constantly seeks out news thrills and experiences and pushes herself beyond her comfort zone.
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She accepts herself as she is, flaws and all, and embraces her uniqueness.
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She is confident, warm and engaging and does not feel threatened by the success and achievement of other women.
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She asks for what she wants and stands up for what she believes.
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She lives her life on purpose and by her own rules, not by the needs and wants imposed on her by others.
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She does not “put herself on sale”. She knows her worth and would not settle for less than what she deserves.
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She promotes herself with ease and confidence and is always looking for new ways and venues to get the word out about her product, service or expertise.
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She already is or has a plan for becoming financially free.
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…and she is yearning to be in the company of like-minded women who desire the same things she does.
Have you embraced this side of yourself? Are you ready to join the ranks of Daring Women? We dare to believe that you are!
Please refer to The Daring Inner Circle for a complete listing of the benefits we offer our members. You will be glad you did! |
Create the Ideal Organization
We thrive on enhancing your experience. So, please go ahead and tell us what you want, and help us create the organization that is ideal for you!
When do you get the chance to tell an organization what your needs are? Help us build the most interactive, value-packed women-daring-women community. If you propose an idea we’ve not already thought about or included on our roadmap for later implementation, and we believe that your idea would benefit The Daring Community, we will reward you with a FREE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP. No membership monthly fees ever!
Even though, we have spent the last 18 months hosting focus groups, interviewing countless number of women and consulting marketing, branding and web design experts, -- all towards the development of our membership programs and offerings and the design of the web site -- we are certain that you have some fabulous daring ideas and opinions of your own that you would like to share with us.
What are the top 2-3 things the ideal organization would offer to entice you to join and compel you to invite your friends, colleagues or business associates to do the same? Please send your ideas and comments to: info@thedaring.com. |
