Lake Communicators Second Vice President Barbara Snow, cochair of the Special Events committee, left, and President Dick Fraser, welcome workshop speaker Marvin Montgomery.

Lake Communicators First Vice President Judy Cerne, left, talks with members Kathie Pohl and Barbara Wiget, cochair of the Special Events committee.

Lake Communicators member Julia Schick enjoys a hot cup of coffee between presenters.

Lake Communicators member Laura Fredrick, senior account manager at McKinney Advertising & Public Relations, checks in marketing workshop attendees.

Marketing Workshop attendees make their selections from a variety of breakfast items.

Speaker Judee Nerren selected a compelling topic f or her presentation, “Capture the Women’s Market.”

Marketing Workshop attendees enjoy coffee and conversation between presenters.

Lake Communicators members Brett Fraser of Fraser Video Productions and Kristie Hutchison, senior customer relations representative at Perry Nuclear Power Plant/FirstEnergy Corp.

Marketing Workshop attendee Carrie Plummer, director of Youth Education at the Lake County History Center, left, with her coworker, Lake Communicators Treasurer Kathie Purmal, and President Dick Fraser.

Members Laura Fredrick of McKinney Advertising & Public Relations and Diana Lewis, marketing assistant at Great Lakes Mall.

Lake Communicators members Wanda Wareham, director of community affairs & marketing at the
Fine Arts Association in WIlloughby, and Lynne Strah, public relations manager at Big Brothers Big Sisters in Painesville.

Member Barbara Comiskey, marketing consultant with Comiskey Communications Inc., stands in line for breakfast.

Lake Communicators members Laura Freeman and Kathie Purmal chat after the workshop.

Judee Nerren makes a point during her presentation, “Capture the Women’s Market.”

Judee Nerren, publisher/editor of the Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula County Women's Journals, addresses those gathered for the workshop.

Kordell Norton, one of the speakers at the Marketing Workshop, delivers one of many funny lines during his presentation, “Marketing with E’s: The 5 Elements of Marketing with Pizzazz.”

Special Events committee Cochairs Barbara Snow and Barbara Wiget, along with Lake Communicators First Vice President Judy Cerne hand out door prizes.

Lake Communicators Board member Diana Lewis and President Dick Fraser.

Lake Communicators Board members, from left, Internal Communications/Voice Editor Laura Freeman, President Dick Fraser, Special Events Committee Cochair Barbara Wiget, Treasurer Kathie Purmal, Mentoring Committee Chair Diana Lewis, Programming Committee Chair John Venen, and Second Vice President/Special Events Committee Cochair Barbara Snow.

McKinney Advertising & Public Relations President and CEO Judy Cerne, first vice president of Lake Communicators, shows off door prizes.

Marvin Montgomery makes a point in his presentation "Preparation and Practice is the Key to Sales Success."

Presenters Kordell Norton and Judee Nerren.

Lake Communicators member Gladys Reilly listens intently to one of the presenters.

Marketing Workshop speakers Marvin Montgomery, left, Judee Nerren and Kordell Norton.

Second Vice President Judy Cerne, left, and President Dick Fraser. present speakers Marvin Montgomery, Judee Nerren and Kordell Norton with signature Lake Communicators speaker gifts, personalized microphone statues.