The Direct Selling Women's Alliance Honors Zig Ziglar with Lifetime Achievement Award

Feb. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- Kailua, Hawaii (February 2011) – the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance (DSWA) is proud to announce the 2011 Celebration event (annual convention) to be held at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas, Texas, on April 28 through May 1, 2011. Along with keynote speaker, Julie Ziglar Norman, daughter of legendary Zig Ziglar, top producers and leaders in the direct selling profession will take the stage to share their knowledge and ideas on personal and professional development at this premier training and networking event.

At this, the 10th Anniversary Celebration of DSWA, Julie Ziglar Norman will be joined by her world-renowned father, Zig Ziglar, at the VIP Reception on Thursday, April 28, 2011, for an intimate gathering, book signing and photo opportunity. On Saturday, April 30, 2011, attendees will join DSWA Co-Founders, Nicki Keohohou and Grace Keohohou, to present Zig Ziglar with a lifetime achievement award honoring his work in the direct selling profession which has contributed to the success of millions of direct sellers around the world. One of Zig’s famous quotes – “You can have everything in life you want if you just help enough other people get what they want” - represents what many believe to be the foundation of the direct selling profession.

ABOUT DSWA

Founded in 2001, the Direct Selling Women's Alliance (DSWA) is a global organization dedicated to uniting direct sellers throughout the world who share a common desire of achieving personal and financial success. The DSWA serves the more than 59 million direct selling distributors around the globe. Its members are affiliated with one of the thousands of direct selling companies, which generate combined annual revenues exceeding $109 billion. The foremost provider of industry-specific information, resources, networking opportunities, products, training, and services, the DSWA is dedicated to supporting individual direct sellers as they build their home-based, independent direct selling businesses. To learn more about the DSWA, please visit http://www.cms.dswa.org.

ABOUT NICKI KEOHOHOU

Nicki Keohohou began her career as a distributor in the direct selling profession more than 30 years ago and has spoken to direct sellers at conventions around the world, consulted to hundreds of companies, and held executive positions in direct selling companies. She co-authored the best-selling books Build it Big and More Build It BIG: 101 Insider Secrets from the Top Direct Selling Experts and has contributed to many other books.

Nicki was named one of the Top 25 Business Women in her home state of Hawaii as well as one of the Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in America. She was selected as an international “Hero for Humanity” in 2009 and named #2 in the International 2010 Power 30 honoring the 30 Most Influential Women in the direct selling profession. The award that brings her the most joy is the DSWA being recognized as the National Advocate of the Year for Working Mothers.

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The Direct Selling Women’s Association (DSWA) is a global organization dedicated to providing education, inspiration and resources to direct selling professionals and the companies and vendors that serve them.