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]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4768196/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4768196/CA/Menlo-Park/Mobile-Forum-Mobile-Health/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4768196/#comments 37.456 -122.179 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:28:11 -0700 2009-10-22T09:28:11-07:00 Mobile Forum: Mobile Health 2009-12-09T08:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/CA/Menlo-Park/SRI-International/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/ SRI International 333 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park California United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/CA/Menlo-Park/SRI-International/
Start: 11/19/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 11/19/2009 - 8:30pm

Contact Info: Laura Weigant
Email: info@svase.org

Location: Sun Microsystems
18 Network Circle, Building 12
Menlo Park, CA 94025

SVASE & GABA Present: Social Financing - Using the Web to Mine Money for Your Venture

URL:www.svase.org/?q=node/3474

Raising money from VCs is increasingly difficult for early stage companies--even ones with a good product. Social networks have been great for generating awareness but how do you turn social equity into funds for your business? Social financing is working well for entrepreneurs in developing countries and those improving the well-being of society and the environment. Could that same model work here? New models are rapidly emerging that are changing the landscape for how businesses raise money.

Join this dynamic panel of experts as they discuss this timely topic!
·What is social financing?
·What is microfinancing?
·What new tools are available today?
·How companies facilitate sources of social funding
·How social networks can become social financing engines

The Panel:
* Marc Dangeard, Founder, Entrepreneur Commons
* Joshua Sams, Co-Founder & CEO, Sprowtt Marketplace
* TBD
* TBD

Moderator: Sumaya Kazy, Sr. Social Media Manager, Sun Microsystems

WHEN: Thursday, November 19
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Networking and hors d’oeuvres
7:00 – 8:15 pm: Panel Discussion and Q&A
8:15 – 8:30 pm: Additional Networking

LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, 18 Network Circle, Building 12, Menlo Park, CA 94025

PRE-REGISTERED RATES (All Rates Include Hors D’oeuvres):
Members - $20 Affiliates who advertise this event - $29; General Public - $49

Pre-registration closes at 9 PM the day before of the event
WALK-IN RATES: Add $10.00 to listed price

To reserve an Exhibit Table:
Business Showcase Exhibit Table – member rate: $149; non-member rate: $250
(Includes exhibit table and two tickets to the event.) Contact Info@svase.org

Pre-registration closes at 9 PM the day before of the event

Seating is limited, so early registration is recommended to avoid disappointment on the day.

This event is co-sponsored by Sun Microsystems, www.sun.com/startupessentials/overview.jsp?CID=928364.

Speakers’ Bios

Joshua Sams, Co-Founder & CEO, Sprowtt Marketplace
Prior to Sprowtt, Joshua was active in emerging markets. He actively managed investments in Turkey, speculating that there would be risk arbitrage opportunities as Turkey's ascension to the E.U. neared. Prior to this, Joshua studied on and off at Harvard, taking time away to pursue real estate and other investments during 2001-2005. Joshua has a broad educational background, including behavioral economics and particle physics. Using the current economic crisis as a catalyst, he is now seizing the opportunity to affect social change by promoting democratic access to capital markets. Through the use of technology, he hopes to create an alternative investment banking dynamic for the benefit of early-stage companies and public investors.

Sumaya Kazy, Sr. Social Media Manager, Sun Microsystems

Sumaya Kazi is an internationally recognized innovator, leader, speaker and award-winning entrepreneur. She frequently speaks at professional conferences and educational institutions inspiring audiences on topics such as entrepreneurship, non-profit work, intrapreneurship, young professional issues, social media, diversity and technology.

By day, Sumaya works at Fortune 500 Sun Microsystems, a company that develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Sumaya was recruited by Sun at age 22 and has since quickly moved up in her positions in the Executive Communications, Worldwide Operations and New & Social Media teams. As a Senior Social Media Manager in its Global Communications group Sumaya is charged with developing new and innovative programs to capture, expand and socialize new and evolving media, analyst and influencer communities.

Recognized by her colleagues as a Social Media ‘Maven’ and ‘Guru’, Sumaya has taken her knowledge and expertise in the media world and has integrated it within her work at Sun. Sumaya provides thought leadership and a young perspective on various issues for a major player in global business.

Sumaya founded The CulturalConnect, an online media publishing company dedicated to young professionals around the world. For her passion and success around her entrepreneurial endeavors, Sumaya has been recognized by BusinessWeek Magazine as one of America’s ‘Best Young Entrepreneurs’, CNN as a ‘Young Person Who Rocks’, ColorLines Magazine as an ‘Innovator to Watch in 2008′ and has been recognized as a Who’s Who of Global Emerging Leaders among many other notable accolades. Sumaya was recently honored to join Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus in a ‘Meeting of the Minds’, the youngest invited.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4769167/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4769167/CA/Menlo-Park/SVASE-BIGs-EVENT-SVASE-amp-GABA-Present-Social-Financing-Using-the-Web-to-Mine-Money-for-Your-Venture/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4769167/#comments 37.4849 -122.151 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:09:46 -0700 2009-10-23T11:09:46-07:00 SVASE BIGs EVENT: SVASE & GABA Present: Social Financing – Using the Web to Mine Money for Your Venture 2009-11-19T18:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/51937/CA/Menlo-Park/Sun-Microsystems/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/51937/ Sun Microsystems 15 Network Circle Menlo Park California United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/51937/CA/Menlo-Park/Sun-Microsystems/
Check out more details and sign up here: http://www.meetup.com/Centered-Leadership/
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4809460/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4809460/CA/Menlo-Park/Stressors-in-the-Workplace-Stress-Management-Strategies-of-Centered-Leaders/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4809460/#comments 37.4781 -122.1517 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:19:37 -0700 2009-10-28T19:19:37-07:00 Stressors in the Workplace: Stress Management Strategies of Centered Leaders 2009-11-18T19:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/613089/CA/Menlo-Park/Silicon-Valley-Pad/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/613089/ Silicon Valley Pad 1370 Willow Road - 2nd Floor Menlo Park California 94025 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/613089/CA/Menlo-Park/Silicon-Valley-Pad/
Two successful educators in the Bay area will each give a 30-min inspirational talk about their struggles and challenges being females in the tech industry before they became technology educators and/or tech evangelists. Take home valuable lessons and advice from our Techno- Coach and educator Reesa Abrams on how to work confidently and emerge successfully in the IT and IS industry. Be free to ask questions and have a dialogue with Dr. Kim Foreman on how to encourage and inspire more women be involved in technology and education.

On the deck, our speakers are:

Reesa Abrams, Associate at WellSpring (http://www.wellsprg.c...) is a Relationship Manager and a Learning Expert. Reesa is known for the development and use of a Stakeholder/Mentor model of training. This helps empower organizations integrate across geographical and cultural boundaries. Additionally it results in empowering their employees and meeting the needs of their customers and partners.

Ms. Abrams is also an E-Learning expert covering all aspects of production from selecting, installing, maintaining and becoming proficient in learning management systems & authorware to specific implementations for corporate organizational requirements.

Learn more about Reesa here

Dr. Kim Foreman is Professor of Instructional Technology at San Francisco State University

Dr. Foreman has published journal articles and newspaper columns on learning styles, multicultural education, interactive multimedia, instructional design, and technology integration.
Dr. Foreman has been writing a bi-weekly educational column in Korea Times. Her educational essays have been widely read by Korean teachers and parents nationally and internationally. Additionally, Dr. Foreman also has been co-writing a column called, “Korean and Korean Culture Through the Eyes of Strangers”. Since 1998, Dr. Foreman has conducted teacher training in Africa for one month every summer. Her initial participation with the African Project was to deliver food and clothes to refugees who were displaced by the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, but after witnessing the desperate need for teacher training, she initiated annual training seminars in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Congo.

Her blog site: http://comeandseeafri...

Agenda:

1:30 - 2:00 Registration
2:00 - 2:30 Reesa Abrams, Associate at WellSpring Consulting

2:30 - 3:00 Dr. Kim Foreman PhD., Professor of Instructional Technology at San Francisco State University
3:00 - 3:30 Q&A

3:30 – 4:00 Networking and wrap up

Our sponsor, the Silicon Valley Pad, www.siliconvalleypad.com provided the venue.

As always, we encourage you to share your home baked cookies and home grown fruits with your fellow geek members.
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Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference (BSCC) announces its fourth in a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions to address the planet's multifaceted energy challenges.

This fourth installment is made possible through Stanford University's Energy Crossroads and sponsorship from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program. This conference will provide information on the past, current and future state of the Smart Grid from a technical, policy and business point of view. For participants, this is an excellent opportunity to network and learn more about opportunities in this rapidly emerging field.

Confirmed Panelists include
* Andrew Tang: Senior Director, Smart Energy Web, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
* Andrew Campbell: Senior Energy Advisor, CPUC
* Erfan Ibrahim: Technical Executive at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
* Alex Beavers: Corporate Director, SRI International
* Jordan Breslow: Silver Spring Network
* David Meyers: Director of Business Development - Western Region, EnerNOC
* Craig Lawrence: General Partner, Accel
And many more...

Date: Friday, November 13, 2009
Location: SRI International Auditorium, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493
Time: 12 pm - 7pm
Website: http://cleantech.stanford.edu

About BSCC: The Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference Series is a student-led organization founded in 2007 to bring together students at the Engineering, Business and Policy schools at Stanford University and UC Berkeley as well as key members of the academia, policy and business community in the Bay Area and beyond.
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If you'd like to present, email startupsig@sdforum.org with a couple lines about your startup, including a link if possible. We'll try to include everyone but may have to prioritize based on perceived audience appeal.

Check out the latest list at:
http://startupsig.pbworks.com/
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4840044/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4840044/CA/Menlo-Park/Startup-SIG-Demo-Night/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4840044/#comments 37.4899 -122.1848 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:26:41 -0700 2009-11-03T04:26:41-07:00 Startup SIG: Demo Night! 2009-11-16T18:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/70861/CA/Menlo-Park/Orrick-Herrington-amp-Sutcliffe-LLP/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/70861/ Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1100 Marsh Road Menlo Park California 94025 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/70861/CA/Menlo-Park/Orrick-Herrington-amp-Sutcliffe-LLP/
Agenda:
6:00-6:30pm Registration & Networking
6:45-7:00 Introductions
7:00-8:00 Panel Discussion
8:00pm Q&A, Networking
8:30pm Closing Remarks

Speakers Include:
Sara Batterby, Akel Ventures
Tod Francis, Shasta Ventures
Jan Pepper, Alameda Municipal Power
Scott Potter, San Francisco Equity Partners
Alicia Seger, TerraPass
Moderated by: Mitch Zuklie, Orrick

For more information or to register: http://sdforum.org/greenclean

Price: Platinum Pass: $0, Members: $30, Non-Members: $40

Location:
Orrick
1000 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4865051/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4865051/CA/Menlo-Park/Green-and-Clean-Evening-Series-How-Green-are-You-Going-to-Be/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4865051/#comments 37.4789 -122.185 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:08:05 -0700 2009-11-07T22:08:05-07:00 Green and Clean Evening Series: How Green are You Going to Be? 2009-12-15T18:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/88008/CA/Menlo-Park/Orrick-Herrington-amp-Sutcliffe-LLP/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/88008/ Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1000 Marsh Road Menlo Park California 94025 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/88008/CA/Menlo-Park/Orrick-Herrington-amp-Sutcliffe-LLP/ Alan Adler, Inventor and CEO of Aerobie, Inc., will share his experience licensing and venturing his product ideas

During the 70's and early 80's while working as a consulting engineer and teaching part time at Stanford University, Alan Adler invented toys in his spare time and licensed his ideas to toy companies. Alan was also an avid sailor who taught himself aerodynamics in order to be able to design sailboats. His love of inventing toys and his new found knowledge of aerodynamics led him into the pursuit of better flying toys.
Alan designed and built the first prototype of the Aerobie ring with its spoiler rim that balances lift over a wide range of throwing speeds in early 1984. The first throw of the Aerobie ring on Roble Field at Stanford showed Alan he had something special. The ring flew straight and true for an incredible distance, "as if sliding on an invisible sheet of ice."

Alan knew the Aerobie ring could be a hit. He also knew the flying performance of the Aerobie ring was going to be dependent on maintaining aerospace quality standards in the manufacturing processes. He therefore founded Superflight, Inc. (now Aerobie, Inc.) in 1984 to manufacture and sell his high performance sport toy inventions beginning with the Aerobie flying ring. For its first 20 years of existence, Aerobie Inc. was officially named Superflight, Inc. However, in recognition of the fact that all of the products were named Aerobie and everybody knew the company as Aerobie, as of 2005, his company's name is officially Aerobie, Inc.
The company is still owned by Alan and he still works on inventing new, exciting sport toys. He now manufactures thirteen Aerobie brand products and sells them through retailers throughout the United States and to distributors in over thirty countries. All Aerobie brand sport toys are known for their extraordinary performance and quality. His warehousing, packing, and shipping are all done in San Carlos, California.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4869044/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4869044/CA/Menlo-Park/Sell-Your-Product-Ideas/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4869044/#comments 37.4841 -122.179 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:28:48 -0700 2009-11-08T00:28:48-07:00 Sell Your Product Ideas 2009-11-14T09:15:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/101377/CA/Menlo-Park/Tech-Shop/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/101377/ Tech Shop 120 Independence Drive Menlo Park California 94025 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/101377/CA/Menlo-Park/Tech-Shop/
The panel, organized by GABA and SVASE will discuss these specific topics:

-What is social financing?
-What is microfinancing?
-What new tools are available today?
-How companies facilitate sources of social funding
-How social networks can become social financing engines

Panelists:
Marc Dangeard, Founder, Entrepreneur Commons
Joshua Sams, Co-Founder & CEO, Sprowtt Marketplace
Trevor Cornwell, Founder & CEO, Embarkons
TBD

Moderator:
Sumaya Kazy, Sr. Social Media Manager, Sun Microsystems

Agenda:
6:00 - 7:00 pm Registration and Networking Reception
7:00 - 8:15 pm Panel Discussion and Q&A
8:15 - 9:00 pm Networking

Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.
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