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Day One: Mastermind Power Circle and Your Business Growth Plan
Leverage the experience of others by being featured "in the spotlight" where you can share your business challenges and questions. Positive ideas and solutions are encouraged from everyone in the circle. Whether you sit in the spotlight or participate from the sidelines, you are sure to learn dozens of valuable strategies that you can apply to your business immediately. You will also receive a Business Growth Action Plan Worksheet with instructions for developing your own unique growth plan.

"I don't know anybody that is super-successful who hasn't participated in masterminding." -Jack Canfield

Day Two: Goal Setting and Creative Vision Boards
We will begin the day with an inspirational discussion and goal-setting exercise. Next, you will create your own vision board by pasting images and words that represent your goals for the future. A vision board is a powerful tool for identifying and manifesting your goals. You will also have the opportunity to share your board with the rest of the group at the end of the day (though this is not required). We will provide all of the supplies you need. Come to this exercise with an open heart and an open mind.

Friday & Saturday, November 14 & 15, 2008
9am to 4pm both days
Gold River, CA (Near Sacramento)
Registered attendees will receive directions to the location.
Sorry, no on-site registration is available. You must pre-register for this event.

Registration is Just $299!
Bonus: The first 15 people to register will receive a guaranteed seat "in the spotlight" during the mastermind session on day one!

SEATING IS LIMITED - REGISTER TODAY!
http://CreativeBusinessSummit.com/

$299 per person.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1173126/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1173126/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1173126/#comments 38.6204 -121.2611 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:11:34 -0700 2008-10-03T21:11:34-07:00 Creative Business Summit 2008-11-14T09:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/248685/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/248685/ Business Growth Connection 11300 Coloma Road, Suite A-9 Gold River California 95670 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/248685/
You meet here your peers from different Industry and Business domains in a highly intense business learning environment. You, as part of a team, shall own a business of your own and make decisions in the areas of Marketing, Finance, HR, Production, TQM and R&D. You manage a different market segment round after round. Let’s see how you connect business intents/strategies to your company’s financial objectives. Come create an orchestra…total fun and learning too!

You would receive an individual report capturing your competencies…and deficiencies…across four parameters of Balanced Scorecard viz. Finance, Customer, Internal Business Process and Learning & Innovation.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1165184/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1165184/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1165184/#comments 12.9746 77.5876 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:07:00 -0700 2008-10-02T12:07:00-07:00 Capstone Business Simulation Strategy Workshop 2008-11-06T09:00:00Z 2008-11-08T17:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/241103/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/241103/ ISBR Electronic City Bangalroe KARNATAKA India http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/241103/
Bootstrappers Breakfasts are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing their business.

At Bootstrappers Breakfast we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow. This is not for entrepreneurs who want to meet VCs, this is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup. We meet in the back room at several Silicon Valley restaurants so space is limited.

These breakfasts are facilitated by SKMurphy, Inc. as a service to the Silicon Valley bootstrapper community, so there is no sales pitch from us or anyone else who attends. The first breakfast was held at Coco's in the heart of Silicon Valley in 2005. Since that time, they have grown to multiple locations through out the Bay Area.

Cost of breakfast + tip
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162992/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162992/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162992/#comments 37.4341 -121.8836 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:22:36 -0700 2008-10-01T16:22:36-07:00 Bootstrappers Breakfast 2008-10-10T07:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/239466/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/239466/ Omega Restaurant 90 S. Park Victoria Drive Milpitas California 95035 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/239466/
Bootstrappers Breakfasts are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing their business.

At Bootstrappers Breakfast we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow. This is not for entrepreneurs who want to meet VCs, this is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup. We meet in the back room at several Silicon Valley restaurants so space is limited.

These breakfasts are facilitated by SKMurphy, Inc. as a service to the Silicon Valley bootstrapper community, so there is no sales pitch from us or anyone else who attends. The first breakfast was held at Coco's in the heart of Silicon Valley in 2005. Since that time, they have grown to multiple locations through out the Bay Area.

Cost of breakfast + tip.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162864/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162864/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1162864/#comments 37.3867 -121.995 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:03:17 -0700 2008-10-01T15:03:17-07:00 Bootstrappers Breakfast 2008-10-21T07:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/227097/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/227097/ Coco's on Oakmead, Sunnyvale 1206 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale California 94086 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/227097/
From Facebook to Twitter and blogs to podcasts, Social Media is not just a way for students to keep in touch and stave off boredom. It is a trend that is changing the way corporations work and interact with each other and with their customers and other individuals.

The programme includes keynote speakers Julie Meyer (founder of First Tuesday and CEO of Ariadne Capital) and Frans van der Reep (senior strategist KPN & lector InHolland Digital World). The conference will also feature several presentations by industry leading companies, such as IBM and Ecademy, and a roundtable discussion that includes Stefan Zilch (MySpace) and René Rechtman (GoViral).

SOMESSO Zurich ’08 attendance is limited to 220 participants for maximum interaction and relationship building. To register, please visit www.somesso.com. The attendance fee is €590, with some early bird availability on a first come, first served basis to receive up to a 33 percent discount. Lunch, coffee, closing drinks and refreshments are also included.

More Info: www.somesso.com or email us at enquiries@somesso.com
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1161537/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1161537/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1161537/#comments 47.3577 8.5229 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:23:17 -0700 2008-10-01T05:23:17-07:00 SOMESSO Zurich `08 - The Corporate Social Media Conference 2008-10-31T09:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/218610/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/218610/ Papiersaal / Sihlcity Kalandarplatz 1 Zürich Zurich 8045 Switzerland http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/218610/
Ms. Barnes will illustrate three strategic interventions at the Haas School of Business and two Fortune 100 companies, a large technology company and a property and casualty insurance organization. Each organization is using the intervention for a different purpose.
She will share the specific behaviors, mindsets, and practices that are leading to success for these organizations as they learn to manage innovation through five key phases. She will outline the specific skill-sets needed by leaders in order to accomplish the tasks that are specific to each phase.
In this session, you will learn:
- Key models for developing and supporting strategic innovation
- Specific skill-sets that leaders need at each phase if the "innovation journey"
- An understanding of the behaviors and mindsets essential for successful innovation management

$25 members, students, affiliates, $35 all others, $40 at door.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1131135/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1131135/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1131135/#comments 37.456 -122.179 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:09:26 -0700 2008-09-25T00:09:26-07:00 Optimizing the Power of Innovation as a Strategic Initiative 2008-10-16T07:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/ SRI International 333 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park California United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/
As the first ever conference devoted entirely to Internet marketing, AIM helped to pave the way to a broader adaptation of online technology by the multifamily industry.

Having grown beyond its roots, AIM is now the premier destination for education on all aspects of the online renter experience, including end-to-end online leasing, lead management, revenue management, payments, marketing and more.

AIM was acquired from RealtyDataTrust in 2007 by Joshua Tree Internet Media, LLC. a venture lead by multifamily veteran Stephen Lefkovits.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1114940/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1114940/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1114940/#comments 39.7463 -104.991 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:41:29 -0700 2008-09-20T21:41:29-07:00 Apartment Internet Marketing Conference 2009-04-29T17:00:00Z 2009-05-01T12:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/53889/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/53889/ Denver Marriott City Center, 1701 California, Denver, Colorado 1701 California St Denver Colorado United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/53889/
Speakers includes:
• Gail Williams, Director of Communities for Salon.com
• Jeff Chausse, Web Director for Harmonix, (Guitar Hero/ Rock Band 2).
• Dawn Foster- Portlands own Social & Community Guru
• Scott Kveton- Vidoop
• Melissa Casburn and Al Partridge- ISITE Design
• Including panel lunch with the AMA (American Marketing Association)

You can register for the lunch, morning session, or entire event:
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1113224/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1113224/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1113224/#comments 45.5207 -122.6826 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:25:42 -0700 2008-09-19T15:25:42-07:00 Love @ First Website: Cultivating Communities 2008-10-14T08:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/153632/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/153632/ The Governor Hotel 614 SW Eleventh Avenue Portland Oregon United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/153632/
Topics we will cover:

* Your Customer's Buying Process
o Understand
o Believe
o Act
* Your Sales Process
o Sales Funnel: Lead Generation through Closing
* Techniques for Shortening the Sales Process
* Analyzing and Debugging Your Sales Process

As a part of your workshop registration, we will also follow up via e-mail and brief phone calls at two weeks, four weeks, 8 weeks, and 13 weeks to help you track your progress, You will leave with a one page action plan, a workbook, and 90 days of access to a private workspace with the workshop materials.

About the Workshop Leader
Sean Murphy has taken an entrepreneurial approach to life since he could drive. He has served as an advisor to dozens of startups, helping them explore new options and bring their businesses to new levels. His firm, SKMurphy, Inc., focuses on early customers and early revenue for software startups, helping engineers to understand business development.

Prior to SKMurphy, Sean worked in a variety of areas including software engineering, engineering management, application engineering, business development, product marketing and customer support. Sean holds a BS in Mathematical Sciences and an MS in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University.

Agenda:

* 8:30 AM Breakfast & Registration
* 8:45 AM Workshop begins
* 12:30 PM Lunch & De-brief

$95; after October 1 $125.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1088559/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1088559/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1088559/#comments 48.8906 -116.9821 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:19:28 -0700 2008-09-10T00:19:28-07:00 SKMurphy: Engineering Your Sales Process 2008-10-14T08:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/119629/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/119629/ Fortis General Counsel One Lagoon Drive, Suite 100 Redwood Shores California 94065 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/119629/
The UC Berkeley Product Management program teaches critical business skills and a strategic framework for superior Product Management that will drive companies to new levels of profitability. Designed for product managers and executives interfacing with product management, this intensive 5-day course delivers a powerful knowledge mix across the product life cycle including strategic planning, product management execution, and product launch.

Benefits
During this program, participants will develop the skills to:

- Determine the most effective methods for obtaining and integrating market feedback to drive corporate and product decisions, including both one-off and recurrent research studies
- Appropriately allocate resources among products
- Prepare a meaningful business case
- Construct product road maps
- Write effective market and product requirements documents
- Choose the most appropriate product prototyping and testing methodology
- Develop a top-notch launch plan
- Optimize the marketing mix

Learn from the Best in the Business and Build a Valuable Network
The program brings together top faculty from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley with Product Managers of some of the world's most successful products. All graduates get a UC Berkeley Certificate and an invitation to join our UC Berkeley Product Management alumni LinkedIn network.

Who Should Attend?
Product Managers, Directors, and Vice Presidents of Product Management, Engineers looking to move into or interfacing with Product Management Strategic planners, VP's, and others who manage product portfolios and corporate strategy.

Program Dates: November 3-7, 2008
Program Fee: $5,995 (2nd person from a firm 1/2 price)

For more information, visit: www.galimagroup.com/pricing or contact Kim Fisher, fisher@haas.berkeley.edu, 415-637-4913

$5,995, second person from a firm 1/2 off.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1006194/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1006194/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1006194/#comments 37.8716 -122.253 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:53:42 -0700 2008-08-12T18:53:42-07:00 UC Berkeley Product Management Program 2008-11-03T09:00:00Z 2008-11-07T17:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/13106/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/13106/ Haas School of Business (UC-Berkeley) 2220 Piedmont Avenue Berkeley California 94720 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/13106/
Communication strategists understand change rarely occurs overnight and plan accordingly. Strategy simply means setting goals that advance your program or development work. Framing or often even more importantly, re-framing, your work is the art of putting what you do in a context that resonates with your audiences. Learn:

* Anatomy of a great media plan
* What framing is all about and how to frame, or re-frame, an issue
* What we need besides media

Workshop participants will get pragmatic tips on how to put the tool of framing to work in in planning a communications campaign.

Trainer Sangita Nayak works at the Milwaukee chapter of 9to5, the National Association of Working Women where she is helping to lead a countywide ballot initiative campaign that will be voted on in November to allow workers to earn a minimum of one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked.

Previously she was the organization's National Communications Director. She has also served as Interim Director at the Hmong American Women's Association and still serves on their board, and as Policy and Communications Director for The Praxis Project, where she co-created the Katrina Information Network that provided media and e-advocacy support for over 30 groups on the ground in the Gulf South, for the year post-Katrina.

In the late 90s, she directed organizing on public health issues and corporate accountability and worked with an international coalition campaigning against tobacco transnationals as well as ACE, an organization committed to environmental justice in Roxbury, Mass. She has worked on campaigns from winning resolutions at the WHO level to stopping the unsafe W-2 placements of Hmong refugees by Maximus. Ms. Magazine named her as one of the "women to watch" in 2000. She currently serves on the boards of HAWA, Progressive Communicators Network, the Freedom Now Collaborative, and on the leadership team of the local Philanthropy Incubator Project.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/921677/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/921677/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/921677/#comments 41.874 -87.6258 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:15:49 -0700 2008-07-21T10:15:49-07:00 Power of Ideas: Strategy and Framing 2008-11-07T09:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/128829/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/128829/ Community Media Workshop 619 S. Wabash Chicago Illinois 60605 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/128829/