Member Led Workshops Archive
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Member Led Workshops Archived Events. For more information, contact Paula Zamudio at 415-352-8818. Click here for current events. Organizational Strategies for Competing Post-Recession Updated by Paula on August 12, 2009Wednesday, September 23, 2009 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Boardroom Many business leaders today are operating in an economic climate that they’ve never previously experienced—the biggest economic downturn in a generation. There are no easy answers to the difficult problems you face. Yet amidst these challenges, human resource strategies must be defined and prioritized to position your enterprise to compete post-recession. This presentation will focus on the most important of those strategies and offer an opportunity for interaction so you can share and learn best organizational development practices for weathering the current storm. Topics covered will include:
Discussion will also be centered on three major internal challenges that savvy business leaders must focus their time and attention as we begin to emerge from the recession:
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Registration is $15 for Chamber members and $25 for prospective members. Light refreshments will be provided. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information, contact Paula Zamudio or 415-352-8840. Member Led Workshop: Identity Theft Awareness and Prevention Workshop Updated by Paula on July 23, 2009How to Reduce Your Personal and Business Risk of Becoming the Next Identity Theft Victim Tuesday, August 4, 2009 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Boardroom Please attend this informative presentation on identity theft. Attendees will cover the basics of identity theft as well as learn how they can reduce their risk of becoming victims. Presentations will be made by Daniel Mitsunaga of US First Credit Union, Joanne McNabb, of the California Office of Privacy Protection and Linda Masoli of Pre Paid Legal Services. Participants can expect to discuss what identity theft is and why it is increasing, as well as the four things you can do to protect yourself. The presenters will cover how to protect your mail, your computer, credit cards versus debit cards and security freeze. A large part of the presentation will also discuss how businesses can reduce company and employee liability including the following: Attendees will receive copies of the FTC publication, Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Businesses. Registration is $15 for Chamber members and $25 for prospective members. Light refreshments will be provided. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information, contact Paula Zamudio or 415-352-8840. Presentations by:
Member-Led Workshop: Increase Productivity and Manage Information Overload through Visual Mapping Updated by Maya on May 12, 2009Thursday, June 4, 2009 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Boardroom
Join Lisa Fait with Mindjet, for this informative Member-Led Workshop on how to increase productivity and manage information overload through visual mapping. This seminar will guide you on how to capture, organize, and communicate information visually, to help you increase productivity. Attendees can expect to learn how to use mapping tools to: Science has proven we can increase retention and comprehension by 80% simply by working visually. Join Mindjet and more than 1.5 million people, including companies like Williams-Sonoma, StubHub, Wells Fargo and Service Source, that have benefitted from working visually by utilizing mapping solutions. Lisa Fait runs the Power Start Program at Mindjet, designed to help people understand the power of visual thinking, planning, and communication. Studies have proven the astronomical costs associated with the time knowledge workers spend searching for, recreating, and updating information. Yet all of these are key tasks to getting work done. Lisa loves sharing her knowledge of how our brains process information and how to apply that knowledge to get more done every day. Registration is $15 for Chamber members, and $25 for prospective members. Attendees are invited to bring their own lunch. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information, contact Maya Lewis or 415-352-8840.
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Member Led Workshop: How to Use Yelp for Your Business Updated by Paula on April 1, 2009Thursday, April 23 Join Yelp for this informative Member Led Workshop on how to use Yelp to grow your business. Yelp is a website that connects people with great local businesses. More than 20 million people visited www.Yelp.com last month looking for everything from bars and restaurants to dentists and accountants. Attendees can expect to learn:
Registration is $15 for Chamber members, $25 for prospective members. Attendees are invited to bring their own lunch. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information, contact Maya Lewis or 415-352-8840. Michelle Broderick has been involved in online marketing ever since the Internet has had marketing. Coincidence? Probably. She sure has learned a thing or two along the way and loves to talk about what she has picked up over the past decade at companies like Continental Airlines, Gap Inc, Yahoo and RealNetworks. Currently, she works at Yelp.com – a website that connects people with great local businesses. You can find out more than you’ve ever wanted to know about her at michelle.yelp.com.
Member-Led Workshop Updated by Maya on December 22, 2008Search Engine Optimization for Beginners Bring a brown-bag lunch and join Kimberley Dodd, Network Solutions, for an informative presentation on Search Engine Optimization for Beginners. In this one hour seminar, you’ll learn the essentials of search engine marketing:
Kimberly Dodd is a dynamic sales and marketing professional with experience as an entrepreneur, and is skilled in traditional advertising as well as search engine optimization, pay per click, e-commerce and design. Dodd has been certified and trained by Google and has direct experience using search engine optimization to reduce cost per sale. Registration is $15. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information, contact Maya Lewis at 415-352-8840. Presented By:
You can also register by sending a check to: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Attn: Business Success Series 235 Montgomery St., 12th Flr. San Francisco, CA 94104 |
