San Francisco Chamber of Commerce - Programs & Events

Find it difficult to connect with the right people at networking events? Not meeting as many people as you could because you are caught in one long converation? Hesitant to walk up and start a conversation with someone new?

In the beginning of the session Debra will share her expert networking tips with the group. Then each pair will have a few minutes to introduce themselves and their company. You will explain what you are looking for or the value of your products/services, and then switch. After meeting with everyone on the opposite side of the room, we will break for informal networking over complimentary wine and light hors d’oeuvres.

Debra has always loved connecting people. Since 1982, Debra has assisted hundreds of Bay Area businesses in meeting their staffing needs. A native San Franciscan, Debra received a Juris Doctorate from the University of California at Davis and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and French from the University of California at Berkeley. She founded Monroe Personnel Service in 1987. Monroe was ranked in the San Francisco Business Times' Bay Area's Top 150 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies list for 2000 and 2001

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Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803 or nchan@sfchamber.com.

Women in Business Roundtable
Tuesday, April 22
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
222 Mason Street at O’Farrell

5-5:30 pm Registration/Networking
5:30-7 pm Program

Visionary Women Inspiring Change
With Marcia Wieder, CEO of Dream University®

Join Marcia Wieder, CEO of Dream University® for Visionary Women Inspiring Change. Through inspiring stories of women visionaries, she will show you proven and practical tools for igniting passion and achieving your goals in your work and personal life. There is a new paradigm today for being a powerful woman and rapidly making inroads to places where men have dominated in the past. Dream big, share a vision that inspires and exceed self-limiting expectations.

Marcia Wieder - With over twenty years coaching, training and speaking experience, her inspiring message, style and wit has touched audiences from 50-5000 at companies such as AT&T, The Gap and American Express. Whether teaching at the Stanford Business School, speaking to executives in China, or addressing young women at Girl Scout Camp, her riveting style impacts audiences world-wide. Marcia has appeared on Oprah, The Today show, in her own PBS-TV special, and has written several books that have been translated into numerous languages. Her newest book is called Dreams are Whispers from the Soul. As past president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, she was a frequent guest at the White House where she met former U.S. presidents, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and George Bush Sr. And as a columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle, she urged readers to take "The Great Dream Challenge."

Cost is $35 for Chamber members and $45 for prospective members if paid by April 17. Additional $5 after April 17 and at the door.

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Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803.

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Women in Business Roundtable
Tuesday, March 18
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
222 Mason Street at O’Farrell

5-5:30 pm Registration/Networking
5:30-7 pm Program

The Art of Personal Branding
Why Be Brand X, When You Can be Brand YOU!
With Ellen Looyen, Branding Guru

Brands are pervasive and persuasive...and professional Branding isn’t just for products and services anymore. It’s also crucial for people wanting to create a valuable, compelling, memorable identity and an influential presence to attract more of what they want in their lives. Ellen will help you re-spark your old, tired brand to create a more confident and effective sales and marketing presence.

Ellen Looyen Communications, in business since 1988, has provided all types of businesses (from start-ups and non-profits to major corporations) with branding, marketing and sales training expertise. Her work is enthusiastically endorsed by the best-selling “Guerrilla Marketing” author, Jay Levinson and she is featured in CJ Hayden’s popular book, “Get Clients Now” as a Marketing Communications expert. Ellen’s recent talk at the Commonwealth Club was a sell-out (weeks in advance). She is also a popular guest instructor at the SF Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center and a frequent Branding Commentator on KGO NewsTalk Radio.

Cost is $35 for Chamber members and $45 for prospective members if paid by March 13. Additional $5 after March 13 and at the door.

Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803.

Women in Business Roundtable
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
222 Mason Street at O�Farrell

Communicating to be Heard and Remembered
(A workshop for women)
with Christina Harbridge-Law, misChief Executive Officer, Allegory Training Company

The only person who likes a lecture is the person giving it. ™ How do we keep an audience from daydreaming about their laundry? It is HOW we say what we say that allows us to be heard and remembered. To change a mind, to sell a product, to manage a team, to lead a nation, we must first be heard. In our current communication economy, the human relationship is the true currency. This workshop welcomes the nervous, the eloquent, the tongue-tied and even the polished woman. It will harness your natural style and personality and make you a more effective speaker in business, law, politics, or advocacy.

Christina Harbridge-Law, misChief Executive Officer, Allegory Training Company
In 2006, when Christina sold her company, Bridgeport Financial, it had grown from a one-woman firm to be amongst the "Top 100 Fastest Growing Businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area" not once but four times in a row. There she created a communications protocol that led debtors to send thank-you notes, and an occasional wedding invitation, along with 2X the industry average in payments. Christina has lobbied Congress, trained elected officials in public speaking, coached Fortune 500 CEOs, and fearlessly hung off the side of a building while welding a sculpture.

Cost is $35 for Chamber members and $45 for prospective members if paid by Feb. 14. Additional $5 after Feb. 14 and at the door.

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Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803 or nchan@sfchamber.com