For more event information visit:
http://www.CincyTechUSA.com/
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8:00 - 8:30 Registration
8:30 - 10:00 Program & Questions
Graydon Head-Legal Counsel Since 1871
Guest Speaker: Lee Geiger, Esq.
- Legal and practical issues raised by electronic personnel records storage, electronic signatures, online personnel policies, and paperless payroll
- Identity theft protection
- Best practices regarding employees' use of company computers
- Practical E-discovery issues for employers
Super Jobs Center
1916 Central Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45214
RSVP By 04/01: Betty Poling
bpoling@superjobs.com or 513-458-6143
No Cost Event! Light Breakfast Included!
Social media and collaboration is the future, and the here and now. The collaborative Web isn’t just for teenagers – it can be used for networking, and for business.
Social media use the “wisdom of crowds” to connect information in a collaborative manner. Social media can take many different forms, including Internet forums, message boards, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, pictures and video. Technologies such as blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing, crowdsourcing, and voice over IP, to name a few.
Web 2.0-savvy panellists include:
FRCH & PR Blog’s Kevin Dugan
Web 2.0 consultant Michelle Lentz
Pause Magazine Editor in Chief Chris Bergman
This is your opportunity to get the answers you want about Social Media and how to use it effectively. Join The Women’s Circuit as we talk about the best ways to integrate social media into your business or organization.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
11:30 am – 1 pm
@ Airport FastPark Offices
250 West Court Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Members are encouraged to bring your friends and colleagues.
**Non-members are welcome.**
Lunch will be avialble, please RSVP at RSVP@TheWomensCircuit.com by
4/8/08.
Location: Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber – Learning Center
441 Vine Street, 300 Carew Tower
Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Registration Fee: NONE
To Register: Call or email Dorothy H. Air, PhD at 558-7339 or dorothy.air@uc.edu.
This 2-day Intensive Workshop covers all aspects of preparing a competitive SBIR/STTR proposal from strategic planning, to proposal writing, to submission to post-submission follow-up.
Agenda, Day 1:
- Strategic Planning – Do your homework up front!
- SBIR/STTR Program Details
- Technological Innovation and Commercial Merit – what this means
- Strategies for targeting your proposal to meet the agency’s mission and requirements
- How to do your intelligence work prior to writing the proposal
- Proposal Development - Crafting a Fundable Proposal – Details on the proposal preparation process.
- Planning tools for writing the proposal
- The SBIR/STTR review process – learn how to write the proposal to meet the reviewers expectations
- Step by step process in how to write each section of a proposal
- Common problems and pitfalls in SBIR/STTR proposals and how to avoid them
- Post award administration – What to do once you learn you are going to be funded (and what to do next if you learn you are not)
Agenda, Day 2:
- Preparing a Commercialization Plan - Good science is necessary but not sufficient. A strong commercialization strategy is a critical element in successful SBIR/STTR proposals, and must be addressed beginning with the Phase I proposal.
- Step by step instructions for preparing a commercialization plan
- Electronic Submission to Grants.Gov– Detailed information needed to be prepared for successful submission through Grants.gov. The first ½ of this session will cover general information applicable to all of the agencies using Grants.gov. (Currently includes NIH, DoE, USDA, DoEd.) The second ½ will focus on NIH and will include details on registrations and how to complete the NIH SBIR/STTR application package.
- Registrations at Grants.Gov
- Agency Submission Procedures
- Planning and timing
- Details on Electronic Submission to NIH
Who should attend:
- Anyone planning on submitting an SBIR/STTR proposal in the next 6 - 12 months
- Those who have not participated in the program in recent years and need to learn about changes and developments
- Individuals supporting SBIR/STTR applicants and companies including financial managers, business mangers and other administrative personnel at SBIR/STTR applicant companies
- Individuals from academic institutions interested in working with SBIR/STTR applicants as subcontractors and supporting personnel
- Individuals interested in learning enough detailed information about the program to determine if they are interested in pursuing future submissions
Our presenters will be Ken Pendery, CEO, and Chris Tomasso, VP of Marketing, First Watch. Details to follow.
About the Speakers
Kenneth L. Pendery, Jr., President and CEO
Kenneth L. Pendery, Jr., founder of First Watch Restaurants, Inc., is a
restaurant industry veteran who has held numerous executive positions
and has created several restaurant concepts. In his role as president
and CEO of First Watch, Pendery provides strategic leadership to the
company by working with the board of directors and management, and
establishing long-range goals, strategies, plans and policies.
Previously, Pendery served as Regional Director for Cork N' Cleaver Restaurants. From 1979 to 1981, he was directly responsible for the development of the Le Peep and First Watch Restaurant companies from concept through construction. Pendery is a graduate of the University of Indiana, where he majored in finance.
Chris Tomasso, Chief Marketing Officer
Chris Tomasso, a 14-year restaurant marketing veteran, handles the
development and execution of First Watch’s strategic marketing plans.
He oversees the company’s marketing department and is directly
responsible for launching a complete re-branding effort in 2007 that
included a new brand positioning platform, equipped with a new company
logo and tagline.
Previously, Tomasso served as Vice President of Marketing for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. At Cracker Barrel, he handled the brand development, advertising, marketing, and public relations functions for the company. Tomasso also spent more than 10 years with Hard Rock Cafe International – where he served as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing.
Tomasso is a graduate of the University of Central Florida, with a degree in journalism and specialization in advertising and public relations.
When:
Friday, April 18, 2008
Where:
The Crowne Plaza - New Location This Month Only
I-71 & Pfeiffer
Time:
11:30 am - 12:00 - Registration & Networking
12:00 – 1:15 – Lunch and program
Cost:
AMA Members
$30 for Reservations made by April 15
$35 for Reservations made after April 15
AMA Student Members - $18
Non-Members
$40 for Reservations made by April 15
$45 for Reservations made after April 15
Pay at the door Visa/Mastercard, Amex, check or cash.
Cancellations must be made 48 hours in advance to avoid billing. To cancel your reservation, please call the AMA at 513.784.2373 or email info@cincinnatiama.org.
This HIGHLY interactive seminar will utilize the LifeQuest Coaching Model- Business of You! This experience is designed to create a "Tipping Point" for you on your journey for personal & professional success and happiness. It is insightful, powerful, life changing, and FUN! You will learn wonderful things about yourself that you never knew!
The April 22nd seminar will be open to the first 60 women that register. The plan is to offer this seminar once every 4 to 6 weeks, depending on the generated wait lists. Our first seminar will be held in Blue Ash at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Cost-$150.00 (Valued at $325.00) E-Women Discount of $15.00. Includes full day seminar, pre-work, the book "The Nibble Theory", breakfast, lunch, breaks, workbook, supplies, wellness coaching, networking, a chair massage, meeting great women, FUN and more.) Read More Info and Register-Invest in You!
Extra: In addition, participants may choose to have a 2 hour personal follow up coaching session within 6 months of the seminar for only $100.00-a 70% savings on Donna's hourly coaching rate.
Pre-work will be sent immediately upon registering via Eventbrite.
http://mail2.profitability.net/link.php?M=246318&N=659&L=513
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The Avenue, 411 Madison Avenue, in Covington.
Every women, every wife, girlfriend, sister, daughter, mother, aunt, grandmother . . . . .has a purse or two in their closet that they aren't using anymore (you can only use one at a time, right???) The price of admittance to this fun evening is simply one of those purses (gently used, please)! (Guys - check with the women in your lives about their stash of purses or bring a $10 donation) There'll be a designer purse raffle, too!! Come see how these women are working hard to make a difference in our community!