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• Social Media

  • Start
    September 16, 2010
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    12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  • Location
    Sand Hill Room, 3000 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA

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  Topic:  Social Media Thursday,  Sept. 16, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST Sand Hill Room 3000 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA Or attend by conference  call or webinar!

  Social Media: What You Need to Know Social media is transforming communications, and with it, the venture capital industry. While many venture capitalists have invested in social media, there is still a lot of uncertainty about how firms themselves can best leverage this powerful communication tool.   Even while the firms struggle with how to best use social media, venture capital staff members are increasingly being expected to manage Internet activities on behalf of their firms, including web sites, blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and LinkedIn profiles.   In this informative session, we will discuss the current best practices in social media for venture capital and private equity firms, including:   -- What are the leading social media tools and technologies available to promote and publicize firms? -- What are leading firms doing in social media? -- What are some of the pitfalls and practical concerns about social media that firms should be aware of?   In addition to a presentation about these topics, you will have ample opportunity to share your experiences and learn what other firms are doing in this fast-changing area. Our Speaker Jon Greer, Managing Director of Jon Greer Consulting LLC, specializes in working with technology-oriented professional services firms, including venture capital and private equity firms, investment banks and law firms. The firm's services include investor communications, social media and marketing communications, and media interview training.   Current and recent clients include Cooley Godward, El Dorado Ventures, HRJ Capital, Mayfield, Montgomery Securities (now Banc of America Securities), Morrison & Foerster, Redwood Trust, Thomas Weisel Partners and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. For more information, including Jon's blog about venture capital and private equity marketing, visit www.jongreerconsulting.com.  Jon Greer Consulting LLC is a VCOMA affiliate partner.   More about the speaker Jon Greer of Jon Greer Consulting.

  Space is limited - RSVP by 9/10 Lunch will be provided.  If you have any special dietary needs or requests, please email us at events@vcoma.com         For those of you who want to do some extra networking, come early or stay late.  CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING but want to participate?  Attend by conference call or webinar! (Registration for this feature is a member's only benefit)

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• Unleashing Creativity & Tapping into Intuition

  • Start
    October 07, 2010
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    12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  • Location
    Sand Hill Room, 3000 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA

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  Topic: Unleashing Creativity & Tapping into Intuition Thursday,  Oct. 7, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST Sand Hill Room 3000 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA Or attend by conference  call or webinar!

  Unleashing Creativity & Tapping into Intuition Harness The Power of Your “Whole” Mind:   • Are you making the most of your “light-bulb” moments? • Bored of the same choices day after day? • Feeling stuck, stagnant and unsure of yourself and your decisions? • Running the same “tapes”…the same old tired thoughts and ideas? Learn how to “recycle” your “mind trash” into “green thinking”!   This workshop is designed for smart, creative people who are ready to take their creativity and empowerment and ratchet is up a notch. We will explore how to take action and solve problems at work and in your personal life in new and creative ways. We will learn how to combine the power of the intuitive and analytical minds by exploring the pathway, a bridge if you will, that connects the right and left mind. We will find out the methods and ideas from the leading edge authors, scientists, and leaders in business and industry. I will share my own experiences and expertise with tapping into intuition to unleash creativity, leading to an increased sense of well-being, confidence in making decisions, reducing stress and promoting productivity.   As a transformational life coach and intuitive consultant, I often see that clients are throwing out really interesting, rich, creative material with their “mind trash.” Come invest in your own creative exploration and find out how much you “knew” without really knowing. You will learn the tools and techniques to “recycle” the mind trash into “green thinking!” About our speaker:  Mary Welty-Dapkus, Transformational Life Coach  at Set In Motion

  Space is limited - RSVP by 10/1 Lunch will be provided.  If you have any special dietary needs or requests, please email us at events@vcoma.com         For those of you who want to do some extra networking, come early or stay late.  CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING but want to participate?  Attend by conference call or webinar! (Registration for this feature is a member's only benefit)

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• Greening Your Office

  • Start
    November 04, 2010
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    12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  • Location
    Sand Hill Room, 3000 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA

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  Topic:  Greening Your Office Thursday,  Nov. 4, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST Sand Hill Room 3000 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA Or attend by conference  call or webinar!

  Greening Your Office Stephanie’s presentation will focus on easy first steps to implementing environmentally preferred purchasing. Through customer case studies, the presentation seeks to provide implementable and affordable strategies for reducing environmental impacts typically found in the purchasing process.   Read "3 Steps to a Greener Office" About our speaker:  Stephanie Schlecht is the sustainability and brand manager for Give Something Back, Inc., an office supply company that gives over half of its profits back to community organizations. Prior to her tenure at GSB, Stephanie was an international school teacher, worked for the UN Global Compact and received her MBA at Thunderbird School of Global Management.

  Space is limited - RSVP by 10/29 Lunch will be provided.  If you have any special dietary needs or requests, please email us at events@vcoma.com         For those of you who want to do some extra networking, come early or stay late.  CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING but want to participate?  Attend by conference call or webinar! (Registration for this feature is a member's only benefit)

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• Coping with the Holiday Blues

  • Start
    December 09, 2010
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Nationwide Webcast

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  Topic: Coping with the Holiday Blues Thursday,  Dec. 9, 2010 11:00am - 12:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time) Nationwide Webcast

  Coping with the Holiday Blues Depression affects roughly 25% of women and 10% of men at some point in their lifetime. Rates are higher during the holidays when expectations often result in disappointment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a scientifically well-established and effective treatment for depression. Ms. Resnick will teach you some excellent tips to help you cope this time of year.   At this workshop you will learn:   1) how to improve your overall well-being by decreasing feelings of sadness, depression and worry; 2) how your negative thinking patterns affect your mood; 3) how certain behaviors and activities affect your mood; 4) how certain social interactions affect your mood.   You will gain tools to improve your mood and live a more meaningful life.   About our Speaker   Ellen is a psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco and Redwood City, California. She specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and incorporates the use of mindfulness into the treatment of depression, anxiety, and emotional overeating. She runs a holistic weight loss program called Center for Thoughtful Weight Loss.   Ellen is also a skilled couples’ therapist. Ellen’s interest in behavior change grew out of her work with people with diabetes in 1990 at California Pacific Medical Center. Ellen is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the department of psychiatry at UCSF where she worked from 1995-2003 specializing in women’s mental health issues and brief treatment. She ran the Cognitive Behavioral therapy group program for women with depression. Ellen continues to supervise psychiatry residents at UCSF. She lectures extensively in the Bay Area.   More info on our speaker Ellen N. Resnick (www.ellenresnick.com) from the Center for Thoughtful Weight Loss

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• Group Long Term Care Insurance & Health Reform Changes to LTC

  • Start
    January 13, 2011
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Nationwide Webcast

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  Topic: Group Long Term Care Insurance & Health Reform Changes to LTC Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:00am - 12:00pm PST (Pacific Standard) Nationwide Webcast

  IS YOUR SAVINGS ENOUGH FOR THE FUTURE? A recent survey* reports that an overwhelming 61% of employees in the U.S. are concerned about outliving their retirement money; and rightly so.  An incredibly huge wave of Baby-Boomers is going to live a very long time due to advances in modern medicine, but as they age there is a 50% chance they will require some sort of long term care such as in a nursing home or an assisted living facility.    You may have seen this happen with an elderly family member who depleted their life-savings paying for some form of care due to Alzheimer’s disease or other impairment precluding independent living; not a pretty picture.  And with the national average cost of nursing home care at nearly $80,000 per year…and projected to triple in 20 years, what will you do to insure you can afford the quality care you and your family members deserve?   Group Long Term Care (LTC) insurance helps protect life savings, preserve independence, and provides peace of mind.  Offering it to your employees makes great business sense because through group coverage the qualification process is simplified, the benefit is extended to spouses/parents/in-laws/siblings, it is funded by employees unless otherwise desired, and is less expensive than purchasing an individual policy. *Study of Employee Benefits Trends, 7th Annual, 2009, MetLife, Inc. JOIN US Please join us for this important nationwide webcast on Thursday, January 13th, 2011!  Don't miss this opportunity to join us and share ideas & information.

  About our speaker Robert J. Mendoza of LTC Financial Partners.

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• 2011 "Post Holiday" Holiday Party

  • Start
    February 04, 2011
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    05:00 PM - 08:30 PM
  • Location
    Garden Court Hotel, 520 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA

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  Fifth Annual "Post Holiday" Holiday Party Friday,  February 4, 2011 5:00pm - 8:30pm Garden Court Hotel 520 Cowper Street Palo Alto, CA

  Holiday Party Join us for wine and hors d'oeuvres February 4th, 2011 at the Garden Court Hotel for our most popular social event of the year.   With dozens of door and drawing* prizes, everyone goes home a winner!  View an example of Previous Year's Prizes HERE Grand Drawing Prizes*      Coming... Don't miss this annual event - Meet and mingle with Bay Area members, network with other administrative and office management professionals, connect with peers, gather valuable information from our sponsors, and take home gifts and prizes galore.     *Must be present to win.

  Garden Hotels Vincci Hotels welcomes VCOMA to Downtown Palo Alto’s only Luxury Boutique Hotel and Event Venue. Our Mediterranean style property with Guest Rooms and Event Spaces that wrap around a large open air courtyard and central fountain has an elegant European ambience. Each Guest Room is flooded with natural light and decorated with marble bathrooms and custom classical furnishings which creating a unique residential comfort and style. Garden Hotels Vincci Hoteles is a gem in the Palo Alto Community voted “Best Hotel” for 15 years, is one of the first to support Palo Alto Green the #1 Renewable Energy Power Program in the United State, and participates in the Zero Waste Program for Palo Alto. Our commitment to being a Green Business is to continue providing our services without diminishing our luxuries in anyway.

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• 10 Skills to Manage Stress & Enhance Well Being

  • Start
    March 10, 2011
  •  
    12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  • Location
    TBD, Menlo Park, CA

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  Topic: 10 Skills to Manage Stress & Enhance Well Being Thursday,  March 10, 2011 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST TBD Menlo Park, CA Or join by webinar

  Manage Stress & Enhance Well Being In this workshop you will learn ten practical, powerful, common sense skills to reduce stress and live a healthier, more balanced life.   This talk is based on scientifically proven data from a research project completed at Stanford University School of Medicine.   About our Speaker   Ellen is a psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco and Redwood City, California. She specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and incorporates the use of mindfulness into the treatment of depression, anxiety, and emotional overeating. She runs a holistic weight loss program.   Ellen is also a skilled couples’ therapist. Ellen’s interest in behavior change grew out of her work with people with diabetes in 1990 at California Pacific Medical Center. Ellen is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the department of psychiatry at UCSF where she worked from 1995-2003 specializing in women’s mental health issues and brief treatment. She ran the Cognitive Behavioral therapy group program for women with depression. Ellen continues to supervise psychiatry residents at UCSF. She lectures extensively in the Bay Area.   More info on our speaker Ellen N. Resnick (www.ellenresnick.com) from the Center for Thoughtful Weight Loss

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