| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| January 10 |
PATCA January Dinner Meeting-Search Engine Optimization - Best Practices Basics |
Kevin Dean, WSI Internet Consulting |
| January 16 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| January 18 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Manny Falcon |
| January 22 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams |
| February 7 |
PATCA February Dinner Meeting- "Ask the Expert!" Session-Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Consulting Contracts |
Ian Stock |
| February 15 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Manny Falcon |
| February 20 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| February 26 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams |
| March 13 |
PATCA March Dinner Meeting-Vantage Point: Three Views on Consultant Marketing & Annual Meeting |
PATCA Member Panel: Carl Angotti, Helen Kennedy, Michael Silverman; Moderator: Carole Edman |
| March 19 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| March 21 |
CANCELLED-PATCA Consultants Lunch-East Bay |
TBD |
| March 22 |
PATCA and IMC Present Consultants Meet Consultants and Clients |
Allen (Al) Peterson |
| March 25 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: TBD |
| April 16 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| April 17 |
PATCA Partners with WIC for April Dinner Meeting - We're Not in the Conference Room Anymore: Key Factors in Building & Managing High-Performance Virtual Teams |
Karilee Wirthman |
| April 18 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed |
| April 22 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams |
| May 8 |
PATCA May Dinner Meeting-Leveraging Today's Social Internet: Position Your Business for Technology Profits |
Patrick Schwerdtfeger |
| May 14 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| May 16 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed |
| May 27 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams |
| June 12 |
PATCA June Dinner Meeting-Be More Effective at Collections and Increase Business at the Same Time |
Len Sklar |
| June 18 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| June 20 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed |
| June 24 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams |
| July 10 |
PATCA July Dinner Meeting-Tax Strategies for the Self Employed |
Maine Shafer of Bradford and Company |
| July 16 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| July 18 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed |
| August 24 |
PATCA August 2008 picnic for members and family |
More Details To Come. |
| September 11 |
PATCA September Dinner Meeting: One-Stop Payment Services for Small Business |
Silvia Lopez of Heartland Payment Systems |
| September 17 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| September 19 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed |
| September 23 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams |
| October 9 |
PATCA October Dinner Meeting |
TBD |
| October 15 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| October 17 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed |
| October 28 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams |
| November 13 |
PATCA November Dinner Meeting |
TBD |
| November 19 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| November 21 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed |
| December 19 |
PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed |
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| January 11 |
January Dinner Meeting-Should You Bill Hourly Or Fixed-Price? |
Joel Williams and Leonard Ginsburg |
| January 17 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| January 23 |
PATCA Lunch |
Joel Williams |
| February 8 |
PATCA February Dinner Meeting-Thinking Outside the Marketing Box Featuring Robert Middleton |
Robert Middleton |
| February 14 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| February 27 |
PATCA Lunch |
Joel Williams |
| March 1 |
Silicon Valley Business Expo Sponsored by PATCA |
http://www.infobayarea.com/SVBizExpo/patca.html |
| March 8 |
PATCA March Dinner Meeting-Legal Essentials Series for Consultants & Contractors/PATCA Annual Meeting |
Vanessa Inman |
| March 14 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| March 27 |
PATCA Lunch |
Joel Williams |
| March 28 |
PATCA Legal Essentials Series for Consultants & Contractors - Wednesday Workshop |
PATCA member attorneys Judith Player and Lisa Chapman |
| April 12 |
PATCA April Dinner Meeting-Ten Warning Signs of an Unhealthy Startup |
Richard G. Caro, CEO, TangibleFuture, Inc. |
| April 18 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| April 24 |
PATCA Lunch |
Joel Williams |
| May 10 |
PATCA May Dinner Meeting-Crucial Technology Marketing Concepts for the Busy Consultant |
Sean Murphy, CEO, SkMurphy, Inc. |
| May 16 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| May 22 |
PATCA Lunch |
Joel Williams |
| June 6 |
IMCNorCal Presents Business Leadership Speaker Series (co-presented with PATCA) |
Business Leadership Series Panel |
| June 14 |
PATCA June Dinner Meeting-Differentiating Yourself in a Commodity World |
Michael Luckman, CEO, Achievex Corporation |
| June 20 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| July 12 |
PATCA July Dinner Meeting-Offshore Contract Engineering: Is the Luster and Glamour Wearing Off for American Corporate Management? |
Panelists: PATCA members Brian A. Berg, Mark Kwan and Walt Maclay |
| July 18 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| August 25 |
PATCA Summer Social - Potluck Barbeque Picnic for Members and Family |
RSVP to Joel Williams today! |
| September 8 |
PATCA Fall Workshop: Getting More Customers - Proven Marketing Techniques for Growing your Business |
Sean K. Murphy, CEO, SKMurphy, Inc. |
| September 13 |
PATCA September Dinner Meeting-Independent Consultant Compliance: What are your risks? What steps can you take to protect your independent contractor status? |
Michael Soffel, ICon Professional Services |
| September 19 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| September 25 |
PATCA Lunch |
Joel Williams |
| October 11 |
PATCA October Dinner Meeting-Protect Your Consulting Business from IT Security Nightmares |
Ed Correia, Sagacent Technologies |
| October 13 |
Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations |
Peter Cohan of The Second Derivative |
| October 17 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| October 19 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-East Bay (New) |
Manny Falcon and Suraiya Z. Ahmed |
| October 23 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-South Bay |
Joel Williams |
| November 8 |
PATCA November Dinner Meeting-Are Your Taxes Too High? Year-End Tax Update for Consultants |
William M. (Bill) West, Certified Public Accountant |
| November 14 |
The Kickstart Club |
Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com |
| November 16 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-East Bay |
Manny Falcon |
| November 27 |
PATCA Consultants Lunch-South Bay |
PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams |
| December 10 |
IMC NorCal and PATCA Present Break The Bad Habit of Un(der) paid Consulting: (member rate for PATCA members) |
http://imcnorcal.org |
| December 15 |
PATCA Annual Members' Holiday Party |
Social Event |
