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Event Archives

2008
DateTopicSpeaker
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

2007
DateTopicSpeaker
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

2006
DateTopicSpeaker
September 20 The Kickstart Club Charlie Gray
September 26 PATCA Lunch-Sunnyvale FACILITATOR: Joel Williams
October 1 Education Seminars Series - Half Day Neuromarketing Workshop Allen (Al) Peterson, CMC
October 1 Fall Seminars Series - Half Day Negotiation Workshop Bob Gibson, Negotiation Resources
October 1 Education Seminars Series - Half Day Value-Based Selling Workshop Allen (Al) Peterson, CMC
October 12 October Dinner Meeting - The 10 Secrets of Neuromarketing Allen (Al) Peterson, CMC
October 24 PATCA Lunch-Sunnyvale Joel Williams
November 9 November Dinner Meeting - Mixing It Up! Sharyn Abbott