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2010
DateTopicSpeaker
January 14 PATCA January Dinner Meeting-Improve Sales to your Ideal Customer With More Effective Market Research Darlene Crane of PCI Crane Consulting
January 15 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
January 20 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
January 26 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
February 11 PATCA February Dinner Meeting-The Five Key Metrics That Drive Your Business Eamon Rooney
February 17 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
February 19 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
February 23 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
March 11 PATCA March Dinner and Annual Meeting-Making the Most of Consultant Networking Using Social Media Helen Kennedy of Kennedy Consulting
March 17 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
March 19 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
March 23 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
March 27 Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA) Workshop- WEB 2.0 Basics –“GET IN THE GAME” John Larkin and Greg Barber of CalCPA Education Foundation
April 8 PATCA April Dinner Meeting-Healthcare Insurance Strategies for Consultants and Small Businesses Jason T. Andrew of Stone Meadow Benefits & Insurance
April 14 The Kickstart Club PATCA member host
April 16 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
April 27 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
May 13 PATCA May Dinner Meeting-Consultants: Just What You Need to Get Back on Track Panelists-Perry West, Suraiya Ahmed, and Michael Gershowitz
May 19 The Kickstart Club PATCA member host
May 21 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
May 25 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
June 10 PATCA June Dinner Meeting-Create an Endless Stream of Referrals Using Customized Marketing Tools Doug Keller of Ravina Marketing
June 16 The Kickstart Club PATCA member host
June 18 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
June 22 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
July 8 Drafting Fair and Balanced Consulting Agreements Jonathan J. Sweet, Esq.
July 14 The Kickstart Club PATCA member host
July 16 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
July 27 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
August 20 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
September 9 Influencing Positive Results in Challenging Consulting Situations Rossella Derickson & Krista Henley, M.A., LMFT
September 15 The Kickstart Club PATCA member host
September 17 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
September 18 PATCA Member BBQ picnic and 35th Anniversary Celebration Member Event
September 28 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
October 14 PATCA October Dinner Meeting-Web Security threats Speaker: to be determined
October 15 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
October 20 The Kickstart Club PATCA member host
October 26 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
November 11 PATCA November Dinner Meeting-Dealing with Difficult People Dr. Maynard Brusman
November 17 The Kickstart Club PATCA member host
November 18 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay (*special date for Nov only*) PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
November 19 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
December 18 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison

2009
DateTopicSpeaker
January 8 PATCA January Dinner Meeting-The Ins and Outs of Expert Witness Work PATCA Members Panel: Brian Berg of Berg Software Design, Ron Bader of Bader Engineering, Joel Williams of Williams Consulting, and Glen Balzer of New Era Consulting
January 14 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
January 16 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
January 27 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
February 12 PATCA February Dinner Meeting-2009 Update on Search Engine Optimization Kevin Dean of WSI Internet Consulting
February 18 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
February 20 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
February 24 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
March 12 PATCA March Dinner Meeting-Using Social Media to Market Your Consulting Practice Martha Hanlon
March 14 PATCA Spring Workshop-Introductory Law for Consultants and Start-ups Ian Stock
March 18 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
March 20 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
March 24 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
April 9 PATCA April Dinner Meeting-Social Media Tips & Tricks Patrick Schwerdtfeger of Tactical Execution
April 15 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
April 17 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
April 28 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
May 14 PATCA May Dinner Meeting-Ten Steps to Legal Protection of Your Consulting Practice Jonathan Sweet, Attorney at Law
May 15 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
May 20 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
May 26 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
June 11 PATCA June Dinner Meeting-SKMurphy's Website Peer Review Sean Murphy and Theresa Shafer of SKMurphy
June 17 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
June 19 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
June 23 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
July 9 PATCA July Dinner Meeting-Is Big Brother Watching You? The Spread of Electronic Imaging Perry West of Automated Vision Systems, Inc.
July 15 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
July 17 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay (Presentation: Marketing and Selling to Your Ideal Customer) PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
July 28 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
August 25 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Walt Maclay
August 29 PATCA August 2009 picnic for members and family Member Event
September 10 PATCA September Dinner Meeting-Deal Effectively with Important, but Difficult Clients Rogene Baxter of Bridgewater Group LLC
September 16 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
September 18 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
September 22 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
October 8 PATCA October Dinner Meeting-Tax Strategies for the Self-Employed Professional Consultant Kelly Clark of Bradford and Company
October 14 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
October 16 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
October 27 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-South Bay PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
November 12 PATCA November Dinner Meeting-How to Get More Clients in the Next 30 Days Than You Did In the Past 90 Annette M. Bourget, MBA, CPCC
November 13 Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) 32nd Annual Conference (PATCA members get special rate!) See ICCA 2009 Conference Brochure for Keynote Speakers
November 14 PATCA Seminar Series - Social Media Victories - Real Businesses, Real Campaigns, Real Results Patrick Schwerdtfeger of Tactical Execution
November 18 The Kickstart Club PATCA Member Host: Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
November 19 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Sunnyvale (SPECIAL DATE! - Nov only) PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
November 20 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison
December 12 PATCA Volunteer Appreciation and Holiday Social Event (for members & invited guests) PATCA members and invited guests
December 18 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-East Bay PATCA Member Hosts: Suraiya Ahmed and Doug Morrison

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: Payment Services for Consultants and Small Businesses Silvia Lopez of Heartland Payment Systems
September 17 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Oakland PATCA Member Host: Laurence Hall
September 17 The Kickstart Club Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
September 19 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
September 23 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Sunnyvale PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
October 9 PATCA October Dinner Meeting-The November Election's Impact on the Silicon Valley Economy: The Democrat and Republican Views Steve Preminger and Steve Mullen
October 15 The Kickstart Club Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
October 17 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City (NEW TIME!) PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
October 22 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Oakland PATCA Member Host: Laurence Hall
October 28 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Sunnyvale PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
November 13 PATCA November Dinner Meeting-Small Business Medical Insurance Options - Now and the Future Christine Hempler of Bay Area Employee Benefits
November 19 The Kickstart Club Charlie Gray, 650-941-1232 or email@cegcs.com
November 20 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Sunnyvale (NEW DATE/TIME! - Nov only) PATCA Member Host: Joel Williams
November 21 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City PATCA Member Host: Suraiya Ahmed
December 11 PATCA December Holiday Breakfast Event (for members and their guests) PATCA Host: Jerry Rice
December 19 PATCA Consultants Networking Lunch-Union City 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 Value-Based Selling Workshop Allen (Al) Peterson, CMC
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 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

 

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