Archive for November, 2008

Ben Woelk, Rochester Chapter member and co-Program Manager, has given good advice in his article in the University News section of the RIT web site. Read his article on safe online shopping for the holidays: “Watch out for Good Ol’ Scammer Claus” before you type your credit card number into that online form.

Have you published an article or letter to the editor? Started a blog? Changed jobs, gotten a promotion, or retired? Your Rochester Chapter friends want to know! Send details to Kat Nagel, Proof Sheet editor, or ask her for a temporary Proof Sheet login and write it up yourself.

reprinted from NFIB SmartBrief
The National Federation of Independent Businesses has teamed with Visa to offer members a free hour-long webinar to learn about recent security-breach trends and actions you can take to protect your business, your customers and your reputation. “Data Security Best Practices for Small Business” will be held Thursday, November 12, at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Topics include the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, tools that will reduce your risk, and best practices in data security for small businesses.

Registration is required.

STC Consulting and Independent Contracting SIG - Webinar Recordings.

The Consulting and Independent Contracting Special Interest Group is making recordings available from some of their webinars. So far, two have been posted on the SIG’s web site.

April 2, 2008

How do I choose a business entity? What about employment contracts? Do I register my trademark? How do I protect my intellectual property on the Internet? So many questions! But it doesn’t have to be overwhelming!

If you missed this very informative and entertaining webinar, hosted by STC’s own Christopher Julliet, you can purchase the PowerPoint and audio files from the CIC SIG website. The cost for both files is $35.00 for CIC SIG members, and $50 for non-members.  Visit the CIC SIG website, http://www.stcsig.org/cic/index.html, click on What’s New, then click on the link for the “recorded version of the April 2, 2008 webinar.”

Barbi Harrison
CIC SIG manager

This webinar from 2007 is also available:

March 6, 2007

Marketing your consulting practice doesn’t have to be a struggle! But it will be if you waste your time using techniques that don’t work. Download this webinar to learn five winning strategies to build a thriving business… and three tactics to avoid, one of which actually drives clients away!

Gilbane Boston 2008

This is the 5th Gilbane Content Management conference.  Details are available at their web site.

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