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Membership University Programming and Speakers
September 16, 2008 - HIRE RIGHT! Workshop for Managers
Linda Trignano, President of HR Performance Solutions, LLC
Learn the secrets of smart hiring from an HR expert with 22 years of experience. Linda Trignano will show you:
- Interviewing tools to help you hire the employees who will make your business grow
- The do’s and don’ts of interviewing and red flags to watch out for
- How to select the right candidate among several qualified people
The insights you’ll get in this one-hour workshop are priceless if you are responsible for a staff or hope to manage people.
“Linda has an amazingly broad perspective from everyone's viewpoint - the job hunter, the HR department, the hiring manager and all the folks that can have an impact on the hiring decision.” -- IT manager
Your workshop leader, Linda Trignano, has more than 22 years of experience helping companies interview and hire the right people, improve employee morale and enhance employee skills training. Linda holds a master’s degree in Training - Management & Supervision from Montclair State University, a BA in Communications from Ramapo College, and a Human Resources Professionalism Certification from Rutgers University Institute of Management and Labor Relations and a Project Management Certification from Steven’s Institute of Technology.
HR Performance Solutions is focused on helping companies more effectively handle their people related functions. We help businesses increase employee engagement and involvement by leveraging our expertise in human resources and communications to ensure that clients incorporate HR "best practices" into their business. By integrating problem identification, action plan development and employee acceptance into every engagement, we produce results that drive company profits and value.
Areas of business coaching on which Linda focuses include coaching groups and business managers to develop into leaders both personally and professionally, training and developing utilizing DiSC® insight assessments, and Human Resource consulting to attract and hire the right employees. She has recently included grief coaching into her business coaching individuals, teams or managers in organizations to provide the understanding to better deal with employees going through a period of grief and loss.
September 18, 2008 - Starting Your Business
Theresa Smith, Bright Moment Coaching and Consulting Services and Renee Sussman, Renee Sussman Coaching and Consulting
Are you ready to start your own business? Have you found yourself asking:
"What are the first steps I need to take?" "How do I get started?" "Do I have what it takes?"
Join Renee Sussman and Theresa Smith, Business and Life Coaches, as they lead you through a "Readiness Assessment" and answer your questions about the nuts and bolts of starting a business. Hear how past participants of the Start Your Own Business workshop have taken those first steps and created their dream businesses.
Theresa A. Smith is a life and business coach, speaker, educational seminar leader and co-developer of the Start Your Own Part-Time Business Teleclass. A former training and organizational development executive, Theresa works with entrepreneurs and small business owners to provide, support, feedback and strategies designed to optimize their performance and profitability. She also collaborates with her husband, Edward W. Smith, on Peak Performance Seminars for corporations and co-hosts the “Bright Moment” peak performance cable television show.
Renee M. Sussman is a life, business and workplace coach, speaker, trainer and co-developer of the Start Your Own Part-time Business teleclass. She is a former consultant and currently a coach and Assistant Director of Communications and Learning at a global accounting firm. Renee works with those in personal and professional transition who want to excel at what comes next. She holds the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is a certified coach, mentor and assessor with Results Coaching Systems, an approved ICF training school. With her husband, Marc Sussman, she co-produces and co-hosts the national Money Message radio show on Air America, and produces and hosts the Driving Your Life cable TV show.
October 14, 2008 - Taking It to the Next Level
L. William Berger, Practical Resources, LLC
What’s your “next level”? Your “next level” might be economic or qualitative or both. Increasing cash flow and/or the value of the business are economic “next levels”. Improving your quality of life and improving your company’s image (to customers, vendors, employees, financing sources, regulators, etc.) might be your qualitative “next levels”.
Why should this concern you? The world will continue changing and you don’t have the luxury of ignoring the changes. The life you were hoping to live may be passing you by, if you don’t act. Eventually you will leave your business (willingly or not) and there may be less left than you imagine, if you stand still. Other people may depend on you (family, partners, customers, employees, vendors, your community) and your future success or failure could be crucial to them.
L. William Berger's experience and know-how have helped businesses throughout the U.S. to survive and prosper. Over 30 years experience as owner and general manager of small to medium sized businesses. Founded companies in business services and real estate, importing and distribution, and international tele-communication services. Former partner in a national management consulting practice. President of the North Jersey Entrepreneurs Club. Executive Associate of the Institute for Independent Business (IIB). MBA, Cornell University.
Bill Berger, Practical Resources, LLC, (973) 256-1030, billberger@iib.was
www.practicalresourcesllc.com
October 16, 2008 Leveraging New Media: Simple Steps to Help Your Business Thrive in Any Economy
Pattie Simone, Write-Communications/Women Centric
Great editorial coverage and targeted business referrals can help any business. In a sluggish economy it is even more important that you take advantage of the amazing (and free) online marketing options. This session will shed insight on how to use the latest social networking sites (including YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook) as well as other smart, simple and thrifty online marketing tools, all of which can be effectively used to drive prospects (and sales) to your doors.
Pattie Simone is an acclaimed Business Success Strategist and Communications Guru. She is President of Write-Communications, a nimble marketing consultancy providing business success tools through Mentoring, Communications Audits, and Kickin' Web & Print CopyWriting services for a diverse mix of start-ups and growth-track companies. As the founder of WomenCentric.org, Pattie has put together a sassy women*s speaking & training resource, delivering lively motivational and skill based workshops, seminars, keynotes and teleclasses to academic, corporate and entrepreneurial audiences in the US and abroad.
Her other credentials include feature writing, with national bylines in Entrepreneur Media, WomenandBiz.com and Suite101.com. She is an Ask Entrepreneur and Visa Business Facebook Expert, and has appeared as a Business Guru on FOX5 and ABC TV.
Simone is the State VP of Marketing for NJAWBO, and is a proud member of AWC and BMA, as well as the Advertising Women of New York, The Newswomen's Club of New York and The Press Club of New York. Her first e-book, Penny Pinching Marketing Tips: Big Results for Small Business Success, will publish at the end of the month.
Pattie Simone, Write Communications/Women Centric, (845) 362-7880
psimone@write-communications.com www.write-communications.com
December 16th, 2008 - Walk the Talk! Professionalism in Business
Marya Grier, Founder and President, Performance Connect, “A Performance Accelerator Company”
Explore why it’s important to act professionally in business and what’s in it for you. Learn the five keys to being a true professional that will take you and your business to the next level.
Marya Grier's Biography:
Marya is the driving influence behind Performance Connect a company dedicated to working with organizations committed to employee development. Her company provides training and development that builds performance skills in leadership, management, employee development, team building, communication and interpersonal skills.
Marya is a creative, dynamic, and passionate person who believes in the importance of well-developed performance skills. She is the embodiment of a performance accelerator who doesn’t settle for less than the very best in both her personal and professional life.
Her passion for performance development and training has earned her 13 professional training certifications from world-renowned training organizations. She has traveled worldwide delivering programs to corporate executives, managers, supervisors and employees. She is also an authorized distributor for the Inscape Publishing DiSC® line of assessments, training products and programs.
Her professional memberships include: ASTD, American Management Association (AMA), ISPI (International Society for Performance Improvement), DDI Facilitator Network, and the NJ Association of Women Business Owners where she is President-elect.
December 18th, 2008 - SBA Loans
Harry Menta, US Small Business Administration
Small business owners and entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to learn about the U.S. Small Business Administration's finance and management assistance programs. Find out first hand what lenders look for in a winning loan proposal, how to increase your chances of getting a loan and how to get through the loan application process. SBA representative, Harry Menta will be available to discuss your loan proposal with you. If you need to finance your business, to start or grow, this is the workshop for you!
Harry Menta's Biography:
As Public Affairs Specialist of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s New Jersey District Office, Harry is responsible for overseeing and implementing all public relations and media campaigns for the SBA throughout the state. In addition to his public affairs duties, Harry also fills in as a Business Development Specialist promoting SBA programs and services in Bergen, Morris, Sussex and Warren Counties. He is well versed on the financing and management assistance programs offered by the SBA.
Harry started his career with the SBA as student intern in the SBA’s New York District Office in 1978. Upon graduating from Northeastern University in 1981, with a BA Degree in Journalism, Harry became the first full-time Public Affairs Specialist in the SBA’s Syracuse District Office. He eventually worked his way back to the New York District Office and then came over to the SBA’s New Jersey District Office in 1991 to head up their Public Affairs Department. This December, Harry will be entering his 28th year of service with the SBA.
January 22, 2009 - The Procurement Process
Ahsaki McCall, the NJ Office of Supplier Diversity
The Certification/Registration presentation will provide in depth guidance to the process of completing and submitting the State of New Jersey's small business registration application and the Minority/Women Business-owned Certification. Also, the benefits of becoming authenticated by the State as either one or both of these designations will be discussed.
Ahsa'ki Tamara McCall's Biography
Ahsa'ki Tamara McCall began her career in New Jersey state government at the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism Commission shortly after its inception in September 1998.
During her 10 years with the Commission, Ms. McCall served in a variety of positions within the former Department of Business Advocate and the Office of Business Services. As a certification auditor for the Commission's larger, restructured Office of Business Services she was responsible for conducting comprehensive audits of small, minority and women owned business certification and registration applications, attended and articulated various Commission programs and workshops throughout the state and facilitated women and minority-owned business seminars. Ms. McCall also served as an Executive Assistant to the Department's Senior Vice President.
Presently, Ms. McCall serves as a Diversity Officer within the NJ Department of Treasury’s Office of Supplier Diversity. In this role she is responsible for educating, providing technical assistance and mentoring partnerships focusing on the needs of small, minority and women owned firms.
January 27, 2009 - Why Procure
Debbie Gideon, the NJ Office of Supplier Diversity
This presentation will focus on the benefits of doing business with the State of New Jersey and some tips on what to look for when applying for contracts with the State.
Debbie D. Gideon's Biography
An 18 year veteran with State Government, Debbie has been working with New Jersey’s Small Business Community for five years. As the Small Business Program Coordinator within the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Purchase & Property Debbie was responsible for monitoring the State’s Small Business Program. In her current role, Manager, Office of Supplier Diversity, Debbie conducts outreach and training on the State’s procurement procedures to small, minority and women-owned businesses (SMWBE’s), through Workshops, Match-making Events, and Statewide Business Forums for the economic expansion of New Jersey Small Businesses. Debbie has received several education and professional awards.
February 19, 2009 - How to Become an Expert: PR for your Business
Dolores Stammer, Regional Director Centenary College Small
Business Development Center
This lecture will provide listeners with the distinction between the science of Marketing and the art of Public Relations. All business owners should establish themselves as experts in their field in order to leverage their business product or service in the market place. "How to Become an Expert" will talk through social media, press distribution, and identification of platform for your product. It will address how to identify your niche and develop the platform from which you will sell your service or product.
March 17, 2009 - Structuring of Buy/Sell Agreements for Small Business Owners
Melissa Donati-Smith and Pietro Ruggeri of AXA Advisors, LLC
Melissa Donati-Smith Biography
As a Financial Consultant, Melissa Donati-Smith, with AXA Advisors, LLC., provides financial advice to business owners. Her services include Risk Management for businesses and their owners using the following insurance and investment vehicles: Life Insurance (Buy-Sell Agreements & Key Man), Disability Insurance, Annuities, and Long Term Care, and Health Insurance. She works with business owners to identify goals and concerns and then provide strategies that coincide with their current financial state while educating them about the strategies recommended. Her objective is to formulate a plan that is flexible and that will help prepare and guide my client for achieving their goals.
Pietro Ruggeri's Biography
Pietro Ruggeri is a Financial Consultant with AXA Advisors, LLC. Pietro
provides Financial Advice to individuals. His services comprise of
Asset Management (Advisory Fee and Brokerage), Risk Management (Life, Disability, Annuities, and Long Term Care), Wealth Accumulation (Retirement Planning, Asset Allocation Planning), Distribution Strategies, and Health Insurance. Through an extensive discussion process, Pietro learns first about the client's goals and concerns, then provides strategies that coincide with their current financial state while educating them about the strategies recommended. His objective is to formulate a plan that is flexible and that will help prepare and guide his client for achieving their goals.
March 19, 2009 - "Debt Collection Strategies - Turning Your Accounts Receivable into Cash"
Eric Hunn, Chief Operating Officer, BPR, LLC
Eric Hunn's Biography
Eric Hunn, Chief Operating Officer of Business Processes Redefined. Eric Hunn has a 20 year career in the debt collection and receivables management industry. He served for 15 years as the national Vice President of Operations for Affiliated Computer Services, managing a $150 million business for their Government Debt Collection and Business Process Outsourcing practices. He has spent time in a number of operational and strategic roles for various collection companies. He is a member of the Experian Collections Executive Council and the American Honda Finance Collection Agency Council.
April 21st, 2009 - Trademark and Copyrights: Assets and Liabilities for Business Owners
Lisa Krizman, Law Office of Lisa K. Krizman, LLC
This presentation will discuss what and why business owners need to know about intellectual property. This includes how to conduct an intellectual property audit of your business, how to make money with intellectual property, avoid liability and disputes based on intellectual property, when to seek an attorney, and other practical tips.
Lisa Krizman's Biography:
Lisa Krizman, has 20 years of experience in trademark and copyright matters. She was an associate at a large law firm, then Assistant General Counsel for the Intellectual Property and Technology Unit at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and ultimately founded her own practice in 2002.
She is a graduate of Cornell University, Columbia University, and American University. She is a member of NJAWBO, the New Jersey State Bar Association, International Trademark Association, and the Editorial Board of The Trademark Reporter. Her practice has offices in Cherry Hill and Lawrenceville, N.J., and New York City. See www.krizmanlaw.com.
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