April will be busy in the Valley with some marquee events:
Wanna learn how to SAY it:
Media Training − Hone Your Skills!
A PRSA Silicon Valley event
Date: Friday, March 28, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m.−1:30 p.m. PST (lunch included)
Location: The Cooley Café, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Website: http://www.siliconprsa.org/
Registration site: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=153305
Pricing: $49 for PRSA Silicon Valley members ($69 non-members), $59 for PRSA Silicon Valley partners (IABC, AMA, BMA, PRSA-SF, PRSA-EB)
Description:
A must-attend workshop for executive spokespeople; includes how-to practice and video-taped sessions.
Sharpen your media and presentation skills with the best in the business. Learn how to control an interview, handle tough questions, stay on message, be quotable, and become a valuable resource. Then put your skills to the test and hone them further!
Special Guest Speaker: Steve Yoder, Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal
Trainer: Jeff Braun, Principal, Crucial Communications Group and former broadcast journalist with CBS News
Trainer: Jon Greer, Principal, Jon Greer Consulting and former print journalist San Francisco Chronicle and The Mercury News
Wanna know what you make is what you should or if you are overpaid:
Workshop: High-Tech Compensation Trends & Equity Program Best Practice
A Northern California Human Resources Association Event
Date: Tuesday, Apr 1
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: The Domain Hotel, 1085 El Camino Real, Sunnyvale
Web Site: http://www.nchra.org
Pricing: NCHRA Members: $125 / General: $165.
Description:
3 CPE Credits
Silicon Valley remains the world's center for new technologies. Gain a better understanding of the current compensation landscape in the high-technology industry, and learn best practices to ensure your equity program is competitive with current market practices.
Topics include:
•An in-depth focus of the Bay Area labor market hiring rates and new-hire bonus practices
•Examination into the relationship between new hire and ongoing grant levels
•Addressing equity grants to international employees
•Communicating equity programs to employees
Speakers: John Radford and David Knopping, Radford Surveys + Consulting
Wanna get some money:
The Elevator Pitch Roundtable
A VC Task Force Event
Date: Wednesday, Apr 2
Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm
Location: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, 2475 Hanover Street, Palo Alto
Web Site: http://www.VCTaskForce.com
Pricing: $35 VC Taskforce, $45 Non-Taskforce member.
Description:
The VC Taskforce Elevator Pitch Roundtable is a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to network with investors and other CXOs, present their company and idea, and hear first-hand what it takes to raise early-stage capital in 2008. Each of our events has consistently drawn an excellent entrepreneur-to-investor ratio.
If you are an entrepreneur in a startup and currently seeking capital, come prepared with your best 60-second elevator pitch.
If you wish to give your pitch, please register and then email Rich Weingart, Partner, Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers, Direct Phone (415) 512-2122, who will provide you with further instructions and advice.
A one line Definition of Web 2.0 is the password to entry for this event otherwise the door will slam shut on you pretty quick:
FountainBlue's High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum: Web 2.0
A FountainBlue Event
Date: Monday, Apr 14
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Location: Pillsbury Winthrop Pittman & Shaw LLP, 2475 Hanover Street, Palo Alto
Website: http://www.SVEntrepreneurs.com
Pricing: $18-$30 pre-registered by noon on Friday, April 11, $40 on-site.
Description:
Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors are cordially invited to attend FountainBlue's High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum, Web 2.0 - from Consumer to Enterprise Opportunities and Business Models.
Web 2.0 solutions are evolving and business professionals are now investigatigating enterprise opportunities and business models. Join panel
includes:
Gary Benton, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn, CEO & President, Peritus Partners
Lyle Fong, CEO and Co-Founder, Lithium
Lars Leckie, Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Eugene Lee, CEO , Socialtext
Bryan Stolle, Partner, Mohr Davidow Venture Partners
NO SERVICE PROVIDERS PLEASE.
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