Showing posts with label quick-start shoreline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quick-start shoreline. Show all posts

Quick-Start Shoreline on Tuesday June 2

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday June 2, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. 

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


Business Recycling 101


Stop waste before it happens! Save money, conserve natural resources, and create a more sustainable business. Learn how to audit your own waste to identify categories where you can shrink your “waste-line”. 

Recycling and composting programs are great resources for businesses seeking to reduce their waste footprint but we all know that sometimes it is hard to figure out what goes where. In this workshop Recology CleanScapes will share proven strategies to help make recycling at your business a success.

Erika Melroy
Recology CleanScapes
Erika Melroy oversees Recology CleanScapes’ government affairs and community investments and partnerships with current cities. 

Prior to joining Recology CleanScapes, Ms. Melroy worked for elected officials at all levels of government and most recently with nonprofits and local government to improve organizational operations.

She serves on the Boards of the Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce and the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce, and is a United Way of King County Public Policy Impact Council member, a PSRC Regional Food Policy Council member and a Capitol Hill EcoDistrict Steering Committee member.

Ms. Melroy received her Bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Washington.

Quinn Schweizer
Recology CleanScapes
Quinn Schweizer joined Recology CleanScapes in 2009.

In her role as Waste Zero Manager she is responsible for the education and outreach programs in the cities we currently serve and the employees who work with our customers to increase waste reduction, recycling, and compost participation.

Ms. Schweizer graduated from Hobart College with a degree in Public Policy and Economics.



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Quick-Start Shoreline on Tuesday May 12

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday May 12 and May 26, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. for a two part series.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


Navigating the gap between responsible and practical business ownership: May 12th and May 26th Special Event!!!

We are excited to welcome Russ Shulman back to Quick Start Shoreline with a 2-part workshop.

Russ presented just a tad over a year ago and was very well received, we hope you can join us!  In 2011 after Russ closed his 6 year old company, one of the largest net branch mortgage brokerages in the area, he began to search for a new business opportunity. That search lead to the realization that the extensive sales and systems building technology he developed for the mortgage industry applied to dozens of other industries. Russ is an expert at creating strategic relationships as well as an author, columnist, and currently the lead blogger of UrbanSpending.com. For the past several years, he’s been working with attorneys as well as other business owners in Washington developing systems based approaches to solve the leading problems facing business owners today.

Small business owners worldwide struggle to create a business which not only makes enough money to be worth the effort, but which also makes one feel good about what they are doing with their life. We also struggle with many of the same problems business owners faced a thousand years ago. But between 1900 and today, many of those problems have been dissected, analyzed, solved, and documented. So why does running a small business or micro business often leave the owner feeling stressed, depressed, angry, and frustrated? After my very successful mortgage company imploded in 2009, I spent the next several years examining that question. Through a significant amount of effort, I have spoken to some of the greatest thought leaders in the world of small business today and what I found out is going to sound so simple that at first, you won't even believe what it is.

Drawing on my Master's Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and more than 25 years of discipline through martial arts, I will explain how I:

  • Generate new revenue inexpensively and quickly
  • Celebrate the artist in me and still make money
  • Have plenty of free time to enjoy life and traveling
  • Hire quality people and fire poor performers with limited stress
  • Remove unnecessary fear of a potential financial disaster, tax audit or lawsuit
  • Set up a system that broadcasts to me exactly what I need to hear and at the right moment to keep me on target

Russ Shulman
In the past year, I've formed relationships with Michael Gerber, Seth Godin, Tim Braheem, Scott Fox, Bob Burg, and several other well known business gurus. My goal has been to build a system to bridge the gap between passion, predictability, and profits. I'm excited to be able to share what I've discovered with the good-hearted business owners in my community.



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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday: Business Leadership: Getting the most from your teams

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday May 5, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


Business Leadership:
Getting the most from your teams

For leaders to support teams, they are to follow a prescribed mechanical process. Researchers have explored strategies that address accountability and have found that setting team goals, objectives, developing member responsibilities, setting operating mechanisms, and determining the criteria for team evaluation, all support the protocol that drives the foundation of effective teams - trust. 

Come to another great presentation by Greg Price in our QuickStart Leadership Series for small business owners to learn how to identify the mechanics that influence team accountability, resulting in a highly effective team environment to improve your business.

Greg Price
Greg Price is an Assistant Professor for City University of Seattle managing their Master of Arts in Leadership and the Human Resource programs.

He is also co-owner of a 26-year old Seattle-based and family-owned, publishing company called Outdoors NW. Currently pursuing a doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership, he is presently focusing his research on entrepreneurial leadership.

This Quickstart program, in conjunction with Shoreline Community College’s Business Accelerator program, is an ideal incubator to help entrepreneurs enhance their business acumen and leadership capacity.

Gregory enjoys engaging participants by including them in his workshops. Roll up your sleeves! He looks forward to working with you.



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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday: Understanding Commercial Leases and Insurance

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday April 21, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.



Commercial Leases and Insurance:
Understanding the Mysteries


Commercial real estate and insurance coverage is a mystery to many. This is largely due to the wide variety of property types, lease options and coverage requirements.

It can feel overwhelming to work with professionals in the industry when you don't understand the terms and everything is new to you. As is the case with most mysteries, exposing you to the behind the scene inner workings and walking you through the details step by step transforms your perception.

The workshop is designed to provide a basic foundation of understanding. It will be practical and informative but most of all we want it to be fun. During the session you will be introduced to the following concepts:
  • Asset types
  • Lease options
  • Types of insurance coverage
  • Purchasing coverage - who you should call and why
  • Understanding the certificate of insurance summary page
  • Commonly used lease and insurance terms
Beth Oppenlander
Beth Oppenlander has lived in Seattle for over 30 years. What she values most about the people here is their desire to work together for win-win solutions and to invest in opportunities that serve the greater good. She has worked with small business owners, senior executives at Fortune 500 companies and local nonprofit organizations, assisting them with their leasing needs, their project management goals and their investment objectives. She partners diligently and passionately with her clients to identify properties that align with their business objectives. 

Some of her past assignments include providing property management services in the South Lake Union neighborhood, re-branding and transitioning single owner occupied office space to a multi-tenant environment and assisting tenants with defining their space requirements and then securing it. 

In addition to over 12 years of commercial experience, she also has over 7years of relevant experience in the residential market as well. That experience includes negotiating purchases, sales, and leases in addition to providing property management services to multi-tenant complexes.

No matter the challenge, Beth actively listens, collaboratively engages and identifies property solutions that align with the objectives of her clients.

Accreditations:

Licensed Broker in the State of Washington
BA in Christian Education from Seattle Pacific University
Masters of Business Administration from Seattle Pacific University

Affiliations:

Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS)
Commercial Brokers Association (CBA)

Chanté Owens

Chanté Owens is an Independent Commercial Insurance Broker who works with various preferred insurance carriers in order to provide General Liability, Commercial Auto, Commercial Property, E/O (Professional Liability), Liquor Liability and other industry specific insurance coverage to business owners. She specializes in the following industries: Commercial Developers / Development (retail space); Real Estate Agents and Investors; Hospitality (restaurants, bars, taverns, boutique hotels); and "Solopreneurs" such as Business Consultants.

Having worked in the insurance industry for over 13 years in Claims, Regulatory Compliance and Premium Audit departments she utilizes her vast insurance knowledge and expertise by helping you protect your business endeavors. Chantéwill make sure you are properly covered while also working with your company to connect you to business opportunities and products that will ultimately help your business grow. She believes that your business is constantly ebbing and flowing and it is her responsibility to ensure that you are properly protected during any transitional periods your business may experience.

Contact Chanté for an in-person consultation to discuss your business specific insurance needs.



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Quick-Start Shoreline Tuesday April 14: Building Your Brand

Monday, April 13, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday April 14, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 



Marketing: Building Your Brand - What does it mean for you in dollars and cents

Are you interested in growing your business?

Do you want to land new clients? 

Increase brand exposure? 

Attract attention?

Promotional products are one of the most proven marketing strategies, yet they aren’t used by a surprising number of businesses. It’s often said that you have to  spend money to make money, but what most people forget to tell you is where to spend it and how you can use it wisely.

Please come to this QuickStart Shoreline workshop if your company hasn’t used promotional products and you want to learn more about how you should be using them.  If you have used promotional products in the past come for a refresher on new and unique ways to integrate them into your marketing and sales activities.

Additionally we will be discussing the following points

  • How to maximize your business exposure.
  • Why you shouldn't worry about trying something new.
  • What can branding you business mean to your bottom line.
  • Proven results that help attract and retain customers.
  • The importance of employee recognition. 


Judy Smith
American Solutions
Judy Smith is currently Past-President of the Shoreline Chamber and has been a member since 2004.  She currently resides in Edmonds but lived in Shoreline, most of her life, and her children attended school here and graduated from Shorewood

 Judy has been married to her husband, Court, for 51 years.  Judy has a daughter Charlotte, Son-in-Law Tom, son Daryl, daughter-in-law Zani and 3 grandchildren, Sage 18, Alesssandra 12 and Cooper 10. All 3 attend school in Shoreline.

 Judy is currently employed by American Solutions for Business and her title is Solutions Provider.  American is currently #1 in the country for providing Promotional Products and #2 in Commercial Printing. 

 Judy's work past work experience includes Vice Prescient of Operations for Bank of America, President and CEO of Telecheck Northwest and Check Services and Vice President of SCAN, a division of Deluxe Check Corporation.


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Quick-Start Shoreline Tuesday April 7

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday April 7, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


The Influence your Shadow has on your Team

Leaders and followers work collaboratively toward shared objectives, usually in the form of teams. A leader’s performance is evaluated in terms of team performance and thus is directly proportioned to effective leadership attributes. However, a leader’s shadow shows up in dark ways and the behaviors can often have negative effects on others.

The question is: What impact is your shadow having on your team?
  • Learn, Understand, and Change
  • Unintended Influence of a Leader’s Shadow
  • Shadow Casters: What are they and why do they matter?
  • Developing Personal Light and Positive Influence
  • Worksheets
Greg Price
Greg Price is an Assistant Professor for City University of Seattle managing their Master of Arts in Leadership and the Human Resource programs.

He is also co-owner of a 26-year old Seattle-based and family-owned, publishing company called Outdoors NW. Currently pursuing a doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership, he is presently focusing his research on entrepreneurial leadership.

This Quickstart program, in conjunction with Shoreline Community College’s Business Accelerator program, is an ideal incubator to help entrepreneurs enhance their business acumen and leadership capacity.

Gregory enjoys engaging participants by including them in his workshops. Roll up your sleeves! He looks forward to working with you.

Corrected for date April 7. 04-06-2015 7:28am

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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday - Leveraging YouTube

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday March 24, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. for the second of a special 2 part series.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.



Leveraging YouTube: March 24th


YouTube is the secret sauce for driving your Googlejuice! If you want to boost your SEO, then you’ll need to use and leverage YouTube to its fullest potential.

In this session, we will reveal the secrets to make YouTube work for you and improve your search engine optimization. Starting with an overview of the platform, and the aspects you need to focus on, to setting your channel up for success.

Using YouTube, you will learn how to create that ultimate brand experience by:
  • Having a channel that will engage the people you want to attract
  • Knowing the best ways to promote your videos, and
  • Adding the secret Googlejuice to your channel to improve your SEO
Mel DePaoli, Omicle

Melanie DePaoli, or Mel, as she is known by her clients and friends, works with companies and organizations to create a brand experience that leverages communication strategies, an organization's culture, branding, and marketing.

She has in-depth knowledge of how culture, branding and operations intersect to impact a company's bottom line and influence your community. By providing anecdotal and research-based information, unique to each client, she enables them to understand how subtle changes can be implemented to ensure your business's success.

DePaoli will work with you to develop your brand's personality to improve your use of social media, internal and external communications, branding initiatives, and your relationship within your community.



She is an internationally recognized author of three books on culture driven brands. "Contractors: Doing it Right, Not Just Getting it Done" was designed, she says, to help put contractors on the right path as they work to maintain market share and financial viability during the global recession. “Hiring a Contractor” was published for residential construction companies to use as a marketing tool to demonstrate confidence in their work and business to prospects. "Purple Construction" is an article series that address challenges faced by women in a male-dominated industry.

As a national speaker, DePaoli speaks on topics about brand experience, customer experience, company culture, and social media. She is the founder and president of Omicle, a brand experience firm and Brand or Culture, an author and speaker coaching company, both based in Seattle, WA.


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Quick-Start Shoreline Tuesday - Leveraging LinkedIn

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday March 17th, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. for the first of a special 2 part series.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 



Leveraging LinkedIn: March 17th

LinkedIn is one of the greatest tools and social platforms for professional development and business growth. Yet most people are not using LinkedIn to its full potential. From finding your next job to finding your next client, LinkedIn can help, but only if you know how to leverage it!

In this workshop we will reveal the hidden elements to get LinkedIn working for you. Starting with an overview of the platform, and aspects you need to focus on, to setting your profile up for success.

Using LinkedIn, you will learn how to create that ultimate brand experience by:
  • Having a profile that will engage and interest the people you want to attract
  • Knowing the best ways to meet influential people, and your next client, and
  • Adding to your credibility through the strategic use of LinkedIn

Leveraging YouTube: March 24th

YouTube is the secret sauce for driving your Googlejuice! If you want to boost your SEO, then you’ll need to use and leverage YouTube to its fullest potential.

In this session, we will reveal the secrets to make YouTube work for you and improve your search engine optimization. Starting with an overview of the platform, and the aspects you need to focus on, to setting your channel up for success.

Using YouTube, you will learn how to create that ultimate brand experience by:
  • Having a channel that will engage the people you want to attract
  • Knowing the best ways to promote your videos, and
  • Adding the secret Googlejuice to your channel to improve your SEO

Mel DePaoli
Omicle

Melanie DePaoli, or Mel, as she is known by her clients and friends, works with companies and organizations to create a brand experience that leverages communication strategies, an organization's culture, branding, and marketing.

She has in-depth knowledge of how culture, branding and operations intersect to impact a company's bottom line and influence your community. By providing anecdotal and research-based information, unique to each client, she enables them to understand how subtle changes can be implemented to ensure your business's success.

DePaoli will work with you to develop your brand's personality to improve your use of social media, internal and external communications, branding initiatives, and your relationship within your community.


She is an internationally recognized author of three books on culture driven brands. "Contractors: Doing it Right, Not Just Getting it Done" was designed, she says, to help put contractors on the right path as they work to maintain market share and financial viability during the global recession. “Hiring a Contractor” was published for residential construction companies to use as a marketing tool to demonstrate confidence in their work and business to prospects. "Purple Construction" is an article series that address challenges faced by women in a male-dominated industry.

As a national speaker, DePaoli speaks on topics about brand experience, customer experience, company culture, and social media. She is the founder and president of Omicle, a brand experience firm and Brand or Culture, an author and speaker coaching company, both based in Seattle, WA.



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Quick-Start Shoreline Tuesday: Data Breaches

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday March 10th, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. 

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.


A Finger in the Dike:
Coping with and Preventing Data Breaches


Whether your business is small or large, the greatest emerging technical fear over the last two years is to lose control of your company and customer information to hacktivists, cybercrooks, and nation states. Size doesn't matter; vulnerability to attack does. Let’s talk about how to reduce your vulnerability to attack and keep the trust of your customers.

Brian Boston

With over two decades  educating and supporting end-users, Brian Boston has continued to explore what technology can do for people and work to improve their computer experience. He understands the issues involved in teaching beginning computer users, supporting people's usage of computer software, training support engineers, working with disability groups seeking computer accommodations, and managing relationships with hundreds of technology experts.

Brian has helped individuals, high schools, local colleges, and companies seeking to improve the user computer experience. During his 18+ years with Microsoft Corporation, Brian supported and trained other support engineers in MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, and other Microsoft products. He was part of the Accessible Technology Group, the development team that builds the Ease of Access Tools in Microsoft Windows. He also searched online technical communities for people who helped others with computer software through the Microsoft MVP Award Program and managed connections with hundreds of awardees worldwide.

Brian is available for speaking engagements and classes on various technology topics as well as one-on-one consultations.

Brian has also been a columnist for the Shoreline Area News. His columns can be found under the Tech Talk label in the Features section on the main webpage.




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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday: Leadership style

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday March 3, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 



Business Leadership: What your leadership style says about you and your business

Successful business is built by successful entrepreneurs. The driver behind this success comes from great ideas, execution, and learned leadership. This workshop puts leadership in the cross-hairs to help you understand your leadership traits and develop the skills to further your business. We will discuss:
  • Why leadership is so important in today’s business environment,
  • Navigating culture and diversity, and,
  • Identifying your leadership traits. 
Greg Price
Greg Price is an Assistant Professor for City University of Seattle managing their Master of Arts in Leadership and the Human Resource programs.

He is also co-owner of a 26-year old Seattle-based and family-owned, publishing company called Outdoors NW. Currently pursuing a doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership, he is presently focusing his research on entrepreneurial leadership.

This Quickstart program, in conjunction with Shoreline Community College’s Business Accelerator program, is an ideal incubator to help entrepreneurs enhance their business acumen and leadership capacity.

Gregory enjoys engaging participants by including them in his workshops. Roll up your sleeves! He looks forward to working with you.


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Quick-Start Shoreline on Tuesday Feb 17: Crowdfunding

Monday, February 16, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday February 17, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. for the third of a four part series that will continue throughout the year.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign


The City of Shoreline is the fortunate home of The Rat City Rollergirls league located at 190th and Aurora. 

Hot off of their wildly successful crowdfunding campaign, our QuickStart Shoreline speaker this Tuesday is the Chairwoman of the Rat City Rollergirls, Jamian Smith, also known as Vex Factor. 

She will share her experience with running a "gofundme" campaign as well as tips, tricks and fundraising best practices including:

  • The importance of your brand and community relationships in driving a fundraiser
  • Choosing your messaging and value proposition
  • Building a compelling ask 
  • Answering to your donors and following up 


Jamian Smith, Arcana Solutions
aka Vex Factor

Jamian Smith, also known as Vex Factor, is the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors for the Rat City Rollergirls, the premier women’s flat track roller derby league in the Seattle, Washington metropolitan area, and a new fixture in the Shoreline community. She is a seasoned business professional with over 15 years of experience in business operations, marketing, and strategy in leading companies such as Eastman Kodak, Sears, Expedia, Amazon, and Microsoft. 

She is also an entrepreneur who runs Arcana Solutions, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in new startup support, existing business turnarounds, and graceful business exits.

She is an angel investor member of the Seattle Keiretsu Forum, and as a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Kaizen Master, she is a key member of and contributor to the operational process improvement and quality management business communities in Seattle. 


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Quick-Start Shoreline Tuesday

Sunday, February 1, 2015

The Tuesday Quick-Start Shoreline Business Workshop for start-up, existing or potential business owners will be held on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 from 12noon to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. Feel free to bring a brown-bag lunch. 


Title: Project Management Principles for High Performance, Profit, and Customer Satisfaction

Three Questions modern day business owners and organizations need to ask 

By Larry Adeyemi

The days when a company (small or big) could offer a new product or service and still maintain long-term competitive dominance are gone without innovation and adoption of a new approach such as project management best practices. Business owners and organizations need to understand that the life cycle of new product design, production and delivery to the market place or customer is measured in terms of months or even weeks rather than years. Thanks to innovative technologies.

Product and service delivery by small businesses and organizations are schedule-driven and inherently risky. Between time constraints, technical challenges and shifting consumer behavior, things that can go wrong often do. Overcoming these challenges means businesses and organizations need to use project management best practices to achieve competitive advantage while adding value to their bottom line. 

According to an Economist Intelligence report (May 2010), 80 percent of global executives believed having project management as a core competency helped them remain competitive during the recession. It means the delivery of business outcomes is realized through the success of projects, and in essence that is the way that project management strategies drive organizational success.

At this powerful event, you’ll learn:

• Tips on how to accelerate development and delivery of your products and services
• How to develop project management MindMapTM to jump start and sustain high performing team, and profitable business including meeting or exceeding your customers’ shifting needs and expectations

Additionally, we’ll prompt you to ask 3 critical questions that your business or organization may be facing as a basis for creating projects that can potentially deliver successful business or organizational outcomes.

I love to help individual and businesses or organizations to overcome project management challenges that may be stalling getting your products or services delivered consistently on time, on budget and meeting or exceeding your customers’ expectations.

Lawrence Adeyemi
Lawrence Adeyemi is a Managing Director and Principal of Green Project Solutions Group, LLC, a project management, business accelerator development, renewable energy and energy efficiency project consulting company. With over 27 years of management consulting and project management experience, Larry has created project and service delivery accelerator smart kitTM to guide his clients toward the results that really matter and value-driven to their strategic mission. He has more than 15 years in business and project development and strategic planning, mentoring, business sustainability planning and best value procurement for several profit and non-profit organizations. He has also trained managers in public agencies, private businesses, financial institutions, and international organizations. Local Puget Sound organizations he has worked with include King County, City of Seattle, City of Bellevue, Boeing, Opus Bank, including several small businesses and non-profit organizations. 

He has maintained extensive ties to the academic institutions like the University of Washington, Central Washington University, Stanford University and Shoreline Community College. He is an adjunct faculty and lead of Project Management at Shoreline Community College where he also teaches short-term project management courses for Plus 50 retirees and start-up small business owners. His combined professional and consulting experiences equip him to lead project management and best value procurement training for the US government’s strategic commercial partners in emerging global markets, such as Vietnam, Botswana, Burma, 

He obtained his Ph.D. degree and Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the University of Washington, Seattle. Larry is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) granted by the Project Management Institute (PMI). He has at various times contributed to the development of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and certification exam writing. 


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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday

Monday, January 26, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. for a special two part series on helping your business become more visible.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


Social Media Intervention Part II

Do you want to learn how social media can help you:

    Activate your audience to grow your business
    Ignite your influencers to rally around your brand
    Build credibility to drive sales
    Do more online in less time


We will show you how to generate business, learn how to use the social media tools, and save time when you attend Social Media Intervention with Mel DePaoli, Brand Catalyst of Omicle and Tracey Warren, Social Media Super Hero of Ready Set Grow Marketing.

Mel DePaoli
Melanie DePaoli, or Mel, as she is known by her clients and friends, works with companies and organizations to create a brand experience that leverages communication strategies, an organization's culture, branding, and marketing.

She has in-depth knowledge of how culture, branding and operations intersect to impact a company's bottom line and influence your community. By providing anecdotal and research-based information, unique to each client, she enables them to understand how subtle changes can be implemented to ensure your business's success.

Tracey Warren
Tracey Warren says "I have a passion for marketing and an addiction to social media. I am a Social Media Strategist and Community Manager and teach business owners how to create successful Social Media Marketing Campaigns to help them grow their businesses. I love to help individuals and businesses maximize their social media presence."


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Quick Start Shoreline for Tuesday Jan 20

Monday, January 19, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. Business Leadership: Actionable Goal Setting for the Small Business Owner presented by Tiffany McVeety.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


Business Leadership: 
Actionable Goal Setting for the Small Business Owner

January 20, 2015
Council Chambers, Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N

  • 4 Factors of Entrepreneurial Goal Setting
  • Creating a Leadership Dashboard to Guide Your Success
  • Planning Your Preferred Future

In this hands-on workshop you will learn the 4 factors of entrepreneurial goal setting so you can begin to plan for your preferred future. I will share the top key drivers for your leadership dashboard. And we will create our own leadership dashboards – a leadership planning tool that will guide you on the road toward business success. 


January is the perfect time to plan your preferred business future!
Tiffany McVeety
Tiffany McVeety says "I have a passion for helping entrepreneurs create their preferred future. I create tools to help business owners plan, design, and launch the businesses (or inventions) of their dreams. I love seeing a person with a passion realize the financial viability of their idea and that their dream can become a reality. My tools are the roadmap to get you there."

Tiffany McVeety operates a state certified entrepreneurship-training program where she arms would-be and established entrepreneurs the tools to help them plan, design, and grow their businesses. She teaches “Entrepreneurial Edge What’s Next?” a series of hands-on business planning workshops at Shoreline Community College. 



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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday Jan 13 and Jan 27

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday, January 13 and Tuesday, January 27, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. for a special two part series on helping your business become more visible.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


Social Media Intervention Parts I and II

Do you want to learn how social media can help you:
  • Activate your audience to grow your business
  • Ignite your influencers to rally around your brand
  • Build credibility to drive sales
  • Do more online in less time

We will show you how to generate business, learn how to use the social media tools, and save time when you attend Social Media Intervention with Mel DePaoli, Brand Catalyst of Omicle and Tracey Warren, Social Media Super Hero of Ready Set Grow Marketing.

Mel DePaoli
Melanie DePaoli, or Mel, as she is known by her clients and friends, works with companies and organizations to create a brand experience that leverages communication strategies, an organization's culture, branding, and marketing.

She has in-depth knowledge of how culture, branding and operations intersect to impact a company's bottom line and influence your community. By providing anecdotal and research-based information, unique to each client, she enables them to understand how subtle changes can be implemented to ensure your business's success.

Tracey Warren
Tracey Warren says "I have a passion for marketing and an addiction to social media. I am a Social Media Strategist and Community Manager and teach business owners how to create successful Social Media Marketing Campaigns to help them grow their businesses. I love to help individuals and businesses maximize their social media presence."



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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday: Entrepreneurial Leadership, Tool Kit for Leaders

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Join the business community at Quick-Start on Tuesday December 9th, 2014 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. for the third of a 4 part series that will continue throughout the year.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 


Entrepreneurial Leadership

“A workshop series on leadership and coaching: Unleash the genius in others.”

  • Feb. 18 Coaching Tool Kit for Leaders 
  • May 27 Developing Leadership Competencies 
  • July 29 Overcoming Leadership Challenges 
  • Dec 9 Social and Environment Leadership 

The speed which business runs today, the measures of complexity, diversity, and uncertainty all seem to be occurring at the same time. This can be difficult for leaders to comprehend or to even have the capacity to address.

These challenges present leaders a volume of choices. These choices require an understanding of change; disguised as opportunity - solutions can be as close as your employees. The question becomes, how can leaders enable the genius in others?

Join us in this special 4 part workshop series about how you can gain a competitive business advantage by developing your leadership acumen.

Greg Price
Greg Price is an Assistant Professor for City University of Seattle managing their Master of Arts in Leadership and the Human Resource programs.

He is also co-owner of a 26-year old Seattle-based and family-owned, publishing company called Outdoors NW. Currently pursuing a doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership, he is presently focusing his research on entrepreneurial leadership.

This Quickstart program, in conjunction with Shoreline Community College’s Business Accelerator program, is an ideal incubator to help entrepreneurs enhance their business acumen and leadership capacity.

Gregory enjoys engaging participants by including them in his workshops. Roll up your sleeves! He looks forward to working with you.


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Quick Start Shoreline business workshops for Tuesday, Nov 25

Sunday, November 23, 2014

The Tuesday Quick-Start Shoreline Business Workshop for start-up, existing, or potential business owners will be held on Tuesday, November 25 from 12 noon to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. The workshop is free; feel free to bring a snack or a brown bag lunch.


Back by popular request:
"Employment Basics," Presented by Susan Fuller, 
Law Office of Susan K. Fuller, PLLC 


November 25
Business Law: How to hire a contractor to help your business and how to know if they really should be an employee.

Thinking of hiring employees? Learn some of the basics of hiring and working with employees before taking the plunge.
  • What is the difference between an "employee" and an "independent contractor"?
  • What sorts of things can be asked of an applicant?
  • What is a "Non-Compete" clause vs. a "Non-Disclosure" clause?
  • What is the "FMLA"?  What does the Washington Law Against Discrimination cover?
  • What is the Seattle Sick and Safe Leave, and do I have to comply?
  • Learn about these and other issues at this presentation.

Susan K. Fuller PLLC

Susan K. Fuller PLLC

For more than 20 years,Susan Fuller has represented clients in federal and state courts in all sorts of disputes. 

She has worked with engineers, architects, storeowners, manufacturers, tradesmen and businesses of all types.

Ms. Fuller is a business and commercial lawyer who works with entrepreneurs to help them achieve their business goals, including protecting their business.


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Quick Start Shoreline business workshop Tuesday

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Quick Start Shoreline business workshops for Tuesday, November 18th and Tuesday November 25th

The Tuesday Quick-Start Shoreline Business Workshop for start-up, existing or potential business owners will be held on Tuesday, November 18 and Tuesday, November 25 from 12 noon to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N. The workshop is free; feel free to bring a snack or a brown bag lunch.


Back by popular request:
"Employment Basics", Presented by Susan Fuller, 
Law Office of Susan K. Fuller, PLLC. 

November 18th
Business Law: Hiring your first employee(s) what you need to know.

November 25th
Business Law: How to hire a contractor to help your business and how to know if they really should be an employee.

Thinking of hiring employees? Learn some of the basics of hiring and working with employees before taking the plunge.
  • What is the difference between an "employee" and an "independent contractor"?
  • What sorts of things can be asked of an applicant?
  • What is a "Non-Compete" clause vs. a "Non-Disclosure" clause?
  • What is the "FMLA"?  What does the Washington Law Against Discrimination cover?
  • What is the Seattle Sick and Safe Leave, and do I have to comply?
  • Learn about these and other issues at this presentation.
Susan K. Fuller PLLC
For more than 20 years, Susan Fuller has represented clients in federal and state courts in all sorts of disputes. 

She has worked with engineers, architects, storeowners, manufacturers, tradesmen and businesses of all types.

Ms. Fuller is a business and commercial lawyer who works with entrepreneurs to help them achieve their business goals, including protecting their business.


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