Name of event: Key Metrics for Product Managers
Date and time: Oct. 24, 6-8:30 p.m.
Place: Community Center at Mercer View, 8236 S.E. 24th St., Mercer Island
Cost: $55
Web site: www.pmcnw.org
Description: Join the Product Management Consortium for a discussion on the key metrics that product managers need to measure and communicate throughout the product life cycle. Guest speakers will provide examples from several companies to help you sharpen your use of metrics.
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Name of event: Dealing with Difficult Situations with Tenants
Date and time: Oct. 24, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Place: Good Shepherd Center, Room 202
Cost: $150, includes lunch
Web site: www.kcdrc.org
Event phone: 206-443-9603
Description: Landlords and managers: Come learn how to become more effective in handling the most common conflicts with your tenants. This one-day training was designed specifically for landlords and managers to learn to become more effective in handling the most common conflicts with residents.
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Name of event: OfficeShui, a peaceful productive workspace
Date and time: Oct. 24, 7-8:30 p.m.
Place: My Day Office, 2820 Elliott Ave.
Cost: $30
Web site: https://biznik.com/events/2007/10/24/officeshui-tm-a-peaceful-productive-workspace
Event phone: 206-228-0780
Description: In just an hour and a half, you'll walk away with the tools to transform your workspace into a work haven. Advance online RSVP required.
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Name of event: Your Money, Your Business, Your Life
Date and time: Oct. 24, 6-8 p.m.
Place: AGC Building (Starbucks level), 1200 Westlake Ave. N.
Cost: $30
Web site: https://biznik.com/events/2007/10/24/your-money-your-business-your-life
Description: Learn about how your beliefs shape your financial success and how you can reap the most rewards from your efforts. Advance online RSVP required.
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Name of event: Alliance of Technology & Women, "Being a Person of Influence"
Date and time: Oct. 24, 6 p.m.
Place: Hyatt Regency, 900 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue
Cost: Preregistered ATW Members $25. Nonmembers $35
Web site: http://www.atwinternational.com/chapters/seattle/upcoming_events.aspx
Description: ATW Seattle invites you to join us for a presentation by Marja Brandon, Head of School at Seattle Girls School. Marja will share her story on empowering young women through education and becoming a nationally recognized Woman of Influence.
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Name of event: Intuit's Just Start Event
Date and time: Oct. 24-25, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Place: Westlake Center
Cost: Free
Web site: www.IWillJustStart.com
Description: Budding Seattle small-business owners can draw inspiration from local entrepreneurs, obtain expert advice from local business experts and get a free copy of QuickBooks software. In addition, aspiring Seattle business owners can enter the Just Start contest by submitting a letter or video describing their business dream, what they need to do to make it happen and how they would use Intuit's Just Start $50,000 business grant of cash and professional services to get started. For those not able to make the event, a letter or video entry can be submitted to www.IWillJustStart.com.
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Name of event: The Success Blueprint Workshop
Date and time: Oct. 25, 7:30-10:15 a.m.
Place: The Coast Bellevue Hotel
Cost: $29
Web site: http://www.procoachsystem.com/index.html
Event phone: 800-983-8041
Description: Join Master Certified Coach Andrew Barber-Starkey, for breakfast and a workshop in learning proven strategies to accelerate your business results and maximize your profits. Seating is limited.
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Name of event: Women Business Owners Power Lunch
Date and time: Oct. 25, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Place: Washington Athletic Club
Cost: Members: Prepaid, $31. After deadline, $38.
Web site: www.womenbusinessowners.org
Event phone: 206-575-3232
Description: Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna will discuss the problem of identity theft
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Name of event: Eastside Business Networking Happy Hour
Date and time: Oct. 25, 5-8:30 p.m.
Place: Twisted Cork Wine Bar, 900 Bellevue Way, Bellevue
Cost: Free; online registration required in advance
Web site: http://biznik.com/events/2007/10/25/eastside-happy-hour-3
Description: Join business adviser Pete McDowell and Michelle Hayden Bomberger for food, talk and some new business connections.
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Name of event: Bellevue Chamber Business After Hours
Date and time: Oct. 25; 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Place: RE/MAX Realty Professionals; 3025 112th Ave. N.E., Suite 100
Cost: $12 members; $20 nonmembers
Web site: www.bellevuechamber.org
Event phone: 425-213-1205
Description: Make lasting business connections at this after-work, networking focused event.
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Name of event: Presentation with CEO of SolutionsIQ: The Ripple Effect
Date and time: Oct. 25, 6 p.m.
Place: Qpass corporate headquarters, 2211 Elliott Ave., Suite 400, Seattle
Web site: www.SeattleScrum.org
Event phone: 206-447-6000
Description: Join the Seattle Scrum Users Group at its October meeting for a presentation by Charlie Rudd, president and CEO of SolutionsIQ, whose topic is "The Ripple Effect: How Adopting Agile Practices Has Created Interesting & Positive Ripples Throughout The Company."
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Name of event: CEO Roundtable
Date and time: Oct. 30, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. luncheon
Place: Washington Athletic Club
Cost: Members $40 before Oct. 26 and $45 after; nonmembers $45 before Oct. 26 and $50 after
Web site: www.womenbusinessowners.org
Event phone: 206-575-3232
Description: Roundtable discussion with six women CEOs of companies with $1 million to $25 million in sales, plus time for Q&A.
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Name of event: Seattle Graphic Artists Guild October luncheon — Creating Continuous Cash Flow
Date and time: Oct. 31, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Place: Rock Salt Steak and Seafood on Lake Union
Cost: Preregistration: $25, guild members and students with ID; $30, nonmembers. Walk-ins: $30 members and students with ID; $35 non-members.
Web site: http://www.seattleguild.org/">www.seattleguild.org
Description: Jeanette Smith presents an action-packed talk on targeting marketing, licensing and publishing so your art can make money while you sleep. Reservations by noon Oct. 26 at http://www.seattleguild. org/meetingPaypal.htm
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Name of event: Certified ScrumMaster
Date and time: Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Place: Seattle Harbor Club
Cost: $1,200 per attendee
Web site: http://www.solutionsiq.com/scrum/training_events.html
Event phone: 800-235-4091
Description: This two-day ScrumMaster certification course, delivered by SolutionsIQ Agile thought leaders, provides everything you need to get started with Scrum and Agile. On completion, participants are registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs).
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Name of event: Vision House Fundraising Breakfast
Date and time: Nov. 1, 7:30 a.m.
Place: Bellevue Hilton Hotel
Cost: Complimentary; but donations are accepted.
Web site: www.vision-house.org
Event phone: 425-945-0350
Description: Join us for breakfast with Nordstrom President Blake Nordstrom and learn how Vision House is working to end homelessness in our community.
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Name of event: Money Wi$e Women Forum
Date and time: Nov. 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Place: Green River Community College, Auburn
Cost: $25
Web site: www.moneywisewomen.net
Event phone: 360-204-0982
Description: All-day financial conference featuring three keynote speakers and 12 breakout sessions taught by professional experts.
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Name of event: Alliance of Angels 10-Minute Pitch Clinic
Date and time: Nov. 6, 2-5 p.m.
Place: Rainier Tower Building, Suite 2500, 1301 Fifth Ave
Cost: $95
Web site: www.allianceofangels.com
Event phone: 206-389-7258
Description: Workshop on how to pitch a startup business plan to angel investors, including developing a pitch, what elements resonate with angels, and how to provide essential information in a limited time.
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Name of event: Training Course: Psychology of an Internet Customer
Date and time: Nov. 7, 7-9 p.m.
Place: Bellevue Community College, Building B, Room 101
Cost: $75 online registration or $100 at the door
Web site: www.regonline.com/awdtrain
Event phone: 425-770-5533
Description: This course will outline how to convert more Web site users into customers by understanding how Internet users' brains process information differently from when they read a printed publication.
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Name of event: Megatrend for Megabucks: Business Alliances that Grow Revenues
Date and time: Nov. 7, 8-11:30 a.m.
Place: Columbia Tower Club
Cost: $55 through Oct. 26; $75 through Nov. 6; $85 day of session.
Web site: www.megatrends4megabucks.com
Event phone: 206-972-0265
Description: Breakfast plus a targeted presentation on three topics relating to starting and growing business alliances for CEOs, company presidents, and those responsible for overall revenue in their organization. Part 1: Choose the right people for the team. Part 2: Tactical steps to build alliances. Part 3: An attorney's view of how to craft successful agreements for alliances that last.
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Name of event: Bellevue Chamber Morning Buzz Networking Breakfast
Date and time: Nov. 6, 7-9 a.m.
Place: The Bellevue Club Hotel 11200 SE 6th St., Bellevue
Cost: $25 members, $35 non-members
Web site: www.bellevuechamber.org
Event phone: 425-213-1205
Description: A structured and effective networking event, The Morning Buzz is the Eastsides most energetic and results-oriented business breakfast!
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Name of event: Cleantech Investing in the Pacific Northwest
Date and time: Nov. 8, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Place: Westin Seattle
Cost: $295
Web site: www.stoel.com/cleantechinvesting
Event phone: 503-294-9506
Description: A one-day forum hosted by Stoel Rives and Nth Power featuring keynote speakers Dan Reicher, Google.org; Mike Eckhart, president of the American Council on Renewable Energy; and Ron Pernick, author of "The Cleantech Revolution."
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Name of event: Northwest Entrepreneur Network's Entrepreneur University 07
Date and time: Nov. 8, 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Place: Bell Harbor Conference Center
Cost: $275 for NWEN members and $375 for non-members with early bird discounts available until Oct. 19.
Web site: www.nwen.org
Event phone: 425-564-5701
Description: This year's keynote speakers are Martin Tobias, CEO and Chairman of Imperium Renewables and a venture partner at Ignition Partners, plus Sunny Kobe Cook, founder of Sleep Country USA. Entrepreneur University (EU 07) features two complete tracks for the distinct stages of creating and growing an entrepreneurial venture.
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