With the latest generation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and training from the American Red Cross, employees will be prepared to increase the odds of survival if sudden cardiac arrest strikes a co-worker, customer or anyone else visiting your facility. Learn how to create a complete AED program. The American Red Cross can assist you in every phase of creating an
AED program. Participants will learn about first aid/CPR/AED and OSHA recommendations for safety training and safety products in the workplace. Registration and continental breakfast is at 8 a.m. and program at 8:30. Cost: complimentary
(limit two guests from each organization). Pre-registration required. To register, call 216-431-3076 or e-mail customerservice@redcross-cleveland.org.
Time:
8:00am - 9:00am
Location:
American Red Cross, 3747 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
Description:
The Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals roundtable will be presented by Barbara S. Rosenthal, vice president of resource development at North Coast Community Homes. This session will offer a bird’s-eye view of the state of philanthropy in India and will highlight the differences between philanthropic practices in the United States and in other countries. Rosenthal recently traveled to Russia and India with others from AFP and will share her inside perspective on this topic. The information presented will offer a global perspective on the fundraising field. Cost: free for AFP members, $15 for non-members, with free parking. Register at www.afpcleveland.org, admin@afpcleveland.org or 216-696-1613.
Time:
8:10am - 9:10am
Location:
Red Mill Golf Practice, 4243 Red Mill Valley Road,
Description:
Interactive mini-golf networking activity and competition. Enjoy a continental breakfast. Bring business cards and literature. Cost: $5 for any Lake County Chamber member, $10 for non-Chamber member. RSVP by Aug. 29 at www.lakekidzbiz.com under "Register for Meeting" or lakekidzbiz@gmail.com, or call 440-266-1677 (Prelude Photography/Lake Kidz Biz member).
Time:
8:30am - 10:00am
Description:
DIBS is a network of local downsized professionals and executives who started their own businesses. The network provides business and emotional support to new entrepreneurs, resources for business start-up and resources for business growth and development. In addition, the group provides assistance with developing a business plan.
Meetings are held every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Seekers Coffee shop, 9443 Mentor Ave., Mentor. Agendas consist of roundtable discussions, guest speakers and presentations by members.
Membership fees are the cost of coffee and pastry.
For more information, contact Tom Szabo at 440-354-2535 or athomasimage@sbcglobal.net.
Time:
8:00am - 9:00am
Location:
Western Reserve Harley-Davidson & Honda
Description:
The Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce event will be at 8567 Tyler Blvd. and feature free coffee and networking. Bring literatur and business cards. RSVP at www.mentorchamber.org.
Time:
7:00am - 9:00am
Location:
Joe and Sara Miller, 15020 Shedd Road, Burton
Description:
Enjoy an Amish-style pancake breakfast as United Way Services of Geauga County kicks off the 2010 campaign. A brief program will take place at 8. Breakfast cost is $5 per person. Reservations are not necessary, but appreciated. For more information, contact Kathleen Munch at 440-285-2261, ext. 223, or kmunch@uws.org.
Time:
8:30am - 10:00am
Description:
DIBS is a network of local downsized professionals and executives who started their own businesses. The network provides business and emotional support to new entrepreneurs, resources for business start-up and resources for business growth and development. In addition, the group provides assistance with developing a business plan.
Meetings are held every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Seekers Coffee shop, 9443 Mentor Ave., Mentor. Agendas consist of roundtable discussions, guest speakers and presentations by members.
Membership fees are the cost of coffee and pastry.
For more information, contact Tom Szabo at 440-354-2535 or athomasimage@sbcglobal.net.
Time:
9:00am - 6:00pm
Location:
St. Denis Golf Course, 10660 Chardon Road, Chardon
Description:
2010 Chesterland Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic and Clambake. Engage in friendly competition, network (and not work) while honing golf skills on a beautiful and challenging course. Invite clients, associates and friends and join the fun and games of skill. Proceeds from the event support the chamber’s annual scholarship fund, as well as the chamber’s mission and programs. Registration is at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start at 11. Cost is $125 per golfer registered by Aug. 12 or $150 after Aug. 12. The fee includes 18 holes of golf (scramble format) and a cart, a golf shirt, a gift bag, lunch at the turn, a clambake dinner, drink tickets and contests, including a chance to win a new vehicle. The clambake dinner and awards will be 5 p.m. A dinner ticket only is $38. There are many opportunities available to promote your business at this event. To register, call the chamber office 440-729-7297, visit www.chesterlandchamber.com or stop in at 8228 Mayfield Road, Suite 4B, Chesterland, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. weekdays.
Time:
9:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
ERC Workplace Center
Description:
Join ERC for an informative program addressing why employers must implement AAPs and what those plans need to address. Instructor: Dave Waldorf.
Member fee: $100, non-member fee: $120. Register by clicking HERE. ERC Workplace Center, 6700 Beta Drive, Suite 300, Mayfield Village.
Time:
11:30am - 1:15pm
Location:
Pine Ridge Country Club, Wickliffe
Description:
The Lake Communicators, a Lake County-based professional organization for individuals in the marketing and communication fields throughout Northeast Ohio, will hold a luncheon featuring guest speaker David Cowen at 30610 Ridge Road in Wickliffe. The topic that will be discussed is personal sustainability: what it is, how to be more sustainable and the relationship to your organization’s sustainability program. Dave recently retired as the public affairs manager for The Lubrizol Corp., where part of his role entailed corporate oversight for defining Lubrizol’s approach to sustainability. The cost for the luncheon is $15 for members and $25 for non-members. You may send a substitute if unable to attend, but no refunds will be allocated for no-shows. NOTE: Walk-ins are accepted, but an additional $5 late fee will be added to the cost. For more information about the Lake Communicators monthly lunch meetings or to make reservations, call Diana Lewis at 440-255-8932 or e-mail Shirley Wolfe at wolfeshirley@yahoo.com. Reservations are due by Friday, Sept. 3.
Time:
8:00am - 9:30am
Location:
Perkins Restuarant, 700 Mentor Ave., Painesvile
Description:
Network with fellow chamber members over breakfast at this Painesville Area Chamber of Commerce meeting. No reservations required for this free event, but members only. Bring business cards for prize drawing. Attendees are welcome to bring giveaways for drawing. For more information, contact the chamber office at 440-357-7572 or exec@painesvilleohchamber.org or chairperson Tom Szabo at 440-354-2535 or athomasimage@sbcglobal.net.
Time:
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:
StoneWater Golf Club, 1 Club Drive, Highland Heigh
Description:
Topic: Your Marketing Plan. Wendy Kertesz of
MarketingSense offers marketing services to professional service companies and works with small-business owners. Cost: $20. RSVP by Sept. 7 to the chamber voicemail at 216-556-4598, e-mail Jim Spring at jasspring@aol.com or make payment to www.mayfieldareachamber.org and go to events/make payment on PayPal. The luncheon is sponsored by Drs. William and Denise Mirando, Dr. David Rickson and Renee Rickson, R.N., of SLIM & FIT.
Time:
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
25 S. St. Clair, Painesville
Description:
Join the Painesville Area Chamber of Commerce for Yvonne’s Family Restaurant and Sweet Shop's grand re-opening and ribbon-cutting celebration.
Time:
7:30am - 8:30am
Location:
Seekers Coffee House, 9443 Mentor Ave., Mentor
Description:
The Mentoar Area Chamber of Commerce legislative committee is holding a Coffee & Conversation with Mentor City Manager Ken Filipiak and Lake County Commissioner Dan Troy. Networking begins at 7:15 a.m. Space is limited to 35, so reservations and prepayment are required. Cost: $5. To register,
CLICK HERE. A waiting list will be kept, so if you cannot attend after making your reservation, as a courtesy to others, call and cancel your reservation. One reservation per company please. No-shows after making a reservation will be billed $10.
Time:
12:00pm
Location:
Dino's, I-90 & Route 306, Willoughby
Description:
Monthly luncheon featuring Ken Filipiak, Mentor city manager. Cost: $15 members, $17 non-members. For reservations, contact Elsie at 440-352-3412 or elsielcdc@att.net.
Time:
11:00am
Location:
Madison Country Club
Description:
Madison-Perry Area Chamber of Commerce 41st annual event is a four-person scramble. Cost is $110 per player for the golf package (golf cart, boxed lunch and dinner). Registration and practice tee from 11-11:30 a.m. and shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Contests include a putting contest, skill shots, giveaways and raffle prizes. Sponsorships are available. Register at www.mpacc.org and pay by credit card or through your member portal.
For more information, call 440-428-3760.
Time:
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Gavi's patio, downtown Willoughby
Description:
We'll gather for casual networking. There is no cost to attend, and complimentary appetizers will be available. Cash bar will be available.
RSVPs are required at 440-942-1632 or Register Here.
This event is open to members only.
Time:
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
1409 Golden Gate Blvd., Mayfield Heights
Description:
Enjoy delicious appetizers and beverages and enter to win terrific drawing prizes at this Heights-Hillcrest Regional Chamber of Commerce event. Experience Costco's legendary hospitality, and start the fall by networking your business. Cost: $10 for chamber members $10, $20 for non-member guests. RSVP HERE or call 216-397-7322.
Time:
6:00pm - 9:30pm
Location:
Auburn Career Center, Concord Township
Description:
Topics range from your business idea, feasibility, market research and writing a business plan to finding and using resources, structures of ownership, record keeping and financing. The class is free, but you must pre-register by calling 440-357-2290, ext. 235.
For more information, Karen Wivell at kwivell@lcport.org or www.lcport.org.
Time:
8:30am - 10:00am
Description:
DIBS is a network of local downsized professionals and executives who started their own businesses. The network provides business and emotional support to new entrepreneurs, resources for business start-up and resources for business growth and development. In addition, the group provides assistance with developing a business plan.
Meetings are held every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Seekers Coffee shop, 9443 Mentor Ave., Mentor. Agendas consist of roundtable discussions, guest speakers and presentations by members.
Membership fees are the cost of coffee and pastry.
For more information, contact Tom Szabo at 440-354-2535 or athomasimage@sbcglobal.net.
Time:
9:00am - 10:00am
Location:
ERC Workplace Center
Description:
Learn how ERC can save your organization money and how to use services such as HR research, compensation and benefits surveys, the HR Resource Line and more. Ideal for new, existing or prospective ERC members. Instructors: Pat Perry and Marty Mordarski. Cost: free. Register by clicking HERE. ERC Workplace Center, 6700 Beta Drive, Suite 300, Mayfield Village.
Time:
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Matthews Sign Co., 6082 Pinecone Drive, Mentor
Description:
Mark and Kim Pohovey will hold a grand opening of Matthews Sign Co. Stop by to see the Sign Excellence Center and meet the Matthews team. The free event will feature catered food, wine, beer, soft drinks, cornhole games and free posters of beautiful scenes of Mentor. Bring a bbusiness card for a chance to win a full-color, custom 3-foot by 5-foot banner and a 36-inch by 40-inch poster ($300 value). For more information, www.matthewssign.com or info@matthewssign.com.
Time:
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:
LaMalfa, Mentor
Description:
Speaker: Vanessa Pelligrino, ASSE. Topic: Prioritizing Your Safety Programs. Registration: 11:15 a.m. Cost: $18 members, $20 non-members. Register online at www.councilnews.org or 440-255-0877. RSVP deadline: Monday, Sept. 13. Sponsors: Lake Health and EA Group.
Time:
9:00am - 3:00pm
Location:
Chesterland Mini-Storage
Description:
The Chesterland Chamber of Commerce event will be held rain or shine. All proceeds will benefit the chamber’s beautification program. The $1 admission fee (12 years and older) includes a raffle ticket for one of several door prizes. Chesterland Mini-Storage is at 11695 Chillicothe Road (Route 306), next to Truline Industries. Interested in participating as a seller? Covered, lockable display areas are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact John See at 440-729-0099 or storeoneinc@yahoo.com for more information.
Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Lost Nation Municipal Golf Course, Willoughby
Description:
The four-person scramble is $75 per person ($5 discount for ages 65-plus). Cost includes 18 holes of golf, a golf cart, lunch (before golf begins at noon), beer/soda, snacks and a steak dinner. Win cash prizes for teams, pin shots, long drives, a putting contest and optional skins game. To reserve your tee time (tee times are limited) or for more information, call Bob at 440-942-5493 or Ron at 440-257-7044. Hole sponsorships are available for $50 per hole, with additional holes at $25 each. 50/50 raffle tickets are available for $1/ticket or a book of seven for $5. Net proceeds go to the Willoughby Evening Lions Club Eye Care Programs.
Time:
8:00am - 9:00am
Location:
Just a Moment Canvas Images, 9350 Progress Pkwy.,
Description:
Small-business owners (10 employees or less) discuss monthly the challenges, concerns and successes of running a small business in today's environment.
February topic: developing a contact into a client.
Questions: Jackie Swanson at 440-639-8761, Tony Constantine at 440-205-1277 or Em Koenig at 440-918-1945.
Time:
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:
B&H Events & Party Center, 34596 Lakeshore Blvd.,
Description:
Topic: Business owners’ legal issues and challenges. A presentation by a panel of western Lake County attorneys. Make your reservations at westernlakecountychamber.org
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Time:
8:30am - 10:00am
Description:
DIBS is a network of local downsized professionals and executives who started their own businesses. The network provides business and emotional support to new entrepreneurs, resources for business start-up and resources for business growth and development. In addition, the group provides assistance with developing a business plan.
Meetings are held every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Seekers Coffee shop, 9443 Mentor Ave., Mentor. Agendas consist of roundtable discussions, guest speakers and presentations by members.
Membership fees are the cost of coffee and pastry.
For more information, contact Tom Szabo at 440-354-2535 or athomasimage@sbcglobal.net.
Time:
8:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
3747 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
Description:
The American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland is hosting a series of Business Continuity Seminars geared to helping participants begin a continuity plan to address business interruption.
Natural disasters represent only 1 percent of all serious business interruptions. The rest are due to market forces, humanly-generated problems, terrorism and secondary infrastructure failure resulting from a primary disaster.
The cost is $39. Participants must register in advance by calling 216-431-3076 or by visiting www.redcross-cleveland.org. Each participant will receive The Guide to Business Continuity Planning CD (a $50 value).
The seminar is sponsored by Blue Bridge Network, All Disasters Services, Konica Minolta, Cleveland Business Connects Magazine, ERC and Midtown Cleveland.
Speaker: Noah St John, author and founder, SuccessClinic.com. You’ve tried positive thinking, time management and you moved your cheese. Noah will teach you a proven, common-sense system for removing the hidden blocks to your greatest achievement at this Heights-Hillcrest Regional Chamber of Commerce event. Cost: $10 for chamber members, $20 for non-members. For more information, click HERE or contact Karen Schaefer at 216-397-7322 or info@hrcc.org. To register, click HERE.
Time:
12:00pm
Location:
La-Vera Party Center
Description:
Cost: $21/members, $24/non-members.
Register by clicking HERE or call the Chamber office at 440-942-1632 with your credit card information. Checks, Visa and Mastercard accepted. Refunds will not be issued, and walk-ins will not be accepted. Advance payment is required.
Time:
8:30am - 10:00am
Location:
Lake Metroparks facility (TBD)
Description:
Painesville Area Chamber of Commerce event
Topic: Make or Break Moments - Building Customer Relationships
Speakers: Deborah Chaddock Brown
For more information: 440-357-7572
Time:
10:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
1238 Lost Nation Road, Willoughby
Description:
Join us at Brandt's for our annual open house. Meet the family, sample treats and take tours of the kitchen. For more information, 440-942-1016 or www.brandtscandies.com.
Time:
3:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Lost Nation Sports Park, Willoughby
Description:
A business expo/social event like no other. Presented by the Tri-County Business Journal and TNT Publications, the Teaming Up Business Expo brings together Lake County-area businesses with business owners and professionals in a fun and social atmosphere of networking.
Come expecting to have a good time. Leave with new business and vendor contacts. Sponsors are Lake Metroparks, Lost Nation Sports Park, WELW, Spirit Media and the Lake County Chambers of Commerce.
For more information, call 440-510-2000, 440-510-1010 or www.TriCountyBusinessExpo.com.
Time:
7:30am - 8:30am
Location:
Bryant & Stratton College, Eastlake
Description:
Bring business cards and promotional material. A great way to network with other businesses. Non-members also welcome.
Time:
8:30am - 10:00am
Description:
DIBS is a network of local downsized professionals and executives who started their own businesses. The network provides business and emotional support to new entrepreneurs, resources for business start-up and resources for business growth and development. In addition, the group provides assistance with developing a business plan.
Meetings are held every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Seekers Coffee shop, 9443 Mentor Ave., Mentor. Agendas consist of roundtable discussions, guest speakers and presentations by members.
Membership fees are the cost of coffee and pastry.
For more information, contact Tom Szabo at 440-354-2535 or athomasimage@sbcglobal.net.
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