Upcoming Events: Business & Leadership

Fri 5/24

Go to Speaking Tips from America’s Best Speakers: Abe Lincoln and MLK

Speaking Tips from America’s Best Speakers: Abe Lincoln and MLK

 Date: Fri, May 24, 2013
Time: 12:00 PM

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Carol Fleming, Ph.D., Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Author, It’s the Way You Say It

Rick Gilbert, Ph.D., Author, Speaking Up: Surviving Executive Presentations

What did master orators Lincoln and MLK know about speaking that could help you? This fast-moving review of the key components of memorable public speaking will enlighten the beginner and remind and entertain the old pro. You will leave with a new appreciation of these great speakers and some new ideas for yourself.

MLF: Business & Leadership
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 11:30 a.m. check-in, noon program, 1 p.m. book signing
Cost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, students free (with valid ID)
Program Organizer: Kevin O'Malley

Fri 5/31

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The Emerging Prehistory of the Next American Revolution

Date: Fri, May 31, 2013
Time: 12:00 PM

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Gar Alperovitz, Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland; Co-founder, The Democracy Collaborative; Author, What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution

Is there an America beyond capitalism? Just beneath the surface level of public awareness, something is brewing amidst the social and economic distress – including thousands of worker-owned companies, co-ops with millions of members, states taking up public banking, and new forms of single-payer health care. 
Endorsed by Ralph Nader and Van Jones, Alperovitz presents a compelling case for a cooperative and community-based economy. He argues that the coming painful decades may be the prehistory of the next American revolution – and an evolutionary process that transforms the American system, making it both morally meaningful and ecologically sustainable.
 

MLF: Business & Leadership
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 11:30 a.m. check-in, noon program, 1 p.m. book signing
Cost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students(with valid ID)
Program Organizer: Kevin O'Malley
Also know: Photo by Stephen Voss

Mon 6/10

Go to Startups, Entrepreneurs and Ninja Innovation

Startups, Entrepreneurs and Ninja Innovation

 Date: Mon, June 10, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM

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Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur; Founder, E.piphany; Professor, UC Berkeley and Stanford Engineering; Author, The Startup Owners Manual
Gary Shapiro, CEO, Consumer Electronics Association; Author, The Comeback and Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses
Kevin O’Malley, President, TechTalk / Studio – Moderator

How can you become a Ninja Innovator – and follow Steve Blank’s advice to “get out of the building” to create and launch your own successful start-up? This program will introduce and integrate best practices, strategies and tips that have swept the startup world, combined with lessons learned from the front lines of “ninja innovation” in consumer electronics and related fields – and where they meet in the amazing growth and focus on startups at the world’s largest annual innovation event, the International CES.
 
MLF: Business & Leadership
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m. book signing
Cost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students (with valid ID)
Program Organizer: Kevin O'Malley 
 
 
 

Tue 6/11

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Thinking Moms' Revolution: Taking Back Power in Healing Our Kids

 Date: Tue, June 11, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM

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Alison MacNeil, Co-founder and Author, Thinking Moms’ Revolution
Kim Spencer, Co-founder and Author, Thinking Moms’ Revolution
Megan Davenhall, Co-founder and Author, Thinking Moms’ Revolution
Christie Dames, CEO, TechTalk / Studio – Moderator

How can social media, self-empowered parents, DIY health research and new collaborations with doctors and researchers combine to help special-needs kids – and use these lessons to heal all our children? Twenty-three moms and one dad parenting children with disabilities – who found and continue to connect with each other on Facebook – have joined together to find real answers. Co-founders share stories of tragedy, illness, hope and recovery, and their vision for the future health of America's children.
 
MLF: Business & Leadership
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m. book signing
Cost: $20 non-members, $8 members, students free (with valid ID)
Program Organizer: Kevin O'Malley