Archive for April, 2010

Business Building Breakfast

April 28, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 2, 2010
7:15 AMto8:30 AM

The CrossRoads Chapter of  SCA conducts a Business Building Breakfast featuring the Rapid Growth System*.  Discover the substantial differences between a “networking” group and the business/professional development results of the Business Cooperative.

Cost is $22.00 and includes breakfast

Lakeside Country Club          100 Wilcrest Drive (Between Briar Forest and Memorial)          Houston, TX 77042

Technology Champions

April 23, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 4, 2010
7:15 AMto9:00 AM

Discover three of Houston’s hottest technology start-ups at this gathering of entrepreneurs and community business leaders who work together to help grow technology in our city. And hear our featured presenter Houston Mayor Annise Parker speak on “The State of Houston Technology.”

Cost: $25.00

Houston Technology Center          410 Pierce Street          Houston TX 77002

Branding Your Twitter Profile Using Photoshop

April 23, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 4, 2010
9:00 AMto12:00 PM

With amazing speed Twitter has become a must have for businesses.  It is a powerful and highly effective way to engage your target audience.  To get the most from Twitter it is absolutely essential  your company’s brand is reinforced on your account.  Don’t miss this hands-on workshop where you will use Photoshop to create a customized profile that ties into your company’s current branding and marketing efforts.  Seating is limited and fills quickly.

Prerequisites: 

  • A company logo on a flash drive
  • A Twitter account 
  • Intermediate computer knowledge
     - Proficient using a mouse and keyboard
     - Proficient navigating the Internet
     - Able to save and retrieve files in various formats
     - An email account you can access remotely (if you prefer to email yourself your logo)

 Presenter:

Judi Burton, Owner, Judi Burton Design

Cost: $39.00 online / $59.00 at door

UH Small Business Development Center          2302 Fannin St., Ste. 200          Houston, TX 77002

Business Building Breakfast

April 28, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 9, 2010
7:15 AMto8:30 AM

The CrossRoads Chapter of  SCA conducts a Business Building Breakfast featuring the Rapid Growth System*.  Discover the substantial differences between a “networking” group and the business/professional development results of the Business Cooperative.

Cost is $22.00 and includes breakfast

Lakeside Country Club          100 Wilcrest Drive (Between Briar Forest and Memorial)          Houston, TX 77042

How to Handle Conflict and Confrontation

April 23, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 9, 2010
9:00 AMto4:00 PM

Learn a positive approach that takes the stress, anxiety and frustration out of dealing with disagreements and conflict.

Unresolved Conflict Can Cost You Plenty
If you dread confrontation, chances are you could be paying a heavy price, at the expense of your career success and personal happiness. In just one day, you can learn the rock-solid conflict-management skills you need to succeed on the job and get ahead in your career.

At How to Handle Conflict and Confrontation, you’ll discover how to get to the real cause of the problem, how to disarm disagreeable people, how to defuse tense situations, how to handle anger (your own and others’). You’ll also learn “what to say when” scripts for specific conflict situations that arise at work, so you will NEVER be at a loss for the right words again.

Mastering Conflict-Resolution Skills Will Change Your Life
We know that conflict comes in all shapes and sizes, and as long as two or more people work together, it will never go away. But if we don’t learn to master the art of managing conflict, we will continue to hurt ourselves and others. The skills and tips you’ll get at this workshop will change your life and put you in a position for amazing career success. You’ll gain more cooperation from others, strengthen workplace relationships, enjoy your job more, be more productive, decrease your stress, and earn the respect of everyone you work with.

Cost: $199.00

Hotel Indigo at The Galleria          5160 Hidalgo Street          Houston, TX 77056

Forum Meetings

April 27, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 9, 2010
1:00 PMto6:00 PM

Forum meetings are scheduled the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Location is set by forum.

Team-Building, Mentoring, and Coaching Skills for Managers & Supervisors

April 23, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 10, 2010
9:00 AMto4:00 PM

As a manager, what kind of relationship would you like to have with your employees … Leader? Friend? Teacher? Mentor?

… the person who motivates them, guides them, encourages them, and makes them want to win?

Forward-thinking managers have discovered that the same skills that coaches use to create winners in athletics work in a business setting as well. This innovative one-day team-building seminar is designed to teach you powerful employee coaching methods to turn even problem employees into superproductive, motivated winners!

Make your team members want to give 110% — for themselves, and for their team!

You’ll instill the kind of energy and enthusiasm that makes productivity soar. How? Supplement your own managerial abilities with compelling employee coaching and counseling skills, and watch the incredible results.

This team-building seminar will teach you step by step, how to produce a manager’s “game plan” that ensures you’ll reach your goals and objectives. Plus, find out how to maximize every employee’s abilities … and uncover strengths and talents you never knew existed!

Transform your work group into a cohesive, coordinated team!

Imagine how much your team could accomplish if it functioned as one well-organized unit. This team-building training shows you how to pull everyone together with a shared drive and purpose.

Invest just one day of your time, and the benefits of employee coaching will change your life as a manager; you’ll witness an exciting synergy among your employees, mutual support within your group, a sense of interdependence and exchange, and most of all, incredible productivity from your team as a unit.

Cost: $149.00

Hilton Hotel Houston Plaza          6633 Travis St.          Houston, TX 77030

YouTube Video Overview

April 23, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 11, 2010
9:00 AMto12:00 PM

YouTube hosts the world’s largest collection of online video and is providing small businesses the means to visually engage their customers. You don’t need to be a director or have fancy equipment to start creating videos to share with the world. 

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to:

  • Create a YouTube channel
  • Upload videos to your channel
  • Embed videos
  • Utilize YouTube to help your search engine optimization

Prerequisites:

Before taking this workshop, you should be familiar with personal computers and the use of a keyboard and a mouse.
Presenter: Jenn Korell, Founder & Creative Director, New Nectar Media

Cost: $39.00 online / $59.00 at door

UH Small Business Development Center          2302 Fannin St., Ste. 200          Houston, TX 77002

Emotional Intelligence for Leaders

April 23, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 14, 2010 9:00 AMtoJune 15, 2010 4:00 PM

Nothing matters more to your leadership success than your ability to read and work effectively with all types of people. Nothing. That’s why attending this training is so important.

People are confusing. Yet, how can you be an effective leader if you can’t figure them out?
Every day, you work with employees, other managers, bosses, clients, vendors, and others up and down the org chart. They come from different backgrounds and experiences, so they don’t all think and feel the way you do. Some are relatively easy to work with. Others confuse you. And yet others flat-out irritate you. Read More

Business Building Breakfast

April 28, 2010  |  Upcoming Events  |  Comments Off
June 16, 2010
7:15 AMto8:30 AM

The CrossRoads Chapter of  SCA conducts a Business Building Breakfast featuring the Rapid Growth System*.  Discover the substantial differences between a “networking” group and the business/professional development results of the Business Cooperative.

Cost is $22.00 and includes breakfast

Lakeside Country Club          100 Wilcrest Drive (Between Briar Forest and Memorial)          Houston, TX 77042