“First Friday” free co-working day – July 3 at The Satellite
June 30, 2009
It’s the day before a holiday weekend. Traffic on Highway 17 will be insane. Isn’t that enough of a reason to stay on this side of the Hill?
Join us this Friday, July 3 for a free co-working day at The Satellite. You bring the laptop and we’ll provide the T1-based WiFi, all the coffee you can drink (we buy it from The White Raven) and a comfortable space for you to spread out, get some work done and meet some interesting people.
Our cubicles and café space will be available on a first come, first served basis and we’ll be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Some of them might be reserved for our members).
If you have any questions or want more information, visit us online at http://www.thesatelliteinc.com or call The Satellite at 831.222.2100.
We’re at 6265 Highway 9 in Felton. We’re within easy walking distance of coffee (the White Raven is two doors down), food (Redwood Pizza, Taqueria Vallarta and the phenomenal deli counter at New Leaf) and Don Quixote’s, for those who want to do some after work brainstorming.
Did we mention it’s free?
Hope to see you here!
How to Find a Low-Cost-of-Entry Home-Based Business – July 22 at The Satellite
June 30, 2009
Seminar and Workshop
Wednesday, July 22, 7- 8:30 p.m.
Satellite Telework Centers
6262 Highway 9 in Felton, California
In this engaging presentation by Andy Van Valer, CEO of Zyzyrgy, he will disclose the significant opportunities available to people who want to take advantage of the fastest growing segment of consumer sales and uncover if this business is the right one for you and your passion.
This presentation will:
- Dispel some of the myths of home-based business and identify the truths
- Identify what your passion is to run a home-based business. This business model is not right for everyone, so find out if you fit the success profile for a home-based business.
- Discover how to choose a business once you have identified your passion.
- Identify steps to take to insure growth and financial stability of the home-based business.
- Enlightening question and answer session on home-based businesses.
Tuition for this event: FREE
About Andrew Van Valer
The CEO of Zyzyrgy and author of more than 10 books related to business success with home-based businesses. Andrew has often been called “Mr. Solutions” and a “Visionary” by many of his friends and peers. He has the ability to take the complex and make it simple to understand. Andre has extensively studied the home-based business market and works closely with the learners in the industries to distill the critical success points and help guide people way from the pitfalls.
New words and new names are appearing for what we do
June 28, 2009
Check out “Worldwide Workplace: The Web Commuting Imperative”. The report was commissioned by Citrix, makers of GotoMeeting and related products. Instead of telecommuting, we’re now “web commuting” and “work-shifting”. Actually, there’s some interesting stuff in the survey on telecommuting patterns and issues.
Telecommuting grew by 43%, to 34 million workers in the US from just 2003 to 2008. This group is expected to grow to 63 million by 2016, and there really isn’t a concerted effort to look holistically at the impacts these changes mean for workplaces, communities and families. Citrix is supporting the formation of the Worldwide Workplace Council, which has some interesting names on it (although I can’t find a website for it yet.)
As I’ve been calling on tech companies, the similarities are noteworthy: everybody has telecommuters; most allow it unofficially and look the other way; most managers still want butts in seats.
We need a concerted effort to look at the 21st century workplace. It’s dispersed, it’s connected. It can also be isolating, if we’re not careful, while on the other hand, filled with distractions. I wonder if most of the productivity gains from telecommuting come from people just working longer hours…
NIST issues latest guidelines for teleworking security
June 26, 2009
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of an updated publication to help organizations and employees secure their computer systems for telecommuters.
‘Guide to Enterprise Telework and Remote Access Security (Special Publication 800-46 Revision 1)’ is intended to help organizations mitigate risks associated with the enterprise technologies they use for telework—working by computer from home or locations other than the office—including remote access solutions and client devices such as laptops and smart phones.
A copy of the report can be downloaded here.
Story Matters: Low Cost Ways to Grow Buzz & Build Brand - June 30
June 19, 2009
Event: Wednesday, June 30, 6:30‐8:30 p.m.
Satellite Telework Centers
6262 Highway 9 in Felton, California
Do enough people really know and understand what makes your product and services special?
- Is your marketing and sales budget constrained by time and resources?
- Have you taken inventory of your story assets?
The shortest distance between two people is a story. Every business has a treasure chest of stories
waiting to be leveraged. These are your assets; don’t let them go without putting them to work.
Spend an engaging evening with world‐renowned story expert and author Terrence Gargiulo to unlock your chest of stories. During this hands‐on session Terrence will share simple tools for finding stories and explore cost effective strategies for how to use them. Start putting stories to working your organization to generate excitement, build your brand, and reach more customers.
Terrence L. Gargiulo, MMHS is an eight times author, international speaker, organizational
development consultant and group process facilitator specializing in the use of stories. He holds
a Master of Management in Human Services from the Florence Heller School, at Brandeis
University, and is a recipient of Inc. Magazine’s Marketing Master Award, the 2008 HR
Leadership Award from the Asia Pacific HRM Congress, and is a member of Brandeis University’s
athletic Hall of Fame. He has appeared on Fox TV, CN8, and on CNN radio among others.
Price: $35
Telecommuting Could Save Billions of Gallons of Gasoline
June 19, 2009
According to Telework Exchange, “If white-collar employees who feel they could do their jobs from home began to telework twice a week, the United States could conserve 9.7 billion gallons of gasoline and save $38.2 billion a year.” These calculations are based on 50 miles round trips in vehicles getting 24 miles per gallon, with gasoline at $3.94/gallon.
Social Media: The Latest Get Rich Slowly Scheme – June 24
June 5, 2009
Event: Wednesday, June 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Satellite Telework Centers
6265 Highway 9 in Felton, California
Join our special guest speaker Joel Postman, veteran communications expert and the author of SocialCorp: Social Media Goes Corporate, for a discussion of how social media and social networking have forever changed the world of communications, and how anyone can participate effectively by following a few simple steps.
Facebook has been adding 600,000 users a day, with no end in sight, and recently passed the 200 million mark. Twitter, once mocked for its silly sounding name and supposedly trivial style of communications, is nearly doubling in size every month and has around 12 million monthly visitors. CNN Breaking News, jetBlue, Comcast, Barrack Obama, Oprah, Ashton Kutcher and P. Diddy all use Twitter, but not to make money. What’s going on? What’s all the fuss about? Should you pay attention? Find out Wednesday, June 24. Pizza and drinks at 6:30. Joel takes the stage at 7 p.m. Copies of his book will be available.
About Joel Postman
Joel Postman is the principal of Socialized, a consultancy that helps companies make effective use of social media in corporate communications, marketing and public relations. He is an avid user of social media, and his blog http://www.socializedpr.com is ranked by Advertising Age among the top 250 PR, advertising and media blogs.
Prior to founding Socialized, Joel was EVP of Emerging Media at Eastwick Communications, where he developed and implemented social media strategy and initiatives for companies like Seagate, Fujitsu, and Ustream.TV. Before that he has over a decade of Fortune 500 corporate communications leadership experience, including four years as the speechwriter to the CEO of Sun Microsystems, and three years as a director of internal and executive communications at Hewlett-Packard.
Joel has a BA degree in communications, and experience in print and broadcast news. His book, SocialCorp: Social Media Goes Corporate, was published in December 2008 by New Riders/Voices That Matter, and is available on Amazon and in major bookstores. http://is.gd/73Sh
To the extent that he can be said to have grown up, Joel did so in Silicon Valley. Joel lives in Boulder Creek, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which means he can get to the Valley in under an hour, but he’s far enough away to see deer in his backyard and a million stars at night. He holds several technology patents and is an experienced Zamboni driver.
We’re on Yelp (and Facebook, and Twitter)
June 3, 2009
If you haven’t had a chance to check us out, I just added us to Yelp. If you’ve had a chance to visit the facility, we’d love it if you’d write a review.
We’re also on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. Let us know what you think!
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