Wisconsin Business Owners

Friday, June 27, 2008 is the next Wisconsin Business Owners Network luncheon. Join us at Maxwell’s Restaurant, in the Best Western Midway Hotel, located at 1005 Moorland Road. More info on the Best Western Midway Hotel can be found here.

11:30 networking

12 noon All-you-can-eat buffet lunch with a sous chef, salad bar, many entrees and sides, and a desert bar or Salad Bar only.

12:15 - 30 second commercials during lunch

12:30 - dessert

12:40 - Speaker introductions

Keith Klein, the host of WisOwners, will do a whirlwind combination of three “stump” speeches, all in 24 minutes flat:

The Eight Keys to a Successful Web Presence

The Ten Biggest Mistakes Businesses Make Online

Web 2.0 - What it is, and what is in it for you.

A brief questions and answer session will follow the presentation.

Keith Klein is also the owner of OnYourMark, a web development and internet marketing firm, and the author of WebForging, a Practical Guide to the Art of Forging Your Web Presence, which should be freshly published (and on sale with autographs!) just in time for the luncheon.

Wisconsin Business Owners Network (WisOwners.com) is an organization of Southeast Wisconsin business owners who meet monthly to share experiences and referrals.

Your choices and cost for the luncheon meeting is as follows:

Salad bar only, $20 (cash) at the event or $15 (credit card) with advance reservations.

• $20 (credit card) with advance reservations or $30 (cash) at the event . Fee covers all-you-can-eat buffet lunch with sous chef, salad bar, desert, soft beverage and gratuity.

• $15 (credit card) with advance reservations or $20 (cash) at the event. Fee covers Salad bar and soft beverage only.  ($5 rebate given at event, online signup offers only one fee)

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At our monthly luncheon meetings, we listen to member presentations or a guest speaker as well as participate in one-on-one interactions.

Feel free to add a comment or update your member page. If you are interested in a member page just let us know.

Friday, May 30, 2008 is the next Wisconsin Business Owners Network luncheon. Join us Noon, at Maxwell’s Restaurant, in the Best Western Midway Hotel, located at 1005 Moorland Road. More info on the Best Western Midway Hotel can be found here.

The May topic is to be announced. A brief questions and answer session will follow the presentation.

Wisconsin Business Owners Network (WisOwners.com) is an organization of Southeast Wisconsin business owners who meet monthly to share experiences and referrals.

At our monthly luncheon meetings, we listen to member presentations or a guest speaker as well as participate in one-on-one interactions. Maxwell’s buffet costs around $15.00 and everyone contributes $1 to the group to defray room rental charges, etc.

Feel free to add a comment or update your member page. If you are interested in a member page just let us know.

If you are a Wisconsin business owner, please join us at Maxwell’s on May 30, 2008.

The April Wisconsin Business Owners Network luncheon speaker on Friday, April 25, 2007 will be David Bradford. Join us Noon, at Maxwell’s Restaurant, in the Best Western Midway Hotel, located at 1005 Moorland Road. More info on the Best Western Midway Hotel can be found here.

The April topic is Strategic Planning for the Small Business. Dave is the COO of Adoption Resources of Wisconsin and the past CEO of Family Health Plan, owner of a marina and a car wash business. He is also the webmaster of the Rock County Genealogical Society. A brief questions and answer session will follow the presentation.

Wisconsin Business Owners Network (WisOwners.com) is an organization of Southeast Wisconsin business owners who meet monthly to share experiences and referrals.

At our monthly luncheon meetings, we listen to member presentations or a guest speaker as well as participate in one-on-one interactions. Maxwell’s buffet costs around $15.00 and everyone contributes $1 to the group to defray room rental charges, etc.

Feel free to add a comment or update your member page. If you are interested in a member page just let us know.

If you are a Wisconsin business owner, please join us at Maxwell’s on April 25, 2008.

The March Wisconsin Business Owners Network luncheon speaker on Friday, March 28, 2007 will be Robert H. Boehm. Join us Noon, at Maxwell’s Restaurant, in the Best Western Midway Hotel, located at 1005 Moorland Road. More info on the Best Western Midway Hotel can be found here.

Robert H. Boehm is the owner of Boehm & Associates, a marketing firm. Rob is the marketing guru that Keith, the moderator of Wisconsin Owners and President of OnYourMark, LLC goes to when he needs help with his marketing strategies and communications. Rob will cover how “Persistence Pays” even in these tough economic times. A brief questions and answer session will follow.

Wisconsin Business Owners Network (WisOwners.com) is an organization of Southeast Wisconsin business owners who meet monthly to share experiences and referrals.

At our monthly luncheon meetings, we listen to member presentations or a guest speaker as well as participate in one-on-one interactions. Maxwell’s buffet costs around $15.00 and everyone contributes $1 to the group to defray room rental charges, etc.

If you are a Wisconsin business owner, please join us at Maxwell’s on February 29, 2008.

The February 2008 meeting for the Wisconsin Business Owners Network (formerly the Communication Networking Group) is Friday, February 29, 2008 Noon, at Maxwell’s Restaurant, in the Best Western Midway Hotel, located at 1005 Moorland Road. More info on the Best Western Midway Hotel can be found here.

Our guest speaker, Jeanine Dent, Managing Partner of The Networking Community, will be this month’s presenter. In Jeanine’s role as managing partner, her mission is to make networking easier and more productive for the individual by bringing together the necessary networking resources to ensure success. Jeanine will cover Networking Netiquette, the Do’s and Don’ts, Profiles of a Networker and 10 tips for Networking. A question and answer session will follow.

Networking helps increase business, develop new connections and build lasting business relationships. Introduce your friends to the power of networking at this meeting with a good lunch and a great presentation.

Wisconsin Business Owners Network (WisOwners.com) is an organization of Southeast Wisconsin business owners who meet monthly to share experiences and referrals.

At our monthly luncheon meetings, we listen to member presentations or a guest speaker as well as participate in one-on-one interactions. Maxell’s buffet costs around $15.00 and everyone contributes $1 to the group to defray room rental charges, etc.

If you are a Wisconsin business owner, please join us at Maxwell’s on February 29, 2008.

The January 2008 meeting for the Wisconsin Business Owners Network (formerly the Communication Networking Group) is Friday, January 25, 2008 Noon, at Maxwell’s Restaurant, in the Best Western Midway Hotel, located at 1005 Moorland Road. More info on the Best Western Midway Hotel can be found here.

Our guest speaker, Ann Mazer, SPHR of Jannsen & Company, S.C. will speak about the “5 Common Pitfalls Small Companies Make and How to Avoid Them.” Ann is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a degree in Human Resource Management. Ann has over ten years experience in the Human Resources field and specializes in assisting clients with difficult employee situations along with a wide variety of HR outsourcing services. A question and answer session will follow.

Networking helps increase business, develop new connections and build lasting business relationships. Introduce your friends to the power of networking at this meeting with a good lunch and a great presentation.

Wisconsin Business Owners Network (WisOwners.com) is an organization of Southeast Wisconsin business owners who meet monthly to share experiences and referrals.

At our monthly luncheon meetings, we listen to member presentations or a guest speaker as well as participate in one-on-one interactions.

If you are a Wisconsin business owner, please join us at Maxwell’s on January 25, 2008.

The January 2008 meeting for the Wisconsin Business Owners Network (formerly the Communication Networking Group) is Friday, January 25, 2008 Noon, at Maxwell’s Restaurant, in the Best Western Midway Hotel, located at 1005 Moorland Road. More info on the Best Western Midway Hotel can be found here.

Networking helps increase business, develop new connections and build lasting business relationships. Introduce your friends to the power of networking at this meeting with a good lunch and a great presentation.

Wisconsin Business Owners Network (WisOwners.com) is an organization of Southeast Wisconsin business owners who meet monthly to share experiences and referrals.

At our monthly luncheon meetings, we listen to member presentations or a guest speaker as well as participate in one-on-one interactions.

If you are a Wisconsin business owner, please join us at Maxwell’s on January 25, 2008.

The combined November/December regular monthly meetings for the Communication Networking Group will be Friday, December 7, 2007 Noon, at Maxwell’s Restaurant, in the Best Western Midway Hotel, located at 1005 Moorland Road. More info on the Best Western Midway Hotel can be found here.

Our speaker this month is Dave Bruno, a Greenfield Shorewest real estate broker. In 2005 he donned an Elvis costume and ran a billboard campaign that said, “Guess who is moving into your neighborhood?” He was overwhelmed by the response and said it was the best marketing campaign he’s ever developed. Dave will speak of how he overcame adversity and got back to business. A question and answer session will follow.

Networking helps increase business, develop new connections and build lasting business relationships. Introduce your friends to the power of networking at this meeting with a good lunch and a great presentation.

Our business owner communicators networking group met on Oct. 26 at Maxwell’s Restaurant in Brookfield.

Our speaker this month was Rob Wasserman, Vice President and part owner of Designs By Degree Inc. He has 19 years of computer graphics and pre-press experience. In addition he consults in workflow management for pre-press set up.

October’s topic: “Computer Graphics and Art Files: How to make sure all logos and marketing collateral can be used seamlessly for all media.”

• Creating art and graphics from scratch that are universally compatible and creating graphics for a specific need.
• Using the right graphics program for the right project.
• Adobe Acrobat- powerful but like any tool it has to used correctly.
• Do’s and Don’ts for PDF files.

The regular monthly meeting of the Communication Networking Group was held at Maxwell’s in Brookfield on January 26, 2007.

Those attending were Eric Carver, Techware PC, Kathy Gaster, OnYourMark, LLC, John Gaidosh, Waymore Productions, Brian Weis, Wisconsin Jobs, John Wiedemann, Devin Group, John Murphy, Murphy Associates, Paul Gumm, Imaging Communications Service, Jeff Norton, Datum Consulting, LLC, Kurt and Sue Roskopf, Whatever Technical Solutions, Chad Murphy-Price, All-Star Design Studio, and Bob Syut,

The topic, Data Backup – Data Recovery was presented by Eric Carver, owner of TechWare PC. He spoke about the importance of backing up your computers, pictures, files and other data storage devices. He discussed the pros and cons of various types of backup medium including CDs, tape backups and remote backup services.

Eric discussed how easy it was to backup “my docs”, pictures and other files to a CD or DVD. The con to this is the life of a CD is around 5 years. Tape drives are very reliable as long as you rotate the tapes and replace as per the manufacturer’s recommendations. Tape backups have been around for over 25 years and are not fail proof. Remote backup uses the Internet to send your backups off site to a secure server and is automated and easy to use.

Data backup is an important part of data management for anyone with a computer. Those precious pictures of your children, your client list and important company information all should be protected with a data backup and recovery plan. Eric also suggested including a mock data recovery in your plan to check possible failure of your backup files.

You can find more out about remote data recovery at www.techwareit.com/datavault or contact Eric Carver at 262-808-9000.

We appreciated the time Eric spent with us discussing this important subject. Thank you.

If you would like to be the presenter at one of the Communication Networking Group monthly meetings, please apply to speak at the CNGWeb.net website.

The next regular meeting will be on February 23, 2007, noon to 2 at Maxwell’s in the Best Western Midway Motor Lodge at the Moorland exit off of I94. Podcasting is the scheduled topic for discussion presented by Keith Klein, President of OnYourMark, LLC.