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Past Audiences (partial list)

Speaking, Teaching and Training

Formats include lectures, keynotes, workshops, presentations,
panels, trainings, briefings, retreats, focus groups, and
meeting facilitation.

 

Topics and training vary and are custom designed for each audience.

Professional Associations

  • AAO – American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • ACCE – Association of Community and Continuing Education
  • AMA – American Marketing Association
  • ASTD – American Society of Training and Development
  • BAEA – Bay Area Entrepreneurs Association
  • BEN – Business Entrepreneurs Network
  • CABB – California Association of Business Brokers
  • CDA – California Downtown Association
  • CRRA – California Resource Recovery Association
  • Healing Connection
  • ICFP – International Certified Financial Planners
  • IMC – International Management Council
  • INVA – Inventors Alliance
  • ISES – International Society of Event Specialists
  • MRG – Marketing Resource Group
  • NACE – National Association of Catering Executives
  • NAEB – National Association of Educational Buyers
  • NAPO – National Association of Professional Organizers
  • PASS – Professional Association of Secretarial Services
  • SBPRRT – South Bay Public Relations Round Table
  • SCORE – Service Corps of Retired Executives
  • SJDA – San Jose Downtown Association
  • Toastmasters International

Instruction/Training

  • ADAC Laboratories – San Jose, CA
  • Agnews Developmental Center – Milpitas, CA
  • American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) – Tempe, AZ.
  • Career Action Center – Palo Alto, CA
  • CBIN – California Business Incubation Network
  • College of Notre Dame – San Mateo, CA
  • Elmwood Correctional Facility – Milpitas, CA
  • IMMA Ltd. – Women’s Delegation from Eastern Europe
  • Postal Annex+ – National Franchise
  • Uganda Investment Authority
  • United Defense – San Jose, CA
  • USGS – U.S. Geological Survey – Menlo Park, CA
  • W. Brandt Goldsworthy – Torrance, CA
  • Women’s Technology Cluster- San Francisco, CA -Incubator Director/Trainer
    …and assorted international delegations – Russian, Ugandan, Chinese, and Nigerian, etc..

Special Events - Local, Regional, National Conferences and Events

  • Amdahl Career Fair
  • Campbell Union High School District – Career Fair
  • Bay Area Women’s Conference (keynote for 800 women)
  • Business Showcase “98
  • “Dare to Dream” Career Faire – Leigh High School
  • Enterprising Women Conference(s) – (annually for 7 yrs.)
  • Leadership Sunnyvale
  • International Business Conference
  • KCBS Small Business World
  • PBWC – Peninsula Businesswomen’s Conference
  • The City and You II – City of San Jose Minority Conference
  • SBA’s Small Business Week Conference
  • SJSU – San Jose State University – Staff Development Briefings & Marketing Club
  • Success Factors
  • Winning Alliances – California Business Incubation Network – Statewide Conference
  • Women’s History Month
  • World Forum of Silicon Valley’s International Visitors Program – (multiple occasions)
  • Young Entrepreneurs Conference of Buenos Aires – (Argentina)

Chambers of Commerce (COC) & Special Interest Groups

  • Ali Lassen’s LEADS Club – Leadership Training
  • Executive Chamber of Commerce
  • BOSS – Business Owners Sharing Solutions
  • BBN – Business Builders Network
  • City of San Jose – Economic Development Department, Entrepreneurship Training Program and Neighborhood Business Districts (NBDs) – San Jose, CA
  • Daly City Chamber of Commerce – Daly City, CA
  • Los Altos Chamber and office of Economic Development
  • Los Gatos COC
  • Mountain View COC – Home Run & Business Builders Club (BBC)
  • Palo Alto COC
  • San Jose Metropolitan COC
  • Saratoga COC
  • South San Francisco COC
  • Sunnyvale COC
  • Vietnamese Chamber of Santa Clara County

Women's Groups

  • AAUW – Association of American University Women
  • AIOHO – An Income of Her Own
  • ASWA – American Society of Women Accountants
  • American Businesswomen’s Association
  • Center to Develop Women Entrepreneurs – San Jose State University
  • Girl Scouts of America
  • SWE – Society of Women Engineers
  • WEP – Women’s Entrepreneur Program
  • OWIT – Organization for Women in International Trade
  • VIP Women
  • YWCA – Young Women’s Christian Association – (multiple locations) – Advisory Board Member, Trainer, Consultant for 10 years.

Community Colleges

  • De Anza College – Cupertino, CA- Instructor
  • Mission College Workplace Learning Center & Corporate Training – Santa Clara, CA
  • West Valley College Small Business Institute (SBI) – (10 yr. contract as Program Director & Instructor), Curricula Development, Staff Development Briefings & Advisory Board Trainings – Saratoga, CA

State Universities

  • San Jose State University (SJSU), Management Division and Professional Development Programs – San Jose, CA. – Instructor
  • University of Santa Cruz Extension – Santa Cruz, CA
  • University of California, UC Berkeley – Haas School of Business- Berkeley, CA
  • Santa Clara University- Santa Clara, CA

Small Business Development Centers- California SBDCs

Staff & Client Trainings for Silicon Valley (Senior Lead Consultant), San Mateo, San Francisco (Senior Lead Consultant), and Cabrillo Centers (long-term multi-year contracts).