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SUMMARY:Member Masterclass Series
DESCRIPTION:Member Masterclass: Business Boost from a Civic Organization Relationship\n\nFeaturing Mike O'Brochta | Kiwanis Club of Roanoke\n\nTuesday\, February 24\n\n10:00 AM - 11:30 AM \n\n\nAbout This Masterclass\n\nA relationship with a civic organization expands participants? business and social networks\, and it raises awareness of opportunities to engage in meaningful civic activities. Those networks and civic activities can result in strong relationships with long-lasting benefits far beyond what is possible through traditional business networking.\n\nThrough engaging discussions and brief exercises\, participants will explore how they can experience a business boost from a civic organization relationship. Participants may even have the opportunity to ask the session facilitator to tell a CIA story or two.\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\nBy the end of this session\, participants will be able to:\n\n\n \n List business-specific benefits of a civic organization relationship\n \n \n Identify local civic organizations with potential business benefits\n \n \n Discuss different types of civic organization relationships\n \n \n Draft a personalized action plan\n \n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nThis session is ideal for:\n\n\n \n Business owners and entrepreneurs\n \n \n Sales and business development professionals\n \n \n Community-minded leaders and emerging professionals\n \n \n Anyone looking to grow relationships\, visibility\, and impact in Virginia's Blue Ridge\n \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n10:00 - 10:15 AM | Registration\, Networking & Coffee\n\n10:15 - 11:30 AM | Program + Discussion \n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Mike O'Brochta\n\nMike O'Brochta is a member and recent Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke\, the largest civic organization in the Roanoke Valley and one of the largest of the 15\,000+ Kiwanis clubs in the world.\n\nHe is a former member and Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Project Management Institute\, one of the largest professional organizations in the world. Mike worked in engineering and project management for over thirty years at the CIA\, where he led the development of highly complex top-secret projects\, programs\, and systems\, and helped mature project management and systems engineering practices agency-wide.\n\nAs founder of Zozer Inc.\, he helped develop and implement the government-wide Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers. He has written and spoken extensively about project management and leadership and\, since climbing another of the world's seven summits\, has been exploring the relationship between project management and mountain climbing.\n\n\nRegistration\n\nAdvance registration is required.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Member Masterclass: Business Boost from a Civic Organization Relationship
\n\nFeaturing Mike O'\;Brochta | Kiwanis Club of Roanoke
\n\nTuesday\, February 24
\n10:00 AM - \;11:30 AM\;
\n\n
\nAbout This Masterclass
\n\nA relationship with a civic organization expands participants? business and social networks\, and it raises awareness of opportunities to engage in meaningful civic activities. Those networks and civic activities can result in strong relationships with long-lasting benefits far beyond what is possible through traditional business networking.
\n\nThrough engaging discussions and brief exercises\, participants will explore how they can experience a business boost from a civic organization relationship. Participants may even have the opportunity to ask the session facilitator to tell a CIA story or two.
\n\n
\nLearning Objectives
\n\nBy the end of this session\, participants will be able to:
\n\n\n - \n
List business-specific benefits of a civic organization relationship
\n \n - \n
Identify local civic organizations with potential business benefits
\n \n - \n
Discuss different types of civic organization relationships
\n \n - \n
Draft a personalized action plan
\n \n
\n\n
\nWho Should Attend
\n\nThis session is ideal for:
\n\n\n - \n
Business owners and entrepreneurs
\n \n - \n
Sales and business development professionals
\n \n - \n
Community-minded leaders and emerging professionals
\n \n - \n
Anyone looking to grow relationships\, visibility\, and impact in Virginia'\;s Blue Ridge
\n \n
\n\n
\nAgenda
\n\n10:00 - \;10:15 AM | Registration\, Networking &\; Coffee
\n10:15 - \;11:30 AM | Program + Discussion \;
\n\n
\nAbout the Speaker: Mike O'\;Brochta
\n\nMike O'\;Brochta is a member and recent Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke\, the largest civic organization in the Roanoke Valley and one of the largest of the 15\,000+ Kiwanis clubs in the world.
\n\nHe is a former member and Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Project Management Institute\, one of the largest professional organizations in the world. Mike worked in engineering and project management for over thirty years at the CIA\, where he led the development of highly complex top-secret projects\, programs\, and systems\, and helped mature project management and systems engineering practices agency-wide.
\n\nAs founder of Zozer Inc.\, he helped develop and implement the government-wide Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers. He has written and spoken extensively about project management and leadership and\, since climbing another of the world'\;s seven summits\, has been exploring the relationship between project management and mountain climbing.
\n\n
\nRegistration
\n\nAdvance registration is required.
\n
LOCATION:Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce 1948 Franklin Rd SW Suite 200 Roanoke\, VA 24014
UID:e.1293.17830
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DTSTAMP:20260521T073733Z
URL:http://devroanoke.chambermaster.com/events/details/member-masterclass-series-17830
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