Join us this Friday for another exciting – it has been awhile – BBC “Your Board Of Directors” business problem solving strategy roundtable.

So, it’s play/share/learn time. Bring your problems (business, not mental) to troubleshoot or ponder thoughtfully. The whole session will be for taking care of one another. We can also share some business learned wisdom and show-and-tell.

And there will be time to hone your elevator speech, brand tag-line, business description — and just pitch ideas and brainstorm with a group of fellow-travelers. A total mental adventure!

Last BBC Think Club – thinkologist Bill Ruddick’s THE 5 FACES OF CREATIVITY (google pdf doc) useful for strategy roundtabling.

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Open Mic Business Strategy Roundtable
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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This Coming Saturday, 10 September 2016 (noon to 4:00 PM): BUSINESS CONTINUITY WORKSHOP. A generous presentation by an emergency preparedness specialist on Business Continuity Planning. Business Continuity (BC) is to local businesses, and the local economy, what community emergency and disaster preparedness is to the local, state, and federal government. This introductory presentation and workshop focuses on individual business responses to disruptions that can realistically occur in Kitsap County. It will help you form a Business Continuity plan that fits your business contingency needs. Business Continuity is more comprehensive than disaster preparedness, accounting for any disruption to your business, which may or may not qualify as a natural or human-made disaster. OfficeXpats (officexpats.com). Open to the public as a community service. Donations accepted (recommended donation $50). Presented by Colleen Kragen, Emergency Preparedness Consultant,  For more info, and RSVP: [email protected]. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/colleenkragen.

9 September 2016 – Oktoberfest Bainbridge Brewing (2:00-9:00 PM). Special beers on tap and The Dog Wagon cooking up hot food outside. Rye & Barley will be playing traditional German Oktoberfest songs as well as their lively pub drinking songs 4:00-7:00. bainbridgebeer.com

BBC is canceled this Friday for Labor Day Holiday Weekend.

Remember, this BBC Friday we will not meet – for the Labor Day holiday weekend. There is no BBC this Friday, September 2nd.

BBC will be back on schedule Friday September 9th.

Everyone have a fun and safe Labor Day Weekend. This announcement has been brought to you by the BBC management and unrelated homosapient staff.

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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Join us this Friday for another exciting installment of “Who am I this time?” This week’s question: “What’s this crazy Rolling Bay Hall?” with BBC space cadet and RBH Manager, Cortney Wollaston (of Space Craft fame).

A rentable, cultural facility, Rolling Bay Hall offers a rare, intimate performance space ideal for public and private events. RBH also has some delightful work spaces and meeting rooms! Many of you may have known 10598 NE Valley Road as the Island Music Guild, and in recent years, as Space Craft. While these are highly valued tenants and renters, RBH is a shared space — and is available for you

This BBC Friday Cortney will share some RBH history, brag about current tenants, and describe ideal uses for businesses. “RBH is a start-up and aspires to rent with vision. What could make this approach sustainable? Can a rental facility build a brand? Do we vet public performances? Your BBC wisdom and ideas will be greatly appreciated!”

Rolling Bay Hall is affordable, intimate, and unencumbered by anything but your imagination.  You can visit RBH Thursday mornings from 9:00-11:00 for a walk-through, doughnut, and cup of coffee. Cortney Wollaston, rollingbayhall.com, 206.549.2581, [email protected].

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy seadogs, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Stories From RBH, w/ Cortney Wollaston
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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Bainbridge Best Western – The Linda Thurrott Story:  youtube.com/watch?v=0K0NNAhdafo

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Join us this BBC Friday for Business Story-telling in the classic BBC tradition, featuring BBC Regulars Lori Newberg, freelance writer and artist, and Sandra Andrews-Strasko, “Empty Your Nest.”

Lori Newberg (aka freelance writer and former Corporate Wonk) is an emerging artist currently working on a project titled “Found In Translation.” The work’s inspiration derives from vintage photographs taken following WWII by her uncle, a reconnaissance photographer stationed in France, who later studied at the Sorbonne. Lori will exhibit the first three pieces in the series and talk briefly about the undertaking. She looks forward to our delightful feedback, creative ideas, and serendipitous support.  [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/lori-newberg-60a85221

“So, you live with a messie? Tips to help keep the peace.”
(Based on Sandra’s upcoming article in Westsound Home & Garden magazine.) Sandra Andrews-Strasko started working as a professional organizer in 2003. Founding member and secretary of the local chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), in 2005 Sandra formed Empty Your Nest LLC (emptyyournest.com). Helping people with AD/HD who consider themselves “messies” or “chronically disorganized” is her specialty. Sandra is also a member of the Institute For Challenging Disorganization (ICD), where she is in the process of becoming a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO-CD). [email protected] | 206-818-6472 | linkedin.com/in/sandra-andrews-strasko-748b0b13

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy maties, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Business Storytelling
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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Bainbridge Best Western – The Linda Thurrott Story:  youtube.com/watch?v=0K0NNAhdafo

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This BBC Friday we’ll hold a special Strategy Roundtable for our delightful friends and founding BBC Regulars at the Bainbridge Island Chamber Of Commerce. Next Year 2017 holds some exciting anniversary events here on Bainbridge (barring emergency contingencies such as earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, tsunamis, or economic collapse, for which we are of course well prepared).

Specifically, the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce organized Grand Old 4th of July Celebration, Bainbridge Island’s biggest party, turns 50 (see the grandold4th.com  website). How can we prepare well ahead for this momentous (non-catastropic) event? How can we as a business community, a coworking community, an Island community, support our Chamber and other potentially involved groups (e.g. Rotary, The Downtown Association) to plan for this REALLY BIG ONE? 

So this BBC Friday let’s put on our colored thinking caps, Channel The Chamber (thechannelbainbridge.com), and brainstorm ideas for 2017. Hey, maybe we could bury the 50th Anniversary Winning Float in a 100 year time capsule. Or how about we bury Dave in a 100 year cryogenic time capsule. The possibilities are endless! 

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy maties, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Chamber Strategy Roundtable For 2017
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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This BBC Friday we’ll be graced with special guest Dinah Satterwhite affording us a peek into the history and adventure of the Bainbridge Island Studio Tour. This year’s theme: The heart of local art!

The Bainbridge Island Studio Tour, founded in 1983 in an island artist’s home, quickly became a popular island tradition. Tour manager Dinah Satterwhite will speak briefly about the history of the Tour and bring us up to date with behind-the-scenes details.

Find out what it means to “jury” an artist at a big art show. Two additional artists — including delightful longtime BBC Regular Sylvia Carlton — will be on hand to share stories about the Tour and show-&-tell some of their work! There will be time for questions, and brochures will be available for this year’s event, August 12-14.

Dinah Satterwhite has been an artist in the Tour for 20 years, and the Studio Tour manager for 9 years. Dinah handles all details from publicity to budgeting, advertising to artist applications, brochure design and printing to hall rentals. She’s also a fine art photographer known for her brightly colored canvas wraps and metal prints of koi fish, regional landscapes, and abstract “painterly” work. Her photos, cards, and gift items can be found in galleries and gift shops on the West Coast, and locally at the BI Museum of Art and Poulsbo’s Verksted Gallery. A commercial photographer, Dinah specializes in corporate products and artwork, and she has fun working with interior designers and Real Estate home “stagers.” Before managing the Studio Tour, Dinah managed the Bainbridge Island Arts Walk, and in 1999 founded the Poulsbo Art Walk and managed it for many years. She also founded the Bainbridge Island Student Art Contest in 2000 and managed it for 14 years. Dinah is an accomplished pianist and piano teacher, and lives on Eagle Harbor with her husband, son, and mother. BI Studio Tour Website.

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy maties, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Sneak-peek “Bainbridge Island Studio Tour”
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

July 22 Handout, Good Health For Good Business, by Dr. Potter  Angela’sBusinessAndHealthTalk / DrPotter_Dave’sNotes

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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This BBC Friday features special guest Representative Sherry Appleton who will give us an update on Business In Washington. There will be time for Q&A, so bring your fun and innovative business questions, ideas, or thoughts to share.

State Rep. Sherry Appleton, senior member of the 23rd-district legislative team and former two-term Poulsbo City Council member, has called Poulsbo home for three decades. She was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 2004, is chair of the House Local Government Committee, a member of the House Public Safety and Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs committees, and the Joint Committee on Veterans’ and Military Affairs. (Washington State House).

Since joining the House, Sherry, who was named Legislator of the Year by the Department of Veterans Affairs, has been a leading voice for veterans and active-duty military personnel and their families, and has worked on diverse policy issues ranging from criminal justice and health care to education and transportation. She helped draft and pass the Patients’ Bill of Rights and has been involved in negotiations at every level on the many issues that affect citizens of the state. She was instrumental in restoring funding for the Poulsbo Marine Science Center, for family planning clinics throughout the state, and for life-saving digital mammography services for low-income women. Sherry on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sherry-appleton-0845857.

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Sherry Appleton – Business In Washington
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

July 22 Handout, Good Health For Good Business, by Dr. Potter  Angela’sBusinessAndHealthTalk / DrPotter_Dave’sNotes

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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Join us this BBC Friday for a presentation by our own BBC regular Angela Potter.

Treat Yourself Well! Do you find things like lack of sleep, low energy, or stress get in the way of a productive day’s work? Learn simple treatments for common ailments that get in your way of business success. Dr. Potter will talk about natural approaches to stress relief, improved sleep and boosting energy so you can thrive in your business.  

Dr. Potter is a Bainbridge native who now sees patients in her private practice. She has been studying nutrition and medicine over the past decade. It’s Dr. Potter’s passion to help her patients not only become free of unwanted symptoms, but ultimately get to a state of optimal wellness. Contact Info: 206.588.5038 drangelapotter.com / [email protected] / linkedin.com/in/drangelapotter.

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy maties, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Treat Yourself Well” w/ Dr. Potter
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Business Continuity Workshop Handouts from July 8 & 15 Business Continuity Workshop / Business Recovery Plan / Links

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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BC@BBC — Join us this BBC FRIDAY for a Business Continuity / Incident Planning Workshop

Typical Workplace Incident In Need Of Planning …

BC (or as we learned last week, Business Continuity) can be defined as the uninterrupted availability of all key resources supporting essential business functions. Business continuity management (BCM) provides for the availability of processes and resources following a disruption of the business in order to ensure the continued achievement of mission critical objectives.” (Business Continuity Management: Global Best Practices, 4th Ed, Andrew Hiles, 2014)

Incident Planning starts with objectives, which are the goals, then the strategies which are the basics of “how” to meet the objectives, and then the tactics which are the “who, what, when, and where” specifics. O.S.T. — objectives, strategies, tactics. Kinda like BBC’s fair triumvirate “free, fun, friendly.” Or that fair triumvirate of Italian cuisine, “Chianti vineyards, wheat fields, olive groves.” 

Colleen Kragen – EMERPREP Consultant – will be leading us through this exercise in business fitness and preparedness! On LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/colleen-kragen/a9/186/455. Email: [email protected]. BBC-handout: Business Recovery Plan.

Be here – @ OfficeXpats – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy maties, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Incident Planning Workshop”
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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BC@BBC — Join us this BBC FRIDAY for the long-awaited Emergency Preparedness Part 3, w/ Colleen Kragen:   Business Continuity Planning For Bainbridge Island

“BC can be defined as the uninterrupted availability of all key resources supporting essential business functions. Business continuity management (BCM) provides for the availability of processes and resources following a disruption of the business in order to ensure the continued achievement of mission critical objectives.” (Business Continuity Management: Global Best Practices, 4th Ed., By Andrew Hiles, 2014)

BC risk assessment and management is important for every business to consider. Bainbridge has unique characteristics that make BC planning crucial: natural disasters can cause physical isolation; power outages and communication systems losses are common; it has a delicate economic system that is vulnerable to supply shortages. (But … DON’T PANIC! Be prepared.)

Colleen Kragen – EMERPREP Consultant: University of New Haven, M.S. Crisis/ Emergency/ Disaster Management. Western Washington University, B.A. Natural Resources Management & Policy. ESWS Certification – Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, US Navy. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/colleen-kragen/a9/186/455.     Contact: [email protected]. BBC-handout: Business Recovery Plan.

Be here – @ OfficeXpats – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me scurvy maties, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Colleen Kragen – “Business Continuity Management”
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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