Join us this BBC Friday where David Franklin tells his story and talks business coaching — “Creating the Business You Want”

Are you ready to take your business to the next level?

In this hands-on session, you’ll learn practical skills to create a thriving business, including:

• Generating powerful questions to catalyze growth, focus on the big picture, and expand on your strengths
• Moving towards your potential instead of staying stuck in problem-solving mode
• Setting clear goals to ensure accountability and success

You’ll leave the session with:

• Clarity around how to take your business to the next level
• Tools for engaging your employees and customers in helping your business thrive
• Strategies for creating more collaboration and teamwork in your business

With 20 years in the field, David Franklin, MA, has vast experience in teaching, facilitating, and coaching hundreds of people in seminars, groups, and private sessions. David holds a Masters Degree from LIOS Graduate College of Saybrook University in Organizational Systems: Leadership and Organizational Development and brings twenty-five years of combined experience as an entrepreneur, business owner, manager, administrator, and employee to lead from experience in his work with clients (DavidFranklin.org).

So, invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting time … and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Creating The Business You Want” w/David Franklin
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

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May OfficeXpats Tuesday@Noon Workshops – “Social Media Strategy” (noon-1:00)
May is social media strategy month for our Tuesday@noon business skills seminars. Before investing in any new marketing venture, it’s helpful to know where you want to go. Such as understanding WHY you would use WHICH channels of social media and WHAT you want to get out of them. And of course you will want to know whether you are reaching your objectives over time. This month, we will break it down into 4 weekly workshops to help you develop your own goals and build a process for reaching them. (officexpats.com/social-media-strategy/)
May 7: The building blocks of your social media strategy, with Leslie Schneider.
May 14: Building a content marketing strategy, with Lena Scott.
May 21: Creating a social media dashboard, with Tobias Eigen.
May 28: Creative ideas in action, with Karen Klein.

10 May, Friday: 7:30-9:00 AM – Chamber Breakfast: “Local Capital: Growing your business while strengthening your community ties.” What are your options? Thinking about Debt, Equity, Donations and Pre Sales. Presented by Rachel Maxwell and Casey Dilloway, Co-Founders and Alex Mondau, VP of Business Development at Community Sourced Capital. All hold MBAs from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute. Finding financing for small businesses has never been easy, and has become even more challenging in recent years. Community Sourced Capital provides a simple way for community members to lend money to the local businesses where they find the most value. (More details: bainbridgechamber.com/default.aspx?ID=125)  NOTE: The Chamber’s Monthly Friday Breakfast does not conflict with BBC1, rather once a month consider that there are now two options open for a Friday Morning business gathering. BBC has always supported the Chamber, and the Chamber has always supported us at BBC.

Accelerate Kitsap (XLR8): If you know of any new businesses, “start-ups” or businesses in a growth transition, for profit or non-profit, don’t forget to tell them about the Accelerate Kitsap Business Mentoring program. See acceleratekitsap.org for details.  BBC, the Chamber, OfficeXpats, and Accelerate Kitsap are all local business support partners here in the West Sound. Contact Ken Sethney (ken.sethney@gmailcom) or Dave Kragen ([email protected]) if you have specific questions. Thank you.

17 May, Friday: Bainbridge Lecture Series – “The Future Of Water” (5:30-7:00 PM). Reception to follow. Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 (Madison Av & High School Rd). Free admission. (Details: bainbridgechamber.com/default.aspx?ID=209)

Welcome to Kombi Corp, New Full-time OfficeXpats Member! Read about the KombiCorp-OXp Connection: officexpats.com/kombi-corp-of-bainbridge-island-to-co-locate-with-officexpats

Join us this BBC Friday for Creative Crowdsourcing Collaboration On Social Media, with Leslie Schneider

Our own Leslie Schneider, BBC, OXp, CIA & Interpol, will lead us in a discussion and roundtable: Creative Crowdsourcing Collaboration On Social Media!

What was your biggest Social Media success? Failure? When was your first successful Social Media business engagement? How did that go? This month for the OfficeXpats Tuesday@Noon workshops the subject is “Social Media Strategy” — and Leslie is one of the presenters. So she has agreed to give us a preview of May’s workshops and also pick our collective BBC Brains on the topic. [SEE officexpats.com/social-media-strategy/ for details!]

 So, invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting time … and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Crowdsourcing Collaboration On Social Media”
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

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BBC Regulars – Upcoming Events

May OfficeXpats Tuesday@Noon Workshops – “Social Media Strategy” (noon-1:00)
May is social media strategy month for our Tuesday@noon business skills seminars. Before investing in any new marketing venture, it’s helpful to know where you want to go. Such as understanding WHY you would use WHICH channels of social media and WHAT you want to get out of them. And of course you will want to know whether you are reaching your objectives over time. This month, we will break it down into 4 weekly workshops to help you develop your own goals and build a process for reaching them. (officexpats.com/social-media-strategy/)
May 7: The building blocks of your social media strategy, with Leslie Schneider.
May 14: Building a content marketing strategy, with Lena Scott.
May 21: Creating a social media dashboard, with Tobias Eigen.
May 28: Creative ideas in action, with Karen Klein.

10 May, Friday: 7:30-9:00 AM – Chamber Breakfast: “Local Capital: Growing your business while strengthening your community ties.” What are your options? Thinking about Debt, Equity, Donations and Pre Sales. Presented by Rachel Maxwell and Casey Dilloway, Co-Founders and Alex Mondau, VP of Business Development at Community Sourced Capital. All hold MBAs from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute. Finding financing for small businesses has never been easy, and has become even more challenging in recent years. Community Sourced Capital provides a simple way for community members to lend money to the local businesses where they find the most value. (More details: bainbridgechamber.com/default.aspx?ID=125)

17 May, Friday: Bainbridge Lecture Series – “The Future Of Water” (5:30-7:00 PM). Reception to follow. Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 (Madison Av & High School Rd). Free admission. (Details: bainbridgechamber.com/default.aspx?ID=209)

Welcome to Kombi Corp, New Full-time OfficeXpats Member! Read about the KombiCorp-OXp Connection: officexpats.com/kombi-corp-of-bainbridge-island-to-co-locate-with-officexpats/

Join us this BBC Friday for an informative presentation by Katie Jones of RePower Bainbridge!

Katie Jones is the Program Coordinator for RePower Bainbridge, a community-wide program dedicated to helping Islanders save energy, reduce energy costs, make their home more comfortable and create a more sustainable Island. RePower Bainbridge offers in-home energy assessments, energy-efficiency financing, cash-back rebates, and a local, skilled workforce to make energy-efficiency easier to achieve. The programs ends July 15, 2013—come learn about all our amazing rebates and what you can still do to participate!.

So, invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting time … and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Katie Jones, RePower Bainbridge
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

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BBC Regulars – Upcoming Events

April Tuesday@Noon Workshops – BizDev Basics (noon-1:00)
Still 2 more sessions, 23rd and 30th, of OfficeXpats Tuesday@Noon workshops. Register for this series now!

April 30, Think creatively with your sales and marketing plan, with Elaine Jones, Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

“all in all, it’s more than just a wall” — OfficeXpats’s new WALL and sunny space is nearly complete; finishing touches are coming into focus for the OXp recording & streaming studio. Our next BBC Friday, April 26th will be a great inaugural for the new facilities! Kombi Corp moves in to the old space on May 1st. Read more about these exciting changes at officexpats.com/kombi-corp-to-co-locate-at-officexpats.

27 April, Saturday Shred-Fest!
This year’s “Shred-Fest” is hosted by Columbia Bank (columbiabank.com) at their High School Road Branch Parking Lot (across from Safeway), and put on by the Kiwanis Club Of Bainbridge Island (bikiwanis.org). Bring all your expired vital records and watch them shredded into the big truck! This has been a public service announcement courtesy of BBC, Columbia Bank, the B.I. Kiwanis Club, and … and various sentient sapients from planet Earth.

And a Word on Shreding documents from our own Karla Smith, BBC, OXp, XLR8, CPA, who says “Numbers don’t have to be scarry!”
Taxes are filed and spring-cleaning through your papers are a good next step! But what papers to shred (at the April 27th Shred-Fest) and what to keep, you might be wondering. Here’s a quick list for your personal papers to help you get the shredding bag filled for this weekend’s Shredfest.
To keep forever: Contracts and Real Estate Records.
Ownership period, plus 7 years: Investment and Home improvement records.
Until Paid Off: Mortgage statements, student loan payments, car loan payments.
4 Years: Tax returns & supporting documentation, cancelled checks, deposit slips & bank statements.
Keep the last one of each year while in the job “pay stubs.”
1 year (personal accounts): Credit card statements, past insurance statements, old utility bills, other recently paid bills.
Questions? Contact Karla Smith @ [email protected], 206.300.8784, mkjsmith.com

Join us this BBC Friday for Story Telling Time Reprise!

Last Friday at BBC we heard some great stories and accounts of the business journeys of our fellow BBCites, Annette Walker (astonishinc.com), Mickey Molnaire (molnaire.com), Carol Thornburgh (thornburgh-insurance.com), and others. What a great time of sharing and learning! For from our stories comes powerful lessons and business wisdom, as well as a deeper connection with fellow entrepreneurs.

As noted, the forth founding principle of BBC states: The BBC offers its members the opportunity to build connections of trust between each others companies and services, sharing skills and specialties, and critiquing professional copy. Part of the way we started out building trust in one another’s businesses was to share our stories, who we are as business owners and entrepreneurs. Story telling.

We’ll continue another week with this idea, giving a few more the opportunity to share their stories.

BBC Regular Tom McKinnon has recently found himself in transition and will share this turn of events in his entrepreneurial journey, what he has learned, what may be next.

So, invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting time … and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Telling Your Story” Part Two
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

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BBC Regulars – Upcoming Events

April Tuesday@Noon Workshops – BizDev Basics (noon-1:00)
Still 2 more sessions, 23rd and 30th, of OfficeXpats Tuesday@Noon workshops. Register for this series now!

April 23, “Zen Sales Skills” Part II with Heather Flanagan: Lock in the success of the Zen Sales Process by designing your own sales ritual to keep on track. Sales processes are not one-size-fits all. The more you align with what really works for you, the better results you will get.

April 30, Think creatively with your sales and marketing plan, with Elaine Jones, Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

“all in all, it’s more than just a wall” — OfficeXpats’s new WALL and sunny space is nearly complete; next week finishing touches will come into focus for the OXp recording & streaming studio. Our next BBC Friday, April 19th, may just be a great inaugural for the new facilities! Watch this space for more news and in the upcoming BBC Newsletter! Read more about these exciting changes at officexpats.com/kombi-corp-to-co-locate-at-officexpats.

27 April, Saturday Shred-Fest!
This year’s “Shred-Fest” is hosted by Columbia Bank (columbiabank.com) at their High School Road Branch Parking Lot (across from Safeway), and put on by the Kiwanis Club Of Bainbridge Island (bikiwanis.org). Bring all your expired vital records and watch them shredded into the big truck! This has been a public service announcement courtesy of BBC, Columbia Bank, the B.I. Kiwanis Club, and … and various sentient sapients from planet Earth.

26 April BBC Notice: Kathleen Jones of RePowerBainbridge will also be addressing BBC in the next couple weeks on more details about offers and deadlines.

Join us this BBC Friday for Story Telling Time

The forth founding principle of BBC states: The BBC offers its members the opportunity to build connections of trust between each others companies and services, sharing skills and specialties, and critiquing professional copy.  Part of the way we started out building trust in one another’s businesses was to share our stories, who we are as business owners and entrepreneurs. Story telling.

Thus, for those first months meeting at the Blue Ocean Cafe, members — BBC regulars, those having attended at least 2 meetings attain the coveted “BBC Regular” status — members would take five or ten minutes and tell stories, about their journey into their present business or into a previous business incarnation or their journey from Minnesota to the Puget Sound, or their journey from animal husbandry or novelist-in-a-cave to network administrator, human resources specialist, office ergonomics resource, or personal financial adviser.

So, invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting event … and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Telling Your Story”
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

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BBC Regulars – Upcoming Events

April Tuesday@Noon Workshops – BizDev Basics (noon-1:00)
Still 3 sessions, 16th, 23rd, and 30th, of OfficeXpats Tuesday@Noon workshops. Register for this series now!

April 16, Networking to build business, with Ann Whitmore: Face-to-face conversations at networking events can be powerful to connect with potential customers and clients. But handing over your business card is not enough to get the return on your investment of time and energy. Networking can pay off more powerfully as opportunities to create relationships and support other people first. Come learn how to change your perspective, create a long-term strategy, and have more fun!

April 23, “Zen Sales Skills” Part II with Heather Flanagan: Lock in the success of the Zen Sales Process by designing your own sales ritual to keep on track. Sales processes are not one-size-fits all. The more you align with what really works for you, the better results you will get.

April 30, Think creatively with your sales and marketing plan, with Elaine Jones, Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

“all in all, it’s more than just a wall” — OfficeXpats’s new WALL and sunny space is nearly complete; next week finishing touches will come into focus for the OXp recording & streaming studio. Our next BBC Friday, April 19th, may just be a great inaugural for the new facilities! Watch this space for more news and in the upcoming BBC Newsletter! Read more about these exciting changes at officexpats.com/kombi-corp-to-co-locate-at-officexpats.

Last Chance to Cash in on RePower Bainbridge Rebates! Island Residents Invited to ‘Final Boarding Call’ Event to Receive $800 Special Rebate Offer. Saturday, April 13, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, at Woodward Middle School. For More Info: RePower Bainbridge Even Page. or Event Flyer (google drive pdf doc).

NOTE: Kathleen Jones of RePowerBainbridge will also be addressing BBC in the next couple weeks on more details about offers and deadlines.

No BBC Friday, March 29th – Canceled For The Holidays!

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Join us this BBC Friday for a reprise retrospective from BBC Regular Kirsten Scheffler, amazing manager of Premium Wine & Liquor, which, despite the heroic efforts of Kirsten and her delightful staff, closed its doors on 1 March 2013. (PS. BBC had nothing to do with that! We never met there! It’s not our fault!!)

The island’s former state-run liquor store operated under the name Premium Wine and Liquor and was owned by a Seattle-based company. Kirsten managed the store with skill, flair, and acumen during its nine months of superior quality service to the Island. 

When the store opened, Kirsten told Richard Oxley of the Bainbridge Review: “‘Our sales have been pretty good so far. Honestly, we have great customers who continue to come to our store location…. We’ve had a lot of comparison shopping, which we welcome, because this is a confusing time for customers’.” (Richard D. Oxley, Bainbridge Island Review Staff Writer, June 8, 2012 · 12:23 PM · bainbridgereview.com/business/158191775.html). / Kirsten’s contact info: [email protected]

Come and support BBC Regular Kirsten Scheffler. Come hear her story.

So, invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting event … and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Inside Scoop – Local Business Update” w/Kirsten Scheffler
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

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BBC Regulars – Upcoming Events

26 March 2013 – OfficeXpats Tuesday@Noon Workshops: “Speaking And Presenting To Build Business”
(Note: There is still one more session left.) March 26: “The nuts and bolts of creating a Powerpoint presentation,” with Mickey Molnaire, of Molnaire and Associates. Details & registration at: officexpats.com/speaking-and-presenting-to-build-business

28 March Thursday Chamber After Hours hosted by OfficeXpats! ( 5:30-7:00 PM)
OfficeXpats will be hosting this month’s event. See what’s been happening lately at the Island’s co-working community (Upstairs in the Pavilion). Come to nosh and network. Free event, no reservations necessary. Public welcome.

Get set for the 2013 Home & Business Expo: Bainbridge Island Home & Busness Expo, Saturday, March 23, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. 10 x 10 vendor booth $250. NOTE: The Chamber, Accelerate Kitsap, and OfficeXpats all have booths at the Expo; and OfficeXpats will feature “One Day Only Membership” offers. Come and support OXp and XLR8! Contact the Chamber at 206-842-3700 or [email protected].

Chamber Business Directory 2013 Now Available: Also available in a limited number of print copies –http://web.bainbridgechamber.com/search

This BBC Friday Bill Ruddick will lead our first “Think Club” Strategy Roundtable.

This BBC Friday we will try out our first “Think Club” strategy roundtable. So bring your head, brains, and creative intuitions with you. Thinking caps will be supplied.

We will roundtable one or two business issues. Afterwards there will be a chance to debrief on how the process worked for everyone.

Think Club Resources: Thinking Hats document (google docs pdf).  Think Club Bibliography (google docs pdf). And for those who missed it, here’s Bill Ruddick’s original “Think Club” presentation from BBC Friday 15 February 2013 Think Club Presentation (google docs pdf). Logic & thinking from KaveDragen Ink (google docs pdf): informal fallacies & formal deductive reasoning. 

So invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting BBC event — and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

Special Guest BBC Founding Regular Dr. Chris Grams

Dr. C with Libby the therapy dog

drchrisgrams.com

“The Balancing Act: The Art of Keeping Your Business and Your Life On Track.”

Chris is a chiropractor and owner of a family chiropractic clinic here on Bainbridge, having moved to the Island from Minnesota in 2008. She is the owner of the Family Chiropractic Center on Bainbridge Island. Her center provides gentle chiropractic and massage therapy services to the surrounding community. Chris draws on her rich health care background in nursing and nutrition to provide a more complete chiropractic experience for her patients.

Chris has developed expertise in gentle chiropractic and neuromuscular techniques for both chronic and acute problems. She has training in Network Spinal Analysis, Applied Kinesiology, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Polarity Therapy and Reiki touch healing. She utilizes these techniques, as well as a myriad of other resources, to assure you the most effective and complete care possible. She tailors each visit to her patients’ condition and age. ([email protected] || 206 842-6714)

This Friday we also will be welcoming our newest BBC Steering Committee leaders, Annette Walker, Astonish Inc., astonishinc.com, and Brian Creamer, SpiderLilly Web Design, spiderlilyweb.com.

Very exciting! …Think About It.

So invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting BBC event — and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

This BBC Friday Bill Ruddick will lead our first “Think Club” Strategy Roundtable session.

This BBC Friday we will try out our first “Think Club” strategy roundtable. So bring your head, brains, and creative intuitions with you.

Think Club Resources: Link to “Think Club Bibliography” available through google docs (pdf doc) Think Club Bibliography. And for those who missed it, here’s Bill Ruddick’s original “Think Club” presentation from BBC Friday 15 February (pdf doc) Think Club Presentation.

Note: before this Friday it might be helpful to review the “Think Club Presentation” one more time.

Think About It.

So invite your friends and associates to join us for this exciting BBC event — and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion