Welcome to another mesmerizing vBBC Open MIC Friday.

Today’s question: Podcasting vs video blogging (vlogging) —
is one better than the other? How so? Have you had any experiences podcasting or vlogging you could briefly share?

Remember: We have a new Zoom meeting link; you will receive that new link in the  BBC Newsletter.  (vBBC OfficeXpats hosted Zoom link is in BBC Newsletter. If you  wish to attend, contact Dave Kragen at [email protected].)

Notes from this week’s meeting: vBBC_18February2022.

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

Some new [carefully] in-person weekly member events are happening at OfficeXpats. Visit officexpats.com to learn about membership and activities as OfficeXpats  moves into spring. A Passport Membership is only $35/month – a great way to stay connected with your professional island community.

A Special Message From Our Friends at Toastmasters – The Noon Edition  (bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org). Improve Your Business Communications Skills In 2022. Toastmasters has been helping Bainbridge Islanders for years with a fun, self-paced, supportive program that can help you: run better business meetings; improve leadership & interviewing skills; turn presentations into sales; and generally build confidence in a safe and fun environment. Meetings: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, Noon-1:00, @ Virginia Villa Community Room, 200 High School Rd.  For more info, contact: Steve Kersten (206-380-5038), [email protected]; or Jim Sutton (206-780-1621), [email protected].

Experience Kitsap (experiencekitsap.com): “Your Source For Kitsap Events. Live music, farmers markets, symphony & performing arts and festivals are vital to our region’s quality of life and local economies. Our goal is to increase awareness of these amenities so that more Kitsapians can enjoy them.” On FB: facebook.com/ExperienceKitsap  Instagram: instagram.com/experience_kitsap.

Introducing the new magazine Pacific Northwest Bainbridge: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Our own BBC regular Natalie Rodriguez is on the team as Publisher. And there will be Advertising opportunities available: Media Kit. PNW Bainbridge on Facebook:  business.facebook.com/PNW-Bainbridge-. Website beta version: pnwbainbridge.com/.

Visit Bainbridge Island – visitbainbridgeisland.org. “As the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Bainbridge Island, Visit Bainbridge Island meets regularly with stakeholders from arts, culture, lodging, hospitality, food, and representatives from the island’s wineries and distilleries, to generate ideas and ensure that the organization is best-serving the diverse needs of the island’s tourism related industries.” And what a great B.I. Events page! visitbainbridgeisland.org/event/

Senior info & support newsletter, Fall/Winter 2021 issue of compassandclock.com is out.  Exciting announcement! In 2022, Compass & Clock print magazine will be available solely through home delivery. The pandemic limited the accessibility of Compass & Clock in waiting rooms of healthcare providers and other locations. But we didn’t allow those roadblocks to stop us! Rather they challenged us to reimagine how we can better serve our community. The low annual price of $9.99 conveniently and safely delivers a personal copy – bigger and better! – to your home twice a year, in May and November. 

Introducing Tideland Magazine, A New Print Quarterly Celebrating Life On The West Puget Sound. Led by veteran Bainbridge Island journalists Alorie Gilbert and Leif Utne. Distributed free on Bainbridge & select Kitsap neighborhoods. Premier issue arriving 1 March 2022.

Welcome to another mesmerizing vBBC Open MIC Friday.

Today’s question: Podcasting vs video blogging (vlogging) —
is one better than the other? How so? Have you had any experiences podcasting or vlogging you could briefly share?

Remember: We have a new Zoom meeting link; you will receive that new link in the  BBC Newsletter.  (vBBC OfficeXpats hosted Zoom link is in BBC Newsletter. If you  wish to attend, contact Dave Kragen at [email protected].)

Notes from this week’s meeting introducing the new Tideland Magazine:  vBBC_11February2022.         Tideland Magazine website: tidelandmag.com

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

Some new [carefully] in-person weekly member events are happening at OfficeXpats. Visit officexpats.com to learn about membership and activities as OfficeXpats  moves into spring. These events are free to members, or a session or two to anyone exploring membership. A Passport Membership is only $35/month and is a great way to stay connected with your professional community on the island.  Monday Morning Check-in: 9:30-10am: Celebrate your accomplishments from the previous week, set top goals for the coming week, and get some accountability.  Wednesday online Writers Group (Noon-1:00pm): Get to know other Xpat authors and writers in this supportive weekly virtual meetup and have opportunities to read samples of your work to the group for feedback.  Thursday Sprints (3-4:30pm): Sprints are 90 minutes of focused work in the company of other sprinters. Show up, set your goal on a sticky note, and go. Passport members, you don’t need hours to participate in sprints.  Thursday Member Mingles (4:30-5:30): Take a break or stop by the office to meetup with other members; drinks & snacks available.

A Special Message From Our Friends at Toastmasters – The Noon Edition  (bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org). Improve Your Business Communications Skills In 2022. Toastmasters has been helping Bainbridge Islanders for years with a fun, self-paced, supportive program that can help you: run better business meetings; improve leadership & interviewing skills; turn presentations into sales; and generally build confidence in a safe and fun environment. Meetings: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, Noon-1:00, @ Virginia Villa Community Room, 200 High School Rd.  For more info, contact: Steve Kersten (206-380-5038), [email protected]; or Jim Sutton (206-780-1621), [email protected].

Experience Kitsap (experiencekitsap.com): “Your Source For Kitsap Events. Live music, farmers markets, symphony & performing arts and festivals are vital to our region’s quality of life and local economies. Our goal is to increase awareness of these amenities so that more Kitsapians can enjoy them.” On FB: facebook.com/ExperienceKitsap  Instagram: instagram.com/experience_kitsap.

Introducing the new magazine Pacific Northwest Bainbridge: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Our own BBC regular Natalie Rodriguez is on the team as Publisher. And there will be Advertising opportunities available: Media Kit. PNW Bainbridge on Facebook:  business.facebook.com/PNW-Bainbridge-. Website beta version: pnwbainbridge.com/.

Visit Bainbridge Island – visitbainbridgeisland.org. “As the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Bainbridge Island, Visit Bainbridge Island meets regularly with stakeholders from arts, culture, lodging, hospitality, food, and representatives from the island’s wineries and distilleries, to generate ideas and ensure that the organization is best-serving the diverse needs of the island’s tourism related industries.” And what a great B.I. Events page! visitbainbridgeisland.org/event/

Senior info & support newsletter, Fall/Winter 2021 issue of compassandclock.com is out.  Exciting announcement! In 2022, Compass & Clock print magazine will be available solely through home delivery. The pandemic limited the accessibility of Compass & Clock in waiting rooms of healthcare providers and other locations. But we didn’t allow those roadblocks to stop us! Rather they challenged us to reimagine how we can better serve our community. The low annual price of $9.99 conveniently and safely delivers a personal copy – bigger and better! – to your home twice a year, in May and November. 

Introducing Tideland Magazine, A New Print Quarterly Celebrating Life On The West Puget Sound. Led by veteran Bainbridge Island journalists Alorie Gilbert and Leif Utne. Distributed free on Bainbridge & select Kitsap neighborhoods. Premier issue arriving 1 March 2022.

Welcome to another curious vBBC Open MIC Friday.

This week’s theme: BBC into … the … twilight zone.

Remember: We have a new Zoom meeting link; you will receive that new link in the  BBC Newsletter.  (vBBC OfficeXpats hosted Zoom link is in BBC Newsletter. If you  wish to attend, contact Dave Kragen at [email protected].)

Notes from this week’s BBC: vBBC_4February2022.

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

Some new [carefully] in-person weekly member events are happening at OfficeXpats. Visit officexpats.com to learn about membership and activities as OfficeXpats moves into spring. These events are free to members, or a session or two to anyone exploring membership. A Passport Membership is only $35/month and is a great way to stay connected with your professional community on the island.
Monday Morning Check-in: 9:30-10am: Celebrate your accomplishments from the previous week, set top goals for the coming week, and get some accountability when you commit to them with a group of coworkers.
Monday Writers Meetup (2-3pm). Member authors, writers, artists support group.
Thursday Sprints (3-4:30pm): Sprints are 90 minutes of focused work in the company of other sprinters. Show up, set your goal on a sticky note, and go. Passport members, you don’t need hours to participate in sprints.
Thursday Member Mingles (4:30-5:30): Take a break or stop by the office to meetup with other members; drinks & snacks available.

A Special Message From Our Friends at Toastmasters – The Noon Edition  (bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org). Improve Your Business Communications Skills In 2022. Toastmasters has been helping Bainbridge Islanders for years with a fun, self-paced, supportive program that can help you: run better business meetings; improve leadership & interviewing skills; turn presentations into sales; and generally build confidence in a safe and fun environment. Meetings: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, Noon-1:00, @ Virginia Villa Community Room, 200 High School Rd.  For more info, contact: Steve Kersten (206-380-5038), [email protected]; or Jim Sutton (206-780-1621), [email protected].

Experience Kitsap (experiencekitsap.com): “Your Source For Kitsap Events. Live music, farmers markets, symphony & performing arts and festivals are vital to our region’s quality of life and local economies. Our goal is to increase awareness of these amenities so that more Kitsapians can enjoy them.” On FB: facebook.com/ExperienceKitsap  Instagram: instagram.com/experience_kitsap.

Introducing the new magazine Pacific Northwest Bainbridge: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Our own BBC regular Natalie Rodriguez is on the team as Publisher. And there will be Advertising opportunities available: Media Kit. PNW Bainbridge on Facebook:  business.facebook.com/PNW-Bainbridge-. Website beta version: pnwbainbridge.com/.

Visit Bainbridge Island – visitbainbridgeisland.org. “As the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Bainbridge Island, Visit Bainbridge Island meets regularly with stakeholders from arts, culture, lodging, hospitality, food, and representatives from the island’s wineries and distilleries, to generate ideas and ensure that the organization is best-serving the diverse needs of the island’s tourism related industries.” And what a great B.I. Events page! visitbainbridgeisland.org/event/

Senior info & support newsletter, Fall/Winter 2021 issue of compassandclock.com is out.  Exciting announcement! In 2022, Compass & Clock print magazine will be available solely through home delivery. The pandemic limited the accessibility of Compass & Clock in waiting rooms of healthcare providers and other locations. But we didn’t allow those roadblocks to stop us! Rather they challenged us to reimagine how we can better serve our community. The low annual price of $9.99 conveniently and safely delivers a personal copy – bigger and better! – to your home twice a year, in May and November. 

Introducing Tideline Magazine, A New Print Quarterly Celebrating Life On The West Puget Sound. Led by veteran Bainbridge Island journalists Alorie Gilbert and Leif Utne. Distributed free on Bainbridge & select Kitsap neighborhoods. Premier issue arriving 1 March 2022.

Welcome to 2022. Welcome to Earth.

The vote – of our all volunteer steering committee – was unanimous to remain virtual (Zoom) for the rest of January.

We will revisit the situation (life, plague, our community) in late January to decide about how to proceed in February. Things (life on Earth) may change soon, and we can launch back into 3-dimensional reality at OfficeXpats (in person) … maybe.

See you all this Friday (14 January 2022) in vBBC Virtual Life 2022 online, graciously hosted, as always, by virtual OfficeXpats.

Notes from January meetings:   vBBC_14January2022   vBBC_28January2022

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

A Special Message From Our Friends at Toastmasters – The Noon Edition  (bainbridgeisland.toastmastersclubs.org). Improve Your Business Communications Skills In 2022. Toastmasters has been helping Bainbridge Islanders for years with a fun, self-paced, supportive program that can help you: run better business meetings; improve leadership & interviewing skills; turn presentations into sales; and generally build confidence in a safe and fun environment. Meetings: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, Noon-1:00, @ Virginia Villa Community Room, 200 High School Rd.  For more info, contact: Steve Kersten (206-380-5038), [email protected]; or Jim Sutton (206-780-1621), [email protected].

Experience Kitsap (experiencekitsap.com): “Your Source For Kitsap Events. Live music, farmers markets, symphony & performing arts and festivals are vital to our region’s quality of life and local economies. Our goal is to increase awareness of these amenities so that more Kitsapians can enjoy them.” On FB: facebook.com/ExperienceKitsap  Instagram: instagram.com/experience_kitsap.

Introducing the new magazine Pacific Northwest Bainbridge: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Our own BBC regular Natalie Rodriguez is on the team as Publisher. And there will be Advertising opportunities available: Media Kit. PNW Bainbridge on Facebook:  business.facebook.com/PNW-Bainbridge-. Website beta version: pnwbainbridge.com/.

Visit Bainbridge Island – visitbainbridgeisland.org. “As the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Bainbridge Island, Visit Bainbridge Island meets regularly with stakeholders from arts, culture, lodging, hospitality, food, and representatives from the island’s wineries and distilleries, to generate ideas and ensure that the organization is best-serving the diverse needs of the island’s tourism related industries.” And what a great B.I. Events page! visitbainbridgeisland.org/event/

Senior info & support newsletter, Fall/Winter 2021 issue of compassandclock.com is out.  Exciting announcement! In 2022, Compass & Clock print magazine will be available solely through home delivery. The pandemic limited the accessibility of Compass & Clock in waiting rooms of healthcare providers and other locations. But we didn’t allow those roadblocks to stop us! Rather they challenged us to reimagine how we can better serve our community. The low annual price of $9.99 conveniently and safely delivers a personal copy – bigger and better! – to your home twice a year, in May and November. 

Introducing Tideline Magazine, A New Print Quarterly Celebrating Life On The West Puget Sound. Led by veteran Bainbridge Island journalists Alorie Gilbert and Leif Utne. Distributed free on Bainbridge & select Kitsap neighborhoods. Premier issue arriving 1 March 2022.

Next BBC will be on January 14th, 2022. The Plan was to begin meeting in person at OfficeXpats. However, we’ve decided to continue online through January. We’ll consider at the end of January what to do next. 

Be thinking about what 2022 could be for BBC, Bainbridge and Kitsap County.

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

Introducing the new magazine Pacific Northwest Bainbridge: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Our own BBC regular Natalie Rodriguez is on the team as Publisher. And there will be Advertising opportunities available: Media Kit. PNW Bainbridge on Facebook:  business.facebook.com/PNW-Bainbridge-. Website beta version: pnwbainbridge.com/.

Visit Bainbridge Island – visitbainbridgeisland.org. “As the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Bainbridge Island, Visit Bainbridge Island meets regularly with stakeholders from arts, culture, lodging, hospitality, food, and representatives from the island’s wineries and distilleries, to generate ideas and ensure that the organization is best-serving the diverse needs of the island’s tourism related industries.” And what a great B.I. Events page! visitbainbridgeisland.org/event/

Senior info & support newsletter, Fall/Winter 2021 issue of compassandclock.com is out.  Exciting announcement! In 2022, Compass & Clock print magazine will be available solely through home delivery. The pandemic limited the accessibility of Compass & Clock in waiting rooms of healthcare providers and other locations. But we didn’t allow those roadblocks to stop us! Rather they challenged us to reimagine how we can better serve our community. The low annual price of $9.99 conveniently and safely delivers a personal copy – bigger and better! – to your home twice a year, in May and November. 

Introducing Tideline Magazine, A New Print Quarterly Celebrating Life On The West Puget Sound. Led by veteran Bainbridge Island journalists Alorie Gilbert and Leif Utne. Distributed free on Bainbridge & select Kitsap neighborhoods. Premier issue arriving 1 March 2022.

Welcome to another curious vBBC Open MIC Friday.

This week’s theme: BBC in 2022. What might BBC look like next year? What are some timely, and fun, business topics we could discuss? Do you know of a new local business we could invite to tell their story, share their learned business wisdom?

Notes from pre-Thanksgiving week’s BBC: BBC_19Nov2021.

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

(vBBC OfficeXpats hosted Zoom link is in BBC Newsletter. If you  wish to attend, contact Dave Kragen  [email protected].)

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

Visit Bainbridge Island – visitbainbridgeisland.org. “As the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Bainbridge Island, Visit Bainbridge Island meets regularly with stakeholders from arts, culture, lodging, hospitality, food, and representatives from the island’s wineries and distilleries, to generate ideas and ensure that the organization is best-serving the diverse needs of the island’s tourism related industries.” And what a great B.I. Events page! visitbainbridgeisland.org/event/

Senior info & support newsletter, Fall/Winter 2021 issue of compassandclock.com is out.  Exciting announcement! In 2022, Compass & Clock print magazine will be available solely through home delivery. The pandemic limited the accessibility of Compass & Clock in waiting rooms of healthcare providers and other locations. But we didn’t allow those roadblocks to stop us! Rather they challenged us to reimagine how we can better serve our community. The low annual price of $9.99 conveniently and safely delivers a personal copy – bigger and better! – to your home twice a year, in May and November. 

Introducing Tideline Magazine, A New Print Quarterly Celebrating Life On The West Puget Sound. Led by veteran Bainbridge Island journalists Alorie Gilbert and Leif Utne. Distributed free on Bainbridge & select Kitsap neighborhoods. Premier issue arriving 1 March 2022.

Welcome to another [_________] vBBC Open MIC Friday.

This week’s theme, [________]. So, how’s you [________] these days? With colleagues. Clients. Cats. Dogs.

BBC “Your board of directors”: play, share, collectivize.

Notes from this week’s BBC: BBC_19November2021.

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

(vBBC OfficeXpats hosted Zoom link is in BBC Newsletter. If you  wish to attend, contact Dave Kragen  [email protected].)

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

Visit Bainbridge Island – visitbainbridgeisland.org. “As the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Bainbridge Island, Visit Bainbridge Island meets regularly with stakeholders from arts, culture, lodging, hospitality, food, and representatives from the island’s wineries and distilleries, to generate ideas and ensure that the organization is best-serving the diverse needs of the island’s tourism related industries.” And what a great B.I. Events page! visitbainbridgeisland.org/event/

Senior info & support newsletter, Fall/Winter 2021 issue of compassandclock.com is out.  Exciting announcement! In 2022, Compass & Clock print magazine will be available solely through home delivery. The pandemic limited the accessibility of Compass & Clock in waiting rooms of healthcare providers and other locations. But we didn’t allow those roadblocks to stop us! Rather they challenged us to reimagine how we can better serve our community. The low annual price of $9.99 conveniently and safely delivers a personal copy – bigger and better! – to your home twice a year, in May and November. 

Introducing Tideline Magazine, A New Print Quarterly Celebrating Life On The West Puget Sound. Led by veteran Bainbridge Island journalists Alorie Gilbert and Leif Utne. Distributed free on Bainbridge & select Kitsap neighborhoods. Premier issue arriving 1 March 2022.

Welcome to another mesmerizing vBBC Open MIC Friday.

This week’s theme, collaboration. So, how’s you collaborating these days? With colleagues. Clients. Cabbages. Cats.

BBC “Your board of directors”: play, share, collaborate.

Notes from this week’s BBC: BBC_12November2021.

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

(vBBC OfficeXpats hosted Zoom link is in BBC Newsletter. If you  wish to attend, contact Dave Kragen  [email protected].)

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

Visit Bainbridge Island – visitbainbridgeisland.org. “As the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Bainbridge Island, Visit Bainbridge Island meets regularly with stakeholders from arts, culture, lodging, hospitality, food, and representatives from the island’s wineries and distilleries, to generate ideas and ensure that the organization is best-serving the diverse needs of the island’s tourism related industries.” And what a great B.I. Events page! visitbainbridgeisland.org/event/

Welcome to November 2021 and a delightful discussion on the marketing arts led by our very own BBC Regular and longtime BBC artist, Donna Lee Dowdney — “How do I get to show my art in so many places?” (Donna’s bio PDF)

Donna Lee Dowdney’s mixed media and acrylic pouring art are on view through December 31st at the “Art as Gifts” walk-by exhibit of the Surface Design Association at Tyler & Lawrence in Port Townsend. She currently works with fabric, especially fabric printed with designs she’s created with pours on canvas. Formerly a Silicon Valley technical communications educator, Dowdney retired to Bainbridge Island in 2005 (donnaleedowdney.com).

Notes from this week’s BBC Friday: BBC_5November2021.

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

(vBBC OfficeXpats hosted Zoom link is in BBC Newsletter. If you  wish to attend, contact Dave Kragen  [email protected].)

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events

Welcome to 29 October 2021 and a Medicare healthcare update with sometime BBC Regular Eric Suhadolc.

The Medicare system of healthcare is very reasonably priced but often quite complicated and challenging to understand. Eric loves to explain the system in simple language so that clients understand their alternatives and can make sound decisions. He then researches available plans to find the most cost-effective options which includes your doctors, prescription drugs, and ancillary benefits that are important to you. Eric has been a Medicare insurance broker since he moved to the PNW seven years ago, and he represents eight of the PNW’s leading insurance carriers.

Notes from previous week’s BBC Open MIC: BBC_15October2021.

Be here – like oddly familiarly virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really.

So Invite your friends and associates to join this strangely familiar virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!

(vBBC OfficeXpats hosted Zoom link is in BBC Newsletter. If you  wish to attend, contact Dave Kragen  [email protected].)

Exciting BBC Notices, News, Events