November 12, 2007
Networking
Tuesday, November 13
Sponsor: Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Place: Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce, 30 Lyman St., Westborough
Cost: $50 for members, $80 for nonmembers
Contact: events@corridornine.org or
508-836-4444
Sponsor: MassDevelopment
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Place: WPI Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, 60 Prescott St., Worcester
Description: Learn how to use or transfer/sell brownfields tax credits and tap other new resources for site assessment, remediation and redevelopment of your brownfields site.
Cost: Free
Contact: nfisher@massdevelopment.com or 617-603-3123
Sponsors: Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Gesmer Updegrove LLP, Goloboy CPA LLC, Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds PC, Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, Mirick O'Connell LLP, Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, P.C., Optimum Technologies, Inc., Bank of America
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Place: WPI: Campus Center, Odeum Room,
3rd Fl., 100 Institute Rd., Worcester
Description: The 14th Annual WPI Venture Forum Business Plan Contest is open to any and all technology-based pre-start, startup, and on-going businesses located in the Northeast, and students are eligible. The
ventures must involve the development of a new product, a new application or process in an existing business, or the start-up of a new business.
Cost: $15.00 Members, $25.00 Non-members and guests
Contact: www.wpiventureforum.org, ventureforum@wpi.edu or 508-831-5075
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Place: Tri-County Regional Technical High School, 147 Pond St., Franklin
Description: A vast number of area businesses have donated specialty items for the live and silent auctions. Everything from overnight getaways, autographed sports items, business services, gift baskets and more will be up for bid at great bargain prices. Attendees will also be able to sample specialties from many of the area's finest restaurants and caterers.
Cost: $5 in advance, $10 at the door
Contact: tfleming@unitedchamber.org or 508-528-2800
Wednesday, November 14
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Place: College of the Holy Cross: Hogan Campus Center, 1 College St., Worcester
Cost: $20 for members and $25 for non-members
Contact: info@auburnchamberma.com or 508-753-2924, ext. 224
Sponsor: Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Place: Pleasant Valley Country Club, 95 Armsby Rd., Sutton
Cost: $40 members / $55 non-members
Contact: lmosczynski@hotmail.com or 508-234-9090
Sponsor: Mirick O'Connell
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Place: College of the Holy Cross: Hogan Campus Center, 1 College St., Worcester
Description: Eight breakout sessions on topics including addressing HR nightmares, the unemployment process, identifying and preventing harassment, combating identity theft and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Contact: 508-791-8500
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Place: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center, 181 Boston Post Rd. W, Marlborough
Contact: marlcham@marlboroughchamber.org or 508-485-7746
Sponsor: Society of Professional Communicators
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Place: Maxwell-Silverman's Toolhouse, 25 Union St., Worcester
Description: Linda Carli, psychology professor at Wellesley College, talks about her newly published book, "Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders." It will provide strategies for helping women find their way through the labyrinth to leadership. Buffet lunch included in this event.
Cost: $15, SPC members; $19, non-members
Contact: www.spcgroup.org, bluepumpkinprod@verizon.net or 508-757-1472
Sponsor: AlphaZelle
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Place: Crowne Plaza Hotel Worcester, 10 Lincoln Sq., Worcester
Cost: $39 Register with a friend and you both save 10%
Contact: info@powerfulyou.com or
973-248-1262
Thursday, November 15
Sponsor: Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce
Time: 7:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Place: Doubletree Hotel Boston/Westborough, 5400 Computer Dr., Westborough
Cost: members $20 ($25 at the door),
nonmembers $50
Contact: events@corridornine.org or
508-836-4444
Sponsored by: Wachusett Chamber of Commerce
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Place: Salter School, 184 West Boylston St., West Boylston
Description: Networking meeting open to all chamber members.
Cost: Free
Contact:: jennyg@wachusettchamber.com
or 978-368-7687
Sponsor: 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: Sheraton Framingham Hotel, 1657 Worcester Rd., Framingham
Contact: chamber@metrowest.org or
508-879-5600
Success Express Workshop: All About Business Finance
Sponsor: Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Place: Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce, 30 Lyman St., Westborough
Cost: $50 for members, $80 for nonmembers
Contact: events@corridornine.org or
508-836-4444
Brownfields Seminar
Sponsor: MassDevelopment
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Place: WPI Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, 60 Prescott St., Worcester
Description: Learn how to use or transfer/sell brownfields tax credits and tap other new resources for site assessment, remediation and redevelopment of your brownfields site.
Cost: Free
Contact: nfisher@massdevelopment.com or 617-603-3123
WPI Venture Forum
Sponsors: Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Gesmer Updegrove LLP, Goloboy CPA LLC, Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds PC, Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, Mirick O'Connell LLP, Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, P.C., Optimum Technologies, Inc., Bank of America
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Place: WPI: Campus Center, Odeum Room,
3rd Fl., 100 Institute Rd., Worcester
Description: The 14th Annual WPI Venture Forum Business Plan Contest is open to any and all technology-based pre-start, startup, and on-going businesses located in the Northeast, and students are eligible. The
ventures must involve the development of a new product, a new application or process in an existing business, or the start-up of a new business.
Cost: $15.00 Members, $25.00 Non-members and guests
Contact: www.wpiventureforum.org, ventureforum@wpi.edu or 508-831-5075
Taste of the Region
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Place: Tri-County Regional Technical High School, 147 Pond St., Franklin
Description: A vast number of area businesses have donated specialty items for the live and silent auctions. Everything from overnight getaways, autographed sports items, business services, gift baskets and more will be up for bid at great bargain prices. Attendees will also be able to sample specialties from many of the area's finest restaurants and caterers.
Cost: $5 in advance, $10 at the door
Contact: tfleming@unitedchamber.org or 508-528-2800
Wednesday, November 14
Auburn Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Place: College of the Holy Cross: Hogan Campus Center, 1 College St., Worcester
Cost: $20 for members and $25 for non-members
Contact: info@auburnchamberma.com or 508-753-2924, ext. 224
Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting
Sponsor: Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Place: Pleasant Valley Country Club, 95 Armsby Rd., Sutton
Cost: $40 members / $55 non-members
Contact: lmosczynski@hotmail.com or 508-234-9090
Labor & Employment Law Update
Sponsor: Mirick O'Connell
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Place: College of the Holy Cross: Hogan Campus Center, 1 College St., Worcester
Description: Eight breakout sessions on topics including addressing HR nightmares, the unemployment process, identifying and preventing harassment, combating identity theft and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Contact: 508-791-8500
Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting Luncheon
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Place: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center, 181 Boston Post Rd. W, Marlborough
Contact: marlcham@marlboroughchamber.org or 508-485-7746
The Labyrinth of Leadership: Women Confront the Double Bind
Sponsor: Society of Professional Communicators
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Place: Maxwell-Silverman's Toolhouse, 25 Union St., Worcester
Description: Linda Carli, psychology professor at Wellesley College, talks about her newly published book, "Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders." It will provide strategies for helping women find their way through the labyrinth to leadership. Buffet lunch included in this event.
Cost: $15, SPC members; $19, non-members
Contact: www.spcgroup.org, bluepumpkinprod@verizon.net or 508-757-1472
Networking with Intention Gathering and Workshop for Women
Sponsor: AlphaZelle
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Place: Crowne Plaza Hotel Worcester, 10 Lincoln Sq., Worcester
Cost: $39 Register with a friend and you both save 10%
Contact: info@powerfulyou.com or
973-248-1262
Thursday, November 15
Membership Breakfast
Sponsor: Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce
Time: 7:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Place: Doubletree Hotel Boston/Westborough, 5400 Computer Dr., Westborough
Cost: members $20 ($25 at the door),
nonmembers $50
Contact: events@corridornine.org or
508-836-4444
Wachusett Business Opportunity Group
Sponsored by: Wachusett Chamber of Commerce
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Place: Salter School, 184 West Boylston St., West Boylston
Description: Networking meeting open to all chamber members.
Cost: Free
Contact:: jennyg@wachusettchamber.com
or 978-368-7687
MetroWest Chamber 112th Annual Dinner Meeting
Sponsor: 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: Sheraton Framingham Hotel, 1657 Worcester Rd., Framingham
Contact: chamber@metrowest.org or
508-879-5600
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