Networking

In its ongoing campaign to educate area real estate agents and community members on the changing economic environment in Northern Nevada, the Reno Tahoe International Council will hold an Economic Forum this Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015.

JumpStart Lake Tahoe offers an intensive crash course in entrepreneurship from March 25-29 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino that puts participants on the fast track to success in their business endeavors.

Carson High’s 20th annual Holiday Craft Fair is Friday, Nov. 21 from 5 to 8p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be the best one yet with lots of new vendors as well as all your favorites. Come spend some time – great food, entertainment, a raffle, Santa, book sale, and of course, amazing and unique gifts for everyone. Admission for adults on Friday evening is only $2 and includes a raffle ticket as well as re-entry privileges on Saturday.

Thursday night’s 7th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards was the largest yet with over 300 guests in attendance as individuals and businesses were recognized for their exemplary services, products and programs in the South Shore community. Produced by the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce, also known as TahoeChamber, this prestigious awards program solicited nominations for six categories and eight total awards.

Over 175 nominations were received and 95 of those nominated joined their peers at the Nov. 13 awards ceremony at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe.

Cynthia Bunt (Left) "PSN" (Professional Saleswomen of Nevada) Assistant Treasurer, presents a check to Chris Bayer, Director of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for $359.50 from quarterly fund raising efforts.

Visit www.PSN-Nevada.com for more information on how this local networking group makes a difference in our community.

A handful of Chase International agents recently attended Luxury Connect, a private, one-day gathering last month where elite professionals discussed the future of real estate. This first-ever event, spearheaded by Inman News, was held at the former William Randolph Hearst estate, the Beverly House.

The exclusive group consisted of only 100 real estate professionals and agents. Chase International founder, president and CEO Shari Chase attended with agents Kerry Donovan, Donna Spear, Trinkie Watson, Marian Huish, Mary Kleingartner, and Georgia Chase.

Reno, NV – Network Services Solutions, LLC (NSS), a leading provider of voice, data, storage, and network connectivity solutions, in partnership with The Chamber – Reno, Sparks, and Northern Nevada, hosted a ribbon cutting celebration for the opening of the company’s new 12,000 square foot headquarters located at 3700 Barron Way.

 

Join "PSN" (Professional Saleswomen of Nevada) for Lunch and Networking at Red's Old 395 every second Thursday of the month from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Come join like-minded women/men who want to help each other build their business while helping those in need in our community.
Join us for networking, lunch, raffles and education.
Visit our web site for more information. www.psn-nevada.com

Silver Stage High School students received an inside view of the construction trade industry on Friday morning during a Western Nevada College presentation for Careers in Construction Month.

Like it or not, we live in a society built on one-upmanship. Progress is formed by improving processes, inventing something new, and ultimately doing something just a little, or a lot, better than the next person. Competition is important for growth. However, how do you know when competition is becoming counter-productive? How can you groom your mindset to view competition in a healthy way, versus turning it into the song “anything you can do, I can do better?”

The nomination period for the 2014 Blue Ribbon Awards ended on Friday, Oct. 10. TahoeChamber’s prestigious awards program that recognizes exceptional South Shore businesses received over 175 nominations for eight separate award categories. The finalists and winners will be announced at the 7th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards dinner and ceremony on November 13 at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Tickets for the awards ceremony are now available for purchase at www.tahoechamber.org.

Congratulations to the 2014 Blue Ribbon Awards nominees:

Professional Saleswomen of Nevada, also known as PSN, was founded in 1985. We are a not-for-profit networking organization. Our mission is to attract the finest professional saleswomen, for the purpose of enhancing the profession of sales, furthering self-development and building a network of success-minded women who share our commitment to charitable and educational service to the community.

Over the last three quarters Professional Saleswomen of Nevada has raised more than $860 for local charities.

Starr Nixdorf co-owner of Paradise Salon, Spa and Wellness in Carson City is this week’s guest on It’s Your City. Starr talks about Professional Saleswomen of Nevada, a not-for-profit networking organization. Its current membership roster encompasses a wide variety of businesswomen and businessmen who share a mutual purpose.

Its mission is to attract the finest professional saleswomen in the community for the purpose of enhancing the profession of sales, furthering self-development and building a network of success-minded women sharing a common interest.

Several days ago, my dad and I had a conversation. Our conversation started like most other people start theirs. He expressed his thoughts and concerns and I parried back with mine. At the end of the day we were both frustrated with the whole conversation. It was a stalemate. He didn’t understand me and I didn’t understand him. Which seems very familiar with some of the conversations I’ve had with my wife.

How can two people in the same room, speaking the same language, not understand each other? How many conversations like that, have you had?

Randy Roesch with Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty recently completed a luxury home marketing training offered by the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, as well as a sales strategy study conducted by the Council of Residential Specialists of the National Association of Realtors in response to the growing need for high-level real estate marketing demands in Reno and Lake Tahoe markets.

UPDATE: Help out a Carson City area nonprofit built on giving families a hand up and find some great bargains on fine jewelry and stones, clothing, art and more at a fundraiser this Saturday, June 14, at Thunder Canyon Country Club in Washoe Valley.

The Capital City Circles Initiatives will host "Gem of a Fundraiser" from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The Capital City Circles Initiative is a nonprofit community-based program that assists families living in poverty to achieve their goal of self-sufficiency through education, support networking and friendships with members in the community.

Western Nevada College will graduate 543 students this spring. Commencement was held Monday in Carson City with a ceremony to be held Tuesday in Fallon. The class of 2014 will receive a record 581 degrees and certificates.

Also on Monday, the WNC nursing program graduates celebrated with a traditional pinning ceremony at the Carson Nugget. Dr. Tom Kubistant, a WNC psychology and communications instructor, delivered the Carson City ceremony commencement address.

The University of Nevada, Reno named James Bridegum the recipient of the 2014 Herz Gold Medal for outstanding scholarship. The Herz Gold Medal is presented each year during the Spring Commencement ceremony to the graduating senior with the highest grade-point average.

Bridegum, a native Nevadan and graduate of Carson High School in Carson City, graduates from the University Friday, May 16, with a bachelor’s of science degree in computer science and engineering with a minor in mathematics. He earned a 4.0 grade-point average.

Sunday I spent the day at the Reno Earth Day Festival with some friends. It was really nice to sit down on the grass, bask in the sun, and slow down for a while.

I had brought a few toys with me, four bubble guns and a hula hoop. While we were playing with the bubbles, I took a moment to observe the crowd around me — everyone “finding their happy” in their own way.

The other day, I had a conversation with a client who had a tiny marketing budget. Although their product was great, they had a hard time getting the word out because they couldn't afford to advertise like they wanted. Advertising is important, but it’s not end end-all, be-all of business. There are three things you need to build a customer base, or what I’d like to call your future fan base.

1) A product or service worth talking about
2) An opportunity to expose people to that winning product or service

After years of cuts and layoffs Lyon County has seen an increase in funding and balanced a budget with no cuts of employees. In the past several years the County has eliminated 120 positions, a 30 percent workforce reduction.

FALLON - Social media offers the best and worst examples of Internet marketing, and successful businesses know the rules.

Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute offers a Social Media Boot Camp for Farms & Ranches workshop, Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., at WNC Fallon Campus, 160 Campus Way, Fallon. Cost is $25 for those registering by April 18, $35 afterward. Lunch is included.

JOIN, Inc. provides FREE Workshops monthly. The first day is on Lifeskills, Job Search and Networking; the second day is on prefecting your 60 Second Me; the third day is Resume building; and the last day is on Interviewing Skills. Update your skills with these workshops which are held monthly and are free to anyone interested. They are from 8:30a.m. to 11:30a.m. Contact the Carson City JOIN office at 283-0125 ext 18 to sign up.

Carson City Library’s Technology Trainer Molly Walt will visit the Carson City Senior Center Friday, March 7, and bring with her a @ Two Digital Learning Center workshop on the use of social networking with an emphasis on popular networking sites Facebook and Pinterest; if time allows, Twitter will also be offered.

FREE Employment Prep Workshops (EPW) start Tuesday, February 25, 8:30am to 11:30am thru Friday, February 28th. Tuesday's workshop will cover Life Skills, Job Search and the importance of Networking; Wednesday's workshop will be on how to effectively create and apply your "60-Second Me"; Thursday's workshop will be on how to build an effective Resume; and Friday's workshop will be on Interviewing skills. Please contact the Carson City JOIN office for more information and to sign up for these workshops. 775-283-0125 ext 18

The Nevada Business Group on Health, a non-profit organization dedicated to representing more than 70 Northern Nevada employers and their employees in matter related to cost-effective health, health care and health insurance products and services, has appointed Denise Darling, director of finance at Carson Nugget Casino in Carson City, to its board of directors.

Capital Business Network (CBN) meets every Wednesday. The meetings include a breakfast of your choice. The meetings are structured, but informal, and afford each member a chance to offer a short business commercial.

In addition, each member delivers a 10 minute presentation about his or her business to the general membership approximately once per quarter. Business issues, upcoming events, mixers, community events, trade shows, etc are discussed each week. Referrals are exchanged by the members and ideas are offered.

UPDATE: With extended federal jobless benefits in peril, Carson City workforce employee counselors say hundreds of new jobseekers have begun to hit the streets, resumes in hand, looking for work.

Charter Communications in Carson City will soon enjoy access to more than 150 high definition (HD) channels as part of an all-digital upgrade.

On December 3, Charter will clear all analog signals from its local network, making way to add more than 120 new HD channels in Carson City and neighboring Storey and Lyon counties. Customers will have access to more than 150 HD channels once Charter completes its move to an all-digital network.

“Third Thursday” has been the number one networking event for the Nevada real estate scene and November’s edition of the event looks to be the biggest event in company history.