Barbara Lamb Hall, Development Director from the Village Enterprise Fund (VEF) speaks about her organization's work in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. For the past 18 years, they have given "micro-enterprise" grants to East African villagers who then start businesses with support and training from VEF. These small businesses provide families with a sustainable source of …
Naomi Tickle is a face reading expert, career and personal development coach. She is the author of the You Can Read A Face Like A Book. She has appeared on CNN, NBC, BBC, Good Morning America and numerous television and radio interviews around the world. Her book is used as a tool for communications, understanding …
Hillary Freeman is a partner in Learn2Resolve, a company that trains elected officials, school communities and businesses in how to manage and resolve conflicts. Learn2Resolve has worked with such diverse clients as the National League of Cities and Jordan Middle School. She just recently completed a term on the Palo Alto City Council as the …
Iris Harrell, President of Harrell Remodeling, Inc., is a Certified Kitchen and Bath designer and a licensed General Contractor. She did not begin her working career in the building trades. Raised in North Carolina and Virginia, Harrell worked in the tobacco fields as a child. "I grew up in a house with two books -- …
Jesse Cool is the reigning diva of CoolEatz and the chef-proprietor of three restaurants: Flea Street Café, jZcool Eatery and Catering Co., and the Cool Café at the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts on Stanford University campus. A restauranteur for over 25 years, Jesse has consistently followed her vision of using as many organic …
Santussika (formerly Laura DeYoung) is a Buddhist nun. She will talk about the journey of the heart that has brought her to a life of renunciation and simplicity. Her former life and work involved: earning two master's degrees, developing a successful career in software design with a long client list including names like Xerox and …
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October's speaker is Kate Purmal, who founded our Thursday Morning Dialog group, and is the Chief Executive Officer of U3, a smart USB drive company. Kate Purmal has more than 20 years of computer industry experience as an entrepreneur, corporate executive and independent consultant. Prior to U3, her successful management consulting business landed her in …
We are very excited to have our own Karen Kang as November's speaker! Karen will speak on Demystifying Brand (or You Can Put Lipstick on a Pig and It's Still a Pig). Branding is everyone's business. Yet, few understand what it really entails. Karen will use props and interactive activities to make the art of …
With the rise of the Internet, newspapers and magazines are fighting to survive. How are local media companies responding? And what does the change in local newspaper ownership mean for Bay Area consumers of news and information? Patty Fisher writes a twice-weekly column for the San Jose Mercury News about local issues, with a focus …
Members Only Minutes: Annual Members Meeting
Bonnie Berg, Certified Holistic Nurse, Holistic Health Practitioner and Educator, will offer pearls of self-care practices that she has used in her private practice since 1981.
