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    • 07 Aug 2023
    • 30 Sep 2023
    • 6 sessions
    • Your home

    Topic:

    Boston CNET Mid Year Membership Drive


    Date: July to September, 2023


    For a limited time get 50% off membership: Membership
    IEEE Member $40.00

    Non IEEE Member $50.00

    No need to register for this event.  Your participation in Boston CNET is appreciated, just click the Membership link.  Reasons to join CNET?  See the membership page link for member benefits.

    Membership


    This is a limited time offer.  Your membership is good till the end of 2023.

    Were you a prior member of Boston CNET?  This is a cost effective way to rejoin CNET for 2023 and enjoy member benefits. Please help fund Boston CNET for 2023. Become a member again - Membership.

    We are listening to our members; please send us concerns or comments on how we can best meet your needs via the contacts page.  If you have questions, please let us know.  What can we do to entice you to join Boston CNET?  We return phone calls; all officers respond to membership needs and requests. Officers and Contacts

    This is part of a larger membership drive that will kick off in July.  We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events.  Please see our events page at this link for a list of upcoming events.  Events

    Thank you,

    Boston CNET Board of Directors.


    • 30 Sep 2023
    • 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
    • North Andover, MA
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    Topic:  CNET is looking for a Marketing Consultant / Assistant / Intern


    This is a consulting position, not an employee of IEEE Boston CNET.  This event is being posted to several local Boston area colleges.


    Job Description (Must Haves):

    - Be able to develop a Word document marketing plan. The foundation of this doc is already started; the Implementation chapter gets finished by the intern

    - Be able to work with limited supervision and carry out the action plan described in the marketing plan

    - Someone responsible; emails weekly progress reports

    - Marketing knowledge - someone that knows how to target / market to engineers / social media / LinkedIn / Twitter / Facebook / Engineering related social media outlets / etc.

    - Achieves goals: the marketing person needs to bring in a minimum of 8 new members this year.  This is the primary purpose of the marketing person.

    - Pluses: Knowledge of website operations on a hosted platform (Wild Apricot hosted preferred)

    - This is a temporary job.  Expected duration a few months.

    Pay rate: $18 per hour preferred, we could pay a bonus if the person overachieves.  The person can work at home.  The position reports to the Treasurer.  Register for this event if interested in this consulting work and Mark Fitzgerald will reply to you.

    • 02 Oct 2023
    • 6:00 PM - 8:15 PM
    • Great Wall Restaurant 309B Great Road, Bedford, MA 01730
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    Topic:  Board of Directors Meeting


    Date: Monday October 2, 2023


    Dinner starts at 6:00 PM

    Meeting starts shortly after 7:00 PM - On-site and Zoom


    Members in good standing are encouraged to attend.  Free meal included in your attendance.


    If you are unable to attend, then we will also be on Zoom, but the connection will not be perfect.



    Your registration confirmation email contains the zoom link - Please read the email confirmation completely.

    Event Description:

    Board of Directors meeting topics:

    - Board of Directors Plan for 2023 remaining

    - Revenue for this year

    - Marketing Plan and Marketing Assistant

    - Membership Drive Currently in Progress 50% off, Implementation Plan

    - Events Director and upcoming events management

        - Speakers for remainder of 2023

    - Student membership and rate


    309B Great Road, Bedford, MA 01730

    Phone: 781-275-7007

    Fax: 781-275-7700


    http://www.greatwallbedford.com/


    • 02 Oct 2023
    • 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM
    • Zoom - Link sent in registration email

    Professional Staffing Agency Panel:  A panel of experts from staffing agencies will discuss how consultants can work with a professional staffing agency to gain business. 


    Date: TBD, 2023


    Meeting starts at 7:00 PM.


    Open to the public.  Zoom. Networking from 6:30PM - 7 PM;  

    Your registration confirmation email contains the zoom link - Please read the email confirmation completely.

    Event Description:

    Several leading engineering staffing agencies will discuss how to work with a recruiter to gain business.

    - How a staffing agency can help consultants

    - How to break into consulting through a staffing agency

    - Expectations from the staffing agency

    - Your consultant questions about the expectations you have from the staffing agency

    - Requirements on consultants that use a staffing agency

    Speakers Bio:

    Speaker #1  David Smith,  Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    Triple Crown Consulting, Austin TX, Scottsdale, AZ

    • 20 Oct 2023
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Residence Inn Marriott Framingham, 400 STAPLES DRIVE, FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 01702
    Register

    Topic:  CNET Family and Friends End of Summer BBQ Bash Party / Larry Rachman Retirement Party / Membership Drive


    Please come and honor Larry Rachman's service, over many years, to Boston CNET. We are hoping for all CNET members to attend. 


    Date: October 20, 2023 Friday evening


    Onsite Only  Residence Inn by Marriott, Framingham Ma hotel suite.

    https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/bosfm-residence-inn-boston-framingham/overview/


    Registrants will be emailed with the suite or meeting room number. 


    Cost:  $15 per CNET member, $15 per family member of CNET member, $30 friends and non-members.


    Please note, the member ticket cost is less that the actually cost to run this event. CNET is absorbing most of the cost.  Your discount is a member benefit!


    We want ALL our members to participate in this event.  We hope to welcome new members that are part of our membership summer drive.


    50% off membership to any member joining from July to September, 2023.


    Event Description:

    - 1st Annual Boston CNET End of Summer Bash

    - Larry Rachman (former CNET Board Member and Webmaster since 2005) Retirement Party. Please help us honor Larry's service.  Larry's wife will also be present. 

    - Board of Directors Meeting Address to Membership

    - Get to know other CNET members

    - Meet the CNET Board of Directors live in person

    - Menu: (subject to change and request) BBQ Pulled Pork, BBQ chicken, sauce, buns, salad, dressing, sides, beverages. Complimentary beer and wine will be served (IEEE requires a signed waiver).

    - Music

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22 Jul 2023 Non-CNET Event: FREE - New England Film Orchestra - Lowell Summer Music Series
19 Jul 2023 Non-CNET Event: Ticketmaster All-In No Ripoff Fees
13 Jul 2023 Boston Harbor Cruise
12 Jul 2023 CNET Meeting: Board of Directors Live or Zoom (Members only)
12 Jul 2023 Non-CNET Event: Free Fun for Kids - Lowell Summer Music Series
01 May 2023 CNET Meeting: Sales/Marketing from the Vendor's Point of View
24 Apr 2023 CNET Meeting: (New Date) Board of Directors (Members only)
27 Mar 2023 CNET Meeting: Running a Consulting Business and How to Become a Consultant
20 Feb 2023 CNET February Meeting: Effective Acquisition of Software and Related Services
01 Dec 2022 Boston CNET Annual Holiday Event
02 Nov 2022 Zoom Link CNET November 2022 Board Of Directors Meeting
02 Nov 2022 CNET November 2022 Board Of Directors Meeting
20 Jul 2022 CNET July Meeting: Hydrogen Energy Storage
14 Jul 2022 Boston Harbor Sunset Networking Cruise
15 Jun 2022 Boston Consultants Network June Meeting Onsite: Welcome New and Current Members - Open to Engineering Professionals
23 Mar 2022 CNET March Meeting: Real Time Embedded Systems Debugging
16 Feb 2022 CNET February Meeting: Global Supply Chains in Chaos – What To Do Now
10 Dec 2021 CNET Annual Holiday Banquet - Open to CNET Members in Good Standing
25 Oct 2021 CNET Board of Directors Meeting - Open to CNET Members in Good Standing
20 Jul 2021 Free: Practical Considerations on Technical Leadership
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23 Mar 2021 March Meeting - How to Market Your Business
19 May 2020 May Meeting - Free - Everything you wanted to know about consulting
11 Feb 2020 Tax Strategies
19 Nov 2019 CNET election
01 Oct 2019 How to Find, Select, and Build Your Co-Founding Team - Co-Sponsored by ENET
24 Sep 2019 People Skills and Strategies for Engineers
23 Apr 2019 Everything You Wanted To Know About Consulting But Were Afraid To Ask
26 Feb 2019 Tools to Publish What You Write
15 Jan 2019 From Life Science/Tech Ideas to Profits - Co-Sponsored by ENET
27 Nov 2018 CNET election
23 Oct 2018 Decision Modeling for Success!
25 Sep 2018 RTFM: Publish for yourself and your clients
26 Jun 2018 Messaging is a Verb: How to Speak Artfully
22 May 2018 Building Your Business Through Referrals
24 Apr 2018 Everything You Wanted To Know About Consulting But Were Afraid To Ask
27 Mar 2018 Building a Successful Consulting Practice: What Does Success Mean to You?
27 Feb 2018 Consultant Techology Cornucopia
23 Jan 2018 Tax Strategies
02 Jan 2018 Product Development - Life Science & Tech Startups
28 Nov 2017 Election of Officers for 2018
24 Oct 2017 Coriandolo Radio: An open-source protocol for “drive-by” sensor-logger data collection
26 Sep 2017 The Professional Engineer License - Why You Should Want It
27 Jun 2017 Collection Strategies for Professionals
23 May 2017 Engage with Clients Emotionally to Gain New and Follow-on Work
25 Apr 2017 Everything You Wanted To Know About Consulting But Were Afraid To Ask
28 Mar 2017 How Changing Your Belief System Allows New Solutions to Enter Your Consciousness
28 Feb 2017 Is Networking & Speaking Bringing You Lots of New Business? If Not, Stop Leaving $$$ on the Table!
24 Jan 2017 Tax reporting for 2016
03 Jan 2017 Product Development in the Life Science & Hight Tech Startups
14 Nov 2016 Election of Officers for 2017
25 Oct 2016 Seven Tips for Technical Presenters by Norman Daoust
27 Sep 2016 Using Real-Time Spectral Analysis to Visualize, Measure, and Troubleshoot EMI Signals in a Completely Different Way
14 Jul 2016 14th Annual Sunset Cruise and Networking Evening on Boston Harbor
22 Jun 2016 Using Empathy for Enhancing Client Relationships and Motivating New Ones
25 May 2016 Business Networking for Engineers Who Kind of Hate Networking
27 Apr 2016 Everything You Wanted To Know About Consulting But Were Afraid To ask
23 Mar 2016 Don't Tell Your Customers to Read the F'ing Manual
24 Feb 2016 The Impact of Thermal Management in Electronics Design from Wearable Electronics, IoT to Data Centers
27 Jan 2016 Tax Information and Pitfalls for 2015 Reporting - Brad Capland
05 Jan 2016 Product Development in Life Science and High Tech Startups
23 Nov 2015 Engineering Consultants in the Medical Device Field
26 Oct 2015 How to Achieve Peak Performance in your Consulting Practice
28 Sep 2015 Leadership for Consultants
22 Jun 2015 June Meeting
18 May 2015 Creative Avoidance: Why We Spend Time Doing Other Things Instead of Actively Growing Our Business
27 Apr 2015 Consultants Panel
23 Mar 2015 How You Surrendered Your Power to Your Prospects - and How You Can Stop Doing It
23 Feb 2015 Tax Information and Tax Pits for 2014
26 Jan 2015 Networking...For People Who Kind of Hate Networking
06 Jan 2015 Joint with ENET - Bootstrapping a Lean Start Up
17 Nov 2014 Protecting Your IP in a Client-Centered Scenario
27 Oct 2014 Building and Maintaining a Successful Consulting Career
22 Sep 2014 September Meeting
25 Jun 2014 Branding a Consulting Practice
28 May 2014 The Networking Pyramid
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26 Mar 2014 Taxes and Reporting for Consultants
26 Feb 2014 Contract Issues for Consultants and Clients
22 Jan 2014 Whose Reality Is it? Seeing Ourselves As Others See Us
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23 Oct 2013 The Bilingual Advantage: Improving Performance By Speaking Manager And Consulting Engineer
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27 Mar 2013 Tax and Financial Planning for Growing Consultancies
27 Feb 2013 An Insider's Guide to Building a Successful Consulting Practice
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04 Dec 2012 Legal and Patent Strategies for Entrepreneurs
14 Nov 2012 3D Printing: How It May Impact You
24 Oct 2012 “Thought Leadership: The Art of Separating Yourself from the Rest of the Pack”
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27 Sep 2012 “Social Media for Consultants”
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