BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170412T120000Z DTEND:20170412T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Biscuits & Business - (4/17) 9 Strategies for Authentic Networking DESCRIPTION:Join the DeKalb Chamber Small Business Advisory Council for a Biscuits and Business event with Sharon Macaluso\, Area Director\, The University of Georgia SBDC\, as the guest speaker.\n\n\n\nNine Strategies for Authentic Networking\n\nThe number one way businesses\, especially small businesses\, get business is through networking. But to be truly effective\, your approach to networking needs to be strategic and genuine. How many times have you attended numerous after-hour business events or breakfast networking meetings only to walk away with a handful of business cards\, but no real results or benefits? This interactive workshop will provide you with specific approaches and tips to get a higher ROI from your networking time and dollars.\n\n \n\nThere will be plenty of time to practice tips and ideas you learn from the session\, so come prepared with business cards and let's get connected!\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nSharon Macaluso\, MBA is an Area Director and a Business Consultant with The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (UGA SBDC) in metro-Atlanta. Sharon has been with the (UGA SBDC) since 1995\, and has consulted with more than 2000 small to medium sized business owners.\n\n \n\nSharon's areas of expertise include strategic planning\, marketing and market research\, business planning\, brand development\, management\, employee relations & retention\, recruitment\, facilitation\, training\, leadership development\, customer service and real estate. She has written several publications and articles on marketing\, market research\, strategic planning\, women-owned business issues and customer service.\n\n \n\nSharon has been recognized for superior service\, winning several awards including The Georgia SBDC Network's "Outstanding Project of Year" for two years\, and a "Good Works" award\, bestowed on her by one of her clients at their 20th Anniversary Celebration. Having more than 25 years of corporate and small business experience\, she has held management and marketing positions with Eastern Airlines and IBM and has worked with her father in running their family-owned enterprise\, a hosiery manufacturing facility in North Carolina. While at Eastern Sharon won the "Striving For Excellence" Award and received an "Outstanding Achievement Award" while with IBM. In 2016\, under Sharon's leadership\, the DeKalb office of the UGA SBDC\, won DeKalb Chamber's Apex Award for Business Advocacy.\n\n \n\nSharon holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Marketing from Kennesaw State University and a Bachelors of Arts Degree from the University of North Carolina. She is also a graduate of the University of Georgia's Business Management Practicum\, with concentrated courses of study in entrepreneurial finance\, management and marketing. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the DeKalb Chamber Small Business Advisory Council for a Biscuits and Business event with Sharon Macaluso\, Area Director\, The University of Georgia SBDC\, as the guest speaker.
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\nNine Strategies for Authentic Networking
\nThe number one way businesses\, especially small businesses\, get business is through networking. But to be truly effective\, your approach to networking needs to be strategic and genuine. How many times have you attended numerous after-hour business events or breakfast networking meetings only to walk away with a handful of business cards\, but no real results or benefits? This interactive workshop will provide you with specific approaches and tips to get a higher ROI from your networking time and dollars.
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\nThere will be plenty of time to practice tips and ideas you learn from the session\, so come prepared with business cards and let&rsquo\;s get connected!

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\nAbout the Speaker
\nSharon Macaluso\, MBA is an Area Director and a Business Consultant with The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (UGA SBDC) in metro-Atlanta. \; Sharon has been with the (UGA SBDC) since 1995\, and has consulted with more than 2000 small to medium sized business owners.
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\nSharon&rsquo\;s areas of expertise include strategic planning\, marketing and market research\, business planning\, brand development\, management\, employee relations &\; retention\, recruitment\, facilitation\, training\, leadership development\, customer service and real estate. \; She has written several publications and articles on marketing\, market research\, strategic planning\, women-owned business issues and customer service.
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\nSharon has been recognized for superior service\, winning several awards including The Georgia SBDC Network&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Outstanding Project of Year&rdquo\; for two years\, and a &ldquo\;Good Works&rdquo\; award\, bestowed on her by one of her clients at their 20th Anniversary Celebration. \; Having more than 25 years of corporate and small business experience\, she has held management and marketing positions with Eastern Airlines and IBM and has worked with her father in running their family-owned enterprise\, a hosiery manufacturing facility in North Carolina. \; While at Eastern Sharon won the &ldquo\;Striving For Excellence&rdquo\; Award and received an &ldquo\;Outstanding Achievement Award&rdquo\; while with IBM. In 2016\, under Sharon&rsquo\;s leadership\, the DeKalb office of the UGA SBDC\, won DeKalb Chamber&rsquo\;s Apex Award for Business Advocacy.
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\nSharon holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Marketing from Kennesaw State University and a Bachelors of Arts Degree from the University of North Carolina. \; She is also a graduate of the University of Georgia&rsquo\;s Business Management Practicum\, with concentrated courses of study in entrepreneurial finance\, management and marketing.
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\n LOCATION:Georgia Piedmont Technical College 2460 Wesley Chapel Road Decatur\, GA 30035 UID:e.544.414 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260602T005853Z URL:https://business.dekalbchamber.org/events/details/biscuits-business-4-17-9-strategies-for-authentic-networking-414 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR