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Boulder County's Green Building Conference
July 17 - 18, 2009 CU Boulder Campus

 

The Boulder County Green Building Conference will be an exciting opportunity to join local green building professionals, sustainable practices students, and sustainability scholars to explore the latest trends in green building with the Boulder area and beyond.

The student conference rate is $85.00 and includes: Friday evening networking reception, breakfast, keynote, lunch and Saturday conference sessions. Register here!

Christopher Reeve Foundation

Last week, Leeds MBAs Elizabeth DiLorenzo, Jennifer Lee and I attended a fundraiser for the Christopher Reeve Foundation. The event was hosted at the Jet Hotel in Denver, CO and included an appetizer competition amongst four of the hottest new chefs in the Denver area. Bravo's TOP CHEF New York contestant Melissa Harrison (current sous chef at the Happy Noodle House in Boulder), Denver Avalanche Defenseman John-Michael Liles and Denver Magazine Food Columnist Stacey Brugeman judged the small plate creations.

 

Also in attendance was Matt Updike, US Paralympic athlete who will be competing in Sadler's Alaska Challenge, the world's longest and most difficult handcycle race. To learn more visit: www.sadlersakchallenge.org

  

Upcoming Workshop...

 

Ladies Who Launch

Ladies Who Launch is a local community created to bring women together for in-person workshops to leverage idea sharing, referrals and advice. The group hosts small business workshops and meetings that have been formulated for anyone interested in launching or expanding a business, project or passion regardless of the launching stage. The workshops are designed for women small business owners, and dream launchers alike to facilitate business networking for women and to share real advice on how to be a successful business woman.

 

Write Your Book Already!

Date                 07/13/2009

Time                 7:00PM to 9:00PM 

Location           Common Threads

2707 Spruce Street

Boulder, Colorado 80303

 

Price $15.00

First time guests attend for FREE! 

 

Description:

Would you like to be able to charge more per hour? Or be quoted as an expert in magazines and papers and on the internet, tv and radio? Or get better SEO for your website? Having a book can lead to all these things and much much more. Bestselling author and coach Jen Sincero will walk you through all the steps to getting your nonfiction book published including:

 

·         All the parts and pieces of a nonfiction book proposal

·         How to get an agent and why you need one in the first place

·         Information on how the traditional publishing industry works (agents, editors, publishers, etc.)

·         Information on self-publishing, custom publishing and Ebooks

·         How having a real live book with your name on it can help you get speaking engagements, expert credibility, more clients, free publicity, a lovesick horde of dedicated fans and much more.

 

Jen Sincero is the bestselling author of The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping With Chicks and the semi-autobiographical novel Don't Sleep With Your Drummer. She is currently teaching a tele-class called "How To Write and Sell Your Nonfiction Book Proposal" that will leave you with an agent-ready book proposal in 8 weeks

 

Registration for this event and additional Ladies Who Launch event listings can be found at: http://www.ladieswholaunch.com/denver/

 

 

FOOTBALL TICKETS!!!

Don't forget to purchase your season football tickets! On September 6^th the CU v. CSU game will be back on our home turf! GO BUFFS!

I imagine those reading this blog are either newly admitted students to the Leeds School of Business, or are considering applying to the MBA program. Either way, I'll be blogging throughout the summer to give you an idea about what current Leeds MBAs and recent graduates are up to and report on what's happening in the Boulder community in terms of events, conferences, and the like!

So far...
 
Bolder Boulder
Although I have lived in the Boulder area for nearly 10 years, this was the first time I had been 'downtown' for the Bolder Boulder 10k race... in fact, it ran right by my house! Roughly 90,000 people participated in the festivities, (including many Leeds MBAs) and it was QUITE the site to see! I even had to run about 30 yards just to navigate through the crowd and cross the street for coffee! J

http://www.bolderboulder.com/site3.aspx

Summer Internship
The Summer Internship search has certainly highlighted the entrepreneurial spirit of the Leeds School of Business! While many are utilizing a summer internship to find homes at companies they're interested in, others are leveraging connections they've made throughout the year to create their own consulting groups and further build relationships with companies across the Front Range. I will be 'reporting' more on what Leeds students are working on throughout the summer! It is incredible work!

Conferences & Workshops
Startup Weekend: www.startupweekend.com

Aspiring entrepreneurs and 'think tank' types gathered at the Leeds School of Business to toss out ideas and within 48 hours, see whether they were feasible.  A few ideas generated that weekend resulted in start-up businesses that appear to be moving forward.

The LOHAS Forum: www.lohas.com/forum/

LOHAS, an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, represents a market segment focused on health and fitness, the environment, personal development, sustainable living, and social justice. Many local business owners, entrepreneurs and business students gathered that the St. Julien in Boulder, Colorado, June 17-19 to discuss trends in the 'sustainable' business space and marketing channels, as well as make connections with both local and international sustainable business peers.

Coming up Next...
Boulder County's Green Building Conference, July 17 - 18... This is an exciting opportunity to join local green building professionals, sustainable practices students, and sustainability scholars to explore the latest trends in green building with the Boulder area and beyond.

Report on Leeds MBA Ladies Golf Club
Last week brought the first inaugural meeting of the Leeds Ladies Golf Club, designed to get current and past Leeds Lady MBAs together in a comfortable environment to learn golf or improve their games. The event was a success with eleven flagship members and we're looking forward to growing the club with the class of 2011!

I'm looking forward to sharing with you exciting updates and stories about what Leeds MBAs are doing over the summer and what the community has to offer!

Best,

Joni