Event Financial Disclosure

One of the open space and unconference guidelines is transparency especially with regards to the fiances of the event.

Here is the accounting for the Job Search Jam Sessions just held on May 15th:

Total Online Sales:	$260.00
Eventbrite Sales (Credit card):	$145.00
Eventbrite Fees *ticket processing):	($62.07)
Eventbrite Payout:	$82.93
Net Eventbrite Total:	$197.93
Door receipts	$210.00
Eventbrite check	$82.93
Total receipts	$292.93
less expenses	$           32.23
Net Receipts	$       260.70

A check in the amount of $260.70 will be delivered to St John the Evangelist Parish for the use of the fine facility for this event.

If anyone has any questions on the finances, please feel free to contact me.
Steve Sherlock - email sgsherlock@gmail.com

Interesting Attendee Numbers

52 pre-registered, 29 paid via credit card, 23 chose to pay-at door. 
Of the 5 pre-registered, 9 were no-shows, 2 had paid via credit card, 7 were to pay at door 

42 people paid at the door; 16 who pre-registered and 26 who ‘walked-in’ 

Total attendance: 
27 (prepaid via credit card = 29 – 2 no shows) 
plus 42 (walk-ins) 
plus 1 (Milford Career center representative) 
equaled 70 in attendance

 

Joanne Dustin's presentation

Joanne Dustin shared two documents from the Job Search Jam Sessions. Her interview document can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUwjbnXDBhczZGY4d3dzNDZfMjg1ZGRoeDdncjc&hl=en

Her PowerPoint presentation can be viewed here:

Building relationships the key to successful interviewing presentation 05142010

View more presentations from not applicable.

Enjoy!

Joe Mullin's Presentation

Joe Mullin's presentation on "Developing a web presence with LinkedIn" can be viewed here or on his profile in LinkedIn.

Enjoy!

Success through the 'power of we'

Thanks to the 71 folks who participated in yesterday's Job Search Jam Sessions, the event was a success by most any measure. The attitude of the folks was very much inline with the t-shirt Linda put on during her Super-networker impression:

Great presentations lead by
Joanne Dustin - Keys to Successful Interviewing
Suzanne Gray - Self-Employment & Franchising
Linda Waters - 7 Habits of a Successful Networker
Ricky Berger - Art of Negotiating
Joseph Mullin - Linkedin
Bill Lippincott - Networking (and a separate session on 'The Age Question')
Denise Zazzera - Buddy groups
Bob Heiselmeyer - Milford Career Center programs

A buddy group formed during the session.

Smiles were observed on a number of faces as they left the sessions.

There was a great deal of buzz in the main hall between sessions.

Thanks to the organizing team
Marilyn Johnson
Pauline Lussier
Denise Zazzera
Gil Krispien 
Christine Hurley
Michele Duffy

job search jam sessions - Friday, May 14th

This will be your time to find out what others know, get your questions answered from those who can answer them, and get to network with others to build your listing of valuable connections.

How should I prepare? 

Come to the event prepared to share something you have learned along the way. Come prepared for learn. Come prepared to network (bring business cards). 

How should I dress?

Dress as you would for any other networking event, business casual or business comfortable. You still want to make a good first impression but a suit or tux is not required.

What does the facility look like?

Check out the brief video of the facility recorded a couple of weeks ago:

http://jobsearchjamsessions.blogspot.com/2010/05/video-tour-of-job-search-jam-session.html

What will the schedule be?

Check out the overall schedule here:

http://jobsearchjamsessions.blogspot.com/2010/05/draft-schedule.html

What can I expect the event to be like?

http://jobsearchjamsessions.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-to-expect.html

When do the doors open?

The registration/welcome desk will be open at 12:30.

You can check in, pay at the door (if you elected to do that), and make a name tag.

Beginning at 1:00 PM (or thereabouts) we'll provide an overview of an unconference using the open space technology.

If you want to read up on it, you can find info here

http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?AboutOpenSpace

here

http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?WorkingInOpenSpace

and here:

http://podcamp.pbworks.com/  scroll down the page to view the section on how to "host a podcamp"

What is the registration fee being used for? 

1 - We intentionally don't want to make money, we are all looking for work and recognize that funds are tight. 

2 - We did want to charge something to ensure a reasonable headcount for planning purposes. 

Hence, the $5 charge seems reasonable and allows us to plan and to make a contribution to the church for the use of the facility.

Your registration fee ($5.00) paid via Eventbrite nets the organizing team approx. $3.50 (Eventbrite has a charge for processing the credit card).

From the $3.50 times however many people show up, we plan for some refreshments and will purchase accordingly.

All surplus funds will be donated to the St John the Evangelist Parish. They along with the Hopkinton Networking Group have graciously allowed us use of the facility for free.

A full accounting of the receipts and expenses will be provided to the attendees.

You can still talk about the event with your friends, neighbors and networked connections. Registrations will be taken at the door on Friday. You can share the event website

http://jobsearchjamsessions.blogspot.com/

or have them go directly to the registration page

http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/

Thank you! See you Friday!

The Job Search Jam Sessions organizing committee

Video tour of the Job Search Jam Session facility

I visited St John Evangelist Parish Center recently to record this brief video and provide a view to the wonderful space we will be able to utilize for the Job Search Jam Sessions coming up on Friday, May 14th.




Consider registering for the Jam Sessions here:
http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/


Note - you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.

Spotlight on learning, sharing, networking

The spotlight is on! Registrations are now over 40. We will have a good collection of people to learn and share and network with on Friday!

So far folks have offered to do a session on networking, entrepreneurship or franchising, and how to create a web presence using LinkedIn. This just highlights a few of the options to be available on Friday.

For $5 and three hours of your time, you will not likely find a better value!

You can register here: http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/

Note - you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.

Draft schedule

We'll gather in the main hall. At 1:00 PM, we'll cover an overview of the format and fill out the schedule matching topics and sessions with the time slots so that everyone should have something to do for each of the three sessions. We have the use of 10 classrooms for the breakout sessions. Three rooms can seat about 35, the remainder can seat about 18.

At 4:15, after the last session, we'll gather in the Main Hall to solicit feedback on what worked, what didn't etc. and get ready to close out for the day.
  

12:30 - 1:00 PM    Registration - networking               

1:00 - 1:30 PM    Welcome - orientation - sessions finalized               

1:30 - 2:15 PM    Session 1 ->               

2:15 - 2:30 PM    Networking break               

2:30 - 3:15 PM    Session 2 ->               

3:15 - 3:30 PM    Networking break               

3:30 - 4:15 PM    Session 3 ->               

4:15 - 4:30 PM    Feedback and closing               



You can register here: http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/

Note - you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.

In the news - Milford Daily News, Metrowest Daily News

In addition to the Milford Daily News article on Monday
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1773730419/Job-jam-aims-to-promote-networking

we also made it to the Metrowest Daily News
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/top_stories/x1773730381/Hopkinton-job-jam-session-aims-to-promote-networking



You can register here: http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/

Note - you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.

"take that step with more confidence"

It's a difficult time for anyone, but with a Job Search Jam Session this Friday, the quest for employment will become a little less lonely.

"By the end of the session, you should have more knowledge, more confidence and more contacts, so when you go make the next step in your job search, you can take that step with more confidence, more skill and maybe that additional network connection to take you where you want to be," said event organizer Steve Sherlock.

From 1 to 4:30 Friday afternoon, Sherlock invites "the laid-off, employed but looking to do something different and underemployed looking to get a full-time spot" to the Job Search Jam Session - a networking event that provides tools and contacts to those on the job hunt.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here:
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1773730419/Job-jam-aims-to-promote-networking

You can register here:
http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/

Note: You can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.

Update your catcher toolkit

What kind of catcher are you?

Do you wear a mask and protective gear?

Or are you open to softly catch the rain?

You can add to your catching toolkit by participating in the Job Search Jam Sessions to be held on Friday, May 14th. You can register here: http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/

Note - you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.


Photo credit for the catcher goes to
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalsbeek/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalsbeek/3633719531/sizes/m/

The word is spreading!

Our event press release is now making an appearance in various places:

From Lowell, MA
http://events.lowellsun.com/hopkinton-ma/events/show/111315345-job-search-jam-sessions

from Brattleboro, VT (yes, really)
http://events.reformer.com/hopkinton-ma/events/show/111315345-job-search-jam-sessions

From zvents for Hopkinton, MA
http://www.zvents.com/hopkinton-ma/events/show/111315345-job-search-jam-sessions




You can register here: http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/

Note - you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.

job search jam sessions - overview

The Job Search Jam Sessions will use the open space or unconference format - read more about it here

A quick video tour of the facility can be viewed here

You can help spread the word about this event

Make a suggestion for the kind of session you would like to see or conduct yourself!

You can register here: http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount


Note: you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.

Gavel time

Who will make the decision on your getting hired?

Who would you want to make the decision?

Have you prepared your resume?

Have you prepared your LinkedIn profile?

Have you prepared for the interview?

How do you do all these?

Participate in the Job Search Jam Sessions to be held on Friday, May 14th. The St John the Evangelist Parish Center is a wonderful space we can use to hold multiple sessions. The sessions will address topics like those above. If you would like to add one, or volunteer to lead one, this event is for you.

You can register here: http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount

 Note - you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.