HNG Meeting August 19, 2016; Agenda: Speaker on "Risk Management - Job Search"

Hello Everyone,

The agenda for this Friday's Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) meeting will be featured by speaker Hannah Ranjani David.  The facilitator for this week will be Emilia Gordon.  We will devote the first hour to the following agenda: Welcome, Landings, Announcements, New Member Intros, and Needs & Leads. Important Note: Please make a serious, concerted effort to arrive before 10:00 AM. We are going to start the meeting on time at 10:00 AM.  In the second hour, Hannah will talk about "Risk Management - Job Search."

Risk Management - Job Search

The forecasting and evaluation of job search risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize or reduce their impact.

Hannah Ranjani David

Strong, adaptable, tactical and very decisive leader with huge impacts in record time in ambiguous environments. Accountable and can positively align aggressive enterprise-level goals with multiple business and IT partners through effective influence-based leadership. Fifteen+ years' of experience with growing responsibilities in stakeholder/expectation management, process improvement/ modeling, project/program planning, budgeting, risk management, course correction, customer/vendor interaction, international cross-functional team management in matrix environments, SDLC, data migration/analytics, infrastructure upgrades and virtualization. Best suited for roles that benefit from deep understanding of customer/ product needs, deep technology competency and efficient modern management practices.

Recap of HNG Meeting of August 5, 2016

Our 172nd meeting had 30 people, this is 5 less than the previous meeting; eight signed the New Member list. Gil Krispien was our facilitator. There were eight introduction speeches.

We had a speaker, Bonnie Petrovich, who talked about the "Power of Your Thoughts."  She was very good.

This comprised the following:

* How Thoughts Impact Your Career Efforts – Positively or Negatively – It's Your Choice!

* Explore tips, techniques and ah-has! for bringing the supportive influence of your thoughts to your job search.

* Ever wonder why some people get "breaks," good luck, and opportunities more easily than you?

Bonnie shared insights and strategies from her own, and some of her clients', experiences. Prepare to transform how you are approaching your job-search and your life!

Schedule for HNG Meetings:

August 19, 2016        Hannah Ranjani David    "Risk Management - Job Search."

September 2, 2016    Crystal Byron               TBD

General Information

The networking group meets in Hopkinton, at St. John the Evangelist Church parish hall. The meeting occurs, from 10 to 12 noon, and will meet the first and third Friday of the month. The parish hall has a capacity for 250 people and there is plenty of parking spaces in the parking lot and on the street. Around the perimeter of the parish hall are rooms to allow us to have focused network groups or for any other purpose we need. We chose the first and third Friday to allow everyone to attend the Acton Networking Group or any other networking group, if they wanted, on the Friday we do not meet.

We will maintain our close affiliation with Acton Networkers by using the same list-server to share information between the groups. Any e-mails specific to the Hopkinton Networking Group (HNG) will be indicated in the subject line either by "Hopkinton Networking Group" or "HNG"; this way anyone attending these meetings will know the e-mail is intended for them.

We will follow the following agenda items:

* Welcome

* Landings (with doughnuts)

* Announcements

* New member introductions

* Needs and Leads

* Speaker(s), Workshop, or Focus Group

* Cleanup

For those new members who give their introductions, this is what we would like to know:

* Name

* Skills and Value Statement

* Where have you been?

* Where are you going?

* Your title

* Your target companies

* Geography of search

* Name and e-mail address

If anyone wants to join our team, please let one of us know; we could always use the extra help and input for ideas.

Directions:

Take Rt. 495 North/South and get off Exit 21A. Go through three traffic lights. CVS is on the right at the third traffic light. The first street after the third traffic light is Church Street, take a right turn. The church is on the right. Go around to the left of the parking lot and go into the side entrance of the parish hall.

Depending upon where you live, perhaps you may want to use Mapquest for a more direct route. The address of the church is:

St. John the Evangelist

20 Church Street

Hopkinton, MA 01748

Regards,

Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) Coordinators:

Emilia Gordon          emiliagne@gmail.com   

Gil Krispien              g.krispien@verizon.net    

Ronaldo Lu              ronaldo.lu@comcast.net       

Bill Wilson               bill@williamjwilson.com