Maureen G. Sands

How To Make the World a Better Place

Where: Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church

Date: 2007-10-27 08:30:00

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This event will change your life and also the world. Come hear motivational talks from people who have changed the world and attend workshops giving you skills to make social change for the good of yourself, your community and the world. Anyone can attend (Adults and teens,) admission will be $20 which includes a local food lunch and a book of all the presenter notes for the event. More information - see our website or call (408)279-0220.

Comedy Showcase

Where: Rooster T Feathers

Date: 2007-08-26 20:00:00

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The Best of the Bay Area Comedy Underground!!!!

Social Billiards Mixer in Downtown Sunnyvale. All Skill Leve...

Where: Lucky Shot Billiards

Date: 2008-01-19 19:00:00

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No plan for Saturday yet? Come out & join us for some pool at this cozy poolroom with cool red cloth pool tables, great service & fun environment!! Hi, I am hosting another social pool mixer. As usual, we would be rotating people around the tables every 30-45 minutes. Below is the details. Our event usually has 25-30 people showed up (Please ignore the number of RSVPs on the Upcoming.Org site as I would be promoting the events via a few channels.) When: Saturday Jan 19th 7:00pm-10:30pm Location: Lucky Shot Billiards at 189 South Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA Cost: $15.00/person to be collected when signing in. Ladies will a discounted rate of $10. RSVP: Please email me @ soyeeng@gmail.com by Friday Jan 18th. I need your FULL name,email address, number of guests (if any) with their names, phone number optional. Although RSVP is not required, it would be helpful to let me know if you plan on coming. I don't have email access after 4pm on Sat, so if you do decide to join us the last minute, simply show up. How we'll find each other: Ask for Shirley's or BAPBSC's group How it works: 1. I would rotate people around tables every 40-45 minutes. Table assignment is random, though I would make my best effort to make sure a good gender mix per table. 2. I would try to have 4 people per table. 3. Since we would be rotating, it's less confusing if everyone plays the same rules. Game rules can be emailed if requested & is available on the event date. 4. When table assignment has announced, everyone has to move to their next assigned table even if you "think" you are almost done with the game, since it's impossible for every table to finish at the same time, that way it won't slow down the table rotation for everyone. 5. If you need to leave early, please let me know 10 min before you actually leave, so I would leave your name out for next rotation. To be notified with our future pool events, go to yahoo.com, then go to "group", search for BAPBSC (Stands for Bay Area Pool, Billiards, Snooker Club), then select to join/ subscribe to the club. It is FREE to join. IMPORTANT: If you don't have Yahoo ID, please email me at soyeeng@gmail.com with your email address, I would manually add you as member. I look forward to seeing you all again then. Shirley

Time for Prayer

Where: Congregational Community Church of Sunnyvale

Date: 2008-05-20 09:00:00

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Make Your Move at NorCal PDMA's 3rd Annual Career Fair

Where: Yahoo, Inc.

Date: 2007-11-14 18:30:00

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Start your next great move at NorCal PDMA's 3rd Annual Career Fair Are you a results-driven product management, product marketing or program manager? Are you a director level product development professional with a successful track record, looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about your customers' problems, innovating products and making an impact on your company's bottom line? If so, come to this event and meet sponsoring company representatives who are looking for you! Intuit, Yahoo!, Genesys Labs & Plantronics will be there but check the Norcal PDMA website for the most up-to-date list of recruiting companies. Happy where you are? Looking to find product management talent? Contact our VP of Corporate Development at jimlongo@hotmail.com for info on becoming a sponsoring recruiting company at this event. Added Bonus: Free Resume Consultantation with IRENE MARSHALL, MBA, PhD, & President, Tools for Transition. Irene has helped people get jobs for almost 8 years. Visit Irene during the Career Fair for complimentary tips that will improve your resume. AGENDA 6:30 - 7:00 Networking & Refreshments 7:00 - 7:15 Info & Introductions 7:15 - 8:30 Meet & Mingle with Recruiters Directions are to the Yahoo Campus Main Entrance at 701 First Ave. Park in the lot near Building D (at entrance) and follow the signs to building C and the 2nd level event rooms. Special Event Price-$10.

Search SIG - Using the Social Graph / Social Platforms to En...

Where: Yahoo!

Date: 2008-02-12 18:30:00

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Using the Social Graph / Social Platforms to Enhance Search & Discovery Dude, Where's My Car? Using the Social Graph / Social Platforms to Enhance Search & Discovery When: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 Where: Yahoo! Main Campus, Sunnyvale, CA - Building C. Classroom 5. Who: Dave McClure will moderate! (more to come soon) topics to cover: - platform overviews / highlight unique features of each platform (API overview / features) - explore social graph search / friend list lookup -- as API feature (on platform vs embedded external) - discuss targeted search vs serendipitous discovery (search box vs news feed) - enabling friend lists / social graph lookup from email / IM / other data sources - opportunities for 3rd-party developers -- distribution / viral acquisition / monetization - review privacy mgmt / data portability -- high priority or not? alpha geek issue, or mainstream?

Involution Master Academy Applied Empathy: An Experience Des...

Where: Involution Master Academy

Date: 2008-03-08 10:00:00

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Saturday March 8, 2008 10:00 AM-6:00 PM $699 per student All classes held at: Involution Studios 1294 Kifer Rd, Ste. 707 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 While people pay lip service to “user experience” and “emotional design”, in reality companies and practitioners simply don’t know how to intentionally and strategically design to stimulate core human needs and desires. Existing design disciplines such as industrial design, interaction design and graphic design do not provide a framework or process to target these critical human considerations. Paradoxically, the products and services that best address and account for deeper levels of human meaning and motivation are the ones that have the most market success and cultural impact. Students will be introduced to Dirk’s unique framework for mapping product planning to designing for real human needs and desires. Then - with an emphasis on group activity and hands-on trial-and-error - students will learn and practice methods for infusing this framework and humanistic design approach into their company and projects. After completing the course, students will be immediately ready to have a significant, practical impact on product or service development in their organization. Key areas of focus include: * The Empathy Framework * Product Planning Skills * Designing for Human Needs & Desires * Goals & Benchmarking * Validation & Iteration Dirk Knemeyer is a principal of Involution Studios, responsible for the business success of the company. He has worked with clients including Yahoo!, Oracle, and General Motors, and was previously the Chief Design Officer at Thread Inc. Dirk is the President of UXnet, the non-profit organization representing the user experience industry, and has been on the Board of eight different corporations and non-profits in his career. He has published over 100 articles on design, business and humanistic topics, and is a highly rated speaker who has given keynote addresses in the U.S. and abroad. As with all Involution Master Academy courses, this class is limited to nine students. This guarantees each student significant interaction with Dirk and a unique opportunity to roll up your sleeves and put these ideas into practice with the recognized industry expert on this topic and your eight classmates. It also means that there are very few seats available, so sign up today!

newstools2008

Where: Yahoo, Inc.

Date: 2008-04-30 20:00:00

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Journalism's ideals meet Silicon Valley's tools in a three-day, conceptual mashup.

34th Annual Sunnyvale Art & Wine Festival presented by Toyot...

Where: Downtown Sunnyvale

Date: 2008-06-07 00:00:00

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The 34th Annual Sunnyvale Art & Wine Festival presented by Toyota Sunnyvale will be on June 7th and 8th 2008! We'll have over three hundred of the region’s finest artists and craftspeople, a variety of wines, beer made by local microbreweries, a Children’s Area, Car Show and great live entertainment, including the Joe Sharino Band at 3:15pm Sunday! This is a FREE family event; festival hours are Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. No pets, please.

Ephren Taylor II, Author and CEO of City Capital Corp- Book ...

Where: Plug & Play Tech Center

Date: 2008-04-09 12:00:00

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Ephren Taylor, CEO of City Capital Corporation visits San Francisco Bay Area to Meet with Top Business and Community Leaders Author, Entrepreneur, and CEO, Ephren Taylor II, Visits San Francisco to Conduct a Book Signing, Enhance Economic Growth and Development for Urban Communities, and Meet with Silicon Valley Business Leaders – Founder of GoFerrettGo.com has raised over $4M for congregations across the country, been featured in the Wall Street Journal, and commentates for Fox Business Network SAN FRANCISCO, CA Join Ephren Taylor II, and several San Francisco Bay Area business leaders as he tours San Francisco, Oakland, and Silicon Valley from Monday, April 6- Friday, April 11. Ephren W. Taylor II is the youngest African-American CEO of any publicly traded company ever—City Capital Corporation (OTCBB:CTCC). Described as “walking black history” by popular radio show host Tom Joyner, Taylor started his first business venture at age 12, when he began making videogames. By age 17, he built a multi-million dollar technology company; GoFerretGo.com. As a lecturer, teacher and mentor Ephren Taylor is in constant demand. Ephren has graced the covers of several magazines, and been featured in Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and Denver Post. A commentator for the Fox Business Network and a frequent guest commentator for Neil Cavuto, this young entrepreneur, has accomplished a lot to be only 24 years of age. CNBC produced a documentary on his life and his business successes. You may have seen him on CNBC's Big Idea, and ABC's 20/20. As the author of Creating Success From The Inside Out: Develop The Focus And Strategy To Uncover The Life You Want, Ephren Taylor touches on topics such as True Success, Socially Conscious Investing, and The Black Hole of Excuses. This book enables all of us to reach our true professional and economic potential. CNBC's Big Idea

BayLISA June General Meeting

Where: Yahoo, Inc.

Date: 2008-06-19 19:00:00

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One way to put it is that there are many user groups, but we are the sysadmins group. BayLISA includes system and network administrators across a range of skill levels. BayLISA meets to discuss topics of interest to administrators and managers. The meetings are free and open to the public. BayLISA grew out of an after-hours discussion among attendees of the USENIX LISA IV conference. The idea was to provide a forum for Sysadmin professionals in the San Francisco Bay area to get together and exchange ideas, hear speakers address topics of interest and most importantly, socialize.

Yahoo! Search : SearchMonkey Developer Launch Party

Where: Yahoo, Inc.

Date: 2008-05-15 17:30:00

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Yahoo! Search is hosting a SearchMonkey Developer Launch Party on May 15, 2008 (Wed) from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. SearchMonkey is Yahoo!'s new open search developer platform. With SearchMonkey (developers and site owners can use structured data to enhance Yahoo! Search results and make them more useful, relevant, and visually appealing. If you are a web developer, you’re cordially invited to the SearchMonkey Developer Launch Party. Come get the insider scoop of SearchMonkey, see live demos, deep dive on the SDK / documentation of the developer tool, and meet with our product managers and engineers face-to-face . Please join us for a fun evening with free tasty food & beer*! Our venue capacity is limited so please reserve your spot by registering here at Upcoming AND sending your full name and company name to searchmonkeyevent@yahoo-inc.com * If you plan to consume alcohol at our party, please bring your photo ID. Hope to see you there!

Time for Prayer

Where: Congregational Community Church of Sunnyvale

Date: 2008-05-08 09:00:00

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Please join Pastor Gen in prayers for the church every Tuesday and Thursday.