Attention Marin County!
Lets keep Marin County that special green place that it is!
If you agree then you are an good candidate for the upcoming 42nd Master Class with the Environmental Forum of Marin!
As a very proud new graduate of Master Class 41, Alex Kahl highly recommends this unique training to anyone who wants to learn about environmental advocacy in Marin.
Small Business Profiles includes short corporate profiles for small to medium size firms.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Marin Green Drinks
Marin Green Drinks networking business mixers on April 14th, 5:30 PM on Lotus Cuisine of India in San Rafael, CA.
Speaker Jeff Marcous will be talking about creating a conscious culture in a business environment after a brief overview about Dharma Merchant Services.
Dharma Merchant Services provides essential card payment solutions for small businesses and nonprofits in the most cost-effective, caring, and conscious manner. Dharma is committed to sustainable practices and partners, and supports the community by donating 50% of net processing profits to charitable organizations that serve the greater good.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
BLUE JEAN BALL 2015
ICS BLUE JEAN BALL 2015
GRATEFULly DEADicated 20th Year Anniversary
Saturday, May 2 at 4:30pm
Osher Marin JCC, 170 North San Pedro Rd, San Rafael
beer tasting • hors d'oeuvres • dinner • live music • raffle•silent auction • games • auction • photo booth • tarot card reading
Tickets are $80 each; tables of 10 are $550.
To Purchase tickets: www.connectics.org/
Osher Marin JCC, 170 North San Pedro Rd, San Rafael
beer tasting • hors d'oeuvres • dinner • live music • raffle•silent auction • games • auction • photo booth • tarot card reading
Tickets are $80 each; tables of 10 are $550.
To Purchase tickets: www.connectics.org/
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Life Sciences Management Service Company offer by Inorgen Ltd.
Inorgen proposes general
management services to life science industry companies and investment funds to
develop operations in Europe.
MARKET OPPORTUNITY
The healthcare market in Europe
is increasing in complexity with growing challenges:
Presence of a multitude of
decision makers that influence the success of the products
Local specificities and cultural
differences with stakeholders, providers, clients, opinion leaders and
consultants that have a say in the development of company activities
People and countries with
increasing interaction that have different rules, practices and languages
Need to support evidence and
practice along the whole product lifecycle
OFFER
To face these challenges in a
complex and competitive business environment, Inorgen proposes permanent and
temporary management services with entrepreneurial approach, strategic focus
and excellence in execution.
The offer is adapted to the company
needs and it focuses on:
- Formulation of a sound and concentration strategy and action plan to access the market
- Management of an organization with solid business practices across different countries
- Sourcing of key talents to ensure the success of the global initiative
- Generating recurrent business that provides solid and constant results
- Alignment of expectations to the reality of the market to the capacity to deliver by the organisation
SKILLS
- The Inorgen offer is supported by the experience of its founder, in particular:
- Experience in the key areas that relate to general management
- Extensive cultural and linguistic expertise
- Access to a network of skilled and professional contacts to support a rapid action with effective solution.
Inorgen proposes general
management services to life science and industry companies and investment funds
to develop operations in Europe early/premarketing stage: Business plan,
stakeholder validation, build premises for market entry
market entry: establish the
organisation with key hirings, optimized tax & legal entities, partnering
and takeover targets, build an infrastructure with processes, roll out the
product launch.
Late marketing stage: performance
monitoring, strategy optimisation, business development and scouting for new
opportunities
The company offers services and
solutions in a variety of areas:
- Corporate Strategy & Implementation
- Strategy formulation
- Corporate Analysis
- Geographic Expansion
- Market Entry
- Corporate partnering
- Due Diligence coordination
- Investments
- Joint Ventures
Business
Development
- Evaluation of new products, services & customers
- In / Out Licensing
- Lead generation
Strategic Marketing & Product Support
- Strategic plan & Action Plan
- Marketing Strategy
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Product Positioning
- Product Development
- HEOR, HTA & market access
- Product Launch
- New Indications & Applications
- Technology Acquisition
Sales, Operations & Finance
- Strategy Implementation
- Business process review
- Contract sales , sales force effectiveness, customer relationship management
- Project management
- Supply chain management
- P&L and Working capital optimization
- Set-up of financial and IT systems, cost controlling systems & procedures
- Tax optimization
- Legal compliance
For more information about life science management services offers by
Inorgen call +44 2032393933 or visit www.inorgen.com/.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Canadian American School offers Primary School, Nursery & Kindergarten Multi Language Learning.
Canadian American School Manila offers an international standards-based PK – 8 education with unique curricular programs in Preschool (Nursery, Toddlers, & Tots), Primary School (K – Grade 8), as well as modified and inclusive Special Education (2 – 14 Years) courses. Secondary School (Grade 9 – 12) programs will be offered in successive years as enrollment rises.
Canadian American School is a Pre- & Primary School that follows a North American curriculum with a distinct focus on early multilingual learning that builds self-identity in a diverse, multicultural environment.
PHILOSOPHY
Applications for acceptance are on a first-come, first-served basis. Canadian American School have limited spaces and these cannot be guaranteed until an application is submitted, registration fees paid, and an assessment conducted.
CAS does not pre-screen for intelligence and aptitude children entering our Preschool and Kindergarten levels. The thinking behind this is that children in the early years, regardless of inherent abilities, will thrive in an environment that is both academically stimulating and emotionally nurturing. Modern pedagogical studies show that foreign language immersion during the early years helps young children increase their mental agility (mathematics), abstract thought and pattern recognition (language and physical science), and creativity (language and social sciences). Minimum testing, however, will be conducted to determine the starting competencies of children, so intervention may be tailor-fitted to their needs.
Student transferees from Junior (Grades 1 – 4) and Senior (Grades 5 – 8) Grade School levels at other schools are handled on a case-to-case basis and must sit for our Math and Reading Assessment Tests (conducted seamlessly during classroom instruction) to determine their grade level competencies. Aside from evaluating previous transcripts of record, these assessments will help determine any learning gaps that need to be bridged in order for children to reach their full potential while enrolled at CAS.
Preschool & Kindergarten
Language studies show that early immersion programs are more effective, resulting in faster language acquisition and learning of attendant skills sets, than foreign language programs begun during the middle and high school years.
At CAS, we go one step further, believing that bilingual or even trilingual — 1st + 2nd + 3rd languages — immersion and instruction should begin at the Preschool level.
Although most children may be unilingual with parents that may not be bilingual (to provide homework help), CAS Toddler, Tots, Junior and Senior Kindergarten Lead Language Teachers are native-tongue speakers experienced in instructing children with the primary aim of attaining language fluency at 6 years of age. They will be assisted by CAS Preschool Teachers for such co-curricular activities in Music & Movement, Creative Arts, and Science Discovery.
But what about English? CAS Kindergarten English Teachers are fluent English speakers that will provide language support so that children do not fall behind in CAS’s primary medium of instruction at the Grade School level — English.
Grade School
CAS Grade School students (Grades 1 – 8) will go through daily 50-minute classroom experiences with instruction provided by subject matter experts in the following areas of study: English Language Arts (ELA), Foreign Language (FL), Mathematics (MATH), Science & Technology (SCI), Social Science (SOC), Art (ART), Music (MUS), Physical & Moral Education (PME).
Parents must indicate prior to school start (on the CAS Application for Admission form) their child’s spoken language at home and 1st and 2nd choices for their child’s foreign language preference. If English is not spoken at home and the student is an English Language Learner, ESL is offered in class as well as an After-School Program.
Daily Hot Lunch Program
CAS offers daily freshly cooked, healthy meals with a child-friendly palate as part of its School Lunch Program. This program demands that an allergy awareness declaration be included in our Application for Admission form in order for parents to indicate whether their child suffers from any life-threatening allergic reactions that CAS should be made aware of.
After-School Programs
CAS offers a wide variety of co-curricular activities that support its core education program but that are also open to the public. From month to month, a schedule of After-School Programs will be posted. Each ASP is composed of hourly sessions once or twice a week, with increasing frequency in one week if a weekly session is missed, for a total of 8 hours/month. Some activities include Engineering & Robotics for Kids, French, Italian, and Mandarin Conversation & Culture, Ballet, and Piano for Kids.
Summer School Programs
CAS will offer a fun and flexible summer school activities that will have students meeting instructors for an hour, twice a week, for monthly modules in July and August. Eight-hour programs meet on Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays or Wednesdays/Fridays; some programs (ie, Saturday Writers Hangout, facilitated by Where The Write Things Are creative writing guru Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz) take place on Saturdays.
Tours & Exchanges
Supporting CAS’s core education program are co-curricular activities that take the children outside of school grounds. These external activities are aimed at supplementing learning in one of CAS’s 5 core subjects – English, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science & Technology, Social Science. Parents will be asked to sign waivers releasing CAS from liability arising from any adverse incidents that may occur during the course of the tour or exchange.
Special Education Program
At the Canadian American School, we aim to provide a world-class education to our students. All students including those at-risk and children identified with special needs may seek admission provided that they adhere to school policies, guidelines, and our special education process. We provide an inclusive education where both typically developing children and those identified with special needs play and learn together to create a mutual respect and healthy understanding of diversity as we prepare them to become independent, productive, and globally competitive.
We work collaboratively with education professionals and other service providers (developmental pediatricians, school psychologists, occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, physical therapists, play and family therapists, etc) to complete educational assessments and monitor program plans to help students meet the demands of their respective grade levels.
For more information about Canadian American School and its programs, please look over the programs, philosophies, and fees on our website: www.canamschool.org. Call (02) 737-0034 or email info@canamschool.org to set up an appointment for a tour of our school facility located on the 6th floor of The City Club Alphaland Makati Place www.cityclub.com.ph.
Canadian American School is a Pre- & Primary School that follows a North American curriculum with a distinct focus on early multilingual learning that builds self-identity in a diverse, multicultural environment.
PHILOSOPHY
Applications for acceptance are on a first-come, first-served basis. Canadian American School have limited spaces and these cannot be guaranteed until an application is submitted, registration fees paid, and an assessment conducted.
CAS does not pre-screen for intelligence and aptitude children entering our Preschool and Kindergarten levels. The thinking behind this is that children in the early years, regardless of inherent abilities, will thrive in an environment that is both academically stimulating and emotionally nurturing. Modern pedagogical studies show that foreign language immersion during the early years helps young children increase their mental agility (mathematics), abstract thought and pattern recognition (language and physical science), and creativity (language and social sciences). Minimum testing, however, will be conducted to determine the starting competencies of children, so intervention may be tailor-fitted to their needs.
Student transferees from Junior (Grades 1 – 4) and Senior (Grades 5 – 8) Grade School levels at other schools are handled on a case-to-case basis and must sit for our Math and Reading Assessment Tests (conducted seamlessly during classroom instruction) to determine their grade level competencies. Aside from evaluating previous transcripts of record, these assessments will help determine any learning gaps that need to be bridged in order for children to reach their full potential while enrolled at CAS.
Preschool & Kindergarten
Language studies show that early immersion programs are more effective, resulting in faster language acquisition and learning of attendant skills sets, than foreign language programs begun during the middle and high school years.
At CAS, we go one step further, believing that bilingual or even trilingual — 1st + 2nd + 3rd languages — immersion and instruction should begin at the Preschool level.
Although most children may be unilingual with parents that may not be bilingual (to provide homework help), CAS Toddler, Tots, Junior and Senior Kindergarten Lead Language Teachers are native-tongue speakers experienced in instructing children with the primary aim of attaining language fluency at 6 years of age. They will be assisted by CAS Preschool Teachers for such co-curricular activities in Music & Movement, Creative Arts, and Science Discovery.
But what about English? CAS Kindergarten English Teachers are fluent English speakers that will provide language support so that children do not fall behind in CAS’s primary medium of instruction at the Grade School level — English.
Grade School
CAS Grade School students (Grades 1 – 8) will go through daily 50-minute classroom experiences with instruction provided by subject matter experts in the following areas of study: English Language Arts (ELA), Foreign Language (FL), Mathematics (MATH), Science & Technology (SCI), Social Science (SOC), Art (ART), Music (MUS), Physical & Moral Education (PME).
Parents must indicate prior to school start (on the CAS Application for Admission form) their child’s spoken language at home and 1st and 2nd choices for their child’s foreign language preference. If English is not spoken at home and the student is an English Language Learner, ESL is offered in class as well as an After-School Program.
Daily Hot Lunch Program
CAS offers daily freshly cooked, healthy meals with a child-friendly palate as part of its School Lunch Program. This program demands that an allergy awareness declaration be included in our Application for Admission form in order for parents to indicate whether their child suffers from any life-threatening allergic reactions that CAS should be made aware of.
After-School Programs
CAS offers a wide variety of co-curricular activities that support its core education program but that are also open to the public. From month to month, a schedule of After-School Programs will be posted. Each ASP is composed of hourly sessions once or twice a week, with increasing frequency in one week if a weekly session is missed, for a total of 8 hours/month. Some activities include Engineering & Robotics for Kids, French, Italian, and Mandarin Conversation & Culture, Ballet, and Piano for Kids.
Summer School Programs
CAS will offer a fun and flexible summer school activities that will have students meeting instructors for an hour, twice a week, for monthly modules in July and August. Eight-hour programs meet on Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays or Wednesdays/Fridays; some programs (ie, Saturday Writers Hangout, facilitated by Where The Write Things Are creative writing guru Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz) take place on Saturdays.
Tours & Exchanges
Supporting CAS’s core education program are co-curricular activities that take the children outside of school grounds. These external activities are aimed at supplementing learning in one of CAS’s 5 core subjects – English, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science & Technology, Social Science. Parents will be asked to sign waivers releasing CAS from liability arising from any adverse incidents that may occur during the course of the tour or exchange.
Special Education Program
At the Canadian American School, we aim to provide a world-class education to our students. All students including those at-risk and children identified with special needs may seek admission provided that they adhere to school policies, guidelines, and our special education process. We provide an inclusive education where both typically developing children and those identified with special needs play and learn together to create a mutual respect and healthy understanding of diversity as we prepare them to become independent, productive, and globally competitive.
We work collaboratively with education professionals and other service providers (developmental pediatricians, school psychologists, occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, physical therapists, play and family therapists, etc) to complete educational assessments and monitor program plans to help students meet the demands of their respective grade levels.
For more information about Canadian American School and its programs, please look over the programs, philosophies, and fees on our website: www.canamschool.org. Call (02) 737-0034 or email info@canamschool.org to set up an appointment for a tour of our school facility located on the 6th floor of The City Club Alphaland Makati Place www.cityclub.com.ph.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Energy Training and Business Advisory Holmwood Consulting Ltd
Holmwood Consulting Limited is an
international provider of top industry training and consultancy in LNG, Natural
Gas and Energy offering independent business advice, management consulting,
executive briefing and energy training.
As a focused LNG, Natural Gas,
Oil and broader Energy consultancy, Holmwood Consulting Limited with its
in-depth knowledge of the global energy markets and developments delivers
independent strategic consultancy, key market analysis, executive briefing and
training services.
Services:
LNG, Natural Gas & Energy
Holmwood Consulting Limited
delivers knowledge transfer through objective advice, training and consulting
to address the real and differing business issues that clients are facing
around the world helping them to resolve their unique challenges. Beyond just
informed third party comment, we actively seek to give our clients the real
information required to take the critical decisions that move businesses
forwards. It helps its clients achieve these clear business goals by flexibly
applying the Energy and broader Industry expertise of its principal, and selectively
utilizing the wide experience and extensive knowledge base of our Associates,
who have worked for many years as Directors, senior managers and industry
business professionals.
Holmwood Consulting operates in
primary areas:
1. Industry Training:
The primary service provided by
Holmwood Consulting Limited is Capability Building, Knowledge Transfer and
Executive Briefing for international client companies – both direct contracted
and via third-party providers. We have an established international reputation
and are widely involved with training and capability building on commercial,
markets, trading and technical aspects across the whole of the LNG supply
chain, and in the oil and natural gas industries. Building on the core energy
industry knowledge and proven business skills of its principal and a select
network of top experts, we continuously endeavour to develop new courses and to
lead market requirements across LNG and broader energy. The involvement doesn’t
usually stop at the end of any knowledge transfer activity as much of our
activity is repeat business with clients and delegates continuing to seek
advice from us well after the training has finished.
Holmwood Consulting creates
customised energy training, provides key executive briefings and gives
in-company courses reflecting both specified needs and our areas of expertise
to develop or update our clients’ staff. Classroom training gives participants
the opportunity to interact with a live instructor and other trainees and, we
believe embeds key learning more effectively. Such tailored, instructor led
courses are designed to be interactive in nature and can be industry knowledge
or business skill based. There really is no educational system provided that is
worth more than learning from the experience of a 30-year veteran in the
industry.
Holmwood Consulting Limited’s
knowledge transfer occurs primarily via two types of training provision:
(i) In-company courses, Executive
Briefings and Workshops
(ii) Public courses and Seminars
Holmwood Consulting Limited seeks
to ensure that all such developed courses emphasize practical learning by
encompassing interactive sessions, current market case studies, syndicate study
exercises and, where appropriate, challenging debate to ensure a high level of
attendee participation and knowledge transfer. Delegates are typically drawn
from NOCs, IOCs, natural gas companies, LNG shipping companies, trading
organizations, Regulators and Government Ministries, equipment & service
companies and professional service firms, as well as financial institutions
that serve the Oil & Gas business.
2. Business Advisory and
Consulting
Holmwood Consulting provides a
distinctive approach by active involvement in the global business, challenging
the conventional industry norms and in some cases forecasting trends. Change
and volatility are perhaps the only constants in the global energy marketplace
today, but change should not be feared as it brings opportunity for many
industry players. Small in size, Holmwood Consulting Limited has proven ability
to deliver real and lasting value with a growing reputation built around
providing top quality, in-depth, objective delivery and ensuring high levels of
customer satisfaction.
It also increasingly makes sense
to have a knowledgeable external third-party involved as a “Trusted Adviser” or
“Client Friend” in natural gas and LNG projects, in much the same way as using
an architect often ends up saving money on building projects, even the
comparatively small ones.
Holmwood Consulting Limited is
wholly focused on the energy sector and welcomes the opportunity to discuss
client issues and propose a delivery approach to assignments using an
appropriate combination of our Principal and Associates. This allows us to
effectively provide the best possible approach at key levels within an
organization covering typically:
- Strategic: Gas Market Studies, New Market Entry, Development of LNG
- Tactical: Gas Market Review and Analysis, LNG Exports & Imports, Commercial & Pricing, Trading and Logistics
- Operational: Commercial and Contractual Management, Specification and Evaluation of support systems/ procedures
Holmwood Consulting welcomes the
opportunity to discuss client issues and propose an approach for the
development of the required insights.
The People
An independent, professionally
based specialist industry training and business advisory company, Holmwood
Consulting Limited provides consultants with a strong mixture of hands-on
international energy and diverse business backgrounds. Holmwood Consulting
Limited provides a core team who are highly qualified, with most having first
degrees and many with post-graduate qualifications together with a record of
proven success and demonstrated accomplishment across the international energy
and utilities industry over many years.
For more information about LNG, Natural Gas and Energy
consultancy and training contact Leigh Bolton of Holmwood Consulting at telephone +44 (0)20
8408 3696. www.holmwood-consulting.com/
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Marin Green Drinks mixers on November 11th
Join us on Tuesday November 11, 2014, at 5:30 PM at Lotus Cuisine of India in San Rafael, California.
Carla Koop of the San Rafael Clean Program will present on their program, Litter Free Business - Take the Pledge!
"Businesses throughout San Rafael are joining together to beautify and reinvigorate the business corridors, creating a more inviting and environmentally friendly shopping experience for their customers and the community. See how you can be a part of the Team."
For more information visit: http://www.greendrinks.org/CA/San%20Rafael
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