Our next meeting will be on August 25, 2008 at DJ World in Hamden, CT
 

 

This will be our first official meeting since our successful All Star Event in June.  DJ World has been gracious enough to host our full meeting.  This is also the first time SNAPDJs is holding a meeting in the Connecticut area!!!! 

 
Click here for DJ Wolrd's Website
 

Event Info
DJ World Connecticut:
2600 State Street
Hamden CT 06517
(203) 230-2449
7:00 PM - ?

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July's meeting was a family cookout for all members and their families. The meeting was held at members Ray & Leah Ferreira's house in West Greenwich, RI.

Peter is a marketing coach and sought-out expert, known for helping self-employed professionals consistently attract not only more clients, but more profitable clients. Through coaching, mastermind sessions, and workshops, he shows business owners how to significantly increase their income by marketing more effectively and working smarter.

Prior to deciding to become self-employed in 1990, Peter worked for one of the world's most recognized companies, Sony. It was there that he honed his marketing skills and learned how to help others succeed. He has spoken extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, England, and the Caribbean to audiences ranging from 10 to 1,200 people, and gets great pleasure from helping others achieve their goals.
 

Guest Speaker: Cap Capello

Founder and Chairman of IMADJ (Independent Management Association of Disc Jockeys) 1981-1992, one of the first successful business related regional associations of mobile and club DJs in the northeast USA; Charter member of the Capital District Wedding Association, an organization comprised of 300 diverse vendors who provide the many and varied services to the entire Wedding industry; Member of the Board of Directors, Cross-Mix Forum; Founder of FTDJ (Full Time Disc Jockey), a national small group of full time mobile DJs dedicated to solving the unique and complex issues of being a full-time mobile DJ.)
 
We Welcome back Cap to Discuss Major Contract Updates.  This will be a workshop format, not a presentation? Guests are asked to come up with any circumstances they've run into that has burned them and we'll see how the contract might help relieve the results, at least legally.  This years meeting will also include an updated version of his contract including the deletion of his clause "The Money Back Guarantee.

Monday May 19, 2008

DJ SPOTLIGHT - PJ The DJ
www.pjthedj.org

This month's topic will be provided by our host PJ the DJ having some fun with the DJ's using the Game Show Mania's “Face Off” Unit. PJ will show different ways in getting use out of your Game Show. If you don't have a Game Show, No Problem. We will also be discussing other ways of entertaining your crowd with other interactive games.

Monday April 28, 2008

DJ SPOTLIGHT - Brendan Lafferty
www.SouthCoastDJ.com

There was no guest speaker this month.

This was an opportunity for opportunity for members and guests to network and for topic discussions from the SNAPDJ forum and from members and guests - Speed Networking!

Monday March 31, 2008

DJ SPOTLIGHT - Mike Cordeiro
www.MCMusicProductions.com

Guest Speaker - Rob Peters

The Customer Service Game According To DJs: Discussion about how to avoid making your customers turn into the "Zilla".

Monday February 25, 2008
 

Guest Speaker : Ardena Lee-Fleming
 

Regional Director, Central Rhode Island
Johnson & Wales University, Small Business Development Center
 

Ardena has worked as Regional Director at the RI Small Business Development Center since July, 2006. She provides assistance as a business counselor and advisor to entrepreneurs small businesses located in Central/Southern Rhode Island.

Prior to accepting this position she worked as Senior External EEO Business Development Officer for Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT). Ardena was responsible for launching and managing RIDOT’s Small Business Initiative that targets minorities and women engaged in transportation related businesses.

Ms. Lee-Fleming was appointed in 2002, and served as Governor Carcieri’s Deputy Director of Community Relations for 3 years prior to her work at RIDOT. Ardena worked as a community and project leader, liaison, commissioner, and board member and volunteer serving various organizations including: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission, Family Service of Rhode Island, National Coalition of 100 Black Women-Rhode Island Chapter, Rhode Island Cultural Education Enrichment Program, LEAD Mentoring Program.

Preceding the Governor’s Office, Ardena worked for the Rhode Island Convention Center and the Providence-Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau as Director of National Accounts from 1996 to 2001. She was primarily responsible for account management, marketing and business development of the Association Market and high profile accounts located in the Washington DC Metro Area.

Originally a native a Neptune, New Jersey, Ardena resides in Providence, Rhode Island with her husband Will, and two sons, Nigel & Evan. Ardena completed her MBA in Global Business Leadership with a Concentration in Marketing at Johnson & Wales University’s Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School, Providence, RI. (May, 2006). She also received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from Johnson & Wales University, (June, 1983).




The Information Session will include an overview of SBDC/SBA Locations, Resources Partners and Services which include: