Events for May 2017

Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce
May 2 Big Topics for Small Business Workshops
The 4 Ways to Grow Your Business

It may sound simplistic, but there are really only four fundamental ways to grow your business and make it more valuable. Find out about each.

Light breakfast will be served.

Sponsored by Paychex and COSE.
  • Date:
    May 2, 2017
  • Time:
    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location:
    Holiday Inn Mentor
    7701 Reynolds Rd.
    Mentor
  • Contact:
    Al DiFranco
  • EMail:
    adifranco@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Tuesday, May 2
    7:30am-9:30am
  • Fees/Admission:
    $10
May 4 Coffee Contacts Decaf
The Original Coffee Contacts Decaf!
Free Coffee & Networking
Each attendee invited to give short commercial and bring marketing materials
Hosted by the Mentor Area & Eastern Lake County Chambers of Commerce
  • Date:
    May 4, 2017
  • Time:
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location:
    Edward Jones - Financial Advisor: Stacey Smaretsky
    7330 Little Mountain Rd.
    Mentor
  • Contact:
    Mark Wainwright
  • EMail:
    mwainwright@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Thursday, May 4
    8:00am-9:00am
  • Fees/Admission:
    Free!
May 4 Auburn Career Center Reverse Job Fair! Recruit our trained graduating seniors for your employment needs!!
Dear Employers,
Auburn Career Center will be hosting a REVERSE JOB FAIR, Thursday, May 4th from 12:30-2:30 at 8140 Auburn Road, Concord, OH. Plan to meet as many graduating, trained seniors in health care, manufacturing, welding, IT, culinary, cosmetology, electrical, automotive, HVAC and landscape horticuluture!! Bring job applications and plan to take resumes of graduates. Seniors will be ready to interview, and show off projects they have been working on. Employers will go to student labs where students will be ready to talk to you!! This event is FREE and there are no limits to the amount of employers who can attend! If you would like more information, call Michelle Rodewald, Business Partnership Coordinator, at 440-357-7542 ext. 8159 or email at mrodewald@auburncc.org.
  • Date:
    May 4, 2017
  • Time:
    12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Website:
    http://www.auburncc.org
  • Location:
    8140 Auburn Road, Concord, OH 44077 
    Bring identification for a visitor badge!
  • Contact:
    Michelle Rodewald, Business Partnership Coordinator
  • EMail:
    mrodewald@auburncc.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Thursday, May 4th 2017
    12:30pm-2:30pm
  • Fees/Admission:
    FREE 
    NO LIMIT TO NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS!!
May 5 Leadercast
Join us for Leadercast NEO brought to you by Leadership Lake County and the Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce!

 
  • Date:
    May 5, 2017
  • Time:
    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Website:
    http://event.leadercast.com/location/leadershipllcmacc
  • Location:
    Holden University Center
    4242 State Rt 306
    Kirtland
  • Contact:
    Al DiFranco
  • EMail:
    adifranco@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Friday, May 5
    8:00am-4:30pm
  • Fees/Admission:
    $125 per person - includes breakfast, lunch and program day materials ($25 Discount for active Leadership Lake County alumni and MACC members on full-day tickets only)

    $65 Half-Day tickets - choose from 8am-12pm or 12pm-4:30pm, includes lunch
May 8 Grand Opening of FOURK
Join us for the grand opening of FOURK!

Official ribbon cutting will be at 4:30pm sharp. Light appetizers served.

Happy hour specials all day long!
  • Date:
    May 8, 2017
  • Time:
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location:
    FOURK
    8500 Station St.
    Mentor
  • Contact:
    Christine Weber
  • EMail:
    cweber@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Monday, May 8
    Rbbon Cutting at 4:30pm
  • Fees/Admission:
    FREE!
May 9 Big Topics for Small Business Workshops
Approaching Marketing Strategically

A business may survive with poor records, insufficient finance, or a lack of management skills, but it can't last long without customers. Marketing is what helps make the phone ring.

Light breakfast served.

Sponsored by Paychex and COSE
  • Date:
    May 9, 2017
  • Time:
    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location:
    Holiday Inn Mentor
    7701 Reynolds Rd.
    Mentor
  • Contact:
    Al DiFranco
  • EMail:
    adifranco@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Tuesday, May 9
    7:30am-9:30am
  • Fees/Admission:
    $10
May 11 QuickBooks for Beginners I
This QuickBooks Hands-On Workshop for Beginners (I) will show you how to unlock the power of QuickBooks, and take direct control of your business finances. By the completion of this class, you will have a clear understanding of how to setup and manage your company finances on a day to day basis, as well as access basic financial information you need to help you become successful in operating your small business. Topics included in this workshop are:
 
(1) Setting up your Business-identifying methods for navigating QuickBooks and importance of setting preferences.
(2) Accounts Payable-vendors, purchase orders, inventories, entering/paying bills, check payments.
(3) Accounts Receivable- customers, estimates/sales orders, invoices/statements/credits and receiving payments.
(4) Banking-bank accounts, making deposits, bank reconciliation and credit cards.

This is a 'hands-on' class and laptop computers with QuickBooks software installed will be provided for use in this workshop. This class is for those using the desktop versions of QuickBooks for Windows (Pro, Premier and Enterprise), NOT the Online or Mac versions.  Coffee, Tea and Water Included.
  
Instructor:
Karen Haden-President/Owner at KH Business Services, LLC
Presented by:
The SBDC at Lakeland Community College
 
 
  • Date:
    May 11, 2017
  • Time:
    9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Website:
    https://clients.ohiosbdc.ohio.gov/reg.aspx?mode=event&event=82370006
  • Location:
    Holden University Center at Lakeland Community College, Kirtland
     
  • Contact:
    440-525-7706
  • EMail:
    ACattell@lakelandcc.edu
  • Date/Time Details:
    Thursday, May 11, 2017 from 9:00am to 12:30pm
     
  • Fees/Admission:
    $99
    *Save Now and Take Beginners 1 and 2 (June 8)  for only $149 if you register by May 10, 2017.  Call 440-525-7706 for details*

     


     
May 12 Coffee & Conversation
Join us for our second quarterly Coffee & Conversation with Congressman David Joyce!

This is a member-only event.
  • Date:
    May 12, 2017
  • Time:
    7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location:
    Holiday Inn Mentor
    7701 Reynolds Rd.
    Mentor
  • Contact:
    Mark Wainwright
  • EMail:
    mwainwright@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Friday, May 12
    7:30am-9:00am
  • Fees/Admission:
    $5
May 12 Extended Housing Murder Mystery Dinner "A Dance With Death"
Murder Mystery Dinner "A Dance With Death".  Dig out your poodle skirts and letterman jackets and help solve this 1950's Sock Hop Mystery.  Tickets are limited and are $80 single/$150 per couple.  This includes dinner, entertainment and two drink tickets.  Proceeds benefit Extended Housing.
  • Date:
    May 12, 2017
  • Time:
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Website:
    http://www.extendedhousing.org
  • Location:
    Lake County History Center
    415 Riverside Rd.
    Painesville, OH  44077
  • Contact:
    Call 440-352-8424, x118
  • EMail:
    amestek@extendedhousing.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Friday, May 12, 2017
    6:00 PM
  • Fees/Admission:
    Tickets are limited and are $80 single/$150 per couple.  This includes dinner, entertainment and two drink tickets.
May 16 Big Topics for Small Business Workshops
Sustaining a Competitive Advantage

How to perform a competitive analysis of a business and develop a differentiation strategy.

Light breakfast served.

Sponsored by Paychex and COSE
  • Date:
    May 16, 2017
  • Time:
    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location:
    Holiday Inn Mentor
    7701 Reynolds Rd.
    Mentor
  • Contact:
    Al DiFranco
  • EMail:
    adifranco@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Tuesday, May 16
    7:30am-9:30am
  • Fees/Admission:
    $10
May 18 Coffee Contacts Decaf
The Original Coffee Contacts Decaf!
Free Coffee & Networking
Each attendee invited to give short commercial and bring marketing materials
Hosted by the Mentor Area & Eastern Lake County Chambers of Commerce
  • Date:
    May 18, 2017
  • Time:
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location:
    Bella Donna Salon & Spa
    150 Main St.
    Painesville
  • Contact:
    Mark Wainwright
  • EMail:
    mwainwright@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Thursday, May 18
    8:00am-9:00am
  • Fees/Admission:
    Free!
May 23 Big Topics for Small Business Workshops
Working On, Rather Than In, Your Business

Businesses often fail to reach their full potential because their owners spend too much time as a business worker and not enough time as a business manager and promoter.

Light breakfast served.

Sponsored by Paychex and COSE
  • Date:
    May 23, 2017
  • Time:
    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location:
    Holiday Inn Mentor
    7701 Reynolds Rd.
    Mentor
  • Contact:
    Al DiFranco
  • EMail:
    adifranco@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Tuesday, May 23
    7:30am-9:30am
  • Fees/Admission:
    $10
May 23 MACC Monthly Meeting

Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting

Topic: "Cleveland Continues Its Winning Streak"

Speaker: Dave Johnson, Director of Public Relations and Communication, Huntington Convention Center and Global Center for Health Innovation

 

  • Date:
    May 23, 2017
  • Time:
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location:
    NOAH's Event Venue
    8200 Norton Pkwy
    Mentor
  • Contact:
    Mark Wainwright
  • EMail:
    mwainwright@mentorchamber.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Tuesday, May 23
    11:30am-1:00pm
  • Fees/Admission:
    Members: $25
    Non-members: $30