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Tuesday Tech Talk - DISCOVER Lean Growth Hacks to Get Clients on Lean Internet Marketing Budgets

Tuesday, January 22, 12noon, Lafayette Chamber Conference Room

Get More and More out of Your Chamber of Commerce Membership. As a business owner, you need to communicate to your prospects the benefits of working with you rather than your competitors.

However, more of today’s prospects don’t want to read. They want to be spoon-fed information about your business through video. The problem is that professionally shot video can be very expensive. Enter free Zoom Video Communication accounts. Short form “Elevator Pitches” can make it stressful to try to quickly build genuine local business networking and referral business relationships until now. Chamber Ambassador Mike Hayes will teach you professional communication secrets along with new Lean Growth Hacking resources of the new economy of online outsourced marketing resources such as video conferencing with zoom.us. “Growth Hacks” are white hat shortcuts that save time & Money. Space is limited. Learn more and register here.

Mixer at Bank of the West

Wednesday, January 23, 5:30pm-7pm, 3583 Mt. Diablo Blvd.



Yes, we are having a mixer in January! Come meet the new Branch Manager, Patty Diaz. Don't forget your business cards! Learn more here.

Congratulations to Terry Ring, Ring Construction - the 2019 Business Person of the Year

When Toto pulls back the curtain and reveals the Wizard of Oz, we are confused. It is not the person we thought it was. And when we realize who it really is, we are even more impressed by his or her importance. This year we DO pay attention to the man behind the curtain. The guy who without recognition has done so many great things for our community while running a very successful construction company for decades. Terry Ring is not only an amazing community volunteer, he is an IRON MAN. The Iron Man team is the group of volunteers behind the curtains at the annual Art & Wine Festival, doing whatever is needed for the event to be successful. Terry has been helping with so many events over the years with the Lafayette Rotary Club (and Terry is the incoming President) and the Chamber of Commerce where you can find Terry at the starting line of the Res Run for Education instructing the runners on proper running etiquette. Terry and his crew ultimately built the Rotary Stage at the Reservoir and the new memorial honoring our local fallen sons and daughters who lived in Contra Costa. The new memorial sits out front of the Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center.

Help us celebrate Terry’s contributions by joining us for a dinner in his honor.  The Business Person of the Year dinner will be held at the Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa on Friday, February 1st, 2019. In addition to toasting and roasting Terry, we will have Mayor Cam Burks give his first “State of the City” address.  Reservations are required.

Welcome to our Newest Chamber Member!

The following business recently joined the Lafayette Chamber. We encourage you to visit their website for more information.

The Peter Pan Foundation, 3355 Mt. Diablo Blvd., (925) 577-3467 - Non-Profit Organizations & Clubs

Lafayette’s Citizen of the Year – Nominations Now Being Accepted

Do you know a Lafayette resident that who models excellence in everything they do? Someone that brings this community together and/or makes us proud to be a member of the community? Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Citizen of the Year. A celebration dinner will be held on Friday, March 22 at the Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa to honor the winner. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 8 at 1pm.

East Bay SCORE

The Lafayette Chamber of Commerce has been partnering with SCORE, the premier source for free and confidential business advice for entrepreneurs and existing businesses, for many years now. This month we welcome Steve Doran as our East Bay SCORE business counselsor. Steve will be available for complementary one hour appointments every Tuesday between 2 and 5pm at the Chamber office and Thursday’s by phone or email. To register, call

(510) 273.6611 or book an appointment through the website.

SCORE also offers various workshops. View the SCORE workshop schedule for January-March here.

Ribbon Cutting at RnR Barbers

[NOTE DATE CHANGE] Thursday, February 7, 5:30pm-6pm, RnR Barbers, 3557 Mt. Diablo Blvd

Welcome one of Lafayette's newest businesses! Join us for a Ribbon Cutting at RnR Barbers , 3557 Mt. Diablo Blvd, and see what all they have to offer!

STEM for Girls

Tuesday, January 15, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at Don Tatzin Community Hall

CA Executive Director of Techbridge Girls Bunmi Esho will speak on preparing girls for a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)-related career. Techbridge Girls provides STEM programs to girls and supports teachers and others with training and STEM resources. Information will be available on AAUW’s Tech Trek camp for 7th grade girls, AAUW-OML’s STEAM conference at Saint Mary’s College for middle school girls and AAUW-OML college scholarships for young Lamorinda women. Presented by: American Association of University Women, Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette Branch. Admission: Free

For more information:  https://oml-ca.aauw.net/

How to Manage Wealth, Income and Healthcare at Home

Saturday, January 26, 5:30pm-7pm, Lafayette Library - Oak Room, 3491 Mount Diablo Boulevard

Home Wise 2019 is a FREE educational seminar designed to help you navigate the often complex roadmap to your financial future. Industry experts will be on hand to help answer the following questions:

   How can I make sure I am managing my income and wealth for my future retirement?

   How can I afford Home Care should I want to remain living in my home?

   How do I know if it is time to downsize? If not now, when?

   How do I shop for a home mortgage?

   How do I find a realtor who will understand my unique needs?

   How do I find out about community resources available to help me Age in Place?

   How do I know if Reverse Mortgage is right for me?

All participants will receive a “Road map” binder filled with valuable information. Complementary refreshments will be served. Register here.

Volunteer for Homeless Point in Time Count

We're gearing up for our annual homeless Point in Time Count for late January and we are seeking volunteers to help us conduct this very important project! Each year in late January, Contra Costa's homeless Continuum of Care (CoC), conducts a federally required comprehensive Point-In-Time (PIT) count of families and individuals experiencing homelessness in our County. Every CoC in the Country is required to do this survey and the data used by the federal, state and local government to determine funding resources for homeless services. We gather data in a number of ways including trained volunteers who will conduct the short survey at service and community sites throughout the Contra Costa. Volunteer trainings will take place the week of January 21st and the actual count will take place the week of January 28th. If you are interested in being part of this important project, click here for more information and to sign up: https://goo.gl/forms/jChaqAO5I12367Yi1.

Lafayette Youth Arts Society Writing and Photography Contest for Middle Schoolers

Contest entries due: January 31st, 2019

Results announced: Early April 2019

Awards ceremony: April 21st, 2019

For the past six years, LYAS has run annual writing and photography contests for middle school students. Our goal is to get kids to explore writing and photography as real interests, outside of English essays and Instagram selfies. Learn more at http://www.lyas.org

Professional BusinessWomen of California Conference

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Conference: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Registration and Expo: 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Moscone Center South, San Francisco

Unstoppable: This year’s conference theme. We are now, we always have been, and we always will be unstoppable. In the face of challenges, we choose courage. When things don’t go as planned, we find greater strength along another path. Join us as we grow our careers, ascend to the C-suite, strengthen corporate boards, lift our colleagues and give back to our communities. Together, we can and will transform our collective vision of equal access to pay, promotion and professional opportunity from aspiration to actuality.

Register here.

Happening at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center

January's 10th Anniversary Spotlight Program - Leung’s White Crane Lion Dance!

Wednesday, January 30, 6pm-7pm, Don Tatzin Community Hall

Prepare for Chinese New Year with the traditional Lion Dance! Leung’s White Crane Lion and Dragon Dance School will help us celebrate. You won’t want to miss it! For more information and to register click here.

Master Gardeners: Growing Apples & Pears

Tuesday, January 15, 6:30pm-7pm, Arts & Science Discovery Center

Learn the basics of choosing, planting, growing, and caring for these lovely fruit trees. Master Gardener Darlene DeRose will share her expertise and even give tips on how to maintain these trees in small spaces. For more information and to register click here.

Friends of the Lafayette Library present Sweet Thursday: Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Thursday, January 17, 7pm-8pm, Don Tatzin Community Hall

Join us for an evening with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, whose debut novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree is a mesmerizing coming-of-age story set in Colombia at the height of Pablo Escobar’s violent reign. For more information and to register for this event click here.

CCPAS Concert: Jazz Piano

Friday, January 18, 7pm-8pm, Don Tatzin Community Hall

Join us for a musical evening of jazz piano with the Contra Costa Performing Arts Society. A variety of performers will play standards and new favorites for your musical pleasure. For more information and to register click here.

OLLI Session

Learn Something New! The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UC Berkeley offers innovative education for the 50+ learner, with courses at the LLLC starting January 22, 2019. Featured Speaker: Richard Walker on “California Water Ward in the Age of Climate Change” Presented by: OLLI @Berkeley. More information: olli.berkeley.edu; Berkeley_olli@berkeley.edu; 510-642-9934. View flyer.

2019 is the 10th Anniversary year for the Lafayette Library and Learning Center

Sign up for the weekly enewsletter AdLib to learn about upcoming programs and events at the Library. Recognized as a model for 21st Century libraries, the Lafayette Library is the heart and central gathering place for the community offering a rich menu of 1,000 programs a year for the lifelong learner in all of us.

Always check out the latest events at  www.LLLCF.org and follow LLLC on Facebook and Twitter .

Photo from the ribbon cutting at the new location of the Peter Pan Foundation.