Nothing
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Copyright © 2023 Karl W. Palachuk
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Greetings!
This is the week!
We hold our SMB Online Conference every three years - and this is the week we pull it off. Kara and I had our first meeting on this in November because we really don't like using our "last minutes" if we don't need to.
We have more than 150 people signed up. Plus more than a dozen speakers.
If you are a Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community member, or you paid for access, you should be registered and ready to go. Just browse to smbonlineconference.com and log in. Click the button to log in or go to sessions.
Don't know your login info? No worries! Kara is a master of UX - User Experience. So the site will guide you gently and quickly to full access. Questions? Email concierge@smallbizthoughts.com.
If you're not registered, look around at our amazing agenda and sign up today. Your satisfaction is guaranteed, or your money back.
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But the world keeps spinning! So next week, I'm holding a great webinar with Zyxel.
More on the blog: Making the move to Managed Services.
Who should attend:
Seasoned professionals who haven't fully committed to the managed service business model.
New IT consultants who are just getting established and a "starter kit" for running good, sustainable business.
Managed service providers who are looking for a few gold nuggets to fine-tune their operations.
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Report: NSITSP All-Member Meeting
The quarterly NSITSP meeting was held last week. It was really great and filled with reports on all of the association's activities. If you missed it, don't worry. It's recorded and available on the NSITSP web site at https://nsitsp.org/meetings/.
The agenda includee committee reports related to growing the organization, following legislation, marketing, fundraising, events, and more.
Join us!
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If you didn't check out the entertaining video from our sponsor Asigra, now is a good time.
Bother entertaining and educational video. Please check it out.
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Air-gapped and immutable backups are no longer good enough. In this video, we explain the attack loop. And, with the increase in ransomware attacks, how secure are your backups? |
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I promise more content next week. Because, as I mentioned above, the world keeps spinning.
I hope to see you at the 2023 SMB Online Conference.
Have a great week!
:-)
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Starts May 30th!
Business Strategy Made Easy: Your Ultimate Success Hack
Taught By: Manuel Palachuk, Author and Coach
- Five Tuesdays - May 30 - June 27
Learn the steps an entrepreneur or business owner should follow to design (or re-design) their ideal business from the top down. And then learn how to build (or re-build) that ideal business from the bottom up.
The easiest way to gain a competitive advantage is simply to have a specific plan – because most of your competition doesn’t! They’re running week-to-week trying to strike it rich with the next big fad tactic they’ve discovered. And to have a significant competitive advantage all you need to is have a specific strategy for systematically executing your plan.
This course will break down the step an entrepreneur or business owner should follow to designing (or re-designing) their ideal business, from the top down, and then it will show them how to build (or re-build) that ideal business from the bottom up. It will show you how to share your strategy with stakeholders, leadership and the team in a way that everyone can understand and easily help execute on.
Topics for this class include:
- Learning to Paint an Enticing Picture and Compelling Story
- The Business Strategy Lifecycle
- The Pyramid of Purpose and Value
- Business Culture
- Business Compass
- Business Roadmap and Strategy
- Competitive Advantage and Competitive Strategy
- The Market and Going Vertical
- Business Analysis Tools and How to Use Them
- Measuring Progress and Success
- The Balanced Scorecard and its Perspectives (Finance / Customer / Internal Process / Learning and Growth)
- Generic Business Strategies
- Sell More
- Spend Less
- Tying Strategy to the Company Culture
- Agile Methodologies – They’re Not Just for Software Development
... And More!
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Here are the specifics of what you'll learn, week by week:
Week One
- The “Why” – Tools Rundown – The Pyramid Framework
Week Two
- Culture – SWOT – GAP – Organizing the Laundry List
Week Three
- Compass – Balanced Scorecard – Strategy Maps
Week Four
- Blueprint for Success – Example Strategy Development
Week Five
- Business Strategy Meets Agile Execution
Delivered by Manuel Palachuk, Entrepreneur, Coach, Author. He believes that small business is the backbone of the world and the service industry in particular is the heart! Manuel has 30 years of business, management, and training experience in the computer and electronics industries.
Includes five weeks of webinar classes with related handouts, assignments, and "office hours" with the instructor.
This course is intended for business owners and managers. It is particularly useful for the Owner or Operations Manager.
ITSP University Certification:
Meets Certification Requirements for:
- Management
- Service Management
This class will be recorded. Each unit is generally posted within 24 hours of the live class. These recorded units will become the On-Demand class and you’ll have lifetime access to it.
Note: * Members of the Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community attend at no additional charge. See details in the Community
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Recent Blog Posts, Podcasts, and Videos |
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Small Biz Thoughts Blog:
SMB Community Podcast - New episodes drop every Thursday
National Society of IT Service Providers News Blog
Relax Focus Succeed:
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Selected Recent Videos and Webinars:
Our YouTube IT Consulting channel now has more than 685,000 views!
Subscribe today and don't miss a thing!
A quick guide to my Playlists:
- Total: Over 925 videos on the Small Biz Thoughts channel
- 360+ SOP videos
- 275+ Relax Focus Success videos
Plus . . .
- Training, Courses, Seminars on Managed Services
- Product Reviews
- and more
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Community News
SmallBizThoughts.org
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Join us every Thursday
We had a great May Roundtable
Sometimes, I feel like I'm reaching a bit when I bring in new people to the SMB IT conversation. I wasn't sure there would be such a powerful reaction to strategic marketing, customer experience, and "decisioning."
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But 100% of the feedback on our guest Kelly Holmstrom was positive. Kelly is a strategic marketing consultant who works with some of the largest technology companies in the world.
Of course the meeting was recorded and posted on our web site.
Members, log in and browse to Community / SBT Roundtable.
Also check out the Community / Member Call Archive. All of our recorded meetings are there, along with transcripts, chat, links, and more. Check it out!
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ALSO: Don't forget to sign up for your FREE classes at www.ITSPU.com. Note that these sites are different, so you need a unique logon for each. Your "transcript" of classes is tied to your login email. That way, no matter what happens in the future, you can access all the classes you've taken.
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I was cleaning up pix from the Channel Partners conference and came across this one from the all-day coaching session put on by ChannelWise.
If YOU need a 20-minute Zoom call to talk about anything in your business, send me a note. This week isn't good, but things should slow down a bit after that.
:-)
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What's Here?
This calendar lists two kinds of things: LIVE in-person events from any organization that focuses on the SMB consulting community; and MY events, whether live, webinar, etc.
If you have live events on your calendar that may be useful to others in the SMB Community, please let us know. We'd be happy to list them.
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May
Ingram Micro Cloud Summit
May 15-17
Las Vegas, NV
7 Figure MSP Live
May 16-18
Nashville, TN
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2023 SMB Online Conference!
May 17-18
Online - Two Days - 13 Hours of Education
Join Me Live Online!
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Women of the Channel West 2023
May 16-17
Palm Springs , CA
IoTSSA Cybersecurity Expo
May 18
Columbus, OH
Channel Sec 2023
May 18
London, UK
MSP Geekcon
May 21
Orlando, FL
IT Nation Manchester
May 22-26
Manchester, UK
VeeamOn
May 22-25
Miami, FL
Dell Technologies World
May 22-25
Las Vegas, NV
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Get Start with Managed Services - Webinar with Zyxel
May 23rd
See the blog post note above about why you should attend.
Join Me Live Online!
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ASCII Edge 2023
May 24 & 25
Newark, NJ
Dublin Tech Summit
May 31 - June 1
Dublin, Ireland
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June
Cisco Live!
June 4-8, 2023
Las Vegas, NV
IT Nation Secure
June 5-7, 2023
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center
Orlando, FL
Nerdio Training Camp
Jun 7-8
Las Vegas, NV
ChannelPro Summit
June 7-8
San Jose, CA (West Coast)
Join Me Live!
MSPDay
June 9
Riccione, Italy
London Tech Week
June 12-16
London, UK
Pax8 Beyond
June 11-13
Denver, CO
IT Nation Sales and Service Leaders
June 12-16, 2023
Denver, CO
Nerdio Training Camp
June 20-21
New York, NY
Infosecurity Europe
June 20-22, 2023
London, England
ASCII Edge 2023
June 21 & 22
Tampa, FL
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
June 29-30
Denver, CO
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July
IDM (Identity Management) Dach
July 6
Frankfurt, Germany
XChange Security 2023
July 10-12
Dallas , TX
ASCII Edge 2023
July 12 & 13
Columbus, OH
CyberSecurity Expo
July 13, 2023
Manchester, UK
Nerdio Training Camp
July 19
Calgary, Cananada
SMB TechFest Q3
July 27
Anaheim, CA
MSPRescue
July 27th
Princeton
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August
Nerdio Training Camp
August 1
Toronto, Canada
ChannelPro Summit
Aug. 9-10
Newark, NJ (Northeast)
IT Nation Evolve Business Leaders
August 7-11, 2023
Denver, Colorado
XChange - Nashville
August 20-22
Nashville, TN
Join me Live!
Inclusive Leadership Network Workshop 2023
August 23
Nashville, TN
ASCII Edge 2023
August 30 & 31
Toronto, Canada
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September
ChannelPro Summit
Sept. 6-7
Boston (New England)
Nerdio Training Camp
Sept 12
Atlanta, GA
Midsize Enterprise Summit Fall 2023
September 17-19
Houston, TX
ASCII Edge 2023
September 20 & 21
Chicago, IL
CanIT Con
Sept 24-26
Banff, Alberta, Canada
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
Sept 28-29
Omaha, NE
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October
dattoCon 2023
Oct. 2-4, 2023
Miami, FL
Nerdio Training Camp
Oct 3
San Antonio, TX
Best of Breed Conference 2023
October 9-10
Atlanta, GA
ChannelPro Summit
Oct. 10-11
Atlanta (Southeast)
NexGen 2023
October 15-18
Houston , TX
Acronis #Cyberfit Summit 2023
Oct. 16-18
Miami, FL
Nerdio Training Camp
Oct 17
Dallas, TX
NexGen Security Workshop 2023
October 18
Orlando, FL
SMB TechFest Q4
October 19
Anaheim, CA
ASCII Edge 2023
October 18 & 19
Washington, D.C.
Beerfest with Karl
- October 2023
- Perth, Australia
More Info: Details to be announced !!!
Join me Live in Perth!
SMB IT Professionals National Conference
October 27-28
Melbourne, Australia
Join me Live!!
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November
ChannelPro CyberSecurity Strategies
Nov 1-2
Los Angeles
IT Nation Evolve Business Leaders
November 6-8, 2023
Orlando, FL
Nerdio Training Camp
Nov 14-15
Austin, TX
IT Nation Sales and Service Leaders
November 28 - December 1, 2023
Nashville, TN
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December
Growcon
Dec 3-6
Clearwater, FL
Women of the Channel Leadership Summit East 2023
December 4-5
New York, NY
ASCII Navigate in Hawaii !!!
Dec. 7th
Waikiki, HI
Join Me Live in Hawaii!
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
Dec 7-8
Phoenix, AZ
Nerdio Training Camp
Dec 12-13
Los Angeles, CA
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January 2024
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February 2024
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March
Midsize Enterprise Summit IT Security 2024
March 18-19, 2024
Indianapolis, IN
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