2012 SCORE OC Awards

Posted on 2012/05/18 by scoreoc| Leave a comment

Congratulations to the 2012 SCORE OC Award winners!

The SCORE OC Awards are given every year to recognize outstanding volunteering and service to the community.  SCORE OC’s commitment to the Orange County business has led to over 9,000 interactions this year, making SCORE OC on of the top SCORE Chapters in the U.S.

 

Service Awards

Lynn Dines                          5 years
Richard Dowell                  5 years
Nader Nemati                   5 years

James Anderson              10 years
James Chamberlain         10 years

Terri Carr                           10 years
Jack McSunas                    10 years
William Morland               10 years
Alan Simon                         10 years

John Benner                      15 years
James Evans                       15 years

Hal Blum                              20 years

Chapter 114 Awards

Facilitator of the Year:    Carl Lekander

Honorable Mention:       Robert Lichtsinn

Workshop Presenter of the Year: James Chamberlain

Honorable Mention: Tom Patty

Cyber Counselor of the Year: Bonnie Copeland

Honorable Mention: Alan Simon

Client Services Manager of the Year: James Roberts

Honorable Mention: Robin Noah

Office Counselor of the Year:  James Roberts

Honorable Mention: Joseph DiStanislao

Highest Achievement in Job Assignment: Carl Woodard

Outstanding Contribution to SCORE OC: Edward Reardon

Special Award to Non-SCORE Member: Richard Ginnaty

National Awards

Gold Leadership Award: Thomas Snell

Platinum Leadership Award: Daryl Watton

Chapter Chair Awards

Special Recognition for Service to SCORE OC: Cheryl Lawrence

Service Award for Non-SCORE member: Terri Garza



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Powerful Real Time Live Chat on SCORE OC Facebook

Posted on 2012/05/16 by scoreoc| Leave a comment

By Michelle Russillo

Social Media combines various activities of social engaging to help companies increase marketing opportunities to build customer relationships and increase sales. Being in the social networking marketplace is critical for business; Rieva Lesonsky is a leading small business expert and will teach SCORE clients how to increase their understanding of the critical marketing tools for Social Networking.

The live chat is free, convenient – just sign into Facebook, go like SCOREOC and then join the SCORE OC Chat group. Get more information at http://LiveChatInc.com/.  You can use your mobile device.

Rieva Lesonsky, founder and CEO of GrowBiz Media, is a widely recognized small-business expert and author of the bestselling book Start Your Own Business. Former Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Magazine, Rieva has been meeting with, consulting to and speaking to America’s SMBs—and the big corporations that want to reach them—for over 25 years. This experience has given her an inside perspective on what entrepreneurs want, how to connect with them, and how to help them grow successful businesses. Rieva has worked with B-to-B marketers including American Express, Dell, State Farm and many others, and with organizations including ASBDC, SCORE and the SBA, to market to and educate entrepreneurs. Rieva is a featured blogger on the SCORE Success blog.

Join Rieva live May 31, 2012 at 9:30 on SCOREOC – Facebook

The chat will last half-hour.

To join the chat click to like www.facebook.com/scoreoc and then join the SCORE OC Chat Group at www.facebook.com/groups/scoreoc/.

Rieva will be answering your questions, giving information and helping you grow your business while increasing your understanding of how to use Social Media to find new customers, promote your products, and most importantly increase sales.  In addition , there will be SCORE OC members on-line to assist you with making an appointment with counselors for no-charge consulting, attend a workshop or learn more about SCORE OC services.

 

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Taking Care of Your Business

Posted on 2012/05/14 by scoreoc| Leave a comment

By Rieva Lesonsky

If you haven’t discovered the incredible small business counselors at SCORE OC, you’re missing out on invaluable advice and help that will help you grow your business. The counselors at SCORE OC come from a variety of backgrounds, and one such mentor is Jack McSunas.

Jack has been involved with SCORE OC for over 10 years and has counseled 1,376 different clients. He’s advised startups and growing businesses on general management issues, strategic planning, buying and selling businesses, marketing issues, international trade subjects, product development and business plans. Jack’s specific industry experience includes chemical specialties, writing instruments, food and beverages, trucking, animal feed ingredients, mopeds, bars and restaurants.

In addition to counseling, Jack keeps busy with SCORE OC’s membership and marketing committees and the chapter’s International Trade workshops, which help business owners with both exporting and importing. Jack has developed a simplified business plan format and has participated in the UCI Business Plan competition and the Cal State Fullerton Entrepreneurship program. As the Chair of Face-to-Face counseling, Jack participated in the initiation of the CEO Forum Program three years ago and currently co-facilitates Forum Five, the newest Forum.

“Where I believe our Chapter is currently doing its best work is our CEO Forum program,” says Jack. “I find facilitating a forum enormously rewarding work. As an example, in yesterday’s meeting there was a common problem in which every member present a shared concern: the ability to recognize good candidates for sales positions. All expressed varying degrees of frustration and difficulty in finding good people. One example is an Internet company that sells a wide range of accessories for cell phones and tablets and is looking for a salesperson to handle sales to commercial and corporate accounts. They found an applicant that both partners liked very much, but when he was tested for basic business math skills, he failed miserably. That company then shared the website from which they get their tests. Each company CEO shared their experiences. All expressed an interest in trying to find better ways of finding the right person to fill open positions. The CEO Forum program offers a wonderful opportunity for business managers to meet with their peers and share problems, opportunities and experiences.”

To make an appointment and learn more about what SCORE OC has to offer, call 714-550-7369 or visit www.score114.org.

Consider joining a SCORE OC CEO Forum group to learn how other business owners manage their employees and outside sales personnel. These are groups of 10 to 12 small business CEOs who meet monthly and are facilitated by SCORE mentors. The groups collaborate, peer-to-peer, on topics, challenges and opportunities that are important to them. Interested? Find out more about the program at www.score114.org.

 

 

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