Resources

Keep your eye on this page, as I’ll continue to add offers for LOCPHX attendees, links to videos/presentations form the day, and other resources as they come up.

Support Our Sponsors!

We are so thankful to our wonderful sponsors for supporting us with their time and effort.  Please consider paying them a visit to thank them in person and support them in achieving their own goals!

• PITTSBURGH WILLY’S GOURMET HOT DOGS:  Owner Randy Walters serves amazing hot dogs and more out of his restaurant in the Merchant Square Antique Market on Arizona Avenue just south of Warner Rd.  1509 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler  (480) 857-2860 http://pittsburghwillys.com/

• FLORIDINO’S:  Locally owned and operated, Floridino’s serves pizza, oven-baked sandwiches, heaping salads, pasta and calzones.  Floridino’s is located on the southwest corner of Alma School Rd. and Galvestonin Chandler.  590 N. Alma School Rd., Chandler  (480) 812-8433 http://www.floridinos.net/

• URBAN TEA LOFT:  Glynis and her team offer a unique experience at this intimate tearoom in the heart of Historic Downtown Chandler.  In addition to amazing teas from around the world, Urban Tea Loft serves lunch, brunch and dinner and has a full bar including boutique wines, spirits, and their signature Teatinis.  11 West Boston Street, Suite #2, Chandler  (480) 786-9600 http://urbantealoft.com/main/

• PHOTOGRAPHY:  Chanelle Richardson, better known as @iamchanelle, shoots in a creative photojournalistic style and specializes in still life, food, nature and unique, genuine portraiture.  She took free avatar photos of over 50 LOC attendees!  You can reach Chanelle on Twitter (@iamchanelle) or visit her site: http://iamchanelle.com/

• PHOTOGRAPHY:  Brad at RB Jones Photography offers singular-style wedding and lifestyle photography.  His images of LOCPHX are posted here, and information about his services can be found through his site at http://www.rbjonesphotography.com/

• PHOTOGRAPHY: Curtis Miller is a Ruby on Rails developer in Phoenix, AZ. He is the co-founder of Flatterline, a Phoenix based Ruby on Rails and iPhone development company that works almost exclusively with startups.  He tweets as @curtism and is active in the Phoenix tech community. When he’s not working from home, you can find him promoting Phoenix startups, visiting local Phoenix coworking spaces or sipping a mocha at a downtown coffee shop. If you’d like to stalk him, visit Foursquare.  Curtis has posted his photographs of the camp here.

• PHOENIX INNOVATION FOUNDATION: PIF was founded to support not-for-profit community events in the arts, technology and social communities.  In addition to serving as the backbone for Ignite Phoenix, they offer organizers help with sponsorships and event promotion.  If you appreciated the work of the volunteers at LaidOffCamp, please visit the PIF website and discover how you can help with other events in Phoenix.

Presentations

• CAREER RESILIENCE by LaidOffCamp veteran Daniel McRobie
• BUILDING A RESUME TO SHOW YOUR VALUE by Amanda Collins of The Grammar Doctors
• SELLING FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS by Chris Conrey of Integrum
• YOU CAN DO IT!  TAKING A NEW DIRECTION AND MAKING IT WORK by Yuri Artibise

Attendee Arturo Lucero made audio recordings of the sessions he attended and has kindly provided the links:

• Building Buzz For Your Business (Kenney)
• The Hidden Power of Twitter to Land Your New Career  Part 1 Part 2 (Pierce)
• Using Social Media for Networking  Part 1 Part 2 (Hurst)
• Your Own Website (Strebel)
• Making Search Engines Work for You (McHood, Ziering)
• Effective Networking (Akhenblit)
• Social Confidence Bootcamp (Clower)

Press Coverage

• Examiner.com
  

Resources

• FREE CAREER REPORT:  Sylva Leduc of SageLeaders will provide a free report to LOCPHX attendees to help them understand different communication styles in interviews. http://www.sageleaders.com/resources/getting-phoenix-back-to-work/

• BUZZ-BUILDING TOOLS: Wendy Kenney of 23 Kazoos offers Twitter tools that will help you get to the next level, and her e-book How to Build Buzz for your Biz, 23 Creative and Inexpensive Marketing Strategies That Work.

• INSURANCE ADVICE: Michele Stephens of Stephens Insurance Design Group offers free consultations for all insurance — medical, dental, life, disability, etc.  She welcomes questions about getting independent insurance as a freelancer, COBRA coverage, etc.

• FREE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TOOL:  Vyllij offers a free, easy way to keep track of all your contacts and their social media activity.  If you’re in the job hunt or just building relationships and community, you won’t find an easier way to keep all your contact info together and working for you.  http://www.vyllij.com/ Vyllij is offering free training on April 8 and April 15 from 10-11AM, and on April 20 and April 27 from 2-3PM.  Contact Jana Knapp to reserve your space:  email jana@vyllij.com or call (602) 714-1119.

• FREE PORTFOLIO REVIEW:  Richard Ross of EdwardJones will review your portfolio to help you determine if you have the right investments in place to help you meet your financial goals.  Email Richard at Richard.ross@edwardjones.com.

• SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOP:  The City of Chandler is offering a free Small Business Workshop on April 22nd with lots of amazing info for those considering starting a small business, or growing the one they already have.  http://chandleraz.gov/surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=l2KKn74

• RESUME DESIGN & COPYWRITING:  Amanda Collins of The Grammar Doctors is offering 15% off resume design or any other services until May 3, 2010.  http://www.grammardocs.com/

• BUSINESS CARDS:  Stephanie at Bold Avenue is offering LOC attendees 10% off any business card order. http://boldavenue.com/

• WORDPRESS WEBSITE HOSTING:  Page.ly is offering a 30% discount to LOC attendees on WordPress website hosting.  Use promotion code LOCPHX when registering.  Please don’t publish this code as its use is limited and will be monitored. http://page.ly/

• FREE CAREER ASSESSMENT:  Get a free behavior assessment from JobseekersAZ  that will help you evaluate if your gifts match your current or target career.  This system is designed to identify your talents and match them to your ideal job!  http://www.talentmanagementplus.com/ Enter job code 2091SLJZW.  The assessment will arrive in your email within 15 minutes.

• NEW BUSINESS WORKSHOPS:  StartUpNow is offering a free workshop session.  Businesses formed will get 3 months of drop-in table space at Club E Office in Tempe with continuing consultation and support from StartUpNow. http://www.startupnowworkshops.com/

• BUSINESS WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT:  AzWebWorks is offering business a 50% discount off of website development.  Please mention code BWM2010. http://www.azwebworks.com/

• VIDEO CAREER TRANSITION TRAINING:  Dave Sherman, “The Networking Guy”, is offering 8 3-minute career transition training videos for free. http://careerhelp2.eventbrite.com/

• DENTAL COVERAGE:  American Dental Plan is offering 6-month dental plan membership to LOC attendees who have lost their dental benefits due to job loss, free after a $10 enrollment fee.  The plan provides a free exam and 4 x-rays with significant savings on cleanings, fillings, extractions, crowns and more.  No waiting periods or exclusions and benefits continue regardless of employment status.  Call (602) 265-6677 and mention LaidOffCamp. http://arizdental.com/

• YOGA CLASSES:  Joyful Yoga Studio in Chandler offers yoga, Pilates, Zumba and kickboxing classes, and is offering a 50% discount to LOC attendees – 5 classes for $25.  Mention LaidOffCamp when registering. 3900 W. Ray Rd., Suite 4, Chandler.  (480) 726-6399  http://joyfulyogastudio.com/

• COMPUTER TRAINING:  Executive Training Solutions provides high quality, state-of-the-art computer training in a wide variety of software platforms.  They are offering LOC attendees a 20% discount on any class taken between April 5 and June 30, 2010.  Valid for any Microsoft class offered on our public calendar.  Enter the code #LaidOffCamp# in the notes section during the checkout process to receive the discount. http://www.executivetrainingsolutions.com/

• #evfn, #pfn, etc. Tweetups:  Join great people for drinks, conversation and no-stress hanging out every Friday night, regardless of where you are in the valley!  http://www.phoenixfridaynight.com/

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