WELCOME TO vBBC Friday #15 — Graciously HOSTED by vOfficeXpats
Business storytelling, sharing, phasing …
Zoom link as always is in BBC Newsletter. If you did not receive the newsletter & wish to attend, contact Dave [email protected] for link.
Notes & minutes from last week’s vBBC: BBC_VirtualFriday14_19June2020
Special OfficeXpats invitation to our BBC community: 25 June, Thursday 4:30 – Virtual Happy Hour and 5-minute Local Author Readings, sponsored by Highside Distilling (highsidedistilling.com); buy a bottle of Gin from Highside before the reading. Four to five OfficeXpats authors/poets will give short readings of their recent work. (Find the Zoom link to event in your BBC Newsletter!)Kevin Dwyer continues to collect COVID-19 business stories (Virtual BBC Stories 2020): Contact Kevin with a story or idea at [email protected].
Be here – like virtually – be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise! Really. Arr…….
So Invite your friends and associates to join this exciting virtual-in-the-cloud event in real e-time and real e-space … and another delicious cup of vBBC!
vBBC@OfficeXpats – Virtual Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is. the Virtual Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – virtual coffee, check-in to ZOOM, test connection, wave at others
8:00-8:55 – storytelling, sharing, phasing ...
8:55-9:00 – announcements, “what’s next … a stargate on Mars?”
Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients at planet BBC – lost in e-space.
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Both-Sides-Of-The-Bridge vBBC News, Notices, Events
Buy a “Bainbridge Strong” t-shirt or hoodie for $10 and support a local business or non-profit of your choice: stores.inksoft.com/bainbridge_strong/“Our island is home to an amazingly diverse collection of small businesses which support and provide for the Bainbridge community. They are owned and operated by our family, friends, and neighbors, and currently facing an unprecedented challenge. Help your favorite local business survive this difficult time with the purchase of a special Bainbridge Strong t-shirt or hoodie. FB page: facebook.com/bainbridgestrong2020
Let’s continue honoring George Floyd & other victims of American systemic racism & police violence – the work for real change must continue: blacklivesmatter.com.
John Fossett, great links on small business marketing & e-commerce, including a seven-part YouTube workshops: PDF Info Sheet. John’s notes from 15 May: John Fossett Notes.
Bainbridge Bucks Update. Watch their site: bainbridgebucks.com. Suggestions for candidates/companies, please pass their names along to Steve Rabago at [email protected].
MAY “Buy Bainbridge Fridays” business community support: Flyer (pdf doc). Thanks Chris Mueller Visit Bainbridge Island and Claire Donahue Bainbridge Island Lodging Association. Catch the new Tour BainbridgeGrocery Delivery Service. Island Volunteer Caregivers are also available to do grocery delivery: ivcbainbridge.org.
Kitsap Economic Development Alliance weekly webinars: “Kitsap Weekly COVID Webinar Thursdays @ 10:00 AM” — useful information especially for small to medium size businesses. Info at: kitsapeda.org/2020/04/kitsap-weekly-covid-webinar-resources/
Bainbridge Island Downtown Association – BIDA is providing excellent continuous updates on individual local businesses. Support local businesses at: supportlocal.usatoday.com/
Bainbridge Recovers: bainbridgeislandcovid19.
Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”: bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares: bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James’ guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.
WA State Gov.: doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus
City Of B.I.: https://www.bainbridgewa.gov/1213/COVID-19
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