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Happy New Year!
In this issue:
- Read about our next meeting with Maureen Osako from
- Use our NEW Meeting Registration Process to sign-up for the next meeting;
- Review the December meeting presentation;
 
"What You Need to Know about Online Social Networking"
with Maureen Osako
Clark Alumni House - Coe College Campus
(Map)
Thursday, January 15,
2009
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: $15.00
Reservations are required and due by
Noon on Friday, January 9.
About the Meeting & Guest Speaker:
The popularity of social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Linked In and others is growing. Do you participate or ignore this technological tidal wave? An enlightening look at a current online trend and what it means on a business and personal level.
Maureen Osako is the owner of Informatics, a downtown Cedar Rapids technology development company that specializes in the design and development of websites and internet applications. Informatics is celebrating its 10th year in business.
Maureen is a graduate of Mt. Mercy College and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with marketing major. She is an alumni of Leadership for Five Seasons, and a member of Professional Women's Network, CR Advertising Federation and downtown Rotary. She is currently on the Steering Committee for Iowa Women's Leadership Conference and is serving on the boards of Planned Parenthood and Brucemore.
Reservations are
required and
are due by Noon on Friday, January 9th.
***NEW PROCESS***
Please use the new online form to make
reservations for the next CRPRA meeting.
The information you submit online populates a database that will
reduce the manual work involved for meeting preparation.
* * * Submit
your reservation online HERE * * *
If you do not have Internet access or have
technical issues using
the Web form, you may
call Carol Myers at
393-1781 ext. 249 to register.
View the 2008-2009 Meeting Schedule
by Sher Jasperse
December 2008:
"Identity Theft"
Long-time CR PLong-time CR Police Department investigator Lt. Ken Washburn provided a wealth of information and advice about avoiding identity theft. Although, numerically speaking, few people are victimized by this crime, its effects are devastating and long-lasting, so take basic precautions to make sure you're not among them. In spite of the growth of Internet-based scams, he noted, most identity theft is perpetrated by people known to the victims (family members, friends, co-workers) or is a result of car theft. Other key advice: use a shredder to dispose of all credit card offers and financial documents, avoid carrying or giving out your Social Security Number, and never respond to requests for account verification information via phone or Internet. For more of Lt. Washburn's tips, visit a site he recommends: Visa's Identity Theft web pages.
Two Programs to Benefit the
Associates of CRPRA
(originally announced in the November 2008 Newsletter)
Bring a Guest and Win a Prize!
From now through the April 2009 meeting, bring a friend
or colleague who has never attended a CRPRA meeting, or someone who has not attended a CRPRA meeting for
two or more years, and we'll put your name in a drawing for a $50
Community Gift Certificate to be awarded at our May meeting. There
is no limit to the number of guests you may bring along in any
month, but please be sure your guests have a reservation for the
meeting.
Networking/Information Table
At each meeting a table will
be provided outside the meeting room where you can provide any
printed materials about events or products you wish to share. Be
sure to arrive a little early to place your items on the table. We
ask that printed items now be placed on this table, rather than on
the dining tables. At the end of the meeting, please pick up and
take with you any items that may be left. Our hope is that this will
reduce the amount of paper we (and the Coe staff) need to
clean up and recycle at the end of our meetings.
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