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Items of Interest to the International Business
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November
15, 2006
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-- SEMINAR SERIES: Nov. 17, Fri. & Dec. 1, 8 &
15--Certified Global Business Professional Series, Worcester
-- FILM FESTIVAL: Nov. 17-19, Fri.-Sun.--UN Association
International Documentary Film Series, Cambridge &
Boston
-- EVENT: Nov. 29, Wed.--"Oil, Politics &
Environment in Nigeria", Noon, Springfield
-- COURSE: Dec. 5, Tues.--"Export Documentation and
Valuation", 8:30am, Boston
-- COURSE: Dec. 7, Thurs.--"Managing Overseas Agents
& Distributors", 8am, Boston
-- EVENT: Dec. 7, Thurs.--"Business Impact: Changes in
Regulation & Immigration"--6:00pm, Boston
-- EVENT: Dec. 8, Fri.--Mass. High Tech's "Investing
Overseas: Growth Strategies in India and China",
7:30am, Boston
-- NOTE TO OUR READERS
Take
advantage, before year-end, of one of the many educational
seminars offered by the Mass. Export Center. Hundreds of
companies benefit from the Export Center's expert advice
each year, and international business executives offer high
praise for the quality of the Export Center's courses. Read
on for more information. Happy Thanksgiving!
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SEMINAR
SERIES: Nov. 17, Fri. & Dec. 1, 8 & 15--Certified Global
Business Professional Series, Worcester
The
Mass. Export Center presents the Certified Global Business
Professional (CGBP) seminar series for individuals interested in
preparing for the Feb. 2007 CGBP exam. This series includes
practical, real world information on all aspects of international
business. The CGBP credential enables businesspeople to use a
special CGBP designation, logo and watermark to identify the
individual as proficient in global commerce. Courses are offered at
Worcester State College's Student Center N/S Auditorium, Worcester.
Cost is $500 for the entire series or $125 per individual session.
For questions and to register, call the Export Center at
508-929-8844 or visit the website below.
INTERNATIONAL SALES & MARKETING is the title of the Friday,
Nov. 17 session. Global risk assessment, international market
research, overseas market evaluation and selection, methods of
market entry and overseas sales and distributors will be discussed
by speakers from Bose, IBM, Interchange Institute, US Dept.
Commerce, Mass. Export Center and Arthrosurface.
Visit
www.mass.gov/export |
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FILM
FESTIVAL: Nov. 17-19, Fri.-Sun.--UN Association International
Documentary Film Series, Cambridge & Boston
The UN Association of Greater Boston presents Global Voices, a
series of films showing at Cambridge College on 11/17 at 7pm,
Harvard's Kennedy School and Northeastern's Behrakis Center on 11/18
and Boston University's Photonics Center 11/19. Twenty- one films
will be shown; each film session is two hours. For further
information and tickets, visit the link below.
Visit
www.bostonfilms.org.
EVENT:
Nov. 29, Wed.--"Oil, Politics & Environment in
Nigeria", Noon, Springfield
The
World Affairs Council of Western Mass. presents a brown-bag lunch
with Dr. Adeyinka Banwo, Resident Fellow of the Five Colleges
African Scholars Program at UMass Amherst and Professor of History
at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria. Dr. Banwo will speak on the
human dimensions of oil production and the crises among the Nigerian
government, oil corporations and the oil producing communities.
Location is Sovereign Bank Building Community ROom, 1350 Main St. 3d
Floor, Springfield. Cost is $12 including lunch, or $6 without
lunch. For more information or to make reservations, call 413-733-
1001 or email wac1997@msn.com.
COURSE:
Dec. 5, Tues.--"Export Documentation and Valuation",
8:30am, Boston
The Mass. Export Center presents this all-day seminar
featuring executives from program sponsor OceanAir. The seminar will
focus on document requirements and special cases including warranty
and repair shipments. Location is State Transportation Building,
Conference Room 2, Boston. Time is 8:30am-4pm. Cost is $95 including
meals. For more information, call the Export Center at 617- 973-8664
or visit the Export Center's website below and click on
"Partners in Trade."
Visit
www.mass.gov/export
COURSE:
Dec. 7, Thurs.--"Managing Overseas Agents &
Distributors", 8am, Boston
The
Mass. Export Center, with Brown Rudnick and the Mass. Alliance for
International Business, presents this seminar for exporting firms.
Learn how to find reliable overseas partners, how to support and
motivate your agents and distributors to generate sales, and how to
structure sales and support functions while considering trade-offs
for different options. Learn from executives at Hologic, Spire,
Immunetics, Thermo Electron, Brown Rudnick, and the Mass. Export
Center. Time is 8am-11:30am. Location is Brown Rudnick, One
Financial Center, 18th Floor. Cost is $60 and includes breakfast.
For further information, call the Mass. Export Center at
617-973-8664 or visit the website below and click on "Partners
in Trade."
Visit
www.mass.gov/export.
EVENT:
Dec. 7, Thurs.--"Business Impact: Changes in Regulation &
Immigration"--6:00pm, Boston
The French-American Chamber of Commerce invites you to this
special program featuring guest speaker John R. Wilson, President
and Partner, GoffWilson, an immigration law firm, and Commercial
Consul to France for the State of New Hampshire. Managers,
executives, foreign nationals and other businesspeople need to know
about immigration law and regulations. Event is at the French
Library, 53 Marlborough St., Boston, from 6-8pm. Cost is $20
members, $30 non-members. To register and for further information,
call 617-247-1366 or email karine.guibert@faccne.org.
Visit
www.faccne.org
EVENT:
Dec. 8, Fri.--Mass. High Tech's "Investing Overseas: Growth
Strategies in India and China", 7:30am, Boston
The Mass. High Tech Pulse of Technology presents this
breakfast event featuring Pravin Chaturvedi, CEO of Indus Pharma;
Vinit Nijhawan, President, TiE Boston; Charles Yan, Managing
Partner, Greystone Capital Partners; and Tony Zhang, Chairman of
Asian/America Chamber of Commerce and Senior Vice President,
Sovereign Bank. Tom Chmura, VP Economic Development at UMass, will
moderate. Time is 7:30-9:30am, location is Newton Marriott, 2345
Commonwealth Ave. Cost is $45 per person. For more information and
to register, call 617-316-3260 or email cleblanc@bizjournals.com.
Visit
Mass High Tech.
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NOTE TO OUR READERS
 Your
notices of events and suggestions for topics are always welcome.
Massachusetts Alliance for International Business (MAIB)
is grateful to the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership
(MassMEP) for their financial support.
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This newsletter
is produced by the MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE for INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
(MAIB), an Affiliate of Associated Industries of Massachusetts
(A.I.M.). MISSION: MAIB helps businesses succeed in the global
economy through programs that inform, educate and assist. SERVICES:
a bi-weekly email newsletter; annual International Trade Achievement
Awards; Massachusetts Export Competitiveness Reports; Trade Seminars
and Roundtables. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Kristen Rupert
phone: 617-262-1180
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