Boxcar VP to Speak on Managing Virtual Businesses
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The lunchtime series is sponsored by the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce and are designed to help area business owners. The Berkshire Chamber has enlisted the help of experts in the region to provide 60-minute sessions on topics including communication, financial planning, marketing, management, and the use of social media.
Adams' talk on "The Reality of Your Virtual Business" will include strategies for effectively managing virtual employees and customers in today's technology-driven office and marketplace. Boxcar Media is the parent company of iBerkshires.com, Agency BCM and Raceway Media, which includes the international classified racing car site RacingJunk.com. Boxcar is headquartered on Main Street in North Adams.
The workshop will be held in the fourth-floor conference room at Hoosac Bank, 93 Main Street, from noon to 1; attendees are invited to bring along a brown-bagged lunch.
Brown Bag Series workshops are free to chamber members. While nonmembers are typically charged $10 per person to attend, Hoosac Bank will cover the cost of anyone who wishes to attend as a way to support area businesses.
This series will run through May 13. The last workshop is "'NET'working: Building Your Business Through Social Media" presented by the chamber's own Christina Barrett on Wednesday, May 13.
To register for the any of the sessions in the series, visit www.berkshirechamber.com, e-mail choyt@berkshirechamber.com, or call 413-499-4000, Ext. 26.
