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Meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of every month from 1:30 - 4:30.

2006 Meeting Schedule:

January:
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July:
Date: July 12, 2006 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: Synopsis
Address: 700 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
TBD
Topic: Advanced Troubleshooting Skills for the Help Desk: The Best Bedside Manner
Speaker: Jacky Hood, instructor of Customer Service for the IT Professional at DeAnza/Foothill College District

July Presentation

 
 
 
 
 

February:
Date: February 21, 2006
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: Xilinx
Address: 2100 Logic Drive
San Jose, CA 95124
Topic: Software Licensing
Speaker: SHI

August:
Date: No Meeting (Summer Break!)
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March:
Date: March 15, 2006 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: City of Mountain View Council Chambers
Address: 500 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Topic 1: Byte Size Training (this is a Low-Cost and No-Cost strategy for training your techs without spending money that is, quite frankly, not in the budget)
Topic 2: The Delta Dental Support Center Case Study - We Fix Bad Bytes (overview of the my Help Desk - our processes, metrics, training, you name it)
Speaker: Brandon Caudle, Delta Dental

September:
Date: September 21, 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: Yahoo! Address:
701 N. 1st Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Building D
Topic: Service Level Management
Speaker: Julie Mohr

Service Level Management Presentation

 
 
 
 
 

April:
Date: April 19, 2006 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: Franklin Templeton
Address: One Franklin Parkway, Building 920
1st Floor Jamieson Auditorium
San Mateo, CA 94403
Topic: Measuring and Improving Customer Satisfaction
Speaker: Ron Muns, SVHDI Founder

October:
Date: October 13
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: Woodside Vineyards
Address: Kings Mountain Rd
Woodside,
Topic: Vendor Booths and Good Wine!
This is a FREE Event! Mark Your Calendar!

May:
Date: May 9, 2006
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: Agilent Technologies
Address: 395 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Topic: The Service Desk: Critical to your Company’s Success with ITIL®.
Speaker: Dick Szymanski, Founder and Chief Instructor; AmerIT Learning Corporation
Click for a copy of the presentation!

ITIL PowerPoint Presentation

 
 
 
 
 

November:
Date: TBD
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: TBD
Address: TBD
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June:
Date: June 6, 2006
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: Roche
Address:
3431 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Topic: HDI National Conference Panel Review
Speaker: 5 Panelists will review insightful information they received from the conference

December:
Date: TBD
Time: 1:30 - 4:30
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