FountainBlue's executive events cover today's business, technology and leadership issues for high tech, clean energy and life science decision-makers. It is our intent that FountainBlue's events for executives 1) foster deeper relationships between fellow professionals and 2) stimulate critical thinking on leadership and business issues, which directly and positively impact a leader's decisions and results.
The Edge: Leadership, Creativity and Diversity Workshops for Decision-Makers
FountainBlue conducts educational workshops to give today's decision-makers and their teams the leadership edge. We conduct monthly three-hour workshops focused on developing and nurturing critical leadership, diversity and creativity skills in ourselves and in those we live and work with.
Our six-month Leadership series of workshops may include:
Embracing Your Personal Brand of Leadership
Expanding Your Communication Style
Leading with Power, Influence and Integrity
Effective Decision-Making and Follow-Through
Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Leadership
How Renewing Your Fire and Help Build Consensus and Resolve Conflict
Our three month Creativity series of workshops may include
Awaken Your Intuition
Welcoming Creativity in Others
Balancing the Creative and the Practical
Our three month Diversity series of workshops may include:
Why Diversify?
Increasing Tolerance in Individuals and Teams
Celebrating Differences.
Transitions: FountainBlue's Transitions is designed for senior executives in career transition as well as those seeking networking and educational opportunities with fellow senior professionals. Our monthly programs feature interactive discussions with an industry expert, on relevant business, technology and leadership issues facing the high-tech, clean-tech and life-science executive decision-makers in attendance. We also take pride in drawing on the collective experience of the group and making the discussion interactive and relevant for everyone.
When She Speaks: This Women-in-Leadership Series highlights the stories of influential Silicon Valley women and provides opportunities to celebrate leadership, share best practices, and forge bonds with fellow professionals in support of women in leadership positions. Our intent is to stimulate critical thinking on the social and business issues of the day, to build support networks for like-minded professionals and even to mobilize leaders to take specific action and achieve tangible results.
For more information about event schedules and topics, click on the individual links for the events.
Event Registration Policies
Pre-Registration Options: We are pleased to offer Acteva and PayPal payment options for each of our events. Although the base price is the same for both options, the fee is slightly less for the PayPal option, although you will only be able to sign up for the current upcoming event using the PayPal option, and you will not be asked for a self-introduction or for a burning question using the PayPal option. Pre-Registration Deadlines: Online registration closes at noon the night before for a Tuesday-to-Friday event and on Friday the week before for a Monday event. Please do not ask for pre-registration rates when you are registering on-site. Thank you. On-Site Registration: Limited on-site registration may be available for a fee of $30 for entrepreneur events, $40 for Transitions and When She Speaks events, and $50 for Leadership Edge Workshops. We strongly encourage pre-registration. Please do not ask to pay the pre-registration fee on-site. Thank you. Confirmation: A confirmation e-mail will be sent a couple of days prior to the event. Cancellations and Refunds: Although we do not offer refunds, we are pleased to transfer your ticket to another event or to another professional. We appreciate it if you would inform us at your earliest convenience if you are no longer able to attend so that we can plan our food and space accordingly. Corporate Packages: Corporate packages are available for our Leadership Edge events (5 tickets for $150) and for our When She Speaks events (10 tickets for $100). Use the Acteva registration option to order these corporate packages. What If the Deadline is Passed? If you really would like to pay the discounted pre-registration rate and to ensure your seat AND the deadline is past, feel free to visit our web site and select the PayPal option. But please do not over-use this option (as it's more work for us) and please pre-register at least 2 hours prior to the event itself, or you will be charged on-site registration fees.
Professional Standards for Event Attendees
Consistent with its mission to support high-integrity, high impact professionals, FountainBlue encourages all attendees to adhere to the highest professional standards. We ask that you do the following to support these standards, which benefit us all:
Registration: Please pre-register for FountainBlue events to help us better manage the registration process and to ensure an appropriate amount of space and food for everyone. Please let us know if you have registered and are no longer able to make it. Arriving at the meeting: We respect everyone's time by starting and ending our meetings on time, so please plan accordingly. Please notify us prior to the meeting if you need to arrive late or leave early, and if you must be delayed due to unavoidable circumstances, please enter the room with the minimum of disruption. Dress Code at the meetings: Business casual is fine, but show your professionalism, good sense and good judgement by dressing in a professional manner. Cell Phones: Please set your cell phones to mute so that it does not interrupt our conversations at our events. If you must take a call during a meeting, please quietly excuse yourself to take the call. Extraneous Conversations: Please refrain from extraneous conversations, particularly when events are filmed.
Tell, Don't Sell Policy:
We encourage everyone to network and connect with others, and tell others about their products, services, company, passions, etc., But there's a fine line between telling and selling and we hope that all our event attendees will respect that fine line.
We thank you for your support and cooperation and look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event soon.
