How do you choose a Six Sigma Project?

Learn and share your own ideas with other Six Sigma professionals at the Cincinnati Six Sigma User Group on Thursday, November 13.  Get details at http://www.isssc3.com/cincinnati_six_sigma_user_group.asp

Join the Six Sigma User Group -- Meeting coming up on 10/9

Please join us Thursday, October 9 in Mason for the Cincinnati Six Sigma User Group.  Once again we’re bringing together Cincinnati area Six Sigma Professionals to share ideas, tips and techniques for an informative networking experience.

October’s meeting topics, based on member’s top requested issues, are:

•           The cost justification of doing a Six Sigma project

•           Best practices for keeping management informed on a project's status.

All Six Sigma professionals are welcome free of charge. Membership fees of only $10 a meeting or $60 a year will start in November ’08. 

I would like to thank our sponsor, Harris Broadcast Communications Division for allowing us to use their conference room at their location in Mason.

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008

Time: Registration / networking opens at 5:30, meeting begins at 6:00 pm and lasts until 7:30 pm

Location: Harris Broadcast Communications Division, 4393 Digital Way, Mason, OH 45040

RSVP: Email any questions along with your RSVP to betty.hakes@isssc3.com

Additional information can be found at: http://www.isssc3.com/cincinnati_six_sigma_user_group.asp

Leaning the process before the fix

Esau Borja, ISSSC Consultant, helps Six Sigma Professionals explore ways to reach their projects’ full potential by reducing waste before implementing fixes, also known as the 5S – Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain.  We’ll learn ways to improve the workplace with better organization, improved efficiency, eliminating waste and more.

Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008

Time: Registration open at 5:30, Meeting begins at 6:00 pm and lasts until 7:15 pm

Location: New Horizons Computer Learning Center, 10653 Techwoods Circle, Cincinnati, OH 45242

RSVP: Email your questions you'd like to see addressed along with your RSVP to betty.hakes@isssc3.com or call 513.309.5506 for additional information.

Light snacks and refreshments will be served

Additional information: http://www.isssc3.com/cincinnati_six_sigma_user_group.asp

Measuring ROI on Social Networking

Well, I've posted this question out there and have yet to hear from you.  Why, mainly because we're all still trying to figure it out together.

Well, perhaps the answer lies in that you can't measure ROI on your network of friends.  Online Social networking is much more than ROI, it's about making connections and acting on them to help increase your brand awareness and sales.  (I do still believe we need to put a process to manage all of it, but more on that later.)

And, let's not forget making a difference in people lives.  What I enjoy about this medium is that we're all more than just a sales or marketing pitch.  We're getting to know each other and end up truly caring for each other.  

I have several online friends who have been affected by Gustav and have been keeping track of them online.  My thoughts and prayers are with them.

-Betty

PS: American Red Cross is a huge part of helping out hurricane victims, if you'd like to help, you can visit their website at http://www.redcross.org/ 

Non-Profits team up to aid Butler County, Ohio

Our community needs help when a box of cereal now costs the same as a gallon of gas, baby aspirin costs more than a loaf of bread and adults who were taking night courses are dropping out because they can’t afford to drive to work and school. Low income families feel the squeeze of the economic pressure more seriously than most.

Reach Out Lakota, a not for profit food bank and clothing distribution center, and St. Anne’s Episcopal church are partnering to bring the Benefit bank to the eligible clients at Reach Out Lakota . $1.6 billion in aid, 95% of which is federal dollars, is unclaimed every year in Ohio. Clients who do claim the funds for which they qualify spend the money in their community thereby boosting the economy. Everybody wins when the Benefit Bank is implemented.

The Benefit Bank allows eligible Ohioans to claim tax credits, and public benefits, such as food stamps, child care subsidies, home energy assistance, and children’s’ health care insurance. It also provides tax services and voter registration.

Eleven parishioners from St. Anne’s Church in West Chester, OH have volunteered to be trained through Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks, and to work on site at Reach Out Lakota.

Lean Green Belt Course added to ISSSC’s public schedule

If you’ve been waiting for the right time and right price to take a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course – your wait is over!

ISSSC just posted a new course to their public schedule. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt during the week of October 20th. Check out the details, course outline and register for this 5-day Lean Six Sigma Course.

What kind of ROI does Social Networking really give you?

Can you really track it?

This is the question I'm asking myself as I'm joining, what it seems to be, every online social networking site on the 'net.

I'm going to start monitoring how much time I spend on these sites and then analyze the increase (if any) hits to my site(s) and any additional business that is closed through these sites.

Anyone have any comments - suggestions out there?

Bring it on.. and oh by the way.. follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/bettyhakes

:-)