We are now, finally, officially, in the "year end."

I got home from Singapore Tuesday. Took a few days to get in the time zone. Now I'm in Florida for the Acronis Cyberfit Summit. I missed the 80 degree temps.

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I will be podcasting live from the Acronis event. Stay tuned. See

November 7-9. Perhaps I'll see you there.

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Here's a potentially great opportunity if you're willing to work with government agencies: The Department of Homeland Security has allocated $185 Million to help secure state and local agencies from cyber attacks.

See https://www.fema.gov/fact-sheet/fiscal-year-2022-state-and-local-cybersecurity-grant-program-fact-sheet

Thanks to Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community member Kirby for mentioning ths opportunity on our weekly Zoom call!

Register today and join us - Literally!

Register now:

Topics include the New Membership program, Legislative activities, new Vendor Partners, and more. Join us and give your input!

THIS Wednesday at 9AM Pacific / Noon Eastern.

In preparation for the webinars discussed below, I want to gather as much information as possible about the state of employment in SMB IT - as you see it!

The questionnaire should take only ten minutes. I want to gather information on your hiring practices and where you think your company is going in the next year. You can answer completely anonymously. If you wish to receive a copy of the results, you'll need to provide your email address, of course.

Note: Registration for the 2-webinar series is separate. See below.

Thank you for your help!

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I'm putting on a special two-part webinar series to tackle the biggest problem SMB IT folks are having today: Finding and keeping good employees.

Finding and Keeping Great Employees in 2023 is part webinar and part conversation about the realities of our current employment environment, with some thoughts about long-term and short-term strategies. With a bit of employment philosophy thrown in.

NO Vendor Sponsor - I'm calling this No Vendor December.

Webinar 1: Dec 7, 2022 at 9:00 AM Pacific

Webinar 2: Dec 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM Pacific

For both webinars, I'm planning to leave time within the 60 minute slot to answer questions. But I'm also planning to go to 90 minutes if the questions keep coming. Some folks will drop after 60 minutes to get to their next meeting, but I'll stay as needed.

Free, of course.

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November Holidays: Please note that our offices are closed Friday, November 11th for Veterans Day and November 24-25 for the US Thanksgiving holiday.

That's it for now. Have a great week.

Taught By: Karl W. Palachuk

Newly Revised Course

- Five Tuesdays: Nov. 22 - Dec. 20

Based on the best-selling book Cloud Services in a Month, this course will give you the information, forms, processes, and motivation to move full force into providing Cloud Services. Much of the focus is on designing and developing a package of services you can sell to every single client. As Karl describes it: The core technologies that every client needs.

Tuition for this course includes the ebook version of Cloud Services in a Month. That includes all the downloads from the book as well.

You will learn:

... And More!

This class is filled with great advice and tips on running your I.T. company and moving into the world of recurring revenue with cloud services.

Delivered by Karl W. Palachuk, blogger and author of the very popular "SOP Friday" posts at https://blog.smallbizthoughts.com.

Includes five weeks of webinars with related handouts, assignments, and "office hours" with the instructor. All classes are recorded for download.

This course is intended for business owners and managers. It is particularly useful for the Service Manager or Operations Manager.

Meets Certification Requirements for:

This class will be recorded. Each unit is generally posted within 24 hours of the live class. These recorded units will become the On-Demand class and you’ll have lifetime access to it.

Unit 1 Setting the Stage for Cloud Services in Small Business

Unit 2 Introducing the Cloud Five-Pack Formula

Unit 3 Implementation, Sales, and Variations

Unit 4 Cloud Migration Strategies and Procedures

Unit 5 Maintaining, Evolving, and Integrating Cloud Services Over Time

SMB Community Podcast - New episodes drop every Thursday

The Killing IT Podcast - New episodes drop every Tuesday

Our YouTube IT Consulting channel now has more than 580,000 views!

Subscribe today and don't miss a thing!

You can always check out my YouTube Channel and subscribe at https://www.youtube.com/smallbizthoughts

OR my Relax-Focus-Succeed Channel at https://www.youtube.com/relaxfocussucceed

Exclusive to the Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community: Paul Draper returns to the SBT Roundtable December 1st!

Paul was on our Holiday Zoom meeting last year and was a huge hit! So we're having him back for an encore performance.

SBT Roundtables are exclusive to Community Members. You can join us and then join us December 1st for this excellent show.

That's it for this week. I'll see you at the meeting on Thursday.

Thank you!

:-)

I know I'm easily amused, but this always makes me laugh.

After all these years, someone must have come up with something else to say.

This calendar lists two kinds of things: LIVE in-person events from any organization that focuses on the SMB consulting community; and MY events, whether live, webinar, etc.

Of course: Everything here is subject to change based on Covid. Click the links for the latest details. Please send updates so we can post them.

More Info: https://acronis.events/summit2022/

Nov. 9, 2022

Orlando, FL

More Info: https://mspinitiative.com/orlando/

November 9 - 11

More Info: https://www.connectwise.com/theitnation/connect-na

Nov. 12-16, 2022

Orlando, FL

More Info: https://www.smworld.com/

Nov. 16, 2022

Manchester, England

More Info: https://north.managedservicessummit.com/

Dec. 1, 2022

London, England

More Info: https://www.cybersecurityexpo.co.uk/

Dec. 6-9, 2022

Melbourne, Australia

More Info: https://www.ciscolive.com/apjc.html

Register Now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QaMrDgbSQMymmLvnqd0G1w

Dec. 8-9

Las Vegas, NV

More Info: https://kernanconsulting-mastermind.mykajabi.com/mastermind-event

Register Now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QaMrDgbSQMymmLvnqd0G1w

Register Now: Webinar Registration - Zoom

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Feb 14-17, 2022

Fort Lauderdale, FL

More Info: https://www.mspexpo.com/east/

March 30-31

Orlando, FL

More Info: https://kernanconsulting-mastermind.mykajabi.com/mastermind-event

April 11-14, 2023

Nashville, TN

More Info: https://robinsbigseminar.com/

Apr. 24-27, 2023

San Francisco, CA

More Info: https://www.rsaconference.com/usa

:-)

June 4-8, 2023

Las Vegas, NV

More Info: https://www.ciscolive.com/global.html

June 5-7, 2023

Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center

Orlando, FL

More Info: https://www.connectwise.com/theitnation/secure/cybersecurity-conference

June 20-22, 2023

London, England

More Info: https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/

June 29-30

Denver, CO

More Info: https://kernanconsulting-mastermind.mykajabi.com/mastermind-event

:-)

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Sept 28-29

Omaha, NE

More Info: https://kernanconsulting-mastermind.mykajabi.com/mastermind-event

Oct. 2-4, 2023

Miami, FL

More Info: https://www.dattocon.com/

:-)

Dec 7-8

Phoenix, AZ

More Info: https://kernanconsulting-mastermind.mykajabi.com/mastermind-event

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