A dynamic and informative 90-minute breakfast program specifically geared to San Luis Obispo business people. Held the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, local experts focus on a wide variety of community and business topics. Deadline to register is 5 p.m. Nov. 22.
This month’s topic’s include:

THINK YOUR DATA IS SAFE? THINK AGAIN
If you think a cybersecurity breach won’t happen to you, consider this: breaches have skyrocketed 67 percent in five years, with a ransomware attack every 14 seconds. ITECH’s Brian Weiss will share advice on adopting a security-first mindset and steps you can take to protect your business – and your customers – from a security breach.
TIS THE SEASON FOR GRATITUDE
Maybe you squeeze a few minutes of thanks between the turkey and stuffing next week, but are you getting the most out of your gratefulness? Evidence is mounting that gratitude can be powerful stuff, so we asked Mindful Choice Coaching’s Christie Garcia to lead us through a few exercises designed to flex our gratitude muscles.
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR HIGH-RISK YOUTH
High-risk youth on probation are often sent to live in group homes, a costly and often ineffective solution. SLO County’s alternative approach, the residential Coastal Valley Academy, recently won a state-wide innovation award. Chief Probation Officer James Salio will address the regional approach behind the program’s success.
CAT IN THE HAT APPROVED
Adorable cat drawings. A bilingual tale of embracing diversity and individualism. The desire to support art education at a Title 1 school. All this came together as You Can Be That Cat, a children’s book benefiting art classes at C.L. Smith Elementary. Lindsey Haring will share how a simple idea grew into a community fundraising effort.
WRAPPING UP THE YEAR WITH THE SLO SYMPHONY
Your next chance to hear the full SLO Symphony is the popular New Year’s Eve Pops concert at the PAC, but a trio of performers will wrap things up for us with Piazzolla’s hauntingly beautiful Oblivion and Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring to stir our spirits as we head into the holiday season.

