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Marketing Yourself in a
Tough Market
Roy J. Blitzer
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 → 6:00-8:00pm
Executive and Management Coach
Author of Five Career Books
Host of Television Show ASK “DR” BUSINESS
Roy J. Blitzer has 30 years’ experience as a human resources and business management professional. He has held
numerous positions, such as Manager of Training and Corporate Communications, Founding Principal, Vice President, and
Senior Executive Consultant.
Roy’s accomplishments include:
- Coordination and delivery of world-wide training services from career management seminars for individual
contributors and skill building sessions for managers to strategy and team development activities for senior staff.
- Creation of a corporate-wide climate survey which included all levels of feedback collection, dissemination, and
action planning.
- Service as founding principal, Vice President, and Senior Executive Consultant for Zenger Miller, a training,
education, and consulting company, spearheading annual growth from 50-100% per year. As chair and creator of the
Instructor Certification process and Customer Service Operations, also established Human Resource system for 300
person staff.
- Consultation to organizations implementing organization change with service quality, self-managing teams, and
other high-employee-interventions.
- Counsel with senior industry leaders in executive development and career management activities that resulted in
meeting personal improvement goals.
Roy works with numerous assessment tools (MBTI–Myers-Briggs, Strong, Birkman, FIRO-B, 360 Feedback, etc.) and has a
BA in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA in Organizational Behavior from
the University of California at Berkeley. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco,
San Jose State University, and Menlo College; sits on the Board of Directors for the Institute of Social
Responsibility and the Institute for Effective School Leadership; and is former chair the Palo Alto, CA Human
Relations Commission.
Roy has been published in numerous journals and magazines and has authored five books:
- Office Smarts: 252 Tips for Success in the Workplace
- Find the Bathrooms First
- The HIRE ME, INC. Series
– Package Yourself to Get Your Ideal Job
– Interviews that Get Offers
– Resumes that Get Results
In addition to producing and hosting his television show ASK “DR” BUSINESS, Roy is a regular guest on NBC
Channel 11’s BAY AREA SATURDAY and is a frequent speaker at national professional conferences.
A partial list of Roy's clients includes Levi Strauss & Co., GAP, Inc., American President Lines, Solectron
Corporation, Wells Fargo, Bain & Company, Genentech, and the County of Alameda.
Online Registration (through March 7, 2010)
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/457495381
$5* Current BGS-SF Alumni Chapter Member
(paid annual chapter dues within the past year)
$15* All others
*(plus EventBrite processing fee)
At the Door
Space permitting
$10 Current BGS-SF Alumni Chapter Member
(paid annual chapter dues within the past year)
$20 All others
Location TBD
San Francisco State University
Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, Room 607
San Francisco, CA
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