Office Hours with Miranda Creative

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

Maria Miranda will be our mentor this month. We are scheduling one-on-one appointments to get your business’s marketing questions answered. Miranda Creative is not the typical advertising agency, they are brand managers — more importantly, they are partners, and work side-by-side with clients to manage messaging that reflects a brand’s value across all media and […]

Free

Women’s Night at the Innovators Networking Series

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

Co-hosted by the Women’s Business Development Council and Southeastern CT Women’s Network Wine tasting with Wines of Illyria and The Commons STEM Art Show viewing. Join us for a great evening of connecting with successful women. We will highlight several women business owners in the region, moderated by Lisa Carberg. We know our entrepreneurial journeys […]

Free

Improv for Scientists (and others who want to have fun)

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

Story Matters LLC is facilitating a series for improv scientists and those who want to have fun! “Training scientists to better communicate using the tools of improvisation is not about making them into comedians.” –Alan Alda, Alda Center for Communicating Science, StonyBrook University ​Improvisation is about opening up avenues of right brain thinking, focus, communication […]

Free

Innovation Networking

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

Join us for the first in the series of Innovation Networking! Let me peak your interest by telling you a little bit about it...the goal of Innovation Networking is to have a local, face-to-face networking group of cross-industry/cross-functional professionals that gather to inspire shared knowledge and experiences and to engage in collaborative problem solving. These […]

Innovators Networking Series with Decision Options

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

This month, we will highlight work being done with Artificial Intelligence. AI entrepreneur Gill Eapen of Decision Options will share his startup journey, the evolution of DO, and information about his AI work. Cheryl Rice from CT Technology Council will also be on hand to share about their work supporting tech startups. Brief presentations will […]

Free

DOD and NIH SBIR/STTR Proposal Development Workshop

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

Please join us for this intensive, two-day SBIR/STTR workshop focused on proposal development for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Presented by SBIR/STTR expert Jerry Hollister, the workshop will provide detailed instruction on how to write a competitive proposal that meets the mission and standards of the DOD and […]

DOD and NIH SBIR/STTR Proposal Development Workshop

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

Please join us for this intensive, two-day SBIR/STTR workshop focused on proposal development for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Presented by SBIR/STTR expert Jerry Hollister, the workshop will provide detailed instruction on how to write a competitive proposal that meets the mission and standards of the DOD and […]

Improv for Better Communication

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

Increase your ability to: listen, respond and focus through improvisation.  Free and no experience necessary! No need to rsvp, just come to BioCT Innovation Commons at 12 noon on the first Wednesday of the month.

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Everything I know about Project Management I learned from Rugby

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

“Everything I know about Project Management I learned from Rugby” That bold statement was made by John Carne, Business Process Management Consultant with IRACIS Consulting of East Greenwich, RI. Please plan to join us at the April 9 Innovation Networking event when John will teach us the basics of the sport of rugby and discuss […]

Free

Innovation Place Pitch

BioCT Innovation Commons 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton, United States

As Thames River Innovation Place heads into its third year, we invite the community to hear proposals for our next round of funding. Join us to listen to applicants pitch their proposal ideas. Each proposal will give a brief presentation, followed by Q&A. After all the proposals are heard, we will move to the cafe […]

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