Get your computers ready for 2016 at the North Shore Business Forum's Meeting on Friday, 11/20/ 2015. Acapulcos Beverly.

The North Shore Business Forum meets on Friday, November 20, 2015 at Acapulcos, 900 Cummings Center, Beverly, MA. Registration begins at 7:15 AM, the meeting runs from 7:30 to 8:30. Admission is $10 at the door, and includes a buffet breakfast. Visit www.nsbforum.orgfor more information. The featured speaker is Mark Beckley owner of Small Business Computing, who will give business owners tips on how to get their hardware and software ready for 2016. The presentation will go through the steps required to keep your machines tuned-up and running properly. He will explain what you need to know about Windows 8 and 10, and about viruses and futures.

About the Speaker: Mark has been working in the computer industry since 1978. After working for a number of local firms including Ask Jeeves, Polaroid and Avid, Mark started his own business in January 2004. Since then he has been building workstations and servers and servicing the computer needs of small businesses in the North Shore area. Mark’s IT business is the only one on the North Shore where most of the revenue comes from building custom machines for those folks who still need to use real computers. Mark is based in Reading, MA. For more information contact Mark at mark@greenmachinecompany.com or visitwww.smallbizcomputing.com .

The North Shore Business Forum, Inc. (NSBF) is a group of small business owners from Boston’s North Shore who meet on the first and third Friday of each month for informal lectures given by business owners on a wide variety of topics. Members give a 30-second introduction of their business at each meeting. All business owners are welcome: future, past, profitable, experienced or beginning. Meetings are from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. (registration starts at 7:15) at Acapulcos, 900 Cummings Center, Beverly, MA. The $10.00 admission fee includes a breakfast buffet. No pre-registration necessary.

Contact: Brett Kirkpatrick, NSBF President, 978-239-6335, Email:events@nsbforum.org.

The “Meeting After the Meeting” Returns!

The North Shore Business Forum is re-instituting the concept of having members share their expertise with other members on an informal basis, in brief, no-cost sessions after its Friday morning networking meetings.

If you are an NSBF member with an interest in offering your own “Meeting After the Meeting” session in the future, please see NSBF President Brett Kirkpatrick at one of our meetings, or email him at events@nsbforum.org .