Even if it’s not our first topic, one of our first orders of business needs to be connecting with the local community. If the Sonoma State professor is available to meet with us and share her sense of how we could help local businesses, that would be wonderful.
Alternatively, we could put together a short survey to share with local hiring managers (we all know some, surely) to get a sense of their priorities. Then we could brainstorm about how/whether we fit in, and (further) how we might connect with them more reliably to promote those solutions.
– Andrew