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  • Get a Grip on Your Business

    John McMahon, President, TractionLeadership, LLC

    Even the most successful entrepreneurs occasionally find running a business a challenge. They grapple with lack of control, profit, growth and people who don’t follow through. Hear John’s solutions.

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  • Updates, Results and Protocol

    Chris Heuman, Practice Leader, RISC Management and Consulting, LLC

    The schedule, process, protocol and results thus far of the HIPAA Audit Protocol will be discussed. The talk will include historical information and the top three preparatory steps an organization can take in case of an audit.

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  • Extreme Time Management – 5 Keys to Creating an Abundance of Time

    Tom Kelly, Business Coach, Potential In Motion

    In our fast paced world, it seems that we are expected to do more and more with less and less. If you are finding that there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get things done, then this presentation is for you. In this presentation, Master Certified Business Coach Tom Kelly discusses the 5 shifts that you need to make to create an abundance of time in your life and business. MORE >

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  • How to Turn Social Media into Face to Face Meetings

    Franklin D. Rivera II, Founder/CEO, The V2M2 Group, Inc.

    Franklin Rivera built his entire business off of Twitter. In 2011 no one online knew who he was. In 2015 he was ranked in the top 10% of Twitter accounts worldwide for most senior level management connections and followed by most of the Forbes top 10 digital marketers worldwide. Today his connections on social media number over 10,000 quality followers! MORE >

    His company, V2M2, has consistently utilized social media for lead generation for both V2M2 and its clients with great success. Franklin will help you understand how to make the right social connections and get the face to face meeting.
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  • Career Compass: Liberating Corporate Superheroes, No Cape Required

    Rosie Zilinskas, Founder & CEO, No Woman Left Behind

    Every organization has high-potential employees—corporate superheroes waiting for an opportunity to rise to leadership. Yet, many remain unnoticed and unengaged, leaving companies struggling with turnover and leadership gaps. In Career Compass – Liberating Corporate Superheroes, No Cape Required, Rosie Zilinskas introduces companies to the key strategies necessary to identify, engage, and develop their future leaders. MORE >

    In this keynote, Rosie will guide your team through the foundational principles that organizations can adopt to create a culture of growth, retention, and leadership development. Learn how to set clear career paths, nurture a growth mindset, and foster a structured environment where employees are empowered to step into leadership roles—without needing a cape.

    This is for:

    ~Corporate executives seeking to reduce turnover by creating clear pathways to leadership.
    ~HR and talent development teams looking for actionable strategies to foster employee engagement and career growth.
    ~Leaders aiming to build a sustainable leadership pipeline and retain high-potential employees.

    Learning Outcomes for Attendees:

    ~Understand the power of Custom Career Roadmaps: Learn how to provide employees with actionable career plans that align with company goals and secure long-term retention.
    ~Create a growth-driven culture: Discover how promoting a growth mindset can lead to higher employee engagement, innovation, and leadership readiness.
    ~Boost leadership pipeline development: Gain insights on building a strong leadership pipeline through tailored succession planning strategies.
    ~Address disengagement and turnover: Identify the warning signs of disengagement and explore effective ways to keep top talent motivated and invested in your organization.
    ~Inspire internal leadership: Understand the steps to cultivate internal leaders by providing clear growth opportunities and removing obstacles to advancement.

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  • Millenial Onboarding

    Bette Lawrence-Water, Founder and Principal Consultant, Spectrum Strategic Solutions

    Onboarding new employees is a secure investment that will assist newly hired employees in developing their skills, knowledge, and value within the company. It will help match the technically skilled Millennial workforce with new and emerging needs of your company, which gives your company an advantage within the market. MORE >

    Millennial Onboarding is a specialized type of employee onboarding. With Millennials we are seeing a need to tweak the onboarding process to better suit the needs of the company and new hires. It will increase productivity and produce a happier and more skilled workforce. The new hire phase is a critical time for the employee and company and having a structured set of procedures will make this time run smoother and produce a greater chance of success.

    Presentation Objectives:
    • Define onboarding
    • Discuss the characteristics of Millennials
    • Create an onboarding process for Millennials
    • Start action plans for working with Millennials
    • Learn from introspection

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  • How to Live and Earn Well with a Business You Love

    Tikoshia Davis, CEO and Founder, Business Made Simple Coaching & Consulting

    Self-care is a right, not a privilege. This means that you can have a business you love, without sacrificing your well being in the process. Yes, really. MORE >

    My name is Tikoshia and I am a holistic business coach that specializes in teaching entrepreneurs how to build sustainable and profitable businesses that complement their quality of life — not consume it.

    Running your own business is hard! There’s a never-ending to-do list, long nights, and bouts of fear that can plague you on a daily basis. But, you know what? While all of that can be true, it doesn’t have to overtake you.

    Once upon a time I've tried doing things the imbalanced way. And, right when my coaching practice was starting to take off, I received the most devastating news of my life: I had breast cancer. I knew that if I had made it to the other side of that fight, I would do even more to make my dreams and the dreams of my clients, a reality, but not at the expense of my health. And that’s exactly what I did.

    You can run your business and still enjoy a happy, healthy quality of life. I’m here to show you how.

    In this talk, I will offer support with the following challenges:

    *Need clarity in how to align your business with your spirituality
    *Lack of systems in your business to promote growth
    *Recovering perfectionist, high achiever and/or professional that wants success in your own terms without the guilt of not doing “enough”
    *Want to find the confidence and the faith in yourself to go after their dreams

    THIS TALK BEST SERVES:

    *Professional women (leaders and administrators in higher education)
    *New entrepreneurs (2-3 years’ experience)
    *Aspiring entrepreneurs
    *Conferences and events that are about women in business/entrepreneurship, self-care, wellness, faith based groups

    PRESENTATION FORMAT TYPES:

    *Keynote address
    *Trainings and Workshops
    *Conference Breakout Sessions and Panels
    *Webinars

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  • Non-Profit Business Strategies

    Lea Ann Skogsberg, Founder, Dollars and Sense

    With 30 years experience, Lea Ann offers customized talks on using social media, blogging, endowment, creating access for middle income donors, fundraising, new business models, grantwriting and trends across sectors.

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  • 21st Century Leadership

    Scott Hansen, CEO, Scott Hansen Consulting

    In this high energy presentation, High Performance Coach, Scott Hansen, shares the importance of "21st Century Leadership Rules" that you must know. If you don't adapt these, your business might get left behind

    In 21st Century Leadership, you and your organization will walk away with the following: MORE >

    - Learn the importance of becoming a better leader
    - The (3) Income Producing Activities all business owners need to know
    - How to be more efficient and productive in your day
    - The importance of saying "NO" in your business
    - The One productivity strategy that Warren Buffet uses

     

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  • The 60-minute Strategic Plan

    Matt Kinnich, CEO, Roland, Ruth & Mitchell

    Technically, there is no such thing as a 60-minute strategic plan, but this session will provide the foundation, framework and next steps of building out your personal, team or organization’s strategies and plan. Participants will engage in the following: MORE >

    • Overview of Strategic Framework
    • What are your goals?
    • What is your purpose?
    • What does your environment look like?
    • What are my options?
    • What options are best?
    • Individual/Group questions
    • What actions am I willing to do next?
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