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]]>To help us learn how to reach our communication potential, we asked Bob Hopper, Certified DISC Trainer, to come out to Coffee Club to share his knowledge with us. Thanks to Rinaldi’s Air Conditioning Service, he was able to help us out.
Click here to see Bob’s presentation.
In his presentation, Bob covered the benefits of the DISC assessment. Knowing and understanding your customer’s level of dominance, influence, steadiness and conscientiousness will allow you to pitch to anyone. To see all of Bob’s helpful tips, click here.
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To help us learn the best methods of marketing to the Hispanic population, we asked Gabby Ortigoni of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to come out to Coffee Club, sponsored this month by Rinaldi’s Air Conditioning Service.
Click here to see Gabby’s presentation.
In her presentation, Gabby was able to help us see the importance of knowing our audiences within the Hispanic culture, as many of the cultures are not as similar as we might think. She also invited us to participate in the Hispanic Business and Consumer Expo on April 17. To see all of the tips Gabby had to offer, click here.
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Two incredibly important questions in regards to our economy.
These are questions that we, as small business owners just like you, have had over the past several months. To get answers we asked Kenneth Moyer, senior financial consultant for International Assets Advisory, LLC, to come out and talk to the group. Thanks to our cool sponsors of the month, Rinaldi's Air Conditioning Service, he was able to.
Click here to hear Kenneth's presentation on our economy.
Full of insight, Moyer went on to give the group a brief overview of many of the contributing factors to the economic climate of today. He also told us what his firm predicts will happen in the near future and when we can expect some type of major relief. Think of his presentation as a crash course in recent economic studies, without all that pesky class work. To see everything he had to say, click here.
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If you missed out this week, Rob’s 24 minute talk will remind you of why you should never miss a Coffee Club. Throughout his presentation he covered all of the large projects happening in Lake Nona, including the V.A. Hospital, the Nemours Children’s Hospital, the UCF College of Medicine and an overview of the Lake Nona site basics. If you’re interested in what’s going on around Lake Nona watching this is a great way to get started!
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Now, if you missed out this week, we can't help you. Susan was kind enough to have Quickbook tip packets for all in attendance. (That's why you should come every week.)
Throughout her 13 minute talk she covered the basics, creating reports, custom menu navigation and more. If you ever wanted to know anything about anything about Quickbooks, watching this is one of the better jumping off points you'll find.
]]>We'll you're in luck because thanks to our sponsors for March, Franchise Right, we were able to present expert networker David Cox this week to discuss the do's and don’ts of networking.
Click here to view his entire presentation!
We've alleither done or have seen some of the most common networking mistakes, but that's ok. Leaning stems from mistakes sometimes, we aren't here to judge. "Business networking is leveraging your business and personal connections to bring you a regular supply of business," says Cox.How many of those people truly know you? How many know what you do?
To find out how toincrease your networking capability, watch now.
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Don’t know how to go about creating a successful partnership? No problem! Thanks to our sponsors this month, Two Men and a Truck, we were able to hear from Jourdan Hathaway of EVOK and Wendy Jo Moyer of Workforce Central Florida as they discussed the ins and outs of business partnerships in the down turned economy, using their recent PR smash hit Career-e-oki as an example. (You may have seen Career-e-oki on CNN, the ABC News, etc. – not to name drop or anything.)
We even had a little karaoke competition of our own featuring Coffee Club guests for the day.
Click here to judge our competition and be prepared to laugh!
As the economy is affecting all of us, our businesses, our clients, and our communities we are forced to, "adapt change or die off," states Hathaway. As adapting to change is obviously the best option, we would most likely all choose to go that route. But, where do we start to make the needed changes?
]]>In honor of Colleen we played a child care themed game that can only be described as...interesting. As always, it’s a blast to see so many professionals loosen their proverbial ties and try on their acting hats in front of a group. But we digress.
Gallagher began her talk telling us about the thousands of children 4C helps in Central and Southwest Florida. “Every child has potentional. At 4C we strive to make sure every child can achieve theirs,” she says. 4C helps parents and employers in all aspects of child care, from payment to education and training, every single day. Each year, many employees lose hundreds of hours of productivity because of their child care service or lack thereof. Colleen went on to tell us some of the varied programs available for employers.
]]>What do we mean by that? Wakefield starts off by telling the group that their role at the EDC is market Orlando. That means that they are responsible for bringing new businesses and consumers, both nationally and internationally, to our backyard. “My job is to help spread the message that more people live and work here outside of the theme park industry,” she says. (That’s you guys.)
One of the biggest grabs for the Metro EDC recently was the Burnham Institute, which if you haven’t heard will be on of the anchors at the new Medical City in Lake Nona. “Typically Orlando tends to lead the state and the state tends to lead the nation in economic development,” Wakefield says. Quickly adding that, “everything is not as bad as the media makes it out to be.”
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