Free Business Topics in Indianapolis
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Automation is for Everyone
Jason Beutler, CEO, RoboSource
Automation is now available to everyone – it's not just for big businesses anymore. Smaller companies can use automation-as-a-service to make it affordable. Different kinds of automation exist, everything from Zapier to desktop automations to robotic process automation to pure custom software development. Automation can improve job satisfaction (by keeping monotonous jobs out of the hands of humans), increase business efficiency, and decrease risk of losing data and knowledge with human resources. MORE >
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Cultivating Culture: A playbook for decreasing turnover, increasing productivity, and improving employee engagement
Andrew Adeniyi, CEO, Co-Founder and Consultant, AAA Solutions LLC
This presentation takes the framework used in my book titled "The Circle of Leadership" and provides an entrepreneurial playbook on how to create and leverage culture to sustain a competitive advantage. This presentation can cover the following topics: MORE >
-Cultivating & Leveraging Culture
-Mission Statements
-Vision Statements
-Core Values
-Hiring
-Firing
-Accountability
-Training
-Delegation
-Diversity & Inclusion
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How To Make Sure Your Business Produces the Personal Outcomes You Want
Roger Engelau, Certified Business Coach and Owner, Inspire Results Business Coaching
Looking out 5, 10, 20 years, what kind of life do you want to be living? What properties, businesses, cash, cars do you want to have? What hobbies, investments, donations, achievements, vacations? What will you want to be DOING? World travel, summers in your lakehouse, charity work, spending time with grandchildren, paying for their private school, spinning off 3 other businesses? MORE >
In this presentation, Certified Business Coach Roger Engelau shows you how to align your business vision and strategies with your personal vision to insure that the business you’re building will produce your desired personal outcomes. This presentation can be customized to 20, 30, or 60 minutes and to your organization’s needs. -
Connect & Succeed: A Communication Style to Engage and Motivate Your Employees
David Bennett, Owner, Common Ground Communication
Those in management are constantly seeking ways to relate to and work with their direct reports. This presentation, based on the book by the same name, provides managers with guidelines for developing a communication style that will enable them to engage and motivate those people with whom they work. MORE >
All people in management start with basic communication skills which they use as their default. Some of those skills work for them, some of them do not. A Connect & Succeed Communication Style helps managers to identify the communication skills that work for them and enhance those skills even further. This approach also helps those in management find common ground and connections with all of their employees/associates making the work more rewarding and productive for everyone. -
Indie Film & PR for the Small Business
Catherine E. Rubey, Owner and Creative Director, InGe, Inc.
As the writer, producer, and executive producer of the Lifetime movie “Holiday Baggage” starring Cheryl Ladd and Barry Bostwick, Catherine has learned how to pitch investors, how to build a strong team, how to write and execute a business plan and how to market a product.
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8 Is Not Great
Renee Harlor, Founder, Greater Than Eight, Inc
When was the last time you couldn't wait to tell your friend all about your average experience? Customer service can cost you thousands of dollars or it can earn you more market share. Your clients, customers and guests don't remember average. They do remember awful and awesome. Most companies can't afford to employee a full time trainer, the problem, is most companies can't afford NOT to have a trainer. We break down the numbers when it comes to customer service in a fun and enlightening way. Average will cost you!
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Build, Buy or Franchise
Mark A. Roger, Business Broker, FranNet MidAmerica | Indiana
A practical guide to evaluating business concepts from an owners' perspective. Mark will discuss trending business strategies, hot concepts in today's marketplace, and evaluate the three strategies behind business start-ups. Highlights include: MORE >
- understanding the strategies behind fundamental business models,
- evaluating pertinent due diligence issues and business owners’ concerns,
- identifying trending variations to traditional work environments,
- exploring the teachings of Shark Tank and The Profit, and
- discussing opportunities available for entrepreneurs in Indiana. -
Business Trends 2016
Mark A. Roger, Business Broker, FranNet MidAmerica | Indiana
A practical guide to business trends important to successful entrepreneurship in 2016. Mark will identify these trends and teach how to use them to your advantage as a business owner. Highlights include: MORE >
- identifying the state of entrepreneurship marketplace,
- evaluating the new business fundamentals and “profit models,”
- understanding the new strategies of business ownership,
- exploring the teachings of Shark Tank and The Profit, and
- discussing opportunities available for entrepreneurs in Indiana. -
Discussing Undiscussables: Challenging, yet transformative conversations regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion
Andrew Adeniyi, CEO, Co-Founder and Consultant, AAA Solutions LLC
This presentation explores the uncomfortable yet important conversations that must take place in the workplace in order to foster a culture of inclusion while attracting and retaining diverse team members. This presentation can be used to explore topics such as: MORE >
-Unconscious/Implicit Bias
-Systemic Racism
-Police Brutality & Race
-How to increase diversity
-Fostering an environment of inclusion
-How to engage in challenging conversations
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Healing a Nation Through Common Ground Communication
David Bennett, Owner, Common Ground Communication
It is apparent over the last few years that the United States is deeply divided. There are not only many different perspectives but, those perspectives are often rigidly held. But, what can be done, and more importantly what can each of us do to bring the people of this country together? MORE >
I believe it starts with each of us and our communication with our family, friends, and work colleagues. To bridge differences and promote understanding of different perspectives, we need to find common ground with one another. We need to find commonalities not just differences. We can start a dialogue with people we disagree with by first finding the areas on which we agree. It is clear that there are more areas on which we agree than on which we disagree, but we often lose perspective when someone challenges or disagrees with us.When we put this to work in our communication we develop "connections" with one another. This connection leads to a greater respect and understanding of diverse perspectives.
I've seen this approach make a tremendous difference with people and groups. And it's not hard for people to adopt. They already have the skills needed. It's just matter of applying some existing skills differently, enhancing other skills, and putting it all together with every person with whom they interact in every conversation.
I share my perspectives on how common ground connections can help bridge differences and bring people together with participants at conferences and meetings. I work with individuals and companies on identifying and resolving communication issues and improving existing communication skills.
Now more than ever we need to communicate in such a way that we establish common ground connections with everyone. I hope to work with you in helping you do that.