Free Business Topics in Indianapolis
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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
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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. -
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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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
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How to Succeed at Anything
Jeff Bennington, Sales Professional, Author and Mindset Trainer, The Mindset Mission
Successful people think differently than the average person. There are specific things they do that make the difference and through story and his own experiences, Jeff shares what it takes to become the best version of yourself. By developing a growth mindset, internal locus of control, and the 6 laws of success, anything is possible, and repeatable, over and over. In this talk, Jeff explains what it takes to replace "limiting beliefs" with unlimited potential. For more information, visit themindsetmission.com - Books and training materials available upon request. MORE >
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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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Are You Ready to Sell Your Business? No, You Really Are Not!
Bob Paden, Business Broker and Advisor, BPG - Bob Paden Group
Find out if you are really ready to sell your business. Really. It's a journey, not a point in time. Find out the key factors that drive your readiness to sell.
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Data Generative AI and its Transformation of the Workforce
Steve Wasick, Founder & CEO, InfoSentience
Data Generative AI is unlike other forms of artificial intelligence in its unique ability to use logical operations to pull from a large database rather than knowledge library. Steve is an expert in the field and can speak on a variety of topics, including how ‘Data Generative AI’ is different from Chat GPT, real-time AI generated sports articles, how AI is changing financial reporting, success stories with Generative AI, how to build millions of custom reports per week, the process of integrating automated content into a company workflow, and any other general artificial intelligence based discussions.
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The Importance of Creating Your Company’s Business Operating Plan
Brad Justus, Business Coach, Inspire Results Business Coaching
Have you ever wondered why some business owners are calm, confident, and cool while their profits are soaring, their business is running smoothly, and they have tons of time to spend doing the things they enjoy? The secret these successful business owners employ is detailed planning. In this fast-paced presentation, business owners uncover the potential in their business by completing the Single Sheet Business Plan, then, break it into quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily goals, getting a line-of-sight from daily tasks to their 10-30 year purpose. MORE >