All Topics in Indianapolis
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Sell more, Sell more easily
Shad Tidler, Business Coach, Lushin and Associates
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechIn this interactive session, Shad will cover the hidden weaknesses that negatively affect those in sales and business development. He will also help you to learn how prospects buy and how to avoid falling into the typical buyers’ traps so you can sell and close more and do it more easily. MORE >
Are you or your sales people:
• Frustrated by not being able to effectively prospect and get to the people you need to talk to?
• Doing a good job of closing business but you feel like it takes longer than it should?
• Constantly being asked to quote proposals and then lower your prices?
• Unsure of the best way to jump-start prospects who went cold?
• Tired of being used for your free information you provide (unpaid consulting)?
• Struggling to truly differentiate yourself and win the projects and business you deserve? -
Critical Tax Decisions That Will Impact Your Retirement
Joseph A. Clark CFP, Managing Partner, The Financial Enhancement Group
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
Request This Free SpeechDuring the 50 minute conversation Joe will guide you through the pitfalls and failing to understand how taxes work with retirement. "Markets go up and down but when you send a check to the IRS rarely is it returned!" This discussion will help you to better plan a strategy that gets the most out of your retirement by paying the IRS the right amount and at the right time. MORE >
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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
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechFind 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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Emotional Intelligence for People Who Deserve to be Happy
Nakela Sutton, Director of Sales, Nakela Speaks, LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechNakela Speaks with audiences about leveraging Emotional Intelligence (EQ) as a key skill set for success. In today's world, where texting often replaces talking and emojis substitute for genuine expressions, many people have distanced themselves from truly acknowledging their feelings. Research indicates that individuals with high EQ excel in sales, leadership, and personal relationships. MORE >
Starting with self-awareness, Nakela guides audiences in recognizing and acknowledging their “spidey sense.” She then helps them develop skills in self-regulation, motivation, and empathy. Audiences leave with a foundational understanding of EQ and a thirst to learn more. -
Managing Vendor Expenses
Rodney Wead, Strategic-Partner, Schooley Mitchell
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechManaging vendor expenses can be a daunting task for businesses. In this 30 minute speech I cover a variety of qualitative and quantitative things a business can do to manage their vendor expenses. Topics included, but are not limited to, how to negotiate better rates, the best way to accept credit card payments, how to manage fuel costs, mobile device insurance advice, and things to consider when paying for waste removal. MORE >
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Networking is a contact sport
Shad Tidler, Business Coach, Lushin and Associates
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechIn this interactive session, Shad will uncover the reasons that we run into these challenges when it comes to networking effectively and productively. He will also help you to learn how to overcome these challenges and become more effective at networking and growing your business. MORE >
When it comes to networking and building your business, are you or your people asking yourself:
• What should my goals be for networking?
• Where should my focus be when networking?
• What should I look to get out of networking?
• How does networking fit into the overall picture of growing my business?
• How can I be more effective at networking?
• How can I be more comfortable with networking?The above is just a sampling of what typically is discussed. Please be prepared to bring your networking challenges to the meeting. If you are having these challenges, it is very likely that most of the room struggle with the same things.
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Indie Film & PR for the Small Business
Catherine E. Rubey, Owner and Creative Director, InGe, Inc.
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechAs 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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Build, Buy or Franchise
Mark A. Roger, Business Broker, FranNet MidAmerica | Indiana
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechA 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. -
Theft of $450,000 – a nickel at a time
Greg Wright, Certified Fraud Examiner, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examineers
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
Request This Free SpeechThe Indianapolis Public Library embezzlement case is popular, especially with college finance classes. This case tracks the embezzler from youth to the fraud, to discovery of the fraud, to prison and her post-prison life. Following prison, Greg found her working at the Indiana University purchasing department in a sensitive position.
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Answers to our Health Care Crisis
Robert Prather, D.C., D.A.B.C.I., L.Ac., B.C.A.O, President, The Prather Practice
TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness
Request This Free SpeechThe proper path to effective and affordable health care reform remains a contentious debate in our country. Learn about the proven health care model that achieves a 40% cost savings over 5 years (and rises to a 60% cost savings over 10 years) while improving patient satisfaction and health outcomes. Those improved outcomes include 60% fewer hospital admissions, 59% fewer hospital stays, 85% savings in pharmaceutical costs, and adverse reactions reduced by 80%. MORE >