All Topics in Indianapolis

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  Disability Inclusion

  Cyrus Anton, President, United Spinal Association of Indiana

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  In this presentation, I will exemplify the need for disability inclusion in workplaces, the educational system, and society as a whole. I will use my personal narrative and credible statistics to assert the need for disability inclusion. In my presentation, I intend to be funny and lighthearted to convey a personal relationship with the audience. I will further use audience participation and discussion to build on this relationship. I hope that by using these tools, I can amplify the prerogative of my message. MORE >

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  Digital Marketing Expert

  Catherine E. Rubey, Owner and Creative Director, InGe, Inc.

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  I help businesses succeed online using the most effective and timely tactics to implement the best digital strategy for a business. I have clients in all areas of business: legal, contracting, interior design, retail, not-for-profit, event management and even a landscaping business. I have presentations for personal branding, social networking, digital advertising and marketing.

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  Curiosity Didn’t Kill the Cat, so What Did?

  Alexandrea NeSmith, MSc., Founder & Strategist, Cancer Survivor, Patent Owner, Life Enthusiast!, Rocket Profit Group, LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day, understanding how you are using your time to create sustainable changes in your business is the first step to change management. So why do so many businesses fail and business owners experience burn out? Certainly not because of a lack of passion or effort, but because of a lack of clear messaging that drives their ideal client to them. The ones that succeed leverage the ability to remain curious about the environment them. MORE >

  So, we won't talk about curiosity and cats! But we will talk about HOW to remain curious by asking the right questions to gather information and seek clarity in conversations. Knowledge can be a powerful tool, and gaining insight into how your client perceives your business, how you perceive your business and closing the gap on the variance will drive brand loyalty, revenue and profits.

  The art of being curious isn't just about asking a plethora of questions, it's about understanding how to interpret the information and apply it across your business verticals to impact change. Change Management & The Art of Being Curious aims to deliver a new way to look at yourself, your business, the impact you are making and how to sustain.

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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

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  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
  -Rentention

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  Critical Tax Decisions That Will Impact Your Retirement

  Joseph A. Clark CFP, Managing Partner, The Financial Enhancement Group

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  During 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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  Creating Your Small Business’ Sales Plan

  Natalie Menke, Business Coach and Sales Expert, Inspire Results Business Coaching

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Natalie Menke, Inspire Results Business Coaching sales expert, will walk through how to identify your sales team’s development needs. She’ll talk about how to create accountability and ensure that your salespeople are engaged and organized, how to balance results goals with activities goals, and provide you with simple changes to implement, improving prospecting, sales, & growth & exponentially improving your bottom line. MORE >

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  Connecting youth with nature: The Bicentennial Nature Center Network at Conner Prairie’s Treetop Outpost

  Norman Burns, President and CEO, Conner Prairie

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  Youth today spend less than half as much time outdoors as children did 20 years ago yet several studies have shown that children need plenty of time outdoors to live happy and healthy. Just as concerning, the average American child today spends at least 45 hours a week staring at some kind of electronic screen which has led to the appearance of what some are calling ‘nature-deficit disorder’ in many children. MORE >

  Along with expanding its outdoor programming opportunities, Cope Environmental Center, located in Centerville, Ind., has been reaching out across the state to ensure that every child in Indiana is within 60 miles of a partner nature center that will provide environmental education and creative outdoor experiences.

  Conner Prairie is a partner in the network and in July opened a new outdoor nature experience called Treetop Outpost. I'll share what this four-story treehouse surrounded by hands-on, immersive activities is, its intent to connect children and families with nature and how it fits into both the missions of the network and Conner Prairie.

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  Connect & Succeed: A Communication Style to Engage and Motivate Your Employees

  David Bennett, Owner, Common Ground Communication

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  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.

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  Collective Impact – Community Change

  Carla Biro, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Specialist, Beautifully Biro

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  Collective Impact model is utilized as the core framework of bringing stakeholders together to accomplish an identified community and/or organizational goals. Carla utilizes the stakeholder engagement process to bring businesses, city and state officials, and community organizations to the table to maximizes the probability of achieving an identified mission and vision. MORE >

  As action groups are formulated the visitation of the “stakeholder engagement wheel” is imperative. This wheel is utilized to ensure we have the right people at the table committed to the work and creates a platform for stakeholders to “liberate” themselves when the work they have committed to is accomplished and a plan for sustainability is in place.

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  Business Trends 2016

  Mark A. Roger, Business Broker, FranNet MidAmerica | Indiana

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  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.

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