Professional and Business Development
The programs described below are designed to sharpen business skills, including those necessary to grow a small business.
Professional Development Series
Area academics and consultants share updates on current best practices and innovations in business. Winter 2012 programs include:
Effective Use of Power and Influence
Thursday, January 12 Noon, CX South
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It's Not Just What You Say, It's HOW You Say It
Thursday, January 26 Noon CX South
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Women & Leadership: You Can't Kill All the Men
Friday, February 3 11:45 a.m. CX Downtown
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What is EQ and Why Does It Matter to My Success?
Tuesday, March 6 11:45 a.m. CX Downtown
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The Leadership Forum offers interactive meetings to resolve real life, real time leadership issues. Participants have leadership roles in organizations or are responsible for getting results through the efforts of others. Each month, participants select discussion topics or meet with guest speakers on specific issues.
Meets: 7:30 a.m., First Tuesday of month / CX South
Facilitator: Donna Craig, Leadership Resources
Toastmasters
In a supportive environment, Central Exchange members learn to become more effective communicators by presenting prepared speeches, giving impromptu speeches and offering and receiving constructive evaluations.
Meets: 11:45 a.m., Second Tuesdays of the month / CX Downtown.
Noon, Fourth Tuesdays of month / CX South
Marketing Roundtable
If the day-to-day job of running your business gets in the way of making more money or bringing in more clients, the Marketing Roundtable will empower you to think outside the box. The group is designed for entrepreneurs, independent sales professionals, and independent commissioned contractors. So if you feel stuck in a marketing rut, aren’t sure if you have the right marketing mix, need to bounce some ideas or need accountability for your actions, the Marketing Roundtable will provide the support you need.
Meets: 7:30 a.m., first Wednesday of month / CX South
8:00 a.m., fourth Thursday of month/Downtown
Facilitated by: Sherri Becker
Business Collaboration Network
With the current economic climate keeping us guessing, you need to have the right tools to stay afloat. The Business Collaboration network focuses on how prospecting trends change and how to keep our toolkit up to date. We also network with other CX members for great resources and referral partners! Each month we’ll look at different prospecting methods and discuss how to effectively implement what we learn. Come join us for great information and better connections!
Meets: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., third Friday of month/CX South
Facilitated by: Breandan Filbert
Social Media Users Group
Are you engaged in social media activities to build your personal or company brand and/or influence? Do you blog, use Facebook, Twitter, or You-Tube and want to keep up with the latest technologies and best practices? This group is a forum for sharing expertise, case histories and best practices among those who are using social media (or want to use social media) as an influence tool for their expertise, products, services, cause and/or company.
Meets: Third Thursday of the month, 8:00 a.m. at alternating CX locations.
Facilitators: Janis Jones and Jennifer Peek