Join us in revolutionizing the AI landscape by putting humans FIRST. Discover how our high quality learning experience empowers human potential with business return on investment to create a brighter future for all. Are you ready to be part of the change? In small intimate groups (aka your Personal Support Squad) we will invite you to: 1. Learn how to Learn 2. Learn how to Adapt 3. Learn how to Fulfill. This is an interactive and engaging workshop experience with informal discussion and breakout sessions.

The optimal experience will be for the attendee who participates during the entire program. Similar to theater production, entry and exits times are encouraged during one of the breaks. The workshop retreat is held in a wheelchair accessible space (including an ADA ramp that will be built especially for this inclusive workshop experience so that the workshop area is accessible to all guests). To keep our guests safe, The Sylvee will follow their standard practice of doing security checks when the guests enter the front door.  Lunch is not served however, refreshments will be served during the breaks.

 In addition, at the end of our workshop retreat, we have a Happy Hour for social networking and community building.

Register Here

SCHEDULE

Guest Arrival/Check-in
Noon -12:30 PM

Welcome
12:30 - 12:45 PM

Session 1: Learn how to LEARN
12:45 - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Heather Dean of Creative Across the Curriculum
https://forwardfest2024.sched.com/speaker/heatherdean

Break
2:00 - 2:15 PM

Session 2: Learn how to ADAPT
2:15 - 3:30 PM
Speaker: MJ Reiners of Summerland Education
https://forwardfest2024.sched.com/speaker/mjreiners1

Break
3:30 - 3:45 PM

Session 3: Learn how to FULFILL
3:45 - 5:15 PM
Speaker: Hollie H. Hollister of H Cubed Group
https://forwardfest2024.sched.com/speaker/hollie40

Workshop Retreat Closing
5:15 - 5:25 PM

Happy Hour at THE SYLVEE
5:30 - 7 PM

Event Organizers

Heather Dean

Creative Across the Curriculum, LLC

Creative Across the Curriculum offers a unique approach to professional development and training services to help people work through the confusion. Get the lightbulbs to turn on!I developed Creative Across the Curriculum to combine my passion for creative learning with leadership... Read More →

MJ Reiners

President, Summerland Education

I help leaders and organizations transform business through energy engineering.  Did you know that 70% of business change efforts fail? After working on large scaletransformation projects for over 20 years, I want to share what I have learned with othersso they can beat those odds... Read More →

Hollie Hollister

Founder, H Cubed Group

Hollie H. Hollister is a pragmatic visionary who aspires to combinethe personal with the professional to bring fresh thinking, uniqueinsights and holistic solutions that help heart-based small businessowners grow their businesses and themselves (all without stiflingwho they are or... Read More →

Dear MABC Members,

'Fun, Sun, and Adventure' I hope has been a theme for your 2024 summer! There are a lot of interesting and engaging events coming up that are either hosted by MABC or involve MABC members. This newsletter highlights the wide variety of experiences and expertise available to you and we hope you will take advantage of the educational and networking components. The more involved and engaged you are, the more awareness and name recognition you build for your business. I hope to see you at one or ALL of these upcoming events! Bring a client, customer, colleague, or friend, as guests are always welcome!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• August 15th - Coffee Club: Anything AI Mini-Series Launch [REGISTER]
• September 12th - Living Balance: Understanding Business + Personal Finances with Janel Kalish from Third Coast Advisors [REGISTER]
• Sept 18th MABCLive! -Tour of Progress Center for Black Women with Entreprenurial Story Telling and Discussion [REGISTER]
• October 10th Beyond Burnout: Finding Balance and Resilience in Entreprenuership with Sarah Giencke [REGISTER]
• October 24th - MABCLive! - 3 Ways to Use AI to Tell Your Business Story with Heidi Strangberg [REGISTER]
• Nov 14th -  Unapologetic Writing Workshop with Kim Anderson [REGISTER] 
  

We are also putting together our Slate of Candidates for the MABC Board 2025 positions and Team Leaders. Please let me know if you are looking to engage more on the leadership side for keeping MABC a thriving professional learning community. We need all to do a little to grow a lot!

Thanks so much for all of your support this year! Here is to a strong second half of 2024!

Sincerely,
Heather Dean

MABC Member Profile - Janel Kalish, CFP®, Wealth Management Advisor & Financial Coach

I’m a wealth management advisor primarily helping women in business streamline their finances, so they can focus on what they do best and feel confident and educated about their own financial future.

Starting with your goals in mind, we create a financial plan that helps you achieve balance and peace of mind. Through our process, we will help you:

• Ensure a layer of protection around your assets and lifestyle.
• Establish an optimal savings rate.
• Allocate your cash flow to build liquidity and grow your wealth.
• Implement effective debt elimination and tax management strategies.

By following this process, you can have the confidence to live today; while knowing you won’t outlive your assets in the future – leaving behind a legacy for your family or the causes you care about.

We bring the different pieces of your life together to give you clarity through our refined process called the Living Balance Sheet®.

For a free consultation to learn more about how my team and I work with you to solve your unique financial puzzle, please contact me at janel.kalish@thirdcoastadv.com or book an appointment by clicking here.

Registered Representative and Financial Advisor of Park Avenue Securities.

Website: www.thirdcoastadv.com

Every entrepreneur, solopreneur and business owner makes decisions about how best to advertise and market their company.  The decision making gets more difficult the smaller you are.  Funds for marketing and advertising are limited in most cases.  Essentials are your visual assets like your logo, business card, letterhead, etc.  Then add website design and development to the budget including hosting, SEO, SEM and various other marketing tactics including social media and you've got a good start.  Consider additional spending on traditional advertising and digital ad campaigns.  But before you spend any money on "digital" advertising, buyer beware.  Chasing shiny objects on Meta and Alphabet can take you and your budget down a dark hole.  I recently came across a good video produced by Johnny Molson that helps frame the relationship between traditional and digital advertising.  You can click to see the video here on You Tube.   In the video Johnny informs us about a new, free, e-book that just came out by Bob Hoffman.  It verifies what I've always suspected.  Digital advertising can be a risky investment with not a lot of oversight or real, factual reporting.  Click through rates ranging around the 0.05-0.5 range don't impress me.  And the actual performance of digital ads is much different than traditional methods.  Buyer Beware.  Download a FREE COPY of "Inside The Black Box" by Bob Hoffman here. 

August Program Presentation Has Been Canceled.

Check back later for our September Program Details

MABC Live!  Thursday July 18th at 8:00 am

Increase Productivity the Mind-Body Way

With Anne Asher, Founder, Posturally LLC

Work on increasing your productivity through improved posture and comfortable computing. You'll learn refreshing mind-body posture techniques you can do at your desk and get a chance to ask your ergonomic and posture questions.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Anne Asher is a health coach, personal trainer, yoga instructor and workstation wellness consultant. As founder of Posturally, LLC, she has 25+ years experience helping people feel better physically and mentally.

For over a decade, Anne was also an award winning health journalist for a large website owned and operated by the New York Times Company. Her "beat" was spine and chronic pain management.

REGISTER TODAY FOR THIS FREE EVENT!

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What: MABC Live! Event | Increase Productivity the Mind-Body Way

Date:  Thursday, July 18

Time:  8:00 am - 10:00 am 

Location:  Mercies Coffee, 1748 Eagan Rd, Madison, WI

Heidi Strangberg -  Owner/President of Dynamic Training Resources, LLC.

Heidi founded DTR in 2005 and has degrees in Business Administration and Marketing. She is certified in instruction design, adult learning and is a certified Lectora author.

Custom eLearning

Tell us about the training needs at your organization and we will design eLearning courses based on your custom content – including interactive learning activities & games, knowledge checks, and tests or assessments. We use authoring software including Lectora, Articulate Storyline and Rise, Vyond, and others. Our courses can be published to AICC or SCORM to track completion and test scores on any LMS.

Animated Videos

Animated videos are a great way to provide a lot of information in a short time using engaging scenarios and interesting characters. We can create stand-alone animations or include them within eLearning courses to enhance the learning experience. We enjoy designing fun and interesting animations to enhance your training topics – and learners love them!

Legacy Training Updates

Do you have older eLearning courses that need a facelift? Or, need more excitement to keep your learners engaged such as visually appealing screens, interactive learning activities? Or, do your older courses just need to be brought up to speed based on browser and software technology upgrades over the years? Call us for a free quote! We also convert outdated Flash courses using current authoring software.

Dynamic Training Resources offers high quality, rapid and affordable eLearning course design and development and animations for businesses small and large, including many Fortune 500 companies. We believe in offering high-quality, timely and affordable eLearning design and development. We make the process easy and understandable, from concept to completion — no surprises!

Services

eLearning instructional design and development. We use Lectora, Articulate Storyline & Rise, Vyond animation software, Camtasia, and other animation and screen recording software. LMS expertise.

Background Info

DTR has a team of professionals that create high quality eLearning courses based on your custom content – or we can research and provide the content to meet your training goals. We have over 15 years experience creating online training courses and we have seen it all! Our team is proficient at instructional design, project management, professional script writing and recording, and development using fabulous authoring software such as Lectora, Articulate Storyline and Rise, and Vyond (GoAnimate). We publish courses to AICC or SCORM depending on the requirements of your LMS (Learning Management System).

Consulting Specialties

• Training and Development
• Learning and Development
• Woman Owned

Dynamic Training Resources

https://dtrtraining.com/

MABC July Program

Getting Started with Social Selling

With James Roloff, Roloff Consulting

July 11, 2024   8AM-10AM CST

In today's digital era, social media has become an essential tool for businesses to engage with customers, build relationships, and drive sales. Are you ready to unlock the power of social selling and take your sales strategy to new heights?

Join James for an upcoming webinar on "Introduction to Social Selling.” This virtual event is designed to equip sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and marketers with the knowledge and techniques required to get started with social selling.

REGISTER TODAY

About the Presenter
James Roloff, MBA, is a digital sales and marketing professional. He is the Principal Consultant at Roloff Consulting. James helps businesses grow their revenue by implementing a digital sales strategy. He has over 20 years of online business experience and 9 years in sales management.

Work on increasing your productivity through improved posture and comfortable computing. You'll learn refreshing mind-body posture techniques you can do at your desk and get a chance to ask your ergonomic and posture questions.

Anne Asher is a health coach, personal trainer, yoga instructor and workstation wellness consultant. As founder of Posturally, LLC, she has 25+ years experience helping people feel better physically and mentally.

For over a decade, Anne was also an award winning health journalist for a large website owned and operated by the New York Times Company. Her "beat" was spine and chronic pain management.

REGISTER TODAY FOR THIS FREE EVENT!

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What: MABC Live! Event | Increase Productivity the Mind-Body Way

Date:  Thursday, July 18

Time:  8:00 am - 10:00 am 

Location:  Mercies Coffee, 1748 Eagan Rd, Madison, WI