October 29th Final Friday Forum to Feature Leslie Flowers!

October 29: Final Friday Forum

Leslie Flowers

Personal Growth Facilitator

Razor’s Edge – Human Performance Gap Improving The Bottom Line

Leslie will focus on human performance and how it affects the bottom line. We’ve been focused on technology for some time (with stellar results) and the human performance factor has been sorely neglected.

Emotional intelligence, is a term now being sought after by corporations. Leslie will absolutely address the performance gap (why we don’t always do what we know to do) and kaizen or the razor’s edge (that one little thing we can do each day to give us the edge).

She will help us recognize the importance of training our intellect and emotional intelligences and have our personal performance match technology efforts, bringing the bottom line up, up, and away for everyone.

Final Friday Forum is typically held on the last Friday of every month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Business Networking Center located at 649 Walnut Street in the Village Square Shopping Center in Cary. For information call (919) 460-6909.

Here’s the schedule:

11:30 – 12:00 Open Networking

12:00 – 12:15 Eat and Greet!

12:20 – 1:30 Presentation & Introductions

Participants are not required to R.S.V.P. $10 charge (at the door) to attend and lunch will be served.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

If you don’t agree this was a valuable use of your lunchtime, we will give you – absolutely FREE – a big jar of pickles!

Sponsorship opportunities available, please contact Tim Moore for more information, 919-460-6909 or tim@deagsales.com.

Price: $10.00

September 24th Final Friday Forum to Feature Gary Tomlinson

“Making Change When Change is Hard”

 

Gary Tomlinson of Tomlinson & Associates

“Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains.

Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems – the rational mind and the emotional mind – that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie.

The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. The tension can doom a change effort – but if it is overcome, change can come quickly.”

Here’s the schedule:

11:30 – 12:00 Open Networking

12:00 – 12:15 Eat and Greet!

12:20 – 1:30 Presentation & Introductions

Participants are not required to R.S.V.P. $10 charge (at the door) to attend and lunch will be served.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

If you don’t agree this was a valuable use of your lunchtime, we will give you – absolutely FREE – a big jar of pickles!

Sponsorship opportunities available, please contact Tim Moore for more information. (919-460-6909 & tim@deagsales.com)

Price: $10.00

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Deidre Hughey to Present at July 30 Final Friday Forum!

Check out our “SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER” (Deidre Hughey) for Final Friday Forum on July 30! She will bring rock the house with her message of “5 Keys to Staying Bound and Determined in Business and in Life” http://bit.ly/aG2BgM

Deidre Hughey

The BUZZ Builder

5 Keys to Staying Bound and Determined in Business and in Life

July 30, 2010

Are you simply going through the motions? Has your business or personal life stalled? You don’t have to stay there! Deidre Hughey, founder of The BUZZ Builder and author of I AM Bound and Determined, will share her 5 keys to staying focused and motivated in any situation and how to get excited about your business all over again!

Attendees will understand:

1. The 2 biggest stumbling blocks to success and how to overcome them

2. Why you need to wage war against the “status quo” in your mind (and how to do it

3. The one obstacle standing between your success and mediocrity

If you’re ready to make a significant difference in your business and your life, then don’t miss this event!

Here’s the schedule:

11:30 – 12:00 Open Networking

12:00 – 12:15 Eat and Greet!

12:20 – 1:30 Presentation & Introductions

Participants are not required to R.S.V.P. $10 charge (at the door) to attend and lunch will be served.

Satisfaction Guaranteed If you don’t agree this was a valuable use of your lunchtime, we will give you – absolutely FREE – a big jar of pickles!

Sponsorship opportunities available, please contact Tim Moore for more information.

Next Month: Expert Panel, Building Your Power Network

Price: $10.00 

Final Friday Forum 2010 Speaker Schedule:

May 28:

Alan Hecht of Multi-Channel Marketing

As well as starting and building a variety of businesses, Alan has held senior management and marketing positions for a wide range of companies.  Alan spent 10 years at Saks Fifth Avenue, where (as head of the catalog division), he grew sales four-fold and increased profits from $600,000 to $5,600,000 in 4 years. In his last position at Saks, as VP Marketing & Consumer Research, he initiated and managed database marketing and customer relationship programs that generated over $50,000,000 annually in measurable sales.  He also led the start-up and growth of a market share leading company in the adult education industry.  Much of this company’s success was due to his creation of a highly profitable online business and wholesale sales operation.  Other positions held include – Account Executive for Grey Advertising, Director of Advertising Services for Bloomingdales, and President of the Sporting Edge Companies (a catalog and multi-unit retail specialty business).

With Multi-Channel Marketing, his practice and passion have focused on helping mid-sized and smaller businesses achieve their marketing objectives and grow their business.   An area of particular interest is internet marketing and “web-centered” marketing programs -  Alan enjoys educating people about the how they can use the web in combination with other channels to grow their business. He offers seminars to demonstrate the benefits of this marketing approach.

As an active member of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, Alan serves as a member of the Economic Development Committee. He is also heading up a new Buy Local initiative designed to educate the community about the quality of life and economic benefits associated with shopping locally for goods and services.  A website – www.webuylocal.org – with a directory of local providers has been created to help consumers locate these products and services within the local community.

A native New Yorker, Alan has a BA in History from Queens College, an MBA in Marketing from New York University, and is a former Peace Corps Volunteer who spent two years in Honduras.   He resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife Evelyn (an artist), whose business Top Dog Art he helped start.  The ultimate goal of Top Dog Art is to generate profits that could be used to support animal rescue, to which they are strongly committed.

Final Friday Forum Schedule

Here’s the FFF schedule:
11:30 – 12:00 Open Networking
12:00 – 12:15 Eat and Greet!
12:15 – 1:30 Introductions & Presentation

Final Friday Forum is held on the last Friday of each month and is currently held at the Business Networking Center (BNC) in Cary. The BNC is located in the Village Square Shopping Center (at intersection of Cary Towne Blvd & Walnut Street).