November Program Presentation

Unapologetic Writing Workshop

with Kim Anderson, The Unapologetic Pen

Our November Member meeting is all about embarking on a journey of self-reflection, stress relief, and gratitude.

We will explore the use of Unapologetic Writing to close the open tabs in our brains so we can return to work and home feeling more present and purposeful. You do not have to be a writer to have success with this practice!

You will be asked to leave all of your expectations at the door and show up as your authentic self. We will leave feeling like a weight has been lifted from our shoulders and with a new tool to help us process life.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Kim Anderson

Kim Anderson is passionate about helping women, in particular, find freedom through writing. She sincerely believes the act of putting pen to paper can change your life – because she's experienced it.

Writing calms anxiety and helps you reflect on and reconcile you past. It gives you room to be curious and present about your life today. It creates space for a deep breath, to embrace who you are and show up unapologetically.

Hope to see you there!

November  14, 2024      8:00am - 10:00am CST

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Agenda

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8:00-8:30 a.m. CST  - Open Zoom Networking

8:30-9:00 a.m. CST - Meeting opening remarks

9:00-9:45 a.m. CST - Program

9:45-10:00 a.m. CST - Questions & Answers

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Program Logistics

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Who. For all B2B consultants craving collegiality, collaboration, and real conversation. Guests welcome!

What. Monthly program providing networking, relevant education, and personal and professional growth opportunities. 

When. Thursday, November 14 • 8:00 AM–10:00 AM CST

Where. Zoom Meeting ID will be in your registration confirmation email

Cost. Free for Members & Guests

RSVP. Register Today!

Guests always welcome!

Melanie Schmidt - Owner Timpano Consulting
Madison Area Business Consultants Member Profile

Introduction

Timpano Consulting is an excellent resource when you’ve tried something and it didn’t move you forward; when you’re ready to grow, yet not sure where to go; or, when you’ve been given a charge, and it seems overwhelming. Enjoy working with a consultant who asks the right question, listens for the answers, delivers a plan of action, and helps move your organization forward.

The firm's tested processes leverage creative facilitation and strategic analysis in order to help organizations quickly discern frameworks for progress. It’s about distilling a basis for clear decision-making and a platform for consistent communication. The approach is engaging; the results can be empowering.

Clients praise Melanie Schmidt for her ability to get to the core of issues, provide practical solutions, deliver beyond business as usual, and help people not only re-focus but also re-charge in order to make progress.

Bring Melanie in to get things started, hire her to shepherd the process, retain her for creative problem-solving, keep her around to hold your feet to the fire, or contract with her to move things forward.

Services

Timpano Consulting leverages various techniques and processes in clarifying and aligning intentions, actions and impressions in order to:

- help leaders think strategically or get ‘unstuck’
- facilitate complex issues & help articulate solutions
- provide perspective & insight on organizational issues
- articulate a strategic plan to guide activities & shape success
- engage stakeholders to move the mission forward
- infuse energy and direction on initiatives
- build brands, craft messaging strategies & integrate outreach
- leverage communication as a strategic business tool

What that looks like might include any or all of the following:

- meeting & retreat facilitation (in-person and/or virtual)
- organizational assessment & re-engineering
- ideology review (i.e., purpose, vision, intended impact)
- strategic thinking and practical planning (i.e., strategic planning)
- project mapping and resource planning
- leadership and ‘momentum’ consulting (a/k/a consultative coaching)
- brand development & integration
- communications strategy (internal & external)
- workforce strategies, succession planning, and executive recruitment
- interim or fractional service (i.e., CxO)

Background Info

Melanie Schmidt is a whole-brained thinker who brings energy and focus to the people and projects around her. She has over 30 years of professional experience and offers expertise in management consulting, facilitation design, group dynamics, organizational strategy, brand development, and communications.

Melanie’s early career involved work within statewide government agencies focused on organizational development, policy analysis, and framing stakeholder engagement on issues related to health care, insurance, transportation, and workforce development. Her creative side flourished while working at an award-winning advertising agency, handling account management, creative strategy, and business operations. Her analytic nature was brought to bear during her work with a publicly owned utility, providing leadership in commodity forecasting, operational planning, and business performance. She has experience consulting with and working in higher education. Plus, she had the unique opportunity to direct hundreds of committed public servants who delivered the State of Wisconsin COVID-19 emergency response.

Melanie began her consulting practice in 2003 to focus on helping people and organizations become more effective through a combined application of facilitation, strategic thinking, practical planning, and intentional communication.

Melanie is an experienced cross-sector consultant and a frequent speaker on issues related to change leadership, constructive innovation, sustainable transformation, organizational strategy, brand development, Board governance, and communications. She has a Lean Six Sigma green belt and continues to research and advance models for enhancing organizational effectiveness.

Melanie is equally comfortable providing direct service to clients and working as part of a consultant team to address broader needs.

Get Social:

http://bit.ly/TimpanoFacebook (Fan on Facebook)

https://twitter.com/melanieschmidt (Follow on Twitter)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/creativestrategist/ (Connect via LinkedIn)

Beyond Burnout: Finding Balance and Resilience in Entrepreneurship

with Sarah Giencke, Nervous System & TRE® Coach

October Program Presentation

• When

  October 10, 2024

•  8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• Location

  Zoom meeting

• Registered

  17 registrants

Register Here

We are more stressed than ever - especially as entrepreneurs. With today's fast-paced business landscape, entrepreneurs often find themselves teetering on the edge of burnout, grappling with the pressures of building and sustaining their business.

In this session, we'll explore the science behind how we get stressed & triggered, and practical strategies to build resilience - equipping you with proactive tools to help you go from surviving to thriving.

Whether you're a seasoned business owner or just starting your entrepreneurial journey, this webinar is for you! Don't miss out on this opportunity to unlock the secrets of well-being as an entrepreneur.

Candy Phelps - Owner Bizzy Bizzy - MABC Member Profile

Bizzy Bizzy is a Madison, WI-based experiential creative marketing agency. We help busy business owners and entrepreneurs with their branding, graphic design and website development needs. But we do it in unusual ways. What makes us different than everyone else? Well, pretty much everything. We have developed innovative and experiential methods to fit the needs of entrepreneurs who are too busy to spend weeks or months emailing back and forth about marketing projects. We work in person at our office with our clients for most projects to achieve extraordinary results in surprisingly little time. We are the creators of the 1 Day Website and the 1 Day Branding.

info@bizzybizzycreative.com

Please send us an email to schedule a call!

Our normal business hours are 9am – 5pm Mon. through Fri. 

Our office is open by appointment only.

2002 Atwood Ave. Suites 211 and 210
Madison, WI 53704

Where is your phone number?

We spend many of our work days in 1 Day® Websites, devoting a whole day to a single client. Due to our focused schedule, we are not always available to answer a call. Please send us a message or email and we’ll get back to you lickity split!

MABC Live!

3 Ways to Use AI to Tell Your Business Story (Text, Audio, and Video)

Thursday October 24th from 4pm-6pm
An interactive workshop experience.

With Heidi Strangberg and Danielle Goldsmith
Dynamic Training Resources, LLC

REGISTER HERE/NOW FOR THIS FREE EVENT!

Join us on October 24 at the Goodman Community Center in Madison for our Fall MABC Live! event, where we'll get the latest tips and techniques on utilizing AI to help tell the story of your business. Anyone that writes documentation such as presentations, articles and training could benefit from generating text and audio to supplement their project using AI. Our expert presenters will offer guidance, insight, and plenty of examples!

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Dynamic Training Resources (DTR) creates custom eLearning courses, explanatory videos, and training animations, on virtually any subject.

Heidi Strangberg is the CEO/Owner of Dynamic Training Resources, LLC. Heidi founded DTR in 2005, located in Kenosha, WI. Heidi has degrees in Business Administration and Marketing from Carthage College. She is certified in instruction design and adult learning. DTR is a Woman-Owned-Small-Business (WOSB).

Danielle Goldsmith has several years of experience in instructional design and development and employee training. She has designed and developed learning programs for a variety of organizations from non-profits to Fortune 500 companies. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and a graduate certificate in instructional design from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

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What: MABC Live! Event | 3 Ways to Use AI to Tell Your Business Story

Date:  Thursday, October 24

Time:  4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 

Location:  Goodman Community Center, 214 Waubesa Street, Madison, WI 53704

MABC Member Profile: Ed Egan - Owner Double E Workplace Solutions - Leadership Development

Double E Workplace Solutions is based in the Lake Geneva, WI, area and offers customized workshops and training along with implementation and accountability tools that improve employee morale and performance.

Our core service, a compilation of our stand-alone offerings, accounts for Leader and Team Alignment, Employee Development Planning, Leadership Skills Training, and Performance Management Software.

We also partner in the Madison area with the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP). WMEP Manufacturing Solutions is a non-profit and part of the MEP National Network™, a public-private partnership that advances U.S. manufacturing. MEP Centers are located in all 50 states and Puerto Rico and draw on the talents of over 1,400 trusted advisors and experts to provide assistance to small and midsize manufacturers.

A great frontline employee does not necessarily equal a great leader of peers.

That is why we provide custom training solutions that shape frontline and influential workers into exceptional leaders who inspire and support their entire team.

Services

Leader and Team Alignment.
Employee Development Planning.
Leadership Skills Training.
Team Performance and Engagement Analysis.

Double E Workplace Solutions LLC

Website

www.eeworkplace.com

Professional Title

Owner/Lead Trainer

Mobile Phone

262-977-6565

October Program Presentation

MABC October Meeting | Beyond Burnout: Finding Balance and Resilience in Entrepreneurship

Beyond Burnout: Finding Balance and Resilience in Entrepreneurship with Sarah Giencke, Nervous System & TRE® Coach

October 10, 2024 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Location: Zoom meeting

Register Here: https://madisonconsultants.com/event-5643196/Registration

We are more stressed than ever - especially as entrepreneurs. With today's fast-paced business landscape, entrepreneurs often find themselves teetering on the edge of burnout, grappling with the pressures of building and sustaining their business.

In this session, we'll explore the science behind how we get stressed & triggered, and practical strategies to build resilience - equipping you with proactive tools to help you go from surviving to thriving.

Sarah Giencke is a Nervous System and Resilience Coach who is Certified in TRE® (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises) and Founder of Riset Resiliency,  a wellness consultancy.

Through her work, she helps people reclaim power and balance over their nervous systems so that they can live less stressful and more peaceful lives.

Having worked in many various organizations, across multiple industries, Sarah understands the deep connection between a body's physical trauma responses to the environmental impact - such as adverse work cultures.

Sarah places an emphasis on helping build resilience and being trauma-informed through mindfulness, meditative practices and the somatic tool: TRE® (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises). Sarah offers these sessions with the goal of empowering individuals to improve their well-being and for organizations, to help drive culture change at scale.

Dear MABC Members,

Did you see what an amazing month MABC members had in the community? There were book talks and workshops and awards and outreach and community service and laughter and joy in the fact that we GET to do our professional craft! I continue to give thanks that back in 2016 I was directed to join this group. 

In the beginning, I will admit that I was intimidated, nervous, and even a bit reserved. But as I continued to invest in the relationships, content, expertise, and support this group provides, I have collected more value that I could have ever predicted. As I reflect back, I am shocked to find that I have met MABC members for coffee, beers, cow-milking, walks, hockey games, puppy time, yoga, writing, marketing, tours, accountability, meals, dancing, theater, picnics, and even an upcoming paddleboard meeting on Lake Wingra!  

I have learned. I have grown. I have celebrated. I have risked. I have created. And I have all of you to thank for it! 

Let's keep 2024 rolling strong! 

Sincerely,
Heather Dean

Laura Beck - Freelance Writer and owner of Wa'am Writes, LLC.com

Madison Area Business Consultants Member Profile

Hi! I’m Laura Paisley Beck, also known as Wa’am. I am a playful, colorful, writer embracing a digital nomad lifestyle with my rescue pup, Janis. After years as an award-winning salesperson, writing on the side for barter, I now own Wa’am Writes, LLC, where I consult and create marketing content for social organizations to boost their mission towards a safe, diverse, equitable, inclusive world.

She loves being a super hero for other super heroes.

SUM (Sales + Writing) Skills = Copywriting Super Power.

I also wrote and self-published, Licensed to Sell, a gender neutral Interchangeable Action Novel© that is earning a lot of attention and praise.

Consulting Services include: Finding client brand voice or writing a Tone Guide, cooperating with designer on product launch or new ad campaign, and any copy/content project review.

Copywriting services include: website copy, digital ads, email campaigns, headlines, video/podcast copy, scripts, print materials, magazine ads, and product descriptions.