Author: Finola Annibella

March Meeting: Papa Dia, Founder/Executive Director of the African Leadership Group

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Our very own, Solomon Muwanga will be interviewing Papa Dia, Founder and Executive Director of the African Leadership Group (ALG), a Colorado nonprofit created in 2006 to help improve the quality of life for African immigrants and members of the diaspora.

A native of Senegal, Papa immigrated to Denver in 1998.  He used his first job, stocking books, to teach himself how to read, write and speak English.  From an entry-level position in a local bank, Papa over the next 18 years climbed the ranks to become a regional vice president.  In 2017, Papa left banking to focus his full attention on running and growing ALG. 

Papa serves on the boards of the Denver Botanic Gardens, Energize Colorado, and is a member of the prestigious Livingston Fellowship. 

In addition to running ALG, Papa leads several businesses and nonprofits working in or based in Senegal.

February Meeting: Bailey Massey, Public Speaking

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February Meeting: Bailey Massey, Public Speaking

Topic:  Public Speaking – Foundational approach focusing on tips for confidence and delivery.

Bailey Massey, the founder of Bailey Massey Global and Speech Therapy CO, brings over 15 years of expertise in speech therapy, speech and communication training, accent and dialect coaching, and corporate communication enhancement. With a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Hearing Science and Psychology, and a Master’s in Communication Disorders, Bailey’s comprehensive education and hands-on experience across industries enable a personalized and effective coaching approach. She excels in tailoring interactive training to meet the unique needs of organizations and professionals, focusing on areas like effective communication, speech clarity, voice control, public speaking, and leadership through research-based methods designed to achieve improvements in communication skills and foster successful professional and organizational growth.

December Meeting: Janine Davidson, Leadership Lessons

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Davidson began her career as an Air Force pilot and was the first woman to fly the USAF’s tactical C-130. She went on to serve multiple roles as a civilian official in the Pentagon, finishing that chapter as the 32nd Undersecretary of the U.S. Navy. In this talk, she will discuss leadership lessons from her diverse career as an Air Force pilot and a senior Pentagon official and how these lessons inform her current role as president of a large public university.”

October Meeting: Scott Burt, CEO to CEO on Healthcare

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Deep entrepreneurial and technology experience helping companies from mid-sized to major corporations apply business technology that saves millions or opens new markets.

Specialties: Entrepreneur, founder of Inc 500 company providing IT consulting and software solutions across U.S. and Canada.

Scott is passionate about giving back to the community and supports many causes. Most prominent among these are the Foundation Fighting Blindness, the Blind Institute of Technology, and the Colorado Technology Association. He co-founded the Microsoft Scramble for Sight in 2001 and has raised over $3M for the FFB to cure blindness. Learn more at ScrambleforSight.org.

 

October 22nd, 8-9am … Special Virtual Event with David Newman – High Fee Sales: How to Land Better Clients, Bigger Deals and Higher Fees

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Topic: High Fee Sales: How to Land Better Clients, Bigger Deals and Higher Fees
Speaker: David Newman, Do It! Marketing

In this fast-paced session, you are getting:

  • How to do LESS marketing that generates MORE leads – and STOP the pointless social media monkey work and stop wasting time with non-buyers or the wrong buyers
  • Prospecting insights – the “who, what, where, and when” of high-fee prospecting success that leads to more, better, faster high-fee sales conversations that are far more likely to convert to “Yes”
  • Building a bulletproof sales process ONCE that you can use consistently to generate sales today, sales tomorrow, and a predictable flow of clients and cash month after month, year after year
  • Premium Sales Positioning and how to show up for your prospects as a peer, not a peddler, so that you have high-trust, high-confidence sales conversations from initial contact through signed contract
  • Tactical sales outreach that works, and that prospects WILL respond to
  • PLUS you’ll get specific resources, links, and tools to help you implement these revenue growth ideas RIGHT NOW.

About the Speaker:

David Newman is the author of the business bestsellers “Do It! Marketing” and “Do It! Selling.” He’s the founder of the Do It! MBA mentoring program and the host of The Selling Show, a top-rated business podcast with over 400 episodes. He counts 44 of the Fortune 500 among his clients and audiences. David helps small business owners and professional services firms grow their revenues by 50%-500% in less than 15 months. Nothing makes David happier than client results. (Well, maybe puppies – but that’s it!)