NY Entrepreneurs Business Network (NYEBN)

Speaker Series 1: Skills You Need to Succeed in Your Business

Nov '09 4 Wed 9:15 AM

Location: This location is shown only to members

Estimated attendance: 49 people attended.
5.0018
Who organized?
Andrew Ran Wong and Kathy Moran
Price: $10.00 in advance/$20.00 @ entry
refund policy

Nov. 3 Update: A free Content Revenue Strategies conference ticket will be raffled off at the end of this meeting for all our attendees. For more information, please refer to an announcement I made early this morning @ http://www.ny-entrepr.... The ticket is worth $450 + $250 AOL advertising. It entitles you to the Advertiser/Publisher Networking Lunch as well. Remember to bring your business cards for the drawing. See you there tomorrow.

I want to announce the NYEBN Speaker Series, where we introduce innovative experts from different industries to equip you with the latest tools in business development. We have made these events most affordable for NYEBN members while maximizing the value you get from them. You are welcome to send me or the assistant organizers topics you are interested in, and we will find authoritative leaders in the industries most voted for to speak at our events.

The NYEBN Speaker Series 1 features Mitchell Rigie & Keith Harmeyer from SmartStorming (Marketing), Barbara Russo from Barbara Russo Strategics (personal Development) and Tim Davis from the Tim Davis Network (Sales). Please scroll down to read their bios and find out more about their credentials.

The seminar will start promptly at 9:15 am in the morning. We will wrap it up before 1 pm. Speakers will appear in the following order: Mitchell Rigie & Keith Harmeyer ---> Barbara Russo ---> Tim Davis. Tea & coffee will be served. Bring enough business cards as you will network with business professionals from different industries.

Event Registration:

$10/Person in advance
$20/Person at the door

Tim Davis

Tim Davis is the only business coach who combines behavioral selling with comedy. Tim’s focus is working with sales professionals and executives who want to increase their performance success – whether it’s closing more sales, pitching new business or negotiating a deal.

Using comedy principles learned during his years as a stand-up comedian and coach to top comedians who have appeared on Leno, Letterman and Comedy Central, Tim shows corporate sales professionals the techniques and mindset that can make all the difference.

Tim Davis has done seminars and coaching for a wide range of corporations and organizations including Sony, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Forensics Consulting, Arizona Society University, Glendale Arizona Medical, Atlantics Tomorrows Office and Adminstaff. Tim is a member of the National Speakers Association. Each talk is customized to a specific audience.

Mitchell Rigie & Keith Harmeyer

The SmartStorming ® Principals, Mitchell Rigie and Keith Harmeyer, have a combined 50+ years experience working in the fields of strategic marketing communications and personal development. They have personally experienced thousands of brainstorming sessions and have witnessed first-hand how frustrating and unproductive the process can be.

As a Vice President and award-winning creative supervisor for advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi and Foote Cone Belding, and as a consultant for Grey Worldwide, Mitchell has managed creative teams in the development of campaigns for Fortune 500 clients including: Johnson & Johnson, American Express, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, and General Electric.

As a marketing and creative executive at agencies in the Omnicom and Publicis networks, as well as founder and principal of his own marketing communications firm, Keith created countless successful brand marketing programs and business presentations for many of the world’s best known and most successful companies, such as American Express, JPMorgan Chase, Sony, Time Warner, ABC, Disney, Philips, Fujifilm, Conde Nast, Sports Illustrated, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, McDonald’s, Footlocker and many others.

Please read more about SmartStorming @ SmartStorming.com or the blog.

Barbara Russo

Barbara Russo is an Executive/Organizational/Life Coach, trained and certified through New York University’s School of Continuing Professional Studies, and serves as an adjunct faculty member in the NYU-SCPS Coaching Program. Barbara is certified through the International Coach Federation and holds additional certifications, including SDI - Strength Development Inventory and Power Coaching.

As a facilitator, moderator, workshop and teleconference leader, coach, coach-trainer and presenter, Barbara’s focus is career transition and leadership development.

A former executive vice president of a national, New York-based personnel staffing firm and entrepreneur, Barbara combines the synergy of these roles and the breadth of her professional and personal experience to support and facilitate executives, career professionals, entrepreneurs, individuals, teams and organizations across the country through successful strategic transition and growth.

Barbara serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations enjoys living life and does so in both New York City and the San Francisco Bay area.

Andrew Ran Wang

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49 attendees
- Sabrina Whiteman
  
  “ I walked away with a renewed since of investigation and entrepreneural spirit after listening to the first two segments. The last segment was eye opening because I find that it is not enough to have a 30 second elevator speech but something that is unique and helps you to stand out. Overall I've met some incredibly talented human beings and I look forward to the next set of speakers. Once again, Andrew has put together an amazing event with great attention to detail and an intention to learning an sharing. I truly appreciate his ability to put the right people in front of the room. ”
- Kathy Moran
  
  “ All the speakers were terrific. They had a different perspectives and expressed themselves with clarity. Very valuable experience. ”
- Sylvia L
  
  “ I got good ideas from the speakers this morning at Speaker Series 1 that will help me get closer to achieving my goals. ”
- James
  
  “ Good information imparted by the speakers. Covered different aspect of business, a good locatoin. ”
- Edyta
  
  “ Very interesting. ”
- Chris Petrone
  
  “ Professionally executed, yet open and friendly on all levels of exchange. A well done to Andrew and team. Terrific perspective with 3 different topic speakers and still time to network. Look forward to the next. Chris P. ”
- Joan
  
  “ I THOUGHT THE FIRST AND LAST SEGMENTS WERE VERY GOOD, DID NOT CARE AS MUCH FOR BARBARA, BUT OVERALL A VERY WORTHWHILE EVENT. ”
- Les Ehrenberg
  
  “ I thought all of the speakers were of great value. If they can make us think and execute, they did their job. They definitely made me think. Now I need to execute. ”
- Raymond Banta
  
  “ Good content, good speakers, nice job! ”
- Leslie Senior
  
  “ Excellent topics & speakers on those topics, great space of our own to use, good number of fellow entrepreneurs, great extra attraction with the raffle for prizes, excellent coffee with Godiva chocolates, and our motivating and hard working leader of New York Entrepreneurs Business Network! 5 stars! ”
- Robert Meulmeester
  
  “ Excellent lectures and many thoughtful tips that are easily implemented. ”
- Alison
  
  “ Terrific three speakers on brainstorming ideas, personal development and sales plus excellent networking. ”
- Jade Liu
  
  “ Like all learning events of this sort, I take from it what applies to my business needs, in this regard I was totally satisfied with the presenters and the content. ”
- Arzu
  
  “ I'm currently working to launch a new start-up company. It was very useful for me. ”
- Philomena J.M. McNamara
- Benjamin McKean
- anna
- Hope
- asuka
- Mike Tinder
- Chris B. Georgakopoulos
- Carolyn Simi
- Anya Feinberg
- Barbara Russo
- Lanietra Marino
- Nicholas Capuano
- Alexander Galvez
- Jeff Jackson
- Brad
- Gina
- Andrew Ran Wong (+5 guests)
- CJ Boston
- Randy
- Brenda
- mona marin
- Tonya Proffitt
- Nirav Modi
- Melanie
- Marc Lewis
- Eli
- LauraAtDreampix
- Chuck Chin
- Don Wilkinson (+1 guest)