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+ Dressler's Metro - A Great Move!
Our new location at Dressler's Metro at 1100 Metropolitan Avenue in Midtown Charlotte is proving to be a great move (and we know nothing stops Dressler's from serving its customers (gas being shut off or a coronavirus), so YES, the meeting is still happening!). Around 25 of you will be braving the coronaviris to connect, engage and share at today's meeting! Let's make it
another great meeting!
- When meeting new colleagues, let's do a fist bump or elbow tap out of respect for this pandemic. That way we are keeping germs to ourselves while keeping commerce rocking and rolling.
- Also, please note that valet is not offered during lunch hours, so allow a few extra minutes to park in the garage behind the retail centers across the street.
We have added Emily Meeker to this Goals & Support PDF! Way to be engaged and support colleagues, Emily!
How do you get added?
- To get your goal and support/resource added, simply check out the PDF and take the initiative to help at least four people with their goal or support request. Report back to Sherre', Karen Bentley, or Jeff Moder, and you will be able to add your goal and support to the list upon verification.
- Clarification: One-on-one meetings are a great start, and will get you recognized for having these meetings in the Shout Out sections. Actually making connections, referrals, or providing resource ideas per the Goals & Support PDF is how you get added.
- Already added: Let us know how you are helping others! This is what this communication is all about!
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Dan Black's company, Faster Glass, hosts a Forward Faster Breakfast Series every second Friday. Forward Faster & ACAC could be your best professional development plan each month! The upcoming February 14th meeting topic is "Inclusive Design: Moving From Awareness to Action." CLICK
HERE to learn more!
- Sherre’ DeMao recently spoke on March 10th at the Eurovia USA SuperLeaders Summit. Her topic was "Are You the Leader You Think You Are?" which included a real-time polling component that immediately depicted where leadership alignment and misperceptions when it comes to employee engagement. Sherre' will be missing our ACAC March meetings, as she speaks on "Trusting Your Inner Wisdom" to the Business Sorority
group on March 13th.
- Tom Gottcent, who serves at Vice Chair of the Board of Nevins, Inc., a non-profit focused on adults with disabilities, invites all ACAC members to participate or attend their upcoming Chili Cook Off fundraiser, March 15th. For more info, CLICK HERE. or contact Tom.
- Lena Lumelsky serves on the committee for scheduling speakers with CBEX, a Charlotte Business Exchange group of top-level professionals in business. To learn more, CLICK HERE. Rhonda Evans also has opportunities for speaking through the Project Management Institute. To
learn more, CLICK HERE.
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- Sporty King is making waves of the standing ovation kind with his recent win at Toastmasters International District competition. He will be wowing the audiences again on April 3rd, so let's all be virtually rooting him on as he vies to make it all the way to Toastmasters World Championships! Way to go, Sporty!
- Lena Lumelsky's firm, Woland Web, shared an insightful article entitled, "Three Audiences Judging Your Website (beyond your customers). To read it, CLICK HERE.
- Sherre' DeMao referred Dan Black's Faster Glass team to IMC Carolina's programming committee for their regional meeting in May, where the theme focus is on visioning. Sherre' DeMao will also be a featured workshop leader at this event.
- For those of you who don’t already know about the musical talents of Jeff Moder’s Under the Influence and Tom Reda & Friends playing around town … check them out. Follow them on Facebook and join in on the fun!
- Emily Meeker met with Jeff Wanner regarding benefits for her employees and connected Nicci Canada to some social media support resources. Emily also purchased Charlie Lietchweis' book and is looking forward to reading it!
- Sherre' DeMao referred Denise Cagan to a realtor needing social media support, and also referred Karen Bentley to the perfect trainer/faciltiator for her regional leadership meeting.
- One-on-ones that have occurred over the past 30 days (that we know of) include:
- Sherre' DeMao with Jason Collett
- Emily Meeker with Charlie Leitchweis, Deborah Bosley, Steve Gatter, and Tom Bixby.
- Thank you to Tara Greenburg for the idea to add key focus/expertise to help one another know more clearly who might be a good connection for a client. We added this information to the attendees list distributed to attendees from February's meeting. We are still determining a central way to share this information and will keep everyone posted.
- Sherre' DeMao sends a THANK YOU to Tara Greenburg for considering her for an opportunity with her firm WellcomeMD.
- ACAC would like to extend thanks to Tom Gottcent for a great discussion at last month's meeting on being more efficient and effective as consultants. What great discussion, engagement and tips! Thanks so much Tom!
- Thank you’s go out to Alexis Carriero, Sporty King, and Amy Hawke for being upcoming facilitators. Scroll down to see the topics and dates.
- A BIG THANK you to IMC Carolinas for supporting supplies expenses for ACAC.
+ Attendance Has Its Privileges
ATTENDANCE HAS ITS PRIVILEGES! All the more reason to participate and attend, so you can share your exciting involvements with the group.
- MONTHLY MEMBER ALERTS: To have your items considered, send to sherre@bizgrowthinc.com by the 25th of the month to be considered for the inclusion in the following month.
- Share items that are happening in the upcoming 30-45 days time period. It can be an event you are being featured, or a charitable event.
- Thank yous can be for a referral, an opportunity to collaborate, or some other form of engagement with or support from another member.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: After more than four months of non-attendance, re-engagement with attendance will be required again to be able to share information and be included in the alerts.
- BEING A MEETING FACILITATOR: Did you know? The Leadership Team has determined that another benefit of regular attendance is the opportunity to facilitate a meeting session on a topic you are passionate about that is of value to other ACAC members and their clients. Why do we only allow attendees to be considered? It is yet another form of building trust and engagement within our group. Those who are engaged in the group gain further ways to
connect and showcase success and competencies. Now you know!
- ACCESS TO ATTENDEES LIST: Each meeting, as a follow-up, the attendees emails are shared in a follow-up email, with the hopes that one-on-ones and connections will continue to be fostered outside of the monthly meetings. If you have shared an event at the meeting, you are encouraged to use that list to share further info with those attendees in a follow-up communication.
March 13th - Alexis Carreiro
The Science & ROI of Brand Storytelling
April 10th - Sporty King
Can Yoozw Use Humor? Plus Public Speaking Tips
May 8 - Amy Hawke
Topic to be determined
Why are ACAC and IMC a great strategic combination for your consulting business? Here is what Karen Bentley shared about why she joined IMC and values ACAC.
"Since starting my consulting business in early 2018, I have attended dozens of networking and business development meetings; ACAC being one of those. ACAC is the only professional organization I have committed to attending consistently because I have found it to be of high value - a group of professionals committed not only to the growth of their business, but also authentically committed to seeing their colleagues succeed. As a result of my participation in ACAC, I
had an opportunity to attend a Carolinas Chapter IMC meeting which piqued my interest in learning more about the national organization. Additionally, through the trusting relationships built at ACAC I was asked to present a workshop at the September quarterly meeting of the IMC Carolinas Chapter. Having had an opportunity to interact with the professionals engaged with IMC here in North Carolina, I was motivated to join the national organization. As with ACAC,
the IMC is an organization committed to providing quality content and a strong network of professionals committed to each other's success." - Karen Bentley, Bentley Consulting Group
To learn more about IMC USA and IMC Carlinas, CLICK HERE.
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