JANUARY 29, 2016 • 7:30AM-1:00PM • WAYZATA, MN
AT THE HISTORIC LAFAYETTE CLUB ON LAKE MINNETONKA
LEADERSHIP &
INNOVATION CONFERENCE
Sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Mound-Westonka, Plymouth, Wayzata, Orono, Lake Minnetonka - Excelsior and Excelsior
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
A special thanks to all of our sponsors for their generous support of this conference.
Area 12 Rotary Clubs & Rotary District 5950
Rotary has been providing "Service Above Self" for over 100 years - serving the needs of the community and assisting in humanitarian efforts world wide. Each year the Area 12 Rotary Clubs (Mound-Westonka, Plymouth, Wayzata, Orono, Lake Minnetonka Excelsior and Excelsior Noon) provide hands-on or financial support for Warm Hands Warm Hearts, student scholarships, Camp Enterprise leadership training, Eagle Scout projects, school supplies, local food shelves and much more. Area clubs also support Rotary Interact club, which provide students leadership and community service opportunities. Other significant projects done by area club this year include: Mound Harbor District interactive musical instruments, sculpture and landcape improvements, SafeWater Plus Honduras project, Shelter Box disaster relief supplies for victims in Nepal and much, much more.
Rotary District 5950 is a group of 60 Rotary Clubs located in Central and Southwestern Minnesota. These clubs represent 41 Minnesota communities ranging in size from Minneapolis to Springfield. Our District is one of 529 Districts in 166 countries throughout the world and totaling 1,200,000 Rotarians in more than 31,000 local Rotary Clubs.
Minnesota Business Magazine
Published by Tiger Oak Media and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota Business magazine covers small and midsize companies throughout the state, revealing the successes, challenges, and lessons to be drawn from their experiences. They keep this focus steady across industries, providing a fascinating mix of companies and personalities in every issue. Readers turn to them for not only useful information, but also inspiration as they pursue their success.
Women In Networking (WIN) & Teresa Thomas
Women in Networking (WIN) is a Twin Cities based organization in which women in business encourage one another’s professional growth and business success. Their members are a mix of female entrepreneurs, business owners and key players in business to business services. The WIN experience is designed to be motivating and rewarding for women who value and actively practice the principles and process of networking and lifting up other women in business.
Teresa Thomas shares her passion for creating energizing connections through networking events, facilitated workshops, speaking and writing. In 2007, Teresa took on the leadership of MN Women In Networking (WIN). While Teresa has been a professional connector for over 18 years, she is shy at heart. She enjoys sharing the out-of-the-box insights she has learned throughout her life to help others to effectively network with confidence. Many of these tips are included in her recently released networking guidebook, "How to Tap into the Power of Win/Win Connections."
Teresa believes networking is really about seeing the interconnectedness between all of us. It is about listening and noticing the ways we can lift each other up.
OffiCenters and Virtual OffiCenters
Winners of the Global Workspace Association's Most Innovative Workspace, OffiCenters and Virtual OffiCenters have proudly served the Minneapolis business community since 1981. Their strategically located centers offer a full range of officing solutions to entrepreneurs as well as regional, national and international companies. Service packages include office space, business support services and conference facilities for use by the day, week, month or longer!
VirtualOffiCenters allows you to work any where under the sun with plans that let you buy what you need when you need it. They offer affordable pricing on services such as mail box and business address, phone answering and forwarding, furnished offices and meeting rooms.
Lori Spiess, owner and President of OffiCenters, has been dedicated to the office support service industry since 1978. She is a past President and Board Member of OBCAI, the trade association for the office business center industry, representing thousands of business centers worldwide. Lori was the first female President of this association. Lori Spiess and her staff collectively represent years of knowledge and skills providing clients with the confidence they seek when selecting a home for their business in Minneapolis and the surrounding metro area.
Shadow Fox Media
ShadowFox Media is a Minnesota based digital media production company that focuses on working with small to medium sized businesses. By creating a high quality mobile production rig, ShadowFox Media is able to produce high quality/low cost videos, photographs, and designs for budget conscious businesses. ShadowFox specializes in helping businesses create new and dynamic content for social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, along with sales presentations. The videos, which can contain a mixture of live footage, text, and graphic animations, tell a story far more effectively than words along ever could.
Prior to starting ShadowFox Media, owner Cory Fox worked in many different supervisory and leadership positions throughout corporate America with an emphasis on training. Thanks to an unexpected push, Cory began searching for a better way to make a living and decided to expand his passion for creativity by enhancing his skills with digital media. After realizing he could make a living doing what he loved, Cory took the risk and started his own company and hasn’t looked back since.