Chamber of Commerce of Southern Minnesota
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Women Excel Mankato Golf Club
June 8th. 11am-1pm $15 includes lunch
(100 Augusta Drive Mankaot, MN 56001)
  
There's little doubt that there are differences in the ways that women and men communicate, lead and make decisions in the workplace.  Understanding some of these differences can lead to more effective communication at both work and home.  Join Tiffany Breitlkreutz and Katrina gregor from Canopy Consulting Group for a fun, informative and interactive luncheon to discuss and share insights about those differences. 
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting Mankato Golf Club
June 14th. from 11am-1pm
 
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After Hours Spring Lake Park Mankato
June 14th. from 5pm-6:30pm
at Gazebo by Webster & Lake St.

 

Our first ever outside event!  Come network with local and regional business people and enjoy the wonderful summer weather.  Learn more about Canopy Consulting and the Chamber of Commerce of Southern Minnesota.  FREE  and open to all.
MN REM Renewable Market Place
July 20th. Worthington 507-776-4120
  
Up to $5000 in any mfg related training for any employees from CEO to entry level.  This innovative program trains Minnesota manufacturing workers for the emerging clean energy economy at no cost.  Focused on green manufacturing processes in all industries and upgrading skill for producing clean energy products, GreenPOWER partners directly with employers to provide workers the skills required to obtain good jobs in the state's clean energy economy.
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Women Excel Laurie Peterson Design
July 27th. Owatonna 507-776-4120
Come  and have lunch with other business women.  Laurie Peterson from Laurie Peterson Desings a Freelance Designer and Copy Writer  will be there to talk about her business.
 
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PHD in Leadership, Business 360
Scott Ward
July 29th. Mankato 507-776-4120

 

Consultant for coprorate culture change, operational improvement, revolutionizing organizational structuresk empowerment, alignment and the identification of and focus on key success factors Consultant for developing market offers that create and drive competitive edges.
  
Project leader for: 
  • Using Economic Value Added (EVA) to align and focus resources on improving the enterprise value
  • Wellness programs and medical insurance remediation
  • Employee-ownership programs
  • Executive and life coaching

We have worked in large and small corporations and non-profits for nearly 30 years.  We have been involved in successful turnarounds, and accelerating success in companies and organizations that thought they were doing good ("good to great" has been used by Jim Collins already).  We're never satisfied with the status quot.

 

Scott's strengths:  Learner, Relator, Command Self-Assurance and Ideation.  What tempers my command & self-assurance is that I'm motivated by social values.  I love seeing teams succeed, and that's what drives me.

 

It's the soft stuff that's hard, and it's the stuff they don't teach in business schools.  How improtant is communication and what aspects of it are improtant?  What parts of our performance should we measure, and what is insignificant?  Why are budgets and physical inventories only good for a day?  Why doesn't my team make the needed changes in order for us to succeed?  With over 30 years of leading successful teams, operatins and business, Scott Ward will naswer these questions and more. 

 

MN REM Renewable Market Place
July 29th. Mankato 507-776-4120

  

Up to $5000 in any mfg related training for any employees from CEO to entry level.  This innovative program trains Minnesota manufacturing workers for the emerging clean energy economy at no cost.  Focused on green manufacturing processes in all industries and upgrading skill for producing clean energy products, GreenPOWER partners directly with employers to provide workers the skills required to obtain good jobs in the state's clean energy economy.

  

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Business 360 Canopy Consulting
August 17th. Austin 507-776-4120

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CCSM & Business 4 Education/guest OPEN August 15th. 2011
At the Mankato Golf Club
Start time:  1:30pm Cost :  $100 per guest $350 a team of 4 
  
Enjoy a day of golf and give to a worthy cause.  Dinner and speakers:
  
  • Congressman Tim Walz
  • Representative Tony Cornish
  • Senator Mike  Perry
  • and more being added.

Special features: Long drive (Men & Women), Long Putt, Closest to the Pin

Silent Auction

Sponsorships still available

$250 a hole-includes advertising

$50-$100 Booklet ad

Corporate sponsorships

$500-$3000 Inludes team or eams and advertising

 

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PHD in Leadership, Business 360
Scott Ward
August 3rd. Albert Lea 507-776-4120

 

Consultant for coprorate culture change, operational improvement, revolutionizing organizational structuresk empowerment, alignment and the identification of and focus on key success factors Consultant for developing market offers that create and drive competitive edges.
  
Project leader for: 
  • Using Economic Value Added (EVA) to align and focus resources on improving the enterprise value
  • Wellness programs and medical insurance remediation
  • Employee-ownership programs
  • Executive and life coaching

We have worked in large and small corporations and non-profits for nearly 30 years.  We have been involved in successful turnarounds, and accelerating success in companies and organizations that thought they were doing good ("good to great" has been used by Jim Collins already).  We're never satisfied with the status quot.

 

Scott's strengths:  Learner, Relator, Command Self-Assurance and Ideation.  What tempers my command & self-assurance is that I'm motivated by social values.  I love seeing teams succeed, and that's what drives me.

 

It's the soft stuff that's hard, and it's the stuff they don't teach in business schools.  How improtant is communication and what aspects of it are improtant?  What parts of our performance should we measure, and what is insignificant?  Why are budgets and physical inventories only good for a day?  Why doesn't my team make the needed changes in order for us to succeed?  With over 30 years of leading successful teams, operatins and business, Scott Ward will naswer these questions and more.

 
MN REM Renewable Market Place
August 3rd. Albert Lea & Austin
507-776-4120

  

Up to $5000 in any mfg related training for any employees from CEO to entry level.  This innovative program trains Minnesota manufacturing workers for the emerging clean energy economy at no cost.  Focused on green manufacturing processes in all industries and upgrading skill for producing clean energy products, GreenPOWER partners directly with employers to provide workers the skills required to obtain good jobs in the state's clean energy economy.
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Public Private Partnership Seminar
First Ever in Minnesota
August 31, 2011 from 9am-12pm
City Center Hotel Mankato, MN 
$20 all major credit cards accepted 507-776-4120 
Speaker Oliver W. Porter:  Chairman, Governor's Commission on Sandy Springs, Chairman, Charter commission, volunteer interim city manager.  Created and implemented the Sandy Springs Model of Public/Private partnerships that feature the most extensive use of private industry to be found in local government in the country.  Advisor to new cities of Johns Creek, Milton, Chattahoochee Hill Country, Dunwoody in Georgia, and other communities considering cityhood and existing cities around the nationInternational - Advisor to cities in Japan, Conducted major seminars and conferences on PPP Public/Private partnerships in conjuction with Tokyo University operating under a grant from the Central Government.
  
Education:  BS in Civil Engineering - University of South Carolina, MBA - Georgia State University Attnede Executive graduate level programs at:  Wharton, Williams College, University of Illinois, Senior Government Fellow:   Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
  
Corporate:  Sales Vise President, AT&T-retired Non-profit-past National chariman-National Kidney Foundation, Past National Chairman-Combined Health Appeal of America, AUTHOR Creating the New City of Sandy Springs, The 21st. Century Paradigm:  Private Industry" (2006), "Public/Private Partnerships for Local Governments" (2008) Artist-Past President-Atlanta Artists Center.
  
In the past one hundred years, there has been little change in local governments, although there have been millions of innovations.  National League of American Cities says there dwill be a $60-80 billion dollar shortfall between 2010-2012.  There are additional cuts, large debt being taken on, more responsive government, decreased long-term liabilities and happier citizens through alternative service methods.
Business 360 canopy Consulting
September 14th. Worthington, MN
507-776-4120
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