Podcasts about executive club

In today's podcast, British Airways' controversial changes to its Executive Club are now rebranded as the British Airways Club. From April 2024, loyalty will be tied directly to spending, making it harder for budget travellers to earn perks like lounge access and seat upgrades. I discuss how the revamped system impacts frequent flyers, with insights from industry experts on whether this shift rewards loyalty—or alienates economy travellers.This podcast is free, much like The Independent Travel newsletter. Subscribe here and get it delivered every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of the FemCity Podcast, FemCity Founder, Violette de Ayala is joined by FemCity Founder Member and financial planner, Mari Delgado where they dive into the topic of Girl Math, the Truth of Women and Finances. Don't' miss this.  About Mari // Mari, a CFP® professional and Private Wealth Advisor, is a strong believer that anything can be achieved with the proper planning and preparation. From serving as the first woman president of the Association of Latino Professionals For America at FIU, to starting her career at the top team at Merrill Lynch, she's broken down barriers time and time again. Mari brings a decade of experience in Private Wealth Management. She currently works at Ellevest, a financial advisory firm built by women for women. Her main focus is to help women in transition: executives with significant wealth tied up in one stock, dealing with divorce or the loss of a partner, receiving an inheritance, navigating an IPO or liquidity event or nearing (or currently in) retirement. Mari helps her clients build financial stability and make an impact with their wealth using personalized, goals-based investment strategies. She currently serves both Spanish- and English-speaking clients nation-wide. Mari is a big supporter of local organizations like Habitat for Humanity, 100+ Women Who Care, Women's Executive Club of Fort Lauderdale, Coral Gables Woman's Club and the Nicklaus Children's Hospital. Her hobbies include yoga, running & reading. Her and her husband, Manuel, recently welcomed twin boys! Connect with Mari! Email: mdelgado@ellevest.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariidelgado/ About FemCity // Join FemCity with a complimentary Community Membership!It's the perfect way to sample our Membership, attend local events, meet FemCity Founder, Violette de Ayala and see if the FemCity vibe is a good fit for you. And it's free! You can also learn more about launching a FemCity Chapter in your community. FemCity has been seen in Gilt, Vogue, AP News, Entrepreneur, Forbes, and MarieClaire. Learn why FemCity is more than just a women's networking group at www.femcity.com and on all social platforms @FemCity. Want to learn about FemCIty? Join us for our free upcoming Get to Know FemCIty event.  About Violette de Ayala // Violette is a Cuban-American serial and social Entrepreneur, Founder of FemCity®, and virtual mentor to over 20,000 women. Violette has been quoted in Success, Entrepreneur, CNBC, Yahoo Small Business, Business Insider News as a small business expert. You can connect with Violette on IG, FB, LinkedIn at Violette de Ayala. About Lynn Pelzer // Lynn is the COO of FemCity and has held a chair position on boards, currently part of a DEI board with FemCity, she has been awarded the Rising Star Award and Crystal Executive Award in her previous company. She has been a contributor on podcasts as well as blogs, and has been a speaker in women's groups on the topics of business. You can connect with Lynn on Facebook or Linkedin @lynnpelzer.

Looking for a peer group you can attend from anywhere in the world? Join SL Consulting's 8/6 Executive Club and meet leaders from enterprises of all sizes, from early-stage startups to multinationals. Learn more at https://www.86executiveclub.com/ SL Consulting, Inc. City: Fishers Address: 12175 Visionary Way Website: https://www.slconsultingfirm.com Phone: +1 317 430 7097 Email: stan@slconsultingfirm.com

My guest today on The Courage of a Leader podcast is Margaret Meuller, we discuss how Executive Club of Chicago navigated through crossroads during the COVID-19 pandemic.In this episode, Margaret, who is vastly experienced at driving growth and impact in business and society and was President of the Executives Club of Chicago through our global pandemic, shares her experience and pragmatic guidance with us.This is not an episode to miss! You'll get practical and transformational advice to apply when you're faced with an important personal or professional crossroads decision. About the Guest:With over 20 years of experience as a board member, C-suite executive, and civic leader, Margaret Mueller has a proven track record of driving growth and impact in business and society.Margaret is a Board Director, and the President and CEO of The Executives' Club of Chicago, a prestigious 115-year old business leaders association that attracts over 16,000 senior corporate leaders annually to over 100 programs on the latest business topics.As an Operating Partner at Tilia Holdings, Margaret leads the Tilia Innovation Collaboratory, a platform that enhances safety, nutrition, and sustainability in the global food supply chain through middle market control investments.Through these roles, Margaret leverages her expertise in governance, succession planning, enterprise risk management, supply chains, marketing, and M&A to create value for her stakeholders, partners, and communities. She is passionate about advancing corporate social responsibility, diversity and inclusion, digital transformation, and sustainability.About the Host:Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. Amy's most popular keynote speeches are:The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership LegacyThe Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System CollaborationThe Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and CommunityThe Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.www.courageofaleader.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/ Resources mentioned in the podcastThe Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/Executives Club of Chicagohttps://www.executivesclub.org/ Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to The Courage of a Leader podcast! If you got inspired and/or got valuable leadership techniques you can use from this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have questions or feedback about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new The Courage of a Leader podcast episodes,

After Qatar joined Avios recently, Finnair is the latest airline to join Avios as from today, 9 March. I will be interviewing Chris from IAG Loyalty (Avios) about what this means for Avios collectors and in particular those that are a member of BA's Executive Club. You can find more information in this article: https://www.turningleftforless.com/breaking-finnair-to-join-avios-free-wifi-for-finnair-plus-and-new-lounge-at-helsinki/

Hermann Sons Life Regional Sales Manager John Pacini of Floresville has been recognized as the 2023 top-producing agent and only agent to qualify for the exclusive President's Club, based on his sales production. President's Club is the top of three clubs for which agents may qualify, based on premium income generated and applications written during a calendar year. He previously earned Executive Club membership twice. This is Pacini's first time qualifying for the top club. Pacini, a member of the Hermann Sons Life sales teams since 2020, earned a monetary bonus. He serves as president of Hermann Sons Life's new...Article Link

This episode is a combo style creation. Shout to my bredrin Roc Savolis and the whole Executive Club movement. I don't believe in the same old same or being robotic. I am human, so I L.I.V.E. different. Let's L.I.V.E. together. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/my-handlez/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/my-handlez/support

If you are unsure of all the rules about retaining your BA status or don't know what a soft landing is then this is for you. I will also take a look at the best options to maintain your status cheaply. All fares are business class unless stated.   Links: Learn more about the BA Executive Club in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rMNw42QPUA&list=PLAJhZqbxo2iXn6aIrRztc2lMiZ9bzL_0K&index=2&t=33s   Luxembourg tier point break https://www.turningleftforless.com/tier-point-breaks-luxembourg/   Catania tier point break https://www.turningleftforless.com/tier-point-breaks-catania-sicily/   Avis status with BA https://www.turningleftforless.com/news-british-airways-offer-avis-status-for-exceutive-club-members-and-1000-avios-bonus/   BA Low fare finder https://www.turningleftforless.com/suggests/ba-low-fare-finder-phg/   160 tier point routes https://www.turningleftforless.com/best-british-airways-tier-points-runs-including-december-for-the-25-reduction/   Double tier points https://www.turningleftforless.com/offers-british-airways-holidays-extends-double-tier-points-and-winter-hilton-sale-starts/

Hermann Sons Life Regional Sales Manager John Pacini has been honored as a top producer at the annual Hermann Sons Life Agents' Award Banquet held May 6 in San Antonio. Pacini earned membership in the Executive Club based on premium income generated and applications written in 2022. A resident of Floresville, he joined the Hermann Sons Life sales team in 2020. This was his second year qualifying for the Executive Club. Hermann Sons Life offers members financial protection for their families with its life insurance and annuity products. As a non-profit organization, it invests its earnings in community service initiatives...Article Link

Olivia Khwaja is a board trustee for the public health collaboration PHC in England. This non-profit organization hopes to change the landscape of healthcare in the UK from both the bottom up and the top down, reaching doctors and clinicians as well as educating patients, as well as politicians who can affect policy decisions. these nutritional interventions could save healthcare system in the UK billions each year, and trillions and America and around the world. from a purely fiscal point of view, is vital to adopt a healthier nutritional and lifestyle habits, and that is what PHC is hoping to do. they have their annual meeting in Sheffield, England May 19th and 20th 2023, where I will be on a debate panel about whether plants are necessary or even needed in the diet, as well as a panel on cancer. If you are in the area, please come by and check it out!    Bio: Olivia has been a Consumer Strategist and Marketing expert for large brands for over 20 years. 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In today's episode we are in conversation with dating and relationship expert Dr Kathrine Bejanyan.According to research, nearly half of US adults say dating has gotten harder for most people in the last 10 years. This has caused more than half of young people in America not to have a romantic partner, and the majority of those dating to express dissatisfaction with their romantic lives due to several negative experiences.Katherine talks about the challenges of today's dating world, common mistakes that people make and the frequent phenomenon of 'ghosting'. Dr. Kathrine Bejanyan  runs a private therapy practice focusing on relationships, which has helped thousands of people develop a healthier and happier love life. Through individual or couple counselling, which usually takes 8 to 16 weeks, she shows her clients how dating and relationships really work and how they can use this newfound knowledge to create long-term romantic relationships they draw strength and love from, not pain and confusion. Previously,   she worked as a Relationship Consultant at The Executive Club of St. James's, a high-end matchmaking agency where she helped clients gain a better understanding of themselves, their partner(s) and learn how to form true intimacy within their romantic relationships. She has a Master's in Counselling Psychology and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology, concentrating on romantic relationships. She is also an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy with a license as a Marriage Family Therapist from the US. Dr. Kathrine is also a highly sought-after speaker on relationships, and she has written for several magazines, including Huffington Post, as an expert on relationships.

In this exciting interview, Coach Stephen sits down with Olivia, a consumer strategist and marketing expert with over 20 years of experience working for large brands. Olivia has a proven track record of launching industry first services and driving up customer loyalty. At British Airways, she headed up the Executive Club program for Europe & Africa, resulting in award-winning direct marketing campaigns. At British Gas, she led the consumer engagement program for the national smart meter rollout, the largest infrastructure upgrade in the UK's history.Olivia's expertise is not limited to the corporate world. She has since shifted her focus towards human health transformation and empowering the younger generation to make informed decisions about their own health. In this interview, Olivia shares her insights on consumer attitudinal insights, digital and social media engagement, and her passion for empowering individuals to take control of their health.Tune in to learn from Olivia's wealth of experience and knowledge as she discusses the intersection of marketing and health, and the importance of consumer engagement in driving positive health outcomes.LINKSConference details https://phcuk.org/phc-conference-2023/CONFERENCE TICKETS https://phcuk.eventify.io/t/tickets/Olivia's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/oliviakhwaja/PHCUK https://phcuk.org/Olivia's Twitter www.twitter.com/oliviakhwajaThank you so much for listening to my podcast. I hope you enjoyed it. Your support means the absolute world to me. And if you're enjoying the show, I've got a small favor to ask you. I'd be incredibly grateful if you would consider becoming a supporter and make a small monthly donation. Your contribution will really help to improve the show. It's a small monthly contribution. You can cancel at any time, and the link is in the show notes. Support the showAll my links in 1 easy list, including booking and personal training workout plans at LINKTREE You can now download the carnivore experience appApple direct link for apple devices Google play store direct link to app for Android Coach Stephen's Instagram Book me for coaching My growing UK carnivore YouTube channel I have set up a community that is all about eating low-carb and specifically carnivore. CLICK HERE Support my podcast from just £3 per monthBECOME A SUPPORTER Success stories Optimal Health 5 Star reviews All my facebook and other reviews are here Thanks to www.audionautix.com for any music included. Ple...

Genudgivelse: Jacob Aarup-Andersen blev torsdag udnævnt til kommende topchef i Carlsberg. I den anledning genudgiver vi optagelsen med Jacob Aarup-Andersen fra 2021. Hvem er Carlsbergs nye topchef? Hvordan ser han på ledelse? Hvordan ser han på sammenhængen i en virksomhed mellem at have et overordnet formål og så en kommerciel forretning? Hvordan kommunikerer han? Kort sagt: Hvad er det for en leder – der nu er på vej til bryggeriets nye hovedkontor på Valby bakke i København? Jacob Aarup-Andersen, adm. direktør i ISS, svarer på de spørgsmål her i samtalen, som er en optagelse fra hans besøg i Børsen Executive Club i 2021. ”Hvis du bringer en rigtig stjerne ind på et område, så er det ikke et spørgsmål om du får 20 pct. mere. Du får fem gange eller ti gange mere. Du får signifikant mere ud af det”, siger Jacob Aarup-Andersen. Han siger også: ”Jeg har meldt ud, at vi vil være verdens bedste til det vi gør, så er du også nødt til at have verdens bedste spillere på dit hold.” Afsnittet blev udgivet første gang 15. april 2021. Producer: Arjuna Alexander Kolkur Sørensen.

When a relationship starts, the people entering it are arriving with their own baggage; their upbringing, values, childhood, past relationship experiences, hopes, dreams, beliefs and aspirations. It's inevitable that two people will have different ideas about a lot of these things, which can make creating a relationship blueprint together challenging.  Our blueprints shape how we see the world and the decisions we make. Simply understanding your own blueprint can bring so much awareness on how to blend your pasts together to create a solid relationship blueprint you both love.  Dr. Kathrine runs a private therapy practice focusing on relationships, which has helped thousands of people develop a healthier and happier love life. Through individual or couple counseling, she shows her clients how dating and relationships really work and how they can use this newfound knowledge to create long-term romantic relationships they draw strength and love from, not pain and confusion. Previously, Dr. Katherine worked as a Relationship Consultant at The Executive Club of St. James's, a high-end matchmaking agency where she helped clients gain a better understanding of themselves, their partner(s) and learn how to form true intimacy within their romantic relationships. She has a Master's in counseling psychology and a Ph.D. in social psychology, concentrating on romantic relationships. She is also an accredited member of the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy with a license as a Marriage Family Therapist from the US. Dr. Kathrine is also a highly sought-after speaker on relationships, and she has written for several magazines, including Huffington Post, as an expert on relationships. We chat Understanding different relationship blueprints and how to shape your own Exploring your attachment style and how this applies to your relationships How airing little issues with your partner early can prevent long term harm.   Better Relationships We empower couples to create thriving relationships so that they can play all out in life, set big goals and put plans in place to actually achieve them. Better World Many research studies have shown that great relationships are associated with better health, greater happiness, and even a longer life. If more of us had thriving, healthy, happy romantic relationships, we know we would have a better world. That's why, every time someone works with us, via our partnership with Buy1Give1 we also help someone else in the world. Yep a stranger, someone you'll never meet. Connect with Sammi & Nathan Jaeger  Website - https://www.fuelcollective.com.au/ Instagram - Date Forever - https://www.instagram.com/dateforever/ Instagram - Fuel Collective - https://www.instagram.com/fuelled.up.life/ Instagram - Nath - https://www.instagram.com/nathjaeger/ Instagram - Sammi - https://www.instagram.com/sammisomewhere/ Connect with Dr Kathrine Bejanyan Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kathrinebejanyan/ Website - http://kathrinebejanyan.com/

Sarah Leonard is the team leader of The Sarah Leonard Team with RE/MAX in Chicagoland suburbs, IL. Sarah's team closed 700 Homes in the Past 12 Months, more than any other team in Illinois! Featured on the cover of the nationwide edition of Top Agent Magazine, Featured Cover Stories in Chicago Agent Magazine and Dupage Real Producers, Inducted into RE/MAX Circle of Legends and RE/MAX Hall of Fame, Recipient of Chairman's Club, Executive Club, 100% Club, Five Star Agent Award through Chicago Magazine, WCKG AM/FM Radio Appearance: Real Estate Spotlight, and featured in the February 2016 Professional Women in Real Estate edition in the Daily Herald!   Connect with Sarah at https://sarahleonardsells.com/  ---------- Visit www.builthow.com to sign up for our next live or virtual event.   Part of the Win Make Give Podcast Network

Cross-Cultural Relationships It's all about relationships. Our conversation begins discussing Kathrine's area of expertise with Cross-Cultural relationships. Kathrine has worked with many couples helping them create a greater understanding of one another's differences to help navigate and improve their relationships. We then delve into modern-day dating, dating apps, divorce, and where the world of relationships may be heading. A conversation that brings a greater understanding of how relationships work. Enjoy! Guest Bio Dr. Kathrine runs a private therapy practice focusing on relationships, which has helped thousands of people develop a healthier and happier love life. Through individual or couple counseling, which usually takes 8 to 16 weeks, she shows her clients how dating and relationships really work and how they can use this newfound knowledge to create long-term romantic relationships they draw strength and love from, not pain and confusion. Previously, Dr. Katherine worked as a Relationship Consultant at The Executive Club of St. James's, a high-end matchmaking agency where she helped clients gain a better understanding of themselves, their partner(s) and learn how to form true intimacy within their romantic relationships. She has a Master's in counseling psychology and a Ph.D. in social psychology, concentrating on romantic relationships. She is also an accredited member of the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy with a license as a Marriage Family Therapist from the US. Dr. Kathrine is also a highly sought-after speaker on relationships, and she has written for several magazines, including Huffington Post, as an expert on relationships.

SAN ANTONIO — Hermann Sons Life Vice President of Sales Teresa Saathoff has announced the appointment of Floresville resident John Pacini as regional sales manager. “We are excited to bring John on board as a regional sales manager,” Teresa said. “John started as a field agent in 2020 and quickly became an award-winning agent.” In 2021, he was recognized as a top-producing agent and qualified for the Executive Club. John will be recruiting and training new agents as well as supporting field agents. “A big part of John's new job will be teaching and assisting our current agents with DocuSign...Article Link

SAN ANTONIO — Three Hermann Sons Life insurance agents from Wilson County were among 13 agents who qualified for recognition based on their sales production in 2021. Two La Vernia agents were recognized; they are Marlin Tanneberger, FIC, and Vicki Hinojosa, both members of New Braunfels Lodge. Tanneberger qualified for the Executive Club in 2021 based on premium income generated and applications written during the calendar year. He has more than 40 years of experience in the insurance industry and has earned awards for his sales production for more than 26 years. Hinojosa qualified for the Million Dollar Club. John...Article Link

Today's episode of the podcast is an interview with Nequosha Anderson. Nequosha is a business and intellectual property attorney who assists primarily women creatives who want to legally protect their income producing ideas. We talk all about where to start when it comes to the legalities of your business whether you are just getting started or want to grow your business.   KEY TAKEAWAYS COVERED IN THE PODCAST   95% of people do not think about the legal aspects of business We have to think about when things go wrong and have a plan for this You need to have a strategy/goal in place to run a business that includes the legal stuff Having a business is more than just having a logo and photoshoot! It is better to be proactive than reactive – being reactive will always cost more You don't need a lot of clients or customers to make lots of money – you need raving fans Turn your clients/customers into raving fans by giving them the best customer experience Having the right legal cover and protection in place makes you a better business owner, provide better service and it sets expectations for people who work with/buy from you Make an environment where everything is a given – set expectations from the start Authorise people – enable people to handle things whilst you're not around At the very least you should separate your personal assets to your business assets You have to have contracts and policies in place so there is a mutual understanding in place from the very start.   THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER ABOVE ALL ELSE…   Be proactive, not reactive!   HIGHLIGHTS YOU SIMPLY CAN'T MISS   How Nequosha became a business attorney How to plan for when things go wrong The cost of consulting an attorney What legal cover do you need for your business? Protect before you share! What is the minimum you need to do?   CHECK NEQUOSHA OUT:   http://andersonlawfl.com/ (Website) https://www.instagram.com/esquire44/ (Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/nequosha.anderson (Facebook)   RESOURCES MENTIONED   https://teresaheathwareing.com/theclub (My Dream Business Club doors are open! Join here)   TRANSCRIPT   Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the podcast. The Club doors are open. Woo. I'm so excited. I am so excited. Um, it's been a long time coming. Uh, they've been shut for a long time while we've been behind the scenes, sorting everything out, changing everything. Making the whole new thing come to life and I am so, so glad that I can finally welcome you into the Club. It has been so much fun. So let me explain the levels of the Club, because I know that, uh, now there's three levels. I just wanna make sure that you, you get what's at each level and, and also explain to you what you get at each level as well. So the three levels of the Club are the Club, the Club Plus and Executive Club. The Club is $19 a month. The Club Plus is $97 a month and the Executive Club is $197 a month. So let me explain to you what you get in each. Okay. Let's start with the Club $19 a month. So you get access to level one of the Dream Business Growth Path, so that amazing growth path that I've put together all of level ones, lessons you get. You also get all the training courses that are attached to level one. So for instance, let's say in level one, I, I talk about social media and I tell you to focus on one or two platforms and you are brand new to it. And you think actually Instagram is my thing, but I dunno how to use it. Then there's an Instagram course that then teaches you how to use it. So for a, each area of the growth path, there's normally some extra training that I've got. So you also get access to that. You have a monthly live Q and A. Now this Q and A is a Facebook live in the Facebook group. You can submit questions...

Cette semaine, je reviens sur l'actualité et les nouvelles promotions des programmes de fidélité : CIBC Aventura, IHG Rewards Club, TD. Et je vous explique ce que vous devez savoir sur le programme British Airways Executive Club. SPONSOR Cet épisode de Récompensez-Vous a été rendu possible grâce au soutien d'HSBC Canada. HSBC propose actuellement et jusqu'à la fin du mois de janvier une promotion exceptionnelle pour la Carte Mastercard HSBC World Elite. Avec cette offre, vous pourriez obtenir jusqu'à 130 000 points si vous êtes résident du Québec (et 100 000 points ailleurs au Canada). Cela représente une valeur de 650 $ ! La Carte Mastercard HSBC World Elite est une carte que j'utilise pour la plupart de mes achats hors catégorie car elle m'offre 3 points par dollar (y compris chez Costco) et 6 points pour mes achats de voyages. Vu que c'est une Mastercard, elle est acceptée partout ! Si vous ne l'avez pas encore, consultez l'offre ici. Voici les principaux sujets abordés lors de cette émission : L'actualité : Jusqu'à 130 000 points avec la carte de crédit Mastercard HSBC World Elite ! Québec : Deuxième nuit gratuite TD : Programme de parrainage Air France : Québec - Paris Nouvelle compagnie : Lynx Air CIBC Aventura : 50 % moins de points pour les voyages RBC : Liste des offres en ligne Promotion IHG Rewards Changement d'horaire de vol : vos droits et compensations 10 magnifiques paysages à découvrir avec les points Questions Fréquentes de la communauté Milesopedia Parc Provincial de Sandbanks Miles Avios : Tutoriel pour débutants Avis : La Ville Hotel & Suites City Walk, Dubai Abonnement à l'infolettre : https://milesopedia.com/infolettre/ Classement des meilleures offres de cartes de crédit au Canada : https://milesopedia.com/meilleures-cartes-de-credit/

Kim Kristensen har en lang karriere i Forsvaret, hvor han bl.a. har været udsendt til Kroatien, Kosovo og som chef for den danske indsats i Afghanistan. Ydermere er han forfatter til årets ledelsesbog, kåret til årets leder og står bag en Ted Talk om ledelse. I Børsen Executive Club fortalte han om ledelse – både i yderste potens, under maksimalt pres og i den daglige drift. Podcasten er sponsoreret af Saxo Bank 

In preparation for the introduction of I'm with RJ's Executive Club, we collaborated with rappers Forsyth (https://www.forsythmusic.com/) and Big Satch (@100_wattz_203 on IG) to produce a track all about living life right.Inspired by the meme stock craze, Wall Street Bets, Melvin Capital and all the other ways we hustle to get by, Getting the Money is just the beginning of much more to come.Kick back, smoke one if you got it and vibe with Forsyth and Big Satch as the talk about Getting the Money 

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Carol joins Kim on the podcast for the first of two episodes where she teaches on how to use Empowering Questions in your life to have success. In this episode they focuses on different elements important to entrepreneurs including how confidence is the decision to act and why keeping your word to yourself is critical. Carol Boston is the Queen of Reframe. She is also an ex-collegiate & professional tennis play, Business Growth Strategist, Leadership Coach and Award-Winning Speaker who has spoken at Keiser University, American Express, and the Women’s Executive Club. If you would like to a free consultation with Carol to help you in your business please email her at carol@carolboston.com See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Join Carlos, Nev, Matt and Armando for this week's episode of the UK's Number One Aviation Podcast. We introduce a new segment "The Plane Truth" with Captain Al. This show's topic is: Is Airplane Air Safe? Recycled Air and HEPA filters. In this show we find out about the latest news from Boeing regarding the MAX, an unusual alliance between BA and everyone's favourite low cost airlines form to take on the government and Istanbul launches it's reign as Europe's largest airport with 3 simultaneous take-offs. In the military the wreckage Of The F-15C Eagle That Crashed Off The coast of the UK has Been Found and the US Airforce announces it's options for private air refuelling companies. Let us know what you think in the comments! Join the whole community in the chatroom. To get in touch and help driving the conversation : Send us an email via podcast@planetalkinguk.com via the website using https://www.planetalkinguk.com or send us a WhatsApp using +447572249166. We spoke about Aerobility this week : https://www.aerobility.com The link to the virtual airshow is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1HnzvVoSZw Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL Boeing aims for key 737 MAX certification flight in late June https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-idUSKBN23H2O7 Senate bill aims to improve aircraft certification after 737 MAX crashes https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max/senators-introduce-aviation-safety-bill-to-reform-aircraft-certification-after-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN23N2YL Exclusive: U.S. senators draft plan to reform new plane design approvals after 737 MAX crashes https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-senators-draft-plan-to-reform-new-plane-design-approvals-after-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN23J2LK BA, easyJet and Ryanair launch legal action over govt's quarantine policy https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-ba-easyjet-and-ryanair-launch-legal-action-over-govts-quarantine-policy-12005185 Airlines ban alcohol on planes in response to Covid-19 https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/alcohol-ban-airlines-covid-19/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1IKO0ygdg2hMdLxIUP-rHRCqDqPAN9WbX5XeFSw31k8qcv3BmNBEGuZ3I Planes wedged together after collision at Aberdeen Airport https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-53076806 The video is here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZsqGUDGTSc Wizz Air continues aggressive expansion with three new bases https://www.aerotime.aero/rytis.beresnevicius/25235-wizz-air-new-bases-expansion-june-18?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wizz+air British Airways comes up trumps with Executive Club status extensions https://www.turningleftforless.com/ba-comes-up-trumps-with-executive-club-status-extensions/ Qantas to retire final 2 Boeing 747s this month https://thepointsguy.com/news/qantas-final-747-retirements/ Qantas cancels all international flights until October https://ukaviation.news/qantas-cancels-all-international-flights-until-october/ EasyJet agrees five-year deferral on 24 Airbus aircraft https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/easyjet-agrees-five-year-deferral-on-24-airbus-aircraft/138853.article Three Simultaneous Takeoffs Begin Istanbul’s Reign As Europe’s Largest Airport, Now With A New Runway https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhorton1/2020/06/15/three-simultaneous-takeoffs-begin-istanbuls-reign-as-europes-largest-airport-now-with-a-new-runway/#66d86c072e57 Kit out your MS Flight Sim cockpit with Thrustmaster's new range of Airbus controllers https://www.pcgamer.com/thrustmaster-tca-sidestick-aribus-edition-hands-on-preview/ Garuda Indonesia says flight attendants will forgo masks so passengers can see if they’re smiling or frowning https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/garuda-indonesia-says-flight-attendants-071411704.html British Airways moves to inflight meal boxes https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/ba-boxed-meals MILITARY North Sea US jet crash: Pilot found dead https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-53051055 Air Force Is Looking At Using Magnetic Fields To Navigate Instead Of GPS And Flight Testing It On F-16s https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2020/06/12/air-force-gps-magnetic-fields-navigation-f-16/#773c45e26818 UK’s F-35B 617 Squadron “Dambusters” Aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/06/uks-operational-f-35b-jets-mark-first-landing-on-hms-queen-elizabeth/ Air Force Says These Are Its Options For Hiring Private Aerial Refueling Companies https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34120/the-five-ways-the-air-force-says-it-could-pursue-hiring-private-aerial-refueling-companies 

Eric Rosenblum is a Managing Partner at Tsingyuan Ventures, an early stage US fund with over $100m under management. They believe in the opportunity of cross-border and cross-discipline investments and focus primarily on US-based science startups founded by the Chinese tech diaspora. Prior to co-founding Tsingyuan Ventures, Eric graduated from Harvard, worked at BCG then got an MBA at MIT and worked as a management consultant and serial entrepreneur in China for 14 years. Eric was one of the rare foreign co-founders of multiple tech startups during China’s early Internet wave, and his ventures led to 2 exits (M&As for ChinaNOW and SmartPay). Coming back to the states, he then worked at Google and Palantir before co-founding Tsingyuan Ventures with former members of the TEEC Angel Fund. TEEC started as a network of Tsinghua University alumni (Tsinghua Entrepreneur & Executive Club  (Tsinghua is like the MIT + Harvard of China) and wrote the first checks in 5 unicorns: Ginkgo Bioworks, Carta, Quanergy, Plus.ai, Zoom, and about 160 tech startups. While it is a US fund, the Tsingyuan name reflects its focus and strategy by combining part of the Tsinghua (清) name and ‘source/origin’ (源). Some context This episode is particularly timely following the recent ‘Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China’ by the White House. According to the Department of Homeland Security, in the 2018–19 academic year, there were enrolled at U.S. universities: 272,470 undergraduate and graduate students from China. 84,480 were in a graduate-level STEM program. These restrictions are focused on students coming from mainland universities associated with the army, but might impact the ‘intellectual balance of trade’ that had been so favorable to the US so far. Episode Overview In this episode, we discuss: The early days of China’s tech scene and the waves of Chinese PhDs in the US, to highlight the upcoming surge in opportunities, particularly with the many applications of AI at scale. The intellectual balance of trade, and the value of this asset for the US. The role of non-state actors like Google, Baidu or Alibaba as talent factories. The 10-year lag between the moment a foreign student comes for a few years and starts a company, and why he believes we’re still just seeing the upswing of the wave. China’s advances with regulation, local support and public acceptance of technology for the new wave of data-driven startups. Analogies with basketball and pingpong to compare the impact and legacy of drafting outstanding talent into a system, and the risks of making the talent trade balance less favorable to America. How cross-border talent will be key to create more truly global champions from the US. References Mentioned Eric mentions successful companies founded by the Chinese diaspora (including Guitar Hero, Nvidia, Zoom, etc.) More here. In addition to cross-border, Eric makes the case for cross-disciplinary investments here. Last, here are Eric's all-time favorites, that also happen to be very timely: Taylor Branch’s series on MLK Jr. Starting with “Parting the Waters”. Robert Caro’s series on Lyndon Johnson. Starting with “The Path to Power”. (his most recent read): The Fire is Upon Us (about the epic debate between William F Buckley Jr and James Baldwin). Also in video. Previous Episodes Overview of Deep Tech Investment, Based on the Report by Different Sota Nagano (Abies Ventures) on Japan’s Deep Tech Scene Seth Bannon (Fifty Years) on Solving Global Problems Kelly Chen (DCVC) on Investing in Old School Industries Manish Singhal (pi Ventures) on India’s Deep Tech Scene John Ho (Anzu Partners) on Breakthrough Industrial Tech Matt Clifford (EF / Entrepreneur First) on Investing in Talent and Pre-Product Subscribe Podcast: Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, etc. Twitter: @LabToMarket

Carol joins Kim on the podcast for her second of two episodes where she teaches how tacking, the art of celebration and empowering questions can create an explosion in your business. Carol Boston is the CEO of CB Accelerators. She is also an ex-collegiate & professional tennis play, Business Growth Strategist, Leadership Coach and Award-Winning Speaker who has spoken at Keiser University, American Express, and the Women’s Executive Club. If you would like to a free consultation with Carol to help you in your business please email her at carol@carolboston.com

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In today’s episode we are talking about how to Deploy Your Team. This is where the momentum really picks up.  Often, when you’ve been fundraising for a while, you’ve done the first two steps where you knew your vision and then went straight to asking for money.  You jumped from steps 1 to 6 to 7 which gets you a little way, but then you run out of contacts, you run out of resources, and then your fundraiser dies.  This FREEDOM process we are talking about here is to help you never run out of resources or contacts. How do you know your team is ready? It is important to walk through some training with your volunteers.  You must sit down with your key volunteers and discuss what each of them is going to do versus what you, as the staff member, are going to do.  We call this the volunteer-staff partnership.  This allows for you to be that much more effective because you aren’t stepping all over each other’s stories and you’re presenting a united front.  If you have a full staff, typically the executive director and development staff are responsible for fundraising efforts.  When I’m talking about staff, I’m talking about paid positions.  If you have a board member who is playing that staff role, I want to caution you to keep in mind that board members are volunteers. Staff is responsible for knowing the statistics, the details of the organization – where does the money go, how are you going to spend the money, what impact are you actually making, the patient stories, the constituent stories-- any results-driven stories come from staff.  The volunteer story is all about their personal experience and why they give their time to the cause.  This is the story they should share with the donor.  The volunteer should schedule the appointment, has a relationship with the person across the table, and if possible, make the ask. Should your key volunteer “run the meeting"? You have to sit down ahead of time and talk about the person with whom you’re meeting.  Are they going to be a sponsor?  Are their staff members going to work at the event?  You need to understand the intention of the meeting in the first place, but I always want the volunteer to “go first.”  Walls come down immediately and the environment becomes more comfortable.  Plus, they were involved with the development of all the materials so they know all the details and can walk a potential donor through it all.  When your volunteers are empowered, there’s a chance you are going to say very little during this meeting.  You are there as "information" because you know the organization, you know how to collect the money, you know how they (the donor) will get the recognition, etc.  In your book you mention that titles are important, what do you mean by that? I love titles because it gives people language.  As a volunteer, you will feel so much more empowered when you can say, “I’m the chairperson of this event.” Instead of just telling people they volunteer with an organization, they are actually given a title that puts them in charge of their area.  This is why I like making up titles because it makes someone feel like they have ownership, and no one is going to step in my space.  I even had a “thank you chair” and that person was in charge of writing thank you cards.  I had a print chair who actually worked for a printing company.  Since she knew paper, she knew colors and understood stock so she could make decisions on what to print the invitations on.  She thought about the logo being embossed, the kind of envelope the invitation was put in – she was able to think about all the details in a much different way than someone without the knowledge.  One other thing I want you to think about is the bio for your volunteers.  If you go to a board member’s website and look at their bio, you want them to talk about your cause and if they don’t have a title, how do they tell people they volunteer for your cause?  When you give your volunteers titles, they become spokespeople for your cause. How are volunteers like donors? Statistics show that you are twice as likely to give to your cause if you’re a volunteer.  If you are volunteering for your cause, you are going to think about giving.  You’re asking everyone else to give, so why wouldn’t you give too?  You want your volunteers to first and foremost decide how they want to give.  They may not have the financial means to give, which is why they are volunteering in the first place, and that’s ok.  But I want you as the leader of your organization to have those conversations about what you want your volunteers to do.  Once the team is running, now what? One of the major things I encourage is ongoing communication.  I want to make sure people are continuously communicating with each other – have meetings, whether it’s once a month or once a week to keep everything churning.  Each person on the team has a chance to report in on what’s been happening since they can’t always do it in real-time.  This keeps everyone on the same page.  I think it’s so important for us to understand that people need direction.  If we don’t tell them we need them to go out and schedule meetings or to help open up doors, they won’t do it.  They are waiting for you as the staff lead to empower them and to say, we need you to step up.  And if they can’t do it, find someone else.  But at least the expectations are clear on what the role means.  Your volunteers want to be a part of your cause.  People want to be a part of your cause.  They will do as much as you ask of them.  If the role means they are going to have to invest several hours a week or month, be very clear about the expectation of that role entails.  Don’t sugarcoat it – get someone who is willing and able to invest the time needed to ensure your signature fundraiser is a success. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com.   Resources from this episode: Strategic Plan Toolkit Fundraising Freedom Roadmap   Connect with Mary: Mary Valloni Mary’s book: Fundraising Freedom   Connect with Joel: Joel Kessel    

Today we are on step 4 of Mary’s Fundraising FREEDOM process, Enhance Your Brand.  There are so many organizations that lean on their staff for branding.  They hire marketing people to design a logo or to make sure that your message is en pointe.  However, in this step, I want your volunteers to have a say in what you’re putting in front of the general public.  So if you’re going to be doing a campaign around your fundraising efforts, I want to make sure your volunteers have an opportunity to review every piece of branding you’re putting out there.  Of course, if you have a logo that your national organization has created, I’m not saying to just go and change it.  What I am saying is that you have control over this fundraiser you recruited volunteers for so if you’re going to create a logo for that particular fundraiser for any sort of print materials, you want their eyes on it.  This is why you recruit your team first and the materials come second – you can get their buy-in so they’ll want to share the information with those in their inner circle.  What do you say to the development director who isn’t willing to open up a discussion on branding to their team? There are layers when it comes to your volunteers.  When we’re talking about enlisting your team, we’re talking about the chairman of the fundraiser, the lead volunteers who are going to be spearheading this campaign. I’m not saying every single volunteer (such as event day volunteers) needs to be in the discussion; it should just be your top-tier people. What materials do we need to pull together? When you think about any kind of organization out there, any company you might have purchased a product from, they all have branding.  They all have materials like a website, print materials, products, or whatever they do.  But all of that encompasses their brand – the look, feel.  Because we are getting information dumped at us all day every day, we make snap judgments based on what we see.  And most of the time, you just have a few seconds to make an impression on someone.  In the branding section of what we’re talking about here are your colors, logo, the look, feel, theme.  Just like walking into a restaurant, you want to know what’s on the menu.  The same is true for charitable fundraisers.  When you’re first getting started, you have to have a menu, or a list of options.  For smaller organizations, I recommend a one-pager.  This is very different from your strategic plan one-pager, instead, this is one page that is broken into thirds and answers the who, what, when, where, and how.  The top third answers the who are you (logo, picture, cause).  The middle third should tell how someone can be a part of what you’re doing.  Why do you need help?  How can someone get plugged in?  And then the bottom third is a sign-up form.  It’s a fill-in-the-blank where someone can get involved or give to your cause.  The purpose of this one-page is NOT to send it out to the masses.  This is a sales document.  Second, is the case document.  I encourage people to do an eight-page case document that includes all of the details of your cause such as the mission and vision statements, the history of your organization, a letter from the chair or executive director stating why you have launched this campaign and why it’s important to give to it.  All you’re doing with this document is creating credibility for why a donor should give to your cause. What should we be doing online? What you need to do with your website is to make it very simple.  When I sit down with someone, I give them the one-pager and/or the case document and I want to be able to send them to my site.  Most people are going to your website to give or find more information.  You want to make sure the donate button is at the top, in the navigation bar, and throughout the site – AND you want to make sure it actually works.  You don’t want someone who is ready to give to get lost on your website and give up because they couldn’t figure out how to give you their money.  To summarize it all, branding matters.  Whether it’s your personal brand, your fundraiser brand, or your organizational brand, they all matter.  Be intentional and have a strategy.  Do your best with what you have right now – you don’t have to have everything today, start where you’re at.  Look in the mirror, how you are presenting yourself, and then move to your print materials, then your website. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com.   Resources from this episode: Strategic Plan Toolkit Fundraising Freedom Roadmap   Connect with Mary: Mary Valloni Mary’s book: Fundraising Freedom   Connect with Joel: Joel Kessel    

This is the step that changes everything.  It’s how you go from raising thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions and so on.  This is the meat of the entire Fundraising FREEDOM process.  Tell us about how to shift your mindset to know there are people who want to give to your cause. When you first get started, you don’t know anyone because you’ve never talked to anyone to giving to your cause.  As you’re getting going, now is the time to start thinking about how you want to form that conversation.  How do you want to talk to people about your cause?  And how can people be a part of it?  Enlisting your team is all about attracting the right people that correlate to the kinds of dollars you want to raise.  For example, if your goal is to raise $1,000,000 your team is going to look different than if you were planning to raise $10,000.  You don’t have to have a hundred people working toward your cause, it really all starts with one person you believe could open the door to the next person.  First, I want you to think about the ideal person you want on your team.  Do you want them to be a high-level executive at an organization or company?  Do you want them to be well-connected, a motivator?  It doesn’t matter if your organization is big or small because when we’re talking about enlisting your team, it all depends on your specific criteria for a lead volunteer or the person you want others to follow.  How do steps 1 and 2 of the FREEDOM process (Focus Your Vision and Run Your Research) factor into this step?  They are everything.  This is why knowing your vision and running your research happen before this step.  Let’s say you decide to host a black-tie gala based on your research.  You really want to engage a certain population of the community who are currently not a part of what you do.  So, if you’ve done your research, now you’re going to recruit a team that have that same vision.  Or maybe instead of an event, you’re doing a building campaign and you’re planning to raise $3 Million for a building.  Through your research, you determined you want a general contractor or someone in that industry on your team.  You would not recruit that kind of volunteer if you were putting on a walk/run fundraiser.  This is why you have to do your research before you enlist a team so you can make sure your volunteers are the right fit for the plan.  Once you have identified your list of potential volunteers, how do you make the ask? Let’s say I’m trying to fill the role of the chairperson.  The first thing I do is start talking to people in the upper leadership of an organization I’ve targeted.  I talk to the volunteers who are serving on the board and in other places and ask them to recommend an ideal person for whatever role I’m looking for.  All I’m doing is asking for verbal nominations.  I put those names on a list and once I start to have those conversations with more and more people, someone starts to bubble to the surface.  There’s always that one person who everyone thinks would be the best.  So then making the ask is so much easier because now I’ve got all their peers making the recommendation.  If you’re sitting across the table from someone who is telling you that all of your peers think that you are the best person for the job, you are going to be much more inclined to say yes.  However, if you take anything away from today, it’s this.  If you’re sitting across from someone and they immediately say yes with no hesitation, you should probably be concerned.  If you’re asking someone to serve in a strong leadership position, you want them to think about it and take some time to really process what they need to shut down in order to do this job well.  Now they’ve said yes, what happens now?  How do you get the rest of your team? After you’ve gotten your key volunteer, they are able to build their team.  A lot of times, as staff members we feel like we have to step in and recruit everyone on the team.  But this is where I want you to shift your thinking.  You must empower your new volunteer(s).  You as staff have a specific role to fulfill and your volunteers also have their specific role.  As a staff person, your job is to know the cause.  You know the mission.  You know the vision.  You know the stats and stories.  However, it is not your job to influence the donor across the table with your buying power.  But, your volunteers should.  Ask your volunteer who they want to work with.  What companies, groups, etc.?  The statistics show that two-thirds of people will say yes to an organization because a friend or family member vouched for it.  You can skip the line because your volunteer trusts you and the other donor or organization trusts your volunteer and therefore, you’re going to get them that much quicker. Another question I am frequently asked is, “what happens when I run out of contacts?”  That tells me that you either haven’t recruited any volunteers, or you haven’t recruited the right volunteers.  When you have built a team of people who are the right fit for the organization, they each bring to the table their own list of potential recruits.  Once you’ve gotten your one lead volunteer, you can recruit your volunteers off that one lead volunteer.  We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com.   Resources from this episode: Strategic Plan Toolkit Fundraising Freedom Roadmap   Connect with Mary: Mary Valloni Mary’s book: Fundraising Freedom   Connect with Joel: Joel Kessel    

What kind of research are we looking for in this step? Research actually allows us to gain confidence.  Especially if you are trying to raise a larger amount of money, this step allows you to regroup and overcome your fear of fundraising.  The data and numbers are important – you want to be as specific with the data as to be believable.  You want to give enough stats to show that you know what you’re doing.  In this step, what you’re trying to do is evaluate what other people are doing.  What’s working?  What’s not?  What is my competition doing?  What are my allies doing?  When it comes to charitable work, a lot of people don’t think they have competition because everyone is doing good work; which is true.  Clearly, there are organizations and other individuals doing similar work to yours.  Some of them are having great success while others aren’t.  You have to make broad observations off minute details.  Look to social media, local media, etc. and draw broad observations off the little details you’ve found.  How does the research help you decide where you want to focus your efforts? After you’ve compiled a list of what your competition/allies are doing, start looking for patterns - when are they doing it, what location are they using, what months are they fundraising, etc.  When I moved to St. Louis and started running my research, I realized that all of the elite charities were hosting their events at one particular venue.  I realized that if I wanted to compete with the “big boys” I had to either book that location or come up with a different, completely unique location that no one else was using.  It provided the opportunity to create a new environment that no one had been in before and I could create an elite experience for my audience.  Aside from allies and competition, what other things should you be looking at while running your research? The last thing I want to address here is desperation.  This is one of those topics I could rant on for quite some time. When you care about your cause and are so passionate about what you’re doing, you will say and do things that come across as very desperate.  Picture a young man who badly wants to be in a relationship with a young girl and he ends up saying things to her that are a complete turn-off.  Of course, she’s going to tell him to move along.  It’s the same kind of desperation we give off when it comes to raising funds.  I see it all the time – in print materials, on social media, on TV when people are doing interviews—and I think, why would you say that???  It comes out because there is this feeling as we need you so bad and it comes off as though we’re begging and pleading for cash.  I want to encourage you that even though you may feel that inside, put the face on that you’ve got this together.  Even if you don’t – sometimes you do have to fake it ‘til you make it.  We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com.   Resources from this episode: Strategic Plan Toolkit Fundraising Freedom Roadmap   Connect with Mary: Mary Valloni Mary’s book: Fundraising Freedom   Connect with Joel: Joel Kessel  

In today’s episode, we are jumping into Mary’s Fundraising FREEDOM process with step 1, Focus Your Vision.  For today, we are talking about vision as it pertains to finance.  Is it $100,000, $1,000,000, or $10,000,000?  Whatever it is, I want you to focus your vision on the dollar amount you want to accomplish that you’ve laid out in your strategic plan.  Get that number locked in your head.  I’m a big fan of the book, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.  When you can lock into that dollar amount, your thinking can change your ability to reach that number.  For me, I talk quite often about my experience with the American Cancer Society where we raised half a million dollars in the first year.  My supervisor gave me an initial goal of $50,000, which was what the feasibility study told us (this is why I’m not a superfan of feasibility studies – especially around fundraising – because it can be very limiting). We were able to raise that $500,000 with the steps I’m going to share in the upcoming weeks. You have to remove the emotion of money.  Money is literally just an exchange for goods and services.  Money is amoral – it’s not good or bad, it just is.  I’m also a huge fan of Dave Ramsey, and in one of his teachings, he compares a one-dollar bill to a brick.  The difference?  We don’t associate value on a brick.  However, they both allow us to build what we want.  Look, it doesn’t cost you anything to plan.  If you came to me and said, “Mary, I want to build a building,” but you’re not sure how much it will cost.  That’s not good enough.  So, you need to sit down and run the numbers.  Do the math and figure up exactly how much that building will cost to build. When I start talking to the top leaders of an organization, I always ask them what they would do if I wrote a check for one million dollars today.  If I wrote YOU a $1 MILLION dollar check, do you know where you’d spend it?  It’s kind of like the lottery.  Many people who win the lottery lose it because they don’t have a plan.  Also, you just told me (your donor base) that you don’t have a plan for my money, so why would I write the check? If you’ve been following along with Joel’s strategic planning process, you would know exactly where that money would go.  It’s important to surround yourself with the right people.  Jim Rohn says you are the average of the 5 people you spend your time with.  For example, if I say we’re going to raise $100,000, I want you to surround yourself with 5 people who can help you get there.  Now, if I change the number on you and I say, ok, now I want you to consider $1,000,000.  Who are the 5 people you’re going to surround yourself to raise a million dollars?  Are these 5 people going to be the same in both scenarios?  Probably not.  They are going to be completely different people.  Your entire focus, mindset, and strategy changes.  You now have to think on a bigger scale.  It may take a little longer on the front end to identify those people, but you’re going to see larger sums of money come in, in the end.  Finally, you have to know what your ‘why’ is.  When it comes to answering this question, every single person on your team is going to have a different answer.  Yes, you are all working together toward one mission and vision, but each person on your team has a different reason for being there.  When I was working at the American Cancer Society, my reason for being there was because I wanted to prove myself as a legitimate fundraiser for what I thought was the granddaddy of nonprofits.  Fast forward a few years, my dad passed away from cancer.  Then, my ‘why’ changed.  If you don’t know your ‘why’ these dollars are going to be really hard to raise those dollars and to keep going day after day, month after month.  We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com.   Resources from this episode: Strategic Plan Toolkit Fundraising Freedom Roadmap Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill   Connect with Mary: Mary Valloni Mary’s book: Fundraising Freedom   Connect with Joel: Joel Kessel  

After completing steps 1-6 of the Strategic Planning process, you should have tactics all over the place.  At this point, you are ready to formulate and pull together your one-page strategy.  You already have your strategic objectives finished, now all you have to do is gather the tactics you and your planning team have put together.  And that’s step 7. If you’ve been following the process and capturing all the notes, now it’s time to start plugging in the information into your one-page strategy.  It starts with your vision and mission, next is core values, then the four areas of focus (satisfaction, financial stewardship, internal process, capacity) and where your strategic objectives fall into those areas.  After that, are the strategic initiatives of how you are going to execute your plan.  Once you plug everything in and have your one-page strategy in place, it’s time to go back to your core planning team for final approval.  After that, it’s time to present your one-pager to the board for their approval.  A note about the presentation, please do NOT just shoot off an email to the board members with the one-pager attached and a note saying you’ll discuss it at the next meeting.  This is a huge mistake because the board members have no context.  They have no idea how much energy, time, and work went into pulling together the plan.  Instead, schedule the meeting and plan to take them through the journey of the core planning team.  Hopefully, you’ve had either the board chair or a board member on the core planning team and we encourage you to have that person take the board through the presentation as opposed to you, the executive director.  After the presentation, then you can hand out the one-pager you’ve created because the board members should now understand everything that went into it and why you’ve chosen the strategic objectives and initiatives.  Once you’ve gotten board approval, it’s time to go back to the planning team and decide what needs to happen in year one, year two, and so on.  You can’t do everything in year one, so you must prioritize those objectives and initiatives.  What matters?  What’s urgent now?  What needs to get done in the next 90 days?  Six months?  This is where you start implementing the work plans as well as tracking your progress so that you keep you and your team accountable for what you’ve set out to do.  It doesn’t do you any good to go through this entire process if this last step doesn’t happen.  Consider forming a group of volunteers who will help execute the work plan for year one.  Put together a one-page priorities document that outlines the details of the work that needs to happen so this group knows exactly what they need to do on a quarterly, monthly, and daily basis.  Make it manageable for the team. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom. Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.      

On today’s episode, we are discussing step six of the Strategic Planning process, Establish Your Measurement.  How are you measuring the progress of the objectives and initiatives of the organization?  Starting with the end in mind and setting quantifiable goals is great, but you must also create targets and get those numbers on paper.  One way to measure your progress is, did you do it or not?  For example, if your objective is to increase the awareness and education of your audience, an initiative might be to create a marketing/communications plan that provides direction to achieve that objective.  The simplest measurement is whether or not you developed a plan.  But what about the metrics?  The second way to measure your progress is to use key performance indicators (KPIs) to show if your activities made an impact and whether or not you produced the outcomes you set out to accomplish.  It’s easy to fall into the trap of overanalyzing every piece of data.  You do have to measure, but measure what matters.  Be realistic about what you’re measuring and don’t get so far into the weeds that you are no longer progressing toward your objectives. Once you have a one-page strategy in place, it’s time to develop the work plans.  A great tool to develop KPIs is called Klipfolio.  This tool starts with a list of questions that will help you start to track your progress throughout the year.  Here are the questions: What is your desired outcome and where do you want to be at the end of the campaign/year? Why does this matter? How are you going to measure progress? How can you influence the outcome? Who is responsible for this outcome? How will you know if you achieved that outcome? How often will you review progress toward the end goal? Don’t get analysis paralysis!  It’s easy to become overwhelmed by all of the data so make sure you are measuring what matters.  To do this, your entire team must be aligned on the overall objectives and initiatives you determined in step five (Tighten Your Focus).  We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom. Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.  

Today we are diving into step 5 of the strategic planning process, Tighten Your Focus.  This is where you start to drill down deeper and get your arms wrapped around your strategic objectives and initiatives.  There are four key areas that move from internal to external – capacity, internal process, financial stewardship, client and stakeholder satisfaction – and these four areas will show up on your 1-pager (strategic plan). Capacity: If you’re a 2-3-person organization, you simply don’t have a lot of capacity to engage in many initiatives compared to an organization with 15-20. What training do you already have and what do you need to gain to give you more mental capacity to engage in some of these activities?  Internal Process: This area focuses on what you already have in place, how efficient you are as an organization, and how you do work. Are there opportunities to improve upon these processes? Financial Stewardship: AKA your financial and fundraising performance. How are you raising money?  Are you diversifying your money?  How are you managing your money?  Client and stakeholder satisfaction: Who are the people who are ultimately benefitting from the great work you’re doing? If you’re doing the first three really well, then it’s going to be much easier to satisfy the people who are benefitting from your work. This is the messy stuff that scares a lot of people and why a lot of people don’t like strategic planning.  This step is the “make your brain hurt” type of work.  Embrace it.  It’s going to feel messy and that’s ok.  The first thing you need to do is frame this step into two overarching categories; what you need to do vs. how you need to do it.  Once you’ve separated the strategies from the tactics, you will then determine where they each fall within the four key areas.  For example, let’s say you’ve decided to enhance training internally among staff.  That objective would fall under the capacity bucket.  Or, maybe want to start an endowment.  This would fall into the financial stewardship area.  Essentially, you are identifying what is important to your organization and then splitting each objective into a specific category so you can immediately start to put together your one-page strategic plan.  Remember, you are planning for the future, so take the time you need to make sure you have covered each area to the fullest.  The point of this step is to come out with a balanced scorecard.  At the end of the day, you want 1-4 strategic objectives in each category.  If you find that you have an area that is unbalanced, you need to start making some tough decisions.  Go back to your core values and your vision and take capacity into consideration.  This will help you identify the priorities of the organization and determine what objectives you can realistically achieve based on the number of staff you have.  At the end of the day, you want to make sure you have the right objectives within the right area of focus and at a high level, you understand which strategic initiatives will support those objectives. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom. Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.  

On today’s show, we are talking about Step 4 of the strategic planning process, Assessing Your Organization.  This step is important because it allows us to hit the pause button and really talk about ourselves and the organization as a whole.  This allows to get all the players in the same room and discuss what they’re good at as well as areas that need improved.  It forces you to have critical conversations and determine how your organization can grow. What is a SWOT analysis? A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis is a tool that anyone can apply to any part of their organization – fundraising, marketing efforts, past events, as well as programs and services.  A SWOT analysis is NOT a strategic plan.  Here are some questions to get you thinking about each area: Strengths What are some advantages of your programs and services? What do you do better than anyone else out there? What are some unique resources you can draw upon that others can’t? What does your community see as your strengths? What factors mean you actually get the funding, donations, or support? What is your unique selling proposition? Weaknesses (these can be turned into opportunities) What could we improve upon? What should be eliminated? What does your community see as your weaknesses? What’s missing or not working properly? Opportunities What are some opportunities out there that exist for your organization? What would allow you to get more funding and have a greater impact? What areas of leverage could you exploit? What interesting trends did you find in your environmental scan? Threats What obstacles do you face? What are your competitors doing? Are your quality standards changing for your programs and services? What outside factors could make your organization vulnerable? What risks do you need to prepare for? How do you protect your data from security breaches? Is there a linchpin that could potentially bring down the entire organization? Who should be at the table when performing a SWOT analysis? Core planning team, other stakeholders (volunteers, donors, staff members, board members) How often should an organization do a SWOT analysis? This is such a helpful tool that it should be used liberally throughout your organization because you can SWOT anything. What happens after the SWOT analysis is complete? A lot of organizations get through this exercise and then stop.  I encourage you to go back to your strengths listed and determine how you can enlist the strengths.  This is also a great opportunity to brainstorm around your weaknesses and find solutions that you may decide to incorporate into your strategic plan.  And, now that you have a list of threats, you can talk about how the organization can either deal with or overcome those threats.  This is the time to put a plan into action in order to make improvements. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom. Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.    

On today’s episode we are talking about the second half of step 3, Realize Your Future, which relates to your Mission and Core Values.  Last week we talked about the first half of step 3, which is focused on your vision.  The difference between your vision statement and your mission statement is the vision is the end result and the mission is what you’re going to do to get there.  Mission is our purpose and why we exist as an organization.  It’s about the people we serve through our programs and services.  When you’re thinking about your mission statement, you want to be specific with who you’re helping and where you’re helping (as in geographically).  One of the mistakes a lot of organizations make is they feel like they only have one chance to tell people what they do, which leads to cramming all of this information into a mission statement.  There are too many messages, it’s too long, it’s confusing, and people still don’t know what it is you do.  Remember, simple is always better.  If you can’t easily repeat your mission statement to someone while standing in the grocery line, chances are it’s just too much.  The object is to keep the statement short and concise; not filled with jargon and fluff. When you sit down to come up with your mission statement, there are 3 questions you should ask: Why do we exist? Whom do we serve? What do we produce as outcome benefits? The first question addresses what makes your organization special or unique and how are you different from your competition.  Think of this as the basis for building a reputation among those you serve.  Why should they look to you instead of similar service providers?  The second question relates to the primary beneficiaries of your organization.  These are the people who are receiving direct, frequent services from your organization.  Finally, once you know who you are and who the primary demographic is, the third question is about expectations.  What do they (the beneficiaries) expect from us (the organization)?  It could be service, solutions, education, information, etc.  Once you’ve answered those 3 questions, it’s time to write out a statement.  A typical mission statement should look something like this: Our mission is to serve (client/people) with the (programs and services) in order to achieve (why we exist). Keep in mind that mission statements can change and evolve over time.  If your organization was founded 50 years ago, is the mission statement from then still relevant to the mission of today?  If not, then it’s time to develop a new statement that better reflects the current organization.  Remember, donors are interested in your relevance and keeping an outdated mission statement will affect the buy-in to your organization.  After you’ve gotten your statement down on paper, it’s time to focus on core values.  Core values are simply what you believe in.  If you’re clear on your core values, they become critically important in how you’re recruiting people.  Knowing what’s important to you opens communication with potential volunteers and donors alike.  It’s easy to spot red flags if there’s a misalignment in what you value and what your volunteers value; especially if this person is a candidate for your board.  Just as your mission statement, you should keep your core values simple by having no more than 3 words that have the most meaning to the organization.  The reason for using 3 words to represent your beliefs is because it’s very easy to remember.  A good exercise is to come up with a list of 50 values.  Then, each participant on your team chooses their top 5.  The key is for them to pick what’s important to them, not the organization.  This is an awesome exercise because there is a level of vulnerability that will help build trust within that group.  Once everyone has picked their top 5, then each person then shares with the group why these values are important to them.  The facilitator collects all the answers and comes up with the most common, could be a list of 15 at this point.  Then the group picks the top 5 from that list.  From there, those top 3 that have the most votes become the core values of the organization.  This is an easy process to walk through with your group and gets everyone to participate. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom. Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.  

Step three of strategic planning is one of the most critical steps in the process because it can make or break your fundraising efforts and your organization as a whole.  Clarity attracts and confusion repels.  Everyone has people in their lives who communicate so clearly and effectively that you will follow them wherever they go.  Likewise, you also know those who say good words, but you have no idea what they actually said and what’s going on.  Today, we are talking about realizing your future.  What does this mean? This step is all about vision, mission, and core values of your organization.  You have to have a clear vision so when you’re sitting in front of potential donors, they’re clear and can see how they can fit into where your organization is going.  Habit number two of Steven Covey’s book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, says to begin with the end in mind.  And that’s what we’re talking about here.  Where do you want to be?  What impact do you want to have in the world?  If you have a clear vision of three years down the road for your organization and your others have a different vision, this can be a real problem when you’re trying to gain traction and move forward.  As you look at your vision, it needs to be aspirational.  It needs to push you and almost make you feel like it’s impossible to achieve.  This is not something you’ll be able to get done in a year.  Oftentimes, we overestimate what we can do in a year and underestimate what we can do in ten.  It’s time to dream big.  Here are four questions the planning team should ask itself: What major accomplishments has our organization achieved by the year fill-in-the-blank? Based on question 1, how does our organization operate differently in 3-5 years than it does today? What will the people we serve, as well as our stakeholders, say about working with us? What will our staff or volunteers say about working for our organization?  As you’re having this great conversation and capturing your ideas, you then start to develop you vision statement within this framework:  we will do                     by this date                .  Then you can begin honing your vision statement to incorporate these goals and the dreams you have for the future.  Remember, your vision can and should change and you continue to grow.  Once your vision statement is complete, everyone starts to feel the sense of urgency to accomplish that vision by getting to work.  We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom.   Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.    

On today's show I am featuring an episode from a new podcast I am co-hosting with my friend, Joel Kessel.  The Nonprofit Executive Podcast is for growth-minded executives who are looking to take their nonprofits to the next level through strategic planning and fundraising.  On this podcast, Joel discusses his steps to create a successful strategic plan as well as my steps to fundraising freedom.  Here are the notes from episode 3 of the Nonprofit Executive Podcast.  Enjoy! We are talking about fundraising, on which Mary has literally written the book.  We tend to raise our money by taking whatever we can get, however, there is a strategy behind fundraising.  But first, a little background from Mary. When I first took my position with the American Cancer Society, the town I worked in had a population around 150,000 with the surrounding area numbering near 250,000.  Rather than solely focusing on my community, I latched on to what my counterparts were doing in their markets.  One of those locations was Chicago.  My friends in Chicago raised $1.8 million on a first-year event.  No one raises that kind of money without a clear strategy!  Another friend in the Tyler, Texas market raised $1 million in their most recent event and I modeled my event after an event in Dallas.  I had access to all of my peers where I could call on them and ask for advice or materials.  This is part of why we created the Nonprofit Executive Club.  We created a community where executives aren't competing against each other but can be there for one another to bounce ideas off of and find out what is working in other markets. When I wrote the book, Fundraising Freedom, I was really focused on freedom.  I want every nonprofit to have freedom, meaning to act, think, and speak without holding back.  I want you to be so bold about your cause that you're not negotiating or belittling your cause and just taking whatever money you can get because you're so desperate.  The FREEDOM process is a system that works for large-scale organizations as well as those organizations just getting started.  Step 1:  Focus Your Vision. The first step I teach is the “F” of the word freedom.  Joel will talk to you more about vision as it pertains to your vision statement and I will talk to you about vision as you look at how much money you want to raise.  By having a clear mission and vision statement in your strategic plan, by the time you get to me to talk fundraising, you already know what you stand for and how much money it's going to take to fulfill that vision and mission.  Step 2: Run Your Research.  Once you know what you to, it's time to start researching what your counterparts are doing, or what successes are happening in your community, and figuring out what our people want.  Step 3:  Enlist Your Team.  This is a process of inviting people in.  When it comes to fundraising, you just need one volunteer who is going to be the face of the fundraiser or campaign.  Fundraising should not be the sole responsibility of the staff person.  There's an old African proverb that says, “if you want to go quickly, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.”  You can go fast if you want, but you are not going to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars if you go it alone. Step 4:  Enhance Your Brand.  This is when you build out your print materials, get your logo and website designed; turn your fundraiser into something visual. The reason you need to enlist your team before building your brand is so your team can take part in the process.  If your team has a say in this process, they will be more likely to sell the event because they have skin in the game.  Just like Dale Carnegie said, “people support a world they helped create.” Step 5: Deploy Your Team.  Your volunteers and your staff go out and advocate on your behalf by scheduling meetings and getting out in front of people.  Step 6:  Organize Your Ask.  This is the reason why we fundraise.  Go ask for your money.  This the number one most difficult thing for boards to do.  But this task is made so much easier if you've done all the previous work.  You've already done your research, you have a great team, you feel really empowered, your print materials look great, this is what makes it easy to invite others to be a part of what you're working toward.  Remember, people love giving their money away. Step 7:  Make Your Difference. Let's go make a difference and celebrate.  So often when we raise money we immediately jump into the next act.  What I want to see is for you to take a step back and you recognize all the people who made it possible.  You're thanking your donors; you're acknowledging the impact you're making on the world.  This is where you start telling stories and talking about the success of the event because if you're going to replicate this again next year, you have to make sure to acknowledge the incredible influence your cause is making. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Subscribe to the Nonprofit Executive Podcast here. If you are raising $50,000 or more and would like to know more about the Academy, you can apply at http://bit.ly/applyforFRFA.  From there, my assistant will set up a 20-minute conversation with me to see if you're a good fit and you'll get the rest of the details on how to sign up.  For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap.  Get a copy of Mary's book, Fundraising Freedom.  

On today’s show I am featuring an episode from a new podcast I am co-hosting with my friend, Joel Kessel.  The Nonprofit Executive Podcast is for growth-minded executives who are looking to take their nonprofits to the next level through strategic planning and fundraising.  On this podcast, Joel discusses his steps to create a successful strategic plan as well as my steps to fundraising freedom.  Here are the notes from episode 3 of the Nonprofit Executive Podcast.  Enjoy! We are talking about fundraising, on which Mary has literally written the book.  We tend to raise our money by taking whatever we can get, however, there is a strategy behind fundraising.  But first, a little background from Mary. When I first took my position with the American Cancer Society, the town I worked in had a population around 150,000 with the surrounding area numbering near 250,000.  Rather than solely focusing on my community, I latched on to what my counterparts were doing in their markets.  One of those locations was Chicago.  My friends in Chicago raised $1.8 million on a first-year event.  No one raises that kind of money without a clear strategy!  Another friend in the Tyler, Texas market raised $1 million in their most recent event and I modeled my event after an event in Dallas.  I had access to all of my peers where I could call on them and ask for advice or materials.  This is part of why we created the Nonprofit Executive Club.  We created a community where executives aren’t competing against each other but can be there for one another to bounce ideas off of and find out what is working in other markets. When I wrote the book, Fundraising Freedom, I was really focused on freedom.  I want every nonprofit to have freedom, meaning to act, think, and speak without holding back.  I want you to be so bold about your cause that you’re not negotiating or belittling your cause and just taking whatever money you can get because you’re so desperate.  The FREEDOM process is a system that works for large-scale organizations as well as those organizations just getting started.  Step 1:  Focus Your Vision. The first step I teach is the “F” of the word freedom.  Joel will talk to you more about vision as it pertains to your vision statement and I will talk to you about vision as you look at how much money you want to raise.  By having a clear mission and vision statement in your strategic plan, by the time you get to me to talk fundraising, you already know what you stand for and how much money it’s going to take to fulfill that vision and mission.  Step 2: Run Your Research.  Once you know what you to, it’s time to start researching what your counterparts are doing, or what successes are happening in your community, and figuring out what our people want.  Step 3:  Enlist Your Team.  This is a process of inviting people in.  When it comes to fundraising, you just need one volunteer who is going to be the face of the fundraiser or campaign.  Fundraising should not be the sole responsibility of the staff person.  There’s an old African proverb that says, “if you want to go quickly, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.”  You can go fast if you want, but you are not going to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars if you go it alone. Step 4:  Enhance Your Brand.  This is when you build out your print materials, get your logo and website designed; turn your fundraiser into something visual. The reason you need to enlist your team before building your brand is so your team can take part in the process.  If your team has a say in this process, they will be more likely to sell the event because they have skin in the game.  Just like Dale Carnegie said, “people support a world they helped create.” Step 5: Deploy Your Team.  Your volunteers and your staff go out and advocate on your behalf by scheduling meetings and getting out in front of people.  Step 6:  Organize Your Ask.  This is the reason why we fundraise.  Go ask for your money.  This the number one most difficult thing for boards to do.  But this task is made so much easier if you’ve done all the previous work.  You’ve already done your research, you have a great team, you feel really empowered, your print materials look great, this is what makes it easy to invite others to be a part of what you’re working toward.  Remember, people love giving their money away. Step 7:  Make Your Difference. Let’s go make a difference and celebrate.  So often when we raise money we immediately jump into the next act.  What I want to see is for you to take a step back and you recognize all the people who made it possible.  You’re thanking your donors; you’re acknowledging the impact you’re making on the world.  This is where you start telling stories and talking about the success of the event because if you’re going to replicate this again next year, you have to make sure to acknowledge the incredible influence your cause is making. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Subscribe to the Nonprofit Executive Podcast here. If you are raising $50,000 or more and would like to know more about the Academy, you can apply at http://bit.ly/applyforFRFA.  From there, my assistant will set up a 20-minute conversation with me to see if you’re a good fit and you’ll get the rest of the details on how to sign up.  For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap.  Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom.  

In strategic planning terminology, take a look at your world means to do an environmental scan.  What’s happening out there has an impact on your organization.  This is not to come up with a list of excuses of why you can’t get something done, but rather to help you make better decisions for the future of your organization. You’ve gotten your foundation set, so taking a look at the world around you is going to include articles, research and data trends, conversations you’ve had with your key stakeholders, and other ways you can get information.  What you need to be mindful of when you’re doing your environmental scan are socio-demographics; what is happening in society may affect the work your organization is doing in and for the community.  Another area to focus on is what’s happening with your competition.  Competition doesn’t have to be a negative term, rather, it’s an honest look at what similar organizations are doing and what’s working for them.  What’s going to be new or different in how your organization provides services and programs?   Sometimes you determine that you should collaborate in order to serve more people in your community.  Next, it’s important to look at the economy and the effect it may have on your organization in the next few years.  For example, if there is a downturn predicted, how will your organization weather that storm?  Or better yet, how will it thrive?  Knowing what’s happening economically is going to help you have that conversation when you get into the conference room to discuss strategy.  What’s happening politically?  Are there new regulations that will impact your organization? Keeping your finger on this pulse is especially critical if you are in the advocacy realm and trying to get laws changed.  It’s crucial to understand that there is a difference between observing what’s happening and getting sucked down the rabbit hole.  The way you handle this is to surround yourself with good people who will help you keep your focus.  Understanding what’s going on with technology is absolutely vital.  Technology is moving and changing so quickly that you can easily become paralyzed.  Understanding the overall strategy – what you are doing and how are you doing it – will give you insights when determining what technology to deploy.  Then you can find ways to leverage technology to help your organization become more efficient.  Keep in mind that technology doesn’t just mean social media and marketing.  It also includes how you are communicating internally with your team, keeping connected to one another, and project management systems.  Don’t let technology work you, you need to work technology. Finally, you need to take a look at your own clients and the people you’re looking to serve.  What change in demands might put pressure on your organization to perform at a higher level?  Your constituents may come to you asking for more support in a particular area.  You have to listen to your audience so you can better serve their needs. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom. Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.  

The British Airways Executive Club is an industry-leading loyalty programme designed to engage frequent fliers all over the world. This episode discusses how British Airways is using the Executive Club to differentiate itself in the truly competitive landscape of airline travel. As Loyalty Manager for British Airways, Niall Rooney shares his insights on key trends in loyalty marketing and how customer preferences and performance are driving the airline's internal thinking to ensure these key customers are continually recognised and rewarded.  Niall also shares some great statistics on how and why British Airways Executive Club continues to improve capacity to reward seats for customers, as well as key areas of focus for the airline. Show Notes: 1) Innovation Agency that British Airways Executive Club partnered with for loyalty ideas and insights.  https://www.happen.com/ 2) Press Release and key statistic: "British Airways Greatly Boosts Reward Seat Availability"  https://www.ideaworkscompany.com/june-26-2019-press-release 3) Simple Flying.com This episode is published in partnership with Simple Flying.com - the go-to source for everything in global aviation.  

  Many Australians join Qantas Frequent Flyer by default. But even if you fly with Qantas regularly, you could benefit by using the British Airways Executive Club frequent flyer program instead. In this episode, Matt also discusses the new Uber Rewards loyalty program, earning Qantas points for Uber rides and a bizarre experience using Uber in India.   Episode contents: 0:53 - Fortnightly news round-up 9:00 - Why British Airways Executive Club could be a good alternative to Qantas Frequent Flyer 18:05 - Uber launches its own rewards program 25:55 - Ask Matt: How to find cheaper one-way international flights 29:19 - Ask Matt: Earning KrisFlyer elite miles on Virgin Australia flights   Links: AFF on Air Discussion thread - a dedicated AFF thread to discuss the podcast and ask questions Upgrade your AFF account How to Earn British Airways Executive Club Status The British Airways Oneworld Multi-Carrier Reward Upcoming Webinar: Oneworld Alternatives to Qantas Frequent Flyer (8pm on 11 December 2019) Earn Qantas Points for All Uber Rides + Uber Eats Orders   Frequent Flyer Gazette articles referenced in the fortnightly news round-up: BP to Switch from Velocity to Qantas Points on 1 February 2020 Qantas Mulls New Benefits to Reward Long-Term Loyalty Upgrade Delta Flights with Virgin Australia Velocity Points ANA, Japan Airlines Add Sydney-Haneda Flights LATAM Exit Leaves Huge Hole for Oneworld Qantas A380 Reconfiguration Adds 7% Revenue Qantas Vows to Fix Priority Boarding Cheap Business Class: Europe to Australia from $2,400 return Price War: Direct Flights to Los Angeles from $881 return

The number one reason most nonprofits do not have a strategic plan is because they think it’s going to be a daunting task.  But all you’re really doing is gaining some clarity and focus in order to set the organization on the right path.  If you go on vacation, you have to plan out how you are going to get there.  Strategic planning is the same way; you’re mapping out the steps you need take to get to a desired future state.  There are 3 questions you need to ask yourself: Where do you want to be? What do you need to do? How are you going to get there? When you begin to think about strategic planning in the framework of those three questions, it is easy to put a plan in place.  Today we are going to focus on step one of your strategic plan, set the foundation. Setting the foundation should happen well before you ever set foot in the board room.  First, you need to gather a planning team.  You want a diverse group of 4-10 people, depending on the size of your organization, that includes a combination of the executive director, the board chair, major donors, other volunteers, etc.  Once the planning team is in place, it’s time to set up a meeting to discuss how you are going to run the organization for the next 3-5 years.  The first step in this process is to discuss the issues or challenges the organization is facing, which is what will set the tone for the 3-5 goals you will establish.  Keep in mind that some of the topics discussed may actually be symptoms of a deeper issue happening within the organization itself.  Next on the list to discuss with the planning team are the obstacles that could stand in the way of effective planning.  This could be how often you meet, the schedules of the team, or internal leadership support.  Remember, you can easily come up with a bunch of excuses that halt the planning process.  However, don’t let this stop you from building a strategy. Finally, you want to wrap up the initial meeting with some ground rules like consensus decision making because we want to do this as a team.  Actively support the group decision, even if it’s not the exact one you would personally make.  Make sure you prioritize what matters most.  Lastly, you need to take the time you need and not rush through the process and trust that this it does work.  It’s going to feel messy and that’s ok because it gives you permission come up with creative ideas on how you are going to take your organization to the next level. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom. Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.  

On this episode we are talking about fundraising, on which Mary has literally written the book.  We tend to raise our money by taking whatever we can get, however, there is a strategy behind fundraising.  But first, a little background from Mary. When I first took my position with the American Cancer Society, the town I worked in had a population around 150,000 with the surrounding area numbering near 250,000.  Rather than solely focusing on my community, I latched on to what my counterparts were doing in their markets.  One of those locations was Chicago.  My friends in Chicago raised $1.8 million on a first-year event.  No one raises that kind of money without a clear strategy!  Another friend in the Tyler, Texas market raised $1 million in their most recent event and I modeled my event after an event in Dallas.  I had access to all of my peers where I could call on them and ask for advice or materials.  This is part of why we created the Nonprofit Executive Club.  We created a community where executives aren’t competing against each other but can be there for one another to bounce ideas off of and find out what is working in other markets. When I wrote the book, Fundraising Freedom, I was really focused on freedom.  I want every nonprofit to have freedom, meaning to act, think, and speak without holding back.  I want you to be so bold about your cause that you’re not negotiating or belittling your cause and just taking whatever money you can get because you’re so desperate.  The FREEDOM process is a system that works for large-scale organizations as well as those organizations just getting started.  Step 1:  Focus Your Vision. The first step I teach is the “F” of the word freedom.  Joel will talk to you more about vision as it pertains to your vision statement and I will talk to you about vision as you look at how much money you want to raise.  By having a clear mission and vision statement in your strategic plan, by the time you get to me to talk fundraising, you already know what you stand for and how much money it’s going to take to fulfill that vision and mission.  Step 2: Run Your Research.  Once you know what you to, it’s time to start researching what your counterparts are doing, or what successes are happening in your community, and figuring out what our people want.  Step 3:  Enlist Your Team.  This is a process of inviting people in.  When it comes to fundraising, you just need one volunteer who is going to be the face of the fundraiser or campaign.  Fundraising should not be the sole responsibility of the staff person.  There’s an old African proverb that says, “if you want to go quickly, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.”  You can go fast if you want, but you are not going to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars if you go it alone. Step 4:  Enhance Your Brand.  This is when you build out your print materials, get your logo and website designed; turn your fundraiser into something visual. The reason you need to enlist your team before building your brand is so your team can take part in the process.  If your team has a say in this process, they will be more likely to sell the event because they have skin in the game.  Just like Dale Carnegie said, “people support a world they helped create.” Step 5: Deploy Your Team.  Your volunteers and your staff go out and advocate on your behalf by scheduling meetings and getting out in front of people.  Step 6:  Organize Your Ask.  This is the reason why we fundraise.  Go ask for your money.  This the number one most difficult thing for boards to do.  But this task is made so much easier if you’ve done all the previous work.  You’ve already done your research, you have a great team, you feel really empowered, your print materials look great, this is what makes it easy to invite others to be a part of what you’re working toward.  Remember, people love giving their money away. Step 7:  Make Your Difference. Let’s go make a difference and celebrate.  So often when we raise money we immediately jump into the next act.  What I want to see is for you to take a step back and you recognize all the people who made it possible.  You’re thanking your donors; you’re acknowledging the impact you’re making on the world.  This is where you start telling stories and talking about the success of the event because if you’re going to replicate this again next year, you have to make sure to acknowledge the incredible influence your cause is making. As we move through the upcoming episodes, we are going to delve deeper into each step individually and answer any questions you may have.  To submit a question about fundraising, email mary@maryvalloni.com. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. Get a copy of Mary’s book, Fundraising Freedom. Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity.

Welcome to the Nonprofit Executive Club podcast.  This podcast is for growth-minded executives who are looking to take their nonprofits to the next level through strategic planning and fundraising.  Meet your hosts: Joel Kessel has spent the last 25 years in communications and public relations.  He focuses on helping nonprofits get their message out into the world by casting a strong vision and creating a powerful strategy.  Mary Valloni has raised millions of dollars through her work as the development director for the American Cancer Society, the ALS Association and Special Olympics.  Now she teaches and trains organizations around the world on how to raise more funds and have more freedom. Currently, there are more than 568,000 nonprofits that are raising less than one million dollars.  The reason why these nonprofits are not taking their fundraising to the next level is because they are lacking a strategic plan.  You cannot raise money without a strategy and a clear vision.  Only 49% of nonprofits have a strategic plan. What you can expect from this weekly show: 30 minutes Joel’s STRATEGY Steps to create a successful strategic plan Mary’s FREEDOM guide to fundraising Q&A Sessions We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your impact through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com. To submit your questions, please email mary@maryvalloni.com or joel@kesselstrategies.com

On this episode, Joel will take you through a high-level overview of his STRATEGY steps to build your strategic plan.  These 8 steps are built on industry best practices, books and courses, and real-life experiences in taking organizations through this process.  Step One:  Set the Foundation.  What are you planning for?  Who is your core planning team?  Step Two:  Take a Look at Your World.  What is happening in the world around us – politically, demographically, economically, etc.?  These issues are going to impact the decision-making for your organization.  However, this is not an opportunity to create excuses on why you can’t raise “x” amount of dollars, or why you can’t hold an event, or do a specific program.  It’s to arm you with the information you need to make the best decision possible for your organization in the mission. Step Three:  Realize Your Future.  What is your vision?  Where do you want to be in 3-5 years?  What does success look like?  Part of this step is drilling down into your mission and the things that are going to drive your day-to-day actions that will support your larger vision.  Determining the organization’s core values are a part of this process as well.  What do you believe in?  Once you have clarity and alignment within your organization, you can then go out and recruit the right people to become staff members, volunteers, and donors. Step Four:  Assess Your Organization.  Perform a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats).  Whereas step two is taking an external view, step four includes taking an internal look at your organization through the strengths and weaknesses.  There will be overlap with step two when you start to look at the opportunities and threats because these are external views as well.  However, this allows for some checks and balances between the two steps. Step Five:  Tighten Your Focus.  This step is where you create a balanced scorecard.  Healthy and smart organizations have a balanced scorecard, meaning they aren’t skewed in one direction or another.  The four areas of the scorecard are capacity, internal processes and systems, finance, and client stakeholder satisfaction.  Step Six:  Establish Your Measurement.  If you don’t know where you’re going, then how are you going to get there?  Did you do it or didn’t you do it?  Simple.  For example, if part of your plan includes to create a marketing plan for year one, what actions are you going to take to make that happen?  This is an action you can control.  Establishing the measurement then comes back to did you take this action or not because we know that taking action will lead to growth and impact. Step Seven:  Gather Your Tactics.  Tactics are new or continuing projects and actions designed to improve performance of one or more focus areas.  Tactics reduce performance gaps in the focus area and help achieve results. Step Eight:  Your Plan to Execute.  The worst thing you can do is go through this process and then put it away on a shelf.  This is where a lot of organizations fail in their strategy; they have a plan but then it doesn’t get executed.  Your plan to execute is how you are going to roll out your entire plan and put it into motion.  Remember, this plan does not have to be overcomplicated.  Start with a one-pager, then you can drill down from there into a quarterly, monthly, or weekly plan. As we move through the upcoming episodes, we are going to delve deeper into each step individually and answer any questions you may have.  To submit a question about strategic planning, email joel@kesselstrategies.com. We know being a nonprofit executive is a lonely job and we want you to know that you are not alone as you work toward your mission.  If you like the content of the podcast, as well as the work we do, we invite you to join the Nonprofit Executive Club.  The Executive Club is a monthly training program that gives you the ability to increase your influence through strategic planning and fundraising support.  For more information and to join the Club, go to nonprofitexecutiveclub.com Download the Strategic Plan Toolkit Interested in learning more about Joel Kessel?  Visit kesselstrategies.com to find out how Joel helps growth-minded leaders gain clarity. For more information about Mary Valloni, visit maryvalloni.com and to download our free Fundraising Freedom Roadmap, go to maryvalloni.com/roadmap. 

#75-Nach SAS, Lufthansa und Singapore Airlines nimmt nur auch British Airways Änderungen am Award Chart vor. Wie immer handelt es sich auch hier um Änderungen im negativen Sinne, die Meilensummen für Prämienflüge gehen nach oben. Auch wenn von British Airways noch keine offiziellen Angaben gemacht wurden, sind bereits mehrere Leaks im Umlauf, sodass Mitglieder des Executive Clubs erahnen können was sie erwartet. Lars und Johannes bewerten die Veränderungen des Award-Charts und verraten euch, ob der Executive Club von British Airways weiterhin ein interessantes Programm zum Meilensammeln in der Oneworld Allianz ist. Außderdem geben die beiden Tipps, wie man noch schnell zu genug Meilen kommt, um Prämienflüge bei Partnerairlines wie Cathay Pacific oder Qatar Airways vor der Meilenentwertung zu buchen.Abonniere uns, damit du keine Folge verpasst!Vereinbare noch heute Deine kostenlose Beratung.https://FTCircle.as.me/Verbinden Sie sich mit anderen Vielfliegern in unserer Facebook-Gruppe (https://www.facebook.com/groups/vielfliegerstammtisch/) & folgen Sie uns auf Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FTCircle/).

On episode #10 of The XIX Hole Podcast, host Charlie Zamora interviews Mike McDonnell. Mike McDonnell is a TPI certified golf fitness professional and founder of Coach Mike Mac. He is also the creator of the Golf Movement Academy online training program. Mike trains golfers both in person in the Charleston, SC area as well as all over the world through his online business. He currently works with a variety of players from Webdotcom professionals, competitive junior players, country club golfers, and those just looking to improve their body on and off the course. Mike was a division I baseball player at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. As a senior, he suffered a serious back injury which led him down the path of training. He began to learn about the body and proper movement, heal himself, and help others to be pain free to do the things they love to do. After college he worked at the exclusive Executive Club at Equinox in Greenwich, CT. While there Mike trained many recreational golfers and teamed up with several prominent country clubs to deliver education and training to the golf staff and membership about the importance of fitness in golf. He continues to serve as an advisor and consultant to country clubs. He is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA and helped write the programming curriculum for Equinox. Mike fully believes in an individualized and customized approach to training. He stands for the phrase “assess don’t guess” and takes all of his clients, both in person and virtual, through a movement assessment to indicate their movement limitations and weaknesses. From here he designs programs specifically for each individual and provides them with structure and guidance in their programs. FEATURING: Host: Charlie Zamora Instagram: www.instagram.com/charliezamora_/ Guest: Mike McDonnell Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachmikemac/ FOLLOW: XIX Hole - Instagram: www.instagram.com/xix_hole/ - Facebook: m.facebook.com/XIXHOLE/ - Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC5oQZdpX…hqp4OlZQ/featured - Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xix-h…d1447577461?mt=2 SHOP NOW: xixhole.com/

#4-Unsere neue Folge befasst sich mit dem zur One World Alliance zugehörigen Kundenbindungsprogramm der Briten: British Airways. Welche Vorteile bietet das Program im Vergleich zum Lufthansa-Program "Miles & More"? Für wen ist das Program so gut geeignet, dass sich ein Wechsel oder ein künftiges Sammeln von Meilen lohnt? Lars & Johannes zerlegen für Euch das Treueprogram in seine Einzelteile. Bereit? Welche Statuslevel gibt es? Was sind die Vorteile? Was muss ich wissen, um das Programm optimal zu nutzen.Vereinbare noch heute Deine kostenlose Beratung. https://FTCircle.as.me/Abonniere uns, damit du keine Folge verpasst! Vereinbare noch heute Deine kostenlose Beratung. https://FTCircle.as.me/ Verbinden Sie sich mit anderen Vielfliegern in unserer Facebook-Gruppe (https://www.facebook.com/groups/vielfliegerstammtisch/) & folgen Sie uns auf Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FTCircle/).

CfL Lydnyt handler om Forum for værdiskabelses diskussion af holdningsmobilisering samt om et nyt, spændende samarbejde mellem CfL og Børsen Executive Club. Lyt med og hør mere om, hvad der lige nu rører sig blandt de danske topledere.

Maya White is an internationally recognized astrologer and intuitive guide. She is a Hay House author and creator of the Easy Astrology Oracle Cards and Guidebook, a system which makes learning quick and easy through interaction with symbols and imagery combined with key words. “With the Easy Astrology Oracle Cards, you'll finally learn the basics of astrology and will even be able to give readings to others.” Maya is one of only 90 people in the world certified in Astro*Carto*Graphy, a specialized branch of astrology which helps people find their perfect place on earth for love, prosperity, and personal growth. As one of the most experienced Astro*Carto*Graphy practitioners in the United States, Maya is a featured contributor to a book released in Great Britain titled “From Here to There – An Astrologers' Guide to AstroMapping.” This book, released in 2008, is a compilation of chapters from world renowned astrologers. Since 2002, Maya has also been a regular monthly contributor to Maine's Holistic Journal - “Inner Tapestry,” which has published several articles on astrology and related metaphysical subjects. All of her educational articles as well as her Free Monthly Horoscope can be found on her website. Over the years, Maya's original Free Monthly Horoscope has been featured in Thailand and India, as well as several outlets in the US. In 2004, Maya was contracted as a “Spirituality Expert” by the India Times, of New Delhi, India. For 12 months in 2006 her monthly horoscope was featured in Ft. Lauderdale's Crew and Yachting magazine “The Triton.” In January of 2009 Maya was an invited speaker for the Women's Executive Club of Ft. Lauderdale. Her Canon Circle presentation is noted for having the largest attendance in the history of the organization! www.mayawhite.com

Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio  show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from the Business Radio X studio in Atlanta, GA, USA.   Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer.On today's show subbing for Amy Otto we had Sara Fisher, the owner of A Simple Space, a professional organizing business working with individuals to de-clutter and simplify their homes, whether it is a home-office space, bedroom closet, or garage. Beyond "clearing the clutter,” A Simple Space helps clients create organizing solutions to fit their personalities and lifestyles.For over five years, Sara has been coaching her clients on how to de-clutter their space, simplify, and make room for abundance in all aspects of their lives. As Sara discovered how simplifying and organizing can create space for abundance, she wanted to help others to discover the joy and peace of a clutter-free home.Her unique insight and experience bring a disciplined, creative, and light approach to any personal organizing project.Sara is a Certified Professional Organizer and is the current Vice-President of the National Association of Professional Organizers Georgia Chapter (NAPO-GA). Sara has appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution(AJC), Atlanta's Home Improvement Magazine, and Parents Magazine, as well as other online publications. She is the former co-host of the weekly radio show, The Organizing Playground. Learn more about her at www.asimplespace.netJohn Damiano has spent over 30 years in retail executive management, where he held many different positions, including EVP of C&R Clothiers, President and CEO of Barbeques Galore, COO of Busybody Fitness, and VP of Operations of K&G Superstores, a division of the Men's Wearhouse.In 2002, John left the retail business to pursue a career in real estate in Atlanta. In 2002, John was recognized by RE/MAX® Greater Atlanta as the Rookie of the Year. He has achieved Lifetime status in the Million Dollar Club, 100% Club, Executive Club. The Providence Group was recognized by Communities Magazine as one of the Top 100 Teams in Metro Atlanta in “2008”.  John has sat on the RE/MAX® Greater Atlanta Agent Advisory Board. John is also a member of the Atlanta Executive Forum, Business Network International, Sandy Springs Business Owner's Roundtable and Greater North Fulton Chamber. Learn more about John at his website www.tpgatlanta.comHeather Demis is from Annapolis, Maryland and attended Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts with a minor in Written Communications. Heather began her career in the late 80's designing specialty announcements, custom invitations and magazine ads. She moved to Atlanta in 1992 with her husband, Mark. She spent the next decade working all aspects of the commercial printing business. In 2000, she broadened her knowledge and skills working with a major national firm in the promotional products and branded apparel industry, while still providing her clients with all their graphic design and printed collateral needs. In May of 2005, Heather started Anchor MarketingTM Services, which now specializes in corporate image consulting and brand identity management services including graphic design and printing, promotional items, web graphics, tradeshow merchandise and branded apparel.  Heather is active in her community and has served on the boards of Child Development Association of North Fulton, Senior Services North Fulton and the Rotary Club of North Fulton, where she is an active charter member. She is a past Chair of the Ambassador Committee for the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, and a graduate of Leadership North Fulton class of 2000. Ms. Demis is currently a member of the Women"s Success Network in Roswell. To learn more please go to Heather's website www.anchormarketing.comAlso if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try and get them on the show

Features Intrepid by Rory Campbell, Kintulavig by Jenna Cumming, Lightweights and Gentlemen by Lau, Honk Toot Suite by Eamonn Coyne & Kris Drever, No. 1 Scottish - Traditional Music from the RSAMD, Executive Club by Marie Fielding.