You don’t want to miss Coach Skip Hall at Business Builder Day May 19th at 3pm.

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Skip Hall is a former head football coach at Boise State University, assistant head coach at the University of Washington and the University of Missouri, and assistant coach at Colorado and Kent State, as well as being a head high school coach. During 30 years in coaching, his teams went to 12 bowl games, including 3 Rose Bowls and the Orange bowl. He had the privelege of coaching players such as Jack Lambert and Warren Moon.

After 30 years of coaching college football, Skip transferred his skill set into the business arena with Aflac. Recruiting, coaching and building strong teams has been his forté for 40 years. He was a regional manager with Aflac for 10 years, and was most recently appointed Managing Director for Principal Financial Group in Boise. He is once again building a winning team.

Skip is asked to speak all over the country about building and coaching winning teams.  And we are excited to have him available to small business owners at Business Builder Day May 19th.

For a full list of seminars visit http://www.idahobusinessleague.com/business-builder-sign-up

A Survival Guide for Businesses – with Lisa McGrath, LLP

The content posted on your website, blog, and various social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, can subject you to serious legal liability in the areas of intellectual property, defamation, employment, privacy, and advertising. Come find out how you can maximize the benefits of social media while minimizing the risks through social media policies, best practices, and employee training.

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Don’t miss Lisa at Business Builder Day May 19th at 1pm!  Business Day is designed to ignite our small business community through seminars, workshops, and networking.  This is a FREE event!

Lisa McGrath runs lisa mcgrath, llc, an exclusive flat fee law firm that focuses on solving legal problems related to social media and Web 2.0 execution, including privacy, advertising, domains, intellectual property, employment, and commercial law issues.  She also advises law firms, companies, and non-profits on strategic social media use and is a frequent lecturer on Social Media & the Law.

McGrath is a graduate of American University, Washington College of Law in Washington, DC.  She is a former litigator in private practice, Capitol Hill Counsel, and previous law clerk for Chief Justice Daniel Eismann of the Idaho Supreme Court.  McGrath co-founded Social Media Club Boise, co-organized Idaho Startup Weekend, and is Chair of a section of the Idaho State Bar. She is also Vice-Chair of the Technology Team of the American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division.

Register for her seminar at www.BusinessDay2010.com

To contact Lisa visit here at http://iammcg.com/

There are over 18 hours of seminars and workshops at Business Builder Day 2010, a FREE event to ignite our business community.

Join Ed Renna with Action Coach at Business Builder Day May 19th as he discusses…..

-Simple key metrics that prove significant gain.

Are YOU focusing on the right things to maximize the profitability growth in YOUR business? Do you sell, sell, sell, and get to the end of the month and wonder why the profits aren’t what you expected? The bad news is you are not alone. The good news is that Ed Renna will share with you five key drivers for maximizing the “drive” of profits to your bottom line. Ed will present to you key performance indicators you and/or your team should focus on for measurable, clearly defined, massive results. Simple and powerful when focus and clarity come together!

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Ed’s corporate career over the past 26 years has evolved through various avenues throughout private industry, public industry, and government sectors of the business community.

His professional experiences have spanned technical theory, operations, instructional, quality assurance, and leadership positions within the Nuclear Power Industry, as well as technical, instructional, management, sales and customer service at Director and Executive staff levels in the Semi-conductor Equipment Manufacturing Industry.  These positions provided vast amounts of experience in customer service, organizational behavior, teamwork & team building; budgeting, cost controls & financial management; sales, projections, account management & targeted quota’s; to company directional planning and execution, including goal setting & performance management.

Ed owns his own business and knows what it takes to not only survive, but truly what it takes to “grow” a business successfully.  He currently coaches a number of business owners in the Treasure Valley, and has been actively coaching/mentoring personnel successfully for over 15 years.  He has trained, inspired, and motivated personnel to that next level of success throughout his career.

As Owner and President of ETR Business Integrity, Inc., his role involves coaching/mentoring business owners in growing their business to its highest level of profitability with the goal of freeing up more of the owner’s time for personal enjoyment.  This occurs as Ed helps them increase sales and marketing effectiveness, implement efficient business systems, and build superior employee teams.  The overall result is increased cash-flow and profitability with less time involvement from the owner.  In other words, Ed coaches business owners to work “on” their business, not just “in” it.

We are excited to have Ed as a presenter this year and hope you will join him.  To view a complete list of seminars and register visit us at www.BusinessDay2010.com

5 Ways to create a relevant brand in an ever-changing world!

Have you ever noticed how some brands are just perpetually cool?  Justin Foster, President of Tricycle Branding, provides 5 simple ways to stay relevant in a world that is constantly changing.  From timeless concepts to modern trends, Justin breaks down how relevance is the ultimate differentiator for business and personal brands.

Justin Foster consults, speaks, and writes on branding and marketing trends.  He is an expert in generational shifts, social trends and creating relevant, meaningful brands.  His straight talk, sense of humor, and personal interaction with his audience have been on display in more than 250 speaking events – including as far away as Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.   Justin is the President of Tricycle, a Boise, Idaho-based firm that works with organizations to build bold, creative, and disciplined brands.    In addition to consulting and speaking, Justin is a husband, dad, football coach, and Texas music aficionado.

Justin’s seminar is almost full!  For more information on the Free event and to register please visit www.BusinessDay2010.com

Dr. Shane Reeder – Executive Director Stevens-Henager College will be presenting how to use the Prometheus Process to Design your Company’s Future and Make it Happen May 19th, 11am at  Business Builder Day 2010.

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• Prometheus delivers a powerful message. You can control your destiny – if you are willing to shed yesterday’s thinking about business strategy and make the future what you want it to be!
• Transform your organization into a nimble, market-leading winner!
• Design and execute a Grand Strategy that everyone from the boardroom to the front line will share, understand, and execute!
• Shape Tomorrow before it shapes you!

When we asked Dr. Reeder to explain the benefits of the Prometheus Process and how he has used as the Executive Director of Stevens-Henager College, he gave us this answer:

“I was first introduced to the Prometheus Process strategic planning model in 2006, at a company training presented by Afterburner, a trainer in flawless execution.  With that basic strategic planning model instruction, our company designed and implemented a 2006 strategic plan, we created a Future Picture.

As a company, we deepened our understanding of that planning process in 2007 and, I became one of four company executives to attend Colonel John Warden’s Prometheus Academy in Montgomery Alabama.  We attended a weeklong training, immersed ourselves in the process and created a strategic plan for a fictitious company.  Armed with that additional training, we planned and began executing a company-wide, four-year, strategic plan.  A clear and compelling Future Picture was created.

Each of our campuses, including the Boise campus, subsequently put together a comparable fractal plan for 2010 as well as a 2007 fractal plan.  We saw demonstrated success in 2007 due to our planning, but more significantly, we better learned to use the planning tools.  I became one of the company trainers for strategic planning and have trained at the Boise and Salt Lake campuses and have been part of the corporate training team.

In 2008 and 2009, we continued, as a campus and as a region, to use the Prometheus Process to guide our yearly strategic planning.  That process has become part of our culture and our thinking.  Having become good at the process, we are now seeing the results of successful strategic planning.  Over two years we have seen 184% revenue growth, 383% EBITDA growth, and a 255% student population growth.

I continue to train in the Prometheus Process.  I train in an abbreviated format every month with the orientation of new employees.  I train segments of the process quarterly and train in the full processes no less than two times per year.”

Dr. Reeder’s background as a trial attorney and his experience as a college instructor afford him a unique ability to present in an entertaining and informative way.  He has been designated as a “1 in 100” instructor within the system.  His teacher rating, with well of over 50 courses taught, is a 9.9 out of 10, measured by students in the areas of Curriculum Delivery, Instructional Design, Classroom Management, and Professionalism.

If  you haven’t had a chance to register for the 2010 Business Builder Day May 19th you still have time.  This is a FREE event put on by our business community for our business community.  Please visit BusinessDay2010 to register and see a full list of seminars and networking activities.

Today there are many business opportunities available, but most of these opportunities are hidden. The biggest challenge is finding the right occasion at the right time, place and price. This doesn’t mean you need a secret treasure map to find them, but as business owners, entrepreneurs or sales people you need to be searching in places you haven’t looked before.

The Business Builder Day on May 19th is one of those places full of opportunities. This event is free to attend and designed all around igniting the Treasure Valley Business Community by bringing together business men and women to network, educate, and get excited about doing business with each other. A continental breakfast launches the networking that’s followed by over 18 hours of seminars and keynote speakers. These speaking topics include new business strategies, how new government policies affect your business, the latest in marketing and web strategies, organization systems, motivation, and business funding options. And because conversations lead to business, there will also be a League Member luncheon and open after hour mixer with hosted appetizers. You don’t want to miss the huge table top tradeshow and sponsored activities that are making this free event possible. Ignite and increase your business this year all day at Business Builder Day May 19, 2010 Owyhee Plaza!

To Register www.BusinessDay2010.com

Event Sponsors:

Zip Local – Main Sponsor

Benchmark Construction – Breakfast Sponsor

Home Mortgage Resources – Seminar Sponsor

Idaho Business Review – After Hour Sponsor

Idaho Business League – Event Sponsor

We invite you to participate in the Idaho Job & Career Fair, March 30-31, 2010, Courtyard by Marriott. This bi-annual event brings local and national companies together with persons seeking employment and/or a career change at one of Idaho’s premier business meeting facilities for a two day conference.

Hundreds of recruiters and applicants will meet face to face in a professional atmosphere. Recruiters have the opportunity to take applications, interview and eventually hire as many candidates as needed in a single day! This two day event, featuring company displays and hundreds of interviews, defies traditional recruiting formats. This time-saving and efficient screening process saves companies thousands of dollars in recruiting costs. Applicants know they can visit many companies offering career positions in one day at one location!

March 30th 12pm-5pm
March 31st 10am-5pm

If your an employer please contact Kris Miller for exhibitor details.
208.284.4946 or kris@idahobusinessleague.com

Another business community event brought to you by the Idaho Business League. If your business is more business, join us.

We are excited to announce League Night!  Please join us for this free networking opportunity produced by the Idaho Business League.  This month League Night will be held Tuesday, March 2nd at The Modern Hotel Bar located in Boise Idaho at 14th & Grove from 5pm – 7pm.  This event will be held monthly on the 1st Tuesday at a League Member’s business and will always feature hosted appetizers, B2B Networking, and a full no-host bar.

To RSVP: email Kris@idahobusinessleague.com or call 284-4946

If your business is more business…..Join Us!

www.idahobusinessleague.com