Tuesday Talent Series
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The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce launched the Tuesday Talent Series in 2022 to compliment the Talent Summit and expand the knowledge around workforce issues. Each seasonal cohort of the series includes presentations from experts in the field on timely topics including: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Family-Friendly and Age-Diverse Workplaces, Apprenticeship Pathways, Skills-based Recruitment; as well as, a hands-on career tours, and more. The Tuesday Talent Series aims to provide more in-depth presentations, hands-on learning, and opportunities to continue and support employers in attracting and retaining the talent they need.
You can find all upcoming presentations, along with resources and past recordings on this page.
All presentations are held on Zoom from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. If you have any questions, comments or other ideas, please contact Yvonne Myers, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at [email protected]
2024 Winter Tuesday Talent Series:
Tuesday, March 5
Session Title: Navigating the New Era of Buyer-Centric Sales: Strategies to Close More Deals
Session Presenters:
– Jessie Ollier, Certified Sales, Leadership and High-Performance Coach
Session Description: Buyers are completing nearly 70% of their decisions before engaging with sellers. To thrive, businesses must adapt their selling strategies from product-centric to problem-centric. Discover actionable insights to create problem-aware buyers, establish yourself as the top choice, and drive purchasing urgency. Don’t miss out on unlocking revenue and winning more deals.
Prospect Problem Impact Handout
Tuesday, February 27
Session Title: How Autism Inclusive Policies Can Positively Impact Your Business’s Bottom Line
Session Presenters:
– Daisy Montgomery, Autistic Businesswoman & Owner of Autistics Anonymous
Session Description: With the rise of awareness about autism, ADHD, and other neurotypes in the workplace, businesses can leverage this awareness and create systems to improve recruitment, retention, reputational currency, and employee morale.
Tuesday, February 20
Session Title: Intercept the Future and Grow Your Business
Session Presenters: Bill Welter, consulting-educator with over 50 years of experience spanning four separate careers: military (USMC), engineering, business consulting, and education.
Session Description: What did Apple or Netflix or Airbnb or Amazon see and do that led to their growth? Now, flip the coin over. What did Blockbuster, Nokia, Toys-R-Us, and Polaroid not do?
How do these stories apply to small business growth? We’ll review a four-step process you can and should use to keep your business moving “fast enough” to intercept your future.
Books Mentioned:
• Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts, Annie Duke, 2018
• Business Model Generation, Alex Osterwalder, 2009
Tuesday, February 13
Session Title: Every Set of Financials Tells a Story
Session Presenters: Becky Ezell, Owner and Chief Visionary Officer of Keep Smart Books and Keep Smart Books Academy
Session Description: You will walk away from this session with a greater understanding of what a Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement are and how they can tell the story of your business. As well as how to make better financial decisions.
Clean Books Rock Profit and Loss
Clean Books Rock Balance Sheet
Tuesday, February 6
Session Title: Business Analytics Fundamentals: Data Warehousing and Reporting for Organizational Insight
Session Presenters:
– Adam Cerullo, Manager, Business Analytics Consulting, Plante Moran
– Stewart Zellars, Senior Manager, Business Analytics Consulting, Plante Moran
Session Description: Join us for Analytics Fundamentals: Data Warehousing and Reporting for Organizational Insight to unravel the core concepts of data analytics, emphasizing data warehousing and reporting. In this engaging session, participants will explore the foundational elements of analytics, gaining insights into effective data warehousing practices and analytics visualizations. This session is designed to enhance your understanding of analytics fundamentals and their transformative impact on organizational decision-making.
Upcoming Sessions
Tuesday, March 26
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Online Presentation
Session Title: How to Communicate like a Human Being in the Age of AI
Session Presenters: Ariana Friedlander, MPA, is an award-winning organizational anthropologist, leadership development expert and author. She is the founder and principal of Rosabella Consulting.
Session Description: With recent advancements in AI (Artificial Intelligence), it’s more imperative than ever for leaders to upgrade their internal operating systems. Communicating like a human being enables us to navigate stressful situations with greater ease and wisdom. In this session, Ariana will review what it takes to communicate like a REAL person. Participants will learn how to apply the latest research in neuroscience to upgrade their internal operating system.
Tuesday, April 2
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Online Presentation
Session Title: Unlocking Potential: The Power of Fair Chance Hiring
Session Presenters: Kristen DeWitt, Program Manager for the Colorado Fair Chance Hiring Initiative, leverages a background in local government and non-profit work. Jamil Cooks, a Colorado Springs native and advocate for social justice, leverages his business degree from Alcorn State University to make a meaningful impact.
Session Description: This session is essential for business leaders, HR professionals, and hiring managers eager to enhance recruitment strategies and create a more inclusive and dynamic workplace by tapping into diverse backgrounds and experiences. Learn more at www.cofch.org.
Tuesday, April 9
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Online Presentation
Session Title: She’s in Power Develops Women’s Careers in Clean Energy
Session Presenters: Lucinda Kerschensteiner has been in leadership roles with nonprofits and community programs for over the past 15 years. Earlier in her career, she provided career coaching services to people in transition – and built her business through being active in the Chamber!
Session Description: Learn how She’s in Power, a nonprofit, is closing the gender gap in the clean energy industry with our workforce program.
Tuesday, April 16
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Online Presentation
Session Title: Decoding Your Customer!
Session Presenters: Jeff Havens is not your typical business growth expert. His uncanny ability to provide actionable answers to today’s business challenges in an undeniably entertaining and impactful way has put him in front of thousands of eager audiences across North America and Asia.
Session Description: As hilarious as it is informative, this keynote concentrates on the human behaviors that have brought the customer experience to where it is today, then synthesizes those behaviors into four simple realities that provide a clear vision for how to move forward.
2023 Fall Tuesday Talent Series Resources & Recordings
Stop Using Stress as Fuel: A Guide to Innate Wellness
Presented By: Rich Life, |
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 |
Strengthening workplaces: How to Evaluate and Elevate Your Business
Presented By: Kristin Culliney, Chief Program Officer & Britney Robinson, Program Director, WorkLife Partnership |
Tuesday, September 19,2023 |
Grow Your Business through Hiring the Right Team
Presented By: Steve Morris, Certified EOS Implementer and business coach |
Tuesday, September 26,2023 |
Cultivating Cultures of Care – The Power of Compassion at Work
Presented By: Katie Huey, Client Success Coordinator, Trebuchet Group |
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 |
Healthy labor markets and quality jobs in Northern ColoradoPresented By: Dr. Phyllis Resnick, Executive Director and Lead Economist – Colorado Futures Center at Colorado State University |
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 |
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at WorkPresented By: Chalice Springfield, Coach, Trainer, Speaker, Unstoppable Curiosity |
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
Registered Apprenticeship – The Future of WorkPresented By: Jessica Mathis, Program Development Specialist, Apprenticeship Colorado |
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |
The ECHO Effect – Harnessing Listening Intelligence to Increase your Reach, Revenue, and ImpactPresented By: Jana Sanchez, Entrepreneur, Educator, Coach, and Community Leader |
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
The Housing Crisis: Tangible Ideas to be Part of a SolutionPresented By: Brittany Robinson, Program Director, Worklife Partnership |
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 |
Neurodiversity 101: What every business needs to know for Hiring Neurodiverse EmployeesPresented By: Teresa Cribelli, Tiffany Feingold, and Amanda Kelly, Co-founders Colorado Neurodiversity Chamber of Commerce |
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
2023 Spring Talent Tuesday Series Resources & Recordings
2023 Winter Tuesday Talent Series Resources & Recordings |
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Employment Opportunities for Students with Disabilities within the PSD Transition PathwaysPresented by: Emilie Ring, Transition Coach, Poudre School District, Integrated Services |
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Why Should I Hire a Veteran?Presented by: Chuck Crews, State Consolidated Veterans Representative, Larimer County |
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | ||||||||||
Sense & Respond OR Become IrrelevantPresented by: William “Bill” Welter, Consulting-Educator and Founding Principal of MindPrep Resource Center |
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | ||||||||||
Interviewing and Onboarding That Will Make Them Want to StayPresented by: Mike Kohler, Graduate Level Strategic Communications for Purdue University Click HERE for Presentation Slides |
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
2022 Fall Tuesday Talent Series Resources & Recordings
Micro-Internships for the Fort Collins CommunityPresented by: Shawn Utecht, Manager of Employer Relations CSU School of Business, and Kristin Schrader, Director of Partnerships, Parker Dewey |
Wednesday, November 9 |
Keeping Up with Change: How Businesses Can Accept and Maintain the New Generation of WorkersPresented by: Sarah Vendenga, Private Practicing Clinician |
Wednesday, November 2 |
Designing Your Hybrid Zoom EventPresented by: Carl Dierschow, Owner, Small Fish Business Coaching |
Thursday, October 27 |
Reach and Exceed Your Sales Goals – using PRO$PERITY Personality RecognitionPresented by: Ron Stickler, Author & Sales Trainer |
Tuesday, October 25 |
ESG & Your BusinessPresented by: Grace Wright, Sustainability Initiatives Specialist & Impact MBA Instructor, Colorado State University Showing Your Impact: BBB4GoodPresented by: Shelley Polansky, President/ CEO, Better Business Bureau |
Tuesday, October 18 |
How to Radically Define and Reinforce Your CulturePresented by: Mark Weaver, Owner/CEO Open Door
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Thursday, October 13 |
Building Talent in Today’s World
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Thursday, October 6 |
Workforce SymposiumPresented by: Larimer County Economic and Workforce Development Program and Employment Services of Weld County |
Tuesday, September 27 |
Jobs You’ve Never Heard Of!
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Wednesday, September 21 |
Tapping into Talent- Hiring Young Multilingual, Multicultural, and Multitalented Adults from Our Community
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Thursday, September 15 |
2022 Spring Tuesday Talent Series Resources & Recordings
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
Thursday, April 14 |
Actionable Ways to Create a Family Friendly Workplace Breakfast |
Tuesday, April 19 |
Verizon DEI in Action |
Wednesday, April 27 |
Profit from Experience – Leading an Age-Diverse WorkplaceClick HERE for Presentation Slides Job Seeker workshops at Larimer County Economic and Workforce Development |
Tuesday, May 3 |
Apprenticeship Pathways for Employment: Recognition and Informational Breakfast |
Wednesday, May 4 |
Skillfull 101 – Skills-based Recruitment Strategies |
Thursday, May 12 |
Inclusion in Action: Discover Your Untapped Diversity |
Thursday, June 2 |
Business Tour at NeuWorks Mechanical | Wednesday, June 22 |