A trait that everyone should know and be good at is speaking. When it comes to speaking and communicating, you want to make sure that you are doing it effectively to your audience in order to benefit you and your business. Our next presentation will be with Leisa Reid from Get Speaking Gigs. She will be speaking about How To Grow Your Business Through Speaking. You will learn the number one secret to a steady stream of speaking referrals, strategies to attract your ideal clients, as well as the speaker’s attraction formula.

Esther has a caring heart and has been implementing that into her entire career. She has been solving people’s problems, as well as their business problems, for over 40 years as a psychotherapist, conflict coach, professor and an executive. Esther is “passionate about helping people have a quality of life and to know themselves.” After Esther earned a Masters degree in Conflict Resolutions, she was given incredible insight into her own life. This has given her a much better understanding of all that she learned. Later on she started using this knowledge to help other people and, shortly after, more and more people started asking for her help. 

Our next presentation will feature speakers Teresa Paczowski from Elena Trevino Design and Kurt French from Thousand Oaks Plumbing. What do they have in common? Exceptional marketing and management experience. Together, they will be speaking about why marketing and advertising matters in your business and what exactly goes into it. They will also go over what is the right channel, approach, method for your business, and more!

Teresa has over 20 years of experience with art and creative design. She has been featured in many art exhibits and shows because of her ability to create bold, colorful, and captivating art through paintbrush and watercolors. She graduated from the prestigious Arts Center in Pasadena with a Bachelor's degree in Arts and Illustration. She then started working with Elena as a graphic designer for Elena Trevino Design in 1998. She eventually became a partner with Elena Trevino Design in 2019 and has been successfully creating captivating art ever since.

Debbie Soden spent 35 years doing radio and television advertising. But when she was finally able to retire, that’s when the work began. “This is my retirement career,” says Debbie of her 14 years as a Coldwell Banker Residential Broker. Along with her team, comprised of Debbie’s daughter Kymm Soden Thornton and their longtime friend Denice Rice, Debbie helps seniors and their adult children downsize all over Ventura and LA counties. To join the 10am meeting on May 20, click here.

Since Harriet is all about improving businesses, we are excited that she will be speaking about dreams, and why Dream Managers are essential in the workplace. She will show you how to create a business to be the best version of itself. By helping your employees achieve their dreams, they will be more fit to achieve the dreams of the business as a whole. If you take care of your employees, they will be better as individuals, and work better together in your company. You do not want to miss out on this amazing learning opportunity. Join us at 10am PST on Thursday, May 20th over Zoom for Harriet’s presentation. Click here to join the meeting.

You don’t have to fly down to the Caribbean for a vacation, destination wedding, or a special anniversary or birthday trip. Just head west on the Ventura Freeway and pull up in front of the Palm Garden Hotel. Corporate Sales Manager Daniel Yancey loves to make guests comfortable, whether they're at the Palm Garden for work or pleasure. To join the 10am meeting on May 6, click here. 

“Showing appreciation is a natural and important part of building business relationships,” says Merley Greenidge, owner of Celebrate Sweetly. “People do business with people they know, like, and trust.” Strengthening those relationships requires some effort, which is why businesses turn to Celebrate Sweetly for thoughtful, personalized gifts to mark special occasions and to thank employees and clients.

To join the 10am meeting on April 15, click here. 

Next on the program for April 15 is a 5-minute presentation from meeting sponsor Merley Greenidge, owner of Celebrate Sweetly (or as her friends and clients call her, "the Gift Whisperer"). We also look forward to a presentation by our own Jim Nagy of Sprocket Websites, who will talk about "The Customer Journey." Don't miss the April 15 meeting at 10am on Zoom. In the meantime, share your impressions of the Spotlight Sponsorship program to make Synergy membership the best it can be!

March of 2020 began over 365 days ago, and some of us feel like it never really ended. As we move into a new calendar month, though, it's a good time to try to shake off that perpetual-winter feeling and look forward to what April has to offer.