Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Events Newswire

Business of Metro MKE Series 1/11/2022 11:00 AM - 1/11/2022 11:45 AM

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:26:53 GMT

In the first 2022 edition of our monthly webinar series, we’ll get an update from the following Medical College of Wisconsin experts:

-Dr. John Raymond, MCW President and CEO
-Dr. Benjamin Weston, MCW Associate Professor and Chief Health Policy Advisor for Milwaukee County
-Dr. Laura Cassidy, Professor and Director of Epidemiology in the Institute for Health and Equity at MCW

What does the rapid spread of the Omicron variant mean for our businesses, schools and community? What steps can people take to limit the spread – and are there reasons for optimism? The MCW team will provide their perspective -- and answer your questions.

Hosted by MMAC President Tim Sheehy, The Business of Metro MKE monthly series presents information on issues shaping our region’s interconnected health and economy. You'll also hear a regional health update from Dr. John Raymond, MCW. Replay previous episodes >>

Market Opportunities in Europe with WEDC 1/12/2022 8:00 AM - 1/12/2022 9:30 AM

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:45:24 GMT

This business roundtable discussion will have an emphasis on southern Germany and Austria and will exclude the UK, France, Ireland, and the Benelux countries and feature Nicola Michels, the Senior Manager and Consultant at AHP International, WEDC’s Trade Representative in Germany and Stanley Pfrang, WEDC Senior Market Development Director.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is planning a trade venture to southern Germany and Austria with stops in Munich, Germany and Linz and Vienna, Austria, May 14-21, 2022. These locations offer great opportunities for Wisconsin exporters of industrial machinery, IIOT and automation, IT, biotech, and food and beverage products as well as production and packaging equipment among other products.

FUEL Bootcamp - Mentorship Morning with Peggy Williams-Smith 1/25/2022 8:00 AM - 1/25/2022 9:00 AM

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:55:28 GMT

Peggy Williams-Smith
President & CEO of Visit Milwaukee

Peggy Williams-Smith leads the team of professionals responsible for promoting Milwaukee as the premier destination for business, convention, and leisure travel around the world. Her work to raise the tourism profile of Milwaukee has helped boost the magnetism of our city – bringing nearly $6 billion in visitor spending to our community.

We’re having an early morning chat with Peggy to learn more about her 20+ year career in hospitality, city branding, and Visit Milwaukee. She will share some of her career lessons, the economic outlook for Milwaukee, and the importance of telling the story of the place we all call home.

For more information on FUEL Bootcamp visit: https://fuelmilwaukee.org/380-2/

FUEL Bootcamp - Lunch & Learn with Dr. Alan M. Patterson 1/25/2022 12:00 Noon - 1/25/2022 1:00 PM

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:15:44 GMT

Transitioning from Technical Expertise to Strategic Leadership

Dr. Alan M. Patterson

Founder of Mentoré

Technical expertise is a necessary requirement for professional development, particularly because it contributes to building a base of credibility. Beyond a certain point in one’s career, however, managing relationships, working through others, building organizational capacity, strategic thinking and understanding the business are more critical for long-term personal and organizational success.

This workshop will help professionals make the transition from individual contributer to strategic partner.

Attend and learn:

- The roles, responsibilities, skills and competencies needed to move through four distinct stages of leadership development

- How to assess how you currently spend your time and the skills that are required to advance your career

- How to develop a plan to improve leadership effectiveness through increased impact on the organization or business

For more information on FUEL Bootcamp visit: https://fuelmilwaukee.org/380-2/

FUEL Bootcamp - The Inclusive Leader: Maximizing the Mix 1/25/2022 5:00 PM - 1/25/2022 6:15 PM

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:33:04 GMT

Transitioning from Technical Expertise to Strategic Leadership

INSTRUCTORS

Brent Snow, Founder and Creative Director, Ten Thousand Feet, LLC

Susan Sheehy, Partner, Advantage Performance Group

Inclusivity at work means that people feel valued and have a sense of belonging. The major driver in fostering inclusivity is leadership. Research shows that what leaders say and do makes up to a 70% difference as to whether an individual reports feeling included. Since inclusive teams are more collaborative, innovative, and productive, inclusive leadership is emerging as a unique and critical workplace competency.

If you’re a leader who wants to learn how to drive workplace inclusion, join us for this workshop. This positive, focused, discovery-based learning experience will provide you with concrete actions, behaviors, and strategies for being more inclusive – and getting the best performance from your teams.

Attend and learn:

- How to develop an inclusive mindset and behaviors that make those around you feel valued and appreciated

- To apply inclusion and diversity principles to day-to-day management challenges and opportunities

- To consistently practice fair and effective people management practices

- How to boost productivity and performance by creating radical belonging for everyone on your team.

You don’t want to miss this informative, interactive workshop that will set you on the path to being a more inclusive leader right away.

For more information on FUEL Bootcamp visit: https://fuelmilwaukee.org/380-2/

FUEL Bootcamp - Mentorship Morning with Kendra Whitlock Ingram 1/26/2022 8:00 AM - 1/26/2022 9:00 AM

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:09:55 GMT

Kendra Whitlock Ingram
Marcus Performing Arts Center

She’s a nationally recognized performing arts leader and the first woman to serve as the Marcus Performing Arts Center’s President and CEO. Kendra Whitlock Ingram took the helm of the world-class performing arts theater in December of 2019 and steered the organization through the pandemic that closed their doors and reduced annual income by nearly 75%. But the show must go on! Without the usual crowds, Kendra and her team made renovations and technological enhancements to the space, allowing audiences to see shows virtually. In fact, some productions saw an audience boost of 400% because of streaming and on-demand programming.

Kendra has also been forging new partnerships and started diversity and inclusion programming that will expanding the audience, volunteer-base, and on-stage talent pool for years to come. Help us welcome Kendra to Milwaukee and learn more about what she’s learned in her career and how she thinks the arts will continue to shape Milwaukee for the better.

For more information on FUEL Bootcamp visit: https://fuelmilwaukee.org/380-2/

FUEL Bootcamp - Lunch & Learn - Removing the toxic sludge from workplace relationships 1/26/2022 12:00 Noon - 1/26/2022 1:00 PM

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:14:53 GMT

Removing the toxic sludge from workplace relationships

Jill Mueller, VP of Training and Learning Experiences
Darcy Luoma Coaching & Consulting

Almost two-thirds of American employees report that they have at some time worked in a toxic workplace. If that stat is right, most working professionals have experienced work environments where conflict is high, trust is low, and morale is nosediving right along with productivity.

But just like toxicity can creep into a workplace, it can be wiped out. As an individual contributor or a manager, you can learn strategies to minimize the effects of toxicity on your experience and turn a bad situation into one infused with positivity, engagement, and teamwork.

Attend and learn:

- What a toxic workplace is and how to safeguard your company culture against it
- To identify obvious toxicity and the more subtle corrosive behaviors that often go unaddressed
- How to positively impact company culture as a leader and an individual contributor
- To boost engagement and morale through communication of vision, mission and meaning around the work your teams are doing
- How to heal the wounds of toxic behavior, restoring trust and excitement to your workplace.
- Join us for this workshop and learn to remove the toxic sludge in your workplace.

For more information on FUEL Bootcamp visit: https://fuelmilwaukee.org/380-2/

FUEL Bootcamp - Become a Multiplier: Tap Into the Genius Around You 1/26/2022 5:00 PM - 1/26/2022 6:15 PM

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:24:46 GMT

Become a Multiplier: Tap Into the Genius Around You

INSTRUCTORS

Lori Urban, Partner, Advantage Performance Group

Susan Sheehy, Partner, Advantage Performance Group

It’s one thing to be a genius in your own right but imagine the impact you’d have as a leader if you can tap into the genius of those around you. The Multiplier Effect is the ability to prioritize the intelligence of others, while also making the most of your own skills.

Join us for this workshop that will help you become a Multiplier and avoid the pitfalls of diminishing the potential of others by forgetting that you’re not always the smartest person in the room. Learn to push those around you to share their ideas, take risks, brainstorm, and re-imagine your shared work – tapping into the hidden genius that can uplift the whole team.

Attend and learn:

- That you don’t have to do everything yourself, and maybe (just maybe) the people you least expect have some of the best ideas

- To help those around you tap into their strengths and apply their know-how to tasks that they normally wouldn’t tackle

- To resist the urge to micro-manage and believe that people are smart and can figure it out

- To put aside your assumptions about people, and find out what they really can do

Multipliers draw from 70-100% of people’s strength, while Diminishers only tap into 20-50% of their co-worker’s genius. Come and learn new techniques based on Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, and learn how to bring the best out of yourself, your co-workers, your team, your customers, even your children and other family members

For more information on FUEL Bootcamp visit: https://fuelmilwaukee.org/380-2/

FUEL Bootcamp - Working Parents Roundtable 1/27/2022 5:00 PM - 1/27/2022 6:15 PM

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:31:03 GMT

Working Parents Roundtable

Nearly 33% of today’s workforce are parents with minor children, but until recently, work and parenting have been treated as parts of life needing to be “balanced” but separate. The world of virtual work has somewhat blended the work/life lines, bringing clients, colleagues and co-workers into each other’s homes and bringing the realities of working parenthood into the forefront.

This roundtable is for everyone – working parents, leaders who manage workers with children, professionals thinking about becoming parents, and professionals with adult children. We’re putting together a panel of Milwaukee professionals to ask and answer questions that will help us all better blend and balance life and work.

We will discuss:

- How to create a practical plan to support your professional and parenting goals.

- Wellbeing for parents and how to ask for help, set boundaries, and prioritize self-care.

- The reality of working parenthood – statistics from the latest studies.

- Deciding what matters most and how to manage conflicting priorities.

- How to be an effective team-member or manager of a working parent.

You’ll hear from some of Milwaukee’s most prominent professionals about their working parent experiences and lessons learned. We’ll also talk to professionals who are thinking about becoming parents and looking for advice. This will be a fun and interactive discussion that you don’t want to miss.

For more information on FUEL Bootcamp visit: https://fuelmilwaukee.org/380-2/

FUEL Bootcamp - Lunch & Learn - Project Management Skills for Work and Life 1/27/2022 12:00 Noon - 1/27/2022 1:00 PM

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:40:21 GMT

Project Management Skills for Work and Life

Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently. It’s a strategic competency for professionals that is sometimes learned in a formal setting, or refined through practical, on-the-job work experience. Either way, strong project management skills are necessary to get projects done with the desired results and meeting the business’ overall goals.

What most successful project managers learn is that these skills aren’t just useful on the job. A strong grasp of project management can keep you on track at work and in your everyday life. Join us for this workshop as you learn about the Aglile method of Project Management – a style that breaks large tasks and goals to smaller pieces for success.

Attend and learn:

- How project management is defined and how the need for it shows up in life and work

- Different approaches to project management (Agile vs. Waterfall) and the pros and cons you should consider in applying them to your tasks

- How to use project management skills to keep you from feeling overwhelmed

- How project management and planning can work hand-in-hand to help you achieve your goals

- The fundamentals of the “Scrum” approach to project management, which helps you move quickly while making adjustments along the way.

Join us for this introduction to project management and be prepared to take a new approach to getting things done on the job and beyond.

INSTRUCTOR

Latasha Langdon holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University and Bachelor of Science degree from Milwaukee School of Engineering. She has over 15 years of corporate work experience with top 500 companies and is an active volunteer and mentor to youth and young adults. Langdon has over 20 years of experience providing life strategies to over 1,000 youth and young adults from all backgrounds and ages. She is the creative owner and founder of Divine Destinies Life Skills, LLC. She is Scrum Master, Project Manager, Entrepreneur and Teacher. She holds a PMP as well as certifications in SAFe, Six Sigma green belt and Lean certificate.
Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/latashalangdon/

FUEL Bootcamp - Mentorship Morning with Geraud Blanks 1/27/2022 8:00 AM - 1/27/2022 9:00 AM

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:18:46 GMT

Geraud Blanks
Chief Innovation Officer, MKE Film +
Dissertator in Communication Studies, Northwestern University

Geraud Blanks leverages the power of connection to attract new, untapped audiences to the Milwaukee Film Festival, an annual, multi-day cinematic experience that is to Milwaukee what Tribeca is to New York City. Event goers enjoy the glitz and glamour that is layered into every Milwaukee film experience – but for Blanks programming is also about making room for everyone’s story.

Since he’s joined the team in 2014, Milwaukee Film has launched or grown several new series under Blanks’ direction, including Black Lens, Cine Sin Fronteras and GenreQueer – all part of an inclusive, multicultural strategy to give voice to the arts, experiences, and perspectives of every lover (and potential lover) of cinema. His work has had such an impact, that he is the first staffer to receive the Milwaukee Film Festival’s Abele Catalyst Award, celebrating those who “think big, aim high, and understand we can always do better.”

Join us as we get into the details of Blanks’ career, his work with Milwaukee Film, and his ideas about what we all can do better for Milwaukee.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Geraud Blanks is currently Milwaukee Film’s Chief Innovation Officer and a dissertator in Communication Studies at Northwestern University, where he teaches public speaking. As Chief Innovation Officer, Blanks is responsible for leading Milwaukee Film’s audience, brand, and content development. In 2019, Blanks created Milwaukee Film’s Cultures & Communities initiative to showcase diverse cultural experiences, perspectives, and representations through film and event programming.

Blanks has committed much of his life to community service, starting his career as community organizer for Milwaukee anti-crime imitative Safe & Sound–a part of his tenure with the AmeriCorps program Public Allies. Blanks later served as an outreach coordinator for Waukesha homeless shelter Hebron House, where he specialized in assisting people with mental health disorders find transitional or supportive housing. He also served as a domestic violence caseworker for Sojourner–Wisconsin’s largest anti-domestic violence agency.

Blanks has earned Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Media Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has recently earned his Doctorate in Philosophy in Communication Studies from Northwestern University.

For more information on FUEL Bootcamp visit: https://fuelmilwaukee.org/380-2/

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Events Newswire

Business of Metro MKE Series 1/11/2022 11:00 AM - 1/11/2022 11:45 AM

Market Opportunities in Europe with WEDC 1/12/2022 8:00 AM - 1/12/2022 9:30 AM

FUEL Bootcamp - Mentorship Morning with Peggy Williams-Smith 1/25/2022 8:00 AM - 1/25/2022 9:00 AM

FUEL Bootcamp - Lunch & Learn with Dr. Alan M. Patterson 1/25/2022 12:00 Noon - 1/25/2022 1:00 PM

FUEL Bootcamp - The Inclusive Leader: Maximizing the Mix 1/25/2022 5:00 PM - 1/25/2022 6:15 PM

FUEL Bootcamp - Mentorship Morning with Kendra Whitlock Ingram 1/26/2022 8:00 AM - 1/26/2022 9:00 AM

FUEL Bootcamp - Lunch & Learn - Removing the toxic sludge from workplace relationships 1/26/2022 12:00 Noon - 1/26/2022 1:00 PM

FUEL Bootcamp - Become a Multiplier: Tap Into the Genius Around You 1/26/2022 5:00 PM - 1/26/2022 6:15 PM

Become a Multiplier: Tap Into the Genius Around You

INSTRUCTORS

FUEL Bootcamp - Working Parents Roundtable 1/27/2022 5:00 PM - 1/27/2022 6:15 PM

Working Parents Roundtable

FUEL Bootcamp - Lunch & Learn - Project Management Skills for Work and Life 1/27/2022 12:00 Noon - 1/27/2022 1:00 PM

Project Management Skills for Work and Life

FUEL Bootcamp - Mentorship Morning with Geraud Blanks 1/27/2022 8:00 AM - 1/27/2022 9:00 AM

Geraud Blanks Chief Innovation Officer, MKE Film + Dissertator in Communication Studies, Northwestern University

Geraud Blanks
Chief Innovation Officer, MKE Film +
Dissertator in Communication Studies, Northwestern University