In these photos, clockwise from Top Left: 1) Sal Giunta delivers the Keynote address, 2) The Charlie Wheeler Band featuring Bill Franz onstage at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 3) Sunset view from Bar 32 atop the Hilton Cleveland Downtown, 4) “I Was There” commemorative t-shirt, 5) Lisa Ryan fields a question during a breakout session.
create barriers to effective communication, teamwork and motivation. A widely noted speaker and author leveraging thirteen years of industrial marketing and sales experience, she delivered a very practical and incisive talk and drew quite a few questions from the audience. You can find a lot more of what she has to offer on employee engagement at
www.lisaryanspeaks.com We also heard Kate Matz, CPA, CVGA, CGMA,
present a session oriented around growing the value of your business. In the course of these presentation, she took the audience through an example that doubled the value of a business in five years. Based on her experience in analyzing organizational and operational efficiencies, strategic planning, resource optimization, and M&A transactions, she provided a very practical roadmap to attend to things that you know are critically important in the long haul but often not brutally urgent day-to-day. Kate is a partner with the William Vaughn Company, an account and business consulting firm in Toledo, OH. We wrapped up our sessions with a presentation
from Nicholas Chase, a professional triathlete with the Pewag Racing Team. Nick’s presentation Redefine your Health tackles the conflicts that sales-oriented business people often face trying to balance healthy eating and exercise with the demands of their careers
– travel, conferences, meals, receptions – you probably know them well. He walked through a series of choices you can make, and sometimes have to give yourself permission to make, in order to get on a better path. We’ve lost about ten pounds since attending that presentation – your mileage may vary! Te breakout format of course means that there were
several presenters that we did not hear directly, but a number of attendees told us that they appreciated the opportunity to tailor their conference experience to their interests. Te active Q and A wrap-ups of the sessions we attended were certainly a testament to the interest in these offerings. Tuesday evening brought perhaps the most notable
shift from previous AWRF events. Te traditional banquet dinner format was replaced with a more casual buffet supper served at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Attendees enjoyed drinks and with complete access to the facility, many toured the extensive collection of rock and roll memorabilia housed there. But the best was yet to come as the Charlie Wheeler
Band took the stage! Fronted by an AWRF member (you might find him at Advantage Sales and Supply), the three-man band served up more than two hours of what has been called “hard-driving, blue-collar soul music”. Tey seamlessly mixed covers of familiar
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