2017 Business Launchpad

Description

Business Launchpad! The Renton Chamber's first Hyatt Regency event!
 

The Renton Business Expo has been rebranded into Renton?s Business Launchpad. This years Business tradeshow format expands. We're creating a new and improved event to help businesses engage more than ever! In 2017 the Launchpad takes place in our brand new Hyatt Regency!

MISSION:
Help profits and non-profits to market and engage with a B2B focus.    
​OFFERINGS:

• ​B2B Trade Show Expo Hall.
• Full educational series (Speakers to be Announced).
• A reformatted "Non-Profit Shark Tank" to what is now called "CONNECTIONS, Partnering corporations with non-profits".
• Taste of Renton from our local food vendors.
• YELP/GOOGLE review station. Every review gets you a raffle ticket.

8:00 am- Expo Team Arrival
​9:00 am- Vendors check-in
​10:00 am- Launchpad (TRACK A) Expo Opens
​11:00 am- Track B - Keynote Derek Olsen: ​The 5 New Habits Leaders Need to Transform their Organizations
​​12:00 pm- Track B ​​- Jeff Kelly: How to Manage Distributed Teams
​                      Track C - Michelle Zimmerman: Future Learning
​​1:00 pm-  Track B - Bruce Hudson: The Relation Ographer
                 Track C -​Libby Stellas: Essentials of Fundraising
​​2:00 pm-  Track B- Jonathon Wilson: A Clarion Call for Future Leaders
​​                     Track C- ​Welcome ​CONNECTIONS: round 1
​​3:00 pm-  Track B- Chris Lollini: Growth Hack Your Business
​                 Track C- ​Welcome ​CONNECTIONS: round 2
​4:00 pm-  Track B- ​James Alberson: 9 Elements of Success
​                 Track C- ​Welcome ​CONNECTIONS:​ round 3
​5:00 pm-  Networking Social - 8th Floor Terrace Suite


​This event has been cancelled.
Join us for a premier after-hours experience in the Brotherton Reserve Club in the 8^th floor Terrace Suite. Starting around 5 pm, this networking after-hours party provides a relaxed, fun, and social opportunity to connect with attendees, speakers, and the business leaders of our community. Enjoy hosted wine and food while taking in the breathtaking views at the Hyatt. This will truly be a unique business experience

LAUNCHPAD SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED

​KEYNOTE: 11:00 AM

Derek Olsen- The 5 New Habits Leaders Need to Transform Their Organizations

The habits many leaders acquire in running successful companies in times of incremental market change are habits they don?t even realize they?ve gained. Those habits need to be brought to their attention. But even more important, they need to supplement those habits with new ones.
We are tasking leaders with the work of evolving legacy habits ? of moving beyond the old habits that served them well in less turbulent times. Leaders who want to help usher in fundamental and beneficial change to their organizations must cultivate five new habits, including how they engage people, where they seek advice, what larger ideals guide their choices and behaviors day-today, how they make and take action, and how they navigate the boundaries between work and personal life with new approaches.

Bio: As a senior level facilitator and ICF certified coach at Henley Leadership Group, Derek has partnered with Fortune 500 companies to support leadership development for individuals, teams and groups. Having served over 1000 professionals in the past ten years, he challenges clients at all levels of leadership to achieve their best results, make their greatest contribution to the business and do so sustainably. His clients describe him as courageous, honest and direct. He challenges leaders and their teams to focus their authentic voice and implement ways of working that foster integrity and collaboration across the organization.

TRACK B: 12:00 PM

Jeff Kelly - How To Manage Distrbuted Teams

As businesses have more staff in more places learning the techniques of success for managing people in other cities becomes more and more important. We will cover the tools, communication techniques, hiring practices, and work management processes that the big tech companies use to achieve wild success.

​Bio: Jeff Kelly is the CEO of AssetLab. AssetLab makes Websites and Social Media simple for small businesses and nonprofits. AssetLab is unique because we own our own internet based businesses, so we already know what works online. Jeff graduated from a 10-year technology management career at companies like Expedia, Microsoft, and Amazon to start AssetLab (http://assetlab.us). He is an expert at hiring, growing distributed teams, online marketing, starting new online brands, and growing people.

TRACK C: 12:00 PM

Michelle Zimmerman - Future Learning: Machine Learning's Impact on Tomorrow's Multimodal Workforce

Many of us only know of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning through pop culture and SciFi movies, although it's already all around us. A recent Forbes article talked about the shift that will occur when Machine Learning and AI take over processing mundane and repetitive tasks and require humans to perform high-value tasks that require strategic thinking and creativity. This talk is an early preview of a SXSW 2018 panel that includes student voice representing perspective from Generation Z and an expert in the AI industry working for Microsoft. The goal of education needs to shift to prepare for an unknown workforce by educating students to assess in multiple modalities, transfer learning outside of purely learning content, and knowing how to adapt various situations. We are leading the way in Renton on innovating in educational shifts necessary to be ready for the future and sharing our learning with the world. 

Bio: Michelle Zimmerman, PhD, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, selected again as Microsoft MVP for global impact. She briefed Satya Nadella and his executive team with her research an application into practice. With 17 years in the classroom (PreK–10), 10 years implementing research into practice, designing Renton Prep, selected as Microsoft's Premiere Showcase School, and serving on the University of Washington, College of Education Professional Education Advisory Board, and adjunct, Concordia University, she experiences education through multiple lenses. Her students have gained international recognition through global school visits hosting Ministries of Education and Delegates at Renton Prep from China, Pakistan, Serbia, Australia, UK, Japan, Brazil and Netherlands, as well as U.S.A. She and her students have presented since 2007: American Education Research Association to Scientific American, New York Academy of Sciences, NYU, UCLA, SXSWEdu and a range of edtech conferences including Future Education Technology Conference where Renton Prep was awarded 2016 Top STEM Schools in the Nation. She and her students are published in Springer's International Human Computer Interaction Series and press such as VentureBeat. ​

​TRACK B: 1:00 PM

Bruce Hudson - The Relation Ographer: The Art of Relationship Marketing​​

What's the secret to being in business for 35 years? Bruce feels it's creating the Ultimate Experience for your clients. Building relationships and maintaining those relationships throughout the years. He will share specific marketing strategies designed to turn one time customers into clients for life. Topics included: In search of the perfect client? The power of thank yous. The importance of keeping in touch with newsletters, E News, letters, and Rockstar marketing. Join us for this engaging and insightful discussion on how to create a client for life with relationship marketing.

Bio: Bruce Hudson and Hudson's Portrait Design have been part of the Renton Community since 1982. Bruce has photographed over 1200 weddings (thats a LOT of meatballs), tens of thousands family and high school senior portraits, and countless commercial photography assignments. He holds the duel degrees of Master Photographer and Photographic Craftsman from the Professional Photographers of American Organization. 

​TRACK C: 1:00 PM

Libbie Stellas - Essentials of Fundraising

Start with your mission, learn how to express that mission and ask people to participate in your mission with TIME, TALENT and TREASURE . Learn the cycle of donor development and when and how to make ?the ask?. You will  hear real-world experiences and scenarios so that you can put concepts into action right away. The format will be conversational with the opportunity for questions and answers as well  preparation for talking with the corporations at the Launchpad.

Bio: Libbie Stellas, M.Div, is the Director of the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy at City University.  The Institute provides fundraising education to all nonprofits. She has been a fundraiser for all-volunteer, small and large nonprofits for over 30 years. 

TRACK B: 2:00 PM

Jonathan Wilson - A Clarion Call for Future Leader

What will be required of future leaders to successfully lead in the radically different workplace of the future? The modern workplace is on the cusp of a massive shift. This shift is coming from two primary forces that are quickly reaching a tipping point. Soon every organization will be facing historic changes in the makeup and culture of the workforce in addition to navigating an unprecedented level of technological advancement. Taken together, these forces will reshape and redefine what work is and how it gets done. To keep our organizations afloat and profitable in the years ahead means today's leaders must be prepared. In this presentation, you will get a better understanding of the details of these forces and how they will affect your organization, and you will also learn about a new leadership framework that you can use to move yourself and your organization forward. The future waits for no one. The time is now to prepare yourself to become the Future Leader.

Bio: Jonathan is a professional coach and owner of Sandcastle Company a Seattle based executive coaching organization. His first book, Future Leader: Lead Effectively in the Radically Different Workplace of the Future, will be released in February 2018. Jonathan has a masters degree in public administration from Seattle University and professional coach training from the University of Miami. He has held leadership and management positions in both the public and private sectors for well over a decade. When not working he enjoys wrestling with his kids, playing the ukulele, and sitting on distant sunny beaches (especially when it's raining in Seattle).

TRACK B: 3:00 PM

Chris Lollini -Growth Hack Your Business: How to Stand Out Among Your Competitors & Consistently Attract More Customers Without Spending a Fortune Doing It

This talk will cover the most effective form of marketing in its new digital form. We will discuss the underlying sea change of the customer?s buying process and the research data that supports these trends. In closing, we will explain exactly how any business can leverage this trend to grow their business for little to no cost and beat their competition.

Bio:​ Chris Lollini has been marketing products and services for over a decade. The last half of which he has spent helping small businesses leverage the power of the internet to grow their businesses successfully and predictably. He is the founder and CEO of Reputation Igniter, a software service which helps small businesses across the globe take advantage of the principles of online marketing success he will be sharing in his talk today.

TRACK B: 4:00 PM

James Alberson - 9 Elements of Succes

Working hard is not always the key to success. Many times, working smart will get you where you need to be much sooner. But what does working smart really mean when you put it into play? When it comes to having real success, several elements come into play ranging from accepting failure to making tough decisions to taking stepping outside of your comfort zone. This interactive talk will discuss the nine crucial elements of creating success and how it can be done in a smart manner. By putting forth specific concepts and immediately requiring the listener to apply them to his/her world, the talk seeks to draw the direct connection between specific modifications in your current actions and increased success in business.

Bio: James Alberson is the Owner and Principal of Top Tier Training & Development, Inc, a Sandler Training Licensee, operating in the Seattle Metropolitan area.  A national sales expert and business speaker, James is strongly committed to guiding CEOs, business owners, sales executives, and their teams to higher revenues, increased profit margins, and greater personal and professional growth.

 

CONNECTIONS - RANU is hosting CONNECTIONS, Partnering corporations with nonprofits. Last year, our events theme was based on the Shark Tank, and corporate firms were invited to hear the 6-minute business pitches from our nonprofits.  This year, we have made improvements that will enhance the total customer experience, and focus on committed partnerships between our organization and your firm.

Interested in receiving more information? Please Contact Ben Andrews at bandrews@gorenton.com