The Lunch Lady guest this month is Killer Pitch Master, Precious Williams. The 13-time Elevator Pitch champion is here to tell us how to get noticed and get known.
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Social Media can be stressful if you don’t know how to do it properly. Let the Empress of Social Media, Anette Nilsen, Founder of Kielo, show you how to do social media without stress.
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Renée Lindo, a Personal stylist, based in Toronto, Canada, is the guide for professional women on their style journey to show up as the best version of themselves.
Continue readingGo from Overlooked to Fully Booked | August 25th, 2020
At our August Lunch Lady Event, we learned how to turn our efforts into consistent, organic leads that can be generated and used on a variety of platforms to reach our most desired customer so that we can reach our revenue goal.
Cat Stancik shared her lead generation talents with the group to show how they can drive business, close sales, and reach their revenue goals.
We learned:
- Fast Action Connections: The fastest path to uncover clients that are ‘hiding in plain sight’ and learn to convert your current connections into sales.
- Money-Making Content Matrix: The end of “content generation frustration,” this strategy transforms ONE piece of content into 8 client-attracting posts.
- Ultimate Lead Generator: This money-making tool helps you generate the leads you want (or need) in less than an hour per day.
- Client-Centered Conversion Roadmap: The proven roadmap will help you to close business confidently.
- A strategy that serves the client and closes the sale 80% of the time.
About The Presenter:
Cat Stancik, The Lead Boss, is the go-to Business Coach for 6+figure coaches, consultants, and service providers who are ready to say NO to time consuming, overly automated, bro-marketing, shake you down strategies that leave everyone feeling less-than; and ready to say YES to a simple strategy that saves you time, uses your unique voice, passion and expertise.
Lunch Lady: Money is in the Follow-Up
At our July Lunch Lady Event, we learned how Money is in the Follow-Up and how growing your business is possible when you understand how to implement the buying process and automation in your business.
Tina explained how many people neglect the area of their lives that calls for following up because they think there is an expiration date. They do not understand the money is an idea in action and following up is a part of the process. If you don’t follow-up the money or miss any part of the process, the money will pass you by.
We covered:
- The different stages of the buying process and how to effectively move your prospect toward the sale
- Why using social media without lead capture and nurturing automation is leaving 97% more sales on the table
- How to re-engage with all of those business cards that are collecting dust
About The Presenter:
Tina Brinkley Potts is an award-winning author, business strategist, online marketing trainer, and success coach. Coaches, consultants, experts, and small business owners from over 70 countries watch and apply Tina’s video trainings and strategy sessions to grow their businesses and careers to expert status. Tina’s expertise includes creating client attraction systems that integrate your desired lifestyle and personality to hone and market their storehouses of knowledge, education, and experience so they can chart their unique path to the dollar amount they desire.
Lunch Lady: NYC Procurement Transformation – Leveling the Playing Field
At our June Lunch Lady Event, we learned how to get contracts with NYC and about the NYC City contracting processes.
The Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS) is a New York City oversight and service agency dedicated to optimizing existing operations and transforming processes that make it easier to do business with the City. The team at MOCS has been working on the next phase of PASSPort, the City’s digital end-to-end procurement platform, which will be expanded in the weeks ahead to include significant new features. The relevance of a completely digital procurement process has never been more apparent than it is today.
The PASSPort will include the following features that enable:
- Easy and early identification of Citywide solicitations with a digital roadmap
- Electronic submission of bids and proposals through simple digital questionnaires
- Real-time tracking towards registration through an online milestone tracker
- Digital contract execution with electronic signatures and elimination of notaries
At MOCS, we believe that technology is critical to leveling the playing field and creating access and opportunity, particularly for Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs). We shared more about the upcoming release of PASSPort and how businesses can make sure they are ready to take advantage of the upcoming enhancements. For more information and support, visit nyc.gov/passport or email MOCS at help@mocs.nyc.gov.
About The Presenter:
Jennifer Geiling is Deputy Director for Policy and Partnerships at the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Contract Services, leading policy reform, public-private partnerships and external communications efforts. Jennifer’s work is focused on leveling the playing field for vendors by making it easier for companies and nonprofit organizations to do business with the City. Jennifer led the Nonprofit Resiliency Committee, a public/private partnership with the human service sector. Key accomplishments included Citywide fiscal policy reforms for the City’s $7 billion annual HHS contracting portfolio, adoption of digital financial management practices for nearly 4,000 annual contracts, and greater liquidity and financial flexibility for nonprofit partners. During the COVID-19 crisis, Jennifer was a principal member of the Human Service Recovery Task Force establishing business continuity and stabilization. Jennifer began her career as a corporate lawyer and is a nonprofit founder and consultant. Jennifer also served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Lunch Lady: Are Google Ads Worth It?
At our April Lunch Lady Event, we learned how Google Ads work, when it makes sense to advertise and how to get your business the desired results within your budget.
Maisha showed us how to determine the best strategies to get real results, be more visible, and generate profit for your business.
We covered:
- the difference between SEO and Google/Bing Ads
- when does it make sense to advertise?
- how do you structure Google Ads campaigns to avoid wasting money?
- how creating ads works
- how to track your ads and measure their performance
- Google AdWords vs Bing – which one is better for you?
About the presenter:
Maisha Walker is the President of Message Medium, a digital marketing agency that helps successful brands leverage digital to achieve aggressive growth. She has been building Web sites and creating digital marketing campaigns for more than 20 years.
Maisha is a featured online columnist with Inc. Magazine and grew her blog to Inc.’s highest trafficked blog in less than 1 year. She has been quoted by such diverse brands as Business Week, the American Marketing Association, Guy Kawasaki, Rieva Lesonsky of Entrepreneur magazine, and celebrity gossip columnist, Perez Hilton.
In addition to small businesses, Maisha and her team have an impressive list of large clients including Mars Chocolate, Columbia University, Princeton University, Carver Bank, Unilever, WJ Detusch (the owner of Yellow Tail wines), the founders of Absolute Vodka, NBA player Kyle Lowry and Save the Children.
Maisha has toured the country educating entrepreneurs and personally conducting more than 500 events on social media, search engine optimization & advertising, email marketing and Web site design, with partners like Microsoft Bing, Capital One, George Washington University, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Inc., Black Enterprise, SCORE, Deluxe Corp, SAP and a host of others.
She has been featured in Forbes, Bnet, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, on Fox News and on NBC news among others.
She received her B.A. from Princeton University and began her love affair with coding at the early age of 9.
Lunch Lady: The Introvert’s Guide to Public Speaking
At our March Lunch Lady Event, we learned how to clearly and confidently articulate our ideas so we can be experts in the room.
We learned skills to overcome nerves, increase our awareness and presence, and craft a message that motivates and inspires our audiences.
We received tools to:
- Increase our stage presence
- Manage our anxiety & stage fright
- Create content that resonates with our audiences
About the presenter:
Madeline helps creative professionals articulate their vision so they can be the authority. She has been described as a lifesaver and a secret weapon and possesses an extraordinary ability to turn complex ideas into clear, concise and compelling presentations.
Before starting her business, Madeline spent 15 years in the creative world. She ran the publicity department for a design book publisher and then spent a decade designing and building window displays and brand experiences. Now, she trains people to communicate their stories and invite audiences into their world.
Madeline’s mission is to bring all voices to the table, to create diversity in leadership, and to allow introverts and quiet leaders to effect change in their organizations and the world.
Peace, Love, Security & Privacy: What You Need to Know about Cyber Security
Peace, Love, Security & Privacy: What You Need to Know about Cyber Security Information and Your Energy in 2020 and Beyond
It’s a new decade! With this new decade comes a new set of threats to think about. It’s exhausting! We want to LIVE life with FREEDOM, not think about all the things we FEAR when it comes to:
- our business
- our family
- our money
- our time
- our personal information, and
- our privacy
Security and privacy doesn’t have to be scary, but in this NEW decade it is critical, and our responsibility, to be an informed business owner and consumer. Whether you have a small business, are a leader in a large company, or are thinking about how to keep your family safe, February’s Lunch Lady was a knowledgable lesson regarding cybersecurity threats we all face!
Our attendees came with their laptops and phones in hand, ready for a hands-on tutorial on what you should know in 2020!
Jessica covered:
- Security and privacy on social media.
- Knowing your rights! How the new privacy regulations impact you.
- What you need to do protect yourself and the data you are receiving from people. How you should manage this as your business gets bigger.
- How you stay safe using third party tools (Eventbrite, virtual assistant platforms, etc).
- Data, data, and more data! Sending contracts and other documents securely.
- The truth about using computers on public WIFI and working in coffee shops.
- How you should secure your devices (phone, IPAD or tablet)?
- What is the cloud? Why can’t you see it? How do you access it? What happens if the cloud is hacked?
About the presenter:
Jessica Robinson is CEO of PurePoint International. PurePoint is the security company of choice for innovative and forward thinking businesses globally. PurePoint International provides cyber security and data privacy consulting and training for financials services, insurance and other middle market global companies with $150-$500M in revenue. Jessica speaks internationally on cybersecurity and data privacy, and is on the board of both for profit, and non profit, technology and security organizations. Jessica is passionate about helping CEOs lead secure companies and all individuals live consciously secure lives.
Lunch Lady – Peace, Love, Security & Privacy: What You Need to Know About Cyber Security
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About this Event
It’s a new decade! With this new decade comes a new set of threats to think about. It’s exhausting! We want to LIVE life with FREEDOM, not think about all the things we FEAR when it comes to:
- our business
- our family
- our money
- our time
- our personal information, and
- our privacy
Security and privacy doesn’t have to be scary, but in this NEW decade it is critical, and our responsibility, to be an informed business owner and consumer. Whether you have a small business, are a leader in a large company, or are thinking about how to keep your family safe, with the new cybersecurity threats we all face you won’t want to miss this!
Bring your laptop, have your phone out and be ready for a hands-on tutorial on what you need to know in 2020!
- What we will cover:
- Security and privacy on social media.
- Know your rights! How the new privacy regulations impact you.
- What do I need to do protect myself and the data I am receiving from people? How do I manage this as my business gets bigger?
- How do I stay safe using third party tools (Eventbrite, virtual assistant platforms, etc).
- Data, data, and more data! Sending contracts and other documents securely.
- The truth about using computers on public WIFI and working in coffee shops.
- How do I secure my devices (phone, IPAD)?
- What is the cloud? Why can’t I see it? How do you access it? What happens if the cloud is hacked?
About the presenter:
Jessica Robinson is CEO of PurePoint International. PurePoint is the security company of choice for innovative and forward thinking businesses globally. PurePoint International provides cyber security and data privacy consulting and training for financials services, insurance and other middle market global companies with $150-$500M in revenue. Jessica speaks internationally on cybersecurity and data privacy, and is on the board of both for profit, and non profit, technology and security organizations. Jessica is passionate about helping CEOs lead secure companies and all individuals live consciously secure lives.
Who is the Lunch Lady?
The Lunch Lady is a platform for women (and man-bassadors) in business. Lunch Lady is about education, networking and creating opportunities that grow and develop yourself and business.
What is Lunch Lady’s Mission?
The mission is to provide a courageous space for you to access your internal blueprint to grow your life and business by connecting you with people who will be a demand for you to have money, grow your business, and discover what it will take for you to live your best life. Lunch Lady wants you on the court, not the sidelines of your life, talking about your business or talking about what you need, whether it is finding your magic number that flips your business over to profitability, creating and finding your ideal client, or getting clear about the kind of business experience you want to have. It’s about learning to view your mistakes as an opportunity for success so you don’t stay stuck and can continue to grow and succeed in your business using your higher purpose.
“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes… but no plans.”
~ Peter Drucker
Lunch Lady knows:
- You started a business to do what you love and get paid for doing it
- It is not easy
- Crippling fear can stop you from taking action
- Business has a language all of its own. We want you to find your own language and create the courage to share it so that you can have an impact on your business, finances, and world.
- For many women, there is no plan B.
New Decade: Time to Turn on Your Dream Machine
Noreen Sumpter came from England in 1985 for the love of a man who soon became her husband. A risk-taker, Noreen believes that life is for living. She is now a personal life coach, a career she chose after 15 years as a real estate broker. She came to realize that most people do not love their life and are frustrated with the choices they have made and how their life has turned out. Her love for people motivated her to become a life coach, and she has helped many men and women of all races and classes to live life fully and go after what they want.
One has to be willing to build confidence and self-esteem by owning their voice and speaking their truth. At January’s Lunch Lady event, Noreen asked attendees to activate their dream machine. It’s time to look ahead to a new decade and dream big, envision your future, and take action to have the life you want.
About the presenter:
Noreen Sumpter has been a personal life coach for 14 years and self-employed for 27 years. She is the creator of the Live Life Your Way coaching program and host the Talk Radio NYC radio show Beyond Potential: Live Life Your Way. In addition, Noreen is a past Business Networking International (BNI) mentor, a Manhattan Chamber of Commerce ambassador, President of the Business Referral Group 3 (BRG3), and past VP of Member Engagement for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). She has been featured on Oprah.com, This American Life, and Reader’s Digest.
Lunch Lady 2020 Resolution Cocktail Party
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About this Event
Join us for Lunch Lady’s 2020 Resolution Cocktail Party to express gratitude to an inspiring community and celebrate the founding of Lunch Lady.
Cocktails start at 6 pm, followed by the introduction of Lunch Lady and a performance by Taiya. Then, we will participate in organized networking. Ticket price includes drinks and light fare!
- Be inspired by women and man-bassador, business owners
- Expand your networking and educational circle
- Share your business in a focused and inspiring manner
- Learn about Lunch Lady and their commitment to entrepreneurs
- Meet like-minded entrepreneurs and pitch what you are creating in the next 30 days proudly, authentically, and freely
- Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres with your cocktails
- Join us as we launch our first Lunch Lady cocktail party of 2020 on Tuesday, January 28th with the NYC entrepreneurial community – that means YOU – there to celebrate!
Lunch Lady thanks our generous sponsors and supporters for making this event possible:
- HG Stones for allowing us to use their incredible showroom.
- Gurri Design+Remodel for providing snacks and beverages.
- Victoria Benjamin Cakes for sweets!
- Taiya for providing live music
- SoBar for free bars for all guests!
- Noreensumptercoach.com or being a part of the Lunch Lady community!
We encourage you to support all of our sponsors. Our commitment is to feed your brain and grow your business. Your generosity directly benefits our community of women and man-bassador entrepreneurs.
