Proposal Specifications and Additional Information

  1. Format: Your main presentation will last for 45 minutes, with coffee & water provided.

7:45-8:00am Registration11:45-12:00am Registration

8:00-8:45am PresentationOR12:00-12:45pm Presentation

8:45-9:00am Questions12:45-1:00pm Questions

  1. Proposal Content: Please provide no more than one page.
  1. How will you cover the material - specifically identify 3 objectives that you will cover.
  2. Ask The Expert strives to provide participants with practical, “hands-on” information they can take back to the office and put into actual use. How would you facilitate this objective? What would be the concrete take-aways for your presentation?
  3. Biography (50 words) and photo.
  4. Availability, please list availability on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday for the entire yearand please select morning or mid-day. Specific dates for each month will be finalized with the presenters once we have received all feedback and made the final selections. Sessions will be at the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce building.
  1. Submission Deadline: Please submit your proposal by November 30, 2016 via email to Shannon Schuch
  1. Speaker Selections: The membership group will weigh all proposals fairly and reasonably. We’re simply looking for the speaker most likely to achieve Ask The Expert’s overall objectives and deliver what the Chamber members expect. It’s not an exact science, and no committee is perfect. So we pledge to make ourselves available to discuss any concerns about the selection process.

2017 Proposed Topics

Business Management

  • Management strategies; Going from co-worker to manager
  • Business succession planning
  • Creating & maintaining an engaged culture
  • Moving to the cloud; Cloud transition
  • Security & safety tips
  • Workplace wellness
  • Apps for business
  • Small business management

Personal Management

  • Cloud, personal cloud (device free, private clouds - accessible)
  • Stress management techniques
  • Time management for personnel/productivity/prioritization
  • Public speaking; Presentation tips
  • Work-life balance
  • Personal finance; Goal setting & planning

Marketing

  • Techniques strategies
  • Targeting certain demographics
  • ROI & analytics
  • Social media recruiting
  • LinkedIn – what’s new
  • Local marketing strategies
  • SEO; Navigation web presence

Networking

  • Networking etiquette; How to carry oneself in a business setting
  • Effective networking
  • How to promote yourself; Asking for referrals
  • Utilizing LinkedIn for business connections

Sales

  • Sales training
  • Converting leads into sales
  • Best choices & uses of CRM
  • Building relationships for sales

Other

  • Entrepreneurship & starting a small business
  • Health Insurance challenges; ACA
  • HR - interviewing
  • Nonprofit – volunteers, stakeholders, marketing
  • Identity theft – protection, basic knowledge

Please submit proposals by November30, 2016 to

Thank you!