Speakers for the March 24th Non-profit Toolbox Mini-Conference
Three of our founders will be speaking: Lisa Morrissey, Janel Kesten and Reiko Beach (see our about page for more information about us), and we are very pleased to include: Stephen Melanson, Wilson D Rogers, Jr., Susan C. Hammond, and Jane B. Ford.
Stephen Melanson is the President of Melanson Consulting, which he founded in 2004. He is the originator of multiple new branding applications for business, and has over 25 years experience in sales, management, and company ownership.
Verbal Branding – Unique in the marketplace, Verbal Branding is both a new, spoken application for marketplace differentiation and a redefined foundation for brand development. It creates competitive advantage through multiple dimensions of simultaneous business improvement.
Those dimensions include sales, internal culture, and brand density.
In essence, Verbal Branding is a new basis for thinking and speaking, allowing any organization to marginalize the competition and apply their brand in a practical, moment-by-moment way.
Workshops and project engagements have been with: Fidelity Investments, Citizens Bank, the British Consulate, NEC, HUB International, Mass Bankers Association, Chubb Insurance, NY & MA Xpo, Goodwin Procter, TriNet Group, Sovereign Bank, and many others.
Mr. Melanson is currently working on a second book about Verbal and Density Branding.
Wil Rogers is a member of the Rogers Law Firm’s Corporate, Health Care, Litigation and International Practice Groups. He focuses his practice on corporate governance and structure, general business issues, health care matters and litigation. He has tried numerous cases in both state and federal courts. He is admitted to practice in both the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, as well as the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Wil has been awarded Martindale- Hubbell’s highest “AV” peer review rating and has been selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America.
Jane Ford: Talented educator with experience in teaching in a variety of venues including the high school, college, corporate, community and professional arenas.
Accomplished speaker who has addressed groups of all sizes on topics ranging from financial prosperity to board governance to personal growth and spirituality.
Experienced writer who has published materials in national publications.
Experienced mentor and coach who has worked with people of all ages to help both with professional and life issues.
Specialties include: Improving written and oral communication skills, Managing small and mid-sized nonprofit organizations, Fundraising and grant seeking,
Effective meeting management, Workshops, seminars and tele-classes, Public speaking, and Community engagement. For more information visit: www.thejoypath.com/
Susan C. Hammond is the former CFO for Fuller Craft Museum with extensive experience with nonprofit boards and governance issues. She is the co-founder of the Center for Women & Enterprise and the South Shore Women’s Business Network where her role included drafting the by-laws and tax-exempt application and developing the board. She serves on the Advisory Boards of the Center for Entrepreneurship Studies at Bridgewater State College and the Women’s Leadership Institute at Bentley University. Previously she served on the board of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston and numerous other nonprofit and advisory boards. While on the board of the Arts & Business Council she served as vice chair and as the chair of the committee charged with evaluating the merger with the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Susan presently works with organizations as a business advisor, coach, consultant and advisory board facilitator. She has a forthcoming book called the Advisory Board Kit: A Comprehensive Guide to Establishing an Advisory Board. To learn more visit www.schammond.com.
Mark C. Rogers, Esq. is a member of The Rogers Law Firm’s Corporate, Health Care and International
Practice Groups. He has extensive experience representing a variety of clients on regulatory, compliance,
employment and corporate matters, with a focus on health care and corporate contractual matters, regulatory
compliance, and fraud and abuse investigations. He has lectured and written extensively on legal issues in the
non-profit industry. He serves on the boards of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce and the South Shore Art
Center. Mark is also a member of the governing body of Athena PowerLink and a member of the South Shore
Hospital Links Committee. To learn more visit www.therogerslawfirm.com.
____________________________________
Speakers for the October 22,2009 Non-profit Toolbox Mini-Conference
Kathleen Burns Kingbury is an internationally published author, certified coach, licensed mental health expert and professional speaker in a unique position to empower you to ask and get paid what you are worth. She works with entrepreneurs, healthcare providers, financial advisers, sales professionals and corporations. Drawing on a decade of financial industry experience including working as a Commissioned FDIC Bank Examiner during the Savings and Loan Crisis of the 90s, and her 15 years of successful entrepreneurship as a teacher, counselor and coach, she brings a wealth of personal and professional experience to her work.
Kathleen is the Principal of KBK Connections, Inc, a coaching, consultation and training company dedicated to empowering professionals to earn what they are worth and serves as an adjunct professor at Bentley University and Northeastern University. Kathleen is an active member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and serves on the Board of Directors of the New England Chapter as Treasurer. Kathleen has been appointed the Co-Director of the Downtown Women’s Club of Boston for the upcoming year. For more information visit: www.kbkconnections.com
