Telluride Foundation: July Workshops & E.D. Breakfast

03 Jul Telluride Foundation: July Workshops & E.D. Breakfast

The Telluride Foundation offers workshops in support of local nonprofits. Below are upcoming summer initiatives.

1)  July 9th, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.: “Eight Guiding Principles in Social Media,” Telluride Wilkinson Library Program Room. The workshop will be taught by social media expert Craig Howe, who has over 20 years of core entertainment, digital, and brand marketing experience. He founded Rocket XL, a leading social media agency with clients such as Unilever, InBev, Lexus, NFL, LinkedIn, Kraft/Cadbury and the United Nations. He currently serves as a social media advisor to Major League Baseball, InBev (FIFA World Cup global strategy), National Hockey League and Major League Soccer. Craig has a BA in Economics from University of Colorado and participated in the adjunct MBA program at Stanford University.

2)  July 25, Executive Director Breakfast, 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.: “The Communication Catalyst: 10 Common Personal and Professional Errors Hindering your Growth,” Arroyo Gallery & Wine Bar, 220 E. Colorado Avenue, Telluride.

The breakfast discussion will be led by Business and Communications Consultant, Heather Bledsoe. Heather is a business communications coach and accomplished public speaker with a love of the entrepreneurial quest. Trained as a speech-language pathologist at Baylor University, Heather started her business career as an entrepreneur who developed her own line of speech software. Her products gained her the designation of Official Language Learning Software Provider of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. She later merged her products into Creative Education Institute and became the VP of Sales. She most recently has been involved in the area of Tele-therapy and serves as an adviser to the sales staff at Presence Learning. Her combination of business, linguistics, public speaking and sales experience affords growing businesses a unique resource to assist in the dissemination of their message to both prospective clients and investors thus allowing them to reach their highest potential.

More workshops hosted by the Foundation in 2013:

1) Program Evaluation and Demonstrating Outcomes, Telluride Library Program Room, August 1, 10.a.m. to noon;
2) Pitch to Win, Telluride Fire District Meeting Room, August 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.;
3) Applying Small Business Practices To Your Nonprofit for Enhance Sustainability, Telluride Library Program Room, September 27, 9 a.m. to noon;
4) Executive Director Breakfasts: September 12, November 14