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Marketplace Connection: Leadership Breakfast Meeting: Speaker Ruth Lund, Director of Organization Development for Legacy Supply Chain Services at Sheraton Harborside

February 24, 2012 from 7:30am to 9am
Ruth will be talking about how her organization is integrating their core values into their culture very purposefully - including measurement and development.  She will share her personal perspective on her path to this stage in her career plus the spiritual growth that has happened along the way.   Don't miss this one.   See More
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Marketplace Connection: Leadership Breakfast Meeting: Speaker "Murph" Henderson- Executive, Entrepreneur, Community Leader at Sheraton Harborside

January 27, 2012 from 7:30am to 9am
Our speaker, "Murph" Henderson is a retired business executive and presently on the Board of Director's of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.    What keeps Murph up at night? The Future of Our Children.  "What promise does the future hold for our children?  What are the issues they are dealing with day in and day out in school, sports, with family, with friends?  What are their fears and concerns?  Do we really know what our children are thinking?  How will they successfully navigate into the…See More
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Onward, Indeed!

Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its SoulOnward, by Howard Schultz  I had the…See More
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Are you getting the love back?

In this economy, it’s all about execution. Customer acquisition continues to remain expensive, so the question is, when a client chooses you, are you “giving the love back”? When you are a start-up and your competitor is an industry giant, this might be the only way to carve out your niche. Love your customer. Just ask MMIS and Mosaic Storage Systemsfrom our last Entrepreneur Forum. …See More
Blog post by Catherine B. Blake Dec 28, 2011
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Marketplace Connection: Leadership Breakfast Meeting: Speaker Bill Fisher, Director of Planned Giving, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary at Sheraton Harborside

November 18, 2011 from 7:15am to 9am
Please join us for fellowship, networking, and inspiration on Friday, November 18th. Our speaker, Bill Fisher is the Director of Planned Giving at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.   Bill has been on a unique leadership journey will be sharing his insights entitled, Job Discipleship: "To be a disciple of Jesus it is crucial that we learn how to do our job as HE would. One who does not know this way of job discipleship by experience cannot begin to image what release and help and joy there is…See More
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Michelle Dunn commented on Catherine B. Blake's blog post 'Did your Legos Spill?'
I have heard great things about this.  Thanks for sharing these details!
Oct 25, 2011
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Frontline Strategies for Handling Difficult Customer Situations, UNH Professional Development & Training at UNH Continuing Education at Pease

November 30, 2011 from 9:30am to 4pm
Frontline Strategies for Handling Difficult Customer SituationsCRN# 16297Instructor Catherine Blake, Founder Sales Protocol InternationalCost: $235 Includes Lunch (CEU's available)No matter what business you're in, if you're on the frontline of customer contact, this workshop is for you! If you're the one who gets the brunt of an angry customer or has to "fix things" this workshop will offer practical strategies to keep your cool and resolve a situation. Join us to find out how to deal with a…See More
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Sales Boot Camp UNH Continuing Education Professional Development & Training at UNH Continuing Education at Pease, 73 Corporate Dr. Portsmouth, NH

October 19, 2011 from 9:30am to 4pm
Sales Boot Camp CRN# 16159Instructor Catherine Blake, Founder Sales Protocol InternationalCost $235 includes lunch (CEU's Available)Are you a professional who has been put in a position of selling with little or no formal training? Are you an entrepreneur or executive who finds yourself needing to "close" business for your organization? Do you "go on your gut" rather than apply effective tools and proven strategies? If you answered "yes" to these questions, or if you are in sales for the very…See More
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Did your Legos Spill?

If you’re an entrepreneur with a glimmer in your eye and an idea worth millions, we have some advice for you, “Don’t let them out of the office or else your Legos will spill.” Funny, that’s exactly the same advice CEO of Starbuck’s Howard Schultz gave at his recent lecture at Harvard Business School, but in his case it was coffee beans. Focus is everything. Revolution Energy and NextChoice were our guests at last month’s Entrepreneur Forum and they are all about focusing on growth. …See More
Blog post by Catherine B. Blake Jun 23, 2011
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Dream, Believe, Dare, Do

If you’ve studied Walt Disney or read The Disney Way, you know that his four guiding pillars were: Dream, Believe, Dare, Do. What great advice for entrepreneurs. What’s important is clarity about what phase we’re in and making sure we launch (Do) after we’ve dared (ask for funding). SafetySpan and Trunity were our…See More
Blog post by Catherine B. Blake Mar 17, 2011
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Trudy Sutherland commented on Catherine B. Blake's blog post 'Kick-Butt Marketing? Go Inbound Baby!'
 Great post
Feb 8, 2011
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Nick Wheeler commented on Catherine B. Blake's blog post 'Kick-Butt Marketing? Go Inbound Baby!'
Thank you for the awesome info! SEO is the way to go especially for web-based companies. It's amazing how much SEO has grown in the past few years, considering nobody even knew there was a ranking process inside of Google a few years ago. One…
Feb 7, 2011
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Onward, Indeed!

Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

Onward, by Howard Schultz  …

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Posted on January 19, 2012 at 6:16pm

Catherine B. Blake

Are you getting the love back?

In this economy, it’s all about execution. Customer acquisition continues to remain expensive, so the question is, when a client chooses you, are you “giving the love back”? When you are a start-up and your competitor is an industry giant, this might be the only way to carve out your niche. Love your customer. Just ask MMIS and Mosaic Storage Systemsfrom our last Entrepreneur…

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Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:58pm

Catherine B. Blake

Did your Legos Spill?

If you’re an entrepreneur with a glimmer in your eye and an idea worth millions, we have some advice for you, “Don’t let them out of the office or else your Legos will spill.” Funny, that’s exactly the same advice CEO of Starbuck’s Howard Schultz gave at his recent lecture at Harvard Business School, but in his case it was coffee beans. Focus is everything. Revolution Energy and NextChoice were our guests at last month’s Entrepreneur Forum and they are all about…

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Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:19pm — 1 Comment

Catherine B. Blake

Dream, Believe, Dare, Do

If you’ve studied Walt Disney or read The Disney Way, you know that his four guiding pillars were: Dream, Believe, Dare, Do. What great advice for entrepreneurs. What’s important is clarity about what phase we’re in and making sure we launch (Do)…

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Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:00pm

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