professional development

  • How to Create Your Brand

    How to Create Your Brand

    Chris Reed, better know in central Indiana as Captain Selfie and owner of Creed Improvements, shares why it’s important to create your own unique brand and the first steps to take when creating your own.

  • Business Resources at Central Library – IndyPL

    Business Resources at Central Library – IndyPL

    Jim Mladenovic, Business Reference Librarian at the Central Library with IndyPL, shares Small Business Resources at Central Library.

  • 5 Common PowerPoint Mistakes to Avoid & 5 Tips to Improve

    5 Common PowerPoint Mistakes to Avoid & 5 Tips to Improve

    When you’re creating a presentation in PowerPoint, it can be tempting to throw in all your information, but this, oftentimes, doesn’t lead to a great presentation. Your PowerPoint should support your spoken presentation in a way that emphasizes your key points and helps your audience follow along. By learning just a few tips, you can…

  • How to Build Business Credit

    How to Build Business Credit

    In this presentation, John Baird with J. Galt talks about how to build your business credit.

  • WTF Does LinkedIn Actually Do?

    WTF Does LinkedIn Actually Do?

    Do you ever wonder what LinkedIn actually does or why it matters for your business? You’re not alone. Watch as Payge Gillig from the Jack Laurie Group shares how you can start using LinkedIn to get the word out about your business.

  • Web Accessibility Basics

    Web Accessibility Basics

    Web accessibility covers all parts of your website. It should be easy to understand for users, no matter how they are using your site. This might include when users are using a screen reader or navigating with the keyboard, because of visual, physical, or other impairments. This blog will help you make sure your content…

  • Let’s Go! You Autonomous Person You!

    Let’s Go! You Autonomous Person You!

    Becca Biedler talks about 4 main characteristics and how they relate: Power, Autonomy, Confidence, Affirmation.

  • 5 Meetings that Should be an Email (and 4 that Shouldn’t!)

    5 Meetings that Should be an Email (and 4 that Shouldn’t!)

    Unnecessary meetings can take up large amounts of time that you and your team could be using to get work done. The problem compounds when you consider that multiple team members are at each meeting, it takes time for them to switch back and forth from other tasks, and many meetings take too long because…

  • Believe in the Underdog

    Believe in the Underdog

    In this presentation, Melodie Donovan shares her story of growing up in rural Indiana and breaking out of old expectations to get to where she is today and the importance of having mentors. Her presentation will inspire others, especially young ladies and women, of how they can break through barriers and achieve what they set…

  • Benefits of Having an Accountant or CPA

    Benefits of Having an Accountant or CPA

    Tom Coffey, with Bottom Line Advisors, talks about the benefits of having an accountant or CPA and how it will help your small business.