April 13
Thomas Wright
The Social Security & Medicare Power Hour. 7 Basics in 60-Minutes!
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April 20
Karin Hurt and David Dye 2024 show 2
Powerful Phrases for Dealing With Workplace Conflict
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April 27
Vicky Oliver
8 Ways to Attract Women Back to the Workplace
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May 4
Drew Jones
The Open Culture Handbook
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May 11
Liz Johnston
Responding to a DOL Investigation
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May 18
Ashley Goodall
The Problem with Change
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May 25
TBA
TBA
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Jun 1
Tony Martignetti
Campfire Lessons for Leaders
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Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 10am
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Guest:
 Steven Borne
Author
Consuming Government
Flywheels, Ideas, and Individual Actions to Better Manage the Government Services You Buy
For most Americans, their largest annual purchase is government services. Yet we are irresponsible consumers!
If we chose to invest comparable time and effort,  we could reap better value at less cost year after year. Furthermore, the United States could enjoy a global economic competitive advantage once our actions led to the most cost effective and efficient government among developed nations.
The keystone of this transformation rests with individual citizens and not elected officials or political parties. Our challenge is to motivate ourselves to initiate a cultural shift toward greater civic responsibility. The secret sauce is to start locally on the smallest levels of government services, then, as our management skills, tools and habits grow, expand upwards to broader layers of government services. Solutions can be driven upwards through communities versus the current stagnation from our oscillating political party control.
The multitude of ideas introduced in this book can serve as a catalyst to align interests, talents and passions of our citizens for this civic culture transformation. The book’s “Flywheel” ideas may come to fruition as described, or evolve in other ways once more and more citizens contribute. What’s most important is that we all choose to actively better manage government services to ensure ever-increasing value at lower costs.
Saturday, October 19, 2019 @10am
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Guest Host:
 Tawny Alvarez
Partner
Verrill
Tawny is a partner in Verrill’s labor and employment practice group. She believes that a company’s culture defines its business and prides herself on assisting clients comply with the law, while simultaneously creating an amazing place to work.
Tawny centers her practice on the understanding that the employment landscape is ever-changing and that many organizations do not have the time or resources to keep abreast of all of these changes—from medical (and recreational) marijuana’s effect on drug testing, to the effect of social networking in the workplace and mobile devices’ effect on wage and hour issues. In this evolving landscape, she recognizes that for companies to remain profitable and successful they must be proactive, as opposed to reactive, to these employment issues.
Guest:
Paul Carellis, PHR
VP of HR Services
MassPay
As a seasoned player in payroll and HR industry, Paul leads a team of dedicated human resources professionals. Since 2013, Paul has developed a team that provides expert guidance on employment issues, employee management practices, and training and coaching on management and compliance topics.
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 10am
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Guest:
 Colleen McCracken,
Partner
Quad Group
HR Considerations When Selling Your Family Business –
Colleen McCracken is a partner with Quad Group with over thirty years of successful business experience and leadership in non-family and family businesses. Colleen has a passion for family business because she believes strongly in the culture and values that these companies offer to family and non-family members who work in them.
Colleen has been fortunate to spend the last 20+ years working as a non-family member President and CEO of two well-known family businesses in Maine, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers and Planet Dog.
In these leadership roles, Colleen successfully oversaw all functional aspects of the business as well as developed the future growth plans for business success. With a strong financial acumen, Colleen led the successful implementation of several ERP systems as well as a “lean manufacturing” program at Thos. Moser.
Colleen has a proven track record of improving business performance through developing strategic plans and tactical plans to achieve business results. With this expertise, Colleen successfully led Planet Dog through a significant growth period over the last 5 years resulting in a 75% improvement in bottom line results. Colleen most recently managed the sale and transition of the Planet Dog Wholesale business to a private equity firm.
During Colleen’s tenure with family business, she has experienced first hand the importance of family governance, succession planning, and conflict resolution as part of the successful operation of a family owned business. She has spent the last 12 years active in the Institute for Family Owned Business in Maine (IFOB), recently serving as its Board Chair and currently serving on the Advisory Board. As a strong advocate for education, Colleen also serves on the Board for Junior Achievement of Maine. Colleen holds a BA in Accounting from Bentley University and an Executive MBA from Boston University.
Colleen has two grown children and lives in Scarborough with her husband and her adorable Yorkshire Terrier, Tasker. She looks forward to sharing her experiences and expertise with other family owned businesses in Maine and beyond.
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @10am
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Guest Host:
Tawny Alvarez
Partner
Verrill
Tawny is a partner in Verrill’s labor and employment practice group. She believes that a company’s culture defines its business and prides herself on assisting clients comply with the law, while simultaneously creating an amazing place to work.
Tawny centers her practice on the understanding that the employment landscape is ever-changing and that many organizations do not have the time or resources to keep abreast of all of these changes—from medical (and recreational) marijuana’s effect on drug testing, to the effect of social networking in the workplace and mobile devices’ effect on wage and hour issues. In this evolving landscape, she recognizes that for companies to remain profitable and successful they must be proactive, as opposed to reactive, to these employment issues.
Guest:
Clara Porter
Founder
PAC
Founder, Clara Porter has over 20 years of experience in the field of violence prevention. She holds a Masters of Social Work, is certified in empowerment self-defense (ESD) with both the National Women’s Martial Arts Federation and Center for Antiviolence Education, as well as in advanced trauma first aide.
In recent years Porter has been engaged in translating ESD approaches to the work environment, engaging organizations in identifying the barriers that exist to a safe and fulfilling workplace and crafting health-promoting solutions. With the rise in identity-based harassment following the 2016 election and increased awareness of gender-based harassment in the workplace, Clara and her team have greatly expanded their work in Active Bystander Intervention and Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response. The team has worked closely with non profit organizations, colleges and universities, HR associations, and business in Maine and New England as well as presenting at regional and national conferences.
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