BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200811T180000Z DTEND:20200811T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:40 Cups of Coffee - Brave Conversations Lead to Bold Solutions DESCRIPTION:40 Cups of Coffee is a community of leaders who use the power of connection to learn\, grow\, and scale.\n\n \n\nBorn out of the collaboration between the Blue Door Group founding partners\, Stephanie Clark and Jennifer Montgomery\, 40 cups began as a reflection on the experience of professional growth through the power of networking.\n\n \n\nAfter sharing the 40 Cups Journey at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce Wonder Women Conference\, Stephanie and Jennifer knew that the 40 Cups journey was a powerful movement for leadership\, growth\, and both personal and professional development.\n\n \n\nWe have had over 500 + coffees virtually during Covid's presence in Canada and have received amazing reviews from our coffee guests and guest experts.\n\n \n\nAs we move forward\, the 40 Cups Community continues to grow as we continue to develop products and services to educate\, engage\, empower\, and enlighten your professional growth.\n\n \n\nWhether you're side hustler\, a leader in entrepreneurship\, an award winning C-Suite professional\, or an aspiring community leader\, 40 Cups is here to help you navigate and plan your growth so that you are sure to meet your goals.\n\n \n\nJoin us this summer for our #IcedCoffee Summer Series: Brave Conversations Lead to Bold Solutions\n\n\nTOPIC: \n\n\n\nMental Health Matters\n\n\n\nCalling out the Elephant in the Boardroom\nHow can we continue to thrive through such challenging and constantly changing times?\n\n\n\nWhat role we can each play as a partner\, friend\, boss\, colleague and leader in supporting mental health?\n\n\n\nThis Tuesday we take a personal approach to the conversation. This is NOT a webinar\, and we are NOT experts in mental health. This is a space for connection and conversation\, to support and encourage and share stories to explore.\n\n \n\nGuest Speakers:\n \n\nMelanie Little\n\nMelanie Little is Co-founder of vlife - a social enterprise platform connecting support local customers with more small indie businesses.\n\n\n\nA home-educating\, mompreneur of two from Halifax\, Melanie is passionate about leveraging technology to connect people with solutions that help make the world a better place.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\nVanessa Burns\n\n\nTwo marriages. Two divorces. Four layoffs. Single mom. No matter what curves are thrown her way\, Vanessa approaches life with resiliency\, courage\, integrity\, authenticity and truth. When others say "That was a failure"'\, Vanessa says "That's a lesson learned.". The word failure has no room in her vocabulary. Her outgoing personality\, upbeat demeanor and general interest in people's stories allows Vanessa to build a network of connections who value her opinion\, trust her decisions and listen to her advice.\n\n\n\nOver the past 25 years Vanessa has had a rewarding career including positions in Event Management\, Communications\, Talent Booking\, Marketing\, Fundraising and Sales. Recently\, Vanessa went through a lay off as a result of COVID. For the past four months she has been on a journey of discovery. Over the years many have told Vanessa to be her own boss. The entrepreneurial drive has been pulling for years yet timing never seemed right and there was always an excuse. However\, seeing how life and the world can change so quickly\, Vanessa decided to be bold and finally take charge of her own destiny.\n\n\n\nShe is excited to have been accepted into the Self Employment Benefits Program through CEED which is starting this week. Vanessa is now focused on finally building her communications consulting business and can't wait to officially launch\, engage and collaborate with others to help build this dream. When not wearing her start up hat\, Vanessa is a passionate rock and ice climber\, fitness enthusiast\, yogi and mother to two amazing daughters. Her life motto is by Marie Forleo "Everything is Figureoutable"\n\n\n\n\nMichael Devenney\n\n \n\nI am a curious guy\, and the quote I respond to the most comes from the great management thinker\, Peter Drucker\, "The important and difficult job is never to find the right answers\, it is to find the right question". I see questions as the way to understand others and to keep learning\, I always want to keep on learning.Outside of work\, being on the bike is essential for me it is 'cycle-therapy' and a great way to keep your head clear and in the right space.\n\n\n\nMy work is in supporting entrepreneurs and leaders to find their way to innovation and growth that creates enduring and competitive companies. Working with clients\, I combine the qualitative and the quantitative\, questions and data\, to simplify complexity supporting evidence-based decision-making around opportunities and problems.\n\nI have been working with entrepreneurs and leaders seeking growth since 2003. My continued research work enables me to provide current and timely insights into key business growth issues. With my combination of financial and strategy backgrounds as well as positive psychology\, I have an expertise in the sustainable growth of organizations and leaders.\n\n\n\nIn 2015 I founded The Mindset Project to research and develop solutions centered on entrepreneurs\, decision making\, and overall wellness. More than eight published articles have highlighted the working environment for entrepreneurs and their teams to perform at their best.\n\n\n\nFollowing the development of outcomes from The Mindset Project\, I founded WorkInsights in 2017 to develop a business analytic tool to understand working environment and the capacity for innovation\, growth and wellness.\n\n \n\n\nAbout Your Hosts:\n\nStephanie Clark\, Founder & CEO\, Blue Door Group\n\n \n\nStephanie brings extensive expertise in the development of corporate cultures that generate growth\, employee retention and customer service in organizations. Her experience in coaching and mentoring business professionals\, has empowered her to focus on building organizations that are profitable while being people-centered and making a difference in their communities.\n\n \n\nStephanie's growth strategies focus on operational systems that eliminate pain points and developing corporate culture with an eye that all things valued in an organization need to be measured. "Measure what you treasure" is her mantra\, driven by the understanding that steps must be quantified to continuously motivate towards a goal.\n\n \n\nShe is a professionally trained facilitator with years of experience in workshop architecture as well as execution for groups large and small and for a wide variety of audience profiles. From train-the-trainer sessions to keynotes\, Stephanie is an energetic and engaging speaker focused on creating mindset change as well as providing inspiration. Over the past two decades she has shared passionate messages with thousands in Canada and the US.\n\n \n\nHer passion for community development through the years has extended out of the corporate boardroom into many volunteering initiatives\, including Dreams Take Flight\, Bluenose Marathon\, Mental Health Foundation\, Maskwa Aquatic Club\, Family SOS\, QueenPins and Habitat for Humanity Stephanie seeks to inspire\, nurture and encourage fairness with her spare time.\n\n \n\n\n\n\nJennifer Montgomery\, Principal Consultant and Director of Learning & Development\, Blue Door Group\n\n \n\nJennifer is the Principle Consultant\, and Director of Learning & Development at Blue Door Group. An award-winning educator\, strategist\, and leadership mentor\, Jennifer is dedicated to increasing economic opportunities in Atlantic Canada through transforming businesses into dynamic\, innovative Learning Organizations.\n\n\n\nJennifer's unique combination of business development\, entrepreneurial\, and teaching and learning experiences help her clients implement meaningful\, lasting growth strategies that impact all levels of business.\n\n\n\nJennifer is passionate about local\, an advocate for youth\, and an active member of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. She believes in teaching business leaders how to make their business work for them\, instead of working for their business.\n\nAn energetic and engaging speaker\, Jennifer will inspire you to start embracing growth through learning from failure. Get ready to fall in love with your business all over again.\n\n\n\nA graduate of St. Mary's\, Acadia\, and St. FX Universities\, Jennifer resides in Fall River\, Nova Scotia with her husband\, three daughters\, and beloved rescue pup Axel. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Melanie Little is Co-founder of vlife - a social enterprise platform connecting support local customers with more small indie businesses.
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\nA home-educating\, mompreneur of two from Halifax\, Melanie is passionate about leveraging technology to connect people with solutions that help make the world a better place.
I am a curious guy\, and the quote I respond to the most comes from the great management thinker\, Peter Drucker\, &ldquo\;The important and difficult job is never to find the right answers\, it is to find the right question&rdquo\;. I see questions as the way to understand others and to keep learning\, I always want to keep on learning.Outside of work\, being on the bike is essential for me &ndash\; it is &lsquo\;cycle-therapy&rsquo\; and a great way to keep your head clear and in the right space.
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\nMy work is in supporting entrepreneurs and leaders to find their way to innovation and growth that creates enduring and competitive companies. Working with clients\, I combine the qualitative and the quantitative\, questions and data\, to simplify complexity supporting evidence-based decision-making around opportunities and problems.
\nI have been working with entrepreneurs and leaders seeking growth since 2003. My continued research work enables me to provide current and timely insights into key business growth issues. With my combination of financial and strategy backgrounds as well as positive psychology\, I have an expertise in the sustainable growth of organizations and leaders.
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\nIn 2015 I founded The Mindset Project to research and develop solutions centered on entrepreneurs\, decision making\, and overall wellness. More than eight published articles have highlighted the working environment for entrepreneurs and their teams to perform at their best.
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\nFollowing the development of outcomes from The Mindset Project\, I founded WorkInsights in 2017 to develop a business analytic tool to understand working environment and the capacity for innovation\, growth and wellness.
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\n\nAbout Your Hosts:
\n\nStephanie Clark\, Founder &\; CEO\, Blue Door Group
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\nStephanie brings extensive expertise in the development of corporate cultures that generate growth\, employee retention and customer service in organizations. Her experience in coaching and mentoring business professionals\, has empowered her to focus on building organizations that are profitable while being people-centered and making a difference in their communities.
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\nStephanie&rsquo\;s growth strategies focus on operational systems that eliminate pain points and developing corporate culture with an eye that all things valued in an organization need to be measured. \; &ldquo\;Measure what you treasure&rdquo\; is her mantra\, driven by the understanding that steps must be quantified to continuously motivate towards a goal.
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\nShe is a professionally trained facilitator with years of experience in workshop architecture as well as execution for groups large and small and for a wide variety of audience profiles. \; From train-the-trainer sessions to keynotes\, Stephanie is an energetic and engaging speaker focused on creating mindset change as well as providing inspiration. \; Over the past two decades she has shared passionate messages with thousands in Canada and the US.
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\nHer passion for community development through the years has extended out of the corporate boardroom into many volunteering initiatives\, including Dreams Take Flight\, Bluenose Marathon\, Mental Health Foundation\, Maskwa Aquatic Club\, Family SOS\, QueenPins and Habitat for Humanity Stephanie seeks to inspire\, nurture and encourage fairness with her spare time.
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Jennifer Montgomery\, Principal Consultant and Director of Learning &\; Development\, Blue Door Group
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Jennifer is the Principle Consultant\, and Director of Learning &\; Development at Blue Door Group. An award-winning educator\, strategist\, and leadership mentor\, Jennifer is dedicated to increasing economic opportunities in Atlantic Canada through transforming businesses into dynamic\, innovative Learning Organizations.
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\nJennifer&rsquo\;s unique combination of business development\, entrepreneurial\, and teaching and learning experiences help her clients implement meaningful\, lasting growth strategies that impact all levels of business.
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\nJennifer is passionate about local\, an advocate for youth\, and an active member of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. She believes in teaching business leaders how to make their business work for them\, instead of working for their business.
An energetic and engaging speaker\, Jennifer will inspire you to start embracing growth through learning from failure. Get ready to fall in love with your business all over again.
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\nA graduate of St. Mary'\;s\, Acadia\, and St. FX Universities\, Jennifer resides in Fall River\, Nova Scotia with her husband\, three daughters\, and beloved rescue pup Axel.
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