HOW TO CREATE JOY & PASSION
IN YOUR WORKPLACE & CAREER

Thursday, October 15, 2009
9:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.

Workshop Description:

The FUN IS GOOD Seminar will show you how to empower your workplace, whether you are the CEO or entry level employee. You'll learn that laughter isn't only the best medicine...it can be the key ingredient in turning a floundering business into a profitable one or jump start a stalled career.

Make work FUN and you'll create a culture of creativity where the best people will want to work and customers will want to spend their money. At the heart of the FUN IS GOOD philosophy is the need to reexamine the way we do business, from employer-employee relationships to customer service.

General Information:

Download pdf of course brochure

Location:

Minnesota State University, Mankato @ 7700 France, Edina 

Cost:

$135 per person (includes breakfast, lunch, great networking and 7 continuing education contact hours from Minnesota State Mankato).

Registration:

or call the Saint Paul Saints at 651-644-6659
 

SEMINAR TOPICS:
FUN IS GOOD - Mike Veeck
 

• The culture of customer service
• People are your only real asset
• Avoid BADvertising

Innovation on Demand  - Al Fahden
 

• Suckonomics--when the economy tanks, you don't have to
• Are you the deer or the headlights?
• The half hour day, implementing new ideas in 30 minutes

Summit Brewing Company - Mark Stutrud
 

• Managing quality vs. quantity - staying true to your craft while your company grows
• Changing careers mid-stream - the story of a Social Work major turned Master Brewer

Just Ask Leadership - Gary Cohen
 

• Leading by asking - utilizing the power of asking rather than telling
• Understanding growth and how to manage organizations and people experiencing that growth
• Strategic thinking with hands-on execution

Presenters:

Mike Veeck—Fun Is Good
Maverick marketer Mike Veeck presents his simple, no-fail formula for business success:  Make work fun and you’ll create a culture of creativity where the best people will want to work and customers will want to spend their money.  At the heart of the philosophy is the need to reexamine the way we do business, from employer-employee relationships to customer service.  The Fun Is Good philosophy not only has worked to make enjoyable evenings for everyone at his ballparks—full of laughs, zany promotions, and free giveaways—but it has also transformed ahalf-dozen money-losing or start-up teams into thriving $25 million businesses.

 

 

Allen Fahden—Innovation on Demand
Why wallow in your weaknesses when you can soar in your strengths?  Author and innovation pioneer Allen Fahden uses humor and common sense to reinvent work for leaps in performance and fun.  Hit the ground running back at work with the first system that: Fits the work to people’s strengths, cuts meeting time by 50-80% with better results, and bulletproofs big new ideas before your culture can kill them.

 

 

 

 

Mark Stutrud—Summit Brewing Company
In 1984, Mark Stutrud founded Summit Brewing Company. He completed the market research, business plan, development and financing to establish a 4,000 barrel per year brewery in St. Paul,Minnesota that opened for commercial production in 1986. The current plant, completed in 1988 with an annual capacity of 120,000 barrels, is the first brewery built in Minnesota in 75 years. In 2000, Mark received the Business Innovator of the Year award by the Center for Innovation at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.

  

 

 

Gary Cohen—Just Ask Leadership As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees and reached $32 million in sales at the company's peak. Currently, he is partner and co-founder of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. His international client list runs from small entrepreneurial companies to multi-billion dollar enterprises. His book, Just Ask Leadership (McGraw Hill August 2009) is the foundational research for his presentation.

 

 

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Questions:

Contact the College of Extended Learning at 507-389-2572 or 800-311-3142