4 - 5 pm - Happy hour in the Greenhouse, Downtown Market - drink ticket provided!!

5 - 6 pm - Presentation

Our guest speaker will be Brian Ahearne, founder of Novel Leaders.  Brian has spent nearly three decades helping businesses develop creative, powerful messages in order to generate sales, build teamwork, inspire, motivate and drive decision-making. As an adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University and the founder of Novel Leaders, Brian teaches the impact a story has on the human brain and shares his own personal stories to help illustrate that everything you say and everything you do contributes to your personal and professional story.

Join us as Brian illustrates how individuals at every level within an organization can use the power of storytelling to their advantage. Through emotional drive and various techniques, come learn how to apply these techniques to become self-motivated and successful through the power of storytelling. Stories are the most power tool you have to share information that will engage your audience and motivate them to action.