Events

ROI Leader Forum

The ROI Leader Forum - 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. in the Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP Education Center. Join us for this exciting new educational and network resource for our business community!

Great ideas are born every day. Now, with Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, innovative new ideas don't have to be put to the test before they launch. So where do you go to find out what's new, worthwhile and effective? How do you sort out what's a fad and what's not?

The Return on Investment (ROI) Leader Forum was started to provide an entrepreneurial perspective and ready-to-use information to small business owners — to see "ahead of the curve" in trends, ideas, and tools — in order to stay sharp and up-to-date in the ever-changing business environment.

Join us for a continental breakfast, presentation and networking. There is no cost to you to learn, be inspired and network with others trying to build their businesses!

7:30 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Seminar and Networking

Upcoming dates and topics:

February 10, 2012

"Get Ready, Get Set - 2013"
Presenter: Yale Dolginow, Experienced CEO and Founder of elanstrategic LLC

In this seminar, you will learn the answers to these questions:

  1. What are the critical elements of a plan?
  2. Why start a plan process before the results are known?
  3. How do you determine the key elements needed for your plan for 2013?
  4. What role should your staff play in the planning process for 2013?
  5. What is the most compelling activity which will make your plan successful in 2013?

Yale Dolginow is an experienced CEO and consultant with strong P&L management experience and a proven track record of driving revenue and profit growth. Yale founded his current venture, elanstrategic, in 2005 out of a desire to share the lessons he learned through his extensive business career.

His executive leadership career has included leading closely held and publicly held businesses through managing change in the areas of strategic planning and implementation, merchandising, marketing, inventory management, franchise management, financial systems development, growth/expansion, reduction/wind-down, real estate sourcing and planning, and retail POS systems and operations.

Yale served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Paper Warehouse Inc., and President and Chief Executive Officer of Carlson Catalog Showrooms, Inc., a chain of 59 catalog showrooms located throughout the Midwest. His experience includes serving as Assistant to the President of Dayton Hudson Corporation, formerly the parent of Target Corporation. He was also President of Modern Merchandising, Inc., a 70-store retail chain operating in several markets, and President of Dolgin's, Inc., a chain of catalog showroom stores that operated in the Kansas City and St. Louis metropolitan markets.

As a trusted advisor, Yale Dolginow helps businesses develop strategies that increase profitability and value. His partnership with his clients goes beyond advising through all phases of the planning and development process, to execution and accountability.

Yale is also an active community volunteer. At alma mater University of Kansas, he serves as a member of the School of Business Board of Trustees. He has also recently served on the boards of Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota, the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, and Bet Shalom Congregation.