<div dir="ltr">This looks great Rae! I hope you'll share ideas for speakers and the logistics of your activities?<div><br></div><div>You can email me directly if you'd like, although I expect others will surely appreciate the info as well!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Kelly</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Rae Gordon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blues_rae@msn.com" target="_blank">blues_rae@msn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I don't know if this would be of interest, but wanted to share with others as well. I'm looking at possible doing a workshop that helps them build business, with segments on branding, window displays, business plans,
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That way everybody learns about how to better their business, about each other and have fun!</p>
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<div dir="ltr">I'm looking for ideas to get our business owners working together. Activities I can employ to start a "bonding" process. :)
<div>Want to build camaraderie!<br>
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<div>We have a bit of an "us vs. them" mentality among a few.</div>
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<div>Remembering that we have only about 6-8 business in our downtown, we lack the ability to have the normal "after hours cocktail parties to loosen folks up. (with so few people).</div>
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<div>Thoughts for possible training opportunities? </div>
<div>Shared events that are not "contests"? (I've been told by a few they don't like contests, ie: holiday window displays etc).</div>
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<div>I think it boils down to a bit of education that shows them that the more prosperous their neighbor is, the more prosperous THEY will be. </div>
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