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:20260709T130000Z DTEND:20260709T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The Exchange: A Business Mentor Can Make a Huge Difference DESCRIPTION:A business mentor provides experience\, guidance and perspective that can accelerate growth\, sharpen decision-making\, and help you avoid costly mistakes. Our speaker will share advice from his extensive business experience and share details about a no-cost\, high-quality mentoring program.\n\n\n\nArt began his career a sales representative for a large consumer products organization. He went on to become a top seller and then moved into sales management. 5 years later he transitioned into Learning and Development. ??As the head of L&D for 3 different multi-national organizations\, Art was charged with building training and leadership development initiatives for thousands of employees globally. ??In 1995 he started STR Training & Development\, an independent training consultancy. For over 20 years Art designed and delivered training initiatives for clients such as AT&T\, Union Pacific Railroad\, Time-Warner\, Rayovac\, Novartis\, Hewlett Packard\, Cisco Systems\, Capital One\, General Mills\, the Minnesota Vikings and many others. ??Having successfully worked in both corporate roles and as an external consultant\, Art has a unique perspective of selling\, managing\, training and consulting. ??After retiring\, Art stayed active by teaching at 3 local colleges and started mentoring small business start-ups. In 2020 he founded Minnesota Business Mentors (MBM). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A business mentor provides experience\, guidance and perspective that can accelerate growth\, sharpen decision-making\, and help you avoid costly mistakes. Our speaker will share advice from his extensive business experience and share details about a no-cost\, high-quality mentoring program.
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\nArt began his career a sales representative for a large consumer products organization. He went on to become a top seller and then moved into sales management. 5 years later he transitioned into Learning and Development. ??As the head of L&\;D for 3 different multi-national organizations\, Art was charged with building training and leadership development initiatives for thousands of employees globally. ??In 1995 he started STR Training &\; Development\, an independent training consultancy. For over 20 years Art designed and delivered training initiatives for clients such as AT&\;T\, Union Pacific Railroad\, Time-Warner\, Rayovac\, Novartis\, Hewlett Packard\, Cisco Systems\, Capital One\, General Mills\, the Minnesota Vikings and many others. ??Having successfully worked in both corporate roles and as an external consultant\, Art has a unique perspective of selling\, managing\, training and consulting. ??After retiring\, Art stayed active by teaching at 3 local colleges and started mentoring small business start-ups. In 2020 he founded Minnesota Business Mentors (MBM).

\n LOCATION:Magnifi Financial Community Room 7951 Elm Creek Blvd N\, Maple Grove\, MN 55369 UID:e.1321.8929 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260510T230813Z URL:https://business.i94westchamber.org/events/details/the-exchange-a-business-mentor-can-make-a-huge-difference-8929 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR