2024 Membership Lunch & Learn Meetings
We invite our members to join us at our Monthly Membership Lunch & Learn on the third-Thursday of each month from 11:30am – 1pm. Lunch will be provided courtesy of our event sponsor. We will enjoy networking, a meal and an informative presentation to empower business owners with the tools and resources needed to succeed. Each member may bring up to 2 additional people from their organization/business. Please register each attendee using the link below for the current month's lunch and learn. The Lunch & Learn Meetings are held at the Amy Van Andel Library in Ada -7215 Headley St SE.
*Please note we do not meet in June, July, August, or December*
Our Lunch & Learn Series for September 2023 - May of 2024 is presented by:
April 18th Lunch & Learn
Our April ABA Lunch & Learn conversation will look at local culture and your brand. How do you identify with yourself as a business? How can you use this brand identity to connect with customers and clients in your local community? Join us for this informative program where we will look at a small business case to help you figure out what marketing activities and tools may be right for you and your business.
Registration will open April 1st.
11:30am to 12:00pm - Networking & Lunch
12:00pm - Meeting & Program
Mark's Bio: Dr. Mark A. Hamilton is President of Versa Culture LLC, a management consulting firm that helps Michigan businesses to solve people-related challenges in the workplace. Dr. Hamilton has spent the past 15 years managing and advising projects valued from $25-$180 million in the United States and overseas. His expertise includes manufacturing culture, workforce development, coaching, leadership development, performance management, and organizational development. Read more here.
May 16th Lunch & Learn
The ABA is excited to have Kevan Grinwis of Eido Consultants present at our May Member Meeting!
Have you even found yourself frustrated in your business? Have you stopped to consider how those frustrations might change if the leadership surrounding those situations improved measurably? As business leaders in a high-paced world, we have a lot of things coming at us all at once, and it can be a huge challenge to keep up, especially when the proverbial “buck” stops with you. Every day, we strive to build sales, develop new marketing strategies, drive production, improve efficiency, hit our KPI’s, and more. As such, we don’t always take the time to focus on building the most important thing in our businesses, PEOPLE. Developing strong and effective leaders, building a healthy culture, and creating collaborative, results oriented teams is CRITICAL to the long term viability of any business, but especially for those that want to scale up.
Registration will open May 1st.
11:30am to 12:00pm - Networking & Lunch
12:00pm - Annual Meeting & Program
Kevan's Bio: Kevan Grinwis has been a professional leader for most of his adult life and has worked for nearly 20 years in organizational leadership and development, serving both the private and non-profit sectors. As a leader in business and in non-profits, he has served in various roles which have allowed him to build a broad skill set including organizational leadership, business development, coaching, marketing, branding, and public speaking. Kevan possesses a tremendous passion to help men and women achieve their God-given purpose and potential as they grow in everyday life. Toward that goal, his firm, EIDO, works with businesses, churches, and non-profits to achieve their best in leadership development, organizational optimization, and culture building with the sole purpose of helping them elevate and thrive. Kevan lives in Ada with his wife, Jamie. They are active participators in their local church, community, West Michigan, and beyond. They have two amazing, adult sons, Tristan and Hezekiah.
Fall 2024 Lunch & Learn Dates:
September 19, 2024 - LinkedIn with Michael Yoder
October 17, 2024 - TBA
November 21, 2024 - Giving Thanks
Lunch & Learn Presentations
