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AGENDA for Thursday, February 9, 2012

5:30 p.m. Light Supper and Networking

6:00 p.m. MFN News and Business

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Program:

TOPIC: YOUR STORY:  The Ground for All You DO

8:30 Adjourn (Leave, More Networking, or Help with Cleanup)

Presenter: Catherine Reid Day, Founder Storyslices™

Program Description

Can something as simple as your story add to your tool box while also increasing trust, effectiveness and productivity?

Drawing on exciting new research and some fun tools, we'll explore ways your story serves as the ground for your most effective work. In addition to developing rapport and trust with your participants, story gives you a distinctive way to stand out with prospects and give them a reason to choose you as their professional. Your story just might be your most compelling hook!

We'll help uncover the clues to shaping your best message, as well as review the research that shows why your story matters. You'll have a chance to shape a simple story that makes you compelling to your audience.

What you will learn:

        Why your unique story is your most powerful asset.

        What your client wants to know about you so they can decide to work with you.

        Simple steps to shaping your most effective message.

        Why working with story is an effective and efficient tool.

        Ways story builds trust and credibility with your groups

        How every situation can be shaped into a story to build cohesion and momentum with any group.

Catherine Reid Day's bio:

Storyslices™—using story and 4 Mores© for productive transitions.

Catherine Reid Day founded Storyslices™ to help people who want to generate more in life—to be known and remembered for who they are and what they do best. Using her exciting new research as a foundation, she encourages others to claim their unique story as their most powerful tool for navigating transitions, increasing engagement and improving performance. A trusted adviser, she specializes in working with family businesses, guiding them through the challenges of succession, helping create legacies and moving forward to a stronger future. She designed a distinctive tool, The 4 Mores©2010, to support people who want to see more, be more, live more and give more. Catherine is known for her award winning work across sectors including higher education, public television and radio, business and government. She is a recognized writer, speaker, producer and consultant. She also serves as one of the founders of the Creative Enterprise Zone, located at the mid point between Minneapolis and St. Paul, with a goal to build it as a recognized center of creativity and enterprise, a place where more people make a living by their creative capacities.

Please register now to reserve your place for the February 9 meeting.

MEETING FEES

This meeting is open to both member and non-members alike, and we encourage you to register so we know how many people to feed.

Online registration ends at 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.

MFN Members:  Online Registration = $15.00; At-the-Door = $20.00

Non-MFN Members:  Online Registration = $25.00; At-the-Door = $30.00

If you need to pay by check, send an email registration to mfn@mnfacilitators.org to be put on the registration list.  Print a copy of your email registration request and bring it to the meeting as your ticket.  Then you can pay the online rate by check at the door.

For additional information, contact MFN: mfn@mnfacilitators.org

Web Site: www.mnfacilitators.org