May 1:  Annmarie’s Art Breakfast on Derby Launches Ticket Sales for 21 and Over

(Event Date: May 1, 2010)—Louisville, KY—The 1^st Annmarie’s Art Breakfast on Derby sponsored by Hayden & Craig PLLC (http://www.haydencraig.com/) will benefit Murray State University art students through a special scholarship fund, and Louisville’s emerging artists of Art Sanctuary.  The event will be hosted by the late artist Annmarie Campbell’s mother, Dawn Marie Yankeelov, at Electric Blue at 835 East Main from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM on the morning of the Kentucky Derby.  All those over 21 are invited to this buffet breakfast event that will feature  selected artists as the Derby Morning’s Art Ambassadors exhibiting their works for sale, a silent art auction, reggae, jazz, and rock by the Scott Anthony Trio, and an exhibition of Annmarie Campbell’s work, along with selected arts and crafts, and apparel vendors.  There will be a cash bar, featuring mimosas, bloody marys, and mint juleps.  Rooibee Red Tea, a local, bottled organic ready-to-drink tea in 7 flavors, will be available for purchase and samplings. Buffet catering will be by Mrs. Potter’s Coffee Lounge & Café, including all manner of hot tea and coffee, OJ, egg creations, bacon, seasonal fruits, quiches, salmon, assorted cheeses, muffins, scones, and breads, and decadent desserts, including the pie of the day. Tickets are $25, and can be purchased HERE online or in person at Quest Outdoors,  2330 Frankfort Ave. Quest Outdoors store hours are Monday-Friday 10-8, Saturday 10-6, and Sunday 12-5.

Annmarie Campbell, grew up in Louisville, and  was a passionate artist and Murray State art graduate that understood both the dark and the beautiful sides of weathering life’s journeys.  The intent of her work was to investigate relationships of duality—principally, attraction and repulsion. Campbell devoted much of her time to drawing, printmaking and photography.  She died at age 23 in May 2006, while serving as an artist-in-residence at Fancy That in Paris, Tenn., attacked by an alligator on an outdoor adventure in Ocala, Florida.  Yankeelov, her mother, established a scholarship in her name at Murray State to support art students.  The fund is looking to reach endowment with this event.  Yankeelov also serves on the board of Art Sanctuary, and supports the vision of every artist—to be heard and seen through their work. Proceeds will benefit both missions.

Featured artists will include:  Scott Slusher, photography of the human form; Mary Verrandeaux, horse themed paintings; Lisa Frye, oils and water colors of the dream world; Melissa Flautt, whimsical clay pots; Vian Sora, mystical works from Baghdad, and Jesse Cooley, compiled and found art; as well as other famed artists in other genres.

Art Sanctuary

Art Sanctuary is a 501(c)3 non profit founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 2004, formed around the humanist principle that “Your Life is Your Art.” As a community arts collective, the Art Sanctuary mission is to provide support for local artists through promotions, events, and education. Art Sanctuary services are made available to all local artists who need a place to exhibit, perform, or create their original artwork, especially those who cannot obtain space to exhibit or perform from traditional sources because of financial or other limitations. http://www.art-sanctuary.org/ Follow Art Sanctuary on Facebook.

Murray State University Annmarie Campbell Art Scholarship

Murray State University maintains a strong academic reputation and has been rewarded with high marks when compared with other regional public universities in U.S. News & World Report and other college ranking publications. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S. News & World Report top tier for past 18 consecutive years.  The scholarship, established in Annmarie’s name, goes to a junior or senior female art student attending the institution. Students can receive the award in their junior year and reapply for senior year. Each eligible student must submit at least 10 electronic photo or art images in email or printed pictures of any type of art for review by 2 art professors for a final selection. Two Murray art professors will be selected to review these each award period. The student must have a 3.0 GPA and maintain a 3.0 GPA in order to be eligible to receive the award again.

Business Development is not an ancillary function in your business day—it is the primary reason you rise and greet the day at the office.  No matter what your role, you are always in business development.  This means that every person you know, your contacts, and your new acquaintances, can get you where you want to go.

In the field of commerce, the specialist area of business development comprises a number of techniques and responsibilities which aim at gaining new customers and at penetrating existing markets. Techniques used include:

* assessment of marketing opportunities and target markets

* intelligence gathering on customers and competitors

* generating leads for possible sales

* advising on, drafting and enforcing sales policies and processes

* follow-up sales activity

* formal proposal or presentation management and writing

* pitch and presentation rehearsals

* business model design

How do you formulate a plan for getting on with this part of your business life?  Can business development be fun?  Can you get what you want without becoming a hawker or robot with standard slogans and lines?

Come and explore what strategies in business development work?  How can you leverage people and information you already know? And what types of alliances can help get you to a chance to close new sales.

You are the channel for your success—no one else.

“The Primer:  Solutions in Social Media for HR,” Presented By Dawn Marie Yankeelov, President of Aspectx : 12:30 to 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Annual Kentucky SHRM Conference, Kentucky International Convention Center. To register, go to: http://www.kyshrmconference.com/mx/hm.asp?id=home.

We will look how connecting the virtual dots among social networking tactics, search, and information sharing in a button click can provide simple solutions for primary tasks.  One-fifth of all recruiters check out candidates online, according to Harris Interactive.  And, new methodologies are apparent online for workforce development, outreach, talent recruitment, and retention. Social Media Marketer Dawn Marie Yankeelov of Aspectx working with HR firms will provide an overview going from blogging, and texting, to podcasting, and advertising inside popular social networks,including Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, and specialty recruiter websites.

In this session, we will look at how social media is invaluable to the human resource professional.

(a)        You will learn how to define strategies of identifying value in social networking communities

(b)        You will understand the principles of today’s online recruitment activity

(c)        You will discuss and be able to do basic reference checking online

(d)       You will gain insight regarding case study scenarios using the web for retention and internal community-building

(e)        You will be briefed on how to use online social media outlets for research, including no-fee and related technology available today

>Save the date< “Online Social Networking, Blogging and Podcasting,” Presented By Dawn Marie Yankeelov, President of Aspectx; Aug. 19th at One Southern Indiana offices, Location: 4100 Charlestown Road, New Albany, IN 47150; Noon to 5 PM, Lunch Included, $59. Register at www.isbdc.org/events.aspx, Southeastern region, Register by calling 812-265-3127, Ext. 225 or Lynda Knoebel, lknoebel@isbdc.org

Online Social Networking, Podcasts and Blogging: The Cocktails are Virtual But the Contacts Create Business

In this session, we will explore:

I.  On Social Networking:

What does it mean when we say social media and how it can assist your business.

–We will enumerate the reasons a small business could use social networking to build contacts and promote relationships that lead to sales.

–We will explore the benefits and downsides of Facebook, Linked In, Xing, Plaxo Pulse, and other specialty sites.  We will review questions to ask, who to invite, how to be active, and what is the etiquette?

—We will look at what expanding feature sets are useful and how to look at other people’s pages to leverage information.

—Lastly, should you be advertising to these audiences?

We will look at several examples of what can work.

II. On Developing a Podcast:

–What a Podcast Can Do For You: We Will Look at Case Studies of Local Businesses from Retail to the Industrial and Commercial Sectors

–The Ultimate Checklist and Resources in Your Market

–Marketing the Podcast: Got One – Now What?

–Beyond the Web: Mobile Marketing Planning

III:  On Blogging:

–Case Studies that Show Value: Local Companies Doing Global Blogging

–How to Think About Setting Up a Blog: Questions to Ask Internally

–Dealing with the Blog Each Week:  The Plan of Action

–Promoting the Blog: Search Engine Optimization and Other Simple Tricks