Please contact Rob Rose for location details - rlr.rob3@gmail.com
April Community Outreach Event Announcement!
Members - Join us on SATURDAY, April 20th from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM at Community Care of Rutherford County. Our goal is to amplify the beauty of their existing gardens for residents to enjoy. This is a family friendly event. Feel free to bring any gloves or gardening tools. Lunch will be graciously provided by Community Care!
Community Care - Rutherford County, TN (rutherfordcountytn.gov)
April is sexual assault awareness month. We will be collecting items for the Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Center at this event. Items needed: laundry detergent, lunch box snacks, and bottled water. Please reach out to Nick Wolf with any questions - nick@adamswealthpartners.com
Get ready to test your knowledge while supporting our local community!
All proceeds raised from MYP's 12th Annual Trivia Night will be dispersed to local charities the following year. Past recipients include United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties, Boys and Girls Club of Rutherford County, Liberty Station, Nourish Food Bank, Possibility Place, Main Street Murfreesboro, and many more.
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May Professional Development Luncheon
Topic - Crafting Your Signature Brand: Mastering the Art of Personal Branding
Welcome to "Crafting Your Signature Brand: Mastering the Art of Personal Branding," an immersive keynote designed to revolutionize your understanding and application of personal branding. Whether you're embarking on your personal branding journey or refining an existing brand, this session is tailored to provide you with deep insights and practical steps for building a brand that genuinely reflects your unique strengths and values.
In this keynote, we will explore the multifaceted components of personal branding, ensuring you leave with a comprehensive understanding of what it truly entails.
Our focus areas include:
This session will not only emphasize the importance of authenticity in personal branding but also provide you with the tools to stay true to your values and personality while creating an impactful and effective brand. Join us to transform your personal brand into a powerful asset for achieving your personal and professional goals.
About the Speaker:
Mila Grigg, CEO Moda Branding
Mila Grigg - #1 Best Selling author; FORGED BY FIRE | HOW TO DEVELOP AN UNSTOPPABLE PERSONAL BRAND - FORBES TOP 5 BOOK ON PERSONAL BRANDING.
Mila doesn't just talk the talk; she strides ahead, laying the footprints of action and experience. Over the past 20 years, through monumental trials and tribulations, she's transformed her company into the United States' premier personal and corporate branding group, renowned for its authenticity and expertise. She doesn't believe in baseless chatter. Each of her keynotes and training sessions is underpinned by real, lived experience, not theories gleaned from a book. The concept of brand may be trendy today, but Mila was ahead of the curve, championing its importance over 15 years ago.
She is a testament to resilience and tenacity, her forty-year journey packed with the wisdom and experience of a lifetime spent in leadership, branding, marketing, coaching, and entrepreneurship. Her personal narrative - a tale of building a personal brand and business amidst challenging personal circumstances - resonates with authenticity. She's led, inspired, and emboldened countless individuals to build their own personal brands, overcoming their fears and barriers.
With nearly two decades in the field, Mila is adept at delivering engaging, interactive, and beneficial sessions, adjusting her content based on real-time audience feedback. Her goal with each keynote is to foster a connection with the audience, providing immediate solutions to their current challenges and queries.
Brand is the driving force behind all success, with every aspect under the corporate or personal brand umbrella carrying significant weight. Mila’s keynotes and training sessions are not just about motivation - they offer transformation. They are designed to enrich lives, guiding people, teams, and organizations in the right direction, and providing them with actionable tools. You won't just hear her inspiring story, but you'll learn how to sculpt your own personal and company brand and navigate the path to success.
MODA Image and Brand Consulting, LLC was created from Mila's passion for success and her desire to share her wealth of knowledge in business, brand, sales, and marketing. She observed too many promising individuals and organizations falter because they overlooked the crucial aspect: Brand Drives Everything. She has become the leading coach in personal and corporate brand, leadership, marketing, and image. Her Personal and Professional Brand training series has benefited individuals and businesses nationwide.
MODA is unique. It's the only known company in the United States that consolidates corporate brand, social media strategy, personal brand, leadership, marketing, sales, image, internal and external communication, non-verbal communication, emotional intelligence, brand storytelling, the 'why' exercises, professional etiquette, body language, executive presence and fashion into comprehensive training seminars and coaching sessions that serve both companies and their employees.
Mila's professional journey has been diverse and insightful. From the insurance sector, to the music industry, to working with athletes, entertainers, professionals, and businesses in the realm of brand and marketing, she’s done it all. She even spent a considerable time in NASCAR, handling brand and corporate sponsorships. She was already pioneering with brands before it became the zeitgeist.
With Mila at its helm, MODA Image and Brand Consulting has served a broad range of companies, including those within the Fortune 100 to 500 listings, private practices, and private companies with her program, Brand Drives Everything. As a business owner and an expert in leadership, image, and brand business, Mila brings additional value to each client, infusing her work ethic, values, integrity, extensive relationships, and business acumen into her service.
Mila frequently contributes to various publications, speaks at company events, group meetings, and associations across the U.S., and appears as a TV expert consultant, hosting seminars and training thousands. Honored as a Forty under 40 recipient and a Woman of Influence by the Nashville Business Journal, her impact and influence are undeniable.
Event Details:
Who: MYP Members + guests
When: Wednesday, May 8 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Where: Redstone Federal Credit Union - 2404 Medical Center Parkway Murfreesboro, TN 37129; 3rd floor
Reminder: Remember to bring plenty of business cards and get there early to make additional connections!
Join MYP for our Monthly Professional Development Luncheon at Redstone Federal Credit union – 3rd floor from 11:30am-12:30pm on Wednesday, May 8.
There is no cost for attending and bringing your own lunch; however, if you would like a lunch provided from Domenico's, please pay $12 during registration. Registering AFTER Monday, May 6, will not have the option to order lunch.
Although registration is encouraged, if you become available at the last minute, please do not hesitate to swing by and join us. There is always room for more!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Agenda:
11:30-11:50 – Open Networking
11:50-11:55 – Sponsor Spotlight
11:55-12:20 – Monthly Professional Development Speaker
12:20-12:25 – Board Announcements
12:25-12:30 – New Member/Guest Introductions
12:30 – Conclusion
Are you a new member?
Are you interested in joining?
Are you nervous about attending events because you don't know anyone?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, please attend one of our upcoming Quarterly New Member Socials! These events are open to all prospective, new, and even current MYP members. Use these events as a tool to meet new and incoming leaders in the community. Bring a friend, bring two friends, heck bring three friends if you want. All are welcome! We hope to see you there :)
June Professional Development Luncheon
Topic: Building your business through Purpose, Passion and Process
Beau Noblitt
Founder of Launch Point Leader
Beau Noblitt is the Owner/ Operator of Two Chick-fil-A Restaurants in Murfreesboro, TN & the Founder and Owner of Launch Point Leader. He grew up working with his Dad in the HVAC business and learned the value of hard work and dedication to craft. Years later, when he was in college he decided to start his next professional chapter and worked his way up from the bottom in the quick service food industry. After years of working every job in the business, he and his wife took an opportunity to become business owners for the first time.
He became the Owner of a location no one else wanted and that had underperformed for nearly a decade. He and his wife worked open to close for years, never taking a day off. When his first child was born, his wife was working alongside him at the restaurant and she went straight to the hospital in labor!Now, 20 years later, he has learned a thing or two from those early days of working non-stop and having everyone depend on you. He has grown his business from 30 team members at one location to nearly 300 at multiple sites. Along the way he found a passion for leadership development. He believes that once you clarify the mission, adopt the right process, and partner with the right people, you can achieve things beyond your wildest dreams.
His hope with founding Launch Point Leader is to partner with other business owners in a systematic way. To help them grow so that more good can be done in this world. Above all, he believes that great leaders change the trajectory of communities and individuals. As Launch Point Leader continues to grow he is excited to partner with business owners to learn, lead, & launch.
When: Wednesday, June 12 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Join MYP for our Monthly Professional Development Luncheon at Redstone Federal Credit union – 3rd floor from 11:30am-12:30pm on Wednesday, June 12.
There is no cost for attending and bringing your own lunch; however, if you would like a lunch provided from Domenico's, please pay $12 during registration. Registering AFTER Monday, June 10, will not have the option to order lunch.
11:30-11:50 – Structured Networking
July Professional Development Luncheon
Topic - Building a Sales Structure for Superior Results
This seminar will present ideas on how to best structure a sales team for great results. We will start by reviewing information from businesses just like yours showing why so many small to mid-sized businesses fall short in building a sales team that thrives. Next, we will discuss the Top 10 Things businesses need to do that will help them build a sales structure for superior results.
Kerry Meacham
Owner, Fractional VP of Sales
Kerry Meacham has over 30 years of sales experience and 25 years managing sales teams with companies varying in revenues from $3M to $165M. He has worked with companies that build conveying equipment, stamped metal parts, automotive assemblies, farm equipment, and small motors. He has also worked with IT software and recycling companies. He has managed sales teams as small as 2 and as large as 50 in his career. His vision for Above the Line Strategies is “To give hope to owners that they can build a strong sales team for their company.”
Kerry grew up in a small rural area of Middle Tennessee, and he and his wife moved back to be close to their family here. He enjoys spending time playing with his grandson, fishing on Kentucky Lake, and cheering on the Titans with his wife.
When: Wednesday, July 10 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Join MYP for our Monthly Professional Development Luncheon at Redstone Federal Credit union – 3rd floor from 11:30am-12:30pm on Wednesday, July 10.
There is no cost for attending and bringing your own lunch; however, if you would like a lunch provided from Domenico's, please pay $12 during registration. Registering AFTER Monday, July 8, will not have the option to order lunch.
August Professional Development Luncheon
Topic - Understanding and Leveraging Your Strengths
Jackie Morgan
Outreach Senior Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Jackie Morgan, Outreach Senior Adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta – Nashville Branch, is an established communicator and proven leader in economic and financial education strategy, policy, development, and training.
A sought-after professional for her financial education expertise, Morgan was appointed to the Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission, Tennessee Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy Board, Nashville Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee, and Middle Tennessee State University Jones College of Business Dean’s Executive Advisory Council.
Active in the community, Morgan is past president of RUTHERFORD Cable, the premier leadership organization for women’s professional advancement in Middle Tennessee. Morgan sits on the boards of Leadership Middle Tennessee and the Murfreesboro Center for the Arts. She is also engaged with the Amelia’s Closet, the Discovery Guild, and 100 Women Who Care – Rutherford County.
Morgan has been recognized with the MTSU True Blue Citation of Distinction – Achievement in Education, Atlanta Fed President’s Award for Excellence, and RUTHERFORD Cable Spirit of Leadership Award.
When: Wednesday, August 14 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Join MYP for our Monthly Professional Development Luncheon at Redstone Federal Credit union – 3rd floor from 11:30am-12:30pm on Wednesday, August 14.
There is no cost for attending and bringing your own lunch; however, if you would like a lunch provided from Domenico's, please pay $12 during registration. Registering AFTER Monday, August 12, will not have the option to order lunch.
11:50-11:55 – Sponsor Spotlight: MTSU BRAA
September Professional Development Luncheon
Topic - City and Municipal Planning
Greg McKnight
City of Murfreesboro Executive Director, Development Services
When: Wednesday, September 11 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Join MYP for our Monthly Professional Development Luncheon at Redstone Federal Credit union – 3rd floor from 11:30am-12:30pm on Wednesday, September 11.
There is no cost for attending and bringing your own lunch; however, if you would like a lunch provided from Domenico's, please pay $12 during registration. Registering AFTER Monday, September 9, will not have the option to order lunch.
October Professional Development Luncheon
Topic: Being Giveful - A wellness practice for your mind, body, and soul
If "Those who give receive," why don't we focus more on daily giving? The big idea of Being Giveful is grounded in the belief that the more we give and receive, the happier and healthier we will be. And it is good for the overall world. So, how do we adopt Being Giveful as a wellness practice? How does Being Giveful create giveful beings and enhance the well-being of all?
Patricia Shea
Partner, Shea Advisory Services
Pat Shea is a visionary leader who integrates a passion for social impact and business savvy to launch innovative ideas, build community, and lead organizations into the future.
Pat currently serves as a Partner in Shea Advisory Services, coaching and consulting with for-profit and non-profit organizations in entrepreneurism, leadership, philanthropy, gender equity, and social justice.
From 2018-2021, and before selling the company to iSolve (an Indianapolis-based payroll company), Pat was the Co-Founder, President & CEO of Givful, a technology SaaS start-up that automated workplace giving and volunteering. Givful was named Start-up of the Year in 2020 by the Greater Nashville Technology Council.
Beginning in 2005, Pat served as President & CEO for the YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee for eleven years. Shea grew net assets to $10M and raised over $50M stabilizing the 100+-year-old organization while increasing the number of women and girls served. While serving as CEO, Shea lobbied the YWCA USA to add men to her board and started MEND, a successful initiative to engage men in reducing violence against women and girls.
In 2010, Shea founded the Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) in Nashville. WPO is an international membership organization of second-stage entrepreneurial female presidents.
Before becoming a non-profit leader, Shea spent 14 years in for-profit healthcare. She co-founded Echelon Health, a physician practice management company focused on health services for women. Pat also launched two consulting divisions within HCA/Quorum focused on continuous quality improvement.
Pat is a founding director for Studio Bank. She serves on the Women Business Collaborative (WBC) Board, a national non-profit focused on achieving gender parity in the workplace.
Pat has a B.S. in Business from the University of Dayton. She is a graduate of Leadership Nashville and Leadership Tennessee, Founder of YWCA's Nashville Stand Against Racism, and Co-Founder of Nashville's first Gender Equity Council. Shea is a member of Tennessee's International Women's Forum and Nashville's The Table.
For the past three years, the Nashville Business Journal (NBJ) has named Shea as one of Nashville's Power 100. The NBJ has also recognized Shea as a Most Admired CEO and Women of Influence as a Trailblazer. Shea has been a finalist for Tennessean of the Year. In 2017, Shea accepted Nashville's Annual Human Relations Award and the ATHENA Leadership Award.
When: Wednesday, October 16 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Join MYP for our Monthly Professional Development Luncheon at Redstone Federal Credit union – 3rd floor from 11:30am-12:30pm on Wednesday, October 16.
There is no cost for attending and bringing your own lunch; however, if you would like a lunch provided from Domenico's, please pay $12 during registration. Registering AFTER Monday, October 14, will not have the option to order lunch.
Annual Celebration Luncheon
Who: MYP Members + MYP Alumni + Guests
When: Wednesday, November 13 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Reminder: Bring plenty of business cards and grab a card from the basket on the way out to make an additional connection!
There is no cost for attending and bringing your own lunch; however, if you would like a lunch provided from Domenico's, please pay $12 during registration. Registering AFTER Monday, November 11, will not have the option to order lunch.
11:30-12:00 Open Networking
12:00-12:05 Opening Remarks
12:05-12:15 Annual Report and Annual Awards
12:15-12:25 2025 Board of Directors
12:25-12:30 Board Announcements
December Professional Development Luncheon
Topic - Effective Networking
Kenzi Keene
Farmers Insurance Agent
With a 12-year tenure in the insurance industry and a lifelong resident in Rutherford County, I found my calling as a licensed insurance agent for Farmers Insurance through personal connections and what I believe to be God's greater plan. Farmers Insurance, with a century-long legacy, has grown into one of the nation's largest insurance companies. Achieving recognition on the Tennessee Leaderboard, I am honored to have received accolades such as the Blue Vase for Life, Topper Club, and the Triple Crown Award for excellence in all lines of business.
My commitment extends beyond professional success – I take pride in fostering meaningful relationships with my clients. I aspire to be more than just a knowledgeable agent; I aim to be a reliable friend who prioritizes their best interests in every insurance scenario. Actively engaged in various boards, including Rutherford Cable, Rutherford Independent Networking Group, and Locally Owned Murfreesboro, I contribute to the community's growth and development.
In my personal life, I have been happily married to Michael for 22 years, and together, we cherish our two beautiful daughters, Bella (19) and Lilly (17). Our family also includes two dogs, one cat, and a surprising 22 fish – a story I'd be happy to share. Guided by the principles of authenticity, trustworthiness, accountability, and creativity, my mission is to make a positive impact in both my professional and personal spheres.
When: Wednesday, December 11 from 11:30am-12:30pm
Join MYP for our Monthly Professional Development Luncheon at Redstone Federal Credit union – 3rd floor from 11:30am-12:30pm on Wednesday, December 11.
There is no cost for attending and bringing your own lunch; however, if you would like a lunch provided from Domenico's, please pay $12 during registration. Registering AFTER Monday, December 9, will not have the option to order lunch.
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