Michael Knouse is an entrepreneur, community builder and business coach + strategist. He hosts The Startup Sessions podcast and is the creator of The Council of Visionary Business Builders. He works with visionary service entrepreneurs (consultants, coaches, creative professionals, speakers and influencers) to help them align their personal preferences with their business vision. Michael’s specialty […]
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Build Your Brand via Podcasting
pdxMindShare founder and Anvil Media president Kent Lewis shares his experience as a podcaster and marketer in this article. Podcasting has seen a dramatic resurgence and has become a focal-point for a variety of brands looking to differentiate. This article outlines compelling reasons why your brand should consider podcasting, how to get started and how […]
The Future of Work
Michael Perman creates a balanced recipe of facts, insights and imagination to convey what may be coming in our future and how to leverage these foresights for positive change. He is the head of C’EST WHAT, LLC, the Mindful Innovation firm based in Portland, OR, where he provides innovation strategy consultation to large and emerging […]
SEMpdx 10th Annual Summer Networking Party
pdxMindShare is proudly co-hosting the SEMpdx 10th Annual Summer Networking Party, instead of hosting a webinar in July or August. We are very pleased with how the webinars are going but we understand and value the importance of in-person networking for business professionals. The SEMpdx 10th Annual Summer Networking Party will be help Thursday, August 16, […]
Best Practices for Increasing Your Salary
In this article, MindShare founder and Anvil Media president shares his experiences and lessons when asking for a raise. Lewis shares his experiences dating back to his first internship and lessons he’s learned from his own experience as an employee and an employer. He outlines common compensation review factors, conventional and unconventional, as well as […]
Generate Sales with These Five Essential Strategies
If you’re looking to ramp up your sales and revenue, look no further than this article, authored by Anvil Media president and pdxMindShare founder Kent Lewis. He outlines five key strategies and tactics you can use on a daily or weekly basis to increase your sales pipeline and revenue. Highlights include leveraging existing and past […]
Meet June’s Speaker: Kerstin McInnis
Burnout to Balance: 3 Tools to Get You Back on Track Kerstin McInnis is an intuitive career & transition coach, writer and teacher. She has worked as a corporate marketing professional in the areas of marketing, events, promotions, and communications for over 20 years. She spent the majority of her corporate career at Microsoft where she […]
Creating and Leveraging Core Values to Increase Employee and Customer Retention
While many companies list core values on their website, very few employees, including executives, can recite them without looking them up. In this article, pdxMindShare founder and Anvil Media president Kent Lewis shares his experience creating, revising and using core values to drive his Portland OR-based digital marketing agency forward. He starts by sharing his […]
Meet May’s Speaker: Jennifer Anderson
Values-Driven Leadership: How to Create a Competitive Edge Jennifer Anderson is the founder of Full Bloom Career Academy, a full-service career training and coaching program. A self-proclaimed “High Tech Refugee” Jen has spent the last 15 years teaching thousands of people the concepts of how to create a thriving career. She’s coached hundreds of people down […]
Meet April’s Speaker: Jane Boutwell
Traits of Top Tier Talent: Accountability in Communication We are excited to announce Jane Boutwell as our April Speaker! Jane is an executive trainer, corporate learning leader, presentation coach, and speech communications consultant at JB Communications. Jane helps companies retain top tier talent through employee training and development. Great communication skills can change how team work […]
