The Creative Coast | Cultivating the Innovation Economy in Coastal Georgia.

RD Weeks Presents Digital Reset: How you can spend less time on your digital devices

In this session, RD Weeks will share tools and frameworks that you can implement in understanding the amount of time you spend on your digital screens and ways to create healthier digital habits. About RD: RD Weeks supports people in Decluttering their Digital World and avoiding Digital Burnout through coaching. He is also the host of The Outdoor Running Podcast where he interviews other fellow runners and shares tips to spend less time on your screen and more time being outdoors. He believes in living fully and loving the planet! To learn more about RD Weeks and contact him, visit his LinkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdweeks50/ To learn more about the Creative Coast, visit: www.thecreativecoast.org

Reimagining the Office: Tech for flexible workspace and remote management

How has technology kept up in this past year of remote work and what tech tools can help you and your flexible/remote team in 2021? Learn tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan 5th, at noon with Destiny Mojica-Taylor of scDataCom, LLC. About Destiny: Meet Destiny! Born in Texas but raised in Savannah joined the scDataCom team as our Commercial Account Manager. Graduating from Valdosta State University in 2018, she moved back to Savannah for the love of the city that raised her and to give back by helping the city move forward. When she’s not traveling or pretending to be on CHOPPED, she is out in the city helping Savannah’s local businesses protect their property, people, and patrons. Ask Destiny today about: Security Systems for Small businesses Subscription Options (NEW!) Access Control Analytics to grow your business Learn more at https://thecreativecoast.org/.

Sharing Your Ideas Effectively with Stakeholders | Teresa Middleton

Have you perfected your business pitch? Need to connect better with customers? Learn about sharing your ideas effectively with stakeholders from an official Toastmaster and public speaking aficionado. The fastest way to connect with an audience is through emotions. Emotions bypass the logic portion of the brain and goes straight to the brain’s emotional center which immediately connects with the person or persons you’re communicating with. The best way to get your message across to potential investors, board members, or consumers is to develop a strategy to express your ideas rather than attempting to impress the receiver. Join us for an informative demonstration and tips you can use for your own specific presentations with Teresa Middleton’s presentation on sharing your ideas effectively with stakeholders. About Teresa: Teresa M. Middleton is an educational psychologist who enjoys speaking, teaching and mentoring, focusing primarily on personal clarity and interpersonal intelligence. Teresa is a Competent Toastmaster and profound speaker with a empowering message. She inspires audiences to engage in play and to adopt a playful mindset for the emotional distance from challenges required to establish personal empowerment. Teresa received her undergratuated degree in Mathematics from Georgia Southern University, an MBA from Troy State University, and her PhD from Capella University. Learn more by visiting www.thecreativecoast.org

Your Big Idea was the Easy Part: How to Create a Sustainable Business

Got a business/startup idea that you know will be successful? Feeling elated at the idea of your business? Or maybe you've been working on developing and growing your business for a while, but have a hard time getting real traction. Ideas and the initial excitement of starting a business are the easiest part. Creating a long-term, sustainable business is a whole other story. So, how do you know that your business idea can defy the startup failure rate odds? With roughly 90% of startups failing in the first five years, it's important to think about who your customers are, test your idea to determine what your target audience actually needs, and determine how you are going to sustainably develop and grow your business. Watch Mark Williams share his tips for starting a sustainable business. About Mark: Mr. Williams has been transforming healthcare through the introduction and use of disruptive transformative technology for over three decades. Having built and commercialized multiple technology platforms for the healthcare provider, payor, and population health communities. Mr. Williams and his partners have successfully built, led, and sold three companies focused on the healthcare tech and services domains. In addition to building platforms and delivering services, Mr. Williams also has held roles with Microsoft, Siemens Medical, and was the Senior Vice President of Orion Health, and led the Washington State HIE briefly. Over the last decade, Mr. Williams has focused his energies on Population Health and large global technology projects directed at transforming the delivery of healthcare to populations and improving the delivery of care and clinical outcomes while reducing costs. He counts among his clients many of the leading healthcare providers, payors, vendors, and multiple health ministries around the globe. He has sat on both HIMSS Washington Board and the HIMSS HIE & Interoperability Workgroup. He is a longstanding member of HIMSS, The American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a guest lecturer and member of the Advisory Board to the College of Health Administration for the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. Learn more at https://thecreativecoast.org.

Your Personal Brand is Your Greatest and Most Unique Asset | Victoria Baylor

Your personal brand is your greatest and most unique asset in business and helps you establish your expertise, elevate your value to gain opportunities & authentically attract & convert clients. When was the last time you had a personal brand tune-up? Just like you can’t drive a vehicle endlessly without maintenance, you also need to make sure your personal brand is properly maintained and aligned with your professional & personal goals. In the hustle and bustle of doing business entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and the like can often neglect their personal brand resulting in some fundamental issues that can erode the foundations of their business, performance, and confidence. In this training, Victoria will outline the 3 C’s of personal branding to help you “tune up” your personal brand so you can maximize your impact, visibility, and income to gain the success you desire. About Victoria: Victoria Baylor is passionate about helping High Achieving Individuals “convert their Brilliance into Impact and Profits”. Victoria is a Certified Mindset & Business Clarity Coach, TEDx Speaker, Teacher, Consultant, and #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author. Her purpose of helping entrepreneurs & professionals get unstuck and gain CLARITY to create a Brilliant Brand and Life intersects with her strong analytical, intuitive & creative abilities from a background in Microbial Research science & Custom Clothing design. She has been an Image professional and Business owner for 14 years. Victoria founded Baylor Brand Consulting (https://www.victoriabaylor.com) – a personal development and branding boutique that helps high-functioning individuals get clear on WHO they ARE & the VALUE they offer so they can S.H.I.N.E. (Showcase their Brand Expertise, Highlight their Unique Value, Ignite their Dynamic Confidence, Never Back Down from Fear, Expect Maximum Compensation). As a professional speaker she can be found sharing her clarity, mindset & branding messages with business organizations, colleges, social groups, and charities. Her mission is to help entrepreneurs build a strong mindset and unwavering personal brand that allows them to uniquely see their value, expand their visibility, elevate their opportunities, and make a huge impact on their businesses and the world. Victoria serves on various boards, volunteer groups, and other business organizations. She resides in Savannah GA and is the Wife to Jimmy and Mom to 13y.o. Reilly.

Lunchtime Topic ft. Chriscilia Cox

Join us to learn how to make your company more environmentally friendly with best green practices for business. Environmental management and sustainability expert Chriscilia Lyles Cox will share ways to set goals and modify your operations to reduce your company’s carbon footprint and create positive change for the environment. About Chriscilia Chriscilia Lyles Cox is a unique public health consultant known for using her gift of management, team building, and strategic thinking to help people solve problems cost-effectively using communication and innovation. After retiring from the military, she found SUMA Consulting LLC, an environmental management and sustainability firm where she helps various organizations and families. Unlike traditional environmental consulting firms that focus on analyzing problems for only large clients, SUMA Consulting LLC works with any sized business or residence. They help develop concrete, practical, short-term action plans to start moving their clients in the right environmental impact direction. SUMA Consulting LLC is result-driven. They provide a complete range of environmental support services using various evaluations with different ecological assessment tools, choosing those best suited to the client’s sustainability requirements. Their plans are also customizable to the needs of their clients with flexibility. Their specialty includes training, policy development, pollution and prevention, and waste management. Additionally, the firm offers sustainability consulting for businesses, institutions, communities, and even the cannabis markets. Owing to COVID-19, they offer all services on multiple virtual platforms, expanding their consulting worldwide. As a military veteran, Chriscilia has been responsible for growing client bases, driving environmental and sustainability goal setting, and leading budgets and cost savings for the Department of Defense. Today, she is living out her dream and continuing to make a difference as the Founder and CEO of SUMA Consulting, LLC. Chriscilia lives in Ludowici, Georgia with her husband and daughter. Her civic involvements include various member on boards, volunteerism, non-profit, and national leadership roles. For more information on SUMA, visit www.sumaconsulting.org. You can also follow Chriscilia on… Facebook: @sumaconsultingllc Instagram: @sumaconsulting LinkedIn: chriscilia-cox-ma-14b8a0108

How to Refresh Your Business Strategy & Achieve Sustainability

Do you feel like your business is stalling, and you can’t push through? If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve probably heard of the cliche term “pivot.” Being an entrepreneur requires producing fresh ideas and changing directions to follow market trends in order to keep your business running and sustainable. In this Lunchtime Topic, we spoke with Lisa Kanda, who is the founder of Elkay Advisors, on how she has followed the market as well as her skillsets over the past 14 years to refresh and renew her business strategy. Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakanda/ Find her on the web at https://www.lisakanda.com/. ________ About the Creative Coast Our Mission Our Mission is to catalyze the innovation economy in Coastal Georgia. The Creative Coast is here for the entrepreneurial, technology & creative community of the Savannah region. We build and support the creative economy in Savannah through education & social programs that connect and foster local innovation in both large and small companies. Our Vision Propelled by The Creative Coast, Savannah will be transformed into a vibrant hub for creative and innovative businesses, organizations, and individuals. Our History The Creative Coast was founded in 1997 by the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA), Chatham County and the City of Savannah to create/foster the creative technology and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through our activities, we strive to make an economic impact on our community, our city, the region and our state, through the creation of high-wage, high-tech and creative jobs. Learn more at https://thecreativecoast.org.

10 Steps to Avoid a Cyber Breach ft. Lokx & Fortinet | Creative Coast Lunchtime Topic

Learn more about Lokx by visiting https://lokx.ai/. Learn more about Fortinet by visiting https://www.fortinet.com/. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This month, October, is officially Cybersecurity Awareness Month (https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-aw.... Does your company have an up-to-date and active cybersecurity strategy in place? You read and hear about the high-profile cyber breaches – Colonial Pipeline, JBS Foods, T-Mobile, AT&T, LinkedIn, Kaseya, Oldsmar (FL) Water Treatment, Microsoft, SolarWinds, et al. However, there are thousands more breaches/events weekly you never hear about because they are not household names. Cybercrime is ever-evolving, and it’s a business emanating from gangs in the nation-states – they go to work every day in tall shiny buildings! No sector, business segment, or organization size is immune. This collaborative talk will feature speakers from Lokx, a company of trusted advisors and systems integrators in cybersecurity, cyber advisory, IoT, and advanced networking, as well as from Fortinet, a company that secures the largest enterprises, SMB, service providers, and government organizations around the world. This Lunchtime Topic will cover… The current state of cybersecurity Underlying causes of a cyber breach How to improve your cybersecurity A special giveaway from Lokx & Fortinet About the Speakers Christopher Cook is the CEO of Lokx which is a small woman-owned (SWOB) systems integration and professional services firm specializing in cybersecurity, cyber advisory services, IoT, and advanced networking. Chris has 30 years of experience in launching, developing, and building early-stage companies. Beyond helping to establish his companies as global leaders. Chris has been a significant part of several early-stage technology companies, he has held a variety of C-level positions, and those companies have all experienced success including an IPO and several positive exits. Christopher has been published in the IEEE and also currently serves on the VigiTrust Board of global advisors and is a member of the FBI’s InfraGard Atlanta chapter. Jon Boyles is a Regional Account Manager at Fortinet and has been with Fortinet for over one year. A bit about me: I have three kids: Valentino, six months old, Vivienne, four years old, and Vincent, who is 6. We call them VB3, my marketing plan for when the kids get older, and my retirement plan. I have a beautiful wife named Brigitte, who I met during my time at Airwatch – she was my sales trainer and claims she is still training me. That is still up for debate. In my free time, when I am not saving companies from the bad guys, I volunteer my time to 30 kids from the ages 3-8 years old every Tuesday and Thursday. Jim Claypoole, is a System Engineer in Atlanta with Fortinet going on 8 years. Radha my incredible wife and best friend have seven children, most over 20 now and looking forward to being able to explore the world in the future. Final note, one quote I know is true “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Byron Stewart has been in the IT networking industry for 28 years and has been with Fortinet for the past 11 months. He has worked for other premier networking vendors and built, ran, and sold a very successful IT consulting firm after 14 years of business. He has four wonderful children ranging in ages from 15-23 years old. He and his beautiful wife Stephanie just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary earlier this year. He is also very active in his community volunteering for many charitable organizations. Byron has a real passion for helping organizations secure their network infrastructure and keep them safe from hackers and bad actors. ______ About the Creative Coast The Creative Coast is here for the entrepreneurial, technology & creative community of the Savannah region. We build and support the creative economy in Savannah through education & social programs that connect and foster local innovation in both large and small companies. Our Vision Propelled by The Creative Coast, Savannah will be transformed into a vibrant hub for creative and innovative businesses, organizations, and individuals. Our History The Creative Coast was founded in 1997 by the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA), Chatham County and the City of Savannah to create/foster the creative technology and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through our activities, we strive to make an economic impact on our community, our city, the region and our state, through the creation of high-wage, high-tech and creative jobs. Learn more at https://thecreativecoast.org.

How startups can leverage patents and IP to help them reach their business goals. ft. Jackie Hutter

Have a startup idea and think you should get it patented and protected? Wait just a minute! In this Lunchtime Topic, Jackie Hutter, Principal and Founder of The Hutter Group will share what you need to know (and don’t need to know) about patents when establishing your startup. She covers everything from… – Why the Lean Startup Method is important to IP – Common misconceptions about IP – When to know you’re ready for a patent (hint: it’s probably not during concept-phase) – The best way to approach a patent strategy – And more! About Jackie Hutter: Jackie Hutter has been recognized for each of the last 13 years for her innovative insights in creating value from IP Strategy with the peer-awarded Top Global IP Strategist by Intellectual Asset Magazine. While she has represented companies of all sizes in her 25+ year career as an IP attorney, today Ms. Hutter exclusively works with startup and early stage business teams to assist them in designing, deploying, and managing IP Strategies directed toward maximizing their company’s revenue and exit values. In her IP consultancy practice The Hutter Group, LLC she serves as a strategic in-house IP counsel for several companies on a part-time basis to provide these smaller companies with a comparable level of IP representation as that of the established companies that they are seeking to partner with or exit into. From 2011-2015, Ms. Hutter served as the CEO of a startup battery-related company. This experience provided her with an insider’s knowledge of Lean Startup, which provides her clients with IP counseling that is focused on the unique business needs of startups and early stage companies. Her experience extends beyond the IP realm: she frequently handles contracts and related matters for her clients, especially those relevant to clients’ IP rights. Ms. Hutter shares her knowledge and expertise in her podcast Winning with Patents (and IP), as well as on her recently launched YouTube Channel Winning with Patents. She lives in Decatur, GA in a groovy Mid-Century Modern house with her husband, two college-aged daughters and far too many pets. She loves the Savannah area and plans to buy a house there in which to spend her retirement years. ______ About the Creative Coast Our Mission Our Mission is to catalyze the innovation economy in Coastal Georgia. The Creative Coast is here for the entrepreneurial, technology & creative community of the Savannah region. We build and support the creative economy in Savannah through education & social programs that connect and foster local innovation in both large and small companies. Our Vision Propelled by The Creative Coast, Savannah will be transformed into a vibrant hub for creative and innovative businesses, organizations, and individuals. Our History The Creative Coast was founded in 1997 by the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA), Chatham County and the City of Savannah to create/foster the creative technology and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through our activities, we strive to make an economic impact on our community, our city, the region and our state, through the creation of high-wage, high-tech and creative jobs. Learn more at https://thecreativecoast.org.

HR 101 for Small Business

Listen to this course from Alan Bernstein and Foy Staley of HR Office Savers titled HR 101. Human Resources is about people. It has a huge effect on the culture and environment in your workplace, setting the tone for how employees communicate, settle disputes, and work with each other. In this seminar, you will learn what you need to know as a new or growing small business for managing HR in your workplace. About Alan Bernstein: Alan is the owner and Chief Human Resource Consultant of HR Office Savers, Inc., an independent human resource consulting firm that supports small local businesses and individuals with their human resource needs, including soft skills training and outplacement. Prior to launching his business in 2018, Alan held a series of Human Resource positions of increased responsibility at Verizon Wireless, Honeywell International, and Harris Corporation. Alan holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from The University of Buffalo, is Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, and is a Senior Certified Professional with the Society of Human Resource Management. Alan is President of Space Coast HR Association and serves on the boards of the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast. Alan is also active with the Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce and his local community. Originally from New York, Alan and his family have resided in Melbourne, Florida since 2016. About Foy Staley: Foy Staley is the Director of Business Development and Soft Skills Training for HR Office Savers, Inc., an independent human resource consulting firm that supports local businesses and individuals with their human resource needs, including employee development and retention practices. Prior to joining HR Office Savers, Foy held a series of career development and training positions of increased responsibility and has earned a deep and distinguished career in education, soft skills training and leadership development. Foy holds a Master’s in Management and Leadership, is Workforce Readiness Chair for the Space Coast Human Resource Association (SCHRA) and is a frequent guest speaker and contributing writer promoting soft skills development. Promoting positive and sustained employment for both workers and employers!