BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ITB Partners - Management Consultants - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ITB Partners - Management Consultants X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.itbpartners.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ITB Partners - Management Consultants REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201218T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201218T093000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171258 CREATED:20201125T121150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201210T222843Z UID:4864-1608276600-1608283800@www.itbpartners.com SUMMARY:ITB Partners December 18 Meeting via ZOOM\, Featuring Mark Fonseca DESCRIPTION:Mark Fonseca Will Present Uncovering Revenue Risk\nPragmetirx Group\nMark Fonseca\nMark Fonseca has over 20 years of experience in consultative sales\, sales management\, and client relations. As a top producer at Lanier Business Products\, he sold document management solutions to a range of businesses and was prolific at establishing long term relationships.\nMark consults one on one with the most successful CEOs and Executives in Atlanta and has interviewed thousands of Executives and Business Professionals. He has experience in Sales\, Sales Management\, and Sales Training Best Practices. Currently\, Mark is the owner of his own private men’s custom clothing and executive image consulting business. He has developed strong business relationships with heads of state\, CEOs\, top-level executives\, and successful entrepreneurs\, through one-to-one consulting and exceptional customer service. \nAs a Partner in Pragmetrix\, Mark is responsible for Client Relations\, Business Development\, and conducting interviews within the Pragmetrix Customer Loyalty Assessment process. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/988485706?pwd=M1RKQ1QxM1RpZXkrUWpGS2wvL2VpQT09 \nMeeting ID: 988 485 706 \nPasscode: 002770 \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Print (Opens in new window)\n Print\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit URL:https://www.itbpartners.com/event/itb-partners-december-20-meeting-via-zoom-featuring-mark-fonseca/ LOCATION:ZOOM CATEGORIES:ITB Partners Monthly Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.itbpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-ITB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T093000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171258 CREATED:20201106T164748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T164748Z UID:4749-1605857400-1605864600@www.itbpartners.com SUMMARY:ITB Partners November ZOOM Meeting DESCRIPTION:The November 20\, 2020\, ITB Partners Meeting via ZOOM. \nRalph Watson is the Keynote speaker for our November 20 Meeting.  The title of his presentation is “The Bridge to There” \nMike Perkins is our Spotlight Presenter. \n  \nRalph Watson\nRalph Watson has a varied and extensive career spanning 45 years of increasingly responsible positions in both sales and operations in a very diverse mix of industry specialties\, including food processing\, textile and apparel\, financial services\, and professional management consulting. \nRalph served as a Senior Executive Analyst with a number of international consulting companies focused on the family-owned\, privately held market where he distinguished himself as one of the top analysts in a highly competitive field.  In early 2014\, he personally coached 10 businesses in Europe. \n  \nITB Partners September Zoom Meeting  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/988485706?pwd=M1RKQ1QxM1RpZXkrUWpGS2wvL2VpQT09 \n  \nMeeting ID: 988 485 706 \nPasscode: 002770 \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Print (Opens in new window)\n Print\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit URL:https://www.itbpartners.com/event/itb-partners-november-zoom-meeting-featuring-ralph-watson/ LOCATION:ZOOM CATEGORIES:ITB Partners Monthly Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T093000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171258 CREATED:20200928T145008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T145442Z UID:4472-1602833400-1602840600@www.itbpartners.com SUMMARY:The October 16\, 2020 ITB Partners Meeting via ZOOM. DESCRIPTION:Doug Reifschneider is our Keynote speaker for our October 16\, Meeting.  The title of his presentation is “Growth Gears” \nDave Daniels is our Spotlight Speaker. \nDoug Reifschneider\nDoug Reifschneider is a dynamic marketing leader with 30+ years of experience in the restaurant industry. He has a  history of driving growth through the creation and delivery of unique\, creative brand strategies enhancing customer affinity and market position. While at Firehouse Subs\, Mr. Reifschneider helped achieve a 4X increase in locations\, to 1\,030 restaurants generating $684M in revenues and 19.4% average annual sales. \nDuring his foodservice career\, he navigated the ever-changing marketing/advertising environment. The advertising menu proliferated from a relatively short list of tactics (TV\, radio\, print [direct mail\, magazines\, newspaper\, etc. ]\, OOH\, POP\, and direct selling) 20 years ago to thousands of online options which included but was not limited to display\, native\, SEO\, SEM/PPC\, web sites\, landing pages\, mobile and others. Doug has experience with all of it and is always looking for new technologies to exploit such as Blockchain. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/988485706?pwd=M1RKQ1QxM1RpZXkrUWpGS2wvL2VpQT09 \nMeeting ID: 988 485 706 \nPasscode: 002770 \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Print (Opens in new window)\n Print\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit URL:https://www.itbpartners.com/event/the-october-16-2020-itb-partners-meeting-via-zoom/ LOCATION:ZOOM CATEGORIES:ITB Partners Monthly Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.itbpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Head-shot_2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T093000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171258 CREATED:20200828T141837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T141837Z UID:4310-1600414200-1600421400@www.itbpartners.com SUMMARY:The September 18\, 2020 ITB Partners Meeting is via ZOOM. DESCRIPTION:  \nDon Turner\nDon Turner is our Keynote speaker for our September 18\, Meeting.  The title of his presentation is “COMPANY RESTORATION IN THE NEW NORMAL.” \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDave Daniels is our Spotlight Speaker. \nITB Partners September Zoom Meeting\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/988485706?pwd=M1RKQ1QxM1RpZXkrUWpGS2wvL2VpQT09 \nMeeting ID: 988 485 706\nPasscode: 002770\nOne tap mobile \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Print (Opens in new window)\n Print\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit URL:https://www.itbpartners.com/event/the-september-18-2020-itb-partners-meeting-is-via-zoom/ CATEGORIES:ITB Partners Monthly Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T093000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171258 CREATED:20200805T130649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200805T140204Z UID:4138-1597995000-1598002200@www.itbpartners.com SUMMARY:ITB Partners August Meeting via ZOOM Featuring Jim Cichanski DESCRIPTION:Jim Cichanski\, CEO of FlexHR will present HR Trends 2020\nDistress in the workplace? You’re not alone. This Human Resources trends discussion will focus on the essentials business owners must know in today’s’ world\, as well as to stay compliant with labor and IRS laws during current times. This review takes a deep dive into policy\, best practices\, and HR operations. \nWe’ll guide you through tangible situations and how the repercussions can cost tens of thousands of dollars to your organization. Next\, we will review the “Risk Factor” of actions that are critical for managing the human side of your enterprise. \nThis session will include COVID conversations\, details on how to stay out of trouble and reduce risk factors\, clarifying policy\, laws\, handbook communications\, managing millennials\, and how to hire and fire employees in a social distancing environment. And finally\, we will open the forum up to go through questions and answers. \nYour presenter is Jim Cichanski\, the founder and CEO of Flex HR\, Inc. and a Preferred Partner of VSG. Jim also spent 27 years in the Army National Guard achieving the rank of Colonel\, was inducted into the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame\, and received numerous awards including the Legion of Merit. Jim holds a BA in Applied Behavioral Sciences\, is a graduate of the Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Institute\, has served on the board of HealthSource of Georgia\, and was an inside board member for 17 companies. He is an ongoing active member of various HR and Angel Investor professional organizations. \n  \nJim Cichanski – CEO FlexHR\nFlex HR\, Inc. was selected Best of Johns Creek Award in the Business Human Resources Consultant category by the Johns Creek Award Program last year\, and this year was inducted into the Johns Creek Business Hall of Fame. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution awarded Flex HR “Best of Atlanta Business Profiles” while Outsourcing Gazette magazine listed Flex HR as the “Top Most Promising HR & Staffing Service Vendors.” For 3 years INC Magazine recognized Flex HR as an Inc 5000 “Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in America”. Jim was also recognized by the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce as the “Small Businessperson of the Year.” Catalyst Magazine acknowledged Flex HR as 1 of 18 Companies CEO’s in Atlanta would like to own. Jim is married to his wife Eldeen for 40 years\, has two daughters and 4 grandchildren. He recently served on the Board of Directors for HomeStretch and is an active board member and investor in several Human Resources related ventures. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Print (Opens in new window)\n Print\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit URL:https://www.itbpartners.com/event/itb-partners-august-meeting-via-zoom-featuring-jim-cichanski/ LOCATION:ZOOM CATEGORIES:ITB Partners Monthly Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200717T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200717T093000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171258 CREATED:20200627T151157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200627T151157Z UID:3963-1594971000-1594978200@www.itbpartners.com SUMMARY:ITB Partners July Meeting Featuring Robert Steele Presenting "Halftime." DESCRIPTION:  \nRobert H Steele\nRobert Steele has 40 years of Insurance\, Employee Benefits\, Healthcare\, and Technology experience as a sales and marketing executive. Robert’s biggest asset is his ability to take companies in transition and turn them around when sales\, marketing\, or product development was causing financial or operational bottlenecks. \nHe has taken four companies that were all facing growth problems with a different underlying problem at each company and created new opportunities for growth\, financing\, or product development and enhancement. Robert loves challenges. Adapt to dealing with C-Suite executives where a trusted advisor relationship becomes the difference between making a sale and losing a sale is a key to his success. His innate ability to ask key questions\, at the right time\, to get executives engaged in the process has led Robert to close six\, seven\, and eight-figure deals. \nRobert’s passion is helping teams re-invent themselves to a level of excellence in their sales activity and exceeding objectives. He has mentored peers\, colleagues\, and even competitors to think differently about themselves and their approach to problems that have been plaguing their sales challenges. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Print (Opens in new window)\n Print\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit URL:https://www.itbpartners.com/event/itb-partners-july-meeting-featuring-robert-steele-presenting-halftime/ LOCATION:Bella’s Kitchen\, 350 Embassy Row Northeast\, Sandy Springs\, GA 30328\, 30328\, United States CATEGORIES:ITB Partners Monthly Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200619T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200619T093000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171258 CREATED:20200527T140159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200527T145703Z UID:3767-1592551800-1592559000@www.itbpartners.com SUMMARY:ITB Partners June Meeting via ZOOM DESCRIPTION:Our Guest Speaker is Wendy Elin who will lead a discussion on Workplace Productivity: \nWendy Ellin\nWendy Ellin is a Workplace Productivity Consultant\, International Speaker\, &\nAuthor of Enough Is Enough\, Get Control of Your Stuff. Her insights into living an organized life are shared in her presentations with irreverence\, humor\, and a level of passion that motivates her audience to TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION!\nWendy talks about real-life challenges that we all experience such as email\noverload\, being on time (or not)\, reasonable expectations for getting things\ndone\, and much more. It is from Wendy’s 20 plus years in the corporate arena\nthat she drew from her own successes by working smart\, not hard—that inspired her to develop the tools and techniques for increasing workplace productivity and ultimately a renewed sense of peace of mind. \nwww.WendyEllin.com\n404-309-2255 \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Print (Opens in new window)\n Print\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit URL:https://www.itbpartners.com/event/itb-partners-june-meeting-via-zoom/ CATEGORIES:ITB Partners Monthly Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.itbpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ITB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T093000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171258 CREATED:20200503T153941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200503T154307Z UID:3671-1589527800-1589535000@www.itbpartners.com SUMMARY:May Members Meeting via ZOOM DESCRIPTION:Jim Weber is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.  Kevin Garrett is our Main Speaker\, Doug Reifschneider is the Spotlight Speaker \nKevin Garrett is a nationally recognized LPL Financial Advisor\, and Partner in one of the largest financial planning consortiums in the country. \n  \nKevin Garrett – Integrated Financial Group\nKevin and his team focus his extensive planning strategies around pursuing his clients’ goals and dreams for themselves and their families before and during retirement. He specializes in assisting women who are dealing with challenges in their lives\, as well as the unique needs of sports and entertainment professionals. \n  \nKevin is involved in the local community\, most recently as a member of the International Rotary’s Dunwoody Chapter\, Committee Chairman with the North Fulton County March of Dimes\, as well as being on Advisory Boards for the St. Jude Golf for the Kids Invitational and the Fulton County school system. Kevin is a member of the Atlanta Athletic Club where he has been active on the club’s committees. He also coaches his son’s league basketball team. He lives in the Atlanta area with his life and business partner\, Lesley\, and their 2 sons and daughter. \nSOUND ADVICE\, COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES\nRead more \n  \n  \nRegister by Clicking Here \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/988485706?pwd=M1RKQ1QxM1RpZXkrUWpGS2wvL2VpQT09 \nMeeting ID: 988 485 706 \nPassword: 002770 \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Print (Opens in new window)\n Print\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit URL:https://www.itbpartners.com/event/may-members-meeting-via-zoom/ LOCATION:ZOOM CATEGORIES:ITB Partners Monthly Meeting END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR