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SUMMARY:Diversity & Inclusion Presents: The Small Business Administration (SBA)\, Colorado Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC)\, and Aurora-South Metro SBDC Services
DESCRIPTION:Come join us to speak with The Small Business Administration\, Colorado Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC)\, and Aurora-South Metro SBDC Services to learn how these organizations assist and serves the Aurora community.  \n\n \n\nWe will review:\n\n- SBA\, Colorado SBDC Network and Aurora-South Metro SBDC Services\n\n- Aurora-South Metro Key Partnerships\n\n- Mentorship as an Option \n\n\nOur first guest speaker\, Marcia McGilley has served as the executive director of the Aurora-South Metro SBDC since 2008.  She has jump started over 2\,000 companies and reads approximately 50 business plans per year.   \n\nMarcia is a serial entrepreneur\, owning six companies as diverse as a marketing consulting firm\, a murder mystery theatre troupe and a motivational training company.\n\n\n\nOur second guest speaker\, Elena has more than 20 years of experience in business development\, strategic planning\, and organizational development. As a bilingual business consultant\, she has helped launch more than 700 businesses and has taught a variety of business courses both in English and Spanish.  Elena\, currently serves as the Business Economic Development Supervisor for the City of Aurora and the Associate Director for the Aurora-South Metro SBDC.   In this position\, she leads a team of consultants that provide bilingual business training to start-ups and existing businesses as well as confidential one-on-one business consulting to help them start\, grow and become successful.  She is currently spearheading several business programs to support minority and immigrant-owned businesses. \n\n\n\nElena has an MBA and a Master's degree in Organizational Development from Azusa Pacific University in California. She also owns High Impact Solutions\, LLC\, a firm dedicated to helping businesses and organizations achieve higher levels of productivity and profitability.\n\n\n\nAurora Chamber of Commerce Diversity & Inclusion Mission: to promote diversity and inclusion in the business community through education\, outreach\, networking\, mentoring and recognition programs that engage our entire community and support our business leaders.\n \n\nAurora Chamber of Commerce Diversity & Inclusion Vision: to transform our diverse business communities into environments where all businesses are valued for their uniqueness and differences\, and are confident that their contributions matter.\n\n \n\nAurora Chamber of Commerce Diversity & Inclusion Purpose: to encourage business to business networking\, improving the business climate and making this community prosperous\, economically attractive and desirable as a place to work\, live and buy local.\n\n\n\nThank you for your support of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and the Diversity & Inclusion Council. The Aurora Chamber consistently strives to provide access\, advocacy\, and influence for our members through our programs and committees. We can only be successful if we retain existing members and attract new members.  Please help us by inviting someone as your guest to our next meeting.\n\n\n\nThe Diversity and Inclusion Council is sponsored by Pinnacol Assurance.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>\n<div><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Come join us to speak with The Small Business Administration\, Colorado Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC)\, and Aurora-South Metro SBDC Services to learn how these organizations assist and serves the Aurora community. &nbsp\;</span></span></div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">We will review:</span></span></div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>SBA\, Colorado SBDC Network and Aurora-South Metro SBDC Services</span></span></div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Aurora-South Metro Key Partnerships</span></span></div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mentorship as an Option&nbsp\;</span></span></div>\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Our first guest speaker\,&nbsp\;Marcia McGilley has served as the executive director of the Aurora-South Metro SBDC since 2008.&nbsp\; She has jump started over 2\,000 companies and reads approximately 50 business plans per year. &nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br />\nMarcia is a serial entrepreneur\, owning six companies as diverse as a marketing consulting firm\, a murder mystery theatre troupe and a motivational training company.<br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#111111\;">Our second guest speaker\, Elena has more than 20 years of experience in business development\, strategic planning\, and organizational development. As a bilingual business consultant\, she has helped launch more than 700 businesses and has taught a variety of business courses both in English and Spanish. &nbsp\;Elena\, currently serves as the Business Economic Development Supervisor for the City of Aurora and the Associate Director for the Aurora-South Metro SBDC.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; In this position\, she leads a team of consultants that provide bilingual business training to start-ups and existing businesses as well as confidential one-on-one business consulting to help them start\, grow and become successful.&nbsp\; She is currently spearheading several business programs to support minority and immigrant-owned businesses. </span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#111111\;">Elena has an MBA and a Master&rsquo\;s degree in Organizational Development from Azusa Pacific University in California. She also owns High Impact Solutions\, LLC\, a firm dedicated to helping businesses and organizations achieve higher levels of productivity and profitability.</span><br />\n<br />\n<strong style="font-size: 12px\; font-family: arial\;"><span style="color:#0000FF\;"><u>Aurora Chamber of Commerce Diversity &amp\; Inclusion Mission:</u></span></strong> to promote diversity and inclusion in the business community through education\, outreach\, networking\, mentoring and recognition programs that engage our entire community and support our business leaders.</span></span></div>\n<span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#0000FF\;"><strong><u>Aurora Chamber of Commerce Diversity &amp\; Inclusion&nbsp\;Vision:</u></strong></span> to transform our diverse business communities into environments where all businesses are valued for their uniqueness and differences\, and are confident that their contributions matter.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#0000FF\;"><strong><u>Aurora Chamber of Commerce Diversity &amp\; Inclusion&nbsp\;Purpose:</u></strong></span> to encourage business to business networking\, improving the business climate and making this community prosperous\, economically attractive and desirable as a place to work\, live and buy local.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border-width: initial\; border-style: none\; border-color: initial\; border-image: none 100% 1 0 / 1 / 0 stretch\; font-style: italic\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; color: rgb(178\, 34\, 34)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\;">Thank you for your support of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and the Diversity &amp\; Inclusion Council. The Aurora Chamber consistently strives to provide access\, advocacy\, and influence for our members through our programs and committees. We can only be successful if we retain existing members and&nbsp\;</span><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border-width: initial\; border-style: none\; border-color: initial\; border-image: none 100% 1 0 / 1 / 0 stretch\; font-style: italic\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-weight: bold\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; color: rgb(178\, 34\, 34)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\;">attract new members</span><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border-width: initial\; border-style: none\; border-color: initial\; border-image: none 100% 1 0 / 1 / 0 stretch\; font-style: italic\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; color: rgb(178\, 34\, 34)\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\;">.&nbsp\; Please help us by inviting someone as your guest to our next meeting</span><span style="color: rgb(178\, 34\, 34)\; font-size: 12px\;">.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;"><span style="color:#B22222\;"><strong>The Diversity and Inclusion Council is sponsored by&nbsp\;</strong></span><em><strong><a href="https://www.pinnacol.com/">Pinnacol&nbsp\;Assurance</a>.</strong></em></span></span>
LOCATION:You must register for all meeting events. Once registration is complete\, meeting details and Zoom link will be emailed to you. Please note: Registration is not required for the bi-monthly resources that are emailed to our council members. If you do not currently receive emails from the Aurora Chamber of Commerce regarding Diversity & Inclusion resources\, please contact DeeDee Poole to learn more about how to register.
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