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Month of August
Play Ball!
TWINS TICKET GIVEAWAY

Play to win seats for the game Sept. 19th!
We know how hard you’ve been working this summer and that you’re overdue for some baseball! It’s a double header – participate in our online Play Ball! sweepstakes where we’ll mix a little business and baseball, and you’ll be entered to win tickets (Section 2, Row 5) to see the Twins take on the Oakland A’s.

Get your baseball fix over your coffee break on Twitter and check in on Facebook on your way to lunch!
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Amplify HR: A Training Series for Small Business Owners

As a business owner, the key to your success is getting the right talent in the door and cultivating them to work as hard in the business as you do. This comprehensive HR Training Series is interactive and geared specifically towards small business owners. As a participant, you’ll leave with references and tools you can use the minute you’re back at the office. It will prepare your for the world of HR, how to deal with issues and seize opportunities to turn your employees into the crucial driving factor toward your business' success. See below for dates and workshop details!

Wednesday, September 22nd

Amplify HR: Performance Management

Keep your employees on the path to success and your business out of a lawsuit. Join Buffie Blesi of AdviCoach and Larry Bourgerie, a graduate level HR lecturer at the Carlson School of Management, in the second of a three part workshop, Amplify Your HR: Performance Management. This workshop will give you the tools and processes to maximize the performance of your employees. In addition they will cover the legal ins and outs of managing your employees in order to minimize your legal liability.
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Thursday, September 30th

5 Steps to Freedom in Business

90% of small businesses fail within 10 years: don’t be one of them, turn threats to your company into business freedom. Join Allan Bernard of AdviCoach at the 5 Steps to Freedom in Business Seminar, complimentary to you as a Minnesota small business owner. Allan will not only share the 5 principal risks facing your business, but concrete practical ways to steer clear and head towards freedom in your business.
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Wednesday, October 6th

Amplify HR: Coaching to Peak Performance

Turn your employees into superstars and get them to work as hard for your business as you do! Join Buffie Blesi of AdviCoach and Larry Bourgerie, a graduate level HR lecturer at the Carlson School of Management, in the second of a three part workshop, Amplify Your HR: Coaching to Peak Performance. This workshop will provide you with tools for coaching your employees to be high performers and to achieve outstanding business results regardless of their level in the organization.

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Are You Ready to Take Your Business to the Next Level?

As a business owner it is not enough to be a master at your craft – doing it, doing it, doing it. No matter what the size of your company, YOU must be the entrepreneur working ON your business each and every day, not just IN it. To be a World Class Organization, no matter how big, you need to be identify the fears that hold you back, the things you avoid, the things you insist on doing yourself and the barriers that keep you and your company from growing and being the best it can be. It also means achieving clarity. Most often, achieving clarity requires outside influence – someone who can challenge your assumptions, your beliefs and your habits.

What Separates KnowledgeSphere Group from the rest:

We work as a team and have the ability to draw upon the experiences of all of our coaches to help our clients. Those experiences are vast and right now constitute over 50 years of business experience in marketing, sales, operations and financial (among other things).
Giving back to the community is very important and KnowledgeSphere, Inc. has committed to giving at least 2% of its pre-tax earnings to charities as part of the Minnesota Keystone Program.
If you are not completely satisfied that you have found value in the coaching relationship, we will refund your monthly coaching fees.
We are members of several local Chambers-reinforcing our commitment to our local communities.

Buffie Blesi
651-815-8398
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With 20 years proven success increasing efficiencies, reducing costs and creating strong effective teams, Buffie has a history of growing companies of all sizes– from Fortune 500 to small businesses – to growth and profitability. Over her career, she was fortunate to be a key player in several successful start-up operations including a discount brokerage firm for a large regional bank and creator of a strategic assessments and regulatory practice area for a local consulting firm, holding executive level leadership positions in both including Senior Vice President of Operations, Director and Chief Financial Officer, respectively.

In 2008, Buffie founded KnowledgeSphere Group, Inc. and purchased an area developer franchise license for AdviCoach, part of Franchise Source Brands International, the leading coaching company in North America. She is very active in the community and is currently a member of Augsburg College Alumni Association, on the Membership Committee for the American Association of Microbusinesses, a Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Ambassador and a member of the Minneapolis Chamber Leadership Twin Cities Steering Committee. Learn More.

Allan Bernard

612-703-2038
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Allan has more than 20 years of management experience in for-profit and non-profit organizations. He has created programs to train and develop paid staff and volunteers. As an assistant professor at Metropolitan State University Allan trained peers in best practices for teaching as well as teaching management principles and strategic planning to future business leaders.

Allan has served as a leader in several community organizations including District 6 Governor for Toastmasters International and candidate for the Minneapolis City Council. He has lived in the Twin Cities for over 40 years and is an alumnus of Metropolitan State University and the University of Minnesota.Learn More.