Feed Your Mind Lunch & Learn Storytelling Your Business and Why it's Important

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Date and Time

Thursday Apr 11, 2024
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT

11:30 - Registration/Networking
12:00pm - Presentation

Location

Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company
3600 Army Post Rd.
Des Moines, IA

You may park on the east side of the building and enter through the door next to the picnic table, rather than entering through the main doors.

Fees/Admission

Members: $0 Bring Your Own Lunch OR $18 with lunch
Non-Members: $10 Bring Your Own Lunch OR $23 with lunch

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**Basic Brown Bag lunch from In the Bag included with registration. This includes: Fresh fruit, chips, condiments on the side and a brownie. Sandwich options are turkey, ham, roast beef or vegetarian option. Pick your option when you register.

No Walk In Registrations will be allowed. No refunds after Monday, April 8th at noon as lunch orders will already have been placed.
*Lunch provided when paid for and selected at registration

***Lunch orders will not be available past Wednesday 4/10/24 at 10:00am as orders will have been placed and confirmed***

Contact Information

Lisa Treptow
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Description

The FuseDSM Feed Your Mind Lunch & Learn program are 60-minute presentations, monthly, on a variety of important and timely topics that provide the tools to successfully navigate your business.

Speaker

Matthew Mciver, Founder, Mciver Communications
Director, Teacher, Community Builder, and Creator
Cloris Award Winner
MATTHEW McIVER is a communicator, teacher, writer, director, and community builder. After eleven years of training and acting in New York, Matthew came to Des Moines as the Founding Artistic Director of the Des Moines Social Club (DMSC), an innovative multidisciplinary arts venue in downtown Des Moines that garnered national attention. The DMSC spawned creative businesses and programs across central Iowa, and Matthew served as one of the key staff and public faces of the project. Most recently he served as artistic director and resource development director of the Iowa Stage Theatre Company, producing and directing award-winning classic and contemporary theater. Matthew is an active member in the community, having served on the boards of Bravo Greater Des Moines, the After School Arts Program, Pyramid Theatre Company, Girls Rock Des Moines, Hoyt Sherman Place, and the Iowa Cultural Coalition.

Topic
Storytelling your business
Story is one of the most powerful tools for getting your message out. You have great statistics, and catchy slogans, and all of those can help. But if you want to create powerful alignment, you need to reach not just the head and the heart, but the gut. Learn the basic elements of a story and how to use them to share your message in a way that reaches the intellect, the emotions,
and the core identity of your audience. When you align the head, the heart, and the gut, powerful action follows.