MGA Webinars and Events
- Thu, Dec 12WebinarSmart Manufacturing Acceleration Program: Empowering Michigan Manufacturers for Industry 4.0 SuccessDec 12, 2024, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ESTWebinar
Sales At A Crossroads: Navigating Your Path To Margin & Customer Growth
Presented by: Manufacturing Growth Alliance
Navigate the challenging sales terrain. This program identifies the threats to your margin and maps new routes to revenue. Understand market forces wreaking havoc on your margin and how to win now and in the future.
The greatest threat to your business is the inability to transform your Sales Strategy. The customer and market landscape is challenging and will only worsen. Understanding and acceptance are the first steps toward changing your strategy to win. This coure identifies the threats to your margin and helps you re-route your path to growth. You’ll leave this course with a clear understanding of the market forces and traditional sales practices wreaking havoc on your margin. You’ll learn the steps to win back your margin and customers now and in the future.
This course would be beneficial to CEOs, presidents, owners, and sales leaders.
Webinars:
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November 11
Workshops:
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November 6 • Grand Rapids, Michigan
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November 13 • Troy, Michigan
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November 8th • 9 am - 12 pm • Virtual
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Funding provided by the Small Business Support Hub Grant Program from the SBAM Foundation in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP0127 awarded to the State of Michigan by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
PeerSpectives® Roundtable For The Emerging Second-Stager (PRESS) (Cohort 2)
Presented by: Manufacturing Growth Alliance
Course runs from: January 16, 2025 - June 18, 2025
PeerSpectives® Roundtable for the Emerging Second-Stager is an executive/CEO roundtable led by professional facilitators. These monthly sessions are fast-paced and productive, giving you actionable solutions for your pressing business challenges, including sales, HR, marketing, strategic planning, operational efficiency, and more.
This cohort will be held in Grand Rapids (HR Collaborative, 678 Front Avenue NW, Suite 190, Grand Rapids, MI) over six months, from 8:00am to 11:30am. The cohort minimum is 10 people and is limited to 15 people.
Dates for this cohort are as follows:
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January 16, 2025
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February 20, 2025
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March 20, 2025
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April 17, 2025
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May 15, 2025
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June 18, 2025
Have you grown your business beyond startup and want to scale larger? If you’re like many business owners, you’ve gotten this far by the seat of your pants — with a lot of hard work and sometimes a little luck. Yet to continue to grow your company profitably, you could use some outside help.
The solution: PeerSpectives® Roundtable for the Emerging Second-Stager (PRESS). PRESS is an executive roundtable for leaders of late Stage 1/early Stage 2 companies. Led by professional facilitators, these monthly sessions are fast-paced and productive, giving you actionable solutions for your pressing business challenges. PRESS provides a forum where participants can improve decision-making, enhance leadership abilities, confidentially share challenges and experiences with their peers, and advance their network and capabilities as organizational leaders. What’s more, the sessions include informal discussions with business experts in a variety of fields, from finance, sales, HR, and marketing. Here’s what you’ll gain:
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Boost your business acumen and fill in gaps.
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Improved decision-making and greater confidence as a business leader.
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Smoother operations, less fire-fighting, and better strategy for growth.
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A safe, confidential setting where you can be open about sensitive issues.
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Camaraderie with business peers who know what it’s like to walk in your shoes.
This course would be beneficial to CEOs/Presidents/Founders of Michigan Manufacturing Firms (inclusive of food and beverage manufacturing subsectors). Priority will be given to authorized participants in the SBSH Grant Program and MGA Members.
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Funding provided by the Small Business Support Hub Grant Program from the SBAM Foundation in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP0127 awarded to the State of Michigan by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.