Lunch & Learn
Lunch and Learns are held monthly with lunch and a speaker covering topics such business tools, learning modules, marketing and networking.
Lunch and Learns are held at The Bluffs Senior Community Center on the 3rd Floor in the Ballroom. Lunch is provided by Keweenaw Co-op. Please RSVP to info@keweenaw.org to reserve your spot. FREE to members, NON-Members $10.
2024 Lunch and Learns:
January 18, 2024: Rozsa Center
February 6, 2024: National Coalition for Community Capital
March 20: Cybersecurity with Matt Thyer
April 18, 2024: Manpower
May: Cancelled
September:
October:
November: How to use CANVA
December:
2023 Lunch and Learns:
February 22, 2023: UP Michigan Works!
April 20, 2023: Michigan Small Business Development Center
May 18, 2023: AI a New Powerful Technology | MTEC Smartzone
May 25, 2023: Connecting your BUSINESS with summer visitors | Visit Keweenaw
September 21, 2023: Social Media Workshop | 2nd Sandbar Productions
October 19, 2023: UP Michigan Works!
November 16, 2023: SBDC
2022 Lunch and Learns:
June: Tourism Advertising in the Keweenaw
2021 Lunch and Learns:
Series was CANCELLED due to COVID
2020 Lunch and Learns:
January: Leadership & Human Motivation with presenter Matt Throop of MDT Consulting
February: Endless Referrals with presenter Adam Taivalkoski of Exp Realty
March-December: Cancelled
Past 2019 Lunch and Learns:
January - Your Business in the Digital Marketing Age with presenter Mary Myers of TV6 & FoxUP
February - Wellness in the Workplace with presenter Patty Markham Peterson of Expanding Hearts
March - Why is Online Presence so Important for Small-Town Business Owners with presenter Jean Hardy with the University of Michigan School of Information
May - Story Tellers: Customer Service Culture That Fuels Growth with presenter Brian Donnelly, Vice President of Retail Banking at Superior National Bank & Trust
September - Website Workshop with presenter Mary Myers of TV6 & FoxUP
October - Video As a Powerful Marketing Tool with presenters Amanda and Daena Makela of 2nd Sandbar Productions
November - The Brutal Honesty about Marketing! Presenters Karyn and Dave Olsson of the Marketing Department
Past 2018 Lunch and Learns:
January - Digital Marketing with presenters Mary Myers and Patrick Callahan of TV6 & FoxUP
February - Agile Project Management Process with presenter E.B. Mayer an accomplished business leader with over 15 Years of experience across fortune 500 companies
March - Trademarks with presenter Laura M. Konkel is a partner at a Madison law firm and an adjunct professor of Intellectual Property
April - Estate Planning for Business Owners with presenter Joel C. Tuoriniemi of MTU's School of Business & Economics
May - Initial Coin Offerings & Bitcoin Entrepreneurship with presenter Andre Laplume of MTU's School of Business & Economics
July - Online Safety with presenter Jake Putala, Consumer Education and OK2SAY School Safety Presenter with the Michigan Department of Attorney General
September - What You Really Sell with presenter Roger Woods, Senior Lecturer at MTU's School of Business & Economics
October - Maker Spaces & Their Benefits to Small Business with presenter Jason Mack, Vice President of Business Development at the MTEC SmartZone
November - Creating a Service-Driven Culture with presenter Lisa Liimatta Co-Founder of Rise Leadership Circle, LLC
December - Design Thinking in Business with presenters Dr. Steve Patchin, Director of Career Services, Michigan Tech University