Chamber of St Matthews Name: Small Business Conference & Expo Where: Holiday Inn Louisville. East on 1325 S Hurstbourne Parkway Date: April 18, 2018 Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT Event Description: Small Business Conference & Expo is specifically designed to help small business … [Read more...]
NEW – Network of Entrepreneurial Women
Attended a great networking meeting with Women from NEW- Network of Entrepreneurial Women. The topic was “If I had only known these Lessons”. Mindy Munson, President of Munson Business Interiors – an office design firm for mid to large size companies that provides office furniture and solutions. … [Read more...]
KY City & County Managers Association – Chapter of International City/County Management Association
I attended the KCCMA Annual Conference recently where we learned about trends in health insurance, how Hopkinsville planned for the Solar Eclipse and about Murry State University’s Martin School of Public Policy. Professor Morrison provided us an example of a municipal issue for discussion which we … [Read more...]
Southwest Woman’s Roundtable
I have been networking with a number of woman’s groups within the Louisville Metro area to make more connections for my business. I attended my first meeting of the Southwest Woman’s Roundtable a group of woman in business that focus on their businesses in the Southwest part of Louisville. They … [Read more...]
Kentucky International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR)
I attended a meeting recently of the Kentucky International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR). The topic was the State of Talent Management given by Jayne Hale Jarvis of Talent Bar Recruiting, LLC. She said the days of posting/advertising a job and praying are over. In … [Read more...]
Kentucky Public Human Resources Association (KPHRS)
I joined KPHRS – Kentucky Public Human Resources Association and attended their fall conference recently. KPHRS is an association of HR professionals who work for City, County or Public Agencies. It is similar to the ConnPelra group in CT that represents the Municipal HR professionals. The Fall … [Read more...]
Getting to know local businesses and culture through LIBA
LIBA – Louisville Independent Business Association is for small and medium companies that are not part of a national company. For example, local banks can join but the national banks are not members. As you would imagine there are a lot of entrepreneurs, retail stores, local restaurants, local … [Read more...]
Advice to women in business
During my networking at the NAWBO business fair I met Dr. Sharon Kerrick, Dean of the Business School at Bellarmine University. She invited me to their free seminars for students and business owners. I must say it is nice to attend a lecture and take notes and not be worried about a test. (Been … [Read more...]
Louisville Chapter of SHRM – Society of Human Resource Managers
Dealing with Mental Illness in the Workplace I have joined the Louisville Chapter of SHRM – Society of Human Resource Managers. I attended one of their monthly meetings recently with the Topic of Dealing with Mental Illness and the ADA-Americans with Disabilities Act. I have had a lot of … [Read more...]
My day at the KY Chapter IPMA-HR Fall Development and Training Conference
I attended the KY Chapter of IPMA-HR (International Public Management Association for HR) Fall Development and Training Conference at Claudia Sanders Dinner House (Wife of Colonel Sanders from KFC). In addition to awards programs, and state updates we had a number of speakers. One session was … [Read more...]
My day at KLC-Kentucky League of Cities Conference
Learning about KY Employee handbooks, drones, opioid crisis while renewing acquaintances. In addition to the opening speakers at the KLC-Kentucky League of Cities Conference, I attended a number of breakout sessions. The first one was on how to develop an employee handbook for municipalities/Cities … [Read more...]
Learning about Kentucky government
In my efforts to learn about KY government, I have joined the KCCMA - – Kentucky City & County Managers Association which are supported by a staff person from KLC – Kentucky League of Cities. Since KY is so large the KCCMA meets quarterly unlike CT City/Town Managers who meet monthly. The … [Read more...]
Getting to know the Kentucky business community
As many of you know, I have moved to Louisville, KY so I now maintain offices of Randi Frank Consulting, LLC in CT and Louisville. In an effort to get to know the Louisville community I have been networking and attending many different events. It is difficult to start from scratch after 16 years in … [Read more...]
