Overview:
A new CSE Group member-led team being headed up by John "JAK" Keeran, and George Dozier is the second group to emerge and indicate a willingness to support the "Entrepreneurial NEMOSystem" outreach initiative we have proposed... As you know "NEMOSystem" stands for "NEO Enterprise Mentoring & Optimization" System, and is our proposed Innovation and Entrepreneurial Reform initiative we are promoting and pursuing at the CSE Group to help contribute "on the ground and grass roots driven solutions" for Economic Reform, and Entrepreneurial culture development here in the Springs...
John and George, along with a small team (see their names and talent descriptions below), have taken the NEMOSystem initiative and are actively moving forward with a goal to "... drive innovation and encourage entrepreneurship in our community ...". Their vision is to have open meetings around town (as we have proposed and suggested in our "CoffeeCrew" Mini-Meetup model), and call them "Creative Cafe Meetings". These will not be "networking" meetings (though some networking is unavoidable), but rather "roll up your sleeves" brainstorming sessions to generate new and innovative ideas to rebuild the local economy as well as impact the overall economy of Colorado, our nation, and perhaps the world.
The WMSU Group:
Their group is called "WMSU" (We Make Stuff Up), presently and has the following skills and talents embodied in it's team:
- George Dozier - many years of using and teaching effective "group facilitation" techniques for keeping groups focused and moving forward toward goals chosen by the group.
- Kevin Gifford - life coach with hundreds of seminars to his credit; Kevin is especially adept at watching the dynamics of a group unfold and then recognize what is working effectively.
- Betti Anderliter - a pioneer on the social media frontier, Betti is constantly exploring new avenues for leveraging social media outlets for marketing and branding.
- JAK Keeran - co-author of "The Creativity Game" has provided numerous seminars to re-awaken creativity and innovation in individuals and groups.
- Craig Turner - though just joining our group, Craig is a Neural Linguistic Programming (NLP) Master; Craig's specialty holds a greater depth of understanding and power for facilitating and empowering groups.
- Rick Uribe - though not as active in our group (yet), Rick is an accomplished and successful entrepreneur who, along with his wife, owns Another Man's Treasure, a furniture consignment store near GoG & I-25; Rick as been successful in sales for decades, and Rick's ability to gauge and sensitively adjust to the dynamics of interpersonal relationships as they occur is amazing.
The Creative Cafe Mission:
To be provided by the WUSM Team...