10th Annual Golf Tournament

Benefitting the TLBA Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund If you're looking for a reason to spend a day on the golf course, here it is! The Towne Lake Business Association (TLBA) is hosting its 10th Annual Golf Tournament! This tournament is for experienced golfers and hackers alike. Our scramble format allows everyone to enjoy the event. You can register to play as an individual, a pair or a foursome. After 18 holes, join us at the Towne Lake Hills clubhouse for dinner, networking, raffles, door prizes and tournament awards. Proceeds from our 10th Annual TLBA Golf Tournament will benefit the TLBA Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund. Two $1,000 scholarships are awarded annually to graduating seniors, one each at Etowah (EHS) and Woodstock (WHS) High Schools. For more information or to sign up as a player or sponsor, please download the current year brochure at the "Golf Tournament" tab.

Make More Sales And Make More Money

Presented by Mike Stewart of Mike Stewart Sales Dynamics Mike will discuss highly effective ways to increase sales and make more money for you and your company. Just increasing sales does not necessarily translate to higher profits. Mike will discuss the keys to identifying how and where you should focus your activities in order to generate optimal sales. Mike Stewart, CSP, RCC, is president of Mike Stewart Sales Dynamics, a firm focusing on sales, sales management, and personal performance development headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike speaks and writes on contemporary sales, sales management, and personal achievement issues. He is a leading expert in diagnosing and overcoming sales "call reluctance" and is a Registered Corporate Coach with the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches. Mike is one of fewer than 700 speakers worldwide who has earned the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association. He has been a top-rated Course Leader on the faculties of the American Management Association and the Canadian Management Centre. He is a Past President of the Georgia Speakers Association and is a recipient of its Kay Herman Legacy Lifetime Achievement award. Mike was a leading salesperson and award-winning sales manager for Marcoin Management Services, a business management consulting firm serving the petroleum distribution industry. During his 20-year career with them, he developed keen insight into the realities of what it takes to be successful in the field as he rose through key leadership positions. He served as Vice President and as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of this national franchise company, the leader in its field with 200 offices coast-to-coast. He has also successfully operated five businesses of his own. Mike received Chevron's Professionals in Action award, their highest recognition for superior management and customer service, twice in the 3? years he was associated with them. He also received Carlson Learning Company's Circle of Sales Excellence Award of Merit and is listed in Marquis? Who?s Who in America. Mike?s best selling book "Close More Sales!" was published in 1999 by Amacom, New York and was also published in Europe and China. He has written 10 books and contributed to 9 others, including the New York Times best-selling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series. He has worked with a wide variety of companies in many industries including Air Jamaica, Air Products, Allied (Van Lines) International, Amoco, Arizona Chemicals, Bayer Corporation, Biochem International, BMG Video Distribution, Chevron, Ciba-Geigy, Coloplast, Cybex, Delta Faucet Company, Georgia Lottery Corporation, Fruit of the Loom, Gold Kist, Heidelberg Press, Jiffy Lube, Lintech International, Kemira Pigments, Miller Brewing Company, Mitsubishi, Nikon, Office Depot, Overhead Door Corporation, Pacific Mutual Insurance Company, Rheem/Ruud, Rhone-Poulenc, Rust-oleum Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Sigma Tau Pharmaceuticals, Standard Steel Products, Telecheck, The Prudential Insurance Company, UCB Pharma, United Parcel Services, Wacker Chemicals (USA), Wittnauer International, and W.R. Grace & Company ? plus the U.S. Department of Energy, the Southeastern Conference Alumni Directors, and hundreds of small business owners. Mike believes strongly in the importance of balance, success, and happiness in peoples? lives. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University and lives in Dunwoody, Georgia with his wife Barbara who is an active principal in their company, Stewart & Stewart, Inc. All Workshops are held on the third Tuesday of the month at Featherstone's Grille at Towne Lake Hills from 12:30 to 2 p.m. We encourage you to RSVP for all events at (770) 615-3350. Walk-ins are always welcome.

Communication Skills

Presented by Jo Ann Canada, "Unchained Agility - Successful Momentum for Changing Times" All Workshops are held on the third Tuesday of the month at Featherstone's Grille at Towne Lake Hills from 12:30 to 2 p.m. We encourage you to RSVP for all events at (770) 615-3350. Walk-ins are always welcome.

Tax Planning for Your Business

Presented by John Drawdy of Drawdy CPA Services, LLC All Workshops are held on the third Tuesday of the month at Featherstone's Grille at Towne Lake Hills from 12:30 to 2 p.m. We encourage you to RSVP for all events at (770) 615-3350. Walk-ins are always welcome.