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We are eager to begin the 2019-202 session.
Oklahoma Venture Forum is a membership-based business organization dedicated to fostering new and existing small business ventures in Oklahoma. Membership in the Oklahoma Venture Forum is essential for any business, organization, group or individual involved in economic development on a local, state or national level.
Memberships have helped us accomplish so much.
This year we will be able to once again provide sponsorship of important community events, and contests that share our goals of fostering new and existing business ventures and the entrepreneurial spirit in Oklahoma.
We have developed a new media marketing presence that includes short video interviews, podcasts and other products used to promote, Main Speakers, Pitch Presenters and member growth.
This year we will host main speakers and pitch presentations with topics including Early Development - Teen Founders, The Importance of an Exit, and Managing Multiple Funding Sources.
Join Oklahoma business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs for networking, new business opportunities and informative stories of success from all over our great state. Monthly OVF Power Lunches are a great way to meet and learn from each other all while fostering a better business future for Oklahoma. This is the best hour per month anyone can spend in pursuit of opportunity and connection with like-minded professionals.
Each OVF Power Lunch offers a combination of peer-to-peer conversation, Pitch Presentations of viable business scenarios (not just potential) and Success Story presentations full of real-world specifics that inform and engage all attending.
Along with our monthly Power Lunches, OVF members receive the added value of attending private events, access to the member directory on our website, receiving curated business information via our email newsletter, member spotlights, our podcast/video series and social media mentions along with sponsorship and marketing opportunities. Your highest potential ROI is membership in OVF.
Please consider how much more you could do for OVF by becoming a member.
If you have any questions about membership options or the renewal process I hope that you will reach out to me, I am always happy to help.
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Host Organization: Moore Norman Technology Center
Event title: Feedback is another F word
Event type: Leadership series
Event date & time: July 18 11:30-1
Link to registration: https://www.mntc.edu/classes/business-financial-services/featuredbusinessandfinance/growandgo
Event title: Jekyll and Hyde. What’s your leadership personality?
Event type: Leadership Series
Event date & time: August 15 11:30-1
Host Organization: Oklahoma Venture Forum
Location: The Garage & Lounge at 800
Event title: Member Kick-off Event
Event type: Membership Mingle
Event date & time: August 21st, 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm
Link to registration: Attend
Event title: Leading at the Speed of Trust
Event type: Lunch & Learn
Event date & time: 22 Aug = 1130A -130P
Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/lunch-learn-franklin-coveys-leading-speed-trust
OVF member discount code if available:
Event title: OVF Power Lunch "Early Development - Teen Founders"
Event type: Success Speaker & Pitch Presentation
Event date & time: September 11th, 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Event title: 4 Essential Roles of Leadership
Event type: Workshop
Event date & time: 20 Sep = 830A -400P
Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/franklin-coveys-leading-speed-trust-workshop
Event title: OVF After Hours at the BBB of Central Oklahoma
Event type: Networking, Speaker & Tour
Event date & time: September 26th, 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm
Event title: OVF Power Lunch "The Exit Strategy"
Event date & time: October 9th, 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Event title: 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity
Event date & time: 7 Nov = 1130A -130P
Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/lunch-learn-franklin-coveys-5-choices-extraordinary-productivity
Host Organization: Moore Norman Technology Center (South Penn Campus)
Event title: Franklin Covey’s 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity: One Day Essentials
Event date & time: Friday November 15, 2019 830A – 400P
Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/franklin-coveys-5-choices-extraordinary-productive-one-day-essentials
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Please use the link included in each event.
Please reach out to me, I am always happy to help.
If you would like to share events, classes or workshops with OVF members please click the Add Me button below and let us know you have something to share. (Please do not share events, classes or workshops with us until you have received the response email with our preferred submission format)
Incoming Board of Directors for 2019-2020 will extend from August 1st, 2019 to May 31st, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 21, 2019) – Oklahoma Venture Forum announces incoming Board of Directors for the 2019-2020 term. This term will extend from August 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020.
The Oklahoma Venture Forum is a non-profit organization formed in 1987 to encourage economic development in Oklahoma. The organization provides opportunities for investors, entrepreneurs, and others to exchange ideas and experiences to grow new and existing small businesses.
The Board of Directors include business professionals from diverse fields in the Oklahoma community. These individuals are:
“Monthly OVF meetings are a great way to meet and learn from each other all while fostering a better business future for Oklahoma. This is the best hour per month anyone can spend in pursuit of opportunity and connection with like-minded professionals,” explains Kyle Golding, Chairman of Oklahoma Venture Forum.
The incoming 2019-2020 officers include:
“The monthly OVF Power Lunch is a combination of peer-to-peer conversation, Pitch Presentations of viable business scenarios (not just potential) and Success Story presentations full of real-world specifics that inform and engage all attending” says Che’ Loessberg, Executive Director of Oklahoma Venture. “I am excited about the line-up of subjects this session, and we are getting ready to start in September.”
Become a member with the Oklahoma Venture Forum at www.ovf.org/Join-OVF. Follow us on iTunes, Spreaker and YouTube for Podcast and videos. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram for news and updates!
Here are some great events you won't want to miss. ________________________________________ Host Organization: The Mine OKC TODAY! Event title: Final Presentations Event type: Presentations of 2 social entrepreneurship projects, reception to follow Event date & time: May 22, 2019, 5:30pm Link to registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mine-okc-final-presentations-tickets-60764867354 ________________________________________ Host Organization: Moore Norman Technology Center Event title: 4 Essential Roles of Leadership Event type: Lunch & Learn Event date & time: 6 June = 1130A -130P Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/lunch-learn-franklin-coveys-4-essentials-roles-leadership OVF member discount code if available: ________________________________________Host Organization: Moore Norman Technology Center (South Penn Campus) Event title: Franklin Covey’s The 4 Essential Roles of Leadership Event type: Workshop Event date & time: Friday June 21, 2019 830A – 400P Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/franklin-coveys-4-essential-roles-leadership-workshop OVF member discount code if available: ________________________________________ Host Organization: Moore Norman Technology Center Event title: Leading at the Speed of Trust Event type: Lunch & Learn Event date & time: 22 Aug = 1130A -130P Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/lunch-learn-franklin-coveys-leading-speed-trust OVF member discount code if available: ________________________________________ Host Organization: Moore Norman Technology Center Event title: 4 Essential Roles of Leadership Event type: Workshop Event date & time: 20 Sep = 830A -400P Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/franklin-coveys-leading-speed-trust-workshop OVF member discount code if available ________________________________________ Host Organization: Moore Norman Technology Center Event title: 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity Event type: Lunch & Learn Event date & time: 7 Nov = 1130A -130P Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/lunch-learn-franklin-coveys-5-choices-extraordinary-productivity OVF member discount code if available ________________________________________ Host Organization: Moore Norman Technology Center (South Penn Campus) Event title: Franklin Covey’s 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity: One Day Essentials Event type: Workshop Event date & time: Friday November 15, 2019 830A – 400P Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/franklin-coveys-5-choices-extraordinary-productive-one-day-essentials OVF member discount code if available: _____________________________________ If you have questions about events? Please use the link included in each event. Do you have questions about OVF membership?Please reach out to me, I am always happy to help. Have an event, class, or workshop to Share? If you would like to share events, classes or workshops with OVF members please click the Add Me button below and let us know you have something to share. (Please do not share events, classes or workshops with us until you have received the response email with our preferred submission format) ADD ME
Host Organization: The Mine OKC TODAY!
Event title: Final Presentations
Event type: Presentations of 2 social entrepreneurship projects, reception to follow
Event date & time: May 22, 2019, 5:30pm
Link to registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mine-okc-final-presentations-tickets-60764867354
Event date & time: 6 June = 1130A -130P
Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/lunch-learn-franklin-coveys-4-essentials-roles-leadership
Event title: Franklin Covey’s The 4 Essential Roles of Leadership
Event date & time: Friday June 21, 2019 830A – 400P
Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/franklin-coveys-4-essential-roles-leadership-workshop
OVF member discount code if available
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Event title: Franklin Covey’s 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team
Event date & time: Tuesday April 30, 2019 830A – 400P
Link to registration: https://enrollment.mntc.edu/short-term-classes/6-critical-practices-leading-team
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Host Organization: DD Audio
Event title: DD Audio #SpeakerSeries Featuring Allison Candelaria, Owner of Soul Yoga
Event type: Networking, presentation and Q/A about visionary business tactics and innovative approaches to starting or running a small business, personal brand or passion project.
Event date & time: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 Time: 5:30pm - 6:00pm Networking Happy Hour & 6:00pm - 7:00pm Q/A with Allison Candelaria, Owner of Soul Yoga hosted by Kyle Golding, CEO of The Golding Group
Link to registration: http://bit.ly/DDAudioSpeakerSeries3
OVF member discount code if available: Free event
Host organization: Oklahoma Venture Forum
Event title: Chairman's Award for Economic Impact presented by Insperity
Event type: Awards Luncheon, Keynote speaker Piyush Patel
Event date: Wednesday, May 8th, 11:00 a.m. at Oklahoma History Center
Link to registration: www.ovf.org/Attend-OVF
Host organization: Startup Grind OKC
Event title: Fireside chat with Robin Roberson (CEO & Co-Founder of WeGoLook)
Event type: Informative chat, Q&A, networking, and food
Event date: Tuesday, May 14th @ 6pm
Link to registration: https://startupgrind.com/oklahoma-city/
Event title: Franklin Covey’s Leading at the Speed of Trust
Event date & time: Friday September 20, 2019 830A – 400P
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Don't miss this interview with Piyush Patel. Piyush is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the 2019 Chairman's Award for Economic Impact presented by Insperity, that will be held on May 8th at the Oklahoma History Center. Thank you Kyle Golding of The Golding Group.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkOG1hAJokkICTuJKfqEWcQ
https://www.spreaker.com/user/ovfokc/ovf-podcast-ep15-piyush-patel
Here’s a line of advice from Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby: “Learn to make do with what you have,” says the leader who is receiving the honor on behalf of the Chickasaw Nation, “and then create some new things.” That wisdom is evidenced in the tribe’s government, management, and investments.
“Chickasaw Nation Industries (CNI) is a federally chartered corporation owned by the Chickasaw Nation,” explains the Governor. “We had to acquire the support of our people to form the organization back in 1996. So we sent out around 15,000 ballots, and the charter was approved.”
“We started out small. But we’ve grown and today we’re approaching around 40,000 registered voters. We have more than a dozen subsidiaries with over 2000 employees in 40 states.”
Some of those employees reside in places like Marietta, a rural community in southern Oklahoma. In 2004, when the Chickasaw nation learned that the town’s local manufacturing facility was about to shut down, the tribe stepped in and acquired the business. “We took the leap,” recalls the Governor of the time when 50 employees almost lost their jobs. “We kept the business going and were actually able to expand it.”
Today CNI operates Filtra-Systems out of the plant in Marietta. “One of the products, and it’s very exciting, is the Scout Mobile Water Filtration System,” says Governor Anoatubby. “It can recycle up to 10,000 barrels of produced water, which is water utilized in drilling and fracking operations. The water can then be reused instead of being sent to the disposal well.”
Another subsidiary of CNI is Corvid Technologies. “The engineers at Corvid work with supercomputers. They do predictive modeling for different entities from NASCAR to the US government.”
“For example, the computer programs developed at Corvid show what effect an IED has on a vehicle. This saves the government money because an actual vehicle doesn’t have to be used.”
“This is not only a good business to be in; it’s also a growing business. We expect to add 350 employees in the years to come.”
Long term investments that deliver positive economic impacts are clearly important to the Chickasaw Nation and its leader; after all, Governor Anoatubby has invested more than 30 years in tribal leadership. While making do in order to create new is one of his guiding principles, due diligence is another. “We probably invest in about 1% of the opportunities we evaluate,” he says. “We always ask if the business will support the economic goals of our Nation and improve the quality of life for our people.”
There is one investment opportunity, though, to which the Governor and his tribe regularly say ‘yes.’ “We fund over 5000 scholarships today,” he says. “And now we are seeing young people coming back to work with us. They have all kinds of expertise, from business to finance to investments. So we’re very thankful for that.”
Governor Anoatubby is also thankful for the Oklahoma Venture Forum. “Some of the work that’s been done by our people is being recognized. It’s very nice that the OVF would give our Nation this economic impact award.”
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