Schedule

New York, NY | November 12, 2025

Schedule

Focused on Helping You Grow Your Business

Who Attends

Providing a community for market researchers to connect, collaborate, and learn.

Boutique agencies and growing small businesses (less than $10MM in annual revenue). Owners, founders, and early-stage entrepreneurs who retain a majority ownership and are committed to building, growing, and/or sustaining their small company (2 or more employees).

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Start your day by connecting with fellow attendees. Fuel up, make introductions, and get ready for an inspiring day of learning and collaboration.

Welcome and introduction to the event. Overview of the day's agenda and key goals.

Presentation/Workshop by Susan Vogel of SB Vogel Consulting LLC
A high-functioning team is considered the Holy Grail of successful businesses. Research shows synergistic teams result in higher employee engagement and satisfaction, more innovation, and higher profitability. Yet most teams struggle, particularly when facing difficult changes, when an unhealthy team can implode, making adapting chaotic and unsuccessful.

Effective leadership teams must be nimble, with the skills required to assess, decide, and act quickly. Their communication must be candid and effective. Most critically, team members must trust and respect each other to succeed. This session is based on the neuroscience of effective team dynamics and the skills required to adapt and survive a turbulent business environment.
Join Susan Vogel, Founder of SB Vogel Consulting, a business consultant, strategist, and change facilitation coach for this workshop.
You will learn how to:
* Understand what a successful high-functioning team looks like
* Set the right expectations and tone
* Navigate difficult change and resistance
* Recognize why behaviors are crucial and the hardest thing to manage
* Practice self-awareness - it all starts with you, the leader
This information can be delivered as a presentation only or include a facilitated hands-on interactive workshop where participants will practice applying the concepts in small groups.
Specifically, participants will be supported to: 
• Share a mistake they’ve made that you learned from that others might gain insight from. 
• Practice sharing something vulnerable, a difficult conversation you need to have, a behavioral issue that needs addressing. Give each other feedback. 
• Come back together as a group and share highlights

Take a short break to stretch, grab a coffee, and chat with fellow participants. Use this time to exchange ideas, meet new colleagues, and build connections that can spark future collaboration.

- Presented by Penny McNerney, Total Circle HR

We'll have topical conversation starters to choose from to help break the ice and facilitate connections - or chat about your latest favorite streaming binge.

Presented by: Lauren Pearl, Pearl Consulting

Recharge for the final sessions and continue to forge valuable connections.

1. M&A / succession planning
2. Doing business across states / countries
3. Finance / tax planning / budgeting
4. Employee / team management / engagement
5. Sales / business growth strategies

Wrap up the day's sessions with a relaxed networking reception. Enjoy light refreshments and drinks as you continue conversations, make new connections, and reflect on key takeaways with peers and speakers.

Space is limited, so act fast before tickets sell out!

This intimate setting ensures every voice is heard and every conversation matters.
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