Establish new connections and get to know other business professionals in a casual, career-focused setting at the monthly CYP CLUB 'Coffee Talk' Networking Event. Everyone will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and what they do, and also listen to a local guest speaker offer information and advice on business, careers, and other topics.

The event includes breakfast light breakfast and coffee. The cost is $5 (if you pay online) or $10 (at the door) for CYP CLUB members and guests. Premium members get in for FREE! Everyone who attends will receive a free copy of Columbus CEO Magazine AND can sign up for a complimentary one-year subscription. Be sure to attend and bring plenty of business cards.

7:30-8:00am: Attendee registration and open networking (coffee and breakfast provided)
8:00-8:05am: Welcome by CYP CLUB Networking Director, Ryan Conway
8:05-8:30am: Member Introductions
8:30-8:50am: Our guest speaker addresses the group on business/networking/careers
8:50-9:00am: Closing announcements, Networker of the Month selection / business card pull / door prizes

Guest Speaker: Roger Blackwell

About Our Speaker: Dr. Roger Blackwell is a frequent speaker on marketing, strategic planning and health care topics for executive and business groups and a seminar leader for non-profit groups in education, health care, and religious organizations.

Dr. Blackwell joined the marketing faculty at The Ohio State University after receiving his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and undergraduate and master's degree at the University of Missouri. He was Visiting Professor at Stanford University, Cape Town University in South Africa, and Guelph University in Canada and lectured on six continents before retiring in 2005 from the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State where he also taught Health Care Marketingin the College of Medicine.

Roger received the Alumni Distinguished Teaching award and 26 other awards while teaching more than 65,000 students at Ohio State. He published over 100 articles in scholarly and trade journals and more than twenty-five books and research reports. He's co-author of Consumer Behavior, now in its 10th edition, used in several languages by universities throughout the world. Some of his other books include From the Edge of the World (Ohio State Press), From Mind to Market: Reinventing the Retail Supply Chain (Harper Business), Customers Rule! (Random House), Brands That Rock (Wiley), and Consumer Driven Health Care with Dr. Tom Williams and Alan Ayers.

Roger implemented the practical side of marketing while serving on boards of Abercrombie & Fitch, Airnet Systems, Applied Industrial Technologies, CheckFree, CheckPoint, Cheryl & Co., CompuServe, Intimate Brands,Diamond Hill Investments, Flex-Funds, Max& Erma's Restaurants, Symix, and Worthington Foods. He is currently marketing director for Cooper & Elliott law firm and a Principal of Blackwell Business Advisors assisting entrepreneurial firms. Roger lives with his family in Upper Arlington.

Premium Members are invited to attend this event for FREE.

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