Blendification … Leading in a rapidly changing, complex, distributed environment
By Dan Bruder

At our March breakfast meeting, we will hear from Dan Bruder, co-founded Blendification to help reinvigorate business as a positive force in society.  With today’s remarkable volatility in labor and consumer markets, many businesses aren’t adapting at the pace necessary to stay ahead of external changes.  Social and technological factors are making it easy for employees and customers to disconnect leaving business leaders lost.  In response, businesses are focused on short-term fixes and overlooking the heart of the issue and the related opportunity.  Human beings need to connect and belong, and business needs to serve this core desire to realize potential.  Essentially, we need to stop seeking the mythical work-life balance and pursue the reality of work-life blend.

Dan’s commitment to blending work and life to enhance the lives of employees, customers, and communities is highlighted in his TEDx Talk, “The Blendification of Work and Life builds Communities.” The process by which organizations accomplish Blendification is outlined in his book, “The Blendification® System: Activating Potential by connecting Culture, Strategy, and Execution.”  Further, his company created the Strategy Whiteboard and Personal Whiteboard which have been digitalized leading to a new industry segment called ConsulTech (consulting technology).

The Strategy Whiteboard and Personal Whiteboard software apps unify and streamline traditionally high-priced and time-consuming strategy, leadership, and personal development consulting programs providing efficient access to everyone in the company through technology. As a result, companies can proactively adapt to external changes and fulfill employee’s core human needs of connecting and belonging and this can be done through work.

Our Prez is pulling out all of the stops for his last official breakfast meeting as the DAB President.

Rumor has it Sean Plumb and the Honey Badger’s will be performing live some of your favorite holiday tunes as well as some classic rock…ssssshhh, not sure, but this may happen.

There will be skits, costumes, other musical adventures, inspirational speeches and possibly a visit from the fat man up north. This is one you don’t want to miss.

Bring a guest or two, bring your significant other, heck…just pick a random stranger and bring them.

This is also our annual toy drive for Toys-for-Tots. Please bring a new, UNWRAPPED toy to be donated to a child in need this holiday season.

Al Mueller, Excellence in Giving

Many families and companies want to make a difference in the world but have trouble knowing where to start or feel indifferent about their giving.  Please join Al as he shares lessons from twenty years of experience advising high-net worth families, companies, and non-profit corporations on how to align their charitable work with their money.  He’ll discuss how two ultra-high net worth parents raised kids that understood the true meaning of wealth and service to others and how a corporation changed their giving program to increase employee satisfaction and morale.  Al will also share how a non-profit board changed from scarcity thinking to abundance mentality and received a seven figure gift.

Al Mueller, President of Excellence in Giving, has 20 years of experience serving some of the most generous families in America.  Excellence in Giving helps families align their values, passions, and priorities with their wealth.  Those families gave almost $90 million to 981 high impact nonprofits in 2020.  Since inception in 2002, Excellence in Giving clients have given almost $500 million to local, national and international organizations.          

Jean Ginzburg has been in the digital marketing space for over thirteen years – servicing clients, working with partners and managing strategy. She is a serial entrepreneur and digital marketing expert helping companies scale revenue, optimize sales and marketing processes and improve productivity. Jean is also the CEO of the agency Ginball Digital Marketing. Ginball’s clients range from brand name Fortune 500 companies to innovative start-ups. In 2017, Jean launched JeanGinzburg.com, an education company bringing digital marketing strategies to up and coming entrepreneurs and startups. Jean‘s passion is empowering entrepreneurs and business owners. She gets up everyday striving to help businesses achieve their goals. After being a veteran in the digital marketing space, Jean mostly focuses on consulting businesses, speaking engagements and digital thought leadership

From Bob Dodge, Chair of our Member Engagement Committee:

Many of us enjoyed seeing one another in April and we look forward to seeing more DABBERs in person in May.  As we learned, via the survey, we clearly value relationships with one another, and it is to that end that we will use the bulk of our time in May doing just that.  We will sit at assigned tables with people who are not in our PAG, not on our committee and a mix of new and old members.  Rather than focus on what we do, we’ll share who we are.  Be thinking about this and come prepared to share who you are among your clients, peers, co-workers, and relatives.  Also come prepared to learn things about DAB members that you don’t currently know.

For in-person attendance, RSVP here.

Yes, Zoomers will get the same opportunity via assigned breakout rooms as fellow in-person members/guests.  If you plan to Zoom, please let Finola know.  Thank you!

Mental health and resiliency have become more important since the start of the COVID pandemic.  According to the Colorado School of Public health 23% of Coloradans met the criteria for major depressive disorder during the lockdown.  Pre-pandemic about 7% did.  While hope is on the horizon with the release of the vaccine it may be months before things feel more like normal.  Learning to deal with stress, loneliness, isolation, and feeling down can help us at work and at home with loved ones. 

Our April Speaker, Amy Morrison, will help us understand how we become stressed and depressed and how to deal with it in a constructive way.  Amy Morrison is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Wellness Consultant who specializes in educating others about the nervous system.  She is a co-founder of True Core Health and has worked with The Savory Institute, lululemon Athletica, Havenly, Cherry Creek Mortgage Company, and The Denver Design District.

If you need the Zoom details to join this meeting, please email finola.annibella@yahoo.com.