The LoCo Experience

In this month’s blog, I’ll be taking a broad-scope view of the scary times we’re in - and sharing reflections and examples of why we should fear not - but plan and work hard instead.

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Kim O’Neil is the former Chief Operations Officer and current shareholder and Board Member of Encompass Technologies, and investor/advisor for a new startup: Beverage Distribution Consulting (BDC). In this episode, we talk a lot about the topic of scaling. From boot-strapping to private-equity assisted scaling, Kim has been a part of the growth of organizations throughout her career.

Kim goes in-depth on the lesser-known technology of beverage distribution and shares some personal stories along the way. Her passion for business and enthusiasm for Northern Colorado is a wonderful asset to our local community. 

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My guest on today’s episode was Mark Weaver. Mark is the Founder of Open Door Organizational Solutions and has been serving businesses with Human Resource and Culture solutions for over 15 years. He’s had an influence on many of Northern Colorado’s finest and fastest growing organizations.  

Mark got his start in consulting at Philip Crosby Associates, whose founder was a best-selling author and culture guru. There, he gained valuable experience and became their benefits and culture specialist. In the early 90’s, he made his way out to Colorado and eventually founded his own company, Open Door.  

This episode is all about culture - how it’s defined, how it influences organizations, and you can grow it by hiring to your values.  Mark shares his expertise generously, and if you’re working to build a culture that fits you and your organization - this episode will speak to you.  Mark is a smart and fun guy, and his own “LoCo Experience” is a hoot, so tune in and enjoy!

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My guest on today's episode is former mayor of Fort Collins, Wade Troxell. Wade continues to serve in a faculty role at CSU and in many high impact, low touch roles across our region. Wade's story is a fascinating one, solidly at the intersection of local government, university and the business communities. He was a standup football player at CSU, has been involved in multiple startup ventures and is an expert on distributed energy systems.

He's a reservoir of knowledge well beyond his primary area of study in mechanical engineering. He earned his BS Masters and PhD’s from CSU and has a postdoc in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinboro. Additionally, he was in the inaugural class of Harvard Business School’s City Leadership Initiative for Mayors.

We talk a lot about Wade's story, Fort Collin's history and future, and the future of energy innovation and distribution.

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Today’s episode welcomes public speaking expert Tanis Roeder, founder and CEO of Elevate Your Communications in Fort Collins. We focus on best practices in the realm of public speaking, and take a look at an assessment tool used in her workshops called Emergenetics. Similar to the Hallos Relational Intelligence tool we’ve been using around LoCo Think Tank, Emergenetics examines the way you communicate and interact with your environment through the lens of your genetic traits. 

Tanis shares her journey through a career in sales, public relations communications, a side hustle in event management and, finally, choosing to embrace her passion in the launch of her own business “Elevate Your Communications” in 2012. We talk about how, in the evolution of that, she learned to become a better teacher, enabling others to be better communicators.

So if that's something that you struggle with, something that you're great at but want to learn more about, or even something that you’d like to teach people to do better like Tanis does, this is a great place to start. Enjoy!

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Seth is the Founder and Owner of Story On Media and Marketing.

We went over industry analytics, best practices, and how to create a podcast as a small business. Seth also shared about the podcast movement conference where he interviewed Mark Cuban as moderator for one of the big keynote sessions!

If you're interested in the podcast industry, you will learn a lot and Seth has a lot of insider knowledge of that industry. So tune in and enjoy!

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Tom Lucero is a political consultant whose organization, L3, helps aspiring leaders of any political persuasion through a leadership journey into the field of politics.

Tom’s understanding of different perspectives comes from his upbringing in a longtime political family. While his grandfather was the head of the Democratic party in New Mexico for many years, Tom became one of the first conservatives in his family.

In the private sector, Tom has been part of a number of businesses that include a couple of startups that nearly made it to the finish line. He’s learned valuable lessons from failure as well as success.

In this episode, you'll learn about the interplay of business and government, with special emphasis on the regional politics in Northern Colorado.

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Allison is a returning guest from the first season, (# 41), where she shared her journey in becoming President of Prosci, and eventually, Executive Director of the Warehouse Business Accelerator.  In this episode she shares more about her (and Prosci's) area of specialty, change management, and she shares an abundance of tips and best practices in that field.

And...we talk about her journey of becoming a LoCo facilitator.  Allison has recently become a facilitator for the Next Level Catalysts chapter; she shares more about peer advisory and her why in that area and her passion for connection and collaboration. 

Allison's a great gal, love to have her on any time - I learn so much - and so please enjoy my latest conversation with Allison Seabeck.

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