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RYP 2.O: Rainmakers Young Professionals Relaunched

The first Tuesday of this month, June 2nd, marked the relaunch of Rainmakers Young Professionals (RYP) 2.0. RYP presents an opportunity to build key relationships and collaborate with other growth oriented people. We focus on personal and professional development. After ten months of early morning networking events and many more months of board meetings and brainstorming, […]

June Serve More Project: Horses and Hope

June Serve More Project: Horses and Hope

This months’ Rainmakers Serve More initiative revolved around helping Edelweiss Equine Assisted Therapy Center. Edelweiss and their owners are dedicated to improving the quality of lives of people with special needs. We arrived early in the afternoon and were greeted by a large Clydesdale who recently made residence at Edelweiss. Each horse has a special […]

Membership Minute: How to Follow-up After an Event

Membership Minute: How to Follow-up After an Event

Attending a networking event is only half the battle. If you want to leverage the time and effort you spent meeting people, then follow-up is going to be important. Here’s a short video on what to do. Each month, you have numerous opportunities to gain visibility and meet new people in Indianapolis by attending a Rainmakers […]

Preparation is the Key to Successful Networking

Networking scares people – it just does. Walking into a full room, talking to people you don’t know, trying to encapsulate all that you do in a 5 minute conversation can be a little overwhelming. Like anything, when you are prepared, you feel more in control and get better results. Successful networkers are prepared networkers, […]

Serve More Project: Equine-Assisted Therapy

It’s no secret that the opportunity to serve others is built into the Rainmakers business model. Each month, Rainmakers will host a Serve More Initiative, highlighting a cause passionate to Rainmakers members. On May 29th, we are partnering with Rainmakers member Tom Flanagan and Edelweiss Equine Assisted Therapy Center, Inc. to assist with the upkeep of […]

3 Questions for Tommy Richardson

Tommy Richardson recently joined Rainmakers as the Director of Training and Development. Tom will be responsible for the leadership development within the Rainmakers organization as well as leadership and personal development training for interested executives, employee groups and members. Tom has a 40+ year career that includes experience as a business and personal coach, trainer, speaker, small […]

Membership Minute: Make Time to Network

With all the demands of the work week, it often feels like there is little to no time to network. If networking and growing your circle of influence is important to you or needed for your job, you should carve out time to make this happen. Rainmakers Success Manager Stephanie Dohnert shares ways to leverage […]

Easy Video Marketing with Your Phone

Easy Video Marketing with Your Phone

Marketing Essentials Roundtable This is our 3rd member exclusive roundtable session in the series. Join Neil Richmund with Strategix Marketing and Tina Imperial with Rainmakers on May 12th for easy tips and strategies to get you started with video marketing. Register HERE  

How Not to Exceed Customer Expectations

How Not to Exceed Customer Expectations

  This month’s Business Blaze speaker Amy Woodall debunked the myth of exceeding customer expectations in her presentation on how not to meet customer expectations. Confusing? Let me explain. Exceeding customer expectations is the mantra of the unimaginative – the phrase, even if you mean it, has no potency. According to Woodall, do the following […]