Rainmakers

Gennesaret Heartbeat Ball
2023-08-25 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | The Crane Bay Event Center, 551 W Merrill St, Indianapolis, 46225
Join us for the Gennesaret Heartbeat Ball in support of our Non-Profit Community Partner, Gennesaret Free Clinics.
Gennesaret Free Clinics provides compassionate, patient-centered, and FREE healthcare to thousands of our most vulnerable community members. They disrupt poverty by providing free access to healthcare for ALL. Gennesaret Free Clinics believe healthcare is a human right, despite someone’s ability or inability to pay, or lack of insurance.
The annual Heartbeat Ball celebrates 35 years of making a difference in our community. Join us at The Crane Bay Event Center on the evening of Friday, August 25, 2023, and help jumpstart the goal of raising more than $135,000 at this year’s event. Would you consider being a champion in the community and help those who are under-resourced access the healthcare they deserve?

This event is a fun, and memorable event filled with dancing, live music, great food/drinks and most of all giving back to help our fellow Hoosiers with free healthcare! (pssst… if you’re a Crime Junkie podcast fan, come and meet their amazing team, along with their Crime Junkie signature cocktails for the evening. And don’t forget the awesome Rafael Sanchez from Channel 6 as our MC for the Ball).

Single tickets are $75 or save by bringing a group of friends/clients for a great night on the town, supporting Gennesaret Free Clinics.

LinkedIn Lead Share
2023-08-15 08:30 - 10:30, 2023-03-21 08:30 - 10:30 | Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct, Indianapolis, 46268
Leverage your LinkedIn account by sharing your needs with fellow Rainmakers and helping them with their ideal connections. Get the meetings you need to be successful in your business!
Everyone who attends will have a chance to share the following:
Your name, The company you represent, The service or product that you offer your clients, and how you help your clients. Everyone else will search their own Linkedin connections for this criteria and make immediate introductions.

_________________________________

To attend this session you must know how to:

Search and use filters on Linkedin
Have an all-star profile
Know-How to share a profile with a connection
You must have a written intro for others to send on your behalf. I have attached a variety of samples from other members that might be helpful when putting together your intro.

In this session, you will share the following:

Describe who is your ideal strategic partner/referral partner. Who calls on the same person in a corporation that you do? (CIO/CEO/CFO, ETC.)
Describe who is your ideal client (it’s not“everyone”)
You do not need to have a paid LinkedIn subscription, although it’s nice to have.

What to expect (how-to):

Round 1 connect to each other before the actual session (I will send the list of people who registered for this event ahead of time)
Round 2 explain keywords describing who you want to meet. Other members will send you a person that fits the bill and you reply through messenger if that looks good.
Round 3 members send a three-way email or LinkedIn message as a warm introduction using verbiage provided during the session.

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Our Facilitator:

Jeff Crane, Chief “Why” Officer, The Entrepreneur’s Source
As an Entrepreneur’s Source coach Jeff enjoys helping people discover their “Why” and creating a roadmap to help individuals and business owners in transition. With over 18 years in advertising, marketing, sales and management, Jeff mentors individuals and teams to match their gifts and strengths with new possibilities and growth strategies. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Leah, and two children. He is a graduate of Ball State University, an active leader at his Church and is also an Eagle Scout. Jeff is also a volunteer staff leader at Passport to Employment to help people in career transition.

ThinkUp
2023-08-01 08:30 - 10:00, 2023-06-06 08:30 - 10:00, 2023-05-02 08:30 - 10:00, 2023-03-07 08:30 - 10:00 | Apprentice University, 6402 Corporate Drive, Indianapolis, 46278
Rainmakers ThinkUP is a uniquely organized networking event for business owners and those who serve them. Picture a room full of sharp, entrepreneurial-minded professionals brainstorming challenges, mentoring one another, and identifying new strategic relationship opportunities.
Bring an idea, a challenge, or a discussion topic. You’ll have the opportunity to talk in groups and get feedback to help you move forward in your thoughts. It’s the “Place to Start and progress your ideas to actionable steps.”
These events will allow time for some open networking followed by the Hot Seat discussions in small groups.

Start this exciting new program with a business challenge that is affecting you or your business.
Example questions:

How do I attract candidates to the open vacancies in this job seekers market?
How can I grow profits in this economy with high inflation?
How can I retain my current staff when there are many other business opportunities being offered?

Come and join us for this new and exciting event that will challenge you and change you and/ or your business for the better.

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THANK YOU to Our Host:

Apprentice University was originally created to reduce a talent shortage in the technology industry. However, we have expanded since then to a diverse community of professionals and students. Our apprentices’ interests range from marketing to cybersecurity to entrepreneurship to media and digital storytelling and more. Our model has undergone a few iterations, but throughout the changes we remain to guide our students through challenging, real-world experiences that prepare them for their future. We plan, arrange, and manage apprenticeships in the quickly changed, high-demand careers of the future, offering professional certificates in marketing, IT administration, cybersecurity, web design & UX, and much more. We are striving to build the professionals of the future.

Eat + Drink
2023-07-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Mama Carolla’s Old Italian Restaurant, 1031 E 54th Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46205, United States
Rainmakers Eat + Drink is our monthly social event. We travel all around the city to experience Indy’s best independent restaurant establishments. Everyone welcome! Bring a friend or colleague and participate in a relaxed networking environment while enjoying the great tastes of Indy.
Join us in July at Mama Carolla’s
5:30-6:30 Cocktails
6:30-? Dinner

About Mama Carolla’s:
The story of Mama Carolla’s begins in Omaha, Nebraska where Mama was born, and where she got her first taste of real Italian cooking from the small, family-owned restaurants that were abundant throughout the city. They weren’t so much restaurants as they were just houses where a family would serve meals at a smattering of tables to earn some extra money in hard times. The food was home cooked and authentic – something that Mama hoped to recreate when she opened her own restaurant some fifty years later.
Mama Carolla’s wouldn’t be what it is today without the overwhelming support it has received from the neighborhood since the day it opened. Perhaps that is a testament to the fact that Mama Carolla’s and its sister restaurant, Good Morning Mamas, truly are family-run neighborhood restaurants – with Mama’s entire family living within a few miles. Mama, herself, has lived in the same house only a few blocks away for more than forty years. If there is a single key to their success it would be that simple thing Mama learned a number of years ago – cook for your customers as if they are your family. Welcome to Mamas. Welcome to our family.
Learn more HERE.
Note: We’re responsible for finding a great restaurant! You’re responsible for your food and drink!
Let’s support a local restaurant, get to know other folks, and have great food and beverages all at the same time!

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor:

Nathan Pfahler
with Weichert Realtors for sponsoring Rainmakers Eat + Drink!
I am happily married to Jennifer Pfahler and we have 2 young boys who are fun and active! I have been a licensed REALTOR since 2005, started the real estate team of The Pfahler Group, in 2012, and have owned my own brokerage since 2018, purchasing the Weichert Franchise towards the end of 2019. To date, I’ve been involved in over 700 real estate transactions and am pumped to think about how many families and individuals that means we have helped in their journey to homeownership!
My family and I reside in Brownsburg, IN where we are involved in various school, church, and community activities! I am excited to lead a great team and a great brokerage! We would be honored to assist you in your residential or commercial needs.

Cash Flow Management For Businesses
2023-07-20 08:30 - 09:30, 2023-06-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct, Indianapolis, 46268
Ready to create the future you want but poor Cash Flow is holding you back?
Everyone has the power to take control of their cash flow and tell their money where to go instead of asking where it went. Too many business owners refer to their gross top line revenue as their profit. We know that seems silly but it’s true. We will empower you to understand the difference between gross top line revenue and your gross profit. This will also help you create business goals such as selling more and/or reducing costs which of course leads to more profit which leads to helping you meet your personal goals.

Start your journey to better Cash Flow Management during our class.

Our Facilitator:

Jerry Vaughn, President
J. Galt Finance Suite

Business Credit 101
2023-07-12 08:30 - 09:30 | Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct, Indianapolis, 46268
Learn how to get business credit for your company EIN that’s not linked to you personally or your personal credit. Secure HIGH-limit vendor, store, fleet, and cash credit in your business name without a personal guarantee or personal credit check. No collateral or cash flow is required for approval.

You will learn the following:

What is Business Credit
How to get the credit you need
7 Steps to EIN Business Credit
Your SSN is not your business’s business

Our Facilitator:

Jerry Vaughn, President
J. Galt Finance Suite

Eat + Drink
2023-06-27 17:30 - 19:30 | Rick’s Cafe Boatyard, 4050 Dandy Trail, Indianapolis, IN, 46254
Rainmakers Eat + Drink is our monthly social event. We travel all around the city to experience Indy’s best independent restaurant establishments. Everyone welcome! Bring a friend or colleague and participate in a relaxed networking environment while enjoying the great tastes of Indy.
Join us in June at Rick’s Cafe Boatyard!
Details coming soon!
5:30-6:30 Cocktails
6:30-? Dinner

Note: We’re responsible for finding a great restaurant! You’re responsible for your food and drink!
Let’s support a local restaurant, get to know other folks, and have great food and beverages all at the same time!

About Rick’s Cafe Boatyard:
When Rick Albrecht moved to Indianapolis from Louisville in the 1970s, he was an insurance salesman who had previously been enlisted in the United States Navy. Rick would quickly become a well-known restaurateur, owning several bars and eateries in the greater Indianapolis area, including downtown, Geist, Keystone and eventually Eagle Creek.
PREVIOUS RESTAURANTS
Rick`s Cafe Americain opened in Union Station in downtown Indianapolis in 1986 and was the first of many endeavors for Rick. The Americain was themed after the movie Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart. In 1987, Rick`s Cafe Dockside was opened on Geist Reservoir. The space was previously a bait shop and small bar, and was expanded to have more bar space and plenty of outside seating. Rick`s Dockside was an immediate success and is what got Rick in the waterfront dining scene, a unique venture in land-locked Indianapolis. Rick has also owned several other concepts in Indianapolis, including Rico`s Supper Club in Carmel, Rick`s at Riley Towers, and The Cork at the Crossing.

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor:

Nathan Pfahler
with Weichert Realtors for sponsoring Rainmakers Eat + Drink!
I am happily married to Jennifer Pfahler and we have 2 young boys who are fun and active! I have been a licensed REALTOR since 2005, started the real estate team of The Pfahler Group, in 2012, and have owned my own brokerage since 2018, purchasing the Weichert Franchise towards the end of 2019. To date, I’ve been involved in over 700 real estate transactions and am pumped to think about how many families and individuals that means we have helped in their journey to homeownership!
My family and I reside in Brownsburg, IN where we are involved in various school, church, and community activities! I am excited to lead a great team and a great brokerage! We would be honored to assist you in your residential or commercial needs.

Power of Women
2023-06-23 11:00 - 12:30 | Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct, Indianapolis, 46268
June Topic: From Struggle to Success
This will be an engaging and transformative networking event dedicated to supporting and uplifting women in their professional and personal lives.
Samantha Tishner, a Relationship Coach, and Jill O’Boyle, High Performance Coach, provide an insightful workshop packed with tools and strategies to overcome obstacles and thrive in both your career and personal relationships.
By the end of this session, you’ll be able to clearly identify how to recharge your life using the exercises provided as well as develop your own Personal Power Statement that you can take with you as your reminder of who you are and your ability to create the life that was meant for you!

This event aims to create meaningful connections, foster personal growth, and equip professional women with the confidence and resources needed to achieve success in all aspects of their life.
Power of Women (POW) is on a mission to create a space where women can gather and be connected, inspired, and grow. POW will be a quarterly women’s event that focuses on current trends and challenges that women are facing.

Calculating ROI on Your Networking Activities
2023-06-21 09:00 - 10:00 | Online Event, United States
Would you like to spend less time hunting for clients and more time helping your clients? Would you love to have your sales pipeline full of people that are ready to buy from you? If you answered yes to one or both of those questions, join Denise as she shares strategies and tactics that can save you time AND make you more money as you learn to build your business by referral.
June Topic: Calculating ROI on Your Networking Activities

Almost every business owner does some form of networking for their business, BUT how do you know if that networking is really paying off for you?

This month we will discuss:

How Much Your Networking is Costing You
How Much Your Networking is Making You
How to Improve Your ROI for Your Networking Activities

Filling Your Sales Pipeline Series
Join Denise each month as she shares the components of putting together your own customized Referral Marketing plan for your business that when implemented, will result in you filling your sales pipeline full of prospects that are ready to buy from you.

Topic: Coming soon!

Our Facilitator:

Denise Praul
Denise Praul is a Referral Marketing Strategist and the founder of Whiteboard Learning. She is committed to sharing practical real-world information to help business professionals create referral marketing strategies to grow their businesses.
She put her referral knowledge to the test in her own property tax consulting business and significantly and consistently grew the business year after year with no additional investment of money or time. Using that experience and knowledge she developed a duplicatable system to help other businesses have the same success.
Denise has created a system called Roadmap to Unlimited Referrals that she now trains and shares with other business people to help them significantly grow and scale their own businesses.
Denise Praul
White Board Learning
317-989-2222
wb-learning.com

Building Business Credit Workshop
2023-06-01 09:00 - 10:00 | Online Event, United States

Eat + Drink
2023-05-23 17:30 - 19:30 | West Fork Whiskey Co., 10 E 191st St., Westfield, IN, 46074
Rainmakers Eat + Drink is our monthly social event. We travel all around the city to experience Indy’s best independent restaurant establishments. Everyone welcome! Bring a friend or colleague and participate in a relaxed networking environment while enjoying the great tastes of Indy.
Join us in May at West Fork Whiskey Co.!
5:30-6:30 Cocktails
6:30-? Dinner

About West Fork Whiskey Co.
A BOLDLY INDIANA WHISKEY DISTILLERY
Simply stated, we are hell-bent on creating great whiskey and paying homage to Indiana’s rich distilling history.
As three Indiana natives, we brought West Fork Whiskey Co. to life to share our interpretation of America’s native spirit with the world.
We create sippable, smooth whiskeys our way — always 100% Indiana from grain to glass. We toast to hard work and uncompromising dedication by paying respect to one of the best grain-producing states in America.
At the end of the day, what matters most to us is being an Indiana distillery that produces whiskey that tastes great to you.

Note: We’re responsible for finding a great restaurant! You’re responsible for your food and drink!
Let’s support a local restaurant, get to know other folks, and have great food and beverages all at the same time!

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor:

Nathan Pfahler
with Weichert Realtors for sponsoring Rainmakers Eat + Drink!
I am happily married to Jennifer Pfahler and we have 2 young boys who are fun and active! I have been a licensed REALTOR since 2005, started the real estate team of The Pfahler Group, in 2012, and have owned my own brokerage since 2018, purchasing the Weichert Franchise towards the end of 2019. To date, I’ve been involved in over 700 real estate transactions and am pumped to think about how many families and individuals that means we have helped in their journey to homeownership!
My family and I reside in Brownsburg, IN where we are involved in various school, church, and community activities! I am excited to lead a great team and a great brokerage! We would be honored to assist you in your residential or commercial needs.

10 Ways To Stay Engaged With Your Most Important Referral Relationships
2023-05-17 09:00 - 10:00 | Online Event, United States
Would you like to spend less time hunting for clients and more time helping your clients? Would you love to have your sales pipeline full of people that are ready to buy from you? If you answered yes to one or both of those questions, join Denise as she shares strategies and tactics that can save you time AND make you more money as you learn to build your business by referral.

Filling Your Sales Pipeline Series
Join Denise each month as she shares the components of putting together your own customized Referral Marketing plan for your business that when implemented, will result in you filling your sales pipeline full of prospects that are ready to buy from you.

Topic: 10 Ways To Stay Engaged With Your Most Important Referral Relationships

We focus a lot of time, money and energy meeting new people and bringing them into our world, but what about the people you already have relationships with? How do you stay top of mind with them so that you inspire them to want to continue to help you grow your business? During this training you will learn:

1. A system to track your important Credibility and Profitability relationships
2. How to make consistent deposits into those relationships
3. Ways to develop additional Profitability relationships

Our Facilitator:

Denise Praul
Denise Praul is a Referral Marketing Strategist and the founder of Whiteboard Learning. She is committed to sharing practical real-world information to help business professionals create referral marketing strategies to grow their businesses.
She put her referral knowledge to the test in her own property tax consulting business and significantly and consistently grew the business year after year with no additional investment of money or time. Using that experience and knowledge she developed a duplicatable system to help other businesses have the same success.
Denise has created a system called Roadmap to Unlimited Referrals that she now trains and shares with other business people to help them significantly grow and scale their own businesses.
Denise Praul
White Board Learning
317-989-2222
wb-learning.com

LinkedIn Lead Share
2023-05-16 08:30 - 10:30, 2023-04-18 08:30 - 10:30 | Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct, Indianapolis, 46268
Leverage your LinkedIn account by sharing your needs with fellow Rainmakers and helping them with their ideal connections. Get the meetings you need to be successful in your business!
Everyone who attends will have a chance to share the following:
Your name, The company you represent, The service or product that you offer your clients, and how you help your clients. Everyone else will search their own Linkedin connections for this criteria and make immediate introductions.

_________________________________

To attend this session you must know how to:

Search and use filters on Linkedin
Have an all-star profile
Know-How to share a profile with a connection
You must have a written intro for others to send on your behalf. I have attached a variety of samples from other members that might be helpful when putting together your intro.

In this session, you will share the following:

Describe who is your ideal strategic partner/referral partner. Who calls on the same person in a corporation that you do? (CIO/CEO/CFO, ETC.)
Describe who is your ideal client (it’s not“everyone”)
You do not need to have a paid LinkedIn subscription, although it’s nice to have.

What to expect (how-to):

Round 1 connect to each other before the actual session (I will send the list of people who registered for this event ahead of time)
Round 2 explain keywords describing who you want to meet. Other members will send you a person that fits the bill and you reply through messenger if that looks good.
Round 3 members send a three-way email or LinkedIn message as a warm introduction using verbiage provided during the session.

Our Facilitator:

Jim Patton
Jim Patton is a Financial Planner with WestPoint Financial Group. He provides objective and customized insurance and investment strategies to help meet the financial needs of his clients.
Jim is a graduate of Purdue University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics. He later earned his Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma University and his MS in Adult Education from Indiana University. Jim is also a graduate of the US Army War College.
Prior to joining WestPoint Financial Group, Jim was the owner of J Patton Consulting, LLC. He also worked for Transamerica Financial Advisors as an Investment Advisor Representative. From 1970 to 2000, Jim served in the United States Army as a Colonel. During his service, he was stationed in Germany and Korea. Given Jim’s background, he enjoys focusing on veteran business owners.
Jim is a member of the Society of Financial Services Professionals and a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Indiana Chapter of the Society of Financial Services Professionals.
In his free time, Jim enjoys spending time with his family and friends. His hobbies include hiking and reading.

Eat + Drink
2023-04-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Grindstone Public House, 101 N. 10TH STREET, NOBLESVILLE, IN, 46060
Rainmakers Eat + Drink is our monthly social event. We travel all around the city to experience Indy’s best independent restaurant establishments. Everyone welcome! Bring a friend or colleague and participate in a relaxed networking environment while enjoying the great tastes of Indy.
Join us in April at Grindstone Public House!
5:30-6:30 Cocktails
6:30-? Dinner

About Grindstone Public House:
In the shadow of the Noblesville County Courthouse, we proudly present Grindstone Public House. A vibrant neighborhood restaurant, serving tasty American dishes, and exciting Craft Cocktails. With ownership born and raised in Noblesville, we hope our love of community is reflected in our passion for service, quality, and hospitality. Our Staff is committed to work together to bring you and your family, a quality experience with food and drink we hope you will love. Located at one of the most historic corners in Downtown Noblesville, we want to become your “go to” hangout. So come in…sit back… relax…and enjoy!

Note: We’re responsible for finding a great restaurant! You’re responsible for your food and drink!
Let’s support a local restaurant, get to know other folks, and have great food and beverages all at the same time!

THANK YOU to Our April Event Sponsor:

Shannon Wise is a Business Performance Advisor with Insperity working with businesses and organizations to help them improve efficiencies, reduce risk, and contain cost on ALL areas surrounding their people.
She enjoys learning about entrepreneurs journeys and goals. She is passionate about being a resource in the business community.
Since 1986, Insperity’s mission has been to help businesses succeed so communities prosper. Offering the most comprehensive suite of scalable HR solutions available in the marketplace.
Insperity is defined by an unrivaled breadth and depth of services and level of care. Through an optimal blend of premium HR service and technology, Insperity delivers the administrative relief, reduced liabilities and better benefit solutions that businesses need for sustained growth. With 2022 revenues of $5.9 billion and more than 90 locations throughout the U.S., Insperity is currently making a difference in thousands of businesses and communities nationwide. For more information, visit www.insperity.com/shannon.wise.
Shannon WiseBusiness Performance Advisor
8801 River Crossing Blvd | Suite 160 | Indianapolis, IN 46240
OFFICE: 317-324-4505 | MOBILE: 971-235-1952 | FAX: 317-324-4540

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THANK YOU to Our Eat + Drink Sponsor:

Nathan Pfahler with Weichert Realtors

Eat + Drink
2023-03-28 17:30 - 19:30 | Daredevil Hall, 2721 E. 86th ST, Indianapolis, 46240
Rainmakers Eat + Drink is our monthly social event. We travel all around the city to experience Indy’s best independent restaurant establishments. Everyone welcome! Bring a friend or colleague and participate in a relaxed networking environment while enjoying the great tastes of Indy.
Join us in March at Daredevil Hall!
5:30-6:30 Cocktails
6:30-? Dinner

Note: We’re responsible for finding a great restaurant! You’re responsible for your food and drink!
Let’s support a local restaurant, get to know other folks, and have great food and beverages all at the same time!

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor:

Nathan Pfahler
with Weichert Realtors for sponsoring Rainmakers Eat + Drink!
I am happily married to Jennifer Pfahler and we have 2 young boys who are fun and active! I have been a licensed REALTOR since 2005, started the real estate team of The Pfahler Group, in 2012, and have owned my own brokerage since 2018, purchasing the Weichert Franchise towards the end of 2019. To date, I’ve been involved in over 700 real estate transactions and am pumped to think about how many families and individuals that means we have helped in their journey to homeownership!
My family and I reside in Brownsburg, IN where we are involved in various school, church, and community activities! I am excited to lead a great team and a great brokerage! We would be honored to assist you in your residential or commercial needs.

How To Attract More of Your Ideal Client
2023-03-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Online Event, United States
Would you like to spend less time hunting for clients and more time helping your clients? Would you love to have your sales pipeline full of people that are ready to buy from you? If you answered yes to one or both of those questions, join Denise as she shares strategies and tactics that can save you time AND make you more money as you learn to build your business by referral.

Topic: How To Attract More of Your Ideal Client

Would you like to work with more of your ideal client? That client that stays with you longer, who spends more money with you, who is grateful and easy to work with? Join me for this workshop where we will discuss:

Who is your ideal client?
What is the benefit you provide your ideal client?
What will your ideal client be saying or doing?

Filling Your Sales Pipeline Series
Join Denise each month as she shares the components of putting together your own customized Referral Marketing plan for your business that when implemented, will result in you filling your sales pipeline full of prospects that are ready to buy from you.

Our Facilitator:

Denise Praul
Denise Praul is a Referral Marketing Strategist and the founder of Whiteboard Learning. She is committed to sharing practical real-world information to help business professionals create referral marketing strategies to grow their businesses.
She put her referral knowledge to the test in her own property tax consulting business and significantly and consistently grew the business year after year with no additional investment of money or time. Using that experience and knowledge she developed a duplicatable system to help other businesses have the same success.
Denise has created a system called Roadmap to Unlimited Referrals that she now trains and shares with other business people to help them significantly grow and scale their own businesses.
Denise Praul
White Board Learning
317-989-2222
wb-learning.com

Eat + Drink
2023-02-28 17:30 - 19:30 | The Garage Food Hall, 906 Carrollton Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, 46202
Rainmakers Eat + Drink is our monthly social event. We travel all around the city to experience Indy’s best independent restaurant establishments. Everyone welcome! Bring a friend or colleague and participate in a relaxed networking environment while enjoying the great tastes of Indy.
Join us in February at The Garage Food Hall!
5:30-6:30 Cocktails
6:30-? Dinner
Note: We’re responsible for finding a great restaurant! You’re responsible for your food and drink!
Let’s support a local restaurant, get to know other folks, and have great food and beverages all at the same time!

About the Garage Food Hall:
Community. It’s in our DNA. Whether we’re rolling up our sleeves or rolling up our doors, we believe that hard work and great food bring people together. If you’re not at home or at work, you’re here. The Garage is the true third place in Indy.
People come to The Garage to get fed by the best the region has to offer: entrepreneurs who push boundaries, shape tastes and put Indianapolis on the culinary map. We’re a marketplace for locals, transplants, visitors and everyone in between searching for an authentic taste of Indy.
Connect. Discover something new. Get inspired. If you’re as hungry for experiences as we are, come to The Garage.

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor:

Nathan Pfahler
with Weichert Realtors for sponsoring Rainmakers Eat + Drink!
I am happily married to Jennifer Pfahler and we have 2 young boys who are fun and active! I have been a licensed REALTOR since 2005, started the real estate team of The Pfahler Group, in 2012, and have owned my own brokerage since 2018, purchasing the Weichert Franchise towards the end of 2019. To date, I’ve been involved in over 700 real estate transactions and am pumped to think about how many families and individuals that means we have helped in their journey to homeownership!
My family and I reside in Brownsburg, IN where we are involved in various school, church, and community activities! I am excited to lead a great team and a great brokerage! We would be honored to assist you in your residential or commercial needs.

Business Credit: Avoid These Mistakes
2023-02-23 08:30 - 09:30 | Online Event, United States

LinkedIn Lead Share
2023-02-21 08:30 - 10:30 | Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct, Indianapolis, 46268
Attend Virtually OR In Person!

Leverage your LinkedIn account by sharing your needs with fellow Rainmakers and helping them with their ideal connections. Get the meetings you need to be successful in your business!
Everyone who attends will have a chance to share the following:
Your name, The company you represent, The service or product that you offer your clients, and how you help your clients. Everyone else will search their own Linkedin connections for this criteria and make immediate introductions.

_________________________________

To attend this session you must know how to:

Search and use filters on Linkedin
Have an all-star profile
Know-How to share a profile with a connection
You must have a written intro for others to send on your behalf. I have attached a variety of samples from other members that might be helpful when putting together your intro.

In this session, you will share the following:

Describe who is your ideal strategic partner/referral partner. Who calls on the same person in a corporation that you do? (CIO/CEO/CFO, ETC.)
Describe who is your ideal client (it’s not“everyone”)
You do not need to have a paid LinkedIn subscription, although it’s nice to have.

What to expect (how-to):

Round 1 connect to each other before the actual session (I will send the list of people who registered for this event ahead of time)
Round 2 explain keywords describing who you want to meet. Other members will send you a person that fits the bill and you reply through messenger if that looks good.
Round 3 members send a three-way email or LinkedIn message as a warm introduction using verbiage provided during the session.

Our Facilitator:

Jim Patton
Jim Patton is a Financial Planner with WestPoint Financial Group. He provides objective and customized insurance and investment strategies to help meet the financial needs of his clients.
Jim is a graduate of Purdue University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics. He later earned his Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma University and his MS in Adult Education from Indiana University. Jim is also a graduate of the US Army War College.
Prior to joining WestPoint Financial Group, Jim was the owner of J Patton Consulting, LLC. He also worked for Transamerica Financial Advisors as an Investment Advisor Representative. From 1970 to 2000, Jim served in the United States Army as a Colonel. During his service, he was stationed in Germany and Korea. Given Jim’s background, he enjoys focusing on veteran business owners.
Jim is a member of the Society of Financial Services Professionals and a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Indiana Chapter of the Society of Financial Services Professionals.
In his free time, Jim enjoys spending time with his family and friends. His hobbies include hiking and reading.

POW: Self Love
2023-02-17 11:00 - 12:30 | Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct, Indianapolis, 46268
Attend Virtually OR In Person!
February: AUTHENTICALLY YOU

How to stand out in a busy world
Three Authentic Ways to Increase Your Self-Worth, Grow Your Confidence and Elevate Your Influence

*Light lunch, appetizers, coffee & water included

Power of Women (POW) is on a mission to create a space where women can gather and be connected, inspired, and grow. POW will be a quarterly women’s event that focuses on current trends and challenges that women are facing.

How To Ask For Client Referrals Without Feeling Salesy
2023-02-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Online Event, United States
Would you like to spend less time hunting for clients and more time helping your clients? Would you love to have your sales pipeline full of people that are ready to buy from you? If you answered yes to one or both of those questions, join Denise as she shares strategies and tactics that can save you time AND make you more money as you learn to build your business by referral.

February Topic: How To Ask For Client Referrals Without Feeling Salesy
Every business would love to have more Referrals from their clients, but few have a plan in place to ask for those Referrals. In this workshop we will cover:

What’s stopping you from asking for Referrals
The value of asking for Referrals
The language of asking for Referrals

Filling Your Sales Pipeline Series
Join Denise each month as she shares the components of putting together your own customized Referral Marketing plan for your business that when implemented, will result in you filling your sales pipeline full of prospects that are ready to buy from you.

Our Facilitator:

Denise Praul
Denise Praul is a Referral Marketing Strategist and the founder of Whiteboard Learning. She is committed to sharing practical real-world information to help business professionals create referral marketing strategies to grow their businesses.
She put her referral knowledge to the test in her own property tax consulting business and significantly and consistently grew the business year after year with no additional investment of money or time. Using that experience and knowledge she developed a duplicatable system to help other businesses have the same success.
Denise has created a system called Roadmap to Unlimited Referrals that she now trains and shares with other business people to help them significantly grow and scale their own businesses.
Denise Praul
White Board Learning
317-989-2222
wb-learning.com

ThinkUp
2023-02-07 08:30 - 10:00 | Apprentice University, 6402 Corporate Drive, Indianapolis, 46278
Attend Virtually OR In person!
Rainmakers ThinkUP is a uniquely organized networking event for business owners and those who serve them. Picture a room full of sharp, entrepreneurial-minded professionals brainstorming challenges, mentoring one another, and identifying new strategic relationship opportunities.
Bring an idea, a challenge, or a discussion topic. You’ll have the opportunity to talk in groups and get feedback to help you move forward in your thoughts. It’s the “Place to Start and progress your ideas to actionable steps.”
These events will allow time for some open networking followed by the Hot Seat discussions in small groups.

Start this exciting new program with a business challenge that is affecting you or your business.
Example questions:

How do I attract candidates to the open vacancies in this job seekers market?
How can I grow profits in this economy with high inflation?
How can I retain my current staff when there are many other business opportunities being offered?

Come and join us for this new and exciting event that will challenge you and change you and/ or your business for the better.

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THANK YOU to Our Host:

Apprentice University was originally created to reduce a talent shortage in the technology industry. However, we have expanded since then to a diverse community of professionals and students. Our apprentices’ interests range from marketing to cybersecurity to entrepreneurship to media and digital storytelling and more. Our model has undergone a few iterations, but throughout the changes we remain to guide our students through challenging, real-world experiences that prepare them for their future. We plan, arrange, and manage apprenticeships in the quickly changed, high-demand careers of the future, offering professional certificates in marketing, IT administration, cybersecurity, web design & UX, and much more. We are striving to build the professionals of the future.

Eat + Drink
2023-01-31 17:30 - 19:30 | The Vault, 1542 South East Street, Indianapolis, IN
Rainmakers Eat + Drink is our monthly social event. We travel all around the city to experience Indy’s best independent restaurant establishments. Everyone welcome! Bring a friend or colleague and participate in a relaxed networking environment while enjoying the great tastes of Indy.
Join us in January at The Vault!
5:30-6:30 Cocktails
6:30-? Dinner
Note: The Vault Indy is a speakeasy and to gain entry you must have the code for the Vault Door. In order to get in you must register and the code will be sent to you.

About The Vault:
The Vault Indy is a prohibition style speakeasy in one of Indianapolis’s neighborhoods. This bar was created by a couple Indy natives featuring the cities more notorious bank robbers of the 20’s & 30’s. The extensive bourbon bar has several specialty drinks created by our owners & mixologist.
After you figure out how to get the code to enter, grab the seat that is calling your name and peruse our menu options. Don’t forget to ask the bartender about our cigar options and where to enjoy them out on our private deck.
Soon to be Indy’s worst kept secret so tell your crew all about it ONLY if you want to see them at your new spot all the time.

Note: We’re responsible for finding a great restaurant! You’re responsible for your food and drink!
Let’s support a local restaurant, get to know other folks, and have great food and beverages all at the same time!

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor:

Nathan Pfahler
with Weichert Realtors for sponsoring Rainmakers Eat + Drink!
I am happily married to Jennifer Pfahler and we have 2 young boys who are fun and active! I have been a licensed REALTOR since 2005, started the real estate team of The Pfahler Group, in 2012, and have owned my own brokerage since 2018, purchasing the Weichert Franchise towards the end of 2019. To date, I’ve been involved in over 700 real estate transactions and am pumped to think about how many families and individuals that means we have helped in their journey to homeownership!
My family and I reside in Brownsburg, IN where we are involved in various school, church, and community activities! I am excited to lead a great team and a great brokerage! We would be honored to assist you in your residential or commercial needs.

You Set Your 2023 Goals - Now What?
2023-01-18 09:00 - 10:30 | Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct, Indianapolis, 46268
Would you like to spend less time hunting for clients and more time helping your clients? Would you love to have your sales pipeline full of people that are ready to buy from you? If you answered yes to one or both of those questions, join Denise as she shares strategies and tactics that can save you time AND make you more money as you learn to build your business by referral.

Filling Your Sales Pipeline Series
Join Denise each month as she shares the components of putting together your own customized Referral Marketing plan for your business that when implemented, will result in you filling your sales pipeline full of prospects that are ready to buy from you.

January Topic: You Set Your 2023 Goals – Now What?

Most of us set business goals but then what? In this workshop we will discuss:

1. How to use your past business activity to predict your future success
2. Utilizing 90-day “sprints” to prioritize and accelerate your plan
3. Evaluating your progress

Our Facilitator:

Denise Praul
Denise Praul is a Referral Marketing Strategist and the founder of Whiteboard Learning. She is committed to sharing practical real-world information to help business professionals create referral marketing strategies to grow their businesses.
She put her referral knowledge to the test in her own property tax consulting business and significantly and consistently grew the business year after year with no additional investment of money or time. Using that experience and knowledge she developed a duplicatable system to help other businesses have the same success.
Denise has created a system called Roadmap to Unlimited Referrals that she now trains and shares with other business people to help them significantly grow and scale their own businesses.
Denise Praul
White Board Learning
317-989-2222
wb-learning.com
