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In This Issue

Comfy Cow Hosting Network of Champions

Katered to You to Open Storefront in New Albany

Pearls of Wisdom Featuring Ingrid Hernandez

5 O'clock Network Hosted by Floyd Memorial

Arkham Executives Co-Founders to Present at Sales & Marketing

Top Five Reasons You Should Attend 1si TRIVIA NIGHT!

Join us for MFG DAY 2015

ACE Awards Now Taking Nominations

Upcoming Ribbon Cuttings

Business Expo: Booths Going Fast!

The Horizon chosen as a finalist for the Pacemaker

Don't miss Thursday's Network of Champions

The Comfy Cow in Jeffersonville, located beside Boom Bozz, is hosting Thursday's Network of Champions. The format for this program is the 30 Second Commercial. Come prepared to briefly describe your business and what makes you unique.

Event Details:

Thursday, Sept 10

7:30 - 9:00 a.m.

1450 Veterans Parkway;

Jeffersonville, IN 47130

Members Free/Future Members $25

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Sponsored by

Katered to You to open storefront in New Albany

The Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County (HFFC) has announced that Katered to You will be the latest small business to receive a loan from the Horseshoe Revolving Loan Fund. The business, created in March of 2015 in Georgetown, Indiana by Katie Traughber, produces and provides freshly cooked meals to its clients. Currently, meals are prepared over the weekend and conveniently delivered or picked up throughout the following week.

Ingrid Hern�ndez to Speak at Pearls of Wisdom

Have you ever admired a successful business woman and wondered how she made it to the top? Join us on September 16th when our featured speaker, Ingrid Hern�ndez, President of InGrid Design, will share her "pearls of wisdom."

InGrid Design is a bilingual communications agency with a staff of 13, specializing in national marketing campaigns, advertising and graphic design, web development, photography and video/animation services. Some of their more recognized work include the bilingual benefit materials created for Yum! Brands' employees nationwide and the annual marketing campaign developed for Girl Scout Cookies targeting girls, volunteers, families, councils and their sales team, helping them increase national sales and market share.

Ingrid has won numerous awards include NAWBO's 2012 EPIC Award, Greater Louisville Inc.'s (GLI) 2011 Emerging Minority Business Award, and LGDA 100 Awards in 2011 for outstanding design. Ingrid Design has also been recognized by Business First as a FAST 50 growing company two years in a row.

Event Details:

Wednesday, September 16

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Kye's

500 Missouri Ave

Jeffersonville, IN 47130

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Floyd Memorial Hospital Hosting 5 O'clock Network

Floyd Memorial Hospital is excited to host the September 17th 5 O'clock Network! Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be provided by Sam's Food & Spirits. There will also be a chance to win a door prize consisting of a 60 minute massage, but you must be present to win. Following signs for parking and entrance.

Mindi Burch, Lung Patient Navigator, will speak about the Floyd Memorial Cancer Center of Indiana's lung cancer screenings and an optional, ground-breaking breath analysis clinical trial. There will be tours of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy chambers and their new operating room. Floyd Memorial Foundation representatives will also be present.

Event Details:

Thursday, September 17 image of Floyd Memorial Hospital logo

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

1850 State St.

New Albany, IN 47150

Members Free/ Future Members $25

Sales & Marketing Series: Best Ways to Start & Continue Engaging Conversations with Clients

Christy Smallwood and John Zeydel, co-founders of Arkham Executives,

will present on the Best Ways to Start (Easy) and Continue (Difficult) Engaging Conversations with Clients.

Christy Smallwood's background includes 20+ years in media, marketing and advertising, plus organizational management with focus on developing and launching new projects. Her experience covers a variety of industries: ad agency, radio, franchises, small business, corporate and ministry/nonprofits. Christy founded Arkham Executive along with John Zeydel in 2011.

John "Z" Zeydel has 20+ years in the banking industry and has been a top-producing sales professional. John's unquenchable thirst for knowledge and his detective style of question-asking makes for incredible conversations. He is known in the Louisville business community as a networking genius creating No Rules Networking over thirteen years ago.

The Sales & Marketing Success Series is a bi-monthly professional development series for professionals. It includes networking and a continental breakfast. September's event will take place on the 18^th, from 8-10 a.m. at the New Albany Floyd County Public Library at 180 W Spring St, in New Albany. Please use the back door entrance and park in the lot across from the library on Scribner Drive.

Event Details:

Friday, September 18

8:00 - 9:30 a.m.

New Albany/Floyd County Public Library

180 West Spring St;

New Albany, IN 47150

Members Free/ Future Members $25

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Top Five Reasons You and Your Team Should Attend the 1si Trivia Night

5. Finally - a team building activity for your nerdy co-workers who failed the rope course at the retreat

4. After all these years, you can tell your parents that knowing every line from all six Star Wars films verbatim was useful in "real life."

3. It's a subtle way to prove you really are smarter than your boss without actually having to say it

2. Discussing the perfect team name with your co-workers via email is a much better way to spend the Tuesday after a holiday weekend than actually working

And the Number 1 Reason you should attend the 1si Trivia Night?

We won't talk about regional development . . . we swear!

Click here to download an informational flyer

Event Details:

Thursday, Sept 24

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Elk Run Golf Club

1820 Charlestown-Jeffersonville Pike;

Jeffersonville, IN 47130

$25 per person

Register here

Join Us for MFG DAY 2015

Wednesday, September 30^th

Participating Manufacturing Companies Open for Tours

Thursday, October 1^st

MMA Media Event at the Perkins Technology Center
Participating Manufacturing Companies Open for Tours
- MMA MFG Day Celebration hosted by Harding, Shymanski & Company, P.S.C.

Friday, October 2^nd

Participating Manufacturing Companies Open for Tours

Save the Day - Save the Week

MFG DAY 2015

Details to Follow!

ACE Award Nominations Now Being Taken

1si is accepting nominations for the 2015 ACE Awards. The event will be held November 17th from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Kye's II in Jeffersonville.

ACE is an acronym for Achieving and Celebrating Excellence, and these a

wards celebrate remarkable individuals who exemplify the character and acumen of exceptional leadership, making them outstanding citizens in the business and regional community. Each award acknowledges their contributions to Southern Indiana and their profession, both through their careers and personal lives. This luncheon is estimated to draw approximately 300 people. It is a spin off from the ONE Awards, which will now focus on businesses.

We are now seeking nominations for the following award categories:

The James W. Robinson Young Professional of the Year award is given to young professionals (under the age of 40) in our business community for their career achievements, community service and the promise they have shown for being the next generation of successful business leaders.

The Kevin Hammersmith Community Leader Award honors an individual whose volunteer involvement has been significant and impactful, resulting in measurable improvements in the lives of individuals within his/her community.

The Sam Day Professional of the Year award is open to anyone who is in a professional field (Accountants, architects, attorneys, bankers, CEOs, doctors, engineers, brokers, agents of insurance, realtors and executives of nonprofits) and who has exemplified a commitment to success in their company and/or community.

A copy of the nomination form can be found here.

Please complete the form and return to Josh Suiter at JoshS@1si.org by September 21. Sponsorships for the event are available and range from $500 - $2,000. If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Josh at (812) 206-9024 or JoshS@1si.org.

Upcoming Ribbon Cuttings

Integrity HR

Tuesday, Sept. 22
11 AM
4106 Reas Lane #1
New Albany, IN

Bridges of Indiana

Thursday, Sept 24

4:00 p.m.

3602 Northgate Court, Ste. 3;

New Albany, IN 47150

Katered to You

Friday, Sept 25

3:00 p.m.

37 Bank St, Ste. 9;

New Albany, IN 47150

Only 48 Booth Left for Business Expo!

Silent Auction Pieces Still Needed

Registration is now open for the 2015 1si Business Expo. The event features over 100 booths, over 500 attendees and a silent auction. Contact Josh Suiter at JoshS@1si.org or at 812.206.9024 to reserve a booth.

Event Details:

Thursday, October 22

Noon - 6:00 PM

Kye's I & II

500 Missouri Ave

Jeffersonville, IN 47130

Silent Auction donations now being taken. Contact Shelby Hamilton at ShelbyO@1si.org or at 812.206.9021 for ideas and more information.

The Horizon chosen as a finalist for the Pacemaker

Indiana University Southeast's student newspaper is in the running for the highest honor in college journalism.

The Horizon, IU Southeast's student-produced multimedia news organization, has been selected as a finalist for the Newspaper Pacemaker, unofficially known as the "Pulitzer Prize of college journalism."

Chosen by the Associated College Press, The Horizon is one of 24 finalists in the Four-Year Non-Daily Newspaper category for work from the 2014-15 academic year.
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