Bradley Roehrl is the Store Leader for both the Maple Grove and Brooklyn Park Gamestop stores. He has a huge passion for gaming, as well as management, team building, and networking. He is always looking for new skills to add to his arsenal, as well as any new things he can bring to the table as a manager to lead his teams better. He is here to learn!

                        Bradley Roehrl

Will you be next? 

Learn more about our Club Membership Packages HERE!

               Michael Carlton, DTM/SPP

Michael has just achieved his second milestone benchmark with the PowerTalk Power Club - he has presented over 20 speeches and recruited a new Power Pal to our club, his son Bradley Roehrl. Congratulations to Michael - he just advanced from Bronze level Power Pal to a Silver level Power Pal. Thank you Michael for all your support and contributions to the PowerTalk Power Club!

Congratulations - Well done!

Note:  Michael will be officially recognized for this achievement at our upcoming Fall Festival Mini-Conference Retreat October 18th - October 22nd.

Come Join Jacqueline’s Book Club!

https://www.meetup.com/science-of-people-minneapolis/

The August Science of People book club book is David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell. 

If you are not a reader but are interested in learning about the book, feel free to attend! 

A book summary will be shared at the beginning of our time together followed by discussion topics that everyone can partake in whether you have completed the reading or not.

Here are the meeting options:

August 1st from 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (virtual)

August 3rd from 5 PM to 6 PM at Caribou in Minnetonka at the corner of 101 and 7 (we will be in the party room)

Jacqueline Fiore is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist with 9 years of experience building high-performing teams and driving sustainable business growth both in internal and external settings.  She has spent her time in this field focused on employee engagement, performance management, and organizational effectiveness. Jacqueline's broad-based expertise includes strategic planning, coaching, succession planning, and productivity management and improvement.  In addition, Jacqueline is a decorated Army veteran and former executive board director.  She is dedicated to building effective relationships and providing support to her clients and business partners.

 Red Wigglers for Sale for Composting!

Whether you own a vermicomposting bin, are putting together your first one, or just want to make your compost heap more effective, THEY are the solution! - $20 for 150 of them.

They start reproducing as soon as they acclimate to their new home, and babies are born about 11 days later (about 3 per egg or "orb").

Pick up YOURS at the next Pizza Panel Program!

Cash or Venmo or PayPal. You get a bag full of peat moss and 150 worms :-)

Free instruction video available upon request.

Contact Lili @ 952-200-9248 or

[email protected] to reserve YOUR worms!

Would you like to become a professional speaker but don't know where to begin?

Are you seeking people, information, and resources that can help you achieve your professional development goals? 

Would you like a supportive learning environment, a highly encouraging coach, and a well-versed instructor to guide you and show you the ropes?

By popular request, SpeakerBiz Institute has made the pivot and is now offering 6-week virtual boot camps for a variety of presentation skills and business experience levels. 

Whether you are a complete newbie and have simply been entertaining the idea of starting a professional speaking career but don’t know where or how to begin, to having already done several presentations for a wide-variety of audiences and perhaps have several years of business experience under your belt, these 6-week virtual boot camps offer a well-paced, content-rich learning format to help you accelerate your success!

Listed below is our next course offering as we enthusiastically bring in the new year! –

Beginners Level I - SpeakerBiz Exploratory Boot Camp:

Wednesday mornings or afternoons

July 12th - August 16th

Choose: 9:00am-12:00pm CST or 3:00pm-6:00pm CST

Note: Zoom details will be disclosed upon confirmed registration.

       Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, M.Ed/DTM/DPP

                       Founder & Director

 If you have been entertaining the idea (thinking about, wishing, hoping, daydreaming, etc....) of becoming a professional speaker, it is time NOW to get registered for the upcoming SpeakerBiz Boot Camp! It is the perfect program to explore and learn more about the business side of the professional speaking world.

Before you know it, another year will go by! - What are you going to do to achieve your dream of professional speaking? Let the SpeakerBiz Institute help you get your professional speaking business started. 

Enroll in the Beginners Level I – SpeakerBiz Exploratory 6-week Virtual Boot Camp and let us help you achieve your professional speaking goals!

For more details and registration information, click on the following link:

https://www.speakerbiz.net/speakerbiz-virtual-6-week-boot-camps

Come Explore! Experience! Exchange! and Excel!

Hope you'll be able to join us for a productive and powerful Virtual Boot Camp Session!           

          Speaker Summer School 2023

Presentation skills continually rank as THE MOST important leadership skill. But, how often do you actually practice your presentation skills?

Do you:

🎤 Have an important pitch to present to senior leadership or investors for your business?

🎤 Want to interview well when sharing your expertise on podcasts or YouTube shows?

🎤 Have a unique service that helps clients reach a new level in their business or life?

🎤 Have an upcoming Tedtalk application?

📚 Now introducing- Speaker Summer School!

Over the course of 9 coaching sessions, you will be able to receive hour-long professional coaching on your presentation in a small and supportive drop in format.

This is best for you if you have at least a draft or outline of a 30-60 minute business presentation, and know who your intended audience will be.

Join us at Thumper Lodge Resort for:

"Good Food! Good Friends! & Good Fun!"

Wed. October 18th - Sun. October 22nd

          Speech-a-thon Speech Contest

                                   &

    Fall Festival Mini-Conference Retreat!

Click HERE for more program Details!

                           So today, let's have a laugh at some career and work jokes!

Want to hear a construction joke? - Oh never mind, I'm still working on that one.

Two artists had an art contest. - It ended in a draw!

Where are average things manufactured? - The satisfactory.

Why doesn't the sun go to college? - Because it has a million degrees!

Why did the can crusher quit his job? Because it was soda pressing.   

- submitted by Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, M.Ed/DTM/DPP

- submitted by Vitalia Bryn- Pundyk, M.Ed/ DTM/DPP

                                             RASPBERRY SHORTBREAD BARS

Soft, buttery shortbread filled with a layer of raspberry preserves. Delicious made with other types of jams and preserves, too! Tip: For extra light-and-flaky shortbread, we skip the rolling pin and use a box grater to grate the chilled dough into our baking dish instead.

Makes 2 dozen 2-inch bars

Active time: 25 minutes

Total time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large egg yolks
• ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ¾ cup seedless raspberry preserves or jam (8 ounces)
• Confectioners sugar, for dusting (optional)

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt.

2. In another medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar at low speed until combined. Beat in the egg yolks and vanilla.

3. Add the dry ingredients and beat at low speed until a soft dough forms.

4. Halve the dough and form into logs. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.

5. Heat the oven to 350 F and butter a 9×13 baking dish.

6. Working over the baking dish, coarsely shred 1 log of dough on the large holes of a box grater, evenly distributing the dough in the baking dish. Do not pat or press the dough.

7. Using a spoon, dollop the preserves over the dough and gently spread it in an even layer.

8. Grate the second log of dough on top. Using a rubber spatula, tuck in any shreds of dough sticking to the side of the baking dish to prevent them from burning.

9. Bake the shortbread on the bottom rack of the oven for about 35 minutes, covering it with foil halfway through baking. The shortbread is done when the pastry is golden all over.

10. Let cool completely, then cut into 24 bars. Dust the tops with confectioners sugar and serve.

- submitted by Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, M.Ed/DTM/DPP

If any club member or visiting guest would like to get on the speaking rotation, please contact Founder and Club President, Vitalia Pundyk to reserve your spot on the meeting schedule.

Phone: (952) 221-1701

Email: [email protected]