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The ELEVATE B. E. S. T Event
SUPPORTS THE ELEVATION, GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF BLACK BUSINESS
On Saturday, November 19, 2022 from 9:00am to 3:00pm, it’s going down, when Black business owners and entrepreneurs converge for the 2022 ELEVATE B. E. S. T Event – Black Entrepreneur’s Success Training, at the Superfunny Comedy Club in Tacoma, the country’s largest Black-owned Comedy Club.
Attracting Black business owners from King and Pierce counties, and beyond, the ELEVATE B. E. S. T Event is the 14th event in the powerful line-up of events in the ELEVATE Movement.
We are expecting a FULL HOUSE, so get your tickets today!
The intent of the ELEVATE B. E. S. T event is to:
- Empower Black Businesses with potent business training from other successful Black business owners to help you level up
- Equip you with proven strategies for marketing, closing sales and new business, building capacity, growing, prospering, and sustaining your Black-owned business
- Elevate your understanding of best business practices that are timeless
- Elevate your understanding of the relationship between mindset, strategy, marketing, and revenue
- Elevate your value-added connections and collaborations with other Black businesses; and
- Elevate your awareness of and make direct connections to “Speed-Matching” service providers who can help you increase your business capacity and help you make way for new growth in your business.
What is the ELEVATE Movement?
The ELEVATE Movement, launched in January 2017 by Debrena Jackson Gandy, is an African-American-focused empowerment movement, with a four-fold focus: (1) To elevate the African-American Community in the Greater Puget Sound region; (2) to re-awaken and re-activate Black Greatness, Prosperity and Genius; (3) to align positive energies, dollars, actions, resources and focus with the affirmation, synergy, motivation and support of Black businesses and community members in this Region, and (4) to help elevate the well-being African-Americans in the Greater Puget Sound Region.
The Elevate Movement is based upon a Success Model that has Four Foundational Pillars.
Black Money & Business
Black Personal Growth and Spiritual Development
Black Wellness, Health and Healing
Black Love Relationships
Since its launch, the ELEVATE Movement has held 13 successful events across its Four Foundational Pillars, including Cycle 1 and now Cycle 2 of the highly effective and successful ELEVATE Direct Impact Dollars (DID) Initiative that directly supports Black-owned businesses with dollars contributed directly from community members. The community has directly contributed nearly $55,000 to this Initiative, and in turn, 16 Black-owned businesses have directly benefited over these two Cycles with funds in the form of Repayable Awards to grow their business capacity, sales and profits. The ELEVATE B. E. S. T Event is an essential component of the ELEVATE Black Money and Business PILLAR.
The ELEVATE B. E. S. T Event Provides You:
- A space and place for making vibrant, stimulating connections
- A space and place for the celebration of Black business ownership and success
- An environment for Black business empowerment,
- A space and place to increase the awareness of, interaction with, and direct connection to other service-providers of color that can help you grow business your business.
- Cultivate new client and customer relationships, generate new business and strategic business relationships, follow-up and close new business, and connect to pivotal resources, knowledge and value-added contacts.
- An opportunity to make connections that can be converted into solutions, answers, partnering, mentorship, increased revenues and new business
- Each attendee will receive a full size Event Booklet with the listing of Speakers, Trainers, and Panelists bio’s, as well as contact information for the Speed-Matching service providers, and MORE!
The ELEVATE B. E. S. T (Black Entrepreneur’s Success Training) Event is an inspirational, motivational and ACTIVATIONAL day of empowerment for Black business owners. GET READY to experience a Day filled with power-packed business-building best practices, game-changing success strategies, financial and mindset-elevating insights, and perspective-shifting knowledge.
What You’ll Experience:
- Business training sessions led by two of the Top Black Business Trainers in the country
- Powerful information, insights, proven strategies, best practices, insights from successful Black business owners who have a track record of continual growth, and success.
- A motivational keynote by a local “business celebrity” that will inspire you to higher levels of Greatness and Excellence
- Continental Breakfast and Tasty catered Lunch
- A “Speed-Matching” segment to get you connected to other selected business service providers with areas of expertise that can help you to build capacity and grow your business
- Meet ‘n Greet and Networking time
- An Expert Business Panel with four successful Black business owners with over 92 years of collective business experience
- A full-size, color Event Program Booklet with a designated section with Black business listings of the Speed-Matching service providers
- A special Opening and Closing Message by a Legacy-building couple that are business leaders and community trailblazers
- The opportunity to connect with other conscious, positive, progressive Black folks that are interested in actively supporting one another, learning from one another, seeing each other “win,” and elevating together.
- A Raffle
Your ELEVATE B. E. S. T Event Co-Producers:
Debrena Jackson Gandy
Co-Producer, Event Emcee, Founder – The ELEVATE Movement, President ofMasterminds Unlimited, Business Consultant, Trainer and Coach
Devin Stubblefield
Co-Producer, B. E. S. T. Event Master Trainer, Owner & Founder of Faith Finance Center and MyMoneyAcademy.com
Meet Your ELEVATE B. E. S. T Event Master Trainers
Devin Stubblefield
Co-Producer, B. E. S. T. Event Master Trainer, Owner & Founder of Faith Finance Center and MyMoneyAcademy.com
Devin’s Training Session: Level Up Your Money Game: Making the Money Mindset/Revenue Connection to Grow Your Business.
Devin is one of the most highly sought-after financial empowerment trainers in the country. He leads the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Your Money, Your Goals Financial Empowerment Toolkit Series. He has trained over 18,000 financial coaches and counselors, homebuyer counselors, and financial service professionals from all around the country over the past six years. He is the author of Advance Your Prosperity, a 90-Day Financial Planner & Journal.
Ericka James
B. E. S. T. Event Master Trainer, President – The Convergence Center, Founder – The Alliance, Founder – Kingdom Ministers Association
Ericka’s Training Session: Uplevel your Revenue and Marketing Impact
Ericka James, the author of six books, is passionate about creating, connecting, and communicating. She has created a collection of highly sought-after trainings, leading edge training systems, certifications, and resources that include audio teachings, on-line and in-person trainings, podcasts, articles, and an online learning center. As a Master Trainer, she has designed, led and facilitated over 1000 live and virtual training sessions.
Your Keynote Speaker:
Nate Jackson
CEO/Founder of Nate Jackson’s Superfunny Comedy Club – the largest Black-owned comedy club in America, Rising Star, Brilliant and Thoughtful Visionary
Nate’s KEYNOTE: From Good to Great: Black Excellence
Nate Jackson is the Mastermind, Visionary and Founder of Nate Jackson’s Superfunny Comedy Club, a nearly 10,000 square foot entertainment venue that seats 280, with a state-of-the-art sound system and podcast studio. Since its opening less than 2 ½ years ago, it has already attracted top-notch national talents such as D. L. Hughley, George Lopez, DC Young Fly, B. Simone, Cocoa Brown, and T. I.
He is currently recurring on the hit NBC TV show series, YOUNG ROCK, based upon the life of superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. He has appeared on Nick Cannon Presents Wild’N Out (MTV), All Def Comedy (HBO), Kevin Hart’s Hart of the City (Comedy Central), Off the Chain (Bounce TV0, Comic View (BET), Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks (TruTV), Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO Max), and is a former winner of the Bay Area Comedy Competition. In 2019, Nate was named to the Time Out L. A. Top 10 Comedians to Watch List, and will appear in a new premiere Christmas movie.
Expert Panel Moderator
Dr. Timmie Foster
President - Foster Enterprises, Community Mobilizer and Visionary, and Youth Development Specialist
Opening & Closing Messages
Nat Jackson and Dr. Thelma Jackson
Legacy-Builders, Business Leaders, Community Trailblazers
Registration Details
Regular Registration
REGISTRATION CLOSED
How To Register:
VIP RegistrationFULL
(Only 40 spots available: VIP seating, First to lunch, $50 DoorDash Card, and TWO special gifts upon Check-in at Event)- Regular Registration $99, November 1 – 15
Note: You can also purchase tickets in advance to the Comedy Shows (2 shows) happening later the night of Sat. 11/19, featuring Kym Whitley.
Speed-Matching Vendor Application
REGISTRATION FULL
- Apply to be one of our select “Speed-Matching” Service-Providers. Limited to a maximum of 14
$199 – If selected, your registration includes your Full Event registration and inclusion in the Full size, in Color, Event Booklet.
You must complete and submit a Vendor Application! The link is below. Applications are due by October 15. Notified by October 21. Payment is due by 10/28.If selected, you will have the opportunity for Get-Acquainted Speed-Matching Sessions with approximately 5-6 business owners. The intent is to schedule and confirm a more comprehensive Follow-Up Meeting during the Speed-Matching Session, and then convert the potential client or customer into an actual new client or customer
- Your Speed-Matching Vendor Registration Includes:
– Half-Table with chairs inside of the Event Room
– Full Event Registration
– Inclusion in full-size Event Program Booklet
– Continental Breakfast and Catered Lunch
