Hub Talks

Craig serves as a Professional Life Coach, Speaker, and Author. In his coaching practice, My Internal Image, he specializes in coaching women to become fully confident and at ease, no matter what, by breaking down their inner critic and helping create a life filled with love, joy and success. Having grown up in a family with all sisters, Craig has been an unofficial safe haven for female friends and women throughout the years, all of whom have gravitated toward him for his unique male perspective, understanding ear, and profound guidance. Craig holds Master's Degree in Counseling and Educational Psychology as well as his Certifications as a Professional Life Coach through IPEC, (the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching), a certified Energy Leadership Master Practitioner through IPEC. Craig’s uses the Energy Leadership Index Assessment (ELI) at the beginning of his coaching process which gives unique insight into their beliefs, self-perceptions, emotional reaction tendencies, and behavior patterns that work for, and against them. This offers a clear framework to work from to improve self-confidence and more satisfaction in work and life.  Today, Craig lives a positive and healthy lifestyle in Reno, Nevada with his wife of 29 years, daughter and son. Craig is an avid outdoor adventurer and runner having completed 5 marathons and over a thousand miles of hiking and backpacking in the Sierra Nevada. 

Ramon (Ruh-moan) Ray is a small business expert, who is an in-demand thought leader on personal branding as a tool for small business success. He inspires and educates thousands of business owners a year through his articles, podcasts, and in-demand media interviews.Ramon is the founder of SmartHustle.com a contributor to Entrepreneur.comand a host of the podcast, Breakfast with Champions.  In this episode of IMPACT Ramon talks about his entrepreneurial journey and what made him successful, while sharing tools and advice for all you entrepreneurs!www.ramonray.com

Mary Claire Boucher is the founder of MCBCreative. She brings a fresh perspective,  and provides high-quality digital marketing assets and brand consulting services to business owners, to help further their vision for their brand and capture their story.  Mary Claire has a fresh take on becoming a solopreneur and shares about the tools and experience she took from the corporate and customer service world, to further her self made business. MCB-creative.com

Amanda Long is the owner of Smart Marketing Squad. She teaches small businesses how to use social media and email marketing to reach customers in their local city to grow their businesses. Amanda has decade’s worth of digital marketing experience; her background has allowed her to help small businesses apply online strategies and tactics to their local community-based businesses. Not all the online marketing tactics that others say you “should do is right for your business. That’s why Amanda supports small businesses like yours, to get you out of the “shoulds” and into what ACTUALLY works.www.smartmarketingsquad.com

Adding Value One Connection At A Time  We live in a time where there is information overload. This creates the “shinning object” syndrome. We as consumers have so many options to choose from when it comes to finding answers to our challenges. However, many of these solutions sound great, but don’t follow through on their promises. In this talk we will explore the types of “sales training” that exists, where there are gaps in what is taught versus what works and we will talk through value-driven relationship building. It is time to stop selling and start connecting!Devin Sizemore is the owner of Devin Sizemore Consulting and co-owner of Enchanted Cat Cafe. Devin’s passion is everything business and in having a positive impact with the individuals and companies he works with. Over the last decade he has owned a variety of companies and managed the area for a national PEO. He has worked with over 400 businesses on sales, marketing, systems & processes, and more!  Devin is heavily involved in the community. He is a member, partner, or sponsor with many of the business and networking organizations in town. In addition, he is on the board of the Northern Nevada RAVE Family Foundation and Western Nevada College Foundation. He is a big with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada. He supports several area non-profits through event attendance, gathering of donations, promotion & volunteering. He is always looking for ways to drive value to others through referrals and connections.  His better half is Hayley Meadows, and they have a blended family with three awesome kiddos – Penelope, Elias & Saylor. When he is not working, networking, or volunteering you will find him out on a golf course enjoying the many courses in Northern Nevada.

In this episode Kassandra interviews Tom DuBos. Tom is a study in contradictions. A very extroverted engineer, he spent most of his career in sales and management, and his passion is teaching others from his lessons learned. He draws upon his experience as a search and rescue volunteer, Ski Patroller and five-time IRONMAN triathlon finisher to engage and motivate audiences. His natural inclination is to be a problem solver, and he did just that across his personal and professional life. He leveraged his technical and communications skills to bring value to his employers and clients, and will challenge you to be your best.