Building a Nurturing & Generous Community for Business Success

That’s the theme of No Longer Virtual 2025, and here’s the agenda:

Monday, February 10, 2025

8:00am - Continental Breakfast and Welcome

The Cathedral - Austin

Hosted by Sarah Elkins and Elkins Consulting Inc.

9:00am - 9:45am | NLV Storytime

The Cathedral - Austin

Let’s set the tone for NLV2025 with simple, friendly, low-pressure introductions
(no awkward ice-breakers here 😉)

Host: Sarah Elkins, Elkins Consulting

The No Longer Virtual community is one where every person contributes, and each of us is eager to learn and grow personally and professionally. In such an intimate gathering, we will know every person in the room, what they’re great at, and how we can support them. Let’s get started!

Objectives:

• Meet everyone in the room

• Know what each person needs and what they hope to contribute

• Set expectations and intention

10:00am - 11:30am | Be a Big Fish in a Little Pond: Positioning & Branding to Bring in the Right Clients

Reuben Swartz & Angela DiMarco

Why is your small business trying to compete in a huge market?

When we spend time identifying a specific target audience, we can position and brand our business to attract the clients we love to work with, to solve the problems we’re masterful at solving.

Objectives:

• Clarify target audience/clients

• Ensure alignment between brand and target audience

• Begin crafting content (LI profile, website language, etc.) to reach target audience

Lunch on your own

1:00pm - 3:00pm | Walkxploration

Renée smith & Kati TAylor

Exploring a city on foot offers opportunities completely missed when traveling by car, bus, or even a bicycle. During this session we’ll be guided to be fully present in observing and discussing specific points of interest in the neighborhood.

Objectives:

• Generate creative energy for afternoon sessions

• Develop deeper relationships with NLVers

• Learn to embrace the creative and productive benefits of creative breaks

3:30pm - 5:00pm | What is Your Natural Marketing Strength?

When you know your most natural medium, messaging is far more powerful

Shannon Hernandez

Did you know that you have a NATURAL way to deliver your message and marketing? A way that will resonate deeply with those you are meant to serve? 

Your natural marketing strength is called your Content Personality® - and Shannon can't wait to help you discover yours!

Objectives:

• Discover how to use your natural strengths to create marketing content that can be used in a variety of media. 

• Learn how to maximize your time and energy by choosing a marketing platform that matches your Content Personality®. 

• Begin to develop non-social media strategies for your messaging and business development.  

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

8:00am - Continental Breakfast and Welcome

The Cathedral - Austin

Hosted by Sarah Elkins and Elkins Consulting Inc.

9:00am - 10:00am | Unlocking Your Geniuses: Mastering Collaboration and Self-Awareness

The Cathedral - Austin

Randall Russo & Darcie Warden

What is your “zone of genius”? What brings you joy in your work and more importantly what frustrates you? Who are the people and what are the tools you can use to make sure you’re using your talents the majority of the time, and delegating & outsourcing activities that are holding you back? We talk a lot about taking care of ourselves, but how do we actually DO that effectively?

In this session, Randall and Darcie will walk us through our Working Genius results so we can be more intentional about how we’re spending our precious time - and with whom.

Objectives:

• Reveal & review natural talents

• Master self awareness and how we collaborate with others

• Putting it all into practice

11:00am - 12:30pm | Tech Tool Roundup

Let’s brainstorm the best tech tools to help us be more productive and efficient

Tabletop Discussions

In this session, we’ll break into tabletop groups to share our best and worst tech tool experiences, and come back together to share our findings with the full NLV community.

Objectives:

• Collect lists of best & worst tech tools for specific problems and concerns

• Learn which tech tools solve which problems, and how to find the right one to fit your needs

• Identify the people in the room with expertise you may need or you can refer to others

NLV Summit luncheon

Hosted by Sarah Elkins

1:00pm - 2:30pm | Speed Session Topics

More details to come!

2:30pm - 4:00pm Make the Most of NLV: Debriefing and Next Steps to Avoid the After-Conference Hangover

Let’s make sure everyone has the support and resources they need to take the next steps toward their goals and aspirations. What - exactly - does each of us need, and how do we continue this momentum and avoid the “after-conference hangover?”