What Is The Calkins Advisors Power Breakfast?
Each month we bring together executives in the Boston, Massachusetts area for our power breakfast series to meet, greet, and hear the ideas of today’s top thought leaders. Our goal is serve as a resource for business executives, truly connecting thought leaders to business leaders in a way that delivers a powerful combination of experiential knowledge and real-world application so that participants develop insights on how to lead their organizations through today’s increasingly complex conditions and challenges.

Who Are The Thought Leaders That Have Participated?
We attract nationally recognized thought leaders including entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, and distinguished business strategists. Our presenters have included:

• Andre Taylor: “Innovate. Elevate.”
  CEO, Taylor Grand, Black Enterprise Magazine, Business Innovator of the Year
  
• Dr. Mark Albion: author “Making A Life, Making A Living”
  Founder, You & Company, former Harvard Business School professor
  
• Robert Galford: author “The Trusted Leader”
  Managing Partner, Center for Executive Development
  
• Dana Telford: author “The Integrity Advantage”
  Senior Consultant, Owner Managed Business Institute
  
• Tom Asacker: author “Sandbox Wisdom”
  Founder, Center for Sandbox Wisdom
  
• Belle Linda Halpern, Kathy Lubar: co-authors “Leadership Presence”
  Founders, The Ariel Group
  
• Jeffrey Fox: author “How To Be A Marketing Superstar”
  Founder, Fox & Company, Inc.
  
• Dr, Laurence Stybel: “Framed To Fail”
  Founder, Stybel Peabody & Associates, Inc.
  
• Debra Amidon: author “The Innovation Superhighway”
  Founder, Entovation International, Ltd.

Who Attends Calkins Advisors Power Breakfasts?
Our power breakfast series attracts top-level executives focused on rooting out new ideas and business strategies to help them meet their corporation’s demanding goals. Our attendees are ready to embrace the ideas of our thought leaders and apply the ideas to their individual business challenges. A typical audience will include senior executives working for companies with revenues between $1million -- $50million. Our sponsors include WBIX The Business Station, Inc Magazine, and Fast Company.

What Are The Benefits to Speakers?
Although speakers are not paid honorariums or reimbursed expenses to present, our speakers have found substantial value in their participation. First, our audience is made up of decision-makers poised for action. Speaker participation can lead to increased sales of a speaker’s books, consulting assignments, and/or positive exposure to an elite group of businesspeople, conference organizers, and potential sponsors. We also heavily promote our breakfasts through online marketing, direct mail, and radio promotions. If you’re an author, we purchase an allotment of your books for our audience of 30-50 attendees thereby providing revenue or royalties to you and increasing your unit sales. We also have other programs that can strengthen your connection to business leaders and which can yield positive feedback and increased speaker engagements.

What Is The Format Of The Calkins Advisors Power Breakfast?
Our events are held at conveniently located hotels in the Boston area such as the Newton Marriott, and Doubletree Guest Suites – Boston/Waltham. Our events are usually held on a Wednesday or Thursday starting at 7:30 AM. We ask our speakers to arrive early so that they can mingle with our attendees. This is also helpful in connecting with the audience and shaping your remarks. At 8:00 AM sharp our speaker is introduced by company founder, Greg Calkins and the presentation begins. We ask our speaker to conclude by 9:15 AM after a brief question and answer period. Greg Calkins then makes closing remarks.

What’s The Company Background?
Marketing executive, Greg Calkins, founded Calkins Advisors in January 2003. A seasoned dealmaker, Greg Calkins spent nearly a decade in New York City as a senior executive for an innovative sports media company. Greg led the firm’s efforts in developing strategic partnerships and forged alliances with some of the leading names in media, technology, and sports and entertainment including Viacom, Time Warner, BMG, Skytel, the National Football League, and the National Hockey League. Greg’s performance is built on the belief that business success is achieved when executives openly exchange the latest ideas and insights. When this occurs, there are new relationships, new opportunities, and business growth -- good for partners, competitors, and the overall business climate. Once Greg decided to re-locate his family to the New England region, he founded Calkins Advisors, creating a business with the sole focus of connecting thought leaders to business leaders. The Calkins Advisors Power Breakfast series has attracted business leaders, politicians, and community leaders in search of the best ideas for economic growth, prosperity, and productivity.

How Do I Get Involved?
We invite you to contact us with details about your area of expertise, business success, and the value you can bring to our audience.

Gregory Calkins
Calkins Advisors, LLC
8 Stone Crossing Way
Hopkinton, MA 0178
T. 508.435.1036
F. 508.435.3321
greg@calkinsadvisors.com
www.calkinsadvisors.com

Calkins Advisors
Connecting Thought Leaders With Business Leaders.