( partial member listing in alphabetical order ) |
These advisory board members are
clients that are help determine future enhancements and the
direction of Jackrabbit.
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Sam Beckford
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Sam Beckford
Founder - Successful Studio Strategies
Co-Founder - Academy of Music and Dance
Vancouver, Canada
www.MusicStudioSecrets.com
www.DanceStudioSecrets.com |
Sam Beckford is the co-founder of one of North
Americas largest Music and Dance Studios based in Vancouver,
Canada with 3500 active student . He has a degree in business in
addition to an arts background and is the co-author of 2 general
small business books. Since 1999 he has been doing seminars,
coaching and consulting about the business side of running a
studio.
In the last 5 years Sam already has shared ideas with 831 studio
owners across the country and has given away 2 Alaska cruises, a
trip to Italy, and a brand new car to studio owners that have
used his ideas to improve their business over the last 18
months.
Each year he will do it all over again and give you the ideas
and tools to reach your business goals and give you a chance to
work with him and his team and win a new car just for improving
your studio!
You don’t want to miss the next annual Successful Studio
Superconference which will be held in Vancouver and Dallas.
Discover 139 strategies to get more students, run your business
better and be able to have a studio that can run well without as
much of your direct input.
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Suzanne Blake Gerety
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Suzanne Blake Gerety
Owner - On Pointe Media LLC
www.DanceStudioOwner.com
Vice President
Kathy Blake Dance Studios
www.KathyBlakeDanceStudios.com
Office: 800-579-1805
Stratham, NH
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As the co-founder of DanceStudioOwner.com, she empowers studio owners to grow their business with the tools and technology that help them work smarter, not harder.
She has been featured in various articles and columns for Dance Teacher Magazine including "Ask the Experts". Suzanne's workshops have been presented at Dance Media's Dance Teacher Summit in New York City in 2009 and will be featured again in 2010.
Suzanne also writes a column called, “Studio Bizwax” for Dance Advantage, a popular dance blog. She is a nine-time nominee for expert of the month in the category of Dance & Dancing for the largest and oldest Q&A service online, AllExperts.com.
In addition to a degree in Psychology and Child Development, Suzanne has training and experience in communication and leadership from one of the world's foremost personal development companies.
She is the mother of two young children and is an advocate for dance education throughout the world. With the tools and advances in technology, Suzanne is able to consult with hundreds of dance studio owners across the world on a daily basis through her website. She brings the most up to date resources and support to current and future dance studio owners to help them achieve success.
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Frank
Sahlein
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Franklin B. Sahlein, CBI
CEO - 3rd Level Consulting & Business Brokerage
President - Wings, Inc.
1875 Century Way
Boise, Idaho 83709
Office (208)376-3641, ext. 103
Cell (208)869-3656
Email:
Business@WingsCenter.com
www.3rdLevelConsulting.com
www.WingsCenter.com
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Frank Sahlein has been involved with the sport
of Gymnastics since 1967 - as Gymnast, Coach, Club Owner, State
Director, Consultant and Business Broker. Frank is a native of
San Mateo, California and graduated from Hillsdale High School.
He attended San Jose State University on a gymnastics
scholarship, graduated in 1976, and moved to Boise, Idaho.
The amazing WINGS Center (under Frank's continuous direction
since 1976) is a 35,000 s.f. "working lab" of synergistic
programs. Frank pioneered the Children's Learning Opportunity
Center (CLOC) concept - a unique blend of Sports Instruction,
Child Care & Education, Entertainment and Outreach. The
operational systems that Frank has designed allow the affairs of
the Wings Center to be managed on a part-time basis. His wife,
Shauna Swank-Sahlein has taken the lead at the Wings Center on a
daily basis and also coordinates all Marketing efforts. These
operational systems have set a viable template for Children's
Activity Centers, and as a result Frank is sought nationwide by
clients in our industry for customized consulting, expansion,
valuation and brokerage services.
3rd Level Consulting & Business Brokerage offers detailed
solutions that are complete, confidential and customized to each
business. Business Systems Analysis helps owners add value to
their businesses through the use of organized, integrated
SYSTEMS. Business Expansion Planning is available for either
expanding current operations or starting a brand-new business.
Business Valuation is a professional service giving a solid
indication of value for many purposes. The Business Brokerage
service lists and brokers business transactions in our industry
from start to finish. 3rd Level Consulting & Business Brokerage
is a USAG Industry Member. Frank is a member of, and certified
by, the International Business Brokers Association, as well as
being a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers.
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Steve and Angela Sirico
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Steve and Angela Sirico
CoFounders - Dance And Music Centre
Fairfield, CT
www.DSDanceAndMusic.com
CoFounders - Dance Teacher Web
www.DanceTeacherWeb.com
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Angela and Steve have owned and directed a very successful dance studio in Fairfield, Connecticut since 1987. Their students have received scholarships and contracts to American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, Hartford Ballet as well as the National tours of “Fosse”, ”Fame” and “We Will Rock You” and on Broadway in “Chorus Line”. In 2005 Music and Vocal was added to the studio’s curriculum. Angela and Steve are on the faculty of Dance Educator’s of America’s Teacher Training program. Steve is the author of his Jazz Dance syllabus and together they authored their Partner syllabus both used for Teacher Training worldwide.
Angela served as Chairperson for the tri state panel of the Royal Academy Of Dancing and they have taught as guest faculty for Mt. Holyoke College, Michigan State University, The University of Arkansas, Yale University and Fairfield University. They teach Master Classes in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical Jazz and Partner work all over the world including residencies in England, Spain, Costa Rica and Mexico. From 2003-2005 they were presenting faculty for Dance Teacher Magazine’s Summer Teacher’s Conference in NYC. They continue to be active as adjudicators for major dance competitions. Recently they choreographed the opening production number for the National Speaker’s Association at their annual convention at the Marriott Marquis on Broadway to over 2000 of the best speakers worldwide.
In 2007 Steve and Angela launched Dance Teacher Web, an online creative and business resource for teachers and studio owners from all over the world. The DTW Conference & Expo is held each year in Las Vegas. For more details visit www.danceteacherweb.com To see more about their production company visit www.dsdanceproductions.com
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Dianna & April Lynn Stamness
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Dianna & April Lynn Stamness
Owners
Spring Into Motion School of Dance
Spring Green, WI
Phone (608) 588-3041
Email:
springintomotion@verizon.net
www.springintomotiondance.com
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Dianna & April Lynn Stamness are partners in
Spring Into Motion School of Dance located in the community of
Spring Green WI. Established in 1997 they continue to provide
people of all ages the skills they need to enjoy dance for a
lifetime.
April Lynn has been dancing for 21 years in all styles of dance.
She began teaching at the age of 15 years and continues to be
the head teacher and sole choreographer at Spring Into Motion.
She has brought her students to a skill level of winning Gold
and Platinum awards at Regional and National competitions.
Dianna the Founder and Director of the studio is an accomplished
wildlife artist with a business and marketing degree. Dianna
recognized the need for additional positive and constructive
activities for the children in the community, with that vision
Spring Into Motion was born.
Being a part of the Mastermind group of Successful Studio
Strategies and with Jack rabbit Class as our web base management
system, this knowledge base has assisted us in doubling our
student base, and tracking our success.
In the Spring of ’07 Spring Into Motion was chosen as one of the
top 50 studios “On the Move” by Dance Spirit and Dance Teacher
Magazine. |
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