**This is NOT a worship conference. This is for artists who want to use their music ministry gifts beyond their local church!**
The Incubator Creative Group presents the Ministry Entrepreneur Explosion Conference using Christian music as a tool of evangelism, encouragement and ministry beyond the conventional possibilities of Sunday church services. The Explosion is not another worship conference. It has a decided emphasis on the performance aspects of music verses the use of music in a worship setting. The Explosion also illuminates a perspective for making a music ministry work as a sustainable small business enterprise or self-supporting hobby.
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The Explosion is more than a conference. It is an experience. It includes not only the live event itself but also seven hours of pre-conference online training and interaction. This in-advance experience provides a unique vehicle to facilitate the development of a relationship between you as an artist and Incubator (the sponsor of the Explosion). The Explosion utilizes a proven system for growth deployed by Incubator over its 30-year history… Active Relational Training (ART). The result of ART is the establishment and deepening of a relationship between each artist and Incubator, which correspondingly creates a high level of energy and positive atmosphere among the registrants gathered for the live event. The Explosion may feel more like a family reunion than an educational event!
The Ministry Explosion will come to Dallas on Friday and Saturday July 27th and 28th. It’s a can’t miss weekend (Friday night and and all day Saturday) conference igniting Christian artists to take their music and message beyond Sundays! For more information and to start your conference track, today, click here!
Lindsy Bivens is a publisher, conference host and empowerment speaker, who after learning difficult lessons through self-publishing, was fueled with a passion to solve problems for new authors. As Founder/Creative Director of The Author’s Pen, LLC, Bivens has taken consistent action to serve the author community.
Upon relocating to Houston, Texas in late 2016, Bivens hit the ground running. She actively seeks opportunities to spread the word about the kind of support every author deserves. She was a local competitor in the SBA’s 2017 HCC InnovateHER Business plan competition, competed in the 2017 New Spring Business plan competition, was invited to The Pitch 2017, a London-based entrepreneur competition, and competed in the SCORE Business challenge in Q1 of 2018 because of her ability to articulate a pressing need and offer compelling solutions for authors.
Bivens continues to take massive action to create positive change for authors by attending The 2018 London Bookfair for her second week-long training to uncover opportunities for new authors to access new markets. Bivens is committed to supporting people who write. She continues to grow her reach locally, nationally and internationally. She vows to change the narrative for emerging authors.
The Author’s Pen, LLC is a publishing support company with a mission of helping authors move beyond producing a product – to seeing real progress; offering: coaching, workshops and seminars, editing and proofreading and project management for publication.
Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, announced today that it has been named to Women’s Business Enterprise National Council’s (WBENC) 18th annual list of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) for the first time. This is the only national award honoring corporations for world-class supplier diversity programs that reduce barriers and drive growth for women-owned businesses.
“We are committed to diversity and inclusion at all levels of our business,” said Rohini Anand, PhD, SVP, Corporate Responsibility & Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo. “We want to support growing diverse businesses and establish long-lasting relationships with like-minded, mutually-beneficial companies.”
Currently, Sodexo partners with nearly 2,400 vendors that are led by minorities, women, service-disabled veterans, LGBTQ or people with disabilities across the U.S. As part of Sodexo’s Better Tomorrow Plan the organization has a global commitment to support both diverse and local businesses; the goal is for 25 percent of Sodexo’s global spend to be with small businesses in local communities, with a focus on women and other under-represented groups as defined by country, by 2025. Companies interested in partnering with Sodexo must be 51 percent diverse-owned, controlled and managed and certified by National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), Women’s Business Enterprises National Council (WBENC), National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), U.S. Business Leadership Network (USBLN), city or county certification, or state certification or Small Business Administration (SBA).
“As we launch the next decade of WBENC, we are so proud to honor WBENC’s Top Corporations for WBEs, including Sodexo, for choosing to set the standard for access and increase opportunities to women suppliers in new markets – both domestically and internationally,” said Pamela Prince-Eason, President and CEO of WBENC, the nation’s leader in women’s business development. “WBENC-Certified WBEs in turn are able to fuel innovation, and empower communities through economic growth and job creation.”
Sodexo’s recognition as one of America’s 2017 Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises is just one of the organization’s recent wins in the diversity and inclusion space. Sodexo was named to Bloomberg’s 2018 Gender-Equality Index (GEI) and inducted into DiversityInc’s Top 50 Hall of Fame for its advancement in gender equality. Additionally, the company was ranked in the top 10 of DiversityInc magazine’s ‘Top 50 Companies for Diversity’ list for the 9th consecutive year, Best Companies for Multicultural Women list by Working Mother Magazine and recognized on three of FORTUNE Magazine lists in 2017, including World’s Most Admired Companies, Change the World and the FORTUNE 500.
The selection of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) is conducted annually by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The list of Top Corporations is designed to recognize organizations who are choosing to integrate policies and programs across the corporation to enable growth and reduce barriers for women-owned businesses; increasing opportunity in new markets – both domestically, and international; fueling innovation; and empowering communities through economic growth and job creation. Each Top Corporation honoree has demonstrated continuous, effective practices leading to significant results; further reinforcing a strong business case for their organization, the development of WBEs, and breaking down barriers to WBE inclusion within their organization.
About WBENC WBENC is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States. WBENC partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations (RPOs) to provide its world-class standard of certification to women-owned businesses throughout the country. WBENC is also the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs. Throughout the year, WBENC provides business development opportunities for member corporations, government agencies and more than 14,000 certified women-owned businesses at events and other forums. Learn more at www.wbenc.org. For more information about the annual America’s Top Corporations for Women Business Enterprises, visit http://www.wbenc.org/americas-top-corporations-for-wbes.
About Sodexo North America Sodexo North America is part of a global, Fortune 500 company with a presence in 80 countries. Sodexo is a leading provider of integrated food, facilities management and other services that enhance organizational performance, contribute to local communities and improve quality of life of 15 million customers in corporate, education, healthcare, senior living, sports and leisure, government and other environments daily. The company employs 133,000 people at 13,000 sites in all 50 U.S. states and Canada and indirectly supports tens of thousands of additional jobs through its annual purchases of $9.2 billion in goods and services from small to large American businesses. In support of local communities across the U.S., the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation has contributed close to $30 millionover the past 20 years to help feed children in America impacted by hunger. To learn more about Sodexo, visit SodexoInsights.com and connect with us on Facebook and @SodexoUSA on Twitter.
