BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Innovate New Albany - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Innovate New Albany X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Innovate New Albany REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T130000 DTSTAMP:20260708T063731 CREATED:20260526T020236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T020236Z UID:10000461-1783681200-1783688400@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:Boards Aren't Boring DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\nNew Albany\, OH 43054\nFriday 7/10/26\, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\nBe ready to interact with our speaker\, Kerri Mollard\, and your fellow participants. \nEat. Mingle. Make new friends.\nJoin Kerri Mollard\, CEO of Mollard Consulting\, for “Boards Aren’t Boring: Nonprofit Boards and Your Career\,” a fun and insightful talk exploring how board service can grow your leadership\, expand your network\, and make a real difference. \nIn this engaging session\, Kerri breaks down what nonprofit board service really looks like and why it’s a powerful (and often overlooked) way to accelerate your professional growth. You’ll also get a look at Mollard Consulting’s Board Building program\, designed to connect individuals with the right board opportunities while providing the training and support needed to succeed. Whether you’re early in your career or a seasoned leader\, you’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of how to get involved\, what organizations are looking for\, and how to make meaningful contributions from day one. \n**************** \nKerri Mollard is the Founder and CEO of Mollard Consulting in New Albany. \nShe is a respected authority on nonprofit board governance\, planning\, and fundraising. Since 2003\, Kerri and her team have served 200 clients and thousands more through workshops and trainings. \nPrior to consulting\, Kerri worked for nonprofits in a variety of roles\, from box office manager to interim executive director. In 2025\, the company launched Board Building\, a unique board matching\, training\, and support service. She has a master’s degree from Indiana University\, a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University\, and a Certificate of Nonprofit Board Consulting from BoardSource. \nKerri is also a local elected official\, serving as Plain Township Trustee since 2022. \n**************** \nLike all TIGER Events\, this talk is FREE.\n11:00 am – Coffee\, Snacks\, & Socializing\n11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing\n11:45 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (10 seconds please)\n12:05 pm – Hand-off to Kerri\n1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing \n\n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/boards-arent-boring/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:TIGER Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Headshot-Kerri-Mollard-TIGER-Talk-Blank-071026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T130000 DTSTAMP:20260708T063731 CREATED:20260503T200141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260503T200141Z UID:10000457-1784286000-1784293200@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:The Last Unfair Advantage: How Human Experience Beats Every Marketing Tactic You're Currently Using DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\nNew Albany\, OH 43054\nFriday 7/17/26\, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\nBe ready to interact with our featured speaker\, Alex Avery\, and your fellow participants. \nEat. Mingle. Make new friends.\nWhat if your most powerful marketing asset has nothing to do with ads\, content\, or social media? Join us for a session that will fundamentally change how you think about brand building and business growth. \nThis TIGER Talk by Alex Avery will cover why live experiences drive the kind of loyalty that no digital tactic can match\, and how technology has made it possible to measure all of it in ways that finally justify the budget. Alex will walk through a framework that gives you a real game plan: how to stand up an activation\, track what matters\, and leverage the content for campaigns that compound over time. \n*************** \nBio – in the words of our speaker\, Alex Avery\, Co-Owner of REVA: \n“I have spent most of my career at the intersection of brand\, technology\, and the moments that actually make people feel something. I run a marketing company focused on live experiences and events for the retail industry\, where I learned firsthand that no ad campaign outlasts a room full of people who walked away from your brand feeling like they mattered. \nI also advise on enterprise data and AI transformation\, which is a fancy way of saying I help organizations stop doing things by hand that should have been automated years ago. \nI sit on the Small Business Council for the Columbus Chamber of Commerce\, serve on the board of Communities in Schools Ohio\, and co-host Conquering Columbus\, a podcast about the founders and business owners who built something real in this city. \nDad of three. Columbus lifer. Firm believer that the best marketing still happens in person.” \n*************** \nLike all TIGER Events\, this talk is FREE.\n11:00 am – Coffee\, Snacks\, & Socializing\n11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing\n11:45 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (10 seconds please)\n12:05 pm – Hand-off to Alex\n1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing \n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/the-last-unfair-advantage-how-human-experience-beats-every-marketing-tactic-youre-currently-using/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:TIGER Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Headshot-Alex-Avery-TIGER-Blank-071726.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T130000 DTSTAMP:20260708T063731 CREATED:20260403T005045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260525T011308Z UID:10000452-1784890800-1784898000@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:Agentic Commerce 101: How AI is Transforming Retail & eCommerce DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\nNew Albany\, OH 43054\nFriday 7/24/26\, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\nBe ready to interact with our featured speaker\, Ryan Lunka\, and your fellow participants. \nEat. Mingle. Make new friends.\nAI agents are turning into a real sales channel\, and retailers need to figure out what that actually means for them. \nIn this TIGER Talk\, Ryan Lunka will cut through the hype to cover the platforms\, protocols\, and payment players shaping agentic commerce right now. We’ll also cover what’s coming next. You’ll leave with a practical framework for deciding if\, when\, and how to move. \n*************** \nRyan Lunka is a product and operations leader with almost 20 years of experience across enterprise software\, consulting\, and high-growth startups\, spanning commerce\, integration\, and AI. He is VP of AI and Agentic at Aries Solutions\, where he focuses on turning emerging AI capabilities into practical systems inside enterprise commerce environments. \nHe previously co-founded and led Doohickey AI\, a venture-backed startup\, overseeing product\, fundraising\, and go-to-market. Earlier in his career\, he spent nearly a decade in consulting\, leading large-scale digital and enterprise software implementations\, and later served on the executive team at nChannel. \nHis work sits at the intersection of product\, engineering\, and operations\, with a focus on turning complex problems into systems that actually ship. He speaks about applied AI\, product strategy\, and how to operationalize real-world systems without the hype. \n*************** \nLike all TIGER Events\, this talk is FREE.\n11:00 am – Coffee\, Snacks\, & Socializing \n11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing \n11:45 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (10 seconds please) \n12:05 pm – Hand-off to Ryan \n1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing \n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/agentic-commerce-101-how-ai-is-transforming-retail-ecommerce/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:TIGER Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Headshot-RYan-Lunka-TIGER-Blank-061226.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260729T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260729T130000 DTSTAMP:20260708T063732 CREATED:20260630T004643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T135824Z UID:10000464-1785322800-1785330000@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:Unconsciously Comfortable: The Hidden Killers of Innovation DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\nNew Albany\, OH 43054\nWednesday 7/29/26\, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\nBe ready to interact with our featured speaker\, John Popelka\, and your fellow participants. \nEat. Mingle. Make new friends.\nInnovation is often the difference between growth and grind. Most of us know that. \nBut when customers need answers\, payroll is coming due\, costs are rising\, and the business has to keep moving\, innovation gets pushed to tomorrow. Then tomorrow again. \nIn this TIGER Talk\, John Popelka will explore how we naturally protect the patterns\, assumptions\, and routines that keep growth stuck. John will help us learn how to reclaim space for innovation with one action you can test immediately. \n*************** \nJohn Popelka\, has spent much of his life in places where good ideas had to survive contact with reality – from Fortune 500 conference rooms to Army bases in Afghanistan\, Honduras\, and\, yes\, even Toledo. \nHe’s led innovation work inside a major corporation\, navigated strategy\, risk\, and operations across complex organizations\, and served 20 years in the Army as a combat engineer. \nToday\, John is the founder of From Ashes\, a coaching and consulting practice that helps individuals and leaders break past old limits\, make bold choices\, and lead with purpose. \nThrough his work\, John challenges people to stop protecting what keeps them stuck – and start choosing what creates growth\, possibility\, and a better world. \n**************** \nLike all TIGER Events\, this talk is FREE.\n11:00 am – Coffee\, Snacks\, & Socializing \n11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing \n11:45 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (10 seconds please) \n12:05 pm – Hand-off to John \n1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing \n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/unconsciously-comfortable-the-hidden-killers-of-innovation/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:TIGER Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Headshot-John-Popelka-TIGER-Talk-Blank-072926.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260814T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260814T130000 DTSTAMP:20260708T063732 CREATED:20260701T203454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T203906Z UID:10000465-1786705200-1786712400@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:Spacious Productivity DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH 43054\nFriday 8/14/26\, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\nEat. Mingle. Make new friends.\nBe ready to interact with our speaker\, Jason Henkel\, and your fellow participants. \nThis Healthy Habits for High Achievers talk is built to create an immediate shift in how professionals approach productivity\, wellbeing\, and work itself. \nOur presenter\, Jason Henkel\, will address the underlying patterns driving distraction\, overwhelm\, burnout\, and the inability to get meaningful work done in les time.\, replacing those patterns with practical\, human-centered ways to work with greater clarity\, higher potency\, focus\, and optimized and deliberate productivity. \nThis talk is designed to be more than just inspiration. It’s the beginning of real change that sustains. This is not about working more hours. It’s about working better hours\, and accomplishing far more while keeping wellbeing and harmonized life at the center. \n*************** \nJason Henkel is the Founder and Chief Balance Engineer at Focus to Evolve\, a Professional Training and Coaching firm in Cleveland\, OH. \nJason’s unique approach earned him the nickname ‘The Productivity Whisperer’ from US Navy SEALS Commander Mark McGinnis. \nHis talks\, workshops\, and trainings are known for producing an immediate and sustainable shift in how people work by instigating deeper concentration on what truly matters\, dramatically reducing distractions\, and unlocking higher productivity while strengthening grounded wellbeing for both individuals and teams. \nDrawing on brain-based effectiveness science and real-world experience rising through the ranks of a Fortune 100 company\, Jason understands firsthand the burnout\, overload\, and constant digital noise that define the modern workplace. His response was to develop a set of practical modalities that help professionals escape the trance of busyness and enter a more calm\, deliberate\, and effective way of accomplishing what matters most. \nJason has helped organizations around the world transform the way their people operate by reducing overwhelm\, restoring focus\, and enabling teams to accomplish far more meaningful work in less time. His mission is simple: help individuals and organizations attain their highest contribution with greater clarity\, fewer distractions\, and a sustainable rhythm that allows both performance and wellbeing to thrive. \n*************** \nLike all Innovate New Albany programs\, this event is FREE. \nSchedule: \n11:00 am – Coffee\, Snacks & Socializing\n11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing\n11:45 am – Stand Up Introductions (10 seconds or less please)\n12:05 pm – Jason Starts His Presentation\n1:00 pm – Presentation Wraps; Socializing Resumes \n\n \n Name*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/spacious-productivity/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:Healthy Habits for High Achievers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Headshot-Jason-Henkel-HHHA-Blank-081426.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T133000 DTSTAMP:20260708T063732 CREATED:20260706T210126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T210126Z UID:10000466-1792148400-1792157400@innovatenewalbany.org SUMMARY:The State of Venture in Ohio® - 2026 DESCRIPTION:7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH 43054\nFriday 10/16/26\, 11:00 am – 1:15 pm \nBe ready to interact with our featured speaker\, Lindsay Karas Stencel\, and your fellow participants. \nPlease arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends. \nThis is the 2026 edition of Lindsay Karas Stencel’s annual talk on The State of Venture in Ohio ®. \nFor the 9th straight year\, Lindsay will walk attendees through the status of VC funding in Ohio\, discussing new venture fund formation\, large exits\, and investments and places where the state can continue to develop and grow. She will weave in some pop culture references\, leave plenty of time for Q&A\, and definitely keep the FUN in FUND. \n*************** \nLindsay Karas Stencel is a Partner in the New Ventures practice at the law firm of Thompson Hine and chairs the firm’s fund formation subgroup. She advises entrepreneurs\, investors and fund managers on venture capital and startup matters\, venture capital fund formation\, mergers and acquisitions\, corporate finance\, federal and state securities filings and compliance\, including public and private securities offerings\, and corporate organization and governance matters. \nPrior to joining Thompson Hine\, Lindsay served as a Partner and Chief Legal Counsel at a Midwest-focused venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed\, seed early stage and growth stage technology companies serving several industries. There\, her efforts primarily focused on deal structuring\, portfolio management\, limited partner relations\, fundraising and exit transactions. \nSimultaneously\, she ran her own private practice representing emerging and diverse venture fund managers across the country\, startup clients and founders\, investors\, and small businesses\, assisting with venture fund formation and strategy\, strategic deal formation\, unique deal structuring and other corporate legal matters. \nShe also acquired significant experience while serving as Chief Operating Officer and Fund Manager\, and subsequently Chief Investment Officer\, Chief Legal Officer\, and Managing Partner for a venture development organization in upstate New York\, where she led that firm to have one of the most active seed funds in the country and spearheaded the formation and development of the largest seed fund in the history of the area. \nLindsay’s unique blend of legal\, fundraising and operational experience as a founder and venture capitalist provides her with the ability to acutely understand the issues facing her venture and startup clients. She understands firsthand the matters most important to her clients and can creatively solve problems and efficiently design solutions to rapidly close transactions for investors and entrepreneurs alike. \nLindsay teaches “Venture Capital and Dealmaking” at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law\, where she also frequently guest lectures on contract drafting and preferred securities issuances. Lindsay is a national speaker on topics of women and diversity and inclusion in finance\, venture capital\, venture capital deal structuring and startup investing. \n*************** \nLike all TIGER Events\, this talk is FREE. \nEvent Schedule: \n11:00 am – Coffee\, Snacks\, & Socializing – Please come early; we expect a large crowd for this popular annual event. \n11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing \nWe expect a crowd of 100+\, so we’ll be taking a week off from our usual 10 Second Stand-Up introductions. \n12:00 pm SHARP– Hand-off to Lindsay \n1:15 pm – Wrap & Even More Socializing (Given strong interest in our speaker & this topic\, we’re extending this session to 1:15 pm.) \n\n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n Company*Consent to Use My Image & Voice*By registering for & participating in this event\, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs\, video\, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.\n \n I AGREE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://innovatenewalbany.org/new-event/the-state-of-venture-in-ohio-2026/ LOCATION:INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION\, 7775 Walton Pkwy\, Suite 100\, New Albany\, OH\, 43054\, United States CATEGORIES:TIGER Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovatenewalbany.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Headshot-Lindsay-Karas-Stencel-Blank-for-Website-101725.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR