Innovate New Albany

Market Like the Pros
2025-08-27 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
TIGER Tools Workshop
Be ready to interact with our workshop leader, Amee BellWanzo of Rev1 Ventures, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 9:30 am.
Enjoy coffee & morning snacks. Mingle. Make new friends.
Join us for this TIGER Tools Workshop, packed with opportunities to learn and practice strategies and AI prompts to make you irresistible to your ideal clients.
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Amee BellWanzo is Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Rev1 Ventures, leading the strategic vision for a fully integrated marketing and advocacy plan that supports the organization’s nonprofit services and capital initiatives.
As an executive team member, Amee directs Rev1’s internal marketing staff and consulting partners while also building relationships across a growing network of Entrepreneur Support Organizations to expand awareness and drive qualified opportunities.
With over 25 years of experience spanning technology marketing and strategy, branding, public relations, and copywriting, Amee brings deep expertise and a creative, community-focused approach to her work. She is passionate about elevating the brand impact, mentoring teams, and helping mission-driven organizations thrive.
Outside of work, Amee is a rock musician—an outlet that energizes her creative mindset both on and off the stage.
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Like all TIGER Events, this workshop is FREE.

Timeline:
9:30 am – Breakfast / Socializing
9:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
10:00 am – Hand-off to Amee
12:00 pm – Workshop Wrap / More Socializing

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From Prompts to Partners: How AI Is Changing the Way We Work and Think
2025-09-12 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Kristy Wedel, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive early. Doors open at 11:00 am.
Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
AI adoption isn’t about chasing the latest model or expecting instant transformation from a single tool. As AI evolves, the real shift is happening beneath the surface in how we think, decide, and work together. The question isn’t just what AI can do, but how we adapt our processes.
This TIGER Talk will explore how to move beyond early experimentation by rethinking how decisions are made, how insight is shared, and how real value is created. It highlights common pitfalls like strategic drift and pilot purgatory, and offers practical ways to design AI workflows that prioritize clarity over speed.
Whether you’re leading a team or just beginning to explore AI in your day-to-day life, you’ll leave with a clearer understanding of how to use it more thoughtfully and effectively.
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Kristy Wedel, Founder of ReMemora, has over 15 years of experience in developing and democratizing analytics solutions that drive transparency and efficiency across various industries including healthcare, banking and government.
At the forefront of AI adoption and instructional design, Kristy’s strategic acumen ensures that AI is leveraged effectively and responsibly. She is a staunch advocate for robust AI governance. Kristy is a member of the Women in Analytics (WIA) team, and is also a doctoral student at Franklin University in the Doctor of Business Administration program.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.

Timeline:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Kristy
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing

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Sales Versus Growth - Why They’re Different and What’s Needed To Achieve Both
2025-09-26 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
NEW! Early Start – Extra Time for Connecting. Arrive as early as 11:00 am.
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Dana Allender, and your fellow participants.
Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
Join us for this TIGER Talk by Dana Allender.
While “sales” often focuses on short-term wins — generating leads, closing deals and meeting quotas — “growth” requires a deeper, systemic approach that aligns your entire business including sales, marketing. product/service delivery, customer success and, most importantly, executive leadership.
Sales is the key ingredient in growth! However, true growth is not just about increasing revenue but having the right people doing the right things across the organization. By understanding the difference between “driving sales” and “achieving growth”, leaders can focus on stage-appropriate actions and strategies to transform their businesses, wherever they might be in their journey!
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Dana Allender is Founder of SUN (as in, “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles), a firm he created to help companies sell their “stuff” and grow their businesses with a “customer first” approach.
Dana’s interest in this came from his own early sales experiences, needing to “build the airplane while flying it” like many founders, business owners and sales leaders do – with the urgency to generate sales today while still learning what works (and what doesn’t) to generate repeatable, scalable revenue tomorrow.
As a proud member of Sandler Sales President’s Club, he’s been “classically trained”. With that, he’s also found from speaking with hundreds of founders, business owners and sales leaders that training and creating “off the shelf” playbooks isn’t enough. Learning and growth happens in actual “customer conversations” while having someone you trust (and who’s done it) working alongside you to make it happen – achieving impactful results faster.
In addition to his years of B2B enterprise sales experience, he’s served in the roles of mentor, advisor and Entrepreneur-In-Residence for organizations such as JumpStart/JumpStart Ventures, Youngstown Business Incubator, Alloy Development’s OhioXcelerate, University of Akron Resource Foundation ICorps, Rev1 Ventures, and RevTech Labs Fintech and Insurtech Accelerator, MAGNET and Bounce Innovation Hub. Memberships include the Angel Capital Association, Ohio Angel Collective, and OhioX while also receiving investing certification through VC University. He‘s also worked with economic development partners including Greater Cleveland Partnership, Team NEO, and JobsOhio to drive innovation in the region.
Dana lives in Rocky River, just outside of Cleveland, Ohio with his family and dogs (Lance and Loki, yes, Loki from the Marvel collection!). His coaching doesn’t end with sales, as he coaches kids’ travel basketball as well. He’s also learning (still) to play the guitar, which you can see prominently displayed behind him during a zoom call and is happy to karaoke anytime – just ask!
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Timeline:
11:00 – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing.
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Dana
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing

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Market Validation & Customer Feedback
2025-10-03 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
NEW! Early Start Time. EXTRA connecting. opportunities. Arrive as early as 11:00 am.
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Matt Cynkar, and your fellow participants.
Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
Join us for this TIGER Talk by Matt Cynkar of Rev1 Ventures.
As a start, you’ll learn why Rev1 collects feedback from target users and other target stakeholders. You’ll also see how the Rev1 team helps entrepreneurs use data collected to determine whether or not to pursue a new business idea.
And specifically, you’ll learn:

How to identify the pieces and parts of collecting feedback (target audience, qualitative vs. quantitative, etc.), and an ‘MVP’ (Minimum Viable Product) format.
How to analyze and interpret feedback.
A process that will serve you well for the rest of your career as an entrepreneur.

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With 15 years’ experience in market research and data analysis, Matt Cynkar leads a team focused on applying market intelligence and analytics to accelerate Rev1 Ventures‘ growth strategy. From owning the integrity of Rev1’s internal data, to producing analyses related to specific industries, the team’s work will be an important driver of business insights and strategic guidance.
Matt brings a strong understanding of research methodology and is a proven leader in project management and planning. He identifies and targets the appropriate data sources—both qualitative and quantitative—to support the needs of the entrepreneurs we serve and the portfolio companies they are working to scale. Matt furthers Rev1’s data-driven approach to expand our industry leadership in the region, the state, and beyond.
Matt has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Marketing from Miami University. He enjoys sports and is always up for an adventure, which, with two young sons, is his daily norm.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Timeline:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing.
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Matt
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing

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Design Thinking: Tools for Creatively Approaching Complex Problems
2025-10-08 09:15 - 12:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
TIGER Tools Workshop
Be ready to interact with our workshop leaders, Gabe Dunbar and Adrienne Ausdenmoore, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 9:15 am.
Enjoy coffee & morning snacks. Mingle. Make new friends.
Design thinking is a human-centered problem-solving approach that has evolved from its roots in design and engineering into a strategic framework for business innovation. Popularized by IDEO and the Stanford d.school, it equips individuals with skills to navigate complex challenges creatively.
Design thinking has evolved from being a niche approach for product development into a strategic framework for business innovation and transformation across various industries.
Join us to be part of a design thinking sprint and discover how it can help you develop new insights into a relevant challenge facing your organization.
To get the most out of this collaborative workshop, please come prepared with a topic or challenge you’d like to explore further.
Who should participate:

Intrapreneurs in larger organizations leveraging design thinking tools they can use within their teams & companies.
Entrepreneurs and small business owners seeking tools for innovation.
Individual professionals looking for a framework to approach challenges in the workplace more effectively.

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Dr. Gabe Dunbar is the Senior Director of Career Design at the Kuhlin Hub for Career Design and Connections at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). In Gabe’s role at BGSU, he drives initiatives in career design, student employment, and the implementation of a campus-wide strategy for career readiness. An overarching goal is to help Bowling Green become more engaged and aligned with industry needs.
Gabe’s research examines the application of design thinking and the powerful connection between life design and leadership. With over a decade of experience in higher education, Gabe is committed to developing innovative systems that effectively support all students.
Adrienne Ausdenmoore serves as the Assistant Vice President and Executive Director of the Geoffrey H. Radbill Center for College and Life Design at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Within the Life Design program, BGSU students learn to maximize their academic experience, prioritize their well-being, make connections and jump-start their careers – all with a sense of intention and forward momentum.
Adrienne’s work over the last decade has focused on education innovation, design thinking, cross-disciplinary collaboration and vocational wayfinding. She is part of the global community of Life Design educators that originated at Stanford University.
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Like all TIGER Events, this workshop is FREE.

Timeline:
9:15 am – Breakfast / Socializing
9:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
10:00 am – Hand-off to Gabe & Adrienne
12:00 pm – Workshop Wrap / More Socializing

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Lead the AI Charge: Building Trust, Ethics, and Strategy for Small Business Success
2025-10-10 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Friday 10/10/25, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Ray Waite, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how small businesses operate, compete, and grow. While AI tools are being adopted at increasing rates, many organizations are doing so without clear direction, ethical guardrails, or leadership oversight.
This TIGER Talk will be a call to action for business leaders to step forward and guide AI integration with purpose. We’ll explore the five core principles that build trust in AI systems, and why these values must be embedded from the top down.
Participants will leave with practical tools to lead confidently, including an AI readiness assessment and a starter plan tailored for small business environments. You’ll gain clarity on your leadership role in governance, risk management, and shaping a culture of responsible innovation.
The time to lead is now! This talk will give you the roadmap to do it with confidence, integrity, and vision.
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Our speaker, Ray Waite, is a futurist, passionate about helping individuals, entrepreneurs, and organizations understand and develop the skills necessary to survive and thrive in the emerging turbulent marketplace. He is the founder of Lighthouse Force (lighthouseforce.com), dedicated to leading businesses in the areas of innovation, artificial intelligence, design thinking, critical thinking and transformation management.
Ray loves taking the complex and explaining it in a practical way that can be easily applied. He brings a valuable blend of corporate and academia experience to his facilitated workshops, keynote speeches and consulting, with over 25 years as senior manager in the business commerce, telecom and banking industries at Citizen’s Bank, IBM, Lucent Technologies, and AT&T Bell Laboratories, and over 15 years as a university instructor. Ray’s talks are fun, informative, and full of audience participation.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Event Schedule:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Ray
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing

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The State of Venture in Ohio® - 2025
2025-10-17 11:00 - 13:15 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Friday 10/17/25, 11:00 am – 1:15 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Lindsay Karas Stencel, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
This is the 2025 edition of Lindsay Karas Stencel’s annual talk on The State of Venture in Ohio ®.
For the 8th year in a row, 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.
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Lindsay 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.
Prior 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.
Simultaneously, 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.
She 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.
Lindsay’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.
Lindsay 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.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Event Schedule:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing – Please come early; we expect a large crowd for this popular annual event.
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
WE EXPECT A CROWD OF 100, so we’ll be taking a week off from our usual “15 Seconds of Fame” introductions.
12:00 pm SHARP – Hand-off to Lindsay
1:15 pm – Wrap & Even More Socializing (Given strong interest in our speaker & topic, we’ve run past 1:00 pm each of the past few years. We’re anticipating our crowd will want us to allow that again.)

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Expert Office Hours | Thursday October 23, 2025
2025-10-23 09:00 - 11:30 | OH
Meet with the Experts you need
100% VIRTUAL Format

Innovate New Albany created Expert 😎 Office Hours to give business owners & aspiring entrepreneurs an easy way to get answers they need.
Now, we’ve improved our appointment selection system, to make it even easier.
Please make all appointments by 4:00 pm, Wed. Oct. 22.

How It Works:

Review the SIX Experts available, at the link provided below.

Make individual appointments – just ONE – or up to FIVE.

For each appointment, you’ll receive a calendar invite with Zoom link.

On Thu. Oct. 23: At each appointment time, please click on your Zoom link.

You’ll be greeted by our Event Host who’ll connect you to your selected Expert.

CLICK HERE to browse Experts & make Appointments

Questions? Email Neil Collins at “neil@InnovateNewAlbany.org”

Vibe Coding: YOU can turn ideas into real software in minutes | Bring a business challenge; take home a software solution.
2025-10-29 09:15 - 12:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
TIGER Tools Workshop
Be ready to interact with our workshop leader, Brad Griffith, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 9:15 am.
Enjoy coffee & morning snacks. Mingle. Make new friends.
Event Description, in Brad’s own words:
I’m Brad Griffith, founder of Buckeye Innovation, and I use tech for good. I’ll show you which AI tools solve which problems, how to spot and fix common AI mistakes, and when you may still need a professional developer.
In two hours, you’ll build real web applications using free AI tools. You’ll create automations, data dashboards, and system integrations—the tools that drive modern businesses.
AI coding agents have democratized software creation. Clear instructions now translate directly into working code. But knowing what to ask for and how to guide these tools requires expertise. That’s where my 30 years of software development experience gives you a massive head start.
You’ll learn vibe coding: directing AI agents through strategic thinking and clear communication. This isn’t about programming syntax. It’s about breaking problems into logical steps and describing solutions precisely. Strategic thinkers and strong communicators excel here—your ability to articulate ideas directly translates into better software.
While professional developers remain essential for complex systems requiring optimal security, performance, and user experience, AI puts everyday business tools within your reach. Marketing can build automated reporting. Operations can create workflow tools. Sales can generate data insights. After this workshop, you’ll know how.
Our Favorite Tools
* GenAI: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
* Agentic AI: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI
* Vibe Coding: Bolt, Lovable, Replit, v0
* Vibe Designing: Aura, Framer
Learning Objectives
1. Build and launch 2 working web applications in 2 hours!
2. Write clear software specifications for better generated code
3. Connect to an API–and learn what that means
4. Improve your design vocabulary using Aura’s prompt builder
5. Know the best roles for AI agents and human developers
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Brad Griffith is a technology leader who works to create equal opportunities for all. His mission is to close equity gaps by using software and design in creative ways. He is the Founder of Buckeye Innovation, the web engineering and design team he started in 2009 to help forward-thinking businesses and organizations grow their impact.
Brad holds degrees in Engineering and Business from The Ohio State University. He lives in New Albany with his wife and two daughters where he is an active Girl Scouts “Troop Cookie Dad.”
Buckeye Innovation was recognized in the 2022 and 2023 Inc 5000 as one of the country’s fastest-growing private companies and in 2023 and 2025 was selected as one of Inc’s Best Workplaces.
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Like all TIGER Events, this workshop is FREE.

Timeline:
9:15 am – Breakfast / Socializing
9:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
10:00 am – Hand-off to Brad
12:00 pm – Workshop Wrap / More Socializing

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Build a Biz Workshop - 4 Week Hands-on Program to Help You Scale Your Established Business
2025-10-29 18:00 - 20:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
Innovate New Albany is excited to introduce this new 4-week program, Build a Biz Workshop!
This first edition of this program is designed for leaders of established businesses eager to:

Implement tools and systems to reduce surprises & eliminate chaos
Improve operations and emerge as mature, well-run businesses
Improve team alignment & employee engagement
Accelerate growth in revenues & profits
Ignite substantial increases in business value

Who should participate? Business owners & leaders who:

Are great at the craft of their business, but may have limited training in actually running a business

Would benefit from a flexible, easy-to-implement framework and playbook

Are running companies beyond the startup phase and not sure how to manage the business effectively

Sometimes feel stuck, uncertain, or overwhelmed

Are looking for ways to professionalize their businesses and achieve better business results

You’ll learn how to:

Implement a flexible framework and playbook to lead your business more effectively and more confidently

Use rhythms and practices to help you drive your own productivity and productivity throughout your business

Set and drive performance goals throughout your organization

Use financial statements and other data to make better decisions

Create guardrails for your business

Build a business that runs smoothly even when you’re not there

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Rob Young is a former executive with a passion for equipping small business owners and leaders who have never been formally trained to run a company. With senior leadership roles in a variety of businesses, from VC-backed startups to global corporations, Rob is able to leverage a wide range of experiences and perspectives to help emerging companies thrive.
Rob has worked closely with early and middle stage businesses for the last decade, culminating in his book Stage 3 Success, written in response to owners confessing to him, “I don’t know how to run my business.” The book provides a practical, easy-to-use framework that enables emerging companies to thrive holistically.
Rob is principal of Stage 3 Group, a consulting, coaching, and training organization that helps businesses in the $2M to $10M range evolve from chaotic companies to legacy businesses.
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Like all Innovate New Albany programs, this one is FREE!
Class size will be limited to the first 20 people who register.
Course Schedule – Four consecutive Wednesdays, 6:00 -8:00 pm: October 29 & November 5, 12, 19
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TechTrain: 4-Week Hands-On Program - Learn Design Using Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
2025-10-29 18:00 - 20:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
Innovate New Albany is excited to introduce a new set of learning programs under the name: “TechTrain, Learning for Life.”
This first program in this series is titled “Master Visual Identity Using Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator.”
In-Person at Innovate New Albany, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
This program is intended for professionals and others who want to learn foundational tools to create professional designs – Photoshop and Illustrator from Adobe.
No prior experience with graphic design or Adobe software tools is expected or required.
Who Should Participate?

Small Business Owners: You want to save money on design fees and have the ability to make quick, on-brand edits or create simple graphics for your team.
Marketing Managers: You need to create compelling visual content and understand the technical requirements for different platforms, ensuring your brand’s message is consistent and high-quality.
Ecommerce Entrepreneurs: You need to edit product photos, create banners, and design packaging that makes your products look professional to customers.
Creative Entrepreneurs: You have a great eye for design and want to bring your unique visual ideas to life with professional-grade software.
Lifetime Learners: Anyone who believes that gaining skills in creating professional level graphics and images will enhance their effectiveness in business and life more generally.

Key Learnings

Learn to navigate the interfaces of Photoshop and Illustrator, understand the difference between photo manipulation and vector-based graphics, and organize your workspace for maximum efficiency.
Discover the core tools and techniques you may use frequently, such as creating logos and marketing documents in Illustrator, and editing photos and creating mockups in Photoshop.
Understand the different file formats and export settings for web, print, and social media, so your visuals will always look their best.
Learn the power of layers and layer masks to make edits and adjustments without permanently altering your original work, giving you the freedom to experiment and revise.

Instructor Bio
Our instructor, Harrison Moshier, is an accomplished product design engineer with a successful history working in businesses across the Central Ohio.
Skilled in Visual Design and Design Research, Harrison works full time at AEP Energy where he’s a designer for new substation facilities.
Prior to AEP, Harrison worked at Converge Technologies, an engineering design company where he oversaw the development of dozens of commercial facing products.

Why Choose Adobe for Design?
Other software tools like Canva are great for quick, templated designs, but they have limitations that can limit your options and your impact.
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are the industry-standard tools that give you:

Pixel-Perfect Control: Retouch product photos, remove unwanted objects, and create stunning, high-quality images that make your business look professional.
Vector Versatility: Design logos, icons, and illustrations that can be scaled to any size, from a business card to a billboard without losing quality. This is impossible in template-based software.
True Ownership: Create unique, original assets from scratch, ensuring your brand stands out and is not a variation of a popular template everyone else is using.
AI Toolkit: Use artificial intelligence as a tool to help elevate your ideas. You are given full control of generating new assets or modifying existing images and vectors
Seamless Integration: If or when you’re ready to hire a professional designer, they’ll typically use Adobe products. Learning the basics now means you can communicate effectively and make informed decisions about your design needs.

Like all Innovate New Albany programs, this one is FREE!
Class size will be limited to 20 people.
Course Schedule – Four consecutive Wednesdays, 6:00 -8:00 pm: October 29 & November 5, 12, 19
NOTE: For this program, each student will need to have their own licenses to use the Photoshop and Illustrator software. The cost for 4-week licenses covering both is about $20.
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TechTrain: 4-Week Hands-On Program - Gen AI for Business Leaders, Full Steam Ahead
2025-11-04 18:00 - 20:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
Innovate New Albany is excited to introduce a new set of learning programs under the name: “TechTrain, Learning for Life.”
This program, our second in this series, is titled “Gen AI for Business Leaders, Full Steam Ahead.”
This program will enable business leaders to explore many of the ways that generative AI is transforming the way we work.
This interactive series will introduce participants to strategies, tools, and frameworks designed to help organizations stay on track and excel in this era of rapid innovation.

Who should participate?

Business and organizational leaders interested in innovation and digital transformation.
Managers and supervisors looking to increase efficiency and strategic insight through AI.
Anyone curious about how to leverage generative AI to work smarter, not harder, and improve business results.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the core concepts and capabilities of generative AI and its implications for business operations.
Identify practical use cases where AI can enhance productivity, creativity, and decision-making.
Explore ethical considerations and best practices for responsible AI adoption.
Learn how to evaluate AI tools and integrate them into existing workflows.
Apply practical frameworks for recognizing opportunities where AI can add value and for designing solutions that enhance efficiency, creativity, and impact.

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Our leader for this program is Lori Robbins, Founder of HERizon AI, a consulting company that empowers individuals and teams to explore and apply generative AI.
Lori is also Head of AI Strategy at Denison University, where she leads campus-wide initiatives focused on AI literacy, instructional design, and faculty development. With a background in international education and educational technology, Lori creates programs that help students, faculty, and staff engage critically and creatively with emerging technology tools.

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Like all Innovate New Albany programs, this one is FREE!
Class size will be limited to 20 people.
Program Schedule – Four Tuesdays, 6:00 -8:00 pm: November 4, 11, 18 and December 2 (note: no class will be held on Tuesday November 25)
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Columbus' Road to Becoming a Championship City
2025-11-05 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
Be ready to interact with our featured guests, Linda Logan & Dawn Stewart, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am.
Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
In this interview-style TIGER Tale, Linda Logan, CEO & President, Greater Columbus Sports Commission, will take us through stories and insights from her nearly 25-year period leading the growth of major sports programs including major partnerships with businesses, non-profits, and public sector organizations.
Sports are the front porch of a city. They’re often the first thing people see or help form their initial opinions on what a city is made of.
Beyond the pro and college teams that call it home, Columbus welcomes hundreds of thousands of sports-minded visitors every year. Learn how sports have helped fuel growth and development in Columbus over the last 25 years.
Linda will deliver this story in conversation with Dawn Stewart, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Greater Columbus Sports Commission.
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Linda Shetina Logan has led the Greater Columbus Sports Commission since 2002, helping Columbus host over 1,250 events and generate $1.7 billion in visitor spending. Her work has earned the city national recognition as a top sports destination. She’s served in key roles for major events like the NCAA Final Four and NHL All-Star Game and sits on several boards.
Linda has received numerous honors, including induction into the Sports ETA Hall of Fame and the Spirit of Columbus award.
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In her current role at the Sports Commission, Dawn Stewart is responsible for overall strategy and successful revenue production by creating and implementing key community and business partnerships.
Dawn also leads fundraising efforts for major events hosted by the Sports Commission and in 2025 reached a historical fundraising high for the organization.
Prior to joining the Sports Commission, Dawn spent 24 years in intercollegiate athletics as a sports administrator at various NCAA levels. Most recently she was Vice President of Student Affairs and Director of Athletics at Otterbein University.
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Like all TIGER Events, this TIGER Tale is FREE.

Timeline:
11:00 am – Coffee / Morning Snacks / Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch / More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Linda & Dawn
1:00 pm – Wrap / More Socializing

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EXPERT OFFICE HOURS | Thursday Nov. 13
2025-11-13 09:00 - 11:30 | OH
Meet with the Experts you need
100% VIRTUAL Format

Innovate New Albany created Expert 😎 Office Hours to give business owners & aspiring entrepreneurs an easy way to get answers they need.
Now, we’ve improved our appointment selection system, to make it even easier.
Please make all appointments by 4:00 pm, Wed. Nov.12.

How It Works:

Review the SEVEN Experts available, at the link provided below.

Make individual appointments – just ONE – or up to FIVE.

For each appointment, you’ll receive a calendar invite with Zoom link.

On Thu. Nov. 13: At each appointment time, please click on your Zoom link.

You’ll be greeted by our Event Host who’ll connect you to your selected Expert.

CLICK HERE to browse Experts & make Appointments

Questions? Email Neil Collins at “neil@InnovateNewAlbany.org”

The Founders’ Firewall: Building Cybersecurity into Your Startup
2025-11-14 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Friday 11/14/25, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Warner Moore, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
Seasoned cybersecurity expert Warner Moore, Founder of Gamma Force, will lead this TIGER Talk, sharing his insights on the challenges and strategies that startups face in cybersecurity today.
In an increasingly digital world, cybersecurity is no longer a luxury reserved for large enterprises. For startups, securing your business, data, and customer trust is critical from day one. This event, tailored for founders, will provide essential insights into safeguarding your startup from cyber threats, building a security-first culture, and understanding the key cybersecurity steps every founder should take.
Target Audience:
● Founders and Co-founders of tech startups
● Early-stage entrepreneurs looking to strengthen their cybersecurity knowledge
● Startup leaders interested in protecting their business and data from cyber threats
Key Takeaways:
● The fundamental steps to secure your startup from day one
● The legal and financial implications of neglecting cybersecurity
● Practical insights into affordable and effective cybersecurity tools and strategies
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Warner Moore is a strategic executive leader with deep and broad experience in technology and information security. Through most of his career, Warner has worked with entrepreneurial growth organizations where technology is their business and their product. Within these organizations, Warner has an accomplished record of building successful cybersecurity programs and high performing teams who embrace DevOps culture and practices.
As an international speaker, Warner has presented to university students, technology professionals, and business leaders including at conferences like Startup Week, CloudDevelop, Path to Agility, InfoSec Summit, CodeMash, Security BSides, DevOpsDays, and Abstractions. Warner is passionate about culture, innovation, and community. His commitment to these values is demonstrated through his work leading organizations such as Ohio LinuxFest, LOPSA, and Toastmasters, of which he is currently District 40 Division B Director.
The culmination of this work was the founding of Tech Community Coalition in 2016, a non-profit organization whose mission is to enable the greater tech community.
After building security and privacy capabilities for numerous organizations across industries at companies such as CoverMyMeds and Bold Penguin, Warner founded the cybersecurity strategy firmGamma Force. Through Gamma Force, Warner serves as a virtual CISO for clients that include Deep Lens and Smart Columbus and advises startups to help them them through concept and growth phases.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Event Schedule:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Warner
1:00 pm – Wrap & Even More Socializing

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AI and The Future of Programming - 2025 Edition
2025-11-19 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Wednesday 11/19/25, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Chris Slee, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
AI coding tools have gone from “interesting demos” to actually useful in the past year. But this isn’t just about new frameworks. It’s about a fundamental shift in how software gets built and who can build it.
In this TIGER Talk, tech leader Christopher Slee will explore what AI can actually do for developers right now, the new agentic frameworks being used in production, and why the craft of software development has genuinely changed—not in some distant future, but today.
This isn’t hype—it’s a clear-eyed look at what works, what doesn’t, and what it means for how you build products.
You’ll leave with:

An understanding of what AI can actually do for you right now (and what it’s still really bad at)
A realistic view of whether you need a full dev team or can build your MVP yourself
Insight into how development workflows are changing in practice

If you’re a founder trying to figure out how much you can reasonably do yourself, a developer curious about these tools, or someone tired of “vibe programming” your ideas into existence and want to know what’s actually possible—this talk is for you.
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From our featured speaker, Christopher Slee:
Hi I’m Chris, the Principal Technologist at Transform Labs (formerly AWH) and the CTO of IncludeHealth, a healthcare start-up changing the face of Virtual Physical Therapy.
When I speak about technology, I like to keep it accurate and relatable. I share stories and insights that matter to tech enthusiasts and anyone interested in how technology intersects with our daily lives and work. It’s about making sense of tech and making it understandable.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Timeline:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Chris
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing

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Sleep: The Most Overlooked Driver of Success — and Solutions to Help You Succeed
2025-12-10 18:00 - 20:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Wednesday 12/10/25, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Please arrive at 6:00 pm. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
Be ready to interact with our featured speakers, Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal & Dr. Naftali Rosenthal, and your fellow participants.
“Healthy Habits for High Achievers” is a new series presented by Innovate New Albany in collaboration with Healthy New Albany.
This series is designed to help hard-driving innovators and other high-achievers take care of themselves — to improve their own health and their effectiveness as leaders of highly capable teams and value-creating businesses. Events in this series will provide methods and tools for high achievers to achieve their big professional goals without sacrificing the health of themselves and the teams they lead.
This kick-off event in this series will explore the growing crisis of sleep disorders and the widespread effects that insufficient sleep has on individual health, public safety, and business performance.
Our presenters, Dr. Elizabeth (“Libby”) Rosenthal & Dr. Naftali Rosenthal, will highlight the most common symptoms and types of sleep disorders, along with the economic and societal costs associated with poor sleep. This presentation will outline practical, evidence-based strategies to improve both the quantity and quality of sleep, empowering individuals and organizations to create healthier, more productive environments.
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Dr. Elizabeth (“Libby”) Rosenthal is a general dentist, marathon runner, and co-founder of TheREALsleep, a company dedicated to making sleep apnea testing and treatment accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Libby’s passion is transforming the way people think about sleep—making it not just a medical necessity, but a lifestyle upgrade.
Dr. Naftali Rosenthal is a general dentist, iron man, marathon runner, entrepreneur, and co-founder of TheREALsleep. With a passion for merging dental innovation and medical science, Naftali has helped create a streamlined system that allows patients to complete medical-grade home sleep tests and receive treatment from the comfort of their own homes. Naftali works to bridge the gap between dentistry and sleep medicine—empowering providers and patients alike to take sleep health seriously.
Libby and Naftali operate multiple dental practices in Columbus, Ohio, and also lead a growing team bringing sleep health directly into homes nationwide.
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Like all Innovate New Albany programs, this event is FREE.
Schedule:
6:00 pm – Light Bites & Socializing
6:35 pm – Libby & Naftali Start Their Presentation
7:35 pm – Presentation Wraps; Socializing Resumes

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EXPERT OFFICE HOURS | Thursday Dec. 11
2025-12-11 09:00 - 11:30 | OH
Meet with the Experts you need
100% VIRTUAL Format

Innovate New Albany created Expert 😎 Office Hours to give business owners & aspiring entrepreneurs an easy way to get answers they need.
Please make all appointments by 4:00 pm, Wed. Dec. 10.

How It Works:

Review the SIX Experts available, at the link provided below.

Make individual appointments – just ONE – or up to FIVE.

For each appointment, you’ll receive a calendar invite with Zoom link.

On Thu. Dec. 11: At each appointment time, please click on your Zoom link.

You’ll be greeted by our Event Host who’ll connect you to your selected Expert.

CLICK HERE to browse Experts & make Appointments

Questions? Email Neil Collins at “neil@InnovateNewAlbany.org”

Trust by Design: The Leadership Blueprint for High-Performance Teams
2025-12-12 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Friday 12/12/25, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Dr. Kallol Biswas, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
When teams lose momentum, most leaders add more process. But performance rarely breaks because of system …. it breaks because of trust.
In this TIGER Talk, Dr. Kallol Biswas reveals why trust is the hidden design variable behind every high-performing culture. Through real stories from the FDA, biotech, and the boardroom, Kallol will show how to make trust measurable and actionable using the ALIGN™ Framework. Align is a practical model for diagnosing misalignment and rebuilding belief.
Attendees will leave with clear strategies and one practical action they can apply immediately to restore alignment, connection, and performance within their teams.
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Dr. Kallol Biswas is a scientist turned executive with over 20 years leading scientific, regulatory, and innovation teams. Kallol helps organizations rebuild alignment, trust, and execution. Over a 20+ year career spanning Eli Lilly, FDA, Charles River Laboratories, and NAMSA, he has led global teams and driven performance through people-first leadership and scientific rigor.
Known for his engaging “Bill Nye meets Simon Sinek” style, Kallol blends data-driven insight with human-centered leadership to inspire practical change.
Kallol’s work bridges science, people, and performance, helping leaders move from misalignment to momentum.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Timeline:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Kallol
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing

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11th Annual Holiday “Celebration of Innovation”
2025-12-17 18:00 - 21:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
Eat. Drink. Be Merry!
Make new friends.
Short Program @ 7:45 pm

Spotlight on Innovators of New Albany

Door Prize Drawing (must be present to win)

Questions? Contact Neil Collins at neil@innovatenewalbany.org

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