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I am a facilitator and professional interviewer on stage and off; I’m not a traditional speaker.
My Role with NSA Illinois
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As the President Elect NSA Illinois I’m dedicating to growing our chapter by growing our members’ businesses and creating networking opportunities for them.
I also spend time creating marketing, branding, and programming content for NSA Illinois.
Idea Climbing® Immersive Business Development Experiences with Interviews and Masterminds: No PowerPoint. No Presentations. No Panels.
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These events are for audiences of your members, clients, referral partners, and prospects who are B2B entrepreneurs.
The conversations themselves become the experience!
These live events feature an on-stage interview where myself and a featured guest explore an industry-specific topic including the audience in the conversation in real time.
As the event host you get content that always hits the mark, because the people in the room steer the conversation. Then we turn those insights into action with a mastermind session, helping attendees leave with a clear strategy they can start using the next day.
Co-Authoring Your Business Book with Me
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No outline? Not sure where to start? No problem. We’ll develop your outline and your book through in-depth interviews with you or your members. I’ll write it and we’ll refine it together. You don’t have to write a single word.
For B2B Entrepreneurs
You want to grow your business, increase your rates, and build more awareness of your expertise but don’t know how to write a book. I’ll take care of that for you.
For Organizations for B2B Entrepreneurs
You want an anthology book for your organization, but your members aren’t authors. Co-Authoring can fill that void with a high-quality book for unique marketing collateral.
For Both
When you’re a published author or your members are you’re more marketable with a bigger brand. You’ll get a written asset that will increase your conversion rates and level up your marketing outreach while boosting your brand presence.
Experience You Can Trust
I have 27 years of interview experience in the business world and have authored two books based on research and interviews with B2B entrepreneurs. I’ve also published summaries of hundreds of my interviews online.
You’ll be in good hands for an amazing collaboration that takes the guesswork out of authorship!
Fun Fact!
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I took a full year of intensive improv classes (3-4 hours a week) in 2009 to be more in the moment during masterminds and interviews.
Improv has changed my communication style and shifted my world view; to say the least!
Click here to learn more about my business and why I love what I do!
If you need the motivation and plan to turn your ideas into action, Idea Climbing® is for you. Balanced with success stories and steps you can take to build out your skill set, network and action plan, Idea Climbing® is an enjoyable and valuable read.”
~ Carol Roth, New York Times Bestselling author of “The War on Small Business” and “The Entrepreneur Equation”, “recovering’ investment banker, entrepreneur and TV personality.
Click here to check out my book “Idea Climbing: How to Create a Support System for Your Next Big Idea”
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If you want to bring a big idea to life, read on!
Maybe you want to start a new business or grow your existing business but you’re not sure how, maybe you want to launch a new service offering, maybe you feel alone as an entrepreneur and want to expand your network of peers and mentors, maybe you want to overhaul your marketing initiatives, write a book or start a mastermind group. Idea Climbing starts by focusing on a project that is important to you right now.
Idea Climbing: How to build a support system for your next big idea, can help. Mark J. Carter’s proven 8-pillars of Idea Climbing helps you create a success blueprint that will eliminate any confusion and guesswork while you are creating new results. You’ll be fostering mutually beneficial relationships to leverage while bringing your big idea to life.
The 8-pillar success blueprint is based on 22 years of interviews and researching successful people and companies. The pillars include creating a compass for your journey, creating mentoring experiences, launching relationship marketing campaigns, and more.
Don’t fall into the abyss of Idea Gaps; build bridges over them instead. Idea Climbing shows you how to solve problems and create opportunities through collaboration. It’s time to build a support team and climb to your next big idea!
About the Author
Mark has spent 20 years in the meetings and events space bringing big ideas to life. His focus has been co-creating and marketing professional event experiences.
On stage he facilitates conversations with the audience and with experts. The audience is involved throughout the event. Instead of a presentation it’s a conversation.
His past projects range from mentoring programs for college students and startups, to relationship marketing programs for entrepreneurs and privately held companies. He has also created professional organizations for entrepreneurs and nonprofits in Chicago’s networking world.
Mark has collaborated with TED’s founder Richard Saul Wurman to create a world-class conference and helped with branding for the world’s largest chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI). He has launched book tours and events for New York Times best-selling business authors, helping them share their big ideas with the world.
Mark still enjoys interviewing people and posts many of the interviews on his YouTube station and his Idea Climbing podcast.