The Business Club November Gathering: Influence

Your next big call depends on one person saying yes. The banker. The seller. The hire you canʼt lose. The customer youʼre about to raise prices on. You know what you need to say. Youʼve said it a dozen times, in your head, at eleven at night. A good plan shouldnʼt die in one conversation. For nearly 20 years, Deb Shapiro has helped professional speakers move a room. On November 18, she shows you how to move one person. The session, in three steps See what's getting in your way. Discover how your own view of a business challenge may be limiting your results. See what's getting in theirs. Use that same insight to understand and influence the person you need to reach. Put it to work. Apply both approaches to a real business challenge and discover new ways forward. Bring a business challenge that's been keeping you up at night. Leave with a fresh perspective and new ways to tackle it. About Deb Deb began in leadership and organizational development, at Bose, GN Netcom and Canon USA. Then she moved into the speaking business as an agent, business manager, advisor and coach. In 2017 she founded DEBx, a 90-Day Speaker Experience that helps entrepreneurs and professionals build influence and grow their businesses through speaking. In 2020 she founded Amplify Voices, a nonprofit that helps historically silenced individuals use their voices to create change. Amplify holds a Congressional Recognition from U.S. Representative Greg Stanton, and the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce named it Nonprofit of the Year for 2024-25. Its first program inspired The Journey, a documentary Delta showed on its flights in early 2025. Sheʼs been to several Gatherings as a guest. Nik worked with her on his own talk last year. The evening 6:00 Doors. A drink at the bar, music on, and the room fills.6:30 The host opens the night. 6:40 Deb Shapiro on influence. Then questions from the floor. 7:30 Win. Ask. Offer. Seven minutes from the floor: share a win, ask for help, or offer some. 7:45 The room again. Introductions get made by name, with the reason.Home by nine. Serious business. Good company. Most owners make their biggest calls alone. The Business Club is the room in Phoenix where owners, operators, capital, and advisors meet on purpose, six evenings a year. So your next big call isnʼt yours alone. Business gets done here. Nobody gets treated like a lead. You're our guest. The evening and the drinks are on us. You don't need to know anyone.- Nik