Webinars

ACRN members share their expertise through complimentary webinars designed to help you learn, connect, and grow.

Open to ACRN members and “Not Yet” members.

Upcoming Webinars

The 5-Minute Habit That Could Help You Live Longer

Presented by

Emily Horstman

Simplify HR, Reduce Costs, and Get Time Back

Presented by

Nick Schkrioba

Transform Your LinkedIn Profile Into More Opportunities

Presented by

Ali Anechiarico

What YOU Can Do to Help Stop Human Trafficking

Presented by

Alixandra Pimentel

Retention Starts with Reinvention

Presented by

Lisa Boucher

Reverse-Engineering Your Job Search Before Applying

Presented by

Robert Braathe

Webinar

The 5-Minute Habit That Could Help You Live Longer

Presented by

Emily Horstman

What if the most important thing you could do for your health today only took 5 minutes?

Join longevity-obsessed Registered Dietitian Emily Horstman for a practical look at 10 simple, low-effort habits that can have a powerful impact on your long-term health. From nutrition and movement to sleep and stress, you’ll discover small changes you can actually stick with without turning your life upside down.

What if a few minutes a day could make a meaningful difference in how you feel now and how healthy you are later?

Join longevity-obsessed Registered Dietitian Emily Horstman for a practical look at 10 simple, low-effort habits that can have a powerful impact on your long-term health. From nutrition and movement to sleep and stress, you’ll discover small changes you can actually stick with without turning your life upside down.

Discover the lowest-effort, highest-impact habits. Learn 10 simple things you can do each day that may have a meaningful impact on your long-term health without requiring hours of extra time.

Make healthy choices easier. Discover why small, sustainable changes can be more effective than trying to completely overhaul your lifestyle, and how to build habits that actually fit into your everyday life.

Focus on what matters most. Get practical guidance across key areas including nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress, so you can focus your energy on habits with the biggest potential payoff.

Stop waiting for the perfect time. See how even a busy day can include small opportunities to do something positive for your health, without perfection, complicated plans, or major lifestyle changes.

Leave with a simple plan you can actually use.

Walk away with 10 specific, actionable habits you can start putting into practice right away, giving you a practical foundation for supporting your health for years to come.

Join us live online

DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

LOCATION: Online (via Zoom meeting)

DURATION: 30 minutes (+ optional Q&A)

TIME: 11:05 AM

FEE: Free (registration required)

Reserve your spot today. Space is limited

Webinar

Simplify HR, Reduce Costs, and Get Time Back

Presented by

Nick Schkrioba

What if improving your HR process could help you spend less time managing and more time growing?

Join Nick Schkrioba as he shares how a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) can help businesses streamline HR, contain costs, and improve efficiency. You’ll gain a better understanding of PEO partnerships and discover practical ways to simplify HR management.

What if you could spend less time dealing with HR, payroll, and compliance while reducing costs and the risks that come with managing them yourself?

Join Nick Schkrioba of PeoplEASE for a practical look at how businesses can simplify the people side of their operations while gaining access to HR support, compliance guidance, workers’ compensation, payroll, and benefits expertise. You’ll discover ways to reduce administrative headaches, manage risk more effectively, and get valuable time back to focus on your business.

Take some of the HR work off your plate. Learn how businesses can get professional support with HR, payroll, benefits, and other time-consuming responsibilities without having to handle everything internally.

Reduce costly risks and compliance headaches. Better understand the HR and compliance challenges businesses can face and how having the right resources in place can help you manage them more effectively.

Explore ways to control costs. Discover how professional support with areas such as workers’ compensation, payroll, and benefits may help businesses operate more efficiently and make better-informed decisions.

Get support for the challenges unique to your business. Learn why HR solutions shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all, particularly for blue- and grey-collar businesses and companies operating in higher-risk industries.

Get back to running your business.

Walk away with a better understanding of how outsourcing key HR functions can reduce administrative demands, give you access to experienced guidance, and free up more time to focus on what you do best.

Join us live online

DATE: Wednesday, September 16, 2026

LOCATION: Online (via Zoom meeting)

DURATION: 30 minutes (+ optional Q&A)

TIME: 12:05 PM

FEE: Free (registration required)

Reserve your spot today. Space is limited

Webinar

Transform Your LinkedIn Profile Into More Opportunities

Presented by

Ali Anechiarico

What if simple LinkedIn updates could help you build credibility, connections, and new opportunities?

Join Ali Anechiarico as she shares practical ways to improve your LinkedIn profile, increase your visibility, and strengthen your professional presence. You’ll leave with simple, actionable ideas you can use right away to make LinkedIn work harder for your career or business.

What if simple LinkedIn updates could help you build credibility, connections, and new opportunities?

Join Ali Anechiarico for a practical look at how to make your LinkedIn profile work harder for you. You’ll discover simple ways to strengthen your profile, communicate your value, increase your visibility, and make it easier for the right people to find and connect with you.

Make a stronger first impression. Learn how to improve the key parts of your LinkedIn profile so visitors quickly understand who you are, what you do, and the value you bring.

Showcase your credibility. Discover ways to use your profile to highlight your experience, expertise, accomplishments, and other elements that can help build trust with potential clients, employers, partners, and connections.

Increase your visibility. Learn practical ways to make your profile more discoverable and create a stronger professional presence without having to become a full-time LinkedIn content creator.

Turn connections into opportunities. Understand how a stronger profile can support better networking by giving people a clearer reason to connect, start a conversation, or learn more about what you do.

Put your profile to work.

Walk away with simple, actionable improvements you can make right away, giving you a LinkedIn profile that better represents you and helps open the door to more professional opportunities.

Join us live online

DATE: Wednesday, September 16, 2026

LOCATION: Online (via Zoom meeting)

DURATION: 30 minutes (+ optional Q&A)

TIME: 10:05 AM

FEE: Free (registration required)

Reserve your spot today. Space is limited

Webinar

Reverse-Engineering Your Job Search Before Applying

Presented by

Robert Braathe

What if the best way to find your next job is to stop looking for job openings?

Join Robert Braathe for a practical look at how to turn traditional job hunting on its head. Instead of blasting out resumes, you’ll learn how to identify target companies, uncover opportunities before they’re posted, and position your background to solve a specific employer’s problem.

What if the best way to find your next job is to stop looking for job openings?

Join Robert Braathe for a practical look at how to turn traditional job hunting on its head. Instead of blasting out resumes, you’ll learn how to identify target companies, uncover opportunities before they’re posted, and position your background to solve a specific employer’s problem.

Stop waiting for the perfect opening. Discover how to identify companies you’d like to work for and approach them before a position is advertised.

Find opportunities others may miss. Learn how to map out target companies, identify the people and departments that matter, and uncover potential opportunities beyond the usual job boards.

Position yourself around the employer’s needs. See how understanding a company’s challenges can help you present your background as a solution, rather than simply another resume in the pile.

Make your experience more relevant. Learn how to connect your skills, accomplishments, and background to the specific problems a company may need to solve.

Leave with a more strategic approach to your job search.

Walk away with a practical framework for identifying target companies, finding hidden opportunities, and positioning yourself before you apply.

The details of this webinar are still in the works.
Content may be revised prior to event.

 

Registration for this webinar opens:

Mid-September, 2026

Webinar

What YOU Can Do to Help Stop Human Trafficking

Presented by

Alixandra Pimentel

What if recognizing the signs of human trafficking could help make your community safer?

Join Alixandra Pimentel of Her Song Capital District for a practical look at trafficking, local warning signs, and how to respond safely. You’ll learn how individuals and businesses can help protect vulnerable people and support survivors with dignity and hope.

Understanding Human Trafficking in Our Communities

Human trafficking doesn’t always look the way we’ve been taught to recognize it, and it’s happening closer to home than many of us realize.

Join Alixandra Pimentel of Her Song Capital District, a ministry of the Tim Tebow Foundation, for an honest and practical conversation about what trafficking looks like in our communities, the vulnerabilities traffickers exploit, and how ordinary people and local businesses can become part of creating safer communities where survivors can find hope, dignity, and a path forward.

Recognize what trafficking actually looks like. Move beyond common myths and gain a clearer understanding of the realities, vulnerabilities, and warning signs that can often be hiding in plain sight.

Understand what’s happening locally. Learn how exploitation can show up in our own communities and why human trafficking is not simply a problem happening somewhere else.

Learn how to respond well. Understand what to do, and what not to do, when something doesn’t feel right, including how to respond in ways that prioritize safety and dignity.

See the person beyond the statistics. Better understand the complex realities survivors may face and why leaving exploitation is rarely as simple as “just leaving.”

Discover your place in the solution.

Walk away with practical ways individuals, businesses, churches, healthcare professionals, and community organizations can help prevent exploitation and support long-term restoration, without needing to become experts in trafficking.

Join us live online

DATE: September 23, 2026

LOCATION: Online (via Zoom meeting)

DURATION: 30 minutes (+ optional Q&A)

TIME: 10:00 AM

Reserve your spot today. Space is limited

Meet the Presenter:
Alixandra Pimentel

Get a quick preview of Alixandra’s upcoming webinar, what you’ll learn, and why this topic matters.

Webinar

Retention Starts with Reinvention

Presented by

Lisa Boucher

What if helping your best employees grow could help you keep them longer?

Join Lisa Boucher, HR Ninja, as she shares how role reinvention can help businesses recognize untapped strengths, create new growth opportunities, and keep high performers engaged.

You’ll gain a better understanding of how to spot when employees are outgrowing their roles and discover practical ways to help them grow with your organization.

What if the key to keeping your best employees is recognizing when they’ve outgrown their roles before they start looking elsewhere?

Join Lisa Boucher, HR Ninja, for a practical look at how role reinvention can help businesses recognize untapped strengths, create new growth opportunities, and keep high performers engaged. You’ll discover how to spot when employees are ready for something more, redesign roles around their strengths, and create meaningful paths for growth within your organization.

Recognize when your best employees are ready for more. Learn how to identify the signs that a high performer may be outgrowing their current role before they become disengaged or start looking for another opportunity.

Discover strengths you may already have on your team. Explore how recognizing untapped talents and leadership potential can help you create new opportunities for employees while getting more value from the people you already have.

Reinvent roles around evolving needs. Learn practical ways to redesign responsibilities so they better align with an employee’s strengths, interests, and the changing needs of your business.

Create growth paths that keep people engaged. Discover how giving high performers opportunities to learn, contribute, and take on new challenges can help them continue growing with your organization.

Align employee potential with business goals. See how connecting people’s talents and passions with organizational needs can create opportunities that benefit both your employees and your business.

Build a culture where great employees can grow.

Walk away with a better understanding of how role reinvention can help you recognize potential, create meaningful opportunities, and give your best people more reasons to stay, grow, and thrive within your organization.

Join us live online

DATE: October 8, 2026

LOCATION: Online (via Zoom meeting)

DURATION: 30 minutes (+ optional Q&A)

TIME: 9:00 AM

Reserve your spot today – Space is limited

Meet the Presenter:

Lisa Boucher

Get a quick preview of Lisa’s upcoming webinar, what you’ll learn, and why this topic matters.

Coming Soon

Webinar

Lead With More Clarity, Confidence, and Courage

Presented by

LeeAnne Ruff

Lead With More Clarity, Confidence, and Courage

What if becoming a stronger leader had less to do with personality and more to do with skills you can actually learn?

Join LeeAnne Ruff, founder of Brightside Leadership Group, for a practical introduction to leadership tools that help people communicate clearly, build confidence, and lead with greater impact. Discover how Brightside turns research and practical tools into experiences you can put to work right away.

Discover Leadership Tools You Can Actually Use

What if leadership was not something you were simply born with, but a set of skills you could learn, practice, and strengthen?

Join LeeAnne Ruff, founder of Brightside Leadership Group, for an introduction to her practical approach to leadership development. Drawing from her work with organizations, teams, and leaders, LeeAnne helps turn leadership concepts into useful tools, language, and actions people can apply in the real world.

Build leadership skills that can be learned. Explore LeeAnne’s belief that leadership is not a personality type. Discover how practical skills can help people become more effective leaders regardless of their natural style or temperament.

Communicate in ways that build trust. Learn how clearer leadership communication can help people understand expectations, work together more effectively, and move from conversation to action.

Develop greater confidence and resilience. Get introduced to LeeAnne’s MOJO methods and her practical approach to helping people build the confidence and resilience needed to handle challenges, setbacks, and change.

Better understand how people work together. Discover how behavioral science and Color Code concepts can provide useful insights into different communication and behavioral styles, helping leaders work more effectively with their teams.

Move from inspiration to action. See how Brightside Leadership experiences combine research, real stories, and practical tools so participants leave with language, ideas, and next steps they can actually use.

Create stronger teams and healthier cultures. Explore how leadership development can influence communication, collaboration, sales culture, and the overall experience people have working together.

Discover what Brightside Leadership could do for your organization.

Get a better understanding of LeeAnne’s keynotes, workshops, leadership programs, and retreats, and how Brightside can help your team move from inspired to prepared.

The details of this webinar are still in the works.
Content may be revised prior to event.

 

Registration for this webinar opens:

Mid-October, 2026

Webinar

How ACRN Can Help Grow Your Local Visibility

Presented by

Michael Murray

How ACRN Can Help Grow Your Local Visibility

What if you could build your local visibility and credibility without having to constantly create content or promote yourself?

Join ACRN founder Michael Murray to discover how ACRN can create social proof around you and your business through member stories, interviews, articles, and features. ACRN proactively promotes its members, so you can benefit from greater visibility without having to do it all yourself.

How ACRN Can Help You Get Seen Without Doing It All Yourself

What if you could build more visibility, credibility, and connections for your business without having to constantly promote yourself or create more content?

Join ACRN founder Michael Murray for a practical look at what ACRN can do for you and your business, from telling your story and creating social proof to proactively featuring you across ACRN’s website and social channels. You’ll see how ACRN takes much of the promotional work off your plate while helping you become more visible in the local business community.

Build social proof around your business. See how member interviews, profiles, articles, testimonials, and other content can give potential customers a better sense of who you are, what you do, and why they should trust you.

Get featured without constantly creating content. Learn how ACRN proactively looks for opportunities to feature and promote its members, so you don’t have to spend your time figuring out what to post, writing everything yourself, or constantly asking people to pay attention to your business.

Tell your story in a way people can connect with. Discover how ACRN helps put the person behind the business front and center, giving people an opportunity to get to know you, your experience, and what makes your business different.

Turn one conversation into ongoing visibility. See how an interview or other piece of content can continue working for you long after it’s created, giving you something you can share, reference, and use as part of your online presence.

Become part of a community, not just a directory. Learn how ACRN can help you connect with other local professionals, discover opportunities, support fellow members, and become more connected to the people and businesses around you.

Find out whether ACRN is right for you.

Get a clear picture of what membership can actually do for you and your business, what you can expect as a member, and how much of the work ACRN can take off your plate.

The details of this webinar are still in the works.
Content may be revised prior to event.

 

Registration for this webinar opens:

Mid-September, 2026

Webinar

Retention Starts with Reinvention

Presented by

Denise Horan

Build Better Sales Without the Cheesy Tactics

What if you could improve your sales approach, build stronger skills, and grow your business without feeling pushy or overwhelmed?

Join Denise Horan, founder of Sales Club USA, for an introduction to a community built around practical sales development, collaboration, and coaching. Learn how Sales Club can help you sharpen your skills, connect with other professionals, and approach sales with greater confidence.

Discover a Better Way to Grow Your Sales Skills

What if improving your sales performance did not mean using high-pressure tactics, chasing every lead, or giving up your weekends?

Join Denise Horan, founder of Sales Club USA, for an inside look at a community designed to help sales professionals and business leaders grow smarter, develop stronger skills, and approach sales in a more intentional and human way. You’ll learn what Sales Club is, how it works, and how its resources, events, coaching, and collaborative community can support your professional growth.

Understand what Sales Club is really about. Get a clear introduction to Sales Club USA and why Denise created it. You’ll see how it is designed around learning, professional development, and collaboration rather than simply networking or swapping leads.

Strengthen the skills that support better sales. Discover how ongoing learning can help you improve areas such as goal-setting, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and other skills that can make a difference in your sales performance.

Learn from other sales professionals. See how participating in events and connecting with other professionals can give you new ideas, perspectives, and practical ways to approach the challenges that come with selling.

Find resources you can actually use. Explore the types of sales tips, videos, articles, books, events, and other resources available through Sales Club to help you continue developing your skills.

Get support for your professional growth. Learn how coaching and business development support can provide direction, accountability, and a clearer path when you’re trying to improve your sales performance or move your career forward.

Discover a more human approach to sales. Hear Denise’s perspective on growing revenue without relying on cheesy tactics, while building the confidence and skills to make sales feel more natural and intentional.

Decide whether Sales Club is right for you.

Leave with a better understanding of what Sales Club offers, who it is designed to help, and how becoming part of the community could support your continued growth as a sales professional or business leader.

The details of this webinar are still in the works.
Content may be revised prior to event.

 

Registration for this webinar opens:

Mid-September, 2026

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