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Dana Baldwin - Professional Speaker

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David Hagman President & CEO Vista International Packaging

Jeff Bell President Equipment Controls Co.

Gordon Walker CEO Pekin Insurance

A very effective speaker, Dana brings a unique combination of theoretical and practical knowledge as well as humorous insight to his programs. Many clients engage Dana Baldwin to learn from his ever-growing experience in strategy that works. Dana leaves each audience with practical, "how-to" steps that they can apply to facilitate their learning. Dana’s programs resonate with business audiences because they are built upon years of real-world experiences.

Dana Baldwin has managed two different machine tool companies over a 30+ year career, starting up through the ranks from a beginning engineer to become Chairman, President and CEO of one company. He then joined a startup company that had purchased a product line from his original company. He was instrumental in establishing the new firm as a leader in the market place, and he led the company through the process of establishing a brand new manufacturing facility, starting with a green field, and building a completely functioning manufacturing facility, with design, production control, MIS, accounting, sales and administration capabilities. He has been active in his industry trade association, including leadership roles on the Board of Directors culminating in becoming President. In addition, he served as a director of the fifth largest industrial trade show in the US, including six years on the executive committee and two years as Chairman of the Board. The skills and knowledge gained over this extensive experience are now focused on his practice as a consultant with the Center For Simplified Strategic Planning, Inc.

Dana actively leads strategic planning in dozens of companies in a wide variety of industries with consistently good results. Clients include regional telephone companies, a chemical recycler, a logistics company, a multi-national institutional furniture company, a multi-division plastics company, a multi-national industrial pump company, a community college and a wide variety of other clients. His real-world management experience, together with his engineering background and Kellogg MM, enable Dana to bring real-life practical strategic thinking into every presentation.

“Mr. Baldwin is a very likeable fellow, who comes across in an easy to follow manner.”
Greg Tweed, Executive VP & COO, Nortech Systems, Inc.

Center for Simplified Strategic Planning Programs Include:

• Strategic Planning
• Succession Planning
• ‘Free, Perfect and Now!’ (What customers want, and what you can’t afford to give them, or to ignore)
• Strategies for a Changing Economy
• Revolving (Situational) Leadership and why this could be good for your business

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Dana's Contact Information:

To arrange a discussion with Dana about a possible speaking engagement, please send him this email.

M. Dana Baldwin, II
Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, Inc.
5075 Spring Ridge Drive
Ada, MI 49301
Phone: 616-575-3193
Fax: 616-575-3194

Some Speaking Engagements

“...Very valuable... Not a typical feel-good meeting.”
Jack Dennis, Industrial Service Manager, TD Industries, Inc.

“(Dana) is an intense, yet humorous, speaker, easily involving everyone in the subject matter, explaining concepts well, using compelling examples and bringing everyone to effective conclusions in an efficient, capable manner.”
Gregory V. Berberich, CEO, Matanuska Telephone Association, Inc.

National Association of Telephone Cooperatives
Michigan State University
Association for Manufacturing Technology
Illinois Association of Mortgage Brokers
ASW Inc.
ENMR-Plateau Telecommunications, Inc.

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Articles

Monitoring Your Strategic Plan--Quarterly Reviews and Annual Updates
Sustainable Strategic Advantage
Is Your Company a Good Supplier?
How Do You Handle Under-performers?
What Kind of Leader Are You?
How To Provide High Value In Competitive Industries
How Has The "Great Recession" Impacted Your Company?
Final Steps: Follow-through and Monitoring
Strategy Analysis 2: Maintain Strategy
Is Success Your Worst Enemy?
How Agile is Your Company?
Strategy Analysis: Expand
Next Steps: Will we be ready to take advantage of the improving economy as it arrives?
Time to Start Planning for Growth - Step One: Analysis
Here We Go Again - The End of Strategic Planning is Forecast - Again
IS YOUR PRICING STRATEGY RIGHT?
Is your New Product Development Process Complete?
What is the Difference Between a Business Plan and a Strategic Plan?
Are You Promoting Your People Wisely?
IS YOUR COMPANY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SLOW ECONOMY?
Internal Communications for Effective Strategic Implementation
Retaining Your Customers
Strategic Planning: To Do or Not To Do - That is the Question
Follow-through -- the Key to Strategic Planning Success
Is Your Marketing Working for You?
Mentoring--Art or Science?
Customer Loyalty -- Is it Your Company's Priority?
Competing with a Low Cost Competitor
Dealing with a Low Cost Competitor
Execution - Why Good Plans Can Fail
Market Segmentation -- Starting with the Basics
Focus
Strengths and Weaknesses
Addressing the Challenge of China's Labor Cost Advantages
Who are the Experts?
When Strategies Go Bad
The Strategies of the Innovation Process
Creating an Environment for Innovation
Marketing: A Key to Long Term Success
Strategies and Processes for a Changing Economy
The Strategy of Succession Planning

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