Defining Your Brand: Stand Out and Speak to Your Audience
July 10, 2025 | 1 - 2 pm ET

Learn how to craft a clear, compelling brand that reflects your business's identity and values. This session will guide you through key elements of brand development, including voice, visuals, and messaging.

This event is part of a 10 session live event series coordinated by Digital Ready partner National ACE, and featuring subject matter experts from the AAPI community. Each event aligns with a course that has been updated with captions and a worksheet translated into Simplified Chinese.

Presenter:

Susan Jin Davis, Social Impact Officer, Al Roker Entertainment

Becoming Capital Ready: Applying for Loans/Grants
June 18, 2025, 2 - 3 pm ET

Session Description

Please join us as we explore how Founders and Entrepreneurs can access the capital they need to launch, grow and scale their businesses by way of both traditional and alternative lending options. Whether you are an aspiring business owner or looking to level up, you will find our session very helpful in learning how Banks and Lenders analyze loan requests and what you can do to improve your odds for approval.

Meet Our Speakers

Nancy B. Rosedale holds the position of Business Community Officer at Bank of America,

where she advocates for diverse, multicultural, and under-resourced communities across

Massachusetts. In her role, she promotes education and awareness regarding the various

resources available to enhance entrepreneurship and facilitate access to capital through

workshops, panel discussions, and speaking engagements. Nancy is the primary contact for the

Greater Boston business community and collaborates extensively with local business

organization, colleges/universities and non-profits. She is also a highly regarded keynote

speaker and leader of financial literacy initiatives. Her main objective is to empower women and

diverse entrepreneurs in overcoming systemic barriers.

With over 30 years of experience in assisting borrowers in obtaining financing, Nancy has

undertaken various roles in both Business Banking and the mortgage sector, serving as both a

leader and an individual contributor. She has been recognized multiple times within the Bank for

her Leadership Dexterity and has graduated from the Bank’s Mastery program.

Now living in Franklin, Massachusetts with her husband, Rob, Nancy dedicates her time to

doing everything with purpose and intention. She facilitates a monthly women’s group at her

local church and organizes bi-annual conferences aimed at empowering and uplifting women.

She is particularly passionate about helping others reach their potential and loves serving as a

mentor, coach and advisor.

Recognizing her passion and drive as her two greatest strengths, Nancy strives to motivate her

audiences by reminding them that “Every Fortune 500 Company was once a Small Business”

and to never give up on your dreams.

Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Workshop
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Welcome to Chinatown (115 Bowery New York, NY 10002)

National ACE and Welcome to Chinatown invite you to a free Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Workshop in the heart of Chinatown.

Join us at The Hub for practical guidance on using digital tools to grow your business. After the session, enjoy light refreshments and networking with fellow entrepreneurs, community leaders, and resource partners.

Space is limited — register today!

About the Presenter:
Sharon Lee Thony is a brand and marketing executive with nearly two decades of experience creating award-winning marketing campaigns for travel, beauty, and luxury lifestyle brands. She is the founder and CEO of SLT Consulting, a boutique digital marketing collective. Sharon is passionate about changing the face of leadership and the future of work, and she believes in creating opportunities for women and BIPOC professionals. She’s a mentor, advisor and investor in several innovative, female-led businesses. In her spare time, Sharon is co-host of Modern Minorities, a Top 10 Podcast on society and culture and has taught over 1,000 classes and workshops in digital marketing as an Adjunct Professor at a number of universities. She has earned a BA from New York University and an MBA from The Wharton School.

Scaling Your Business: Research Your Market
June 11, 2025, 2 - 3 pm ET

Session Description

To scale your business, start by understanding your audience and industry trends. This webinar will guide entrepreneurs through key market research strategies to identify growth opportunities, spot shifts in the market, and stay competitive in a changing landscape.

Meet Our Speakers

Laure Morsli
Founder of Contrast Marketing

Laure Morsli, a data-driven marketing leader, brings 20+ years of experience in revenue marketing, demand generation, and digital campaigns in the technology sector. Today she supports small and mid-sized B2B and B2C organization scale, optimize operations, and achieve measurable growth through innovative strategies and impactful programs.

Virginie Glaenzer
Fractional Chief Marketing Officer

Virginie Glaenzer is a visionary digital strategist, entrepreneur, and Fractional Chief Marketing Officer with over 30 years of experience driving transformative growth across industries. With 17 years of experience in Silicon Valley and 13 years in New York City, Virginie has worked extensively with rapidly growing B2B technology companies, developing go-to-market (GTM) strategies for software products and leading digital transformations in the SaaS industry. For the past six years, she has excelled as a fractional CMO, specializing in relieving stress for CMOs, CROs, and CEOs by bringing clarity and strategic direction to leadership teams.

Capitol Hill Day
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By invitation only.

Learn to leverage social media marketing effectively by creating engaging content, developing a consistent strategy, and driving business growth.
This event is part of a 10 session live event series coordinated by Digital Ready partner National ACE, and featuring subject matter experts from the AAPI community. Each event aligns with a course that has been updated with captions and a worksheet translated into Simplified Chinese. This event’s corresponding course is: Social Media Marketing

With Maggie Chui, Co-Founder & COO of Asian Hustle Network

Maggie Chui is the co-founder and COO of Asian Hustle Network (AHN), an online and offline community of 250,000+ members aimed at empowering and uplifting Asian entrepreneurs and allies globally. She is the co-host of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast, which won Best Business Podcast of the Year Award at the Asian Podcast Awards. She has been featured on South China Morning Post, San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times, VoyageLA, NextShark, and China Global TV Network.

Stop leaving money on the table with an underperforming digital presence. Learn proven strategies to transform your brand and website into powerful lead-generation tools. Through actionable frameworks, discover how strategic brand positioning and user experience directly impact your bottom line. Perfect for businesses ready to turn their digital presence into a revenue driver.

This event is part of a 10 session live event series coordinated by Digital Ready partner National ACE, and featuring subject matter experts from the AAPI community. Each event aligns with a course that has been updated with captions and a worksheet translated into Simplified Chinese. This event’s corresponding course is: Intro to Online Growth Marketing