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Launch Loudoun Lunch and Learn:

How to Listen to Your Clients Effectively

Your mind is racing to decode, decipher, make replies that are witty/sincere, anticipate rebuttals…it’s exhausting and can be perilous. Engaging productively with your clients and employees during every conversation requires tremendous cognitive and behavioral self-control over your true unedited thoughts.

Based on building her own communication skills toolbelt, Margot Halstead introduces a tool for all to correctly identify the mode of listening you are in and the listening mode the other party is engaged in at every moment of a conversation. To improve your cognitive control, the bulk of this session will immerse you in experiential learning where you will participate in six different listening modes which immediately informs your word choice. This tool will be placed in your toolbelt for strategic use in all upcoming conversations to expand your executive presence, credibility, and negotiating power.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

11 am - 1 pm

Brambleton Library, Brambleton

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One Million Cups

This meeting is one you won't want to miss! We're hosing a special panel of past presenters who will share their journeys since taking the 1 Million Cups stage.

Hear firsthand how their businesses have grown and evolved, the lessons they've learned, and how their 1 Million Cups experience played a pivotal role in their success.

This session is your chance to ask all your questions -- how they did it, what worked (and what didn't), and what advice they'd give to other entrepreneurs walking the same path.

Come ready to connect, learn, and be inspired by the real stories of growth that started right here in our 1 Million Cups community.

Wednesday, November 19

9 am - 10 am

Venture X Loudoun

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