Kelly Leonard

Montgomery County Councilmembers Gabe Albornoz, Andrew Friedson, Evan Glass, and Will Jawando were the featured guests for Montgomery Community Media’s July Small Business Network (SBN) session. The event took place Thursday, July 18 at our studios in Rockville. July topic: “Montgomery County is Open for Business.” Watch host Kelly Leonard and the Councilmembers discuss business […]

Canceled: This event has been canceled. Please join us July 18 for the next Small Business Network session: Montgomery County is Open for Buisness. Knowledge Kinetics CEO, Dr. Gaurav Bhalla is the featured guest of Montgomery Community Media’s June Small Business Network (SBN) session. The event takes place Thursday, June 20 from 8 to 9:30 […]

Montgomery Community Media’s May Small Business Network (SBN) session was held May 16 in Rockville. The topic of the session was Selling Your Business: How to Create a Buyer through Employee Ownership. Kelly Leonard moderated a panel of three business leaders comprised of Kevin Beverly of Social & Scientific Systems, David Hincapie of the Small […]

Montgomery Community Media’s April Small Business Network (SBN) session took place April 25 in Rockville. The topic of the session was Connecting to Corporations. Kelly Leonard moderated a panel of three business leaders, including Anna Hakobyan of AstraZeneca, Casey Oakes of Marriott International, and Karen Zuckerman of HZ. The panel discussed: How to make connections […]

Montgomery Community Media has launched it’s second location. The Silver Spring Media Lab will give the public access to create stories at their fingertips. This space will give them the opportunity to do it professionally. A place to create podcasts, and a new television and video production studio are just some of the many things […]

Montgomery Community Media presented the March Small Business Network (SBN) session March 21st from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Rockville. The March topic was “Leveraging podcasts to Generate Revenue.” Kelly Leonard moderated a panel of three podcast experts, including Charlie Birney co-founder of Podcast Village, Debbie DeChambeau of Select Business Marketing, and Stephen Hart of […]

David and Mikel Blair were the guests of Montgomery Community Media’s Small Business Network (SBN) session on February 28. The event was sold out. Watch the video from the event below. The series of monthly morning sessions facilitated by Kelly Leonard address topics of interest to small business owners in Montgomery County. February topic:  “Couples […]

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Council President Nancy Navarro were the guests of Montgomery Community Media’s Small Business Network (SBN) session on January 17. The event was sold out. Watch the full video from the event below.   .@nancy_navarro said the council has put in place strong tools to help small businesses, but now […]

Montgomery Community Media’s December Small Business Network (SBN) Series examines best practices for hiring and firing in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Kelly Leonard moderates a panel of business experts on best practices for employee hiring and firing, including Erin Allen of Contemporaries, Meredith “Merry” Campbell of Shulman Rogers, and Jody Friend of JLM […]

Update Nov. 14: This networking session has been canceled. The next session will take place Thursday, Dec. 6. Montgomery Community Media’s November Small Business Network (SBN) Series examines the economic value of supplier diversity programs. Kelly Leonard will moderate a panel of business experts on supply chain diversity, including Carmen Ortiz Larson of Aquas, Inc., […]