6.5.25 Networking Event - Maiko Sakai - Featured Expert

Experience High-Impact Networking—Without the Overwhelm

Join a vibrant community of creative entrepreneurs—coaches, speakers, marketers, and service providers—ready to form real partnerships, not just exchange business cards.

At our signature EBN Networking & Training Event, you’ll:

✅ Connect Intentionally, Not Randomly

• Be placed in curated breakout rooms based on your business goals and ideal partners.
• Each room is facilitated by our trained Leadership Team—so no awkward silences or monopolizers. Everyone gets heard.

✅ Save Time with High-Impact Follow-Up

• You’ll receive a detailed Attendee Connection Report with aligned contacts, speaker info, and follow-up insights.
• Plus, you’ll be invited to our Bonus Friday Empowered Partners Implementation Session to turn your follow-ups into real results (more on that below).

✅ Learn from Expert Guest Speakers

• Each month features a 15-minute actionable training from a vetted guest expert on topics like marketing, visibility, and collaboration.

• This month:
  💡 “Your Next Quiz Idea Is Closer Than You Think” with Maiko Sakai
  Discover how to transform your expertise into a quiz that attracts your ideal clients.

You'll also learn:

✅ #1: Your perfect quiz idea already exists—you just need to uncover it using the right questions.

✅ #2: Your expertise is unique, and structuring quiz outcomes around a framework makes your quiz more powerful.

✅ #3: The biggest mistake? Creating a quiz without strategy. The right structure can make all the difference.

About Featured Expert, Maiko Sakai

Maiko Sakai is a quiz alchemist and business consultant who helps service providers attract ideal clients through the power of psychology-driven quizzes - without making the process feel like work. Using her battle-tested Quiz Creation 10-Step Blueprint, Maiko transforms quiz creation from a task into an energizing collaboration where clients feel inspired, creative, and confident they’re building something powerful and meaningful for their future customers. Her passion? Helping clients design quizzes that not only grow their email lists but also build trust fast and generate rave reviews for their accuracy and impact. Maiko’s mission is to empower small business owners to transform their expertise into a marketing tool that scales their visibility and revenue on autopilot. Whether leading a hands-on workshop or working with clients one-on-one, Maiko brings strategy, psychology, and a touch of creativity to every project - ensuring service providers create interactive content that truly drives results. Originally from Japan, Maiko considers herself a New Yorker, loves ethnic foods of all kinds, and has a weakness for ultra-contemporary design and exotic houseplants. She earned her MBA from Cornell University.

✅ Bonus: Empowered Partners Implementation Session

Friday, 11 a.m. ET (the day after the event)
This isn’t just another Zoom call.
It’s a working session where you:

• Clear your follow-up list with guided accountability.
• Receive custom referral suggestions based on your business goals.
• Participate in live “Referral Round Robin” exchanges where warm leads and resources are shared in real time.

A Networking Room Like No Other

Our events typically host 50–60 attendees, yet still feel intimate. That’s because every connection is intentional.

We bring together creative entrepreneurs who want more than just “meeting nice people.” You’ll be surrounded by individuals committed to:

• Quality over quantity
• Partnership over pitching
• Creativity over competition

Who You’ll Meet

Our events are full of entrepreneurs in categories like:

• Coaches and Consultants
• Marketing Professionals
• Creative Service Providers (Bookkeepers, Virtual Assistants, Designers, etc.)
• Artists, Performers, and Storytellers building thriving businesses

Ideal Guests Are:

✔️ Service-based business owners who identify as creative
✔️ Looking to build long-term, aligned partnerships
✔️ Open to collaboration, visibility, and mutual support
✔️ Prefer curated, conscious networking over chaos
✔️ Eager to learn and implement new strategies to grow their business

Meet Your Host: Stephanie Bonte-Lebair

Award-Winning Trainer • Networking Leader • Former Opera Singer
Stephanie blends decades of performance, coaching, and sales experience to create transformative networking experiences that lead to visibility, clients, and income—without the hustle. She’s the bestselling author of How to Build Empowered Partners and the visionary behind EBN’s growing global community.

What Guests Are Saying:

🗣️ “EBN was without a doubt the greatest Zoom meeting I've ever been to.”
🗣️ “The organization, the energy, the connections—EBN is next level.”
🗣️ “I booked 5 follow-up calls after just one event!”

Attend as a Guest

Guests may visit twice before considering membership. Visits are just $44 (early bird) or $88 (standard). Includes access to the full event, the Attendee Report, the Bonus Friday Implementation Session, and training.

Come experience what it’s like to network with Empowered Partners—not just prospects.