DSO Connect - By & For Dance Studio Owners – Details, episodes & analysis

Stacey Morgan is a four-time business owner (including two dance studios), dance educator, podcast host, mom, wife, and business coach. Her main mission is to help women entrepreneurs thrive in their businesses and in their lives through coaching, accountability, and honesty. She has a no-fluff, direct approach to helping her clients to make their businesses work FOR them, to gain back more time in their lives, and to finally achieve financial freedom.

In this episode, Casey and Stacey chat about how Stacey set her own path in dance, the importance of feedback, owning your strengths, the lessons dance taught her to help her become a successful entrepreneur, and how she makes the most of every day.

To access Stacey's custom made to-do list, click here. Check out her services and resources at her website simplystaceymorgan.com and follow her in instagram @simplystaceymorgan.

Andrea Trench is the creator of DiscoverDance, a research-based Early Childhood Dance Education program. DiscoverDance offers dance educators resources for continuing education throughout their career, so the learning and growing never stops! From their online courses and training videos, to their innovative DiscoverDance Lab where you can create your own unique curriculum, to their DiscoverDance Library full of hundreds of class activities, this is a valuable resource for teachers at every stage of their career.

In this episode, Casey and Andrea discuss the benefits of a concept-based dance program, classroom management tips for preschool age dancers, performance strategies with the little ones, and so much more!

This week Amanda and Heather join the podcast with Robin and Casey to talk about professional development for studio owners: why it's so important, experiences we've each had at various events, and all about the DSO Connect 2022 Studio Owner Retreat, June 27th-29th in Phoenix, Arizona! We can't wait to see you there!

In this seminar from the DSO Connect Retreat 2019, founding member Amanda Cacciotti shares how to grow a thriving Tap program at your studio, from music theory concepts, to costuming hints, to improvisation games, and more!

It's a crazy, stressful time out there! In this week's episode, Robin and Casey share some ideas to keep our businesses THRIVING in these uncertain times.

Join the conversation, share ideas, and get support! Find the group DSO Connect Community for dance studio owners on Facebook.

In this clip from the DSO Connect 2019 Retreat, Casey Royer takes you through developmental milestones of ages 3 through 18, so you know how to meet your students where they are and effectively teach all ages and developmental stages.

The DSO Connect Member Vault is live! Join for fresh monthly content including video webinars, downloadable PDFs, social media templates, task calendars, and more! Learn more and sign up at https://www.dancestudioownerconnect.com/membership

Join the conversation, get some support! Find us at DSO Connect Community on Facebook.

This week's episode is a conversation between Robin and her husband Walter. They talk about their relationship, their studio, and what helps make them successful as a couple and in business.

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The DSO Connect Member Vault is now LIVE! The DSO Connect ladies have been busy putting together an exclusive Membership Vault where we will share resources that we have developed over so many collective years of studio ownership. We want to share this knowledge and experience with you, in a down-to-earth, real life studio-owner kind of way! Get monthly videos, social media templates, downloadable PDFs, and MORE, for just $27 per month! For more info and to sign up, go to https://www.dancestudioownerconnect.com/membership

In this week's episode, Robin interviews Karen Clark, owner of Karen Clark Dance Studio in Victoria, British Columbia. Karen is celebrating her 32nd year in business and runs a thriving dance studio, including Royal Academy of Dance Ballet curriculum and a robust Hip Hop program. She has served generations of dancers in British Columbia. She and Robin discuss lessons they've both learned along the way, and steps that have helped make them successful.

Join the conversation! Our FREE Facebook group for dance studio owners only is DSO Connect Community. We can't wait to meet you!

Need to wrangle your studio's finances? In this episode, Robin explains Profit First, a system developed by Mike Michalowicz to prioritize profit to build a healthy business.

Join the conversation! Check out our FREE Facebook group for dance studio owners only: DSO Connect Community.

Would you rather keep a student at your studio for a 6-week session, one semester, one year, or until they graduate from high school? Until they graduate, of course! Retaining our students is a win for the student, the family, the teacher, and the studio owner. So HOW do we keep our students from leaving our studios? It comes down to the STRUCTURE of our programs and the CULTURE of our studio life. Listen to this week's episode as Robin and Casey discuss how to create a dance studio where students and families are super-glued for the long haul!