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The Foundations Workshop Series

The Business Has Grown. Make Sure the Ownership and Agreements Underneath It Kept Up.

Monthly live online workshops for established creators, collaborators, producers, community founders, and small business owners who want to better understand the ownership, contract, intellectual property, collaboration, and brand-protection questions beneath the work they have already built.

Live Online Offered Monthly Two Hours Live Q&A Included 14-Day Access to the Replay
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Participant implementation materials are included, and no pre-work is required. These workshops provide education, not legal representation.

This month's live workshops

Choose the Session That Matches What You're Working Through

The two Foundations workshops are offered in consecutive weeks. Register for either workshop on its own, or attend both at the discounted series rate.

Week One Intellectual Property and Contracts Foundations

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 · 6:30–8:30 p.m. Central · Live Online

Week Two Before You Build It Together

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · 6:30–8:30 p.m. Central · Live Online

Week One · Foundations Workshop

Intellectual Property and Contracts Foundations

Review the ownership, agreements, and brand protection beneath the business you have already built.

Date and Time Wednesday, August 19, 2026 · 6:30–8:30 p.m. Central
Registration $99
Format Two-Hour Live Online Workshop
Replay 14-Day Access

Best for you when

You have accumulated names, content, programs, recordings, contractor relationships, licenses, or other valuable business assets and are no longer certain that the ownership and agreements underneath them kept pace.

You will examine

  • The intellectual property and business assets your company has created or uses
  • Where ownership questions commonly arise with contractors, collaborators, content, and recordings
  • Which agreements and licensing terms may be missing or incomplete
  • Where trademark, copyright, and brand-protection basics are often overlooked
  • How to prioritize the gaps that deserve attention first
You will leave with

A prioritized working list of what to check, formalize, protect, or fix next.

  • Two-hour live online workshop
  • Participant implementation guide
  • Time built in for live Q&A
  • 14-day access to the replay after delivery
Register for IP and Contracts Foundations
Week Two · Foundations Workshop

Before You Build It Together

Clarify the ownership, decision-making, money, and brand-protection questions beneath a collaboration.

Date and Time Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · 6:30–8:30 p.m. Central
Registration $99
Format Two-Hour Live Online Workshop
Replay 14-Day Access

Best for you when

You are preparing to build something with another person or organization, or you are already inside a joint program, shared brand, co-hosted event, community, production, creative partnership, or other collaboration that needs clearer structure.

You will examine

  • What each collaborator is contributing to the project or venture
  • How ownership of the brand, content, audience, and resulting work should be addressed
  • How money, expenses, responsibilities, and decision-making authority should be clarified
  • What should happen when a collaborator leaves or the relationship changes
  • What belongs in writing before the collaboration goes further
You will leave with

A collaboration structure map and a clear list of what needs to be discussed, decided, and put in writing next.

  • Two-hour live online workshop
  • Participant implementation guide
  • Time built in for live Q&A
  • 14-day access to the replay after delivery
Register for Before You Build It Together

Attend the complete series

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The workshops are held in consecutive weeks and are designed to complement one another. Week One helps you examine the broader ownership, intellectual property, agreement, and brand-protection structure within your business. Week Two focuses specifically on what should be clarified when you build, own, operate, or earn money from something with another person or organization.

  • Admission to both live online workshops
  • Both participant implementation guides
  • Live Q&A during both sessions
  • 14-day access to the replay for each workshop
  • A discounted series registration rate

Two-Workshop Foundations Bundle

$149 Save $49
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Which workshop should you choose?

Start With the Question That Is Most Immediate

Start With Week One

Choose Intellectual Property and Contracts Foundations when your concern is the broader structure of your existing business, including names, content, programs, recordings, contractors, licenses, and agreements.

Start With Week Two

Choose Before You Build It Together when your immediate concern involves creating, operating, owning, or earning money from something with another person or organization.

Attend Both

Choose the bundle when you need to strengthen the business you already operate and clarify a specific collaboration, shared project, or joint venture.

Built for the business you already have

Strengthen the Structure Behind What You've Built

You did not start this business yesterday. You have customers or clients, a name people recognize, content you created, collaborators or contractors you work with, and a reputation you did not have a year ago. Much of that may have grown faster than the structure meant to support and protect it.

The Foundations Workshop Series addresses that gap one defined area at a time. You will learn what commonly gets missed as a business grows, what questions deserve attention, and how to decide what should happen next. You leave with practical implementation work, not a stack of theory.

This series is not an introduction to starting a business, and it is not legal representation. It is business and legal-awareness education designed to help you recognize issues, ask better questions, make more informed decisions, and know when your situation may call for individualized professional advice.

How the experience works

What to Expect Before, During, and After Your Workshop

1

Register Online

Your confirmation email will include the workshop date, time, online access information, replay policy, and other important participation details.

2

Receive Your Materials

Your participant implementation materials will be emailed a few days before the workshop so you can have them available during the session. No pre-work is required.

3

Join the Two-Hour Live Session

Each online workshop combines clear instruction, practical examples, guided implementation, and time built in for participant questions.

4

Use the Live Q&A

You may ask general questions about the concepts taught and how they commonly arise in businesses like yours. Confidential document review and individualized legal advice are not included.

5

Review the Replay

Registered participants receive 14-day access to the replay beginning when the replay-delivery email is sent. Live Q&A is available only during the scheduled session.

6

Continue the Implementation

Use the participant guide and your completed workshop notes to continue working through the decisions, gaps, and next steps you identified.

Portrait of workshop facilitator Tonia M. Fisher

Your workshop facilitator

Tonia M. Fisher

Intellectual property attorney, former USPTO Trademark Examining Attorney, business strategist, and educator.

Tonia helps creators, entrepreneurs, collaborators, and small business owners understand the ownership, agreement, and brand-protection structures beneath the work they create and commercialize.

In the Foundations Workshop Series, she translates legal and business concepts into practical questions, decisions, and implementation steps without treating a general education program as individualized legal representation.

Intellectual Property Attorney Former USPTO Trademark Examining Attorney Business Strategist Educator

Is this the right fit?

A Quick Gut Check Before You Register

This series fits you if

  • You already have customers, clients, an audience, content, programs, revenue, or a recognizable business identity.
  • You are formalizing or protecting business assets and relationships that grew before the structure underneath them was fully addressed.
  • You are preparing to combine brands, content, audiences, responsibilities, or money with another person or organization.
  • You want practical, plain-language education you can use to identify priorities and make better-informed decisions.

It may not be the right next step if

  • You are still deciding what to build and do not yet have a name, offer, content library, customer-facing program, collaboration, or business asset to evaluate.
  • You are in the middle of an active dispute, negotiation, or urgent legal problem and need an attorney representing you now.
  • You need someone to review a specific contract, application, dispute, or confidential set of facts during the workshop.

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these workshops live or on demand?

The Foundations Workshops are live online workshops offered monthly. Registered participants also receive 14 calendar days of access to the replay after it is delivered.

How long is each workshop?

Each workshop is two hours, with time built in for live participant Q&A.

Do I need to complete anything before the workshop?

No. There is no required pre-work. Your participant materials will be emailed a few days before the workshop so you can have them available during the live session.

What happens after I register?

You will receive a confirmation email containing your registration details and online access information. A separate email with your participant materials and final workshop reminders will be sent a few days before the session.

What if I cannot attend live?

You will still receive the participant materials and 14-day access to the replay after the replay is delivered. The opportunity to ask questions is available only during the scheduled live workshop.

When does replay access begin?

Your 14-day access begins when the replay-delivery email is sent.

Can I ask questions about my own business?

Yes. You may ask general questions about the concepts taught and how they commonly arise in businesses like yours. The workshop does not include confidential document review, individualized legal analysis, or legal advice concerning your specific situation.

Should I share confidential information during Q&A?

No. Please do not disclose confidential business information, privileged communications, private contract terms, personal data, or details of an active dispute during a group workshop.

Is this legal advice?

No. These workshops provide general business and legal-awareness education. Nothing taught is legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by registering for or attending a workshop. Review the Disclaimer and Terms of Use for full details.

Can I attend only one workshop?

Yes. Each workshop is complete and may be attended independently. Participants who want to examine both their broader business foundation and their collaboration structure may register for the discounted two-workshop bundle.

Can my collaborator, business partner, or team member attend with me?

Yes, but every participant must register separately using their own name and email address. A single registration cannot be shared between participants.

Are group rates available?

Yes. Group rates are available for organizations registering five or more participants. Submit a group registration inquiry through toniafisher.com/contact.

What is the refund policy?

Workshop registrations are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend the live session, you will still receive the participant materials and 14 days of access to the workshop replay after it is delivered.

Please confirm the workshop date, time, time zone, and email address used during registration before purchasing. If a workshop is cancelled or rescheduled by TMF COLLECTIVE, registered participants will receive information about the options available to them.

Are online-access accommodations available?

The workshops are presented online. Participants who need a reasonable online-access accommodation should contact us through toniafisher.com/contact before the workshop.

Ready when you are

Choose the Workshop That Matches What Your Business Needs Now

Register for either monthly workshop on its own, or attend both in consecutive weeks at the discounted series rate. Your materials will arrive a few days before each session, and no pre-work is required.

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