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Entrepreneur & Small Business Academy December Meetup

Dec 2008 1
Mon 5:30 PM
Location
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Estimated attendance
 52  people attended.
4.50 4.5020

Who organized?
Patrick Schwerdtfeger

December Topic: NETWORKING WITH CONFIDENCE

Effective networking is essential for all early stage businesses, but most never master the art. Do you network with confidence? Do people want to do business after meeting you? Can you explain your business in 30 seconds? If not, our December meeting is for you!

> Learn the 4 components to an effective Elevator Pitch.
> Project confidence when you introduce yourself to prospects.
> Discover the 5 secrets to effective business networking.
> Promote your business without looking like a salesperson.

Karla Garcia is the Director of Marketing for Bay Commercial Bank and has developed a highly-successful business networking campaign that drives the company's growth. Karla was previously a top producer at an international direct sales organization where she trained and motivated thousands of people at venues including the Arco Arena in Sacramento, the Los Angeles Convention Center and the Portland coliseum. Her audiences have exceeded 20,000.

We all face daily challenges but it's what we do with those challenges that determines our success. Karla has served as a mentor to hundreds of men and women over the years - her life passion - and she continues to coach select clients today. Indeed, this is "No Ordinary Woman" and you'll feel extraordinary after hearing her story.

*** Bring business cards!! ***

We'll be doing our usual introductions during the first half of the meeting, followed by a 15-minute networking break. You're also welcome to bring flyers and promotional material for the front table.

Thank you.

Patrick.


Patrick Schwerdtfeger
Tactical Execution

http://www.tacticalex...

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  • Posted Dec 3, 2008 4:49 PM
    Former Member
    BTW, the hiking / nature-outdoors site was http://Active-Days.org . . . . . . . . Go take a hike everyone!

Who attended?

  • 52 attendees
    •  Awesome as always - Great speaker, great networking, great folks. Thanks Patrick! 
    •  Thanks again Patrick for another excellent meeting! 
    •  Much confusion regarding the location of this meet-up. One person who arrived early was unable to find where the meeting was to be held. Library staff indicated a different group was using the room and said there was no record of this group meeting this Monday, even as late as 5:15pm. Based on this information, I decided to stay home 
    •  Much useful wisdom/info articulately presented to the group by Karla Garcia regarding powerful business networking and Patrick Schwerdtfeger regarding pitching your work. Fun/productive evening! 
    •  excellent topic and organization by both Patrick and Carla, the guest speaker. The content was relevant and I found it to be very helpful. I would say, with such a large group, it would be good to monitor introductions to a stricter 30-second time frame. This would give us practice of fine tuning that elevator speech and use time more efficiently. We did not have any time for questions of the speaker at the end which was too bad as I felt she was a great resource of information and some time to ask questions is always good in getting a bit more information. 
    •  I enjoyed meeting everyone ... 
    • Deb
       Very casual & relaxed setting in which to learn & meet very interesting & energetic people. Patrick does an outstanding job putting on these seminars & he is also an excellent speaker. 
    •  Karla Garcia did a spectacular job speaking about networking and the essential ingredients that make a great networker. Simple but powerful suggestions. 
    •  Excellent Meeting 
    •  It was a good group with a lot of interesting people. The speaker was excellent! 
    •  First time at this Meetup and though it had really good energy. Patrick was an excellent facilitator. 
    •  I met a lot of great people and will be in contact with many. Karla was great. We can all learn from her lessons and every bit of advice that she had was worth contemplating. 
    • Rob
       Everyone was very open and I enjoyed the introductions. There was a lot of interesting ideas and it made me think a lot about my 30 seconds introduction. The speaker was excellent and i gained a lot of info about how to effectively network 
    •  Great discussion, great host, inspiring meeting! 
    •  Patrick continues to bring in impressive speakers and topics! 
    • Sydney Metrick (+1 guest)
    • Tiffany (+1 guest)
    • crispin guintu (+1 guest)
    • Eric W. Pitts (+1 guest)
    • Chris (+1 guest)
    • Debbie (+1 guest)
    • Jen
    • Phoenix (+1 guest)
    • El
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