We are one well-connected town! Apparently gone are the days of one networking event a week. This past week alone, we biz-e-chicks attended not one, not two, but three of them! The first was on Tuesday, After Five Networking, sponsored by Tampa Bay CEO magazine. (How fun is it that we women entrepreneurs are CEOs?!) The next was on Thursday afternoon – coolTECH, put on by TBTF (Tampa Bay Technology Forum), where we saw not just how well-connected this town is on a personal level, but on a technological plain, as well. Then, immediately after coolTECH, we were off to Conversations & Cocktails, presented by the Ekhos. This month’s speaker talked about girls getaways and the importance of making time for friends … which we’ve been neglecting because we’re too busy networking!
The events were fantastic; we were able to make some great contacts for both biz-e-chicks and our businesses. And, next week is bringing on more meetings and events, including the best one of all – biz-e-chicks.
Really, though, as much as we love going to these events, sometimes it’s hard to pull ourselves away from actual paying projects to attend these meetings where we may or may not meet a potential client. We’ve talked about this at biz-e meetings in the past, i.e., how to figure out which networking groups are worth the time and investment. Unfortunately – and, sadly, typically – we’ve obviously forgotten the suggestions on how to decide which ones to attend, and then end up being overscheduled and exhausted by the end of the week.
We know many of you are just as biz-e with networking because we see you at these events. How about the After Five event, by the way, where every place we looked we saw a fellow chick? How are you deciding which events to attend and which ones to leave out of your biz-e summer schedule? Until we get some good suggestions, we’ll see you soon … at least once or twice this coming week!
Gonna get Myself Connected
We are one well-connected town! Apparently gone are the days of one networking event a week. This past week alone, we biz-e-chicks attended not one, not two, but three of them! The first was on Tuesday, After Five Networking, sponsored by Tampa Bay CEO magazine. (How fun is it that we women entrepreneurs are CEOs?!) The next was on Thursday afternoon – coolTECH, put on by TBTF (Tampa Bay Technology Forum), where we saw not just how well-connected this town is on a personal level, but on a technological plain, as well. Then, immediately after coolTECH, we were off to Conversations & Cocktails, presented by the Ekhos. This month’s speaker talked about girls getaways and the importance of making time for friends … which we’ve been neglecting because we’re too busy networking!
The events were fantastic; we were able to make some great contacts for both biz-e-chicks and our businesses. And, next week is bringing on more meetings and events, including the best one of all – biz-e-chicks.
Really, though, as much as we love going to these events, sometimes it’s hard to pull ourselves away from actual paying projects to attend these meetings where we may or may not meet a potential client. We’ve talked about this at biz-e meetings in the past, i.e., how to figure out which networking groups are worth the time and investment. Unfortunately – and, sadly, typically – we’ve obviously forgotten the suggestions on how to decide which ones to attend, and then end up being overscheduled and exhausted by the end of the week.
We know many of you are just as biz-e with networking because we see you at these events. How about the After Five event, by the way, where every place we looked we saw a fellow chick? How are you deciding which events to attend and which ones to leave out of your biz-e summer schedule? Until we get some good suggestions, we’ll see you soon … at least once or twice this coming week!