This blog is for all of you business networkers out there who may be growing wary of the weekly networking grind.  In order to stay “fresh” and to skip happily to a networking event, we attend only events where we can grow the business and grow personally.  We recently attended a Professional Athlete Business Summit whose keynote speakers list included Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington, and TLC’s and Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Lisa Nichols.  The speakers were captivating and so were the attendees – I met a person who gives away (for FREE) browser software that protects children on the Internet.

We do still attend the occasional Business Expos, but we find that the quality of the attitudes of the people attending these events is not at the level (I am being polite) of those attending the “positive” message events – as the attendees actually want to be there.  We also receive more customer appointments and referrals than when we attend networking business card exhcanges. The “fresher” the event presenters, the better we do as a business, and I hear THANK YOU’S instead of complaints! 

Happy Networking!