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If you live in my neck of the woods…South Jersey…I will be presenting at the NJAWBO March Breakfast Meeting.
Get out of the house, hang out, have fun and learn some cool stuff. And, afterward, if you want to hang out a little longer, we’ll head down to the Harrison House Diner and I’ll answer any additional questions you might have.
When: Thursday, March 4, 2010. 830am – 1030am
Location: Gloucester County Library
Cost: $10 (and you do not have to be a member to attend)
TOPIC: Increasing Your Internet Presence – Starting with Twitter
Using the many free online tools (and almost free tools) is about working smarter not harder. Social media tools like Twitter allow you to meet prospects from all over the world, begin to build authentic relationships based on mutual interests and goals plus increase the reach of your business beyond your physical geography.
Session Objectives:
• What is Twitter?
• Why should I join?
• How do I get started?
• How much time will it take?
• Social media etiquette.
• Brief overview of other free, and almost free, online tools to help build your business and make more money.
Please Note: Although it is not a necessity, we encourage you to bring a laptop (and use the library’s free wifi) to make this a hands on experience.
For more information and to register go to:
http://www.whoscoming.com/njawbo-tri/Mar10Breakfast.html?trig=new
If you prefer a more personalized approach and want to set up a private session email me at: Sandy@TheDreamingCafe.com
Today’s Guest: Lynn Girardi
Lynn’s Follow Through Camp Adventure:
The Dodge City Follow Through Seminar was truly an adventure for me…one that paid off tremendously! This worthwhile deal of a small investment TOTALLY got me back on track with my stalled business dreams and goals. It also turned out surprisingly well despite my hesitance about my personality being a match to the seminar’s Kansas location. You see, this time the seminar–at first–had me feeling a bit like I was on the tv show, Wife Swap. That’s the “reality show” where 2 married women switch lives and families for a week or so. The catch is that they are put in totally opposite environments and lifestyles than they are used to at home. However, when these women go past their comfort zones to live in someone else’s environment…despite their frustrations with change from their routine…they ALWAYS come back with lessons learned; an appreciation for the lives they have….AND changes they now wish to incorporate into their old lives based on the new lifestyle experienced.
While, I am single and I didn’t swap lives with anyone, my going to Dodge City, Kansas…AT FIRST…was like WifeSwap.
It was taking one beach-loving; health-food eating (almost vegetarian); Brooklyn, New York “city-slicker”…who loves mostly ballroom and pop music…then, bringing her to a town where restaurant menus consisted of delicious dishes, but often included steak, cheese and shellfish…all of which she and her family rarely eat for low fat / low cholesterol diets. It’s a place of country music…and a place where, it seems, some outdoor activities are set up indoors due to, I believe, their weather…when not sunny…windy and with the rare tornado (ala Dorothy and Toto in the Wizard of Oz). Yes, much was opposite of what this Brooklynite was usually drawn to…except for the sincerity, kindness and hospitality she loves in people. For, that was never more evident than in the friendly people of Kansas, in particular, Charla, the owner of the cool Dodge House hotel where the seminar was held.
My intention for this trip was to attend another Barbara Winter/Alice Barry event which seemed to always feed my entrepreneurial soul. I signed up to experience the enthusiasm I felt when Barbara and Alice introduced the event on a teleseminar. I signed up to bond with old kindred spirits and to meet new ones. I signed up for the ideas, encouragement and support I needed to take my dream business goals off of the back burner I’d had them on for several months. I signed up to GET OUT OF TOWN for clarity, since leaving one’s routine and environment often clears the mind enough to be able to remember one’s dreams and think creatively again. I signed up to get re-energized after feeling drained by “the job,” by life’s challenges and by the fearful thoughts that were keeping me in anxiety rather than in positive possibilies. Going to Barbara’s seminar always delivers all that for me and more…only this time she was going to make me travel 10 hours out of my state and comfort zone to get it!
I’m so glad she did. I learned so much. It was, once again, inspiring, creative, practical and lots of fun! It was thought-provoking, encouraging, supportive (teachers to students and students to another). It taught me new things about my dream business goals and about myself.
This seminar experience got my business passions back on track with practical advice for me to take action on at home. It cleared my head … helped me to bond with student-pals…and expanded my support network. This farm-animal-themed event location convinced me that my dream-business motto now needs to be: “NO MORE ‘BULL’! Just do it, already!” (A kind of Brooklyn version of the Nike slogan!)
Today’s Guest: Jami Yanoski
Jami: What I learned at the Follow Through Camp:
I came to Dodge City because I had a couple of specific ideas that I needed to pursue. I knew I’d have time to work on them this summer in between some other projects. When Alice asked us what our goal was (or I think the question might have been “What do you want from this?”) that was a really hard question for me. Really hard to think about- and I don’t know why. But ultimately, my answer was money. I am purely motivated by income at this point- for this particular idea that I brought with me. For other ideas, it’s not about money because my ultimate job would be to not have a job, just be able to do charity work for “work.” So I learned that YES, sometimes it is about the money and it’s okay to vocalize it and want it.
My other learnings: I think most of us in the workshop this weekend said this at one point or another- we need our people, we need our tribe. I don’t have a good support system here at home, and it’s unfortunate. And I NEED a support system. We all need a support system. It’s really easy for me to give support to other people, but hard for me to say I need it too. I want my tribe, I need my tribe, and I wish I had one here in Colorado. Over the weekend I purposefully did not call anyone at home, or return any phone calls. I did this for several reasons:
1/ No one understands what I’m doing
(“What do you mean you’ve quit your job after 12 years? What do you mean you don’t have health insurance?”)
2/ No one understands WHY I’m doing it
3/ My friends and family don’t GET me or GET where I want to go
4/ I think some just don’t care
Here’s a couple of examples of what’s happened in the last couple of days. I asked my mom to help me with a prototype for my aqua cuffs, because she sews. I specifically said to her “I need to get this done in the next 90 days, if you cannot help me with this, please tell me now and I will ask someone else.” She said “sure, get me something I can rip apart, measure, etc and we’ll see what we can do.” Well, I proceeded to tell her about the weekend and she made all the right comments, then had to get a little dig in at the last moment. And I know, it’s totally automatic and she probably didn’t mean it, but still, she had to just stick that knife a little bit and let the wind out of my sails. She had to bring me down from the little cloud I was on. I was so PISSED, and am STILL pissed. And I don’t even think she knew she did it.
THEN-I went to lunch today with one of my best friends from High School and some other people to celebrate my friends b-day. I was talking to them about being in Kansas last weekend and doing foster care for the Humane Society. NO ONE at the table asked me WHY I was in Kansas, WHY I do foster care- nothing to fuel further conversation. The conversation drifted to their kids, and what their kids were doing, school, etc. So I sat at the table pretty quiet, other than to coo at my friends brand new niece, who was cute as a button. I could have been at home working and saved myself a really crappy meal at On the Border.
Not to brag, but I’m a pretty interesting person. I travel to a lot of places, I do a lot of things, I have an active social life, concerts, dance, plays, I read- there’s A WHOLE HELLUVA LOT I can talk about. I was deflated coming home from lunch because I thought “what a waste of time. I have nothing in common with these people.” And guess what–They aren’t members of my tribe. So if ANY of you can offer any insight on HOW to find like minded people close to home, I would appreciate it. Because I meet a lot of people and I still am having a hard time finding MY PEEPS.
Some of you might know I do foster care for the local Humane Society. I take in kittens that aren’t old enough to be adopted and take care of them until they are ready for adoption. I got a group of 4 kittens last night, they were dropped off at the Humane Society in a plastic box with no holes in very hot weather. Luckily, the person that dropped them off made an anonymous phone call to say the kittens were outside. They were all panting and dehydrated by the time they got in the building (How stupid can people be? Seriously!). As I’m typing this, I can hear one of them crying, because he/she can’t find her other siblings or me. She’s lost without his/her tribe!
It is critical to get our support systems in place and to surround ourselves with like-minded people. Our dreams matter. Our ideas matter. Our desire for whatever we are seeking matters. No idea or dream is too big, too small, too dumb, too easy. It all matters and most of all, YOU matter.
This is my Follow Through Camp (FTC) Treasure Map
(Original Treasure Map created by Barbara Winter.)
Create your own Treasure Map by completing this sentences…
x my natural habitat is…
x someone I know who has turned their passion into profit…
x someone famous who personifies passionate work…
x something I loved to do when I was 7…
x the most fun I ever had making money was…
x if I took a sabbatical I would…
x something I do well and seem to take for granted is…
x the person who shares my enthusiasm ans supports my wildest dreams is…
x the biggest adventure of my life so far…
x the most inspiring book I’ve read in the past year is…
X Marks the spot–Dig here
(What did you discover about yourself?)
Today’s Guest: Terri Belford
My Tribe:
“While discussing my ideas about a new series of “Inspired Livelihood” Workshops that I am planning, Alice Barry asked me who I see as the ideal seminar attendee. This question got me thinking about my ideal client, who I’ve always described as an aspiring entrepreneur who knows her purpose but needs guidance in turning her passions into a profitable business aligned with her values.
But there’s more.
I realized that my closest friends and ideal clients share a common mission. They don’t just want to start a business and make a living. They know they are here to make a difference in one life, one community or the world. They are called to be an agent of change and they are ready to start NOW. ”
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Ghandi
Today’s Guest: Barbara Winter
An adventure:
“A long trip with a kindred spirit can be full of idea sparks. I flew into Denver and then hitched a ride with Jami Yanoski to Dodge City. It was a six hour ride down, five hours back. Even though I didn’t know Jami before the drive, we chatted away like long lost buddies. Not only did I hear some great stories, I also got a terrific book recommendation or two and all sorts of insights.”
A discovery:
“Google’s a godsend in many instances, but getting information from a computer screen is nothing like being in a room with other people who bring their own insights and ideas to the discussion.
I was so conscious of this during Follow Through Camp last week. If I had simply offered the handouts as a PDF the accelerated learning (and planning) that happened in that room would never have occurred.
Ordinary people make excellent change agents. Every single person at Follow Through Camp was determined to make the world a better place.
Passionate change agents are a force to reckon with; being in a room with them for two days was profoundly inspiring.”
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