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Tara Gearhart, Networking Ninja Winner, Best Connector

Tara Gearhart of My Pinnacle Network-Needham is this year’s Networking Ninja award for Best Connector. And she uses snail mail.

In a digital age where immediate gratification rules the day, Tara Gearhart, owner of tMedia Consulting, utilizes snail mail as one of her key networking strategies. Specifically, handwritten notes after one-on-ones. These missives go a little beyond “thanks for meeting with me”.

You can hear all about it on our latest edition of the More Than Two-Minute Drill”. For more on tMedia Consulting, visit https://www.tmediaconsulting.com.

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Storytelling and Selling. Complimentary webinar helps business owners prepares and shape company’s message through success stories

What is your company’s why?  What motivates you to do great work?  What inspires confidence from your customers? What is your “story”?

A free webinar entitled “Storytelling and Selling. Crafting your story to capture the imagination” is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. The complimentary program is sponsored by Rockland Trust, My Pinnacle Network, and South Shore Networking Professionals.

Topics will include remembering your “aha” moment when you launched your new venture, defining why your brand exists, what makes your company authentic and better, and what are your five W’s (who, what, where, why and when).

Stories convey purpose. Stories are relatable and memorable. Stories win hearts.   Facts appeal to the mind. Which do you prefer?

Featured presenters include Brad White of New England Burial at Sea; Matt Phillips of MetroAnnex Interactive; and Steve Dubin of PR Works.

To RSVP, please visit  https://rb.gy/8gs7lk.

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My Pinnacle Network announces October 2020 schedule of virtual B2B networking meetings.

My Pinnacle Network recently announced a full slate of business-to-business networking meetings for May. Currently, all those meetings will be held online via Zoom and you can get the meeting info by calling 781-582-1061 or sending an e-mail to admin@mypinnaclenetwork.com.

My Pinnacle Network October meetings are as follows:

  • My Pinnacle Network – Pembroke, Thursday, October 1, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
  • My Pinnacle Network – Westborough, Tuesday, October 6 from 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m
  • My Pinnacle Network – Mansfield, Wednesday, October 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
  • My Pinnacle Network – Needham, Thursday, October 8, 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
  • My Pinnacle Network – Braintree Third Thursday, Thursday, October 15, from 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.

Only one B2B professional will be selected for each category. Those categories can be found at bottom of http://www.mypinnaclenetwork.com. Prospective members are encouraged to attend a My Pinnacle Network meeting before committing to join.

If you are interested in attending a meeting, please contact Steven V. Dubin at admin@mypinnaclenetwork.com or 781-582-1061 to RSVP. There is no charge to visit a My Pinnacle Network meeting.

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Dominic Grew, Networking Ninja Winner, Most Altruistic

Dominic Grew of Elevate Business Coaching (https://elevatebusinesscoaching.com/) and a member of My Pinnacle Network-Needham, is the winner of this year’s Most Altruistic award. This Networking Ninja annually goes to the person who is seen as giving freely of his/her time and energy on behalf of other networkers. In this podcast, Dominic discusses some of his networking strategies, including the three things that are essential to any one-on-one he conducts.

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Rich Archibald, Networking Ninja Winner, Most Ubiquitous

Rich Archibald of Aflac and a member of My Pinnacle Network-Pembroke, is the winner of this year’s Most Ubiquitous award. This Networking Ninja annually goes to the person who is seen more frequently at a variety of networking events. In this podcast, Rich discusses some of his networking strategies and how he uses each meeting and one–on-one as an opportunity to listen and then connect people in his network.

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Gary Weinman, Networking Ninja Winner, Brightest Beacon

Gary Weinman, a member of My Pinnacle Network-Westborough and a partner at Katz, Nannis & Solomon CPA, is the winner of this year’s Brightest Beacon award. The award annually goes to the person who brings that added bit of energy to a meeting. In this Two-Minute Drill, Gary discusses some of his networking strategies and how he keeps his verbal brand/elevator pitch fresh for each and every meeting.

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Stop fighting it

Those words of advice came from My Pinnacle Network-Westborough Member Paul Cronin. This was in response to several members at our last meeting bemoaning the fact we could not meet in person. His contention was that by fighting it we were actually making it worse. Then he offered this other sage piece of advice:  

“I now think of myself as a farmer.”  

He went on to explain the analogy. He works at home (the field), his kids are educated at home (much like they did centuries ago), and every so often he ventures into town for necessary supplies.  

Now, our ancestors didn’t have the creature comforts of home and Al Gore had yet to invent the Internet, but you can see the point.   In terms of work, a farmer does not plant a crop and then harvest it in a month or two. It takes several months. Wanting that crop to be ready for sale today does not make it so. It takes time, just as it will take time and compliance for this pandemic to pass.  

So, what can today’s farmer do in addition to tending to this year’s crops? How about cultivating other skills and interests. My Pinnacle Network and other organizations are offering a number of complimentary webinars to provide information and help you learn other ways to grow your current crop or perhaps supplement your harvest.   For example:  

Our Sales Coach is offering one entitled “How to Get More Virtual Meetings with Decision Makers”. You can download the flyer here and register by clicking here.   My Pinnacle Network, along with Rockland Trust and South Shore Networking Professionals Group, is offering another put on PR Works entitled Leverage Podcast Guest Appearances to Boost your Business. To register, click here.

Yes, we would all like to be back in our offices and meeting face-to-face with clients, prospects and those in our networking circle. Taking advantage of current opportunities is one way to make productive use of the current time and get to a bountiful harvest.  

Happy farming!