Our IBI Colorado community is a constant surprise to me. The quality of the people that I spend time with every week is inspirational in and of itself. But even though I have gotten used to meeting incredible people every week, our networking meeting last Thursday was still a big surprise to me.
It started with a snow storm that seemed to worsen just about the time that many of our guests and graduates would be headed to our meeting at the Butterfly Pavilion. I actually looked out to Highway 36 at one point to see traffic at a complete standstill. I was thinking maybe the meeting would be a bust.
Even with the weather, a few hearty souls showed up and by meeting start time we had more that 3 dozen people in the room. At that number it was still barely half of our normal crowd. I was concerned that the event we had planned might not come off the way we intended.
We plunged forward anyway with the main content of our meeting revolving around the list of questions below:
________ Find a person who was not born in this country. ________ Find a person who holds a doctorate degree in anything. ________ Find a person who has owned their own business for more than 5 years. ________ Find a person who has survived a life threatening event. ________ Find a person who owns multiple businesses. ________ Find a person who has international consulting experience. ________ Find a person who has a pilots license. ________ Find a person who is or knows a cartographer. ________ Find a person who speaks more than 2 languages fluently. ________ Find a person who has been to 4 of 7 continents. ________ Find a person who has been inside the White House. (not on a tour) ________ Find a person who is an expert in a field you have never heard of. ________ Find a person who has played professional sports. ________ Find a person who owns or raises a really exotic animal. ________ Find a person who has seen a UFO. ________ Find a person who has sold a business. ________ Find a person who has mentored others in business.
Now I am not a pessimist, nonetheless, I wondered how far away we would come to finding answers to all these questions. But evidence of the incredible people who attend our meetings weekly, even with a half than normal size group, we found someone for every item above and many had multiple answers.
Needless to say, we were all surprised, inspired, and anxious to come back and meet even more amazing people at IBI Colorado.
Gale Connell President, CEO IBI Colorado Don't Just Dream It. Do It!
Posted: 9:06 AM, Jan. 22, 2006 in <%EntryCategory%>
It was a great way to network, spend a snowy evening, have a lot of laughs and meet a lot of people quickly. Nice job Gale and your team of planners.
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Our IBI Colorado community is a constant surprise to me. The quality of the people that I spend time with every week is inspirational in and of itself. But even though I have gotten used to meeting incredible people every week, our networking meeting last Thursday was still a big surprise to me.
It started with a snow storm that seemed to worsen just about the time that many of our guests and graduates would be headed to our meeting at the Butterfly Pavilion. I actually looked out to Highway 36 at one point to see traffic at a complete standstill. I was thinking maybe the meeting would be a bust.
Even with the weather, a few hearty souls showed up and by meeting start time we had more that 3 dozen people in the room. At that number it was still barely half of our normal crowd. I was concerned that the event we had planned might not come off the way we intended.
We plunged forward anyway with the main content of our meeting revolving around the list of questions below:
________ Find a person who was not born in this country. ________ Find a person who holds a doctorate degree in anything. ________ Find a person who has owned their own business for more than 5 years. ________ Find a person who has survived a life threatening event. ________ Find a person who owns multiple businesses. ________ Find a person who has international consulting experience. ________ Find a person who has a pilots license. ________ Find a person who is or knows a cartographer. ________ Find a person who speaks more than 2 languages fluently. ________ Find a person who has been to 4 of 7 continents. ________ Find a person who has been inside the White House. (not on a tour) ________ Find a person who is an expert in a field you have never heard of. ________ Find a person who has played professional sports. ________ Find a person who owns or raises a really exotic animal. ________ Find a person who has seen a UFO. ________ Find a person who has sold a business. ________ Find a person who has mentored others in business.
Now I am not a pessimist, nonetheless, I wondered how far away we would come to finding answers to all these questions. But evidence of the incredible people who attend our meetings weekly, even with a half than normal size group, we found someone for every item above and many had multiple answers.
Needless to say, we were all surprised, inspired, and anxious to come back and meet even more amazing people at IBI Colorado.
Gale Connell President, CEO IBI Colorado Don't Just Dream It. Do It!
