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Whole Lotta Handshaking Going On!

September 3, 2008

Last Wednesday the Yahoo Group called LinkedIn Cincinnati held their first meeting at the Sharonville Convention Center.  250 business professionals signed up to attend this evening affair that included a silent auction to benefit two of the members (Amybeth Hale & Jennifer McClure) who are responsible for raising 100% of the cost of their trips to South Africa ($6,000) in November 2008 to build homes, plant gardens, and share business expertise and resources with the South African people.  I’m happy to say that my timeshare donation brought in $400

I had volunteered to work at the registration table and its a good thing I did.  Attendees came in droves at one point and even with 4 of us working the table it seemed like the line would never end.

The whole purpose of the event was to network and meet like-minded professionals.  Did I accomplish that? Not as much as I would have liked to but I made a few very meaningful connections and already met with a new acquaintance for coffee this week.  In my opinion, that is what networking is all about.  I don’t want to have 100 business cards in my pocket, but meeting 2-3 people that share my interests in business or other suits me just fine.

I hope they’ll have speakers at their next event and maybe some other type of activity that helps get the conversation flowing.

In the meantime, LinkedIn Dayton is having a meeting on September 12th with John Husted, Speaker of the Ohio House presenting.  Looking forward to it!

Written by JacintaSpinola · Filed Under LUCRUM News 

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2 Responses to “Whole Lotta Handshaking Going On!”

  1. davidebowman on September 3rd, 2008 2:17 pm

    It is great to see these social networking groups getting together in the physical world. I could not make it to the LinkedIn Cincinnati Event due to scheduling conflicts, but from all accounts it went well. I have been to some of the LinkedIn Dayton Events and I can say that they have been excellent. I hope that I will be able to attend the next Cincinnati function.

  2. Andy Erickson on September 4th, 2008 12:34 pm

    Yeah, the LinkedCincinnati LIVE event did a great job bringing us all together again. I was surprised at just how many people I knew there, and was also glad to make a few new connections. I’m looking forward to the next one!

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