Calendar of Events
May 21, 2012 5:30 PM • MOHAI, 2700 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112
May 21, 2012 5:30 PM • MOHAI, 2700 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112-2099
We hold multiple Small Group meetings every month. To see a summary of the dates and times for all upcoming Small Group meetings, please login to your member account and go to the Members-Only page, then click on the link to “Small Group Meeting details and contact information” on that page.
May 2012 Meeting
Watch short video interviews of Larry LaMotte discussing his TENS program, “Networking without a Net.”
The schedule for the May 21st TENS meeting will be different than our regular monthly dinner meetings. Instead of starting with networking time, we’re going to start with dinner and the program, followed by networking time. The reason we’re going to do this is that, during the program, Larry LaMotte and a cast of TENS members will demonstrate the “do’s” and “don’ts” of networking in a series of short, improvisational skits. It will be eye-opening, hilarious and very informative. Every attendee will have an opportunity to practice the networking skills that Larry will be demonstrating, during the networking time scheduled at the end of the program.
Over the last 7 years, Larry LaMotte has become an expert in networking by joining more than a dozen business networking organizations, not to get a new client or customer, but to learn more and to “raise his game.” After going every month to multiple networking events, joining the boards of 3 different networking organizations (including TENS), and studying books and newsletters about networking, Larry started “DUCK Biz Lunch” so that local Seattle alumni of the University of Oregon could network more productively. Over the last 3 years, Larry has experimented with many different ways to organize and run the DUCK Biz Lunch meetings to maximize the networking value for the participants. DUCK Biz Lunch has grown to monthly meetings with hundreds of members in 5 cities across the US: Seattle, Bellevue, Portland, San Francisco and Washington, DC.
Join us on May 21st for the networking event of the year!
21 May 2012 · 5:30 PM · MOHAI
TENS Stories
By Arnie Williams
As a member of TENS I appreciate the openness and willingness of the members to impart knowledge and experience to one another. My own story is a good example.
With an 18-year background in franchising, I am in a niche area of business which many people know very little about. Franchising encompasses over 120 different industries in 900,000 locations across the US, constitutes over $880 billion of the total US private sector economy directly and $2.3 trillion indirectly, and creates over 11 million US jobs.
At TENS meetings, I met a TENS member who has an international franchise background. When we talked, I learned about several differences in his franchising experience compared to mine, which has been focused here in the states. That discussion has expanded the range of ideas that I bring to new opportunities.
This is just one of many stories that are the result of the TENS organization’s welcoming and generous camaraderie. I have developed an entire new circle of business associates and personal relationships that I can turn to when needed. The rewards of participating in TENS last the length of our careers and beyond.
