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DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday from 7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. for Busi
 ness Networking with Rotarians and not-yet Rotarians in Wayland (change of
  venue).  Address: Community Room at the Wayland Police Department\, 38 C
 ochituate Rd\, Wayland\, MA 01778   Come and network with other Business
  Professionals from across the region. Current and "not-yet" members of Ro
 tary Clubs in and near District 7910 are welcome.  Let us know you’re c
 oming by registering (required) and then chip in $5 for coffee and snacks 
 by Venmo to @john-marchiony\, or please bring a $5 bill.  Agenda:  7:30 
 - 8:00 am: Arrive\, unstructured networking\, reconnect - pre-meeting chi
 t-chat for early arrivals (and coffee!) 8:00 am:  Seating\, welcome\, in
 troductions.  8:05 am: Business introductions ("commercial\," "elevator/
 escalator pitch" or personal statement). 8:30 am: Rotary Mastermind sessi
 on. There's a ton of business experience around the table\, so the gathere
 d group can be your "Business Advisory Board." This month\, we'll explore 
 the intersection and overlap of business and service\, acknowledging that 
 "service" has many meanings. One relates to the service of our veterans wh
 ose contributions are recognized on November 11th.  In recent months\, th
 e group has taken on these questions:  • What do we actually "do" to "b
 uild business relationships"?  • What have you learned from a memorable
  business "failure?" • How do I get started in my brand new business? Wh
 at should I do first\, and second? • How do I correct a prospect's misco
 nception about what I do?  • How do I make networking and referral par
 tnerships more productive? • What's the right balance of talking and lis
 tening in business development and sales conversations?  Your assignment:
  Come with one question for the group! 8:45 am: Discussion wrap-up and su
 mmaries\; Key take-aways.  NOTE: If you are on Alignable\, you can RSVP f
 or this event there\, too\, and earn connection credits to others. Here's 
 the link to the Alignable version of this event. Feel free to register her
 e\, there\, or both.    
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LOCATION:Community Room at the Wayland Police Department
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SUMMARY:Business Networking Breakfast (In-person)
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong><span style="font-size:16px\;"><spa
 n style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">Please join us
  on Tuesday from</span></span></strong><strong style="font-family: &quot\;
 trebuchet ms&quot\;\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">&nbsp\;7
 :45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.&nbsp\;</strong><strong><span style="font-size:16px\;"
 ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">for Busin
 ess Networking with Rotarians and not-yet Rotarians in Wayland (<span styl
 e="background-color:#FFFF00\;">change of venue</span>).&nbsp\;</span></spa
 n></strong></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sa
 ns-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Address: Community Room at the 
 Wayland Police Department\, 38 Cochituate Rd\, Wayland\, MA 01778&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helve
 tica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Come and network with o
 ther Business Professionals from across the region. Current and &quot\;not
 -yet&quot\; members of Rotary Clubs in and near District 7910 are welcome.
 &nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style
 ="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">Let us know you&rsquo
 \;re coming by registering (required) and then chip in $5 for coffee and s
 nacks by Venmo to @john-marchiony\, or please bring a $5 bill.</span>&nbsp
 \;</span></p>\n\n<p><strong style="font-family: &quot\;trebuchet ms&quot\;
 \, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">Agenda:</strong>&nbsp\;</p>
 \n\n<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet m
 s\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><strong>7:30 - 8:00 am:</strong>&nbsp\;Arrive\
 , unstructured networking\, reconnect - pre-meeting chit-chat for early ar
 rivals (and coffee!)</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:16px\;
 "><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><strong>
 8:00 am:</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Seating\, w</span></span><span style="font-
 family: &quot\;trebuchet ms&quot\;\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 1
 6px\;">elcome\, introductions.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-s
 ize:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;
 "><strong>8:05 am:&nbsp\;</strong>Business introductions (&quot\;commercia
 l\,&quot\; &quot\;elevator/escalator pitch&quot\; or personal statement).<
 /span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-f
 amily:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><strong>8:30 am:</strong>&nbs
 p\;Rotary Mastermind session. </span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-s
 ize:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;
 ">There&#39\;s a ton of business experience around the table\, so the gath
 ered group can be your &quot\;Business Advisory Board.&quot\;</span></span
 ></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;
 "><span style="font-size:16px\;">This month\, we&#39\;ll explore the inter
 section and overlap of business and service\, acknowledging that &quot\;se
 rvice&quot\; has many meanings. One relates to the service of our veterans
  whose contributions are recognized on November 11th.&nbsp\;</span></span>
 </p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuch
 et ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">In recent months\, the group has taken on 
 these questions:&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-left:47.5pt\
 ;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,h
 elvetica\,sans-serif\;">&bull\; <span style="color: rgb(45\, 48\, 53)\;">W
 hat do we actually &quot\;do&quot\; to &quot\;build business relationships
 &quot\;?&nbsp\;</span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-left:47.5pt\;
 "><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,he
 lvetica\,sans-serif\;">&bull\; What have you learned from a memorable busi
 ness &quot\;failure?&quot\; </span></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-left:47
 .5pt\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet 
 ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">&bull\; How do I get started in my brand new 
 business? What should I do first\, and second?</span></span></p>\n\n<p sty
 le="margin-left:47.5pt\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font
 -family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">&bull\; How do I correct a 
 prospect&#39\;s misconception about what I do?&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n\
 n<p style="margin-left:47.5pt\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span styl
 e="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">&bull\;&nbsp\;</span
 ></span><span style="font-family: &quot\;trebuchet ms&quot\;\, helvetica\,
  sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">How do I make networking and referral par
 tnerships more productive?</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-left:47.5pt\;"><
 span style="font-family: &quot\;trebuchet ms&quot\;\, helvetica\, sans-ser
 if\; font-size: 16px\;">&bull\; What&#39\;s the right balance of talking a
 nd listening in business development and sales conversations?&nbsp\;</span
 ></p>\n\n<p style="margin-left:47.5pt\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;
 trebuchet ms&quot\;\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><strong>
 Your assignm</strong></span><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="fo
 nt-family: &quot\;trebuchet ms&quot\;\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><strong>
 ent: Come with one question for the group!</strong></span></span></p>\n\n<
 p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,he
 lvetica\,sans-serif\;"><strong>8:45 am:</strong>&nbsp\;Discussion wrap-up 
 and summaries\; Key take-aways.&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style
 ="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms\,helvetica\,sans
 -serif\;"><strong>NOTE: </strong>If you are on Alignable\, you can RSVP fo
 r this event there\, too\, and earn connection credits to others. Here&#39
 \;s the link to the <a href="https://www.alignable.com/groups/alignable-al
 liance-of-metrowest-boston-ma/events/business-networking-breakfast-oct-202
 5?_faid=16503%3Fshow_all_groups%3Dtrue"><u><strong>Alignable version of th
 is event. </strong></u></a>Feel free to register here\, there\, or both.&n
 bsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 
 0px 10.5px\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Georgia\, &quot\;Time
 s New Roman&quot\;\, Times\, serif\; font-size: 15px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n
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