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Before Your Event

Board Preparation

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Weeks/Days Before:

  • Buy table/tickets and invite guests
  • Follow up with your guests
  • Prepare your story
  • Plan conversation starters
  • Practice elevator pitch & current info

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Why are we all here?

Make money

Share vision/mission

Feel good!

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Your Story

Self

Us

Now

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Connect

What brings you?

Have you come before?

What are you looking forward to?

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Avoid...

Small talk

Sports/weather

Business/personal

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Connect

Get names

Advancement

Organization or Business

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Be in the Know

Organization elevator pitch

We help X with Y by Z

Past, current, future

Inspiration

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Inspire

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Tonight, remember:

One shot!

Time

Money

Energy

Expertise

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Call to Action!

  1. Prepare your story
  2. Plan your conversation-starters
  3. Download and practice your organization’s elevator-pitch and current-information

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You’re almost there!

It’s going to be a great night!