Speaker Travels

I had the opportunity last week to experience a small sample of the life of a speaker. I traveled to Dallas to see the speakers I booked to Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union. I love having the opportunity to visit with clients face-to-face and enjoy speakers LIVE! The event was an economic forum, so the speakers I had the opportunity to view included: Matthew Slaughter, Associate Dean of the MBA Program and the Signal Companies' Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth; Kathleen Cooper from SMU and just recently a first time grandmother; Marci Rossell the most energetic and bubbly economist I have ever seen; and Don Reynolds who I actually had to miss, but I heard was also excellent. It was such a great opportunity to see the world through 3 different economists eyes. What I took away from all the speeches is that there is hope for an economic recovery and one of our top priorities must be to fix our unemployement rate.

The next stop in my travles was sunny Florida. I headed to the Boca Raton Regional Hospital's annual Go Pink Luncheon. The keynote speaker this year was Fran Drescher who talked about her fight with cancer as well as the importance of early detection. This client puts on an amazing event every year and this year was no exception. Just in case you are wondering, Fran sounds just like she does on TV, just not as dramatic. I had the opportunity of chatting with her parents who came down for the luncheon from their home in Florida and her mom sounds just like her! Her parents were just the sweetest and her Dad was about to celebrate his 81st birthday the next day. They were a wonderful family. Her parents are so proud of her and the joy radiates off their faces. Several members from Fran's family attended the luncheon and cheered her on-it was great to see such wondeful support. Fran was a huge draw and sold the event out almost immediately.

After the luncheon I clicked my ruby red slippers together and landed back in Kansas (wish it had been that easy- I had a layover in Memphis where I had the opportunity to listen to an Elvis impersonator during my wait haha). It was a whirlwind of a week, but a great opportunity to visit with some great minds and great people!