Red Hot Networking Beverly Hills Style With Alex Mandossian
By: Lisa Manyon www.writeoncreative.com
This past week and one half has been a whirlwind of learning, laughing, networking and fleeing the California fires.
What started as a Red Hot weekend with Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero, segued into a California State of Emergency. Of course, the two are completely separate events, connected only by coincidence.
I landed in California ready to learn and network (two of my favorite things). Traveling for business purposes but also looking forward to some R and R in Lake Arrowhead once business was complete.
Lisa Manyon & Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero
True to form Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero’s one day intensive Insider Copywriting Formula Workshop was power packed. Seasoned copywriters (namely Lo’s Gold Mentees) brushed up on refreshers while those new to the Red Hot Copy formula soaked up the information. Lorrie attracts quality people and it was fun to connect with Patsi Krakoff of The Blog Squad and Francine Allaire founder of The Daring.
Me with LouAnn Savage and Patsi Krakoff
On day two the Red Hot retreat for the Gold Copywriting program members took place. Our feet were held to the fire on hot seats where, completely vulnerable, we dissected our businesses to create immediate action plans for growth. Ahhh… the beauty of like-minded mastermind groups. I cannot wait to see where everyone is in six months.
Saturday night the Gold group bonded further by heading to a Beverly Hills Mansion Mixer where Alex Mandossian led an interactive networking exercise. The mission – in five minutes – connect with five people and ask five questions.
Rich Rogala, Lorrie, Alex Mandossian and me
- Who are you?
- What do you do?
- Where are you from?
- Why are here?
- Who do you want to connect with?
Acoustics were a bit of a challenge in the Beverly Hills digs but it was nice to have a networking template. The ultimate goal to help each other connect with the person we most want to connect with. I’ll keep you posted on the progress (I’ve already heard from several of the connections I made there).
On Monday morning I received a telephone call on my cell informing me of evacuation status. I was in Lake Arrowhead - an area in California that was really impacted by the fires. Thank goodness for technology because the electricity was out my cell phone was our only line to civilization. Needless to say my stay in California was cut short. While I am grateful to be home in Idaho, my heart goes out to all who were so tragically changed by the fires.
Evacuation view from Lake Arrowhead
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