Invited back to present to the Southlake Healthcare Support Group, a healthcare networking group

1. By Les Swanson August 19, 2010 Southlake Healthcare Support Group:The Rest of the Story

2. Agenda 1) The Beginning 2) Where Are They Today 3) Vision 4) What I Learned (So Far) 5) What Are You Learning

3. In the Beginning August 20th – First trip, Orientation August 27th – Second trip September 3 – in Atlanta on vacation September 10 – Met Gary, lead health care people to back of the room. Fry, Nichols, Burge, Boylan, Larkin, Ferkin, Sheets, Niemtschk, Savard, Pannell, Talbert, Buck, Kieber September 17 – meeting at Corner Bakery September- 28 - Jeff Pannell announces Stacy site

4. First Stacy Furniture October 1 included Boylan, Burge, Coleman, Ferkin, Holmes, Loepp, McCallum, Niemtschk, Pannell, Savard, Schnitzius, Schuster, Stanley, Stillman, Swanson, Wall Total of 16 at the meeting

5. Where Are They Today The September 17th Roster 29 Members 20 Are Working Today Handout with List Based on LinkedIN Search This Week Attempted To Contact the Unknowns

6. Vision Healthcare Veterans Networking and Learning Advantages of Focusing on Our World We Know People, Doesn’t Matter What We Did Driven to be DIFFERENT Conversational Networking style Recorded and Posted (LinkedIN / Yahoo) Meetings One on One Self Educating, Supplemented by Speakers

7. What I Learned (So Far) 1) It’s About People First 2) Network Like There is No Tomorrow 3) Pick Your Spots Carefully 4) Spend Time With Employed People Professional Associations (HIMSS, ACHE) 5) Digital Foot Print and Personal Branding 6) Identify Speakers and Programs 7) ORGANIZE Yourself 8) Read, Exercise, Eat Better

8. Learning Never Ends Challenge Yourself School, Present, Volunteer, Do NEW Things Book Reports, Whatever – But PRESENT ID Yourself - StrengthFinders, Myers-Briggs Doug Anderson’s list of Books to Read LinkedINReading List (Yourself, Follow Others) Sharpen Yourself as a SME in What You Choose

9. What INeed to ImproveAt 1) Making Time to Apply for Jobs 2) Focal Point on What Am I I want to do some of a lot of things 3) Phone Calls Even after the Call Reluctance Course 4) Prioritizing As Well As I Should 5) Doing Research on Companies

10. What Are You Learning 1) Groups You Attend and Like (or Not) 2) Favorite Speakers? 3) Identify Your Gaps and Work on Them 4) What Else?

11. Action Steps 1) Schedule Internal Presenters 2) Create a Charter 3) Formalize Leadership 4) Create a New Different 5) Resolve to Publish to LinkedIN

12. A Successful First Year But So Much More To Do Glad You Are Here Today THANK YOU