The Carlsbad Chamber Sundowner Mixer will be next week, March 25th at the Bluwater Crossing. This will be our first time here. Come and meet other North San Diego Business owners.

The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce First Friday Breakfast is April 3rd and it’s a networking extravaganza! There won’t be a speaker, but instead, there will be plenty of networking.

Personally, I’m looking forward to this event. Normally the Carsbad Chamber breakfast draws 100+ North San Diego Business owners. I’m thinking this is going to be very well attended. You’ll be moving around tables, meeting 7 other new people during each rotation. The Carlsbad Chamber is known for it’s table networking. I guarantee you’ll be making connections at this breakfast.

Just to give you a sample of what a Carlsbad First Friday breakfast is like, this is a brief video clip of our March speaker, Matthew Payne, Matthew Payne Consulting.

The Carlsbad Chamber holds it’s First Friday Breakfast next Friday, November 7th at the Hilton Gardens Inn.

Discover The Power of Etiquette to Grow Your Business 

Learn what it takes to be charismatic and unforgettable in your industry, community and social circles by attending the Chamber’s First Friday Breakfast November 7th.

The featured speaker will be Phyllis Davis, who has been teaching American business etiquette to companies, government organizations and individuals for 33 years. In 2001, she founded the American Business Etiquette Trainers Association.

Davis is the bestselling author of “E2: Using the Power of Ethics and Etiquette in American Business.” She has been featured on “CNN Headline News,” “CNN Financial News,” “Bloomberg Financial Radio,” “Good Day New York” and “NBC Chicago.”

During the First Friday Breakfast, Davis will:

•Instruct men how to shake hands with women so that they like and trust them automatically and teach women how to shake hands with men to make them comfortable.

• Discuss the corporate hierarchy of who initiates the handshake and who receives it.

• Teach you the nonverbal components of a sincere handshake that creates a strong unconscious, yet human connection.

• Educate you about how to give a business card to someone and how to receive a business card. Like the handshake, the business card also is based on hierarchy and follows certain guidelines during networking situations and business settings.

• Demonstrate the art of making small talk that reveals your character, so people will like and trust you, without revealing private information about yourself.

First Friday Breakfast is the Chamber’s premiere networking and business promotional event, and one of the most regularly attended monthly programs. The breakfast will be from 7 to 9 a.m. Nov. 7 at Hilton Garden Inn, 6450 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad, 92008.

On Wednesday, August 21st The Lund Team will host the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Sundowner at their facilities located at 6114 Innovation Way in Carlsbad’s Bressi Ranch.

During the luau, the tropical artwork of renowned local artist Wade Koniakowsky will be on display for everyone’s enjoyment. Attendees are encouraged to dress in Hawaiian attire.

Enjoy a margarita and Hawaiian music while making future business connections at the chamber’s Sundowner. The event will be sure to please with plenty of food, drinks, raffle prizes and lots of networking!

Admission is $5 for chamber members and $15 for prospective members. The chamber would like to thank those companies that donated raffle prizes for the July Sundowner at the La Costa Resort and Spa.

Oh yeah, I’ll be there….as always, look for the hat and make sure I take your picture so I can share the link love with your website and your business.