REMINDER: Heart to Heart Reminder Feb 27th

REMINDER: Heart to Heart on Feb 27th View this email in your browser Heart to Heart Reminder February 27, 2017 Hi Monica, The EASTSIDE group is really struggling right now and we can't figure out why. Kristina and I had a great chat at the last meeting because we were the only two who showed up! We tried to brainstorm some ideas how to revitalize the group but it is really hard without your feedback. It seems attendance dropped when Canyon's shut down because up until that point we had a good momentum going. We had to find a new venue and we changed the day of the week the meetings are on so that was a double whammy. We can't change the day of the week if we are going to continue a 2x month format so w are going to try a new venue and see if that is the key. Read more below for details! Another idea that Kristina and I spoke about is that we can segment our emails so when we have an email that is only about the Eastside group, we can send it just to those people interested on the Eastside. The only way I can do this is if you update your subscription preferences. This cannot be changed when we send emails through the Meetup group. We would have to create a separate group for the Eastside chapter which creates more overhead and maintenance for us. ~Monica~ NORTHEND Feb 27th Meetup RSVP NORTHEND Mar 13th Meetup RSVP Amy Best-Morley Priced Right The First Time!   EASTSIDE Mar 7th Meetup RSVP EASTSIDE March 21st Meetup RSVP Sandee Palmquist with Gourmet Temptations Gift Baskets - Let us help you craft the perfect gift! MORE INFO & NEWS VENUE UPDATES NORTHEND The venue at Shawn O'Donnell's has some changes coming up in the new year. Starting in January, the cost for the buffet will now be $18 and that includes your meal, dessert, a non-alcoholic beverage, tax and tip. They also will no longer be able to accommodate us ordering off the regular menu unless it is a dietary necessity. We will now have a standard meal at every meeting which will be a salad bar with grilled chicken. You will be able to build your own meal and there will be a pasta salad, fruit salad and cookies as well. I had very good feedback from our last meeting so please let me know if this will be an issue for anyone moving forward. Please support our venue by purchasing the buffet when you attend! We had a suggestion offered at the meeting in December and that was to change the menu for the buffet every quarter and I decided that was a great idea. I will draw a name from one of the members who have paid their dues on Meetup and they will get to pick the dinner selection in March! You will have until Feb 28th to pay your dues and be entered into this drawing! EASTSIDE On March 7, we will be meeting at Café Veloce in Kirkland, just off of I-405 in Totem Lake. It is just off Totem Lake Boulevard, so hopefully will be very easy to come to. Italian food and wines -- so this should be fun. I know it is hard to go down 520, to get to the Family Pancake House sometimes in the evenings. http://www.cafeveloce.com/ 12514 120th AVE NE Kirkland, WA Phone : 425 814 2972 Round table discussion for the 7th:  Where do I want my business to be next month, in six months, and in a year.  What steps can I take to make it there, and how do I keep myself accountable? Sound like fun?  Absolutely!  Laughter, wine, wonderful women, and an amazing community of minds. Looking forward to seeing you there, MEMBER OF THE MONTH In order to utilize our website more, I have decided to offer a "Member of the Month" featured article. You provide me with an article about you and your business that we can publish on our website. You can use 500-1200 words, up to 5 images, and unlimited text links. Content is subject to approval. This is great for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and will remain on the site indefinitely. Your blog post will also be shared on Facebook and highlighted in our monthly newsletter as well. As an introductory offer, I will start this program for just $35!    Deborah Lobe - February Member of the Month Here are the current Members of the Month scheduled for the next few months: SEP: Monica with Anywhere But Here Travel OCT: Sandee with Gourmet Temptations Gift Baskets NOV: Kate with Northern Lights Life Coaching DEC: Laura with Key Oils JAN: Molly with Carefree Beauty Permanent Makeup FEB: Deborah Lobe, Makeup Artist & Stylist MAR: OPEN APR: OPEN MAY: OPEN Sign Up for the next Member of the Month! SAVE THE DATE - BUNCO ANNIVERSARY PARTY We just celebrated our 7th anniversary as Heart to Heart Networking and to celebrate, we are hosting a special networking meeting of brief introductions and then we will be playing bunco! We had a great response to last year's event that we decided to make it an annual event. You don't need to know how to play as we can teach you when you show up. It will be on a regularly scheduled NORTHEND meeting date of Monday May 8th @ 6:30pm. We will still have the buffet and I will select a member who has paid their dues dues by April 30th who can choose the menu for this event. There is no cost to attend other than the buffet dinner as usual. If a member attends who hasn't paid their yearly dues, there will be a $5 cost for this meeting. We will give out cash prizes and some other goodies so make sure to attend! RSVP for Bunco Anniversary Party! NORTHEND SPECIAL SPEAKER Our next speaker is Nikki Rausch The Sales Maven who will speak to us on Mar 13th, 2017 about "Buying Signals". I had an overwhelming response to extend the time we give our speakers and everyone wanted to hear more from Nikki. At our next speaker event, we will do brief 15-20 second commercials in order to give them more time to give their presentation! Coming up next is Linda Deppa with Uncluttered Professional Organizing on June 12, 2017. She does personal and business organizing plus families too. Please let us know what organizing topics you want to hear her speak about the most. Finally, our last speaker scheduled for this year is Morgan Oaks (aka Dr. Mo) with An Evolution in Chiropractic on Oct 23, 2017. He recently had a TedX talk about "Learning the Language of Dude" where he shared his life story and experiences and how it allowed him to listen more deeply to himself and the world around him. We are still working out the details of the exact subject of his presentation so stay tuned! Do you have someone to recommend or a topic that you want to hear about? Let us know!  ADVENTURE OUTINGS Kim and Stephanie have stepped up to lead a monthly H2H Adventure Outing where we plan to meet and spend $30-40 per person on a fun activity or event. Some ideas that we have been tossing around were karaoke, a mani/pedi day at the spa, wine tasting, solve a puzzle room, etc. Send your ideas of fun activities to do to Kim or Stephanie. We took an informal poll at one of our NORTHEND meetings about who is interested in taking a self-defense class. We had a lot of interest so let us know if this is something you are interested in as well. Our next door neighbors at Active Martial Arts (Monica's daughter takes classes there) would love to put something together for us so we are just waiting to hear when and how much it will cost. We will be a pilot program for them so we just have to wait for them to get an instructor set up to help us out. Would you like to take a self defense class? Please let us know if this is of interest to you and we will get you more information and schedule a class soon! SPOTLIGHT TABLES - NORTHEND To have a table, you must have attended a meeting within the last 3 months. You will get 7 minutes to present about your business and/or passion. The cost for a Spotlight Table is $25 or $10 if you are a PAID MEMBER. If you want to sign up for a table, you will have to go online and sign up for a table. Payment will be required within one week or your spot will be cancelled and opened up to someone else. Here is the schedule for the upcoming months:  2/27/17 - Nancy with PawTree and Sara with Kangen Water 3/13/17 - SPEAKER - NIKKI RAUSCH  3/27/17 - Suzy with BodyLife Imaging and Kathy with Nice & Bella Jewelry 4/10/17 - Laura Diekman with Send Out Cards and Laura Morrison with Key Oils 4/24/17 - OPEN and OPEN  Sign Up for Spotlight Table SPOTLIGHT TABLES - EASTSIDE We have our Eastside meetings every 1st & 3rd Tuesday. We meet at the Cafe Veloce in Kirkland and Kristina McCrady is leading that group. There are no Spotlight Tables until we get enough people attending each meeting. Right now, we have plenty of time to give everyone 2-3 minutes to talk about their business and have a roundtable discussion focused on a business topic. Make sure you attend and get the lowdown on everything she has planned. Monica, Your Travel Gal saves you time and money PLUS alleviating the stress and frustration of planning your next trip! Monica specializes in luxurious vacations, extravagant honeymoons, multi-generational trips, corporate incentive/reward travel and bucket list destinations. Remember to go online to LOOK ... But contact Monica to BOOK! 425-772-7819 ~ monica@goabhtravel.com Website Facebook Meetup Twitter Email Copyright © 2017 Monica, Your Travel Gal, All rights reserved. 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