Great Fun at Worcester Crown Plaza Business After Hours

I had a terrific time meeting new people, newly-made friends, and finding out about other people’s dreams for their businesses. It was held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Worcester where everything is top drawer. They even managed to bring incredible weather. I don’t really know how they did that…

I ran into Jimmie Ames from Bay State Savings Bank, newly crowned Ambassador of the Year for Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce (in my PDA, they are simply known as C9). Jim’s a great guy and responsible for signing me up for the Worcester Chamber. I met Julieane Frost of Frost Manufacturing, a company that’s been around for 115 years! We had a discussion about the many items she offers, so many that you will have to go to her website to see them all. We had a nice discussion about search engine strategies.

On the geek side (and there were many of us there!), self-proclaimed geek Trave Harmon of Triton Technologies gave a short lecture on the wonders of Bluetooth technology. After seeing his shirt and tie, I wished I had brought sunglasses. Nate Harris from New Perspective Web Solutions was introduced by my new friend Peter Caputa as someone who is very sharp. Chris Tankis from PC-Plus Technology Solutions and I had a nice little talk but he couldn’t do anything for me regarding the Red Sox/Yankees tickets drawing that night. Another new friend, Jo Erickson from Your Page Today, brought her enthusiasm to the event. She and I have already talked about future collaborations. With Jo there, not far away was Stephen Paulin from Strategic REmarketing. Stephen gave Steve Strella from The Alternative Board and me a demonstration of various auctioneering methods. Stephen does a lot of online auctions with incredible state-of-the-art software developed by his business partner. Steve Strella does great work with businesses who are starting up or in transition. He says his main purpose is to make the business owner’s vision synch up with what they do.

Other people I met are Larry Altobelli from Allatar Hardware and Software Solutions, Charlie Cary from Biomass Combustion Systems, and Tim Demski from Choice One Communications. It was fun talking with everybody and, as usual, stayed after the food and bar were taken away. The networking after the event is always fun, especially when someone like Rick Roberge is involved. If you’ve never met Rick or Peter Caputa, then come to the Art, Wine and Networking event on Tuesday, June 20 at 6 p.m. at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester. Peter tells me there are 200 people signed up to attend. KJ Baaron’s will be serving the wine and my friend, Amanda Graves from Amanda Cooks will be catering. Don’t miss it. I’ll see you there!