Chris Wilson showcased all the art he had created for his band Endoxi. Stickers, Cd's, banners, cards, T-Shirts & tank tops. Also, he passed out some copies of Endoxi's 'New Blood, Old Soul' CD. This was a great way to experience both sides of Chris' artistic world.

Mike warmed us up with a partner's stretching exercise where we paired up and took turns gently pulling each other arms back to open the chest muscle and get the blood flowing.

Unfortunately, our chapter lost it's most eligible bachelor last week.  Fortunately, we look forward to Mike Deibler's return after his and Emily's wedding and honey moon.  We sent him off on his honey moon with a wedding gift and our best wishes.

We had 2 special guests this week.

• Kris Thompson, a business coach & our guest speaker
• and our 1st Celebrity guest, NBC's former news anchor Bill Menish

Bill is currently using his quick speaking skills as a Real Estate Auctioneer, there is a very fun video of the 'Bill Menish experience' on his website - here. Bill took us through an auctioneer 101 warm up. He called out 10 or so short tounge twisters like 'bitty betty bitter batter' and had us repeat them, then he showed how a real auctioneer does it, saying all them contiguously and a blazing speed. It was quite impressive!

Referral Roundtable : This week was our monthly roundtable, and we had a special guest speaker Kris Thomspon from the coaching firm of Eric Lofholm International. Kris embodied so much of what we strive for in letip. He spoke of the importance of spefic details when requesting a referals and leads. He drew the comparison of typing in 'car' in google verses typing in 'convette'. Too often we generalize what we ask for and making it harder for other to help us, because there's too many things that match. To help other help you, you need to prioritize what you are looking for and ask for that spefic lead. For example, I should not ask for people looking for a graphic artist, but instead ask for people looking for a logo.  When you focus your requests, you'll find more leads.

As always, august is a slow month with many of you on vacation. I hope you are enjoying your summer, and look forward to seeing the full group this fall.

Chris Wilson