Placer County, CA Lunch Connect Meeting In Person May 23rd (4th Friday! 11:30-1:30 PDT)

Our Monthly Lunch & Business Connection Meetings: 3rd Friday, (this one however is on the 4th Friday due to a Regional Polka Dot Event the week prior) from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm.

Arrive by 11:15 to connect with members, grab a nametag, seat and place your lunch order.

It's held at Casa del Lago Mexican Restaurant at 8570 Auburn Folsom Rd., Granite Bay, CA 95746 (on the corner at Douglas). No fee to attend as a member or guest (one time only), but please support our venue by buying your own lunch and drink. Menu items range from $16-22 + drink, + tax and gratuity.

We provide a table for marketing materials, guests and members are welcome to bring one item to place on the table plus business cards to showcase your offerings and business. 

Please attempt to always be on time and try not to leave early if possible or you might miss part of our meeting/agenda and connection opportunities. We are excited to get to know you! If you register but can no longer attend, please let Katrina know so we can cancel your registration as there are limited seats at our meetings and we want to open it up for others.

Our Meeting Agenda:

1. Welcome guests, and New & Renewing Members
2. Introductions (depends on how many in the room, but we will usually have 60 seconds each) – Everyone will share who you are, what you do for business/work in one sentence, why you’re here or how long you’ve been a member if you’re a member. There is time for sharing more about what you sell/offer later in the agenda. If you do not have a business, share what you're passionate about.
3. Celebrations – Everyone shares something they're celebrating, personal or professional. 
4. Inspire Award – To keep the celebrations going, we award our Inspire Award to a different DOT sister each month!
5. Collaborations and Connects – We ask members to share your recent DOT sister collaborations or connects you have had both locally & globally. Share what about the other person you loved, how the connect supported you, etc.
6. Speaker (20 min, Topics vary each month) 
7. New Events, Products, Services &/or Passions or Asks - What New Events/Products/Services/Passions do you have going on in your business, or life? You can share briefly things you’re excited about, plus you can make offers, or share invitations to events, etc. (Please try to keep to 1-2 min max) But no passing of materials during the meeting. If people are interested, they will approach you afterwards and/or ask to do a “Connect” with you. You may however put any flyers, cards, etc. on the “marketing table”. If you don’t have a business, share what you’re passionate about, some hobbies and other fun details about yourself! *If you have an ASK, something you need, this is the place to also ask here.
8. Connect Slip Drawing - We fill in and collect 1:1 connect slips during the meetings every month so you can listen and choose who you’d like to set up a call or coffee with to get to know better. Winners can meet in person with coffee on us as a gift.

May Speaker: Ilana Schwartz