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Roadshow 2008

(December 17, 2007) This week, we are finalizing the Recruiting Roadshow schedule for 2008. The one certain date is the 27th of February in Las Vegas. I’ll be filling you in on that one shortly.The current confirmed cities for 2008 are:

  • Boston
  • New York
  • Minneapolis
  • Dallas
  • Silicon Valley

That means we’ll be picking four or five from the following candidates:

  • Houston
  • Phoenix
  • Indianapolis
  • Seattle
  • Los Angeles
  • San Diego
  • Washington, DC
  • Atlanta
  • Ft Lauderdale
  • Chicago
  • St Louis
  • San Antonio
  • Denver

If you are interested in organizing, hosting, helping, underwriting, sponsoring, please let me know (john at johnsumser.com).

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Fan Mail

It’s really delightful to get solid upbeat feedback after one of the Roadshows. This note comes from Jesse Zimmerman from Credera:

Super performance today! You guys were top notch experts at delivering a highly informative set of messages.The topics were incredibly appropriate and masterfully unpacked. You guys know how to put on a show!!

As I’ve shared with others, if I had to sum up today’s event, I would put it into these three words, “Not enough time”. It was so compelling that I completely lost track of time. Next thing I know, we’re done and I’m still salivating for more. My only suggestion for the future is that you make this a full day event. The message is so critical and the timing so perfect that it’s worth shutting down life for a full day to experience the Roadshow in it’s entirety.

Specific feedback to the points you made today: Your insight into the evolution of social demographics was a confirmation for me that our world as we’ve know it is coming to a close. Personally, I’ve experienced the ideological and iconic blessing bestowed upon great leaders such as Vince Lombardi and Jack Welch. And I’ve never felt more violated as a professional; however, as of late, I’ve felt the walls of control begin to lose their footing. And I’m now starting to see the ripple effect of young blood emerging into positions of leadership. What I experienced today in your message was a revealing truth that a new society is being developed and that young generations are on a mission to break down the bondage that is felt within the hierarchical infrastructure of big business as we know it today. From where I’m sitting, that’s a great thing. I’m a sold-out proponent of change that offers opportunities for healthier relationships and it seems like the message of transparency is “Step One” to getting us closer to more appropriate communication and behaviors.

Thanks for sharing today. This is my first encounter, and I was pleasantly impressed with thought and research that went into your presentation.

Looking forward to crossing paths again :-)

Thanks again and I can’t wait to implement these new tools into my daily operations.

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Social Networks in Plain English

A useful little crash course on social networks and some helpful context for John Sumser’s Recruiting Roadshow where we are “bringing physical community to social networks.”

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