Event Outcome Optimization: Creative Beginnings

May is Creative Beginnings Month. Creative projects fuel our spirit and provide energy for other endeavors.

With that in mind, I am pleased to announce my new podcast: Taste Buds with Deb. These are bite-sized conversations about food, cooking, and community. The podcast launches on May 3. Listen to the trailer on iTunes or your favorite podcast platform. And please subscribe. Read the backstory.

Goal of the Month

In the spirit of Creative Beginnings Month, start a new creative project that highlights your professional expertise. It could be a blog series, a podcast, or videos.

Today's Tip

When was the last time you looked at your shoebox of business cards? You know the one; it contains every contact you made at recent - or not so recent - events. Go through it. Send a note or LinkedIn connection request to anyone you actually remember meeting. Then, toss the rest. You will have cleared out some space, while reconnecting with those who made an impression. You never know where those connections may lead.

Resource

Kris Blackmon interviewed me for channelWise about How to Set Yourself Up for Event Success. Watch the video.

Bonus Resource

I am a huge fan of Innovation Women and founder Bobbie Carlton . Innovation Women is a self-service speakers' platform with a mission to provide equal visibility opportunities for women. It offers resources for education, places for promotion, and ways to make speaker friends through regular Friday Zooms.

In honor of its 8th birthday, Innovation Women is offering a huge discount.

1. Go to InnovationWomen.com
2. Click to Join.
3. Use the discount code?"FRIEND2023" and get your first year for ONLY $48. (That's more than half-off. Note: Offer expires May 1 at 9pm PT)
4. Just select "Referral" from the sign-up dropdown menu and include my name?(Debra Eckerling) in the referral box.
5. Enjoy making new friends, while elevating your speaker skills and visibility.

On the Latest Episodes of The DEB Show

April was full of fun and insightful conversations:

• Nourishment with?Natasha Feldman?Michal Levison,?and?Nicky Pitman
• Lights, Camera, Action with?Tiffany Byrd Harrison,?Dylan Kenin, and?Louise Palanker
• Kindness with?Elise Marie Collins,?Matthew J. (Matt) Goldberg, and?Elizabeth McCumber
• Speaker Fails with?Bobbie Carlton,?John Chen, and?Robbie Samuels

Upcoming Topics

• May 1 -?Marketing with Jennifer Ballard, MBA , Winnona Gaviglio , and April Woodcock
• May 8 -?Boundaries with Lisa Danforth , Jess Dewell , and Pam Drzewiecki
• May 15 -?Storytelling with Jason Falls , Peter Markel , and Christy Smallwood
• May 22 -?The Business of Woo with Christy Maxfield, MBA, CEPA Cliff Ravenscraft , and Annie P. Ruggles

#GoalChatLive?broadcasts on Mondays at 4pm PT and?The DEB Show?podcast episodes are released on Thursdays.?

Read all the recaps. You can subscribe to?The DEB Show, which is on the Marketing Podcast Network ,?on?Apple,?Amazon Music, or your favorite podcast platform.

Upcoming Events

May 17: I am presenting a workshop on Setting Summer Writing Goals for oksana marafioti 's LoungeWriters. Get details and register.

June 14: If you'd like to be a guest on GoalChatLive aka The DEB Show podcast, join my next Meet & Greet.?RSVP on Zoom.

It's Always Goal Season

Do you lead an organization, business, or book club? Are you planning a conference? Would love to talk to your group about goal-setting simplified, pre-event planning, or keeping your employees engaged and productive.?I offer team-building workshops, motivational minis, and individual consulting.?Contact me?to learn more.

About Me

A goal strategist, specializing in?Event Outcome Optimization, I help individuals and teams come away from events with the resources, skills, and relationships they need to benefit their businesses. The award-winning author of?Your Goal Guide?and creator of?the?D*E*B METHOD? system of goal-setting simplified, I have spoken on stages for TEDx, DWEN, VON3, Engaging Virtual Meetings Conference, Innovation Women, SCORE LA, and more. I am the host of the?#GoalChatLive?show, as well as the The DEB Show?and Taste Buds with Deb podcasts.