HTG Summit 2009

This week over 400 people will come to Dallas to the Omni Mandalay for the Q2 meetings of HTG. All 19 of our groups are meeting this week. All our vendor sponsors will be here to engage with us. We have a keynote address from Bob Burg on Tuesday. Wednesday is filled with 18 breakout sessions featuring the best and brightest from within the HTG ranks as well as the industry as a whole. It is going to be a great week!

Today the core focus of HTG is in full swing. We have 11 peer groups meeting in their own communities tackling the problems that each face. That is the real key to HTG - a community of 12 companies focused on helping each other reach their goals and take their business to the next level. It is powerful stuff. Those goals may be growing their business, overcoming a challenge, tackling a life issue - it doesn't really matter what it is - the groups dive in and help one another. The value is in helping each other achieve and execute. As that happens, good things happen to all. It is the Go Giver in action.

Part of the focus for HTG is also beyond business. It is about life. This morning (like each morning this week), we began our day with over 30 attendees gathered for morning devotions in the Presidential Suite on the 28th floor at 6:30 AM. That is execution in full swing. We had a weekend prayer vigil coordinated by one of our HTG members where 48 people prayed for 30 minutes each to ask for God's blessing over this week of activities. There will be many other life interactions this week - some spiritual in nature - others around family, marriages and people - but all about relationship. That is really the bottom line for HTG. It is about the relationships we have. At work, home, play, spiritually - life boils down to relationships. We all need to focus on taking care of them whether they are with a customer, employee, spouse, child, banker, lawyer or God Himself - relationships matter and do create the outcome of our life. How are your relationships going? What score would those you are in a relationship with give you?

Check out this Go Giver Discussion

Today Stuart Crawford hosted Bob Burg, co-author of The Go Giver, and myself discussing the book and upcoming HTG Summit. Bob will keynote our event on Tuesday April 21 in Dallas as part of our Q2 events. Check out the recording at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/smb/va/2009/03/18/the-go-giver-with-bob-burg.

HTG also announced today our Go Giver Economic Stimulus offer for the HTG Summit. If you haven't seen the details and gotten registered - check the newsletter that came out earlier today. Your HTG contact has it in their inbox.

Make sure to listen to the recording, find your Go Giver book, and bring it to the Summit so Bob can autograph it after the keynote. I look forward to greating each of you there!

Upcoming HTG Summit Talk Show Featuring Bob Burg

On March 18th at 11AM Eastern, Stuart Crawford and myself will be joined on Blogtalk radio by Bob Burg, author of "The Go Giver" and more importantly to many of us - the keynote speaker for our upcoming HTG Summit meeting in Dallas on April 21. The current schedule is at http://www.htgmembers.com/HTGSummit09/Agenda.htm. Bob is a gifted communicator and will be with us to discuss our upcoming event and help us set the stage for a fantastic three days in Dallas in a few weeks. This is a call in program and you can join us that day at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/smb/2009/03/18/The-Go-Giver-with-Bob-Burg. And do not forget, if you want to call in live and speak with us, be sure to dial 646-716-8372. You will be placed into the caller queue where you will still be able to hear the show while you are on hold and then have a chance to speak with Bob directly.

For a little background, here are some facts about Bob Burg. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous sales organizations. Bob has shared the platform with speaking legends, celebrities and business leaders, and even a former U.S. President.

He is best-known for his book “Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales” which has thus far sold well over 175,000 copies and is still going strong.

His newest book (co-authored with John David Mann), is entitled, “The Go-Giver.” A business parable that both touches hearts and build bigger bank accounts, it shot to number 6 on the Wall Street Journal Business Bestsellers list just three weeks after its release and then hit number 9 on the BusinessWeek Bestsellers list. It has also become Bob’s fourth book to hit the 100,000 mark in sales. This book is about more than just succeeding in business; it’s about succeeding in life.

Bob is a staunch advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Safe Harbor, the Humane Society of Jupiter, Florida.

He has been a good friend and supporter of HTG and all that we are doing. He understands business and wants to help us grow and achieve our goals. Join us for our call, and plan now to be in Dallas to hear him live and on stage. He will sign books following his keynote, so bring your copy along and take advantage of that as well.