No one creates jobs in a vacuum

It's too hard to breathe in a vacuum.  View this email in your browser   Howdy No one creates jobs in a vacuum.  They need to connect to customers.  They need to connect to people at suppliers and service providers. They need to connect to people who help them think of the new ideas that generate new value that create more demand that lead to new jobs.  They need to connect to people who can fill those jobs.  Innovation isn't about a lone inventor sitting in a lab somewhere. Innovation is about two or three people putting together pieces of seemingly unrelated ideas to generate a new idea. Innovation works best when people connect with people outside their usual network, people who aren't exactly like them.  Your town has different kinds of people. You have different businesses. You have people with differing ideas.  When you bring them together and help them connect, you're spurring innovation and generating future jobs.  How can you do that, when you're already overwhelmed with too many things to do? Add more deliberate networking to things you're already doing.  Do you hold a business fair? Add networking. Have a conference or workshop? Add networking. And acknowledge that what you're doing is not just about people talking to each other. It's about creating new jobs.  If you want more detail on how to add networking and how to make it worth everyone's time, Deb Brown and I will be focused on this in our webinar on Rural Jobs Creation Strategies. The live event is April 20, at 6pm Central time (convert to other time zones here). It will be recorded. It costs $20.  You can invite friends. In fact, we hope you do. We want you to do some networking and relationship building. You can hold several viewings of the replay, any time in the two weeks between April 21 and May 5, as long as you are personally present for each of them.  Register now Not ready to register? Hit reply and ask me your questions.      Keep shaping the future of your town,  Becky PS - Last minute notice! You've seen the news about WalMart closing stores and seeing a decrease in revenue. Tonight at 7pm Central time, I'll be talking with Tom Shay about how small biz can take advantage of WalMart's stumbles. Join us live online here, or catch the replay here.        Like this idea? Boldly share:  Share Tweet Share +1 Forward to Friend  Unsubscribe New email address? Go here to update your profile. Want to refer a friend to get these weekly emails? Send them to sign up here. You received this email because you signed up for our email newsletter at one of our websites. (We are Becky McCray and Deb Brown, and our sites are smallbizsurvival.com, beckymccray.com, needalittleadvice.com and saveyour.town) You get the regular newsletter and notices when we offer products and services to help you shape the future of your town. SaveYour.Town PO Box 8 Hopeton, OK 73746 Add us to your address book   Powered by MailChimp   Did someone forward this to you? Sign up to get your own.