Even though, we basically live in “vacation” weather all year round, when June, July and August roll around, we can’t help thinking of summer as Vacation Time. Sometimes making even the slightest progress these sultry days can seem like rolling a really large boulder up an equally steep hill. First you try to schedule that important meeting — next to impossible when all the key players are on vacation. Then you can’t quite finalize that pitch deck when there’s no one to sign off on it. What’s a body to do? Well, that’s when I choose to dust myself off and find who’s left behind.
Several years ago (on these very pages), I noted how Carol tends to push the envelope and use really big words around me. (In the early years of our marriage, I tried to look them up in the dictionary, relying on Webster’s to communicate with my wife! But after 51 years of marriage, my blank stare usually elicits a basic definition from her.) Anyway, that day the particular word she used to describe me was “ubiquitous” – because I try to be everywhere, meet everyone AND anyone, and I’m always trying to figure out ways to link all these folks together into one big NETWORK! Just consider me “Tinder” for the healthcare industry. You never know when that cup of coffee can turn into business down the road.
And to get you in the spirit (and out of your pjs), our COVID-stalled South Florida Healthcare Networking Group is back in action and face to face! By the time you read this, we’ll have had our first in-person meeting on June 30th at Wellington Regional Medical Center. We quickly filled our limit of all 30 attendee spots, so it’s never too early to send in your registration form for our next in-person meeting in July at The Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. (This meeting on Friday, July 22, also will be limited to the first 30 registrants.)
Unfamiliar with our SFHNG Networking Group … no problem. We’re basically like 22nd century speed-dating. No compulsory membership fees or big speeches. We just get together, introduce ourselves, and of course, eat. To receive information about our July and future meetings, email me at Charles@southfloridahospitalnews.com. But as I said earlier, it’s not the more the merrier anymore. Our registration is limited to the first 30 paid reservations … no exceptions.
And if you think it’s too hard to get up that morning … think about the food!
You can reach Charles Felix at Charles@southfloridahospitalnews.com
