Meeting Wrap-Up May 15, 2009

Our IRN Sign.

Mary Ann Hatfield does a great job of displaying her products.

Matt from New Look Upholstery & Embroidery gave a great program.

Mary Ann from Visalus giving her 30 sec commercail

Meeting Wrap-Up May 8, 2009

WE HAD 17 PEOPLE AT OUR MEETING TODAY!

13 MEMBERS

2 MEMBERS WAITING TO BE APPROVED

(Kail Shoope - Key Bank, Mary Ann Hatfield - Visalus)

1 NEW GUEST

(Carol Gibson - Mary Ann's Sister!)

AND

JAN BECK -Tre Sorelle Cioccolato!

It was very exciting to have a full house. Our chapter is growing and we all need to be very proud of that! Many thanks go out to everyone who has brought a guest and have made a guest feel at home.

(Archive Photo)

Today's speaker was Julie Eckloff of Remax Quality Realty. Julie started her talk by asking all of us to share stories of buying our homes or of home ownership. We heard stories about the value of a Home Inspection, to taking caution if your air conditioner unit is above the ceiling, to never leave an open drink around Scott Bailey when you’re in a crawl space and he's not! She ended her talk by giving us very important information on credit information that we can all use. A job well done. Thanks Julie and let us all work at getting a referral to Julie this week.

Kyle Lisy of New Look Upholstery & Embroidery, one of our newest members giving a Hospitality report.

Lori Wagner - Insight Graphics and Design

Now this is how to give a 30 sec commercial! Good job as always Lori!

Have a safe and rewarding week!

Thought of the week:

"Everyone has inside him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!" Anne Frank

Meeting Wrap-Up May 1, 2009

As always, we had another great meeting with all of our members present and several guest. For the first of May it was a great time.

Here we have Kyle Lisy of New Look Upholstery & Embroidery and Melissa Sperko our very own Mary Kay Cosmetics Rep. help set up a table to accommodate our guest.

Mary Ann Hatfield with Visalus Life, Health & Prosperity talks with July Eckloff from Remax Quality Realty.

Kail Shope who is with Key Bank in Milan was our other guest. Kail is getting the real scoop from Melissa Sperko.

As the author of this blog, I am happy to be able to say that I have known both of our guest for many years. Mary Ann was my neighbor when I was growing up in the Clarksfield area, and I worked for Kail's Father and Mother when she was just a little girl. She was very sweet then as well.
I hope both our guest enjoyed our meeting and can see the benefits of membership.

Ted Young with Got Ya Covered Cleaning was our speaker. Ted discussed the importance of hiring good people to help run his business and ways they need to protect their employees. Ted also talked about how to eliminate clutter; I liked the 3-box method Ted! Thanks for sharing.

Don't forget, next week is Mothers Day! Please bring in a memory of one of your most favorite things you did for your Mother on Mothers Day.

Have a great week and see you on Friday!

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."

Lin Yü-tang

Our Guest - Lisa Bailey, Danielle Phillips and Ty Bailey from Twilight Gardens

Lori Kirk of Sanctus Manus Massage talked about her first IRN Qrtly Mgt.

Lori Kirk of Sanctus Manus Massage won or April Showers with this great display!

She won gummy worms! Good Job Lori.

One of our favorite helpers that keep us feed!

Ever wonder how a realy good 30 sec commercial sounds?

Just listen to this, Ted Yound of Got Ya Covered Cleaning!

Remember the open house at New Look Upholstery & Embroidery

Located at 623 E St Rt 18 Norwalk 2 pm to ???

Looking forward to it.

NOTE:

More to follow, time to go home.... :/

Meeting Wrap-up April 17, 2009

**REMEMBER!**

NEXT MEETING IS APRIL SHOWERS THEME, YOU WILL BE JUDGED ON ANYTHING YOU CAN DO THAT REMINDS US OF THE WONDERFUL SHOWERS WE GET DURING APRIL!

Our Friday AM Meeting was as always, a great meeting! Not only did we have nearly all our members present, we had three, yes three guests!

Here we have, Dena Heyman of Services for Seniors, Jim Weiland of Good Steward Financial, and T. Alex Beres, Executive Director for the Huron County Development Council. We would like to invite all our guest to visit us and consider joining our chapter!

I’m very happy to say that Jim Weiland has joined our chapter in the Life and Health Category! Welcome Jim! You can check Jim’s web site out at www.GSFinancial.us

A Full House!

With Record Referral Giving!

Our speaker was yours truly, Michael Moore Myers-Ziemke Insurance. I talked about the impact your “Insurance Score” has on the bottom line of your insurance premiums, I also covered some of the many discounts that are available out there that we all need to take advantage of.

Next week we will have open mic to discuss what was gained from the forum that is this Wed. in Cleveland. We have several people attending and remember, it’s not too late! You can pay at the door if you wish. Just give me a call at 419-577-2701 if you’re interested and I’ll work it out for you.

We also moved our “IRN Shooters Experience” to a later date in May. Weather and scheduling conflicts made us do this. I would like to make an open invite to all members, we try and get together on a regular bases for a little unwind time after work, either at the Norwalk Moose Club, Pizza Post, or any place that serves good food! If anyone would like to join in just let us know. We would love to extend the invitation to all. These networking events help develop a closer bond between each member making it all that much easier to refer business to.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST! This Saturday, from 2pm until the food is gone, Kyle Lisy of New Look Upholstery & Embroidery is holding an open house! Some but not all events will include a Cruise In, best dish contest (I added that one, let’s all see who can make the best side dish to bring and I’ll be the judge!) and lots more. Plan to support our new member and show up for the festivities!

See you next Friday!

Meeting Wrap Up Friday April 10th

We Gather for another great IRN meeting. Good friends, good business, good food!

Bob Fries with Key Bank Investments gave our talk today. Bob gave us many ideas and suggestions on how to handle the current economic times. His talk was very insightful and beneficial. Thanks for your expertise Bob.

Bob giving us another great tip.

(The young lady sneaking in was Shelley Bailey, Scott's oldest daughter - Hi Shelley!)

Please don't miss next week's meeting, Mike Moore of Myers-Ziemke Insurance will be our speaker.

See you next week and have a profitable week!

Meeting Wrap-up April 3, 2009

Our speaker today was Lori Kirk, owner of Sanctus Manus. Lori is new to our chapter and we are darn lucky to have her! Lori gave a very educational talk about the benefits of Massage and Bodywork, the Relaxation and Stress Reducer! She even showed us how we can do a self massage on our hands to help relive the stresses of the day. I personal enjoyed Lori’s talk very much, and looking forward to getting to know her better.

Here is a copy of her brochure for your information.

We are working on an IRN Social for later this month. Scott is organizing a shooting experience day! This is to help all of us get a better understanding of guns and gun safety. We will be posting the date and more information next week.

Meeting Wrap Up Friday 20th First Day of Spring!

Here is a video clip of a portion of Brandon Balduff's presentation today. Brandon is talking about the benefits of Urine Off. Good job Brandon! (Sorry for the poor quality!)

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Here Melissa Sperko show's off her Urine Off Post Card.

As you can see, Brandon does a great job at keep everyone's attention.

Here's Mike doing what he loves most, the "Great Imposter"

See you next week!

Meeting Wrap-up March 13, 2009

Today's speakers were Scott & Brandon. They both have just returned from a week in Biloxi MS building homes for the ACT organization. It was very informative and made me want to go with them next time!

The Claddagh's distinctive design features two hands clasping a heart, and usually surmounted by a crown. The elements of this symbol are often said to correspond to the qualities of love (the heart), friendship (the hands), and loyalty (the crown). The expression which was associated with these symbols in the giving of the ring was: "With my hands I give you my heart, and crown it with my love." - Thank you Lori for this information!

Lori was our winner for the best Irish/St. Patty's day get up! And as she is Irish I was proud presenting her with a dozen cookies with Shamrocks on them! Enjoy!

Next week’s speaker will be Brandon Balduff, followed by Melissa Sperko and then Bob Wagner.

See you all next Friday!

Meeting Wrapup!

This is why I need to post our meeting info right after the meeting! Here it is Wednesday and I am now just getting to updating the blog.

Our Meeting speaker was Lori Wagner, she gave one of the best talks I’ve heard in a long time. Her message was to look within your community at all times before buying. You need to analyze what you are getting from our local venders, much more then Amazon could ever provide!

Thanks for the talk Lori, it made all of us think more of doing business locally before going outside the community.

New member update, Lori Kirk is our newest, welcome Lori, looking forward to your contribution to our organization.

March 14th, is St. Patty’s day theme meeting. Carry it in, pull it in, pour it in, just bring it in. The most popular St. Patrick’s day item will receive a conservative gift from yours truly!

See you Friday!

Meeting Wrap-up Feb 27, 2009

And a big welcome to Jaxson Alexander Stenger!

Today's program was by Kyle Lisy of New Look Upholstery; Kyle showed us the many way's he can help enhance your business through Embroidery.







He also has many samples of past jobs that gave us all ideas of things we would like to do, not only for ourselves but also for our clients. Good job Kyle!







Just look at all this merchandise!






We had Lori Kirk of Sanctus Manus Massage visit us today, Lori has her business at 17 W. Church St. Milan. She has many great programs to choose from and all priced at a very competitive rate.
Here Lori shows off the tools of her trade, her hands.

We enjoyed your visit Lori and hope you become a member of our team!



Do we have a new DAD yet? When anyone hears from Jason, please pass the news on to the rest of us. Congratulations to Jason and his wife!

Don't forget! Bowling tonight! 7pm Star Lanes Sandusky! See you there!

Meeting Wrap-up Feb 20, 2009

This week's meeting was put on my Julie Eckloff from Re/Mx Reality. She did an outstanding job at helping us understand what increases or decreases property value. A very informative talk.







SCOTT! Step away from the BACON!











Members taking time to get caught up with each other.







We also had a guest speaker, Chris Stang of Stein Olsen & Stang. Chris updated us on the upcoming changes to the tax laws due to our new Stimulus Bill. Thanks Chris!

DON'T FORGET

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! BOWLING!

Meeting Wrap-Up Feb 13, 2009

We had a fantastic meeting today with 13 people attending. Our guest for this week was Jan Beck and Chris Stang.

We also presented Kyle with his IRN binder and name badge, making Kyle our first IRN member for 2009, Welcome Kyle!

The winner of this month’s theme was Ted, he had custom buttons made up that had the IRN inside of hearts! Good job Ted,

Bob Wagner was runner up with his big, red, fuzzy, soft heart that dangled from his wrist.

We had a lot of fun with this and now I need to think up of something for next month.

Jason Stenger was our speaker today, he gave a very informative talk on credit scoring. He did a very good job at explaining this complex system to us and answered many great questions.

Keep in mind, upcoming IRN activity is the Bowling night. February 27th at 7pm. We are meeting at the Star Lanes in Sandusky. The cost is $15.00 per person.
Looking forward to it.

Meeting Wrap-Up

I am very happy to say everyone was present!
I am very unhappy to say, Tommi is leaving our chapter!

Tommi is transferring to the Sandusky Chapter; this move will be very good for her as most of her work duties are concentrated in the Sandusky area. Tommi promised all of us that she will continue to visit us whenever possible.
Good luck in your new endeavors!

Today’s meeting was put on by Jan Beck from Tre Sorelle Cioccolato, and yes there were samples! Thanks Jan for the great program! We all had a lot of fun and it was very educational.


Next week is our monthly theme meeting, I am asking everyone to come to the meeting with a heart, wear it, carry it, push it, or drag it, just bring in a heart. We will be awarding a prize for the most whatever.

Have a good week, and see you next Friday!

P.S. I would like to apologize for the quality of the photos. I promise to bring in my real camera from now on.

February's Theme Mgt - Friday 13th

This month's Theme meeting, I want everyone to come to the meeting with a Heart On. Large, Small, Red, White, makes no difference, just make it a HEART.

Most creative Heart will win a small token of appreciation from me!

Today's Meeting

We had a good turnout for the meeting this week, with only one member absent, hope to see you next week Bob!



Ted did yet another outstanding job giving us many reasons why we need to refer his company to all our family, friends and business acquaintances!








Ted explained the benefits of using Micro Fiber when cleaning, I had no idea there could be such a savings!

I'm happy to say we have new members! Kyle Lisy, and Matt Raymond. They will be filling the Upholstery and Embroidery Category, Welcome aboard!

Next week’s speaker will be Jan Beck from Tre Sorelle Cioccolato! Any samples? Make sure you make this meeting!

Giving you the world... One Referral at a time!

Friday's Meeting

As you know, Friday at 7:30am. See you there.

Ted Young of Got Ya Covered Cleaning will be the speaker.

IN ADDITION, here is the list of One-On-One referrals we need to give by 2/20/2009

Giver/Getter (When you give your referral, if possable post a comment to this posting stating so)
Tommi Wootne/Bob Wagner
Kyle Lisy/Lori Wagner
Scott Bailey/Kyle Lisy
Julie Eckloff/Mike Moore
Bob Wagner/Ted Young
Melissa Sperko/Tommi Wootne
Ted Young/Scott Bailey
Lori Wagner/Julie Eckloff
Mike Moore/bob Fries
Bob Fries/Brandon Balduff

Good Referring!

This weeks speaker will be Ted Young - Got Ya Covered Cleaning

Winner of our Sunglasses contest, Brandon Balduff!

Hey those look like your daughters glasses!

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Melissa Sperko with Mary Kay Cosmetics Norwalk
Jason Stenger with Fifth Third Bank Sandusky (Mortgage)
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Bob Wagner with District Tire Center Sandusky
Tommi Wooten with Fifth Third Bank Sandusky (Business & Personal)
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Welcome Norwalk AM IRN Members

Here is our very own Blog site. At the annual meeting they talked about the importance of having a blog so here you are.

I would like to use this blog to keep us updated on what is going on within the club and our professional and personal lives.

Feel free to post to your hearts consent!

Remember, next week's meeting - Sunglasses!