The Workshop Leader's Resource

I’ve been putting together the Women’s Spirituality Leadership Teleconference and I’ve been recruiting speakers to the event.  Sadly, this is harder than it should be.  You see, I’ve found several women speakers who I would have loved to have on the conference, but I couldn’t reach them.  I’ve got a short date because of scheduling issues and I need to reach people by phone, but the best I can do in some instances is Facebook messages and in others LinkedIn connections.  They haven’t shared enough information online for me to be able to reach them to be able to give them an opportunity to speak.

So here’s my thought for you for the day.  Make sure you’re reachable.  You never know who will be trying to contact you to offer you an opportunity to speak.  Sign out of Facebook and make sure your phone number is visible to people who aren’t your friends.  Sign out of LinkedIn and see what contact information you have listed.  Check your website to make sure that there is a way to reach you.   People will go digging for contact info if they really want you, but there’s a limit to how far.  Don’t make them work too hard for it.