Greater Phoenix's calendar of networking events, groups, seminars, and mixers

Gelie is the founder of NetworkingPhoenix.com. She has spent her entire professional life developing relationships, connecting professionals, and helping to build local businesses in the Metropolitan Phoenix area. Because of her all-out addiction to networking, Gelie has quite literally attended thousands of networking functions and built professional relationships with many thousands of people who are now part of her personal network. It's not just her job to get to know you, it's her passion and she's looking forward to it! ...read full bio

Sally Liddicoat is the founder of AttaBoy! Solutions, a gift concierge company that specializes in appreciation marketing designed to help entrepreneurs and small to mid-size companies generate on-going referrals, attract new clients, increase customer loyalty, and improve employee morale. With over 14 years experience in the gift giving & incentive industry and having been an entrepreneur and business owner herself for over 25 years, Sally is committed to helping others achieve their business goals. ...read full bio

Dave Cooke, nationally recognized revenue strategist and development guru is Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Strategic Resource Group, LLC. Popularly referred to as "The Sales Cooke," Dave leverages over 25 years experience creating profitable "selling" strategies to transform companies and ignite their revenue engines. Dave is also the author of "Cooked Up Sales" and "Your Daily Sales Guide," two unique sales books which emphasize the power of relationship building and solution selling behaviors....read full bio

Amanda began writing resumes professionally in 1996 while also working in higher education marketing, creating effective marketing copy as well as proofreading and editing colleagues' work. She stays current with marketing and resume trends through strategic partnerships with business developers and coaches, graphic designers, HR and staffing professionals, and through membership in the Resume Writers' Council of Arizona and the Network Employment & Training Professionals Association...read full bio

Acting as the driving force behind business breakthroughs, Bill Stack is an experienced advisor who motivates from a position of knowing just how much hidden potential people and their businesses have. This former Financial Management Analyst (U.S. Department of Defense) and Quality Assurance professional (Motorola) brings the seasoned perspective that understands the value of achieving incremental improvements in any business. Bill’s coaching system guides business owners to make calculated shifts in the right parts of their businesses, helping them achieve impressive results on the bottom line "health and vitality" of their business...read full bio

Wendy Kenney is a nationally known Buzz Building Expert and the Founder and CEO of 23 Kazoos, a marketing firm specializing in inexpensive and creative small business marketing strategies. She brings to the table over 26 years of entrepreneurship and business management experience spanning a multitude of industries - including restaurants, legal, insurance and financial services, nonprofits and more...read full bio

Ely Delaney is the co-creator of My Business Marketing Mentor, a marketing education company designed specifically to help teach motivated entrepreneurs and business professionals how to take control of their marketing, online and offline. With over 14 years of experience in the marketing and multimedia design, Ely is dedicated to helping businesses achieve their goals without the need for expensive ad agencies by leveraging automation and productivity tools... read full bio

Mitra is the Director of Operations here at NetworkingPhoenix.com and is no stranger to management and leadership roles. As an ASU graduate, Mitra began her career right here in Phoenix when she took on a management position with a major US retailer. She quickly rose through the ranks, wearing many shoes in the organization, until landing in a business strategy and sales training position for the entire Western Region. Ultimately her individuality, curiosity, and courageousness steered her away from her cushy corporate gig and into an all encompassing and absolutely pivotal role at a tiny startup called NetworkingPhoenix.com...read full bio

In her community announcement blog, Mitra will be posting about YOUR businesses' happenings (i.e. announcements, engagements, events, etc). That means you should be really nice to her! :)

So... if you have something you'd like to share with Phoenix like a job posting, fundraiser, general community information or something else of that sort, please get in touch with Mitra here.

Norma Huibregtse, The Loyalty Lady, is an innovative Customer Experience Strategist, Coach, Speaker and Blogger. She is the Owner of Captivated Customers, a business she founded to drive better relationships and loyalty between customers and companies to drive more sales. In short, she helps your customers fall in love with your business and keeps them coming back for more. Norma has spent 20+ years in sales and customer service with both her own businesses and others. She is now dedicated to working with small business owners in the service industry, helping them attract, connect and engage with their customers to drive more sales....read full bio

You may have seen Jennifer Jackson, aka "JJ," around town networking, putting on charity events and raising money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley through Rock Me Arizona Events and/or Change 4 Kids AZ - both companies that she founded. With her strong entrepreneurial spirit, JJ has had many successful ventures while living in the Valley and she has now joined our team to help launch Networking Phoenix Charities; a new venture with NetworkingPhoenix.com where JJ will give local charities and non-profits a voice through the networking community....read full bio

Justin is the founder and CEO of SEORCHERS (read: [surch-ers]) - a local web marketing firm specializing in organic search engine optimization (SEO) with a focus on converting visitors into clients. In the late 90's, Justin developed a deep fascination with web design and began to involve himself in, what is today known as, search engine optimization. With hobby-like beginnings (and obsession), he began to blaze a path for himself in SEO consultation. By early 2008, Justin had accumulated an impressive wealth of technical knowledge, lifting him to "expert status," but he wanted to put his business acumen to the test. The result was the founding of a full service internet marketing company. Today, Justin's company - SEORCHERS - is a tremendously successful and rapidly growing powerhouse in the internet marketing arena! ...read full bio

Emily Hovater is a licensed business transactional attorney who has been in the legal field for 8 years. She offers businesses the benefit of a strong legal eye on the front-end of their agreements and business decisions so they don't have to worry so much about possible consequences on the back-end of these things. Providing a personal service and a deeper relationship than is typically offered by other attorneys and large consulting firms, Emily is a great asset to anyone's business team....read full bio