At the Urban League Dinner
Posted on May 27, 2005 by Ching under Life.
Brian missed a great opportunity to schmooze some of the big wigs from his company last night at the Hyatt. I was invited to attend the Urban League‘s 51st Annual Equal Opportunity Day Award Dinner honoring Cox Communications last night. It was a magnificent event (just like the banquets they have in soaps). Wichita Mayor Carlos Mayans was one of the dinner co-chairs along with Bank of America Kansas President Robert Allison and Wichita Eagle President and Publisher Lou Heldman. It was literally a who’s who of Wichita corporations. Brian got to miss out on the open bar (which is of no use to him really since he can’t drink), prime rib and amazing desserts. He also missed an opportunity to meet Kimberly Edmunds, the Region VP and General Manager of Cox Communications, his new employer. He hadn’t even met her yet and this would have been a great chance for him to do so. He missed out all because he read the date wrong on my email.. He read the date wrong and said he would not be able to attend so I invited Angie in his place. She had a great time. She even talked to Ms. Edmunds about her messed up Cox account. It’s awesome! Before I left, I introduced myself to Ms. Edmunds, congratulated her and told her how wonderful her company is which, incidentally, is where my husband works. It was very brief and I doubt that she will remember me. However, I told Brian that if he ever meets her, he should go up to her and tell her that his wife met her at the Urban League banquet to break the ice. I told him that she probably will not remember, but hey it’s something to say. It’s better than just stammering. Or worse yet, not even speaking to her at all. He needs to be noticed so he can advance at his job. This will require major schmoozing on his part. Hopefully, she will attend the company picnic in a couple of weeks. We can both schmooze with her then. I’m not much a schmoozer, really, but you gotta start sometime.
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